The Execution Of The British Navy's Traitor Of World War 2

[@doubledee9675]

He was not condemned by Pierrepoint. He was convicted and sentenced by a court-martial, and then executed by Pierrepoint. Big difference.

[@davidwarren202]

No he was tried in a civil criminal court presided over by Mr Justice Birkett

[@doubledee9675]

@@davidwarren202 Thanks, but most definitely the assertion that he was condemned by Pierrepoint ws wrong.

[@jacquieclapperton9758]

He was a Merchant Navy sailor at the time, a civilian, therefore a court martial would have no jurisdiction.

[@melcooper4029]

@@doubledee9675At what point in the video did the narrator say he was condemned by Pierrepoint?

[@doubledee9675]

@@melcooper4029 The last line of the blurb for the film.

[@paralogregt]

He was not condemned by Albert Pierrepoint, he was just the hangman. The court condemned him.

[@ashwilliams999]

And Pierrepoint didn’t bring his death to and end - he brought his life to an end….

[@BlueCollaredGrit]

It was a kangaroo court, illegitimate to say the least.

[@FIREBRAND38]

@@BlueCollaredGrit Based off of what? Your opinion? Or your admiration of the side he supported?

[@BlueCollaredGrit]

@@FIREBRAND38 no need to get your feelings involved. Calm your tits

[@mickymondo7463]

Pierrepoint and other executioners never met with the condemned until the actual execution, the condemned prisoner would be weighed the day before and Pierrepoint etc would observe the condemned prisoner in the yard and through the spyhole of the cell door, with this information of the prisoners weight and build the correct drop would be calculated and whilst the prisoner was in the yard the weighted drop would be carried out and the weight left hanging on the rope to remove any stretch overnight and an hour before the scheduled time the weight would be removed and the rope positioned ready to accept the condemned.

[@lordeden2732]

Gosh we would never have know this with out your Blindly obvious statement

[@marklatimer7333]

He met James Corbitt, they used to sing together in Albert's Pub.

[@3122-t6h]

@@lordeden2732 How is that obvious? Just another spiteful trolling remark.

[@romanpolanski4928]

@@lordeden2732 Push off you worthless little troll.

[@maconescotland8996]

True with one exception for Pierrepoint. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Corbitt

[@conversemackem8653]

"Loose lips, sink ships' never a truer word.

[@daleboyd8531]

Said the actress to the bishop

[@ronalddunne3413]

Loose lips stretch necks...

[@billfairless6256]

I hope no one feels any sympathy for this person who betrayed not only his country but his fellow sailors.

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

7:23 a fracture dislocation of the C4 and C5 vertebra will NOT bring about instant death. People show up in the ER all the time with C4-C5 fracture dislocations and survive, although as quadriplegics. If indeed, Pierpont's drop was designed to produce a C4-C5 fracture dislocation, the hanging would have only produced a slower death by strangulation. A professional hanging would normally put the knot under the condemned's chin, in order to yank the head back in an extreme hyperextension, and this will produce a "hangman's fracture" of C2 and cause an extreme dislocation at the C2-C3 level that transects the cord. In hangings where the knot is on the side of the head (under the ear), the main damage is stretching of the cervical ligaments and disruption of the vertebral arteries, with a much more variable pattern of injury to the cervical vertebra, from C2 through C5. This was actually been studied in a landmark 1994 Radiology paper titled "Judicial hanging: postmortem radiographic, CT, and MR imaging features with autopsy confirmation"

[@bennettrogers7921]

I thank you! I was going to offer the same information. A atlas/ axis fracture at C-1/C-2 is called a Hangman’s fracture for a reason.

[@HerbertTowers]

I broke my C1, C2 joint in 2 places. It's actually quite a common injury many rugby players have suffered it. I just fell out of a high bed but landed head first! It's damage of the spinal chord that causes death.

[@roberthill4652]

I just got over a broken neck in the c4 and C5.It broke all the way through. not just a fracture on both of the vertebrae. I went 1 week without going to the Doctor I kept telling everyone that my neck was killing me and finally I went and they immediately put me in the hoslittle and then immobilized me for 3 months lots of heavy drugs. This is the first week back to work. I am a finisher. drywall, plasterer and a painter for over 44 years and the neurosurgeon told me my career was over but I don't give up. I thought I was going to die the first two days back but now my muscles have all came back and I feeling really good

[@bennettrogers7921]

@@HerbertTowers clarification: a transection of the spinal cord at c1/c2 causes death. There is no neuro impulse to the heart, causing death. A transection above c3/4/5 can paralyze the diaphragm and cause respiratory cessation ( as well as quadraparalysis) and also cause death if not immediately recognized. ( recipient will need ventilation tx to survive)

[@sblack48]

“Albert Pierrepoint brought his death to an end” ?? No he brought his LIFE to an end. Do you actually proof read this stuff? Some of it makes no sense at all.

[@optimusminimus-v3d]

That was just one of many weird errors, what a shambles.

[@tonybalazs]

Er, Pierrepoint.

[@memybikeni9931]

Speaking of proofreading 😂

[@sblack48]

@ ok touché. I didn’t spell a guy’s name right but at least my sentence was coherent. This guy’s copy is full of nonsensical wording in all his videos.

[@Badgerbitesback]

To be fair, it's an interesting history that isn't commonly spoken about.

[@grosvenorclub]

The first picture seems to show American military police ,clearly not correct .

[@geraldaird9390]

He always shows the American hangings, because there are no British hangings that were filmed, I doubt if Pierrepoint would carry out a filmed hanging, he was very fastidious about his second "job".

[@petersmithm9]

It does State " War criminal execution. Carried out after WW2" on the video.

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

The site is clearly the court of Landsberg prison in Bavaria, Germany. This is where Hitler was imprisoned for a year, writing MEIN KAMPF. Ironically dozens of the worst Nazi-criminals were put to death there until 1950.

[@grosvenorclub]

@@geraldaird9390 Quite so ,very proper.

[@crackpot148]

The delivery of the narrative is atrocious. A case where AI would be much better?

[@kryts27]

My great uncle was a fitter and turner for an armaments factory during WW2. He never talked about what he did there, even after the war was over, according to my nanna (his sister). He was instructed not to talk, and he never did. It carried a severe penalty if you were found talking loosely about your work there. Not even with his friends and family.

[@mrdyvig]

1:25 "HMS Impregnable," is an ironic name, considered it was filled with...sea-men.

[@daviddenham1511]

Grow up

[@nomadpi1]

And not a one of them became pregnant!

[@stephenchappell7512]

​@@daviddenham1511 chill

[@ohasis8331]

@@daviddenham1511 why?

[@Will-b7g]

Child, grow up

[@renee1961]

Good afternoon, and Thank You!

[@jeffpotipco736]

Yeah, but dingy squadron is allowed every day now..

[@DraftySatyr]

Or even 'dinghy squadron'. Except of course they're usually inflatable boats or rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) rather than dinghies. But let's not have any factual accuracy cloud the issue, eh?

[@bostonweddingcars]

@@DraftySatyrbet you are fun at parties

[@billpugh58]

Dingy😂 good old “True Blue Brits“ and their spelling fails😂

[@vespelian]

Yes, it's the one and only distraction point in The Reform rubbish machine.

[@comanchio1976]

​@@billpugh58Well it's no coincidence that those with the thickest opinions can't spell better than the average 8 year old.

[@renee1961]

What a Horrible Traitor!

[@randymillhouse791]

No, he was a money maker. Money TRUMP'S country. Welcome to 2024.

[@nomadpi1]

Common that a woman, sexual involvement, was used. It's called a "honey trap." He actually didn't do much as I listened to the items he recorded. Just an average sailor's diary. Even less than the ship's log would record. He was executed over tripe. He didn't deserve the death penalty. In truth, the British government was happy to kill him as a warning to others of the power these administrator's had.

[@Andrew-df1dr]

As opposed to a wonderful traitor?

[@captainhindsight8779]

@@Andrew-df1drWell, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was a wonderful traitor to be fair.

[@michaelhill2844]

@@randymillhouse791 Moronic attempt at trying to sound clever.

[@philiprice7875]

as opposed to the Master of Semplek, who SOLD stuff to Japan. he was one of churchills advisors was briefed on the meeting between WC & FDR in mid 1941 then gave the notes to Japan embassy. because of this he was granted imunity and allowed to take his seat in the house of lords because he was an Aristocrat.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Where did you get that story?

[@hoodatdondar2664]

There was a Sempill, who had ties with Japan dating back to when they were allies of Britain in the First World War. His story is more interesting than this one. Don’t like aristos?

[@MrBulky992]

From Wikipedia: "William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill, AFC, FRAeS, (24 September 1893 - 30 December 1965) was a Scottish peer and record-breaking air pioneer, who was later shown to have passed secret information to the Imperial Japanese military before the Second World War. ...He was eventually forced to retire from the Royal Navy in 1941, after being discovered passing on secret material to Tokyo shortly before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor "

[@policewitnesssurprise1743]

I wish the narrator of these videos would actually listen to them . The grammar and the diction is pretty poor . And is used way too often. It’s a hard listen.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Liebour educated, no doubt!

[@frankmiller95]

@@JohnSmith-ei2pz Considering your own errors in spelling, you're hardly in a position to comment on those of others.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

@@frankmiller95 Nice try, filthy Troll!

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

@@frankmiller95 So tax payers are not meant to comment? Gat a job liebour voter!

[@policewitnesssurprise1743]

@@frankmiller95 not seeing any errors on my part .

[@ahdoodeclair]

The British always used a white hood, not a black one for executions. The white cap was used in most places where the British once ruled, such as Australia, and remained after independence until abolition.

[@xiexie2506]

No

[@dat581]

@@xiexie2506 Yes.

[@kryts27]

The judge would wear a black cap on his wig when condemning the prisoner to death.

[@Chrisjude100]

@@kryts27 That was to cover the tonsure, since that was a religious mark, like for a monk, and no killing could be associated with such. It had to be "Civil" only.

[@ndr8469]

Independence? 😂 They have the same King?

[@Screwball70]

The art of espionage is one of the oldest professions known, but to spy on your own side is despicable and to do so at time of war, especially when Britain was not doing so good on our own is beyond despicable, his appointment with old Albert was a just punishment.

[@andrewstackpool4911]

Espionage. The world's second oldest profession with fewer morals than the first.

[@nomadpi1]

"...beyond despicable?" Use of a woman, sexual engagement to get "pillow talk" is a common tactic in government espionage or in business (industrial espionage), He was "easy pickings" for intel of criminal activities. He didn't deserve to die, His alleged acts were no more than a sailor's diary. Punishment? He was murdered. He didn't deserve that.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@nomadpi1 He did a lot more than that. After money and a promise to get a letter to a girl, he gave info on public opinion. They gave him more money to find out the location of British minefields, and the time of arrival of American military personnel in the United Kingdom. Then they blackmailed him for more ( he had been foolish enough to sign receipts for the money recieved ). He gave details of the convoy he had sailed in and its protection, the location of an aircraft factory, and what he had seen of the training of troops for an invasion of Europe. At the end of the meeting, he was told to keep a record of the movement and speed of the convoy and given another 100 escudos. No. No, no, no. They hanged murderers, then, but this was arranging for murder wholesale. Not to mention the results to Britain if it lost the war.

[@kryts27]

Being a spy against your own side during a war? Very risky, has long-term consequences even if you're not discovered.

[@philiprice7875]

yep one guy sold secrets to Japan but for his crime he was allowed to take his seat in the house of lords

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Tell starmer that!

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

I guess there was a shortage of yardarms by that time.

[@282XVL]

I do believe HMS Victory's yardarm was (and is) still available for traitor disposal, with an advanced appointment.

[@DavidSmith-ze2wi]

Plenty of candidates now in the British political brigade.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Top comment!

[@christopherbentley5216]

This guy was executed. Yet Anthony Blunt was let off. Both committed treason.

[@francisebbecke2727]

The Germans knew which ships to attack during the siege of the island of Malta. I would not be surprise it was him we have to thank for that.

[@nomadpi1]

The Germans laid "siege" to Malta. Every ship was attacked. That's what "siege" means. He had zip to do with any deaths. (1) he was too far down the shitpole to have important knowledge. (2) Listening to the items he did - they're no more than diary entries, like any seaman's diary and less informative than a ship's log. It's common to use a woman, sexual favors during "pillow talk," He was "easy pickings" for intel or criminal purposes. BTW, use of a woman is called a "honey trap." Your comment shows a "leap" to inference. You'd better learn not to believe 90% of what a "victor" tells you. The man was killed for tripe. He didn't deserve to die. He was killed to show others the power an administrator has (like Clinton's use of the FBI to cite an example of power misuse).

[@TavistockLiesBrainwashing]

The ones with the British flags?

[@meherenowmaybe]

This narrator's voice is so annoying.

[@Damon-p9u]

Bloody awful voice.

[@jamesw3017]

whyis this footage of US MPs walking the criminal to the galloes

[@londo776]

He was not condemned by Albert Pierrepoint, The court condemned him.

[@RobertHoward-d8g]

Very badly written. Too many errors to name, I'd be here all day.

[@jimleslie2858]

Your better informed if you read the article on him in Wikipedia

[@resnonverba137]

You're...

[@tropmaj]

Some of this is almost word for word wiki, i re jigged a bit.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

I really feel like Scott-Ford was more stupid than malicious.

[@andyguy0610]

No idea where the picture in the thumbnail was from but The execution rope in this country did not use that knot. The rope went through an eyelet to make the noose.

[@georgeamanor-boadu6771]

Thanks, never heard of this before

[@philipinchina]

Around 7.50 you refer to a black cap over his head. I thought the hood was white. Are you confusing it with the black cap donned by the judge when passing sentence of death?

[@gowdsake7103]

Not always

[@philipinchina]

@@gowdsake7103 Citation please.

[@mrdyvig]

Google.

[@OHCelt]

@@mrdyvigI other words, you have no citable evidence to verify your claim. I see.

[@hildahilpert5018]

That,s what I think.

[@notreallydavid]

'brought the death of DSF to an end'??? 'haitch emm ess' 'fired out of the navy' 'esscuddohs' "may have began' Oops --- Story is new to me - thanks for posting.

[@etangdescygnes]

Why oh why oh why do so many people say "haitch" instead of the usual "aitch"?! Why oh why oh why does it annoy me so much?! (I wish it didn't.)

[@toonmag50]

The letter "H" is now spelled without the "h" at the start. Many British dialects still sound the letter "h" at the start. No need to piss ya pants over a letter darlin.

[@markrainford1219]

Ain't got a clue.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

because they know that you are listening

[@organisten]

1:36 it is may have BEGUN to pass on top secret information - not have "began". It's BEGUN ffs!

[@davexenos9196]

It`s BEGAN not BEGUN simple English rule here.

[@organisten]

@@davexenos9196 Wrong. You BEGIN. Present tense. You BEGAN. Past tense. You have BEGUN. Perfect tense.

[@HootOwl513]

AIs can't conjugate English. It's too illogical.

[@douglasclerk2764]

But when you begin the beguine . . .

[@organisten]

@ red herring

[@RobertOrgRobert]

You have to feel sorry for the mum !

[@philipnorris6542]

Yes, we do; we can't really pity the man himself.

[@lablackzed]

We have a goverment that does the same to day .

[@nomadpi1]

All governments "HAVE TO" engage in espionage. Accept it. We have to know what is being done by who is doing it.

[@stephenchappell7512]

Without a doubt

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@stephenchappell7512 In your mind.

[@michaelc9915]

What are you referring to?

[@lablackzed]

@@michaelc9915 Starmer and co.👁

[@JamesWithers-d3g]

Why the footage of US servicemen at the start?

[@richardaillas162]

I would have much appreciated learning his naval and merchant navy ranks. I assume he was never more than AB. An interesting story & video

[@HootOwl513]

In the gallows sequence [0:04 - 0:34] the officials are all Yanks. I thought the Royal Navy hanged him?

[@spacewarlord6583]

That's stock footage from the Landsberg prison in Germany where the Americans hung war criminals after the war. Scott Ford was hanged in 1942 in England.

[@ralphe5842]

This wasn’t an execution just an example of Darwin Award winner

[@ouroboris]

"...who brought the death of Duncan Scott-Ford to an end."

[@TheFortress]

Slip of the tongue. Noticed this before it was too late.

[@ouroboris]

@@TheFortress Okay... we forgive you. This time.

[@dresden_slowjog]

​@@TheFortressuhhh... "after it was too late." - else you could have fixed the slip of tongue. But I'm just a non-native English speaker what do I know....

[@tysonessenmacher2091]

£18 in the, pounds shillings pence system, = 30 silver crowns x 3, nice reference to Judas. *Look like I did the conversion wrong its not a reference to Judas, oops.

[@mileshigh1321]

I am guessing they used that also, to show even a low amount taken for sharing secrets can still get you hanged!

[@riven99uk]

5 shillings to the Crown, 4 Crowns to the Pound, 18 x 4 = 72, no reference to Judas

[@DraftySatyr]

@@riven99uk Aww, you had to bring facts into it!

[@tysonessenmacher2091]

@@riven99uk Remind me again why they decimal system.

[@riven99uk]

@@tysonessenmacher2091 to confuse people over 50 years later

[@Maxfr8]

Secret trial !? 🙈

[@rdbchase]

"... may have began [sic] ..." -- "begun"

[@markwilliamwestonwilson1503]

A fantastic story that I was unaware of , thank you

[@petersmithm9]

Was this a "Trial by jury" or a secret trial ?

[@peterhoare3754]

It’s a pity that the textual mistakes are so glaring that it undermines a really interesting subject. Please get someone to proofread your scripts for grammatical and factual errors before posting the videos. I want to encourage you to carry on, to improve your writing and making what are really interesting videos in the future. Regards and thanks.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

you could ask for your money back I guess?

[@richardthomas5312]

Those are US Soldiers

[@policewitnesssurprise1743]

The video is the execution of German civilians who were convicted of murdering a USAF bomber crew that were shot down over Germany.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

yes.

[@scottrichardson8158]

He was convicted of treason as defined by the United Kingdom. The United States has a different standard. Whether or not this man would have been convicted of treason by the U.S. standard is unknown.

[@3122-t6h]

And as always accompanied by clergy upholding the 'Thou shalt not kill' commandment.

[@MrBulky992]

Matthew 19:18-20 King James Version (KJV) Jesus said, Thou shalt do no *murder* ... The Israelites clearly did not prohibit all killing, even of human beings.

[@3122-t6h]

@@MrBulky992 You clowns will say anything to further infect society with your spin on religious bs.

[@FredScuttle456]

My parents were in the westcountry during WW2. They told me about a Royal Navy officer who was caught whilst signalling to a U-boat from Berry Head. The spy was hanged for treason. I've never been able to verify this tale. I was hoping this video would be about the same spy.

[@rossmansell5877]

Commentary not accurate.

[@charles300566]

The narrator should be sentenced for treason against the English language.

[@GeorgeMorgan-w9y]

If Ford was around today he'd probably be in parliament.

[@longtabsigo]

2:10 what does that mean?

[@skydiverclassc2031]

Apparently he forged parts of his bank account, essentially creating fraud or embezzlement. For this he was court-martialed and discharged.

[@iskandartaib]

He did what with his postal savings account book? 😂

[@colonelfustercluck486]

I think he altered it, to his own advantage...... basically forgery or similar.... he increased the recorded balance by altering it.

[@iskandartaib]

@colonelfustercluck486 I couldn't catch what he said.. 😁

[@borleyboo5613]

It is AITCH M S, not HAITCH. The letter H is pronounced AITCH.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

except by the people who pronounce it HAITCH, who insist that their way is correct and that you are not.

[@tomhaskett5161]

Pierrepoint ran a pub called 'Help The Poor Struggler'

[@mikestrohm3271]

He was merchant navy not Royal Navy

[@PhilipKerry]

He was originally Royal Navy

[@stephenchappell7512]

He was both

[@mikestrohm3271]

@@PhilipKerry Yes but at the time of the offences he had been discharged from the RN and had signed on as a merchant seaman

[@ndr8469]

Originally he was

[@markrainford1219]

@@mikestrohm3271 That's what was stated. You're no less a traitor.

[@ianfoulkes2114]

For a sailor he seemed to have access to a wide range of information....

[@wayneurquhart7192]

What currency is esconose?

[@michaelwoodbodley8099]

Escudo, the Portugese currency at that time.

[@davidcurtis2265]

I'd never heard of this chap before, very interesting. Shame the information contained in the video is virtually the same as that on Wikipedia, I was hoping to find out more.

[@ursus9104]

Matt 7 Do not judge, and you yourselves will not be judged, 2 for you will be judged as you judge others. With the measure you measure, it must be measured up to you.

[@joecook8352]

Romans 13:1-7 says to obey the law of the land and the government that God puts above you, and if you don’t you will face punishment from that government. The only time you don’t follow the law of the land is when it is contrary to Gods law. This man was guilty of treason and paid the price for it rightfully so

[@colonelfustercluck486]

sounds fair, whats wrong with that then?

[@philipballard8083]

Very interesting

[@wandering-primate]

The movie about Pierrepoint was very interesting

[@spinnenbein1]

Die Szene am Anfang zeigt zweifellos amerikanische Uniformen, 1942! Ich denke das Scott Ford von der englischen Justiz hingerichtet wurde und das keine amerikanischen Armeeangehörige anwesend waren, warum auch? Die Bider am Anfang des Videos halte ich für falsch.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

no, that's just the film from an American execution being shown while a British story was on audio. (British normally wouldn't film an execution from a civil criminal court and civil prison.)

[@spinnenbein1]

@colonelfustercluck486 thx for the answer!

[@spinnenbein1]

@colonelfustercluck486 civil court? That was not an war court?

[@colonelfustercluck486]

@@spinnenbein1 apparently yes. He wasn't a member of the military at the time of his offending, or whatever he was charged for. He was in the 'merchant marine', a normal civilian sailor. But in a time of war.

[@SBMPLYMA]

I always feel like it doesn't start at the beginning.

[@daveycrocket4873]

What does it mean he doctored his post office savings account book?

[@geraldaird9390]

There is no "Instant death" in hanging, even if carried out in a perfect way, in fact people could still be conscious for two minutes. Of course the Home Office always claim their executions are instant, because they do not want to tell the public that someone has suffered on the noose, so I understand why people always say death was instantaneous.

[@efnissien]

'Rutherford' should have been a clue to the spy's home port.

[@marklatimer7333]

Albert Pierrepoint - England's King of Swing.

[@k9killer221]

Liked the "Broken Neck Blues". Actual song.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Stop, you guys are mur-DER!

[@ChingChangWallah.]

Seemed interesting but don't like it when youtubers sing the narrative.

[@jamesw3017]

if no one was prepared to be an executioner, therrewould be no executions. unfortunately there is always someone ready to get paid for executions

[@martinpattison1567]

How was he able to gain so much information and who supplied it, as they would be just as guilty as he was. My Grandfather was stationed at HMS Drake in Plymouth from 1914 until 1945, now it makes me wonder if he meet this man and if he had and knew what he was doing he would of been executed there as there is still an execution chamber in the old part of the port. Martin. (Thailand)

[@nocount1]

Cherche la femme.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

The honey trap is probably the oldest espionage trick ever used.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

The script is so much broken English is sounds like Manuel from Fawlty Towers or Vicky Pollard from Little Britain wrote it, and for me, you drove the final nail in when you haitched. 👎

[@toonmag50]

The radgie gadgie gettin aal his bowels in an uproar aboot a lad with an accent eh.? Howay man and calm doon like a canny lad.

[@ursus9104]

We will all stand trial one day and then we will have to plead for divine mercy…😢

[@davidforbes7772]

Rubbish.

[@michaelleitner1245]

interesting story but the narrattor made it painful to listen to.

[@fonziebulldog5786]

And what happened to his poor mother after this !?.

[@bernie2108]

Why at the beginning show Americans hanging someone? bit irrelevant to the story.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

they would have to replace that clip with a clip of nothing, that's why they filled in with the American military hanging.... This offender got a British civilian hanging.,.... no cameras

[@mikeclayton6273]

Pretty sure the film at the beginning is from post war executions.

[@shellman5844]

Just for the record your opening photo shows a Japanese war criminal being hanged at Sugamo prison in Japan.

[@captainscarlett1]

I'd be curious whether he had a double digit IQ. There's dumb, there's evil, then there's this guy.

[@arobatto]

If only the same standards were applied to the Duke of Windsor.

[@philiprice7875]

and master of Semplek

[@MrBulky992]

​@@philiprice7875The Master of Sempill (later the 19th Lord Sempill).

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

And stasi Kier

[@nobbytart27]

Some replys on here pointing out some very minor grammar or interpretation, c'mon people leave that nonsence for the"influencers", great content and some excellent still photos, very interesting video of an aspect of WW2 history i have not read about

[@petejohnball1564]

Don't wish to be a pedant but Pierrepont didn't work out his height and weight, they were measured.

[@Ricky40369]

And this is what is going on now. What's the difference? Take your stead fast heritage back. England for the English. From what was once wonderful California. My best of luck, for both of us. God bless.

[@stephenchappell7512]

Exactly 💯

[@georget8008]

obliviously he was a small fish. how can someone like him have any important information?

[@tylernathan7985]

What the fuck did he do that got him kicked out of the navy? Docked a post savings book, what the fuck is that?

[@toonmag50]

Dishonesty with the states investments. The same state that was paying it's wages.

[@MikeRobinson-st5yy]

Is this a real voice?

[@robhill4352]

...howevah she was a woman of the noit...

[@oldshep2695]

Too damn quick

[@alanfaulkner6329]

Not a traitor. Just on the right side of history.

[@ndr8469]

How?

[@Damon-p9u]

An interesting reply.

[@lobonskerva5441]

Poor pierrpoint he will be busy in hell I would assume

[@daviddenham1511]

Anyone sick of AI narrators?

[@SamRichardson1990]

What about Politicians.

[@fraserhayes4]

An interesting story. A pity the voice sounds like a robot.

[@peters278]

This might have been interesting, but I couldn't listen to more than a couple of minutes because of the intensely irritating narration.

[@Jeremy-y1t]

We fought the wrong enemy.

[@simonfurse5970]

this commentary is full of glaring errors and read very monotonously should have not bothered posting this until the facts were correct.

[@ericmiddleton8367]

You have lifted this almost entirely from Wikipedia. Pathetic.

[@Hobgoblin1975]

If you dont make your own video, shut up you fkkn idiot.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

wikipedia is pretty good usually