Toulon’s Port, Europe's largest Military Base, under tight Security | SLICE EXPERTS | FULL DOC

Toulon Naval Base is home to the pinnacle of the French Navy. It gathers 70% of the nation's fleet tonnage. A real "city within a city", the naval base employs 23,000 workers on a daily basis.
Toulon's harbour is exceptional: with a surface area of 1,500 hectares, three quarters of its perimeter is bordered by shores and benefits from natural protection against sea swells. An ultra strategic geographical situation which has always aroused envy - the port has survived through the centuries, withstanding sieges and major conflicts, and has been equipped throughout its history with a cutting-edge defensive system made up of 50 massive forts: the famous Toulon forts.
Constantly attacked but always capable of rising from its ashes, Toulon's base is now more active than ever and honours its past by looking to the future through the building of fortifications and ships at the forefront of technology.
Documentary: Inside Toulon Arsenal, Bastion Of The Mediterranean
Directed by: Juliette Desbois
Production: ZED for RMC Découverte
#documentary #freedocumentary #experts #toulon #war #protection #france #navy #military #port #europe #terrorism

[@Phoenix01914]

Big respect from Italy 🇮🇹❤️🇫🇷

[@picardiebelleregion9508]

La Marina Militare est aussi une force navale de premier rang 👍

[@superfastjellyfish78]

grande rispetto per la marina italiana, che eguaglia la Francia nel Mar Mediterraneo

[@picardiebelleregion9508]

@@superfastjellyfish78 Oui, en Mer Méditerranée comme ailleurs. Ces deux marines seraient parfaites pour travailler ensemble 👌

[@gj6041]

And much respect to Italy, with all the new orders that you already signed (+ other ones expected) recently both the Royal Navy and La Marina Militare will become the first navies in Europe in 10 years from now 😉 With the Italian DDX which will become the best destroyer class in Europe. I hope that the French Navy will also increase its fleet and not only replacing its current ships ! 🙂 Smaller navies like German and Dutch ones will also increase and replace their whole fleet while other big ones (Greece, Spain...) are also making a lot of efforts and purchases 😊

[@tonyhawk94]

Toulon's base...where Napoleon made his first mark in history.

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

Toulon has been a French Naval base for over 400 years. Originally Roman, it was fortified first by Henry IV, then by Vauban , later by Napoleon. I remember visiting the battleships of the French Navy way back in the 1950s. The location is unique and beautiful.

[@chopperking007]

And in ww2 ?

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

@@chopperking007 Toulon was the main base of the French navy during WW2 . Following the French surrender in July 1940, the fleet was controlled by the Vichy government and basically confined to the port due to a lack of fuel. The ruthless British destruction of the French naval ships in Algerian Mers el Kebir in July 1940 and attempted seizures elsewhere made the French Naval command bitterly neutral. When the Germans in November 1942 occupied the Vichy free zone, the French Navy crews revolted against their commanders and scuttled the entire fleet in harbour except for 5 submarines which escaped and sailed to Gibraltar to join Allied command. The Germans arrived too late to stop the sinkings. Some of the scuttled wrecks were still to be found in harbour in the early 1950s. I remember seeing some then when visiting my Franco-Italian family for holidays.

[@adrien5834]

@@michaelmazowiecki9195 The French crews didn't revolt against their commanders in 1942, they were ordered to scuttle by their commanders. The Vichy regime obviously did not want to be occupied by Germany, it was a violation of the terms of the 1940 armistice.

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

@@adrien5834 the Vichy Navy Command was the most anti Allied and pro German. Ship commanders were politically neutral. It was the junior officers and crews that were determined to prevent a hand over of their ships to the Germans. They, in effect, forced their senior officers to give the necessary scuttling orders. I remember my aunt's husband , who was a professional sailor and navy crew member in Toulon, describing in the 1960s his participation in the scuttling of his ship. Apart from the Germans mining the Harbour entrance , what prevented the French navy sailing out was lack of orders and lack of fuel.

[@adrien5834]

@@michaelmazowiecki9195 Anti Allied and pro German is not the same thing. Mers-el-Kébir was a hard pill to swallow for many Navy officers, but Germany was still the enemy and was invading France again in 1942. As far as I know, the fleet in Toulon was ordered to scuttle by High Command. Of course I wasn't there unlike your aunt's husband, but I can't see a reason for the Navy Command to want their ships to fall into German hands.

[@patlelion]

Love how France is underrated! I love it

[@frencharmy26]

On le fait peut-être exprès aussi , pour que nos ennemis ne s’attend pas à se qu’on riposte à se point , nous avons les meilleurs soldats du monde ( tout les militaires du monde sont fort mais les nôtres le sont encore plus , avec le peut de matériel disponible il font des miracles et ne parlons pas de nos forces spéciales )

[@Diegomax22]

@@frencharmy26Peut-être que nous avons une bonne armée, mais le pays reste dans la mouise quand même avec une telle population..

[@markgergely5323]

The French have distinguished themselves as a world power to be respected and feared! Vive la France ! 😊✨

[@till8014]

The French military is clearly too small to be a world power. Only the USA and, to a lesser extent, China have this potential...

[@HenriHattar]

Um I dont think so.....examination of their military exploits dont light up the heavens .

[@superfastjellyfish78]

@@HenriHattar It actually does. Compare it to.... every other country which still exists.

[@HenriHattar]

@@superfastjellyfish78 I have, obviously you haven't.

[@Melior_Traiano]

@@HenriHattar Is that why Napoleon is known throughout the world? I think he has the highest rate of battles won out of any historically significant commander. And I am well aware that he was defeated by the British and Prussians in the end.

[@happyslappy5203]

France is the only one country in Europe able to build on its own: nuclear aircraft carrier, SLBM nuclear submarines, nuclear attack submarines, frigates, amphibious assault ships, replenishment vessels, ICBMs, air-launched nuclear cruise missiles, omnirole carrier-capable jet fighter, attack helicopters, MBTs, APCs, IFVs, AA missiles, military satellites.. M51 ballistic missile carries six to ten independently targetable thermonuclear warheads, 110 kilotons each, 10,000+ km range, reentry at Mach 25., 150-200 metres accuracy.

[@Nathanct43]

The UK can build 90% of these. Germany could too.

[@happyslappy5203]

@@Nathanct43 "can".."could".. ok but they don't build all the stuff in 2024.. That's the point. And it's very doubtful UK and Germany can build efficient ICBMs: no know-how in powerful rockets (British ICBMs are US-made) and lacking of powerful tracking devices. France built Kourou space base in 1965, first rocket launching in 1968. France navy operates one of the largest Missile Range Instrumentation Ship: A601 Monge (230 m length, 21,000 tons). It can track ICBMs reentry at mach 25+, thousands of kilometers away. « Trident missile test failure for the second time in a row. Missile embarrassingly plopped into sea at launch attended by Defense Secretary Grant Shapps » 21 feb 2024😂

[@Nathanct43]

@happyslappy5203 Britain is literally designing and preparing to or is currently building Replenishment ships, Destroyers, Frigates, Nuclear Attack Submarines, 8Ballistic Missile Submarines, tanks, IFV, APC's etc. The UK is capable of having Nuclear Aircraft Carriers the biggest issue is cost. Germany can make Nuclear-powered Attack Submarines and Nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier if it had thr political will too and it quite regularly makes Frigates, Replenishment Ships, Attack Helicopters, MBTs, APC, IFV and standard Submarines.

[@superfastjellyfish78]

Instead of answering a 15 years old fanboy kiddo who disrespect the french military (like just everywhere on the internet), saying "France is shit" I'll post it here: France is a world military power. Not the greatest for sure, unlike years ago and for a long time. But how would you call a country that: build its aircraft carriers build its war planes build its war ships build its nuclear submarines build its helicopters build its tanks build its support vehicles build its air to air, air to land, land to air missiles build its nukes by having it's own military civilian nuclear program build its rockets civilian and military program build its satelites launch its satelites ... I can go on and on and on. For decades and centuries. French army isn't the best anymore, but it's legit. And they have something that the entire world envy them, 1000years of experience and being the most successful country in the world military history.

[@oudloek]

The largest (western) European naval base. This must be hurting the British.

[@olivierdk2]

Yeah, forget Scapa Flow.

[@VinyZikss]

the british have long lost their "competition" with France, it's way way behind them now

[@Neodil]

​@@VinyZikssDommage que ce ne soit arrivé qu'après le début de " l'Entente cordiale "

[@stevesmitherman2981]

What are you talking about The French are not better than the British, it was the British who flew their tanks to Africa as they have no outsize airlift capability and their weapons couldn’t be used in Libya in bad weather either List goes on and on I think you need to get the facts

[@B1900pilot]

FLY AERONAVALE! 🇫🇷🇺🇸

[@thomasg4324]

@42:46 _"This disaster was one of the darkest pages in French history."_

[@Tortuex_]

yes !!!!!! if people want to know more about this ^ they can search about the attack of Mers El Kebir, in Algeria

[@TheRightONe-et3gh]

The France only has one enemy: The english.

[@Fortheweak13]

Most underrated comment

[@_su0p]

In hindsight Churchill should’ve trusted the French but you can’t really blame him for Mers el Kebir, France’s navy albeit not as big as the RN was definitely formidable coupled with Italys Regia Marina and axis airbases along the Mediterranean would have been a very troubling for RN forces in the Med making supplying the African campaign quite challenging, threatening the Suez Canal the link between Britain and its Empire in Asia. Britain could not afford to let the Nazis get their hands on the French navy and in desperate times desperate measures are needed. Am a saying mers el kebir was justified? No, it was a blatant attack on an ally and definitely discountable. Was it necessary though? Without hindsight how could the RN trust that France would scuttle their navy? Frankly they couldn’t take that risk.

[@Tortuex_]

@@_su0p the French swore to scuttle their ships docked in Mers el Kebir should the Nazi try to capture them. The events in the video showed that they were willing to do it no matter what, so yes, unjustified imo.

[@arnaudcasalis4072]

My father was a French naval officer stationed in Halifax, Canada, when the British bombarded Mers El Kebir by surprise, killing 1,700 French sailors. While the French had heroically sacrificed themselves at Dunkirk to save the English troops, who could retreat to their island in their common defeat against the Germans, he conceived of this dishonorable betrayal as a deep bitterness. Especially since a few days before, English and French sailors had rubbed shoulders as allies and friends. In contrast, the German regular army had, at the beginning of the occupation, been instructed to be perfectly correct with the French. This conflict of honour and dignity was an additional ordeal for the French soldiers. Let us not forget, despite misconceptions, that France lost more deaths during this war than the Americans themselves during the entire conflict on a population four times smaller. Sponsored links:

[@simonharwood5999]

It wasnt by suprise. The ships could not be left to the Germans and were given instruction to leave port for Scapa Flo. The lives of 1700 French sailors lay at the feet of those who told the captains of those vessels to ignore the royal navys request for the ships to be placed under protection up in the Shetlands. When if they had complied those ships would have been returned to France and those sailors would have gone home to their families

[@simonharwood5999]

After victory in Europe.

[@drschnaps8081]

@@simonharwood5999the ships would never had been left to the Germans. Churchill knew this. An official order was given that of the Germans would try to take any ships, all ships would have scuttled. It was an official order of the French admiralty. Any counter order would not have been considered. Churchill knew that and didn’t inform his admiral about this order. So stop saying there was a risk that the German would have our navy, there was none.

[@BzhToine]

@@simonharwood5999 And there are great chances that the whole fleet from Mers el Kebir and Toulon would have rejoin the allies in 42. But it was clear for the sailors in Toulon that they would never take their ships to the brits affter Mers el Kebir so they scutled them.

[@patlelion]

France is truly a top military power in world!

[@HenriHattar]

No it's NOT! That's a joke comment.

[@HungarianRepublic]

😂

[@maxencebaudoin7889]

​@@HungarianRepublic bro your hungarian now your place

[@arnaudpayet6173]

@@HenriHattar It is : Nuclear power, able to project it's forces all around the world (only the USA and the UK are able to do it), has a military presence all around the world thanks to it's overseas territories, very capable army with it's own fighter jet (Rafale), it's own tank (Leclerc), nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carrier. In the past decades, France has conducted 30 external operations wordlwide, more than any other european state

[@HenriHattar]

@@arnaudpayet6173 Past decades?/ How many decades? Maybe we can then check other stats if you give the right information V vague information?

[@utilisateurlambda7983]

Enfant, je passais mes vacances à Saint Mandrier et vivait au cœur des militaires. Chaque jours nous allions à la pêche et croissions les navires. L'école des plongeurs de combat est à Saint-Mandrier. Cela m'a donné le gout de la plongée sous-marine.

[@davidwood2911]

From David A.Wood: I first heard of the Southern French city Toulon and its Meditteranean Sea-located, French Naval base as a pre-adolescent back in the Spring of 1974. That was when I had read one of my father's very informative Marshall Cavendish WW2 books that described how the Vichy French Navy scuttled many of its own ships in 1942 while they were still in port to keep the Germans from taking possession of those warships. The French Navy did this after the Nazi German government sent the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces of World War 2) to aggressively move in and take over the territory of Vichy France after the Vichy-controlled French Military surrendered the then French colonies of North Africa to the Allies (USA and UK) after their successful completion of Operation Torch in late 1942.

[@anonviewerciv]

4:14 The only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier outside of the US, to be even more broad. ⚜☢🦅 8:10 Security measures. 🛡

[@albertstahl3474]

very interesting video of the history of this port

[@funkmachine9094]

yeah except for ads every 4 minutes the whole damn video

[@hlgligligmilgliglig1752]

@@funkmachine9094 adblock... comon its 2024

[@Sugarmountaincondo]

Even Google Earth has blurred all recent imagery of Toulon as is the case with many military installations these days for security purposes.

[@opi4372]

Quite interesting

[@thomascuvillier7250]

Aircraft carriers used to be stationned on the Atlantic coast because France had its colonies with airfields that let planes cover the Mediteraneen Sea.

[@edwinurbina7843]

Excelente

[@loeffelm]

Good one, thanks

[@AnitaJobby]

16:00 I see they even managed to recruit french version of Jason Statham...😂

[@AuxaneST]

He looks like Belgian actor Nicolas Gob.

[@SeanHogan_frijole]

France’s record as a military power is without a doubt the best. It’s victories far outstrip others

[@fdz8341]

Respect!!

[@phallyun5751]

Tres interescant

[@jeannotary-auteur1717]

magnifique reportage. Une fois de plus, l'action de Louis XIV fut déterminante pour nous laisser un héritage remarquable qui traverse les siècles, en confiant à Vauban et Colbert le soin de réaliser son ambitieux programme.

[@oeliamoya9796]

Just incredible the amount of money and resources devoted to defense because of human's war-like nature all throughout history. Imagine how much more advanced our science would be if we had devoted these funds to education and better quality of life infrastructure like schools, low income housing, etc

[@user-zn3ne6qw1m]

Shut up

[@AuxaneST]

You are right but we also cannot discard the need for this. Peace has a very very heavy price and this should not be forgotten by anybody in our so-called "peaceful" countries. Plus sometimes civil scientific research and military/police crime-fighting techniques development overlap...

[@oeliamoya9796]

@@AuxaneST 1st off Thank you for not attacking me for having a different opinion (as so many other people do on the internet) and for explaining your viewpoint so articulately. To your point on overlap / trickle down effect of R&D such as the WW2 radar leading to the microwave appliance, that is a solid fact that cannot be disputed. But consider for a moment that those techs would have eventually be discovered. War may have accelerated their inventions but given how important radar is for aviation, there is no doubt radar was inevitable for the safe tracking of civilian planes given the THOUSANDS of flights airlines fly every day. Yes, we pay a high price for defense. Higher than we realize. It's far more than just money. We give up our privacy. In the name of national security, govts routinely spy on each other AND THEIR OWN citizens. We've given up a lot to be safe. Maybe too much. At shat point is it too much? What if tomorrow a new law requires anyone entering schools to be NAKED. NAKED = no chance to conceal a firearm= no more school shootings. Its not so far fetched. Some schools already require all students to use see through plastic backpacks for this very reason

[@joeiborowski9763]

@@oeliamoya9796 2% of GDP, which most European countries do not meet, isn't "too much". The US spends 2.7% of thei rGDP.

[@mikeg3810]

Check out America’s 800 billion dollar defense budget…Yet, politicians have hard time finding money to fix problems within cities. So they just find creative ways to get more money out of the people.

[@Gurashi]

Look down..look down , don’t look ‘Em in the eye

[@BruneSixtine]

Retrieve the flag.

[@smarteveryday1606]

well done France from India, we also have two Jewels INS Vikramaditya and the INS Vikrant

[@valadonwilliam9228]

🌓🌈W❤V🌈☀...😘😘😘...Adeste Fidele...

[@tokaiteioelaina]

Dear Staff, I am currently planning to work on translating this video into Chinese and would love to share it on the Chinese online platform Bilibili to make it accessible to a wider audience. However, I wanted to ask for your permission first. Would you be okay with me uploading the translated version with Chinese subtitles? I'll make sure to credit you properly and link back to the original video here on KZbin. It will be very appreciated if you can reply me with approval. Many thanks.

[@user-xm3fo5vu1s]

Got to love how they have an Aussie ANZAC frigate with the French LHD as the video cover pic for this video, us Aussies are coming for frog legs frenchies. :)

[@peterjaniceforan3080]

🇫🇷🫡

[@chandrachurniyogi8394]

the Toulon Naval Base of Marine Nationalé could do with some major infrastructure expansion . . . the Marine Nationalé has too many of it's premier surface combatants stacked up inside a single naval base & that makes it vulnerable in wartime . . . the navy should spread out it's fleet across other naval bases in Cherbourg & Lorient or foreign (if any) naval bases of the Marine Nationalé . . . as i understand Marine Nationalé warships has to sail through the Suez Canal everytime a naval task force is deployed or returning back to home port . . . because the Mediterranean Sea is a enormous land locked water body & the only way in or out is the Suez Canal . . . not an expert in maritime & naval tactics but I think this to be a big disadvantage for Marine Nationalé . . .

[@Zackary1005]

When was this originally produced? Sounds like simpler times when « terrorism » was the biggest threat to even a nuclear power.

[@Bvic3]

What changed? We are mostly seeing weaponised civilian quadcopters and wing drones being used in Russia or Middle East. There is no threat from navies and manned air forces or armoured ground forces.

[@NickGonsalves]

The USS Cole is a DDG, not a frigate.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Yes. And France has no current battleships. It decommissioned the last one, Richelieu in 1967.

[@mnd7381]

Looks like Europeans call anything a frigate. Even 7000-8000+ tons heavily armed ships are frigates there.

[@scottwhiting1871]

The MoD should of brought the 2 Minstrel class Carriers from the french after the deal with Russia fell through! Egypt brought them in the end for a bargain! HMS Ocean was sold for peanuts and now the RN has a gap in the fleet! I would also have the CDG over the QE class! Not just because it’s Nuclear but it’s got the E2 Hawkeye which the QE class cancelled because of the ski jump! The one lesson from the Falklands war and the MoD ignore it?

[@TheRightONe-et3gh]

what's that gibberish?

[@scottwhiting1871]

Well so far crowsnest radar has cost £430 million it will come out of service in 5 years, so the MoD could have brought 5 E2 Hawkeye and have £30 million change! And that doesn’t include the Merlin helicopters! Ocean was sold for £84 million and the 2 Helicopter LPDs 40,000 tons would have cost the same as a type 26 Frigate! The RN is short of ships and I don’t mind if they are French.

[@_su0p]

@@scottwhiting1871lol first we have to sailors to run them.

[@tremendousbaguette9680]

@@scottwhiting1871 For a couple centuries some of the RN ships were indeed French. But I don't think we'll let ye Brits, erm, "collect" them the same way as before. 😅

[@Denzengtan]

France is a superpower country..all of us know...france is known also of highly trained military men....... superpower😮

[@adrien5834]

?

[@neogeoisie]

France is the brand of good people 😂

[@ronmaximilian6953]

France hasn't been a superpower since 1815

[@patlelion]

France is a kind of the elite of the world but in small scale

[@till8014]

The French military is clearly too small to be a super power. Only the USA and, to a lesser extent, China have this potential...

[@patlelion]

One thing is sure, zee French always know a couple of things about war! And do you know why? This is been their business for thousands years! Glory to France, one of the main protector of this world…. Yes you can still laugh about our white flag 🏳️ , it doesn’t matter we still here

[@nath9091]

Wonder whether they're keeping an eye on Ukraine's attacks on the Black Sea fleet and figuring out countermeasures to USV, drone and missile threats.

[@elysianfields6350]

Barrier works great against 100 aerial, armed drones???

[@patlelion]

Now yes

[@danielcreveuil]

@@patlelion really ? or just " forfanterie ?"

[@JeanCharlesHuillet]

Do you think they will reveal all the defense system...? They tell you what they want.

[@KevinNguyen-zn4vv]

The game of defense and offense is like a game of tug-of-war. Once it's known, it's easy come come up with countermeasures -- well other than the nuke and MAD.

[@NiitrogripalL]

The danger today is not Terrorism

[@marko100skive]

@21:25 - its not a frigate ffs

[@neurodivtries4101]

France is the most powerful country in the Europe.

[@stevesmitherman2981]

Utter rubbish

[@neurodivtries4101]

@@stevesmitherman2981 Check global firepower index.

[@scharnhorstkaisarbeethoven]

What happened to St nazaire

[@jonathanratel3150]

St nazaire is a major shipyard like Cherbourg and Lorient not a military port like Brest or Toulon 🙏

[@funkmachine9094]

there's too many ads!!!

[@user-ch5gt3vt5c]

I hope there wouldn't be a third world war, because I think it would be the end of every thing 😢

[@joeyoung4121]

And the idiot Biden has given money to Iran. He doesn't know or have a clue. He's been wrong on everything for 50 years

[@zodinsanga3273]

i think an active noise cancelling earbuds will be effective against that sound

[@BruneSixtine]

It could indeed

[@TheRightONe-et3gh]

Don't worry after Macron is done with it, there won't be much left of France.

[@user-ec1uq2ir1z]

In Griekenland is strategische ligging 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂

[@EDProductionsYT]

If I’m not mistaken the Naval Base at Toulon is half the size of the HMNB Devonport

[@loeffelm]

By any metric HMNB Devonport is not the largest dockyard in western Europe. Toulon (France) is: 2.68 km2 (vs 2.6 km2) 10 km waterfront (vs 6 km) 12000 service personnel (vs 2500)

[@Gneisneau]

Brest is over 300 hectares and 13km long

[@EDProductionsYT]

@@loeffelm then why does it say on google devonport is larger (the actual military installation)

[@user-ec1uq2ir1z]

IJsland is een strategische ligging 😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@Neodil]

Ironically, France has had the best European fleet since after the Second World War, that is to say since Western Europe is at internal peace. While the French fleet has throughout history suffered from delays against the Spanish fleet first, then the English fleet and finally the German's one.

[@JoanneLeon]

AI

[@AuxaneST]

Should our Army be sharing that much information to journalists that can propagate it online for free and in English?...

[@alsanchez5038]

It’s no secret?

[@brunodejong1695]

Google satellite?

[@domerame5913]

bro thinks our adversaries are learning about us on youtube okay ruzzia might be incompetent, but be realistic

[@AaRr-bn3xx]

Remember that deterrence relys on the enemy knowing that you have a means to defend yourself...

[@timhannah4]

Check out Devonport (UK) Biggest Naval Base in W Europe!

[@CentralGaming-xj8ti]

2024

[@simonharwood5999]

Plymouth naval base is over 650 acres. That makes it over 263 hectares. I think there are some contentious claims here. French navy claim Europes largest naval base. So Does H.M.N.B Devonport website.

[@neage59]

Toulon naval base is 268 hectares, so 662 acres.

[@loeffelm]

By any metrics HMNB Devonport is not the largest dockyard in western Europe. Toulon (France) is: 2.68 km2 (vs 2.6 km2) 10 km waterfront (vs 6 km) 12000 service personnel (vs 2500)

[@Gneisneau]

Brest naval base is over 300 hectares and 13km long

[@martineley1]

Looks like the UK is sadly lacking here

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

UK is not in Europe anymore, you're only lacking to yourself Devonport= 650 acres - Toulon= 663 acres 😉

[@gilesellis8002]

France is Nuclear, Rafaele isn't Bad; We had the Best, But Government Cuts lined MP's pockets,

[@olivergrundy5205]

Bro said uk isnt in Europe anymore 😂

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

@@olivergrundy5205 brexit does it says something to you?🙃

[@ikke12345]

​@@benoitpisarchick6866UK is not int the EU, but it is absolutely in Europe. Learn your geography

[@jamesg2382]

Gotta lift your game on the narration, sounds like a wooden cutout. Unwatchable, a pity, I’m sure you put some work into this.

[@JoanneLeon]

AI. Seems like the channel birth coincides with release of AI tools too. Maybe a mix of human and AI but the narration definitely

[@Franco60.]

Italy is the best existing security for the Mediterranean basin !!!

[@maxencebaudoin7889]

Yeah lol

[@maynamar2517]

with macaroni and spaghetti yeah.

[@occi31]

Another Italian with an inferiority complex 😂

[@AuxaneST]

PAX Mediterranea requires everybody to pitch in so good news. But where were you to protect Greece against the Turks?...

[@maynamar2517]

@@AuxaneST Italy can not even protect italy

[@kyk1682]

Excellent doc. I’m a big nap nerd and love looking at these naval bases on Google Earth. The French are still a bunch of weenies and have it blocked on Google Earth while every other major military has their naval base open to be viewed so I’m always curious about toulon. Thanks for sharing.

[@pinkunicorn3373]

Si vous aviez ce que les français peuvent penser de votre commentaire et de vous...

[@SamV1908]

Lol so according to you it's wimpy not to show satellite images of a military base in order to protect sensitive data? I think it's mostly smart on the part of the French...

[@BruneSixtine]

I mean, it's not your common naval base, it's a nuclear naval base, you don't want a nuclear catastrophy in southern Europe... Better be careful with satellite images.

[@francinesicard464]

Oh man, how old are you? Please go and play somewhere else! Frankly, not a very brainy comment! France is sovereign concerning its military grounds. For security purposes, French military authorities have the perfect right to forbid any satellite view of their military grounds, especially since Toulon is a nuclear naval base.

[@ayoubthestalker2069]

Toda esta fuerza y Francia Fue expulsada de África de forma humillante y humillante en Mali Burkina Faso Nigeria kongo. ....

[@AuxaneST]

No. Fue buena noticia para los franceses. Basta ya de ayudar a paises que no respetan el sacrificio y con quien compartimos tan poco culturalmente. Mas util en Ucraina que están luchando para los valores occidentales. Hasta nunca!

[@flomany6537]

C'est une bonne chose cela coute beaucoup d'argent a la France .

[@IRACEMABABU]

Talking about humiliation, let's see what happens to those african countries with Russia and Wagner troops. Africans don't know who russians are. We in Europe know them very well... Let's see who's gonna have the last laugh......

[@DaveSCameron]

Toulon est une Citie de rugby et tres mauvais c’est la! 😂😂😂😂😂😂🇬🇧👍

[@maxencebaudoin7889]

Qu'est que c'est que ce charabia sans nom ?

[@ronaldmcmurray6274]

Guz ( Plymouth) is the largest naval base in Europe.

[@JoeS-bu3vi]

4:14 The only nuclear powered aircraft carrier in Europe.... yeh definitely

[@davis_8082]

pretty sure its true. Only spain italy and England have aircraft carriers in europe and they're powered by gas turbine/diesel engines

[@tonyhawk94]

Only the US has nuclear aircraft carriers outside of France, no european countries, Britain included have these.

[@zefyrisd69]

it is, in fact, the only non American nuclear powered aircraft carrier. Which de facto makes it the only one in Europe indeed. There are only 12 nuclear powered aircraft carriers in the world. 11 are Americans, and the last one is French.

[@Hope2421]

Devonport Royal dockyard, also known as Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport), is the largest naval base in western Europe. The dockyard is one of 3 operating bases in the UK for the Royal Navy. Facts matter

[@Caddaric79]

HMNB Devonport 650 acres / Base navale de Toulon 662 acres. Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[@Hope2421]

@@Caddaric79 I think I will take the Royal Navy's word for it rather than your Google search, curb your attitude.

[@nicolascavadini3570]

@@Hope2421 Maybe you should be a bit more self counscious talking about attitude like that. You said facts matter, please bring us facts not what the perfide albion is saying about herself.

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

When you're saying Royal Navy, Are you talking about the Royal Navy who is searching an admiral for her Vanguards sub on linkedin? or the one who's failed twice to launch what is supposed to be called Trident nuclear Missile? or maybe the Navy who had to decommissioned two ships befor the planned date of retirements because she's lacking of qualified personnal? or maybe the Navy who send frigates to hunt russian submarines on north Atlantic and failed to do so because the frigate took water and sonar broke down? or maybe the Royal Navy who can't succeed to have even one operationnal zero catobar "aircraft carrier" at sea?😁

[@Hope2421]

All of what you have taken the time to list it's disproved bollox, you're welcome.

[@erwinbreyson]

You just expose your top secrets to your enemies, good luck with that.

[@astree214]

Sure the important informations weren't given ;-)

[@patlelion]

If you knew! 😂 nothing was shown there, it’s the modern French military we talk about, probably the second in world after US, technologically

[@Ndriana]

Anything the journalists were allowed to film and show are things we know are already well known by our enemies. What did you think? 😂

[@leienhartbo3377]

nice french propaganda hahahha

[@maxencebaudoin7889]

Qu'est ce que ta ? tu va chialer :)

[@leienhartbo3377]

@@maxencebaudoin7889 maybe same language ,no clue what you want! ohh mon doiii 🤔

[@maxencebaudoin7889]

@@leienhartbo3377 what ? you gonna cry :) yeah we do propaganda deal with it

[@leienhartbo3377]

​@@maxencebaudoin7889 Let me guess you're between 15 and 20 and don't understand the context or add mustard to the salad (typicall french)

[@maxencebaudoin7889]

@@leienhartbo3377 well you just crying again and again

[@MAG1C-ez4de]

american weapons...

[@phillipphil1615]

Can you be more precise?

[@16psyco]

nope

[@xxdarkphoenixxx1]

american weapon ? with french navy ? wtf ? in fact the american new fregate sonar are french, the opposite is true for some weapon in france (like sentry and hawkeye) but not in the navy.

[@CapitaineNemo1]

None of this are american weapon. It's pure french tech

[@jonathanratel3150]

What???! 😂 Mistral class us? Fremm Aquitaine class us? Charles de Gaulle us ? Horizon class frigates us? Rubis and suffrens class subs us? Dassault rafale marine us? Exocet us ? Thales sonar us? Dauphin and tiger heli us? 😂

[@grill38]

💙💙🤍🤍❤❤