WW2 German Amerikabombers | The Secret Aircraft That Aimed At Bombing The United States | PART 1

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[@joeblow6568]

20 ,minutes on U-boats, 10 on the actual title, then an hour on the B-29?

[@briankistner4331]

It's amazing that Boeing, designer of the B-17 & B-29, has gone to shit in the last decade.

[@crazytrain7114]

They're trying to run a publically traded engineering company like a government contractor. Thank McDonald Douglas

[@larry648]

Don’t forget the B-47, the C/KC-135 series and, of course, the great B-52.

[@adriancash7063]

@@briankistner4331 it’s not like the B29 had a trouble free entry into service ! Yes, I’m sure the priority was getting it onto the front line and of course it was a leap forward technology wise but it was plagued with issues.

[@senormedia]

so, 30 minutes of what the video is titled, and then an hour on the 29?

[@rustycann6887]

i thought this was about german bombers not the B29

[@Ma007rk]

Perhaps if Germany would have produced such bombers in the mid to late 30s, then they might have made a difference. Nazi Germany just had too many things going against them. No doubt they produced exquisite airplanes, tanks, etc. It just took way too much in the way of specialized labor to produce what they produced. And it costs too much per item.

[@mikehart5619]

Well, IF they could have been produced in a significant number and IF there were pilots to fly them and IF there was fuel to keep them flying then maybe it would have made a difference in the war. But even if the bomber could have gotten off the drawing board and if it could have actually flown to New York and back, there are all the previous IFs. Besides, while bombing the east coast of the US would be tragic for those living there, it would have barely made a dent in US industrial capacity.

[@Trumpallthewayperiod]

Very good point

[@mauritsdonga7663]

Agreed.

[@BrettDei]

German insistence on quality over quantity, interservice rivalries, and the inefficiencies in all materials and production made German defeat inevitable.

[@joe2mercs]

In the ebb and flow of WW2, U.K. aircraft production migrated from making fighters to bombers as the need for defence swung toward going on the offence. The reverse happened in Germany. As the war progressed Germany’s aircraft production concentrated much more on developing fighters to defend against bomber raids. Bombers are much more resource intensive machines to develop, build, equip, man, operate and escort than fighters. So while some may have fantasised about bombing America, Germany did not have the resources for such a project.

[@adriancash7063]

@@joe2mercs not sure it’s true to say that production migrated from fighters to bombers as the war progressed. What evidence have you seen for this? The preeminent bombers and fighters of the early part of the war continued in production throughout the campaign - arguably when you consider the development of the Tempest and Fury line together with the evolution of the Spitfire there was as much if not more fighter development than bomber - the Warwick was low volume whilst the Lincoln arrived too late.

[@benjaminrapp7418]

"Boeing... shortcuts had to be taken..." Oh boy, that sure hits differently in 2024.

[@davemcinnes7886]

Even Hitler knew Germany could never hang with America!

[@trinovantian1]

Anymore about the Amerikabomber ?

[@farmrrick]

Raiding New York wouldn't have done much strategically. US industry is very spread out. Especially once you get us on a war footing .

[@blintzkreig1638]

The next video covers this.

[@allangibson8494]

There was an operation to shell New York with Tabun and Sarin nerve gas from a U-Boat scheduled for May 10th 1945. Basically everyone in Manhattan would have died. The U-Boat sailed to Argentina when the surrender order was issued - it arrived with no deck gun, no ammunition and severe burns on the deck…

[@litestuffllc7249]

Actually the Nazi's did have access to an aircraft that could have bombed the USA from day 1; the Zeppilin. One might think initially; they were too easy to shoot down; the USA having denied Nazi Germany Helium for just this reason. But, even a Hydrogen Zepplin is not that easy to shoot down; they had Bombed England in WWI. A Zeppilin has another massive advantage - loiter time. A group of Zeppilins could wait far out of the range of fighters until fog or clouds gave them cover to attack anywhere in Canada or the USA. In order to counter the threat large amounts of aircraft would need to be made and deployed for defence instead of offense.

[@BarrengerFynar]

It might have worked if they had a PBY style seaplane with U-boat refueling somewhere at sea.

[@allangibson8494]

Like the Japanese did with the second raid on Pearl Harbor…

[@ArmyVet82ndAbn]

To make a dull long story short: America kicked Germanys ass, end of story.

[@alfonsfalkhayn8950]

Only with massive help from the Brits, French, Polish, Czech and Russians of course, which wore off the german might, did you have a chance to become that what you today are.....but China will correct that, just wait and c.

[@JollySchwaggermann]

Why you got so many people's in prison than China ?

[@Sugarmountaincondo]

@22:00 a complete list of the 20+ factories in America the Germans wanted to bomb would have been more useful to us historians than just naming 3 and following with "and many others" This video lost track of it's Title and became a story about the B-29. You lost my subscription over this fact.

[@josephd6203]

Such good information. I thought I knew a lot about WW2, but I was wrong, I learned a lot today!

[@Kirkee7]

YES WE GET , it the distance.

[@SocratesOnline]

6:36 No need for capitalism to get the Usa out of the crisis

[@glennquagmire1747]

Its purpose was not to use bombs but to drop radioactive radiation or a dirty bomb.

[@iluvledzepp]

39:38 Shanghai Shek lol? You mean Chang Kai Shek... For the amount of time it must take to make these documentaries you'd think they'd do some fact checking, just saying...

[@ianbeedles1329]

Careful, the content creator is very sensitive when he gets criticism about how pronounces well known names, especially British county, city and town names😉

[@richardcalda3187]

I've forgotten what we started with

[@carlhull8276]

Stubborn Brits Screwed up a lot of other stuff too

[@GeorgeRuffner-iy7bm]

As a subscriber, I suggest you could take the B-29 stuff and make a separate video. There were things mentioned and shown I never was aware of, and I'm 79 years old! Thanks for sharing. 🙈🙉🙊 😎 🇺🇸

[@bettinaripperger4159]

It is so sad to see what America has become. We have no production ability. Our workers have become lazy and soft. We have worked hard to stop producing oil domestically. We have drained our strategic oils reserves.

[@jasonwood6570]

What are you whining about. There is still plenty of industry. And I'm not sure where you work, but as a machinist in the oil industry, I don't agree with your soft and lazy assessment. And by the way, there is more oil production going on now than ever. I work in the industry, and what you said is unequivocally false. If you want to do something to change these so called problems, then buy American. And send your kids to work in the oil fields ,because there are tons of good paying jobs to be had, and it's cheaper than sending your kids to college. Don't complain if you are not willing to spend your money on American made products( and our allies) . The real problem is lazy complainers that don't back up there talk with money

[@mauritsdonga7663]

Ah, need a safe space? The United States are doing fine.

[@BrettDei]

Workers aren't soft or lazy. Corporations are entirely responsible for shipping manufacturing overseas, and pay and benefits haven't kept pace with management compensation.

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

​@@jasonwood6570 Your "spend money on American products (and our allies)" ... does your "allies" include Commie Vietnam too ? Why spend on stuff from your "allies" when they've took away American jobs .

[@billygoat520]

American workers are the highest producers in the world. If we wish to live the way we do fossil fuels have to go.

[@henrycorvinus4045]

If William Boeing was still with us, Boeing would still be outstanding.

[@davemcinnes7886]

Still are! Most folks are totally ignorant of what it really takes to design and build a plane that’s not aluminum, but all composites! Ahead of its time!

[@allangibson8494]

If Boeing hadn’t been taken over by McDonnell it would still be a decent company…

[@barryking5993]

Too Little Too Late

[@espenbjerke665]

whats a Bollem &vos? ;)))

[@Dronescapes]

Auto-generated subtitles. You can always turn them off...

[@adriancash7063]

@@Dronescapesmaybe he was referring to the pronunciation which was slightly less than accurate 😉

[@Dronescapes]

Who knows…We manually fixed the English subtitles (which were wrong). In another year or so AI is going to be perfect, so this will not happen anymore (but so many other things will happen)

[@richardcaves3601]

Never got off the drawing board. So, like all Nazis fantasy machines, remains a pipe dream. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@allangibson8494]

This video is full of errors. The Soviets got 400,000 trucks from the western allies… V-1’s were launched from submarines in 1945 - US submarines as the JB-2 Loon… The Japanese had dozens of aircraft carrying submarines (with up to three strike aircraft on each (in the I-400 class))…

[@Vanilla-jd1ez]

What democracy? The US has officially not been a democracy ever. Lindon Johnson ended any semblance of a government answerable to it's citizens.

[@Dronescapes]

You have a very odd way of labeling a democracy, especially considering the many examples of huge countries (and not) that are definitively not a democracy, but are outright dictatorships, or resemble one.

[@123123baztard]

I bet you get invited to lots of parties 😂😂😂

[@allangibson8494]

Lyndon Johnson made the United States more answerable to its people - to the disgust of the members of the KKK like Fred and Donald Trump… (Fred Trump was arrested for disorderly conduct in full KKK regalia in New York City).

[@trueTrumper]

Yeah, So secret, they never used it. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅