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I feel my few dollars a month have been a good investment. Some day when young people study this war they will have a treasure trove of resources, thanx to your efforts. At least, thats my hope.
One must say, the Allied Force had a thing for McGyvering themselves out of every situation. Have no Airfield? We make one. Have no streets and highways in the desert? We roll them out for you. There is no Harbour? We bring it with our fleets. No Gasoline? We rig a Pipeline on the way. Awesome!
Oil was at the center of WW2, it was the one deciding factor in German strategy. In so far as we can speak of a coherent German strategy to begin with. Also, it must be nice for Spartacus to finally not have to talk about human atrocities but something lighthearted for a change. In WW2 terms that is.
@@DylanKidd-rn6rq I can take that a step further. Japan's insanity in China (i.e. Nanjing) led to US sanctions, which escalated to oil and scrap metal embargos. Japan's brutality led to its downfall.
@@AndrewBlacker-t1d not so sure about Soviet greatness in logistics- Bagration was a victory won in the cargo beds of Studebaker, Ford and General Motors. Otherwise Soviet logistics trains were largely horse-drawn.
I'd chalk it up to Hitler's ideological one-track mind. If he had allocated more than 10% of the German war effort in the Middle East he would have had the Saudi oil fields in front of him. As it was, there was no way for the Germans to exploit the Caucusus oil; there the rail lines ran North-South; the Germans needed the rails to run East-West. Even IF the Soviets had failed to destroy the oil wells (a very big IF) did Germany have the logistics and technology to drill, refine and move that all that oil?
Thank you for this! My English Grandfather, George F Lowe, was an Electrical Engineer working in industry in the Midlands during the War. He designed the electric motors for Project Pluto. He saved a newspaper with a long article about the project. I still have it.
The steel tubes were made in Corby, Northamptonshire. The Corby steelworks had started and grew during the 30s and continued to grow after the war with a huge migration of Scots (and some Irish) moving to the town. The steelworks were shut down in 1979, causing mass unemployment in Corby (around 30%) and the town suffered immensely from it but the factory that produced the tubes was kept open as it was too expensive to move elsewhere. It’s still there today, the only part of the steelworks that remains. A negative legacy of the steelworks was the toxic waste and pollution in the ground and air that remained once the steelworks were shut and dismantled. It caused many birth defects in newborn children after which lead to a landmark high court ruling in 2009 that was the first in the world to rule a link between air pollution and birth defects. Corby continued to suffer from the closure until the early 2000s with government investment but there are still areas that suffer with numerous issues with unemployment, poverty and so on due to the closure. Because of Corby’s large Scottish population it is one of the few places in England to have a Kirk (Church of Scotland). It had a second but it closed recently. The accent is also very different to surrounding areas due to the Scottish migration too. When the steelworks opened, Corby was essentially a village yet is now home to over 75,000. The song Steeltown by Big Country is about Corby, the migration from Scotland, and the closure of the steelworks.
Shout out to Northamptonshire!! ❤ as a Ketteringer in the town next door, my Grandpa worked at the Steelworks through the 60s-80s. And i never knew there was a link to this pipe line. Thank you for informing us 😁 👍
That's quite the historical journey for Corby. The steelworks, once the heartbeat of the town, left a complex legacy of growth and hardship. Thank you for sharing.
There is a reservoir near Corby, called Eyebrook, just below Rockingham Castle, which was created to supply water for the steelworks in Corby. It was also used by the Dambusters in early practice runs. On the 75th anniversary of that raid, the RAF's Lancaster did a fly-over at the reservoir to commemorate it.
Really interesting article and also grateful for local input from Northamptonshire. Could the UK do it now ?- I suspect not. Last few steel jobs under threat in S. Wales as steel making needs 'decarbonising' (!)
@@Conn30Mtenor Every large and small military operation in history has faced this reality. Napolean among other of his variations famously said "An Army moves on it's stomach"! Making the obvious sound profound was one of Brads specialties
Impressive that the Allied planners had the logistical preparations to keep the troops moving forward. So much clever engineering went into addressing these problems. Great video, thanks. 😊
General Paulus (whose army had been affected by eeeh light logistical issues lol): « Let me land on Normandy; disgrade me as a batallion commander if you will but let me fight on western front -- under the allies! »
The 1940s documentary film does indeed have a bit of a campy feel at times with that dramatic music, yet it is somehow impressive to see all that Allied ingenuity in getting oil pipelines across the English Channel. Thank you for bring this film to us Sparty & team, this was very interesting!
I have been into ww2 since I was a kid and this is the first time I have heard about this project, absolutely unbelievable. Thank you very much!! Once again, you show us that you are the best history channel on TH-cam and you deserve all the support you can get. Thank you!
Time: 6:39. That 'secret place' is Sandown, Isle of Wight, where I live. The cliff is culver down. The WWII gun emplacements atop the cliff can still be seen today. There's a lovely pub up there now, but during the war there was a communication station atop the cliffs working with the guns and the area was out of bounds. The buildings we see are still in use and haven't changed a bit. 'Brown's Ice Cream' became a hotel and was the disguised pumping station. Also, miraculously, the original pumps still exist and are being restored to working order to preserve the history of the site for future generations. As an Islander, the PLUTO pipeline is well known and I'm rather proud to see it featured on this channel for the world to learn about. Thank you.
I visited southern Englad last year and a knowledgeable local showed me the little 'houses' that were the PLUTO pumping stations. They are still there looking very innocuous. Nearby are concrete 'bowls' used in an experiment to detect and locate aircraft by reflecting their sound. It looked like a boring area, unless you knew.
That's a fascinating bit of history hidden in plain sight! It’s amazing how unassuming structures like those can hold such significant stories. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching.
I live in East Texas a few miles from the start of the Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines built to transport crude Texas oil north up the eastern seaboard to be shipped to Europe, specifically to avoid U-Boats.
We had one in the UK to shift aviation fuel to the Bomber Airfields called the Government Pipelines and Storage System. Planning for GPSS started in 1936, Construction was well advanced when the war started and by 1941 aviation fuel could be pumped directly from the Refineries in the Liverpool area to hidden hardened fuel depots close to the main bomber and fighter airfields in south eastern half of the UK. The GPSS was extended to the Isle of Wright and the Kent Coast to allow PLUTO to be connected to it. It still exists, but is a commercial run operation now.
@@richardvernon317 The Big Inch and Little Big Inch were built in 1942 and 1943 respectively. 1,254 and 1,475 miles (2,018 and 2,374 kilometers) long. Were sold after the war and converted to transport natural gas transforming the energy market in the northeastern United States.
German Wonder Weapons: "We're going to invent rockets so we can use them in cruise missiles for the indiscriminate bombing of Southern England" Allied Wonder Weapons: "We're going to build a really long pipe and wrap it around a giant wheel so we can lay lines across the channel and ship oil to France continuously".
Excellent work on showing us the 1945 reel, loved how it was setup and introduced. Made me enjoy it more than I would usually do when watching it out of the blue.
One of the overlooked aspects of war. And again, the Time Ghost team delivers another part of the puzzle to their coverage of this war, leaving no stone unturned and giving us detailed information. This makes me proud to be member of the Time Ghost Army!
I learned about Operation Pluto in the Laurence Olivier narrated series, “World at War,” (1973). They talked about the pipeline briefly, but did mention the ice creamery camouflaged pumping station. I can’t remember if “Victory at Sea” (1951) mentioned it. I do want you guys to know though, that these brief one-sided perspectives were all we had in my youth (1970s and 80s). People who were particularly interested in WW2 like myself, were forced to do our own research in the library. That’s why your channel is such a valuable educational asset.
Just one more reason I find the war so fascinating. This, the Mulberries, and a multitude of other innovations proved to be huge war winners for the Allies.
HMS Conundrum HAH! I'm also having an image of GI's and British soldiers dressed as soda jerks in a pump station fabricated as an ice cream parlor. I'm glad Olsson did this video it must have been a nice change for him. A presentation about innovation, and engineering with a little bit of humor. A nice brake from the darkness of his regular series.
Good one! We are also glad they are archived, it's amazing how much historical footage has been saved even still being able to find clips from the 1890s. Thank you very much for watching.
Real Engineering has a fantastic series on Nebula titled "The Logistics of D-Day" which includes the engineering and logistics behind this pipeline, Mulberry Harbours, how to build a new airfield in record time, and so on. Fantastic series.
Thank you for the lesson. One of my grandfathers was an engineer. In an excerpt from a book written by a member of his unit. There is mention of them putting fuel pipelines in Europe.
Oh thanks so much Time Ghost for this fun episode! It’s a nice break from 6 years of death, destruction and mayhem! SPARTY: i AM especially pleased that you got s short break from presenting us with the very darkest parts of this war and man’s inhumanity to his fellow man!
Always great to see Sparty get to cover something a little more upbeat. War isn't "fun" but getting to cover a logistics project to fuel the liberation of Europe is a lot less depressing than covering the worst of the worst of humanity and its crimes.
The British have always had a lock on great ship names. HMS Fifi and HMS Toutou. HMS Cockchafer and HMS Tiger Bay (named for a nasty neigborhood in Cardiff), HMS Pansy.
@@Conn30Mtenor You just sent me on a wikipedia dive to read about HMS Cockchafer, which wound through assorted bits of naval history, Admiral Duckworth, Captain Cochrain's court martial, the battle of the Nile, Admiral Villeneuve's death by "suicide" in a French country inn (with six stab wounds in the chest), and the paintings of Turner. As I was closing the last few tabs, I thought "how the f- did I get here?" and I saw your comment again. You owe me an hour! Haha.
Have finally caught up to the new videos. Have been very busy with work and graduate classes since D day and last 3 weeks I’ve been watching videos and it’s been great seeing so much progress in the war
@@RK-cj4oc Mostly you need engineering. But if you are not, there are several openings on the logistics branch too. Check for openings on oil companies: Shell, BP, Total and also get acquainted with the suppliers: Technip, NOV, FMC, GE, Subsea 7, One Subsea. Lot's of stuff going on in Norway. Hope this helps.
The things men can configure to accomplish objectives are absolutely fascinating..... I'm guessing the pipe itself is still down there????? Could you imagine a situation where they use it again????
Inn Shanklin Chine, on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, partially buried in the cliff, still lie the remains of the UK end of PLUTO pipes. You can see them just lying there. There is also a museum in the chine (the term for a naturally eroded gully in a cliff face) dedicated to PLUTO. A remarkable and unsung effort which ended up pumping millions of tons of fuel across as far as the Rhineland and central Germany before the war ended.
incredible! i was wondering for a while how ridiculously immense the logistics behind operation overlord and rolling up the rest of germany wouldve had to be. well, as it turns out, not THAT immense, bc they made use a really efficient system in a novel way. once again, chapeau to the allies
2:30 Patton's use of local petrol stations during his Army Excercises is akin to the German use of French domestic petrol stations during their invasion...
I believe the pipeline was decommissioned after the war and had been salvaged by the 50's. Maybe you're thinking of the Central European Pipeline commissioned by NATO, also known as CEPS? - Jake
This pipeline probably contributed more than the worth of thousands of soldiers and tanks. However, it's still important to not forget that such a project was only possible with the absolute naval and air supremacy by the Allies. It could probably be categorized as a "force multiplier" in today's terms.
One thing I would like to see Spartacus do in time with this sort of thing with PLUTO , other equipment, and buildings. Used, made, and engineered. A Once the Gun's are silent and going back and look at how a lot of equipment was reused and repurposed. A good example was the Kettenkrad was used as a cheap tractor on farms for a time to fill a need after the war.
Cool story Spartacus. I always thought that was a great way to get fuel to the front. Make so much sense it's hard to believe the military came up with it! lol!
Wow never heard of this before, thats incredible. Never gave much thought to how the allies supplied oil after they landed either. That one fellow half way through just standing there welding with no mask did not give a F about his eyes.
The famous diva Whitney Houston's father was a truck driver for the legendary Red Ball Express team that delivered supplies for the Allied armies after D Day, as they marched across northwest Europe toward Germany. Whitney's mother was a background singer for Elvis Presley, as well! 👀😮😉
I read somewhere that the invading army’s also brought with railroad locomotives and premade track section to the Normandy beaches. I can imagine Rommel saying “Trains !! They brought ;&#% TRAINS!!”
They had to because the French and later the German railways were bombed to destruction! The rails, the locomotives, the goods wagons and the passenger cars were either destroyed, damaged or isolated by broken railway tracks and yards.
@@markfryer9880 Blame Monkey Dude Zuckerman for that one!!! Though I suspect nobody in SHAEF expected to be in Holland and on the German Boarder by September 1944.
We’re pleased to be able to bring you this period documentary from the Reuters archive via Screenocean. It’s thanks to the Timeghost Army that we can use footage like this. Join us today and keep the army marching on!
Glad you showed us this new reel.
I feel my few dollars a month have been a good investment. Some day when young people study this war they will have a treasure trove of resources, thanx to your efforts. At least, thats my hope.
Flexible steel pipe that could wound onto giant spools. OK, I'm impressed.
One must say, the Allied Force had a thing for McGyvering themselves out of every situation. Have no Airfield? We make one. Have no streets and highways in the desert? We roll them out for you. There is no Harbour? We bring it with our fleets. No Gasoline? We rig a Pipeline on the way. Awesome!
@@ralphranzinger4197---Yep war can help necessitate invention
Oil was at the center of WW2, it was the one deciding factor in German strategy. In so far as we can speak of a coherent German strategy to begin with. Also, it must be nice for Spartacus to finally not have to talk about human atrocities but something lighthearted for a change. In WW2 terms that is.
Also the US oil embargo on Japan was one of the main reasons for their thrust into South Asia
@@DylanKidd-rn6rq I can take that a step further. Japan's insanity in China (i.e. Nanjing) led to US sanctions, which escalated to oil and scrap metal embargos. Japan's brutality led to its downfall.
@@AndrewBlacker-t1d not so sure about Soviet greatness in logistics- Bagration was a victory won in the cargo beds of Studebaker, Ford and General Motors. Otherwise Soviet logistics trains were largely horse-drawn.
I'd chalk it up to Hitler's ideological one-track mind. If he had allocated more than 10% of the German war effort in the Middle East he would have had the Saudi oil fields in front of him. As it was, there was no way for the Germans to exploit the Caucusus oil; there the rail lines ran North-South; the Germans needed the rails to run East-West. Even IF the Soviets had failed to destroy the oil wells (a very big IF) did Germany have the logistics and technology to drill, refine and move that all that oil?
Don't worry for him. There will be plenty of history to come over many decades where there will be a link between oil and human atrocities...
Thank you for this! My English Grandfather, George F Lowe, was an Electrical Engineer working in industry in the Midlands during the War. He designed the electric motors for Project Pluto. He saved a newspaper with a long article about the project. I still have it.
That's a lovely piece of history to have, thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!
The steel tubes were made in Corby, Northamptonshire. The Corby steelworks had started and grew during the 30s and continued to grow after the war with a huge migration of Scots (and some Irish) moving to the town.
The steelworks were shut down in 1979, causing mass unemployment in Corby (around 30%) and the town suffered immensely from it but the factory that produced the tubes was kept open as it was too expensive to move elsewhere. It’s still there today, the only part of the steelworks that remains.
A negative legacy of the steelworks was the toxic waste and pollution in the ground and air that remained once the steelworks were shut and dismantled. It caused many birth defects in newborn children after which lead to a landmark high court ruling in 2009 that was the first in the world to rule a link between air pollution and birth defects.
Corby continued to suffer from the closure until the early 2000s with government investment but there are still areas that suffer with numerous issues with unemployment, poverty and so on due to the closure.
Because of Corby’s large Scottish population it is one of the few places in England to have a Kirk (Church of Scotland). It had a second but it closed recently. The accent is also very different to surrounding areas due to the Scottish migration too.
When the steelworks opened, Corby was essentially a village yet is now home to over 75,000.
The song Steeltown by Big Country is about Corby, the migration from Scotland, and the closure of the steelworks.
Was it a steelworks? The newsreel reported that the pipeline was made of lead! No wonder that kind of production causes toxic waste.
Shout out to Northamptonshire!! ❤ as a Ketteringer in the town next door, my Grandpa worked at the Steelworks through the 60s-80s. And i never knew there was a link to this pipe line. Thank you for informing us 😁 👍
That's quite the historical journey for Corby. The steelworks, once the heartbeat of the town, left a complex legacy of growth and hardship. Thank you for sharing.
There is a reservoir near Corby, called Eyebrook, just below Rockingham Castle, which was created to supply water for the steelworks in Corby. It was also used by the Dambusters in early practice runs. On the 75th anniversary of that raid, the RAF's Lancaster did a fly-over at the reservoir to commemorate it.
Really interesting article and also grateful for local input from Northamptonshire. Could the UK do it now ?- I suspect not. Last few steel jobs under threat in S. Wales as steel making needs 'decarbonising' (!)
“amateurs talk strategy and professionals talk logistics” - U.S. General Omar Bradley
Another saying Bradley plagiarized as his own. Famous suck up and back stabber knew how to use the Press also. 😂
@@douglasturner6153 if you can provide the authentic author of the quote with a reliable source, then we're all ears.
@@Conn30Mtenor
Every large and small military operation in history has faced this reality. Napolean among other of his variations famously said "An Army moves on it's stomach"! Making the obvious sound profound was one of Brads specialties
Impressive that the Allied planners had the logistical preparations to keep the troops moving forward. So much clever engineering went into addressing these problems. Great video, thanks. 😊
General Paulus (whose army had been affected by eeeh light logistical issues lol): « Let me land on Normandy; disgrade me as a batallion commander if you will but let me fight on western front -- under the allies! »
The 1940s documentary film does indeed have a bit of a campy feel at times with that dramatic music, yet it is somehow impressive to see all that Allied ingenuity in getting oil pipelines across the English Channel. Thank you for bring this film to us Sparty & team, this was very interesting!
Also the "red ball express".Thousands of trucks in shifts running ammo and fuel back and forth to front line and depot endlessly.
I have been into ww2 since I was a kid and this is the first time I have heard about this project, absolutely unbelievable. Thank you very much!! Once again, you show us that you are the best history channel on TH-cam and you deserve all the support you can get. Thank you!
Thank you very much for the sweet comment and thank you for watching!
Time: 6:39. That 'secret place' is Sandown, Isle of Wight, where I live. The cliff is culver down. The WWII gun emplacements atop the cliff can still be seen today. There's a lovely pub up there now, but during the war there was a communication station atop the cliffs working with the guns and the area was out of bounds. The buildings we see are still in use and haven't changed a bit. 'Brown's Ice Cream' became a hotel and was the disguised pumping station. Also, miraculously, the original pumps still exist and are being restored to working order to preserve the history of the site for future generations. As an Islander, the PLUTO pipeline is well known and I'm rather proud to see it featured on this channel for the world to learn about. Thank you.
I visited southern Englad last year and a knowledgeable local showed me the little 'houses' that were the PLUTO pumping stations. They are still there looking very innocuous.
Nearby are concrete 'bowls' used in an experiment to detect and locate aircraft by reflecting their sound.
It looked like a boring area, unless you knew.
That's a fascinating bit of history hidden in plain sight! It’s amazing how unassuming structures like those can hold such significant stories. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching.
The Bailey bridge, Penicillin, refrigerator stable blood all added to the Allied success
Thank you Timeghost for sharing this documentary! Really neat aspect of the war.
Thanks for watching!
Finding out about aspects of the war I would have never even considered has been my favourite part of this series!
I live in East Texas a few miles from the start of the Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines built to transport crude Texas oil north up the eastern seaboard to be shipped to Europe, specifically to avoid U-Boats.
We had one in the UK to shift aviation fuel to the Bomber Airfields called the Government Pipelines and Storage System. Planning for GPSS started in 1936, Construction was well advanced when the war started and by 1941 aviation fuel could be pumped directly from the Refineries in the Liverpool area to hidden hardened fuel depots close to the main bomber and fighter airfields in south eastern half of the UK. The GPSS was extended to the Isle of Wright and the Kent Coast to allow PLUTO to be connected to it. It still exists, but is a commercial run operation now.
@@richardvernon317 The Big Inch and Little Big Inch were built in 1942 and 1943 respectively. 1,254 and 1,475 miles (2,018 and 2,374 kilometers) long. Were sold after the war and converted to transport natural gas transforming the energy market in the northeastern United States.
P-L-U-T-O, pipeline under the ocean and HMS Conundrums, literally laughed out loud.
Why do I have a feeling Churchill had something to do with the HMS Conundrums?
I remember seeing this documentary as a kid, thinking how impressive it was. However as an adult that delivers fuel for a living I'm more impressed.
German Wonder Weapons: "We're going to invent rockets so we can use them in cruise missiles for the indiscriminate bombing of Southern England"
Allied Wonder Weapons: "We're going to build a really long pipe and wrap it around a giant wheel so we can lay lines across the channel and ship oil to France continuously".
Never forget the ice cream ships in the Pacific.
Excellent work on showing us the 1945 reel, loved how it was setup and introduced. Made me enjoy it more than I would usually do when watching it out of the blue.
Thank you very much and thanks for watching!
Spartacus shows once again a savant at showmanship.
One of the overlooked aspects of war. And again, the Time Ghost team delivers another part of the puzzle to their coverage of this war, leaving no stone unturned and giving us detailed information.
This makes me proud to be member of the Time Ghost Army!
Thanks for being a member of the TimeGhost army, without members like you this wouldn't be possible!
I learned about Operation Pluto in the Laurence Olivier narrated series, “World at War,” (1973). They talked about the pipeline briefly, but did mention the ice creamery camouflaged pumping station. I can’t remember if “Victory at Sea” (1951) mentioned it.
I do want you guys to know though, that these brief one-sided perspectives were all we had in my youth (1970s and 80s). People who were particularly interested in WW2 like myself, were forced to do our own research in the library. That’s why your channel is such a valuable educational asset.
Just one more reason I find the war so fascinating. This, the Mulberries, and a multitude of other innovations proved to be huge war winners for the Allies.
Lots of interesting ideas came about in that period for sure, thanks for watching!
You're 'pumping' out a lot of specials lately. I like it!
Thanks for watching!
Brown's Golf Course is in Sandown on the Isle of Wight. It's still there and it's still a golf course.
Amazing.
I love those old British newsreels. Pathé etc.
These old timey documentaries are really charming
HMS Conundrum HAH!
I'm also having an image of GI's and British soldiers dressed as soda jerks in a pump station fabricated as an ice cream parlor.
I'm glad Olsson did this video it must have been a nice change for him. A presentation about innovation, and engineering with a little bit of humor. A nice brake from the darkness of his regular series.
Well you know what they say! Oils Well that ends well! Another great episode! So glad these old docs were archived!
Good one! We are also glad they are archived, it's amazing how much historical footage has been saved even still being able to find clips from the 1890s. Thank you very much for watching.
Everybody lubes puns! We shall octane the greatest heights!
Them footage of them twisting the pipes into form and applying "the haze" was fascinating. It reminded of me "How It's Made".
Real Engineering has a fantastic series on Nebula titled "The Logistics of D-Day" which includes the engineering and logistics behind this pipeline, Mulberry Harbours, how to build a new airfield in record time, and so on. Fantastic series.
Pluto pipeline runs over a small brook near my house. It's still there, just a rusty pipe now!
Thank you for the lesson.
One of my grandfathers was an engineer.
In an excerpt from a book written by a member of his unit. There is mention of them putting fuel pipelines in Europe.
Thank you for sharing and thanks for watching.
Gotta love when an acronym perfectly matches the very thing that’s being acronymmed.
Oh thanks so much Time Ghost for this fun episode! It’s a nice break from 6 years of death, destruction and mayhem! SPARTY: i AM especially pleased that you got s short break from presenting us with the very darkest parts of this war and man’s inhumanity to his fellow man!
Historical gem❤
Thanks for watching!
Always great to see Sparty get to cover something a little more upbeat. War isn't "fun" but getting to cover a logistics project to fuel the liberation of Europe is a lot less depressing than covering the worst of the worst of humanity and its crimes.
Oil... oil never changes... Wait, I mean "War... war never changes"
I disagree. It changes with every war. The only constant is that people die for mostly dubious reasons.
@@Conn30Mtenor I think my joke/reference went a bit over your head. I was just playing on the quote from the iconic "Fallout" games.
The Navy named the drums of pipe HMS Conundrum, someone had a sense of humour
The British have always had a lock on great ship names. HMS Fifi and HMS Toutou. HMS Cockchafer and HMS Tiger Bay (named for a nasty neigborhood in Cardiff), HMS Pansy.
@@Conn30Mtenor You just sent me on a wikipedia dive to read about HMS Cockchafer, which wound through assorted bits of naval history, Admiral Duckworth, Captain Cochrain's court martial, the battle of the Nile, Admiral Villeneuve's death by "suicide" in a French country inn (with six stab wounds in the chest), and the paintings of Turner.
As I was closing the last few tabs, I thought "how the f- did I get here?" and I saw your comment again. You owe me an hour! Haha.
Have finally caught up to the new videos. Have been very busy with work and graduate classes since D day and last 3 weeks I’ve been watching videos and it’s been great seeing so much progress in the war
Wow, it just never registered before how massive all that gear and stuff was. :)
Absolutely, it can be quite hard to fully realise the sheer scope of stuff like this. Thanks for watching.
Not only for the war, the whole off-shore oil industry runs on those flexible lines (called "risers"). Spent 8 years working with those. 🙂
How did you manage to get a job in that field? I am Dutch and dont really know where to start. What kind of education and such?
@@RK-cj4oc Mostly you need engineering. But if you are not, there are several openings on the logistics branch too. Check for openings on oil companies: Shell, BP, Total and also get acquainted with the suppliers: Technip, NOV, FMC, GE, Subsea 7, One Subsea. Lot's of stuff going on in Norway. Hope this helps.
HMS Conundrum
Love it!
The things men can configure to accomplish objectives are absolutely fascinating..... I'm guessing the pipe itself is still down there????? Could you imagine a situation where they use it again????
The majority of it was recovered after the war, thanks for watching!
Inn Shanklin Chine, on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, partially buried in the cliff, still lie the remains of the UK end of PLUTO pipes. You can see them just lying there. There is also a museum in the chine (the term for a naturally eroded gully in a cliff face) dedicated to PLUTO.
A remarkable and unsung effort which ended up pumping millions of tons of fuel across as far as the Rhineland and central Germany before the war ended.
I was in awe and unbelievably underwell in the sheer scope of and knowledge I was lacking. Good show!
Thanks for watching.
incredible! i was wondering for a while how ridiculously immense the logistics behind operation overlord and rolling up the rest of germany wouldve had to be. well, as it turns out, not THAT immense, bc they made use a really efficient system in a novel way.
once again, chapeau to the allies
On the Isle of Wight if you go to shanklin chine you can still see the pipeline and they have a mini museum about it.
Brilliant episode Sparty!
I have seen a report that the greatest risk to the pipeline on the continent was from locals tapping in to get free fuel.
2:30 Patton's use of local petrol stations during his Army Excercises is akin to the German use of French domestic petrol stations during their invasion...
You can go and see part of PLUTO at Shanklin Chine on the Isle of Wight.
Hi Sparty
Never knew this detail.
Seriousy it was great achievement.
I wonder how much the work on these pipelines laid the groundwork for laying the undersea telecommunication cables much later in the 20th century?
PLUTO, PipeLine Under The Ocean was still in use in late '60's early '70's BAOR. I don't know if it still is or if there's been a replacement.
I believe the pipeline was decommissioned after the war and had been salvaged by the 50's. Maybe you're thinking of the Central European Pipeline commissioned by NATO, also known as CEPS?
- Jake
@WorldWarTwo yes Jake, I'm sure you are right, but there were still maps in the Ops Room showing Pluto. No surprise there 😂
This pipeline probably contributed more than the worth of thousands of soldiers and tanks. However, it's still important to not forget that such a project was only possible with the absolute naval and air supremacy by the Allies. It could probably be categorized as a "force multiplier" in today's terms.
This was the British and U.S. at their best. We can do anything.
One thing I would like to see Spartacus do in time with this sort of thing with PLUTO , other equipment, and buildings. Used, made, and engineered.
A Once the Gun's are silent and going back and look at how a lot of equipment was reused and repurposed.
A good example was the Kettenkrad was used as a cheap tractor on farms for a time to fill a need after the war.
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Cool story Spartacus. I always thought that was a great way to get fuel to the front. Make so much sense it's hard to believe the military came up with it! lol!
If I could time machine on back to the 1940's I'd write an open letter to the Axis. The text would be one line. "What were you thinking?"
y'all spoil us so much, appreciate ya
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Thanks TG
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Crazy that they not only pulled it off but that they thought about it in the first place. I guess war is good for innovation
P.L.U.T.O. Okay damn that is one of the best military acronyms
The British sadly didn't have enough resources for all of their ideas but they did come up with some great ideas.
Just goes to show: Tactics win battles. Logistics win wars. And you had the 2 armies who almost always thought of logistics first teamed up.
Nice Totenkopf tie, Spartie.
Incredible
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I like the footage of the dude welding without a mask. Gotta do what you gotta do I guess
I kind of wish all my news was delivered in that upbeat 1940s style.
Great video ... thanks for posting.
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seeing that big pipe barge would be interesting to see in person lol
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the GIs smoking cigarettes while working on fuel lines is just the perfect stereotype of that era
Chris Rea did a song about this 'Fuel if you think it's over'.
The pipes seem to be pretty small by themselves but the sheer size of them when being rolled up is something different.
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The pipeline came out at a small town called Port-en-Bessin.
Learn something new all the time here
Are we going to get a special on the Redball express ?
Likely, if Time Ghost has the $$.
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lol for a second I thought that thing in the thumbnail was a Panjandrum
Amazing.
I'll confess I've been drinking, but it took me a moment to convert
Pipeline under the ocean => PipeLine Under The Ocean => PLUTO
this is soo amazing!
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i have watched everything since week 1
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Another special let’s go!
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Solid content
i learned a new thing today
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Love this bow tie!
Surely impressive!
That's quite a feat of engineering.
Wow never heard of this before, thats incredible. Never gave much thought to how the allies supplied oil after they landed either. That one fellow half way through just standing there welding with no mask did not give a F about his eyes.
What a bow tie that Sparty sports! ☠
The famous diva Whitney Houston's father was a truck driver for the legendary Red Ball Express team that delivered supplies for the Allied armies after D Day, as they marched across northwest Europe toward Germany. Whitney's mother was a background singer for Elvis Presley, as well! 👀😮😉
Oil indeed is crucial. The 6 Day War was triggered when Egypt blockaded the Strait of Tiran, cutting off Israel's imports into Eilat.
I read somewhere that the invading army’s also brought with railroad locomotives and premade track section to the Normandy beaches.
I can imagine Rommel saying “Trains !! They brought ;&#% TRAINS!!”
They had to because the French and later the German railways were bombed to destruction! The rails, the locomotives, the goods wagons and the passenger cars were either destroyed, damaged or isolated by broken railway tracks and yards.
@@markfryer9880 Blame Monkey Dude Zuckerman for that one!!! Though I suspect nobody in SHAEF expected to be in Holland and on the German Boarder by September 1944.
@@markfryer9880 yes, I was well aware of that. My larger point being understood the lead for the distichs and my comedic image of Rommel saying that.
Brilliant ✨💎‼
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I read years ago that one those huge spools of pipe weighed as much an escort destroyer.
They were immensely heavy weighing over 2,000 tonnes, thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!
HMS Conundrum is a great joke name 😂
You should do one on LSTs
i must say...very nice bow tie 👍