The most beautiful part is people from all over Europe work together to discover and preserve the darkest time when we were at each other's throats. May the fallen rest in peace!
@@Jens-Viper-Nobel"Let's preserve our darkest times!" -"Good idea, I'll bring the weapons, you have the ammunition and Mr. Nobel has connections regarding the explosives so I've HEARD" Yes, let's preserve the MEMORIES
I think the sailors in the submarine would like to he remembered, they made the ultimate sacrifice after all. Most people wouldn't even think of doing something like that to save their own mother. These men did if for free, for love of their country. Therefore it stands to reason they would not like to be forgotten..
Das boot!...my friends out there.. will show you exactly what it's like if you've not seen it....nerves of steel..hardship..and rewards if you survived...no matter what side you are on a submariner is a special kind of warrior...to be admired for his bravery in this kind of warfare..thanks for your excellent documentry, it was wonderful to watch the powers of research work its magic.
These people volunteered to murder unarmed allied merchant seamen. If you think that they were to be "admired" for their butchery then you have a serious problem
U-455 was lost with all hands after hitting a mine in a German minefield off the coast of Genoa. Unless the crew knew that their boat had entered a minefield, the detonation and the subsequent flooding and sinking of the vessel would have come as a total surprise for the crew, unlike being attacked by depth charge from an allied ship or aircraft. One minute they were sailing untroubled, the next they were fighting for their lives. The "lucky" ones died immediately in the deadly explosion. May the crew of U-455 rest in eternal peace.
Nice comment but I didn't like the sarky reply but alas. What a terrible way to go but I'm sure all sailors had that thought if only for a second as it wud be too scary to think about.
One cannot avoid the thoughts and reaction of the old submariner; clearly recalling his one time comrades. I'm just speechless. And the very idea, that some might have survived the explosion; to be left in the remaining section; trapped on the bottom, leaves me speechless.
30:18 Americas new strategy?? Convoys, those things the British had been using in WW1 that when suggested to the USA were ignored until shipping losses were too high.
Then the Liberty ship where made where the US could build more of them then the Germans could make torpedoes . Germany could never win the numbers game .
True, America Knew there were German U-boats off their Coast, but did nothing because they were afraid it would cause panic among American citizens, so they did nothing. Germany had spies in the American Government and military, because they had records of American servicemen who were serving in the Airforce, Navy and Army. One African American who was a pilot in the Redtails was shot down over Germany and when he was being interrogated, they had a copy of his dossier page for page! So German spies were inside of the American government or Military and sent their gatherings of information back to Germany through the U-boats, that was the only way it could have happened. Its obvious there were a lot of Germans in America that were still loyal to the Fatherland, brings out a whole new experience doesn't it? Seems like while the Japanese Americans were treated all as traitors they should have been locking up anyone with a German last name as well, huh? You have to really wonder how many of the Japanese citizens would have betrayed America like obviously Germans were. Perhaps the Government knew about the spies and were waiting for the proper time to quietly remove them and send them for a ride in a black car out into the countryside, who knows. But it was obvious that they knew, because shortly after being capture that Redtail pilot had an opportunity to escape and made good on it. when he returned to base he told his superiors about his knowledge and about an exact copy of his dossier in the hands of the Gestapo. and that little tidbit of info MUST have made it's way back stateside.
that was well worth taking the time to investigate this thoroughly. Am well impressed with the research done and especially the help of two ex mariners who actually served on this boat. One of the best U Boat vids I've seen so far. A great piece of work indeed.
Yes. They Royal Navy adoptem them in WW1, and immediately on the outbreak of WW2. It took mass sinkings of the US seaboard before Admiral King USN decided to do something about it in 1942.
first class documentary, as a steel worker in engineering I was fascinated with the building of the boat. Submarines are fantastic technology I would have loved to part of, thanks for the post.
An extraordinarily well put together documentary about an intriguing investigation, also managing to capture the human tragedy of this war story, regardless of which side one was on. And more compelling than many of the movies available to watch as well. Thank you for this excellent upload SLICE. Much appreciated. 👍👍👍👍👍
Well, I think the major discovery with the submersible could have been noticed when the wreck was first discovered. The remark is made during the first dive that the divers could not gain access to the interior due to overlapping metal plates. The basic length of a German sub in WWII must be well known. Surely, by using sonar, underwater photography, or just vision while approaching the wreck, it should have been noticed that the boat was a good third of its length shorter than it should be. I am wondering if the last submersible dive made any attempt to explore a possible debris field astern of the wreck, to see if any historical artifacts survived, resting on the sea's floor. It is a spooky sight, the upward thrust bow almost makes it seem that she was reaching for the surface none of them would see again. Very sad, 😢, especially when her loss was due to incompetence, probably occasioned by those ashore being distracted due to the realization that there was a good chance Germany wasn't going to win the war and there were about two million pissed off Russians getting closer every day. My Daddy was a submariner in war and peace; he said nonsunmariner's referred to them as pig boats. From his remarks, I inferred, due to the smell of the crew after a cruise. I know one thing. There is no way I would ever contemplate going under any water in any kind of vehicle. I have seen films and pictures of glass tunnels in aquariums where the sea creatures swim around and over one. I wouldn't do that either. I do not have that much faith in construction engineers. I salute all submariners of whatever country. They are made of braver stuff that I will ever have. They served their country as few others did, and many died. RIP, sailors. ❤
Except for when they described the Scottish harbour of "Scarpa Flow" as an English port 16:08. The writing of this documentary left a lot to be desired.
After an hour and a half of surveillance of the wreck with the submersible it discovered the cause but had no footage of the damage nor any good footage of the boat at all. I expected more and better footage of the sub. Very moving scene with the vet seeing his old boat and best friends entombed,sad but ironic because of the death and suffering they caused as well. War is hell.
When the submariner asks if the British and the Americans don't have become so smart and powerful that their only concern is with German submarines, he is saying something that no matter what service, coming to grips with the sheer size and magnitude of the American involvement in the war and its seemingly endless supplies of everything was a shock to their souls. At the time that Hitler declared war on the United States Gobbles told the German people that all America could so was to make refrigerators and toasters. My dad played a part in the anti submarine war along the Atlantic coast while my mother's father was a submariner in WW1, one of the first sonar operators aboard a submarine, the K2. In WW2, he was a sub contractor for the New York firm which built Army training camps and after finished Camp Van Dorn, he took my grandmother and they went to work at Higgins Industries, building mainly landing craft, PT boats and other type vessels. My grandmother was Andrew Higgins' personal stenographer. Higgins was tremendous in promoting his industry, with each new PT boat, he gave the crew a shortwave radio so they could listen to be entertained rather than using Navy radios. He presented each crewman with a large multipage booklet commemorating the gift, which I have one of. He also handed out photos of himself sitting on the side of a PT boat with a naval ensign flying in the breeze behind him which looked like an old time 1776 naval commander's hat. It was by accident but looked so good that it became his main PR photo, of which I had one. Also photos of PT boats in formation during runs on Lake Ponchartrain. Then there are the lapel pins of PT boats as well as the cloisonne Red Cross pins given when workers spend free time helping prepare bandages, etc. I know the Germans did the same thing, they had all sorts of awards for war work, etc. So Higgins was not doing something unheard of.
The fact that Mr Swartz struggles to look at the wreck is deeply poignant. I would suggest that the partial extension of the periscope is an internal shock pressure related thing and the fact that the sail hatch is actually open suggests some survivors attempted escape. That the bow is remarkably still buoyant would suggest that no escape was attempted from the torpedo loading hatch. Could all the survivors have made exit via the sails double hatch airlock only to succumb to the pressure?
It’s unlikely that the mine completely severed the U-455s stern completely off and they never did explain why she’s at a 45 degree angle. I believe that the mine flooded the stern section and at the angle she sank she hit the bottom and the mass of the flooded section of the boat buried the stern 30 feet or more into the silt thereby acting as an anchor holding the boat upright at a 45 degree angle as she is today
@@ihateemael In German he literally said that the 30 feet are not "visible", which means, he cannot see them. That is different from not being there phyisically, the translation given by the english voice is basically wrong, although the german expert explained later that he think an explosion may have taken place. The angle of the boat is very similiar to a submarine wreck in the eastern sea close to finland that also hit a mine while underway. It did not cut off any part of the boat but caused a catastrophiy flooding letting the nose dive down and dig itself deep into the mud.
30 feet of a tube of steel going into the sea floor backwards? How tough do you think these boats were or how soft the sea floor is. The boat is not nose first so propellers and rudders would not allow the boat to slip into the sand on the sea floor so I think your assertion that 30 feet of submarine is under the sand is not correct. They gave a pretty believable theory of an unknown mine field that the boat captain was not privy to. His boat hits a mine , possibly igniting their own torpedoes (u455 had five torpedo tubes including a stern torpedo tube), and because air is trapped in the front section, the boat lands in a 45 degree angle.
@@gooberdoober2286 actualy the sea floor is pretty dang soft. a lot of ships will partially sink into it when they hit, expecially in places like the mediteranian where it gets a lot of silt coming off the land.
The correct term would be a British port since men from both England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland served in the British navy, and the navy had the waters from the Channel to south of the Faroes as their home waters. And arguably, Scotland was part of the British empire at the time. Last I heard, they still are.
Jens, I agree with what you have said regarding Great Britain and the British Empire. Scotland is a proud part of Great Britain. My initial comment was relating to lazy research and generisation by the authors of the video.
@@ericferguson850I don't think they are neccesarily lazy, but nations outside the commonwealth do show a tendency to generalise the term Great Britain and the term England to mean the same thing although England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially 4 different entities united under the English crown. As a Dane, I make that distinction myself because I have Scottish roots from a few centuries back and does not consider Scotland to be a part of England. They are 2 different nations as far as I am concerned, albeit united under the British commonwealth. But let's see for how long it will last considering the ever present desire to become truly independent again.
@@Jens-Viper-Nobel A good example of lazy research by the videos authors is referencing Scarpa Flow as an English port. There's no excuse for that. And no, Scotland is NOT united under the ENGLISH crown. The English Crown hasn't existed since 1707 when the Scottish Crown and English Crowns merged to become the Great Britain and subsequently the UK Crown. It is the United Kingdom Crown and also the shared crown of 14 other entirely independent nations or Realms within the Commonwealth Of Nations. The Commonwealth today is no longer known as the "British" Commonwealth, but is simply "The Commonwealth of Nations" since 1974. The UK today is just an ordinary member of the Commonwealth and is no longer it's head. Today no nation holds that post. All member nations have equal status. The British Empire ceased to exist decades ago. Should Scotland vote in the future to separate from the United Kingdom, the current Scottish Government's stated policy is to remain as a member of the Commonwealth Of Nations and keep the Monarch as constitutional Head Of State in the same way that New Zealand, Australia and Canada do. PS: The English Crown has never ever successfully ruled over Scotland. Scotland was never conquered by England despite many attempts to do so. Same also applies to unsuccessful Roman attempts to conquer the land north of the border. The First King to ever rule successfully over both England and Scotland was a Scottish King. King James 6th of Scotland who then after became King James 6th of Scotland & 1st of England. After centuries of English Kings trying unsuccessfully to rule over Scotland, it was the Scottish King who eventually ruled over England.
I own the exact document shown at 13:33. It was the 'soldbuch' of Adam Mueller who is also shown during one of the cuts in this program when examining the photo album. Tragic end for such a storied crew.
Major flooding in the Aft torpedo room/ Engine equipment room ?? I think the Germans had something equivalent to the Monson Lung and many should have escaped.
Almost all of the German U-boots were sung as sea in combat, the vast majority of Survivors from U-boats were men who were transferred or were taken from U-boots either for other duties, promotions, illnesses or for a myriad other reasons, some subs were captured because they were unable to dive or were driven to the surface, those were the lucky sailors, the rest died a cold watery death. The luckier of the dead were sunk to depths where the vessel imploded and all were killed instantly but many, like U-455 likely survived the initial explosion only to run out of oxygen in the cold darkness or drown. I think it was cruel for them to put this survivor into the Remora and let him see the state of his sub, because the condition of the Sub would have told him everything he would have needed to know how his komeraden died. you could see that he had to look away when, I imagine, he saw the tail end of the sub completely gone. But a German mine was not powerful enough to blow off the tail of a Submarine, it would have had to have help, with the aft torpedoes being set off as well, That would have allowed the aft to be torn away, with the explosion of the torpedoes from inside. And because of that, the men in this Sub were likely killed almost instantly. If torpedoes detonated inside of the hull, the pressure of the explosion would have ripped all the way through the interior of the vessel, because they were in friendly harbor/waters, the sections of the sub would not be closed like in combat, the whole sub would have been open to the explosion so the men were either dead, or knocked out and because the sea would have rushed in almost immediately, and the angle of the boat so great, the men would have toppled to the lower part of the ship, into the sea, and drowned while unconscious
23:33 USA entering this part of the war didn't change anything, other then a "Second Happy time"for the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine. No escort ships like the british convoys had, and Wolfpacks of U-boats having a field day, UK WRENS tactical manouvres made the ultimate decision, not America entering, that it a total myth..
If that was the Pacific, they would have already recycled it, people and all. They loaded missiles into the torpedo tubes? Underwater grenades? Get the terminology right....
There is no way this U boat hit a mine , the hatch on the conning tower is open , and U boats entered friendly bases on the surface , and how can he say the stern is missing when its most likely under the seabed mud , it looks to me like this sub was scuttled by it's crew
I thought it was strange the top hatch was closed. Generally they have two hatches the one connected to the surface, and a second hatch less than five feet below it. Generally, there is equipment stored in there. I think, they were in a hurry to dive if the top hatch was open.
IN WATERS DEEP In ocean wastes no poppies grow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep...beneath the wave... The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. 'Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer On certain spot and think, "He's there." But you can to the ocean go... See whitecaps marching row on row; Know one for him will always ride... In and out...with every tide. And when your span of life is passed, He'll meet you at the "Captain's Mast." And they who mourn on distant shore For sailors who'll come home no more, Can dry their tears and pray for these Who rest beneath the heaving seas... For stars that shine and winds that blow And white caps marching row on row. And they can never lonely be For when they lived...they chose the sea. -- Eileen Mahoney
The whole documentary relates to U455 and its part in the whole U boat service. They plainly state they are not absolutely sure about circumstances of the boats demise. Did you not watch it to the end. They thought it may have accidentally struck a German mine coming back to base. That will likely be why it sank. How can you be bored by that??!??
So, is every U-Boat accounted for except for 3 U-Boats? If that's right then that's pretty good knowing that the U.S & allies did a good job for the history books.
God bless everyone that died on all sides I wish will all can make peace not war hopefully are new generation can get it right and learn to make peace we are all gods people no matter where we can from we just got different beliefs let's not let us stop that from loving each other
Calling submariners , sailors is also just as erroneous. And, considering you had the hide to try correct someone only to get it wrong yourself, speakes volume's in regards to your integrity.🥴🥴🥴👉🤏🧠
In the start only clubs had pokies and as legislated profits were returned to the community. These venues appealed to the older generation and the younger couldn’t care less. When Pubs got pokies a generation of young men get caught by the “one armed bandits” sad to hear weekly they put their entire wages through. Whats inexcusable is hotels pocketing the profit because with addiction they are profiting off someone’s peril. Karma is coming their way. Whoever’s idea it was to allow pokies in pubs ruined many young lives and has forever stained our culture. Karma will get them too.
i don`t think that 30,000 dead German submariners was a lot, the amount of soldiers that got killed by bombing & tanks was well over 30,000 probably 100 of thousands.?
@@WeeJasperVetClinic Why I need to explain anything to the people who want to hear only things that are pleasing to their ears.....? Otherwise, you would know what I'm talking about....
seeing the mob praising the crew of a submarine commander who no doubt murdered so many innocent sailors makes my skin crawl so see how cruel they were at that time in history.
AXEL Mann, das Heck steckt im Dreck und ist nicht "wegexplodiert". Es gibt einige Schiffe die fast senkrecht im Dreck stecken, das sollte man vllt. wissen wenn man sowas macht. Das ist mir ein bisschen peinlich.
Scapa flow was the main naval base/ port of the British navy during the 1st and 2nd world wars and it was decommissioned in the mid 1950s. Facts straightened enough for ya?
Ooh man. The Outer hatch is open. That means the crew tried to swim for it. That would be a horrible position to be in. Unless someone recently opened the hatch, but I doubt thats the case, it looks to rusty
Dear Earthlings; with the emphasis*on Dear, for their passed lives have got a meaning to how to deal with people in stiring the ship called Earth to a sustainable Future with respect to those who've fallen in attempts by sending people to the frontlines with mostly no avail to improve the world we're living in unless you change course of making history in a positive* way by defending the good to get rid of the bad idea's. My gratitude to those who given their lives Sincerely Yours @ the Shrewd.🤔🤨😊
I couldnt do it.. no way am i getting inside a device that goes underwater yet man can still breathe and walk somewhat freely on flat ground (submarine floor), the whole thing is unnatural. The men and women that perform this job have bigger balls than me and thats for certain.
It takes 20sec to get to surface but you would die if you swim streight to the surface. You need to do decompression stops on diferent depths thats why it takes that long, most of that time they were floating on some depth and waiting to decompress
Amazing that there was a survivor that was able to see full circle and the fate of his friends and boat! Sadly there's no such things as happy endings after a total war, but this bitter sweet moment is something that is a example of unnecessary death with wars and the price of humanity it reeps needlessly. I'm not total antiwar, but given a good enough reason like ww2, there was no getting out of such things without spilling blood. You can't play offense and defense with friends and enemies and believe you are neutral..... Eventually you will piss one off and games on then for us too, but it's evident we have yet to lean this? As we keep supporting Ukraine, Eventually this is going to bite us hard! Stupid people making dumb decisions based upon their greed!
This trashy video was sponsored by influencers that influence the easily influenced, strange times…🫡🙄🤣 U-455 was lost in the Ligurian Sea (north of Corsica) on 5 April 1944. Her wreck was discovered in 2005 off Genoa. She had previously been thought to be near La Spezia… Facts!
LMAO Well, that's too bad, we can't see the number. But it's a nice day at least." "Indeed, it is a nice day." "So who wants some pizza?" "I love you." No matter where you go in the world, pizza will always make it better.
The most beautiful part is people from all over Europe work together to discover and preserve the darkest time when we were at each other's throats. May the fallen rest in peace!
I wouldn't say preserve the darkest times. More like preserving the memory of those times to avoid that it happens again.
@@Jens-Viper-Nobel"Let's preserve our darkest times!"
-"Good idea, I'll bring the weapons, you have the ammunition and Mr. Nobel has connections regarding the explosives so I've HEARD"
Yes, let's preserve the MEMORIES
I think the sailors in the submarine would like to he remembered, they made the ultimate sacrifice after all. Most people wouldn't even think of doing something like that to save their own mother. These men did if for free, for love of their country. Therefore it stands to reason they would not like to be forgotten..
@@pseudonym745Are you even TRYING to be serious right now????
Amen to that!
Well done! Giving the submariner in the end the chance to say goodbye was so moving!
It was so incredible that seventy years after it went down in 120 metres of sea, one of the former crew views the wreck from a 21st-century submarine.
Das boot!...my friends out there.. will show you exactly what it's like if you've not seen it....nerves of steel..hardship..and rewards if you survived...no matter what side you are on a submariner is a special kind of warrior...to be admired for his bravery in this kind of warfare..thanks for your excellent documentry, it was wonderful to watch the powers of research work its magic.
Das Boot is amazing. One of my favourite series of all time.
You are so richt! The submariners in those days were heroes in their own right.
@@foamigeI hope you are talking about the original...
@@pseudonym745 Of course. Modern remakes are almost always sh1te.
These people volunteered to murder unarmed allied merchant seamen. If you think that they were to be "admired" for their butchery then you have a serious problem
U-455 was lost with all hands after hitting a mine in a German minefield off the coast of Genoa. Unless the crew knew that their boat had entered a minefield, the detonation and the subsequent flooding and sinking of the vessel would have come as a total surprise for the crew, unlike being attacked by depth charge from an allied ship or aircraft. One minute they were sailing untroubled, the next they were fighting for their lives. The "lucky" ones died immediately in the deadly explosion. May the crew of U-455 rest in eternal peace.
Did you feel good virtue signaling? 🤔
Nice comment but I didn't like the sarky reply but alas. What a terrible way to go but I'm sure all sailors had that thought if only for a second as it wud be too scary to think about.
One cannot avoid the thoughts and reaction of the old submariner; clearly recalling his one time comrades. I'm just speechless.
And the very idea, that some might have survived the explosion; to be left in the remaining section; trapped on the bottom, leaves me speechless.
30:18 Americas new strategy?? Convoys, those things the British had been using in WW1 that when suggested to the USA were ignored until shipping losses were too high.
Then the Liberty ship where made where the US could build more of them then the Germans could make torpedoes .
Germany could never win the numbers game .
True, America Knew there were German U-boats off their Coast, but did nothing because they were afraid it would cause panic among American citizens, so they did nothing. Germany had spies in the American Government and military, because they had records of American servicemen who were serving in the Airforce, Navy and Army. One African American who was a pilot in the Redtails was shot down over Germany and when he was being interrogated, they had a copy of his dossier page for page! So German spies were inside of the American government or Military and sent their gatherings of information back to Germany through the U-boats, that was the only way it could have happened. Its obvious there were a lot of Germans in America that were still loyal to the Fatherland, brings out a whole new experience doesn't it? Seems like while the Japanese Americans were treated all as traitors they should have been locking up anyone with a German last name as well, huh? You have to really wonder how many of the Japanese citizens would have betrayed America like obviously Germans were. Perhaps the Government knew about the spies and were waiting for the proper time to quietly remove them and send them for a ride in a black car out into the countryside, who knows. But it was obvious that they knew, because shortly after being capture that Redtail pilot had an opportunity to escape and made good on it. when he returned to base he told his superiors about his knowledge and about an exact copy of his dossier in the hands of the Gestapo. and that little tidbit of info MUST have made it's way back stateside.
Calm down. Why are brits so sensitive?
@@joeysausage3437 Because we're suck if you Yanks taking the credit for everything.
@@asc.445 Accept the fact that you are a has been country.
The narrator should know that nobody used " grenades " against U Boats..they're called Depth Charges !
Yeah...and it`s Torpedos, not missiles.
They stopped teaching war in the curriculum at schools... complete amateurs
And hedgehogs
@@MrDertien
"Hedgehogs " were a depth charge launching system.
The properganda is still working 80 years on.😅
The view of the U 455 by a fomer crew member must have been a sad experience. War is so cruel. No more wars. We must prevent wars.
I agree with that one indeed.
that was well worth taking the time to investigate this thoroughly. Am well impressed with the research done and especially the help of two ex mariners who actually served on this boat. One of the best U Boat vids I've seen so far. A great piece of work indeed.
Isn't the so-called American strategy of convoys really the British strategy that they adopted ?
Yep,After many a ship that was sunk , the US adopted the convoy system I believe ..
Convoys go back a long time - Spanish treasure fleets beginning in the 16th century were convoys.
Yes. They Royal Navy adoptem them in WW1, and immediately on the outbreak of WW2. It took mass sinkings of the US seaboard before Admiral King USN decided to do something about it in 1942.
I really like that the explorers invited the veteran to see the ship.
first class documentary, as a steel worker in engineering I was fascinated with the building of the boat. Submarines are fantastic technology I would have loved to part of, thanks for the post.
There is something about those U boats that fascinate me. Great show
30.000 German submariners lost their lives. But how many Allied sailors lost their lives to these submarines?
I don't know, but a lot and not just crews but also passengers.
This was one of the best War Submariner Documentaries. Very well done.
Thanks so much!
An extraordinarily well put together documentary about an intriguing investigation, also managing to capture the human tragedy of this war story, regardless of which side one was on. And more compelling than many of the movies available to watch as well. Thank you for this excellent upload SLICE. Much appreciated. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much for the kind comment ☺
Well, I think the major discovery with the submersible could have been noticed when the wreck was first discovered. The remark is made during the first dive that the divers could not gain access to the interior due to overlapping metal plates. The basic length of a German sub in WWII must be well known. Surely, by using sonar, underwater photography, or just vision while approaching the wreck, it should have been noticed that the boat was a good third of its length shorter than it should be. I am wondering if the last submersible dive made any attempt to explore a possible debris field astern of the wreck, to see if any historical artifacts survived, resting on the sea's floor. It is a spooky sight, the upward thrust bow almost makes it seem that she was reaching for the surface none of them would see again. Very sad, 😢, especially when her loss was due to incompetence, probably occasioned by those ashore being distracted due to the realization that there was a good chance Germany wasn't going to win the war and there were about two million pissed off Russians getting closer every day.
My Daddy was a submariner in war and peace; he said nonsunmariner's referred to them as pig boats. From his remarks, I inferred, due to the smell of the crew after a cruise. I know one thing. There is no way I would ever contemplate going under any water in any kind of vehicle. I have seen films and pictures of glass tunnels in aquariums where the sea creatures swim around and over one. I wouldn't do that either. I do not have that much faith in construction engineers. I salute all submariners of whatever country. They are made of braver stuff that I will ever have. They served their country as few others did, and many died. RIP, sailors. ❤
This is the BEST doco on U-boats and their life. So well done. Thankyou.
The end of the movie is very touching.
A first-class and moving documentary. Thank you for posting!
Except for when they described the Scottish harbour of "Scarpa Flow" as an English port 16:08. The writing of this documentary left a lot to be desired.
The video was cut short. SLICE Full Doc is not so 'full'. The original is on the youtube somewhere.. They didn't cut much.
amazing documentary with great story telling. The scenes of the sub are amazing and wish there were more. The fish obviously happy for it.
Great documentary. Thanks for posting.
Posted 6 hrs ago? I could swear I've already seen it. It's the one off Italy with it's nose up in the air
Some are reposted on YT.
Many documentaries get uploaded to multiple channels.
re-post by another chyneez bullshit channel
Same old u boat 🚢
After an hour and a half of surveillance of the wreck with the submersible it discovered the cause but had no footage of the damage nor any good footage of the boat at all.
I expected more and better footage of the sub.
Very moving scene with the vet seeing his old boat and best friends entombed,sad but ironic because of the death and suffering they caused as well. War is hell.
Another banging doco! Thanks europe!
When the submariner asks if the British and the Americans don't have become so smart and powerful that their only concern is with German submarines, he is saying something that no matter what service, coming to grips with the sheer size and magnitude of the American involvement in the war and its seemingly endless supplies of everything was a shock to their souls. At the time that Hitler declared war on the United States Gobbles told the German people that all America could so was to make refrigerators and toasters. My dad played a part in the anti submarine war along the Atlantic coast while my mother's father was a submariner in WW1, one of the first sonar operators aboard a submarine, the K2. In WW2, he was a sub contractor for the New York firm which built Army training camps and after finished Camp Van Dorn, he took my grandmother and they went to work at Higgins Industries, building mainly landing craft, PT boats and other type vessels. My grandmother was Andrew Higgins' personal stenographer. Higgins was tremendous in promoting his industry, with each new PT boat, he gave the crew a shortwave radio so they could listen to be entertained rather than using Navy radios. He presented each crewman with a large multipage booklet commemorating the gift, which I have one of. He also handed out photos of himself sitting on the side of a PT boat with a naval ensign flying in the breeze behind him which looked like an old time 1776 naval commander's hat. It was by accident but looked so good that it became his main PR photo, of which I had one. Also photos of PT boats in formation during runs on Lake Ponchartrain. Then there are the lapel pins of PT boats as well as the cloisonne Red Cross pins given when workers spend free time helping prepare bandages, etc.
I know the Germans did the same thing, they had all sorts of awards for war work, etc. So Higgins was not doing something unheard of.
The fact that Mr Swartz struggles to look at the wreck is deeply poignant.
I would suggest that the partial extension of the periscope is an internal shock pressure related thing and the fact that the sail hatch is actually open suggests some survivors attempted escape. That the bow is remarkably still buoyant would suggest that no escape was attempted from the torpedo loading hatch. Could all the survivors have made exit via the sails double hatch airlock only to succumb to the pressure?
Excellent
Peace to the fallen, only they have seen the end of war.
Yes Sir.
I 2nd that god bless
This is technical diving using trimix. It is specialised diving.
It’s unlikely that the mine completely severed the U-455s stern completely off and they never did explain why she’s at a 45 degree angle. I believe that the mine flooded the stern section and at the angle she sank she hit the bottom and the mass of the flooded section of the boat buried the stern 30 feet or more into the silt thereby acting as an anchor holding the boat upright at a 45 degree angle as she is today
@@ihateemael In German he literally said that the 30 feet are not "visible", which means, he cannot see them. That is different from not being there phyisically, the translation given by the english voice is basically wrong, although the german expert explained later that he think an explosion may have taken place. The angle of the boat is very similiar to a submarine wreck in the eastern sea close to finland that also hit a mine while underway. It did not cut off any part of the boat but caused a catastrophiy flooding letting the nose dive down and dig itself deep into the mud.
30 feet of a tube of steel going into the sea floor backwards? How tough do you think these boats were or how soft the sea floor is. The boat is not nose first so propellers and rudders would not allow the boat to slip into the sand on the sea floor so I think your assertion that 30 feet of submarine is under the sand is not correct. They gave a pretty believable theory of an unknown mine field that the boat captain was not privy to. His boat hits a mine , possibly igniting their own torpedoes (u455 had five torpedo tubes including a stern torpedo tube), and because air is trapped in the front section, the boat lands in a 45 degree angle.
@@gooberdoober2286 actualy the sea floor is pretty dang soft. a lot of ships will partially sink into it when they hit, expecially in places like the mediteranian where it gets a lot of silt coming off the land.
@@Missmori Not that soft and the rear torpedo likely destroyed the back end of the boat
Amazing 😮
Scapa Flow is an English port? Last time I was there it was up at Orkney Island in Scotland.
The correct term would be a British port since men from both England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland served in the British navy, and the navy had the waters from the Channel to south of the Faroes as their home waters. And arguably, Scotland was part of the British empire at the time. Last I heard, they still are.
Jens, I agree with what you have said regarding Great Britain and the British Empire. Scotland is a proud part of Great Britain.
My initial comment was relating to lazy research and generisation by the authors of the video.
Wish I was there now...
@@ericferguson850I don't think they are neccesarily lazy, but nations outside the commonwealth do show a tendency to generalise the term Great Britain and the term England to mean the same thing although England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially 4 different entities united under the English crown.
As a Dane, I make that distinction myself because I have Scottish roots from a few centuries back and does not consider Scotland to be a part of England. They are 2 different nations as far as I am concerned, albeit united under the British commonwealth. But let's see for how long it will last considering the ever present desire to become truly independent again.
@@Jens-Viper-Nobel A good example of lazy research by the videos authors is referencing Scarpa Flow as an English port. There's no excuse for that.
And no, Scotland is NOT united under the ENGLISH crown. The English Crown hasn't existed since 1707 when the Scottish Crown and English Crowns merged to become the Great Britain and subsequently the UK Crown.
It is the United Kingdom Crown and also the shared crown of 14 other entirely independent nations or Realms within the Commonwealth Of Nations.
The Commonwealth today is no longer known as the "British" Commonwealth, but is simply "The Commonwealth of Nations" since 1974.
The UK today is just an ordinary member of the Commonwealth and is no longer it's head. Today no nation holds that post. All member nations have equal status. The British Empire ceased to exist decades ago.
Should Scotland vote in the future to separate from the United Kingdom, the current Scottish Government's stated policy is to remain as a member of the Commonwealth Of Nations and keep the Monarch as constitutional Head Of State in the same way that New Zealand, Australia and Canada do.
PS: The English Crown has never ever successfully ruled over Scotland. Scotland was never conquered by England despite many attempts to do so. Same also applies to unsuccessful Roman attempts to conquer the land north of the border.
The First King to ever rule successfully over both England and Scotland was a Scottish King.
King James 6th of Scotland who then after became King James 6th of Scotland & 1st of England.
After centuries of English Kings trying unsuccessfully to rule over Scotland, it was the Scottish King who eventually ruled over England.
submaritors all brave men today men and woman have no fear
very good documentary. I had seen them before and am curious about what they will discover on the next U boat
I love this documentary Salute to brave sailors of U Boat dedicated and devotion to duty
I own the exact document shown at 13:33. It was the 'soldbuch' of Adam Mueller who is also shown during one of the cuts in this program when examining the photo album. Tragic end for such a storied crew.
"English port of Scapa Flow" Scapa Flow is in the Orkney Islands, North of Scotland
American strategy was the convoy system. Nope, the Brits had to insist on it being adopted.
It was more than 70 years ago if you go back to 1944 that’s 80 😊
Major flooding in the Aft torpedo room/ Engine equipment room ?? I think the Germans had something equivalent to the Monson Lung and many should have escaped.
This documentary reminiscence of Das Boot movie. Even the closing about the data of submariners who survived & died.
Wow 15mins on the sub then 3.5 hrs to decompress!!. I didn't no it took so long to come up?
Almost all of the German U-boots were sung as sea in combat, the vast majority of Survivors from U-boats were men who were transferred or were taken from U-boots either for other duties, promotions, illnesses or for a myriad other reasons, some subs were captured because they were unable to dive or were driven to the surface, those were the lucky sailors, the rest died a cold watery death. The luckier of the dead were sunk to depths where the vessel imploded and all were killed instantly but many, like U-455 likely survived the initial explosion only to run out of oxygen in the cold darkness or drown. I think it was cruel for them to put this survivor into the Remora and let him see the state of his sub, because the condition of the Sub would have told him everything he would have needed to know how his komeraden died. you could see that he had to look away when, I imagine, he saw the tail end of the sub completely gone. But a German mine was not powerful enough to blow off the tail of a Submarine, it would have had to have help, with the aft torpedoes being set off as well, That would have allowed the aft to be torn away, with the explosion of the torpedoes from inside. And because of that, the men in this Sub were likely killed almost instantly. If torpedoes detonated inside of the hull, the pressure of the explosion would have ripped all the way through the interior of the vessel, because they were in friendly harbor/waters, the sections of the sub would not be closed like in combat, the whole sub would have been open to the explosion so the men were either dead, or knocked out and because the sea would have rushed in almost immediately, and the angle of the boat so great, the men would have toppled to the lower part of the ship, into the sea, and drowned while unconscious
that is a tough way to die 🙏💯
Superb documentory Not sure of this reposters narration though.
Fantastic documentary! Well researched, well told, well filmed story. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for watching and supporting us!
What is "underwater grenades"?
Depth charges
23:33 USA entering this part of the war didn't change anything, other then a "Second Happy time"for the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine. No escort ships like the british convoys had, and Wolfpacks of U-boats having a field day, UK WRENS tactical manouvres made the ultimate decision, not America entering, that it a total myth..
The RN and RCN sunk most of the U-boats in the North Atlantic.
If that was the Pacific, they would have already recycled it, people and all.
They loaded missiles into the torpedo tubes?
Underwater grenades? Get the terminology right....
It's not the City Hall, but obviously, the New Reich Chancellery.
There is no way this U boat hit a mine , the hatch on the conning tower is open , and U boats entered friendly bases on the surface , and how can he say the stern is missing when its most likely under the seabed mud , it looks to me like this sub was scuttled by it's crew
I thought it was strange the top hatch was closed. Generally they have two hatches the one connected to the surface, and a second hatch less than five feet below it. Generally, there is equipment stored in there. I think, they were in a hurry to dive if the top hatch was open.
Very moving at the end
IN WATERS DEEP
In ocean wastes no poppies grow,
No crosses stand in ordered row,
There young hearts sleep...beneath the wave...
The spirited, the good, the brave,
But stars a constant vigil keep,
For them who lie beneath the deep.
'Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer
On certain spot and think, "He's there."
But you can to the ocean go...
See whitecaps marching row on row;
Know one for him will always ride...
In and out...with every tide.
And when your span of life is passed,
He'll meet you at the "Captain's Mast."
And they who mourn on distant shore
For sailors who'll come home no more,
Can dry their tears and pray for these
Who rest beneath the heaving seas...
For stars that shine and winds that blow
And white caps marching row on row.
And they can never lonely be
For when they lived...they chose the sea.
-- Eileen Mahoney
It is history of U-Boot-Seekrieg. NOT specially about U -455 and WHY it sank.... A bit boring...
The whole documentary relates to U455 and its part in the whole U boat service. They plainly state they are not absolutely sure about circumstances of the boats demise. Did you not watch it to the end. They thought it may have accidentally struck a German mine coming back to base. That will likely be why it sank. How can you be bored by that??!??
This vid was uploaded two years ago on the Timeline channel.
So, is every U-Boat accounted for except for 3 U-Boats? If that's right then that's pretty good knowing that the U.S & allies did a good job for the history books.
Germany built hundreds of U-Boats during WW2. And most of them were lost
Wow today is January 6th same day as those two submariners left U-455.81 years ago today!!
God bless everyone that died on all sides I wish will all can make peace not war hopefully are new generation can get it right and learn to make peace we are all gods people no matter where we can from we just got different beliefs let's not let us stop that from loving each other
There's a movie called U571, it was filmed here in Malta.😊
And it’s a lot of pish….. the Americans never discovered and rescued an enigma machine ,,,also Jon Bon jovi never served in the American navy lmao 😂
If Luc and Marc wanted to know which sub it was why didn't they just read the title of the video?
The narrator calling sailors soldiers is a major error.
They do stupid stuff like that all the time nowadays. Narration and writing has really gone downhill
In the context of the sentence they are soldiers in a broader sense
@@FlowerPotManx nope, they seamen
Apples and oranges.
Calling submariners , sailors is also just as erroneous. And, considering you had the hide to try correct someone only to get it wrong yourself, speakes volume's in regards to your integrity.🥴🥴🥴👉🤏🧠
The English Port of Scapa Flow!!!! What nonsense
Iron coffins as one surviving
Uboat commander described
The subs!
I have 2 questions:
Why is there netting all around the sub?
Why was the conning tower access hatch open?
Netting likely from fishing vessels.
Perhaps it was scuttled
Most lost boats are found covered in nets from local fisherman. Evidently the hatch is open because sailors tried to escape
In the start only clubs had pokies and as legislated profits were returned to the community. These venues appealed to the older generation and the younger couldn’t care less. When Pubs got pokies a generation of young men get caught by the “one armed bandits” sad to hear weekly they put their entire wages through.
Whats inexcusable is hotels pocketing the profit because with addiction they are profiting off someone’s peril. Karma is coming their way. Whoever’s idea it was to allow pokies in pubs ruined many young lives and has forever stained our culture. Karma will get them too.
Depth charges were used against submerged uboats by allied warships. Not grenades.
i don`t think that 30,000 dead German submariners was a lot, the amount of soldiers that got killed by bombing & tanks was well over 30,000 probably 100 of thousands.?
Please, God or whomever.. No More Fighting 😥🙏
Ye ye... And what about RAF propaganda for the strategic bomber command? We all know for the Butcher Haris.....
Please explain. I am lost with what your saying but truly want to understand what it is you have to say.
What?
@@WeeJasperVetClinic Why I need to explain anything to the people who want to hear only things that are pleasing to their ears.....? Otherwise, you would know what I'm talking about....
@@Handleyman Nothing....I said it is nice night over the Dresden.
Underwater grenades shouldn’t that be depth charges?
I doubt anyone aboard would still be alive. They'd be well into their 90's by now.
Close to 100 by now. These are obviously old interviews
seeing the mob praising the crew of a submarine commander who no doubt murdered so many innocent sailors makes my skin crawl so see how cruel they were at that time in history.
AXEL Mann, das Heck steckt im Dreck und ist nicht "wegexplodiert". Es gibt einige Schiffe die fast senkrecht im Dreck stecken, das sollte man vllt. wissen wenn man sowas macht. Das ist mir ein bisschen peinlich.
Poor German dude :(
His heart was all broke.
Scapa Flow is not English. Get your facts right.
It's British.
Scapa flow was the main naval base/ port of the British navy during the 1st and 2nd world wars and it was decommissioned in the mid 1950s. Facts straightened enough for ya?
@@adammcd9424 But not English. I’ve been there.
It's north o' Scotland.
Ooh man. The Outer hatch is open. That means the crew tried to swim for it. That would be a horrible position to be in.
Unless someone recently opened the hatch, but I doubt thats the case, it looks to rusty
Oh wow, yep dang
They're depth charges,not grenades. Smh.
When they flushed the toilet trap stayed open, happens sometimes really
Dear Earthlings; with the emphasis*on Dear,
for their passed lives have got a meaning to how to deal with people in stiring the ship called Earth to a sustainable Future with respect to those who've fallen in attempts by sending people to the frontlines with mostly no avail to improve the world we're living in unless you change course of making history in a positive* way by defending the good to get rid of the bad idea's.
My gratitude to those who given their lives Sincerely Yours @ the Shrewd.🤔🤨😊
I couldnt do it.. no way am i getting inside a device that goes underwater yet man can still breathe and walk somewhat freely on flat ground (submarine floor), the whole thing is unnatural. The men and women that perform this job have bigger balls than me and thats for certain.
WAR SUCKS ON ALL SIDES..
Then the brave u-boat shot it's missiles. 1,2,3 grenades aimed at the heroic u-boat! Are you really that simple?
Wow
3 .5 hours to swim back up to the surface .
It takes 20sec to get to surface but you would die if you swim streight to the surface. You need to do decompression stops on diferent depths thats why it takes that long, most of that time they were floating on some depth and waiting to decompress
Amazing that there was a survivor that was able to see full circle and the fate of his friends and boat! Sadly there's no such things as happy endings after a total war, but this bitter sweet moment is something that is a example of unnecessary death with wars and the price of humanity it reeps needlessly. I'm not total antiwar, but given a good enough reason like ww2, there was no getting out of such things without spilling blood. You can't play offense and defense with friends and enemies and believe you are neutral..... Eventually you will piss one off and games on then for us too, but it's evident we have yet to lean this? As we keep supporting Ukraine, Eventually this is going to bite us hard! Stupid people making dumb decisions based upon their greed!
Can’t let them bolshies take over Europe
Narrating over music is just stupid
French doco , French term for depth charge ...grenade sous marine .
Look at capone syphilis
No
Sad
I have already seen this. It's an old video.
This trashy video was sponsored by influencers that influence the easily influenced, strange times…🫡🙄🤣
U-455 was lost in the Ligurian Sea (north of Corsica) on 5 April 1944. Her wreck was discovered in 2005 off Genoa. She had previously been thought to be near La Spezia… Facts!
Sources?
@@SLICE_Full_Doc Do you require more verifiable sources? vielleicht lernen, echte Quellen persönlich zu teilen…
@@SLICE_Full_Doc I provided several verifiable sources, why are they not appearing on your comments!?
Should stop using outdated inofficial measurements like feet and pounds in documentaries. Start educating your people.
Scissors ✂️ 😂😂
LMAO
Well, that's too bad, we can't see the number. But it's a nice day at least."
"Indeed, it is a nice day."
"So who wants some pizza?"
"I love you."
No matter where you go in the world, pizza will always make it better.
Roberto looks just like Daniel Craig.
looollll, did they really go down with that tiny sissors to cut all of that netting?
That's pathetic really
Divers at 400 feet. Hmmm
400 feet is possible. Saturation divers
It's a war grave for God's sake and a modern one.
Summary: Nazi gold was not there