You think you're tough? The mental strength of the people in this video makes me just want to look at the ground. It doesn't matter what nationality. Tough as nails.
Well I know you are trying to give them compliments that they deserve, but I bet you would tough as nails if you had to be, in that type of situation to survive war.
@@frenchartantiquesparis424 I met a man recently who was 100 years old and served in RAF ground crew in the UK in the later stages of the war. He started going on about the youth of today being pathetic etc, I stated that it's better to have that than war. He just looked at me without agreeing. I think he'd have a different perspective if he'd faced combat or the gestapo like the above heroes
@@terryyakamoto3488I’m 36 so neither ‘youth’ or old but todays young people and especially the youth are walking garbage. There’s maybe less than 5% that would stand and fight, while the others run for a ‘safe space’ or just take a picture and tweet about what’s happening. Pathetic.
This is a truly excellent documentary. I'm always glad to see the exploits of the Canadians recognized; they were neglected too much for so long. Bravo!
@@svenneff No true. You need to read more widely. You also need to remember that men from different parts of the British Empire were often put on the same ship, squadron etc. and may not have been singled out.
Happy to see Mr. Moffat lived a short distance from me in Colborne Ontario. Many of our small towns in Canada have pictures of our war veterans hung up on light posts down the main streets in celebration of them prior to Remembrance day. Lest we forget.
I knew both Bill Baggs and Wally Ward personally. Circa 1993 I was doing WW2 research and ended up reuniting a Luftwaffe pilot who saved the life of a USAAF pilot in 1945. The story ended up in our local newspaper and Bill Baggs tracked me down, asking more about the story. Wally Ward was our High School Principal in the 1970s and a very good one at that. In that role, he never spoke about his wartime service. It wasn't until his retirement announcement in our local newspaper that I learned his service with the RCAF. He was always modest in the extreme.
What a throughly decent human being Frank Johnson is. I love his line at the end: "That's the only thing I feel good about now about the whole damn war" What a legend. What he did that day in March 1945 (or rather didn't do) will echo in eternity. The rebukes from his superiors, forgotten dust in the wind. RIP Frank Chalmers Johnson - 1922-2017
Dad was a Lanc pilot in the RCAF. I still have his issue $ in case he went down over Europe. Fortunately he was held back in Canada in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Because not only did he have his commercial pilots licence, but was an aerocraft maintenance engineer by '37 and had been a Sgt in Essex Tanks. Thank Good he didn't have to fly a full stint. Yet sadly his plane went down in '50.
Of course the Airmen were very brave, but it's nice to see the additional stories of the resistance and their efforts to assist and repatriate allied Airmen.
The Comete evasion line was run by a 24 year old woman Andrée de Jongh who was incredibly brave as were the many other young women like Andrée Dumon who acted as couriers. Both these ladies survived Ravensbruck concentration camp. Airey Neaves book about Andrée de Jongh called Little Cyclone is well worth reading. The bravery of these people must never be forgotten.
Two great documentaries. We denigrate the French as a nation, but there were many very brave civilian men and women, who worked tirelessly to repatriate downed allied pilots and of course the resistance fighters who gave the Germans a big headache and as the doc says 80,000 were killed
I can watch this type of content for as long as I live. I have so much respect, admiration, gratitude for the generation those brave men who had to fight and risk their skin, cause someone had to. God bless those brave men, and women, cause a lot of women went in the war effort. I hope something like a World War will never happen. Not just a world war, but war. Such a concept that a country requires you to come on board, even if you don't believe in it. Please more of this stuff.
Thanks for sharing a Hero from Canada's story with us! Never heard enough about our heroes! ps is it possible to contact the gentlemen in the video? I'm reaching out to Canadian figures and want to share their stories too!
The sad truth is most French actively and happy collaborated with the na...zis. It wasn't the Germans who put the French Jews on the trains to the camps.
There is NO DOUBT the French Resistance was full of Ultra Brave men and women, but DeGaulle was an arrogant coward who ran when the first shots were fired.
I was born in Montreal but moved to California in 69 and became an American Citizen in 84 but in my heart I will always be a French Canadian even though I don’t sound like one!
A big thankyou to the Canadians for relating theses stories , as you get nothing from the British.
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thats not true lots o english remember what the canadians did in ww2 and the yanks and the aussies thier rememberd every v e day in london at the cenetaph
It would be fantastic if Vera could make it over to the UK again one day - I was at East Kirkby when she flew with the City Of Lincoln over RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire. They flew over 'Just Jane' who had her Merlins purring - longing to join them in the air, which she will eventually. Imagine a 'vic' of three flying over the old airfields of Lincolnshire again......
I'm always looking at any of the pictures of French Resistance fighters to see if I can find my grandfather or even my father as a boy both were part of the resistance.
so thet dont get lost i think the dambusters went on a full moon.when they bombedthe dams. liverpool in england i think they bombed on a full moon ,they came in over the welsh countryside and cheshire and shropshire dropped their bombs then away
you know you're 2122 you know what the strong impulses are we had two great 22:30 you know you're 2122 you know what the strong impulses are we had two great 22:30 desires both beginning with F the first is flying."
The first one was a Spitfire not a Typhoon as shown by the lack of a chin radiator. Anyone know what kind of plane the kid was playing with the yoke is? The one with a pusher configuration and spats enclosing wheels?
All these mentions of the Geneva Convention. That go as misunderstood, because many countries either attended the meetings and never signed any agreement to comply, Otherwise the documents were taken back to their own countries after the conferences (there were several Geneva Conferences as such over a period of time - years). However the final documentation was never signed or ratified by many of the countries involved. If indeed those countries did send representatives to the Conventions or conference meetings. There countries who did not in reality make the Geneva Convention agreement legal in their own counties includes Japan, Germany and the United States of America.
Video makers are not very fussy about what footage they show are they? "The Germans were waiting for us" 2:13. While showing footage of P-38 Lightnings.
You can always know a British produced WW2 documentary Montgomery flying a spitfire won this war with the Russians and American were in a supporting role.
Had a fishing, camping buddy Glenn of mine, from mom and Dad's 8's Square dance friends. told me of 3 downings, with 2 or more? Underground Rescues? Like two days, then on a Btit sub, couple more days, or not, back in the fight! over North Afrika, and Med Theator. Gramp Woody was Battle of Britain RCAF to the USAAC and the END! Lord! he hated night fights, he could see the Enemy tracers'! And new guys, ground AA fire, as told me per all buddies? as I recall. I think all Fought with Every Allied Force! and the french, as told me. Maybe? it is all connected?
In these day's of Russiaphobia, I'd like to hear more of the Soviet effort to rid Europe of Nazism during ww2 after all they lost some 28 million citizens for their troubles.
@@terryyakamoto3488 yes Mr Yakamoto My point precisely! However, the Russian population are the same people, without whose sacrifice during ww2 victory could have been completely different? I don't think any vaguely intelligent western observer can but notice that the establishment of Europe, US & UK are whipping up anti Russian sentiment, alongside arming Ukraine to the teeth to fight a war that they cannot ever win in the long term.. We're being lied to regards Putin's popularity, neither Biden nor Sunak could dream of achieving support anywhere near to that enjoyed by Mr Putin... Like Israel, Ukraine cannot win the war being strategised for them in London & Washington... This could really be the final nail's in the coffin containing NATO..
@@slartybarfastb3648you can always leave a comment, but log out YT and view the page again, and often it’s not visible to others if certain words or phrases are included.
"and that's the only thing I really feel good about now, about the whole damn war."
What a closure. Very good documentary.
To those Veterans interviewed, Thank you for your service.
A man who doesn't give up his people even after his nails were removed.
That's a proper man. That's a proper leader.
Or woman. Violet Scabo of SOE.
@@missasinenomineTrue.....
Correct: Szabo. (I think)
You think you're tough? The mental strength of the people in this video makes me just want to look at the ground. It doesn't matter what nationality. Tough as nails.
Well I know you are trying to give them compliments that they deserve, but I bet you would tough as nails if you had to be, in that type of situation to survive war.
@@frenchartantiquesparis424 I met a man recently who was 100 years old and served in RAF ground crew in the UK in the later stages of the war. He started going on about the youth of today being pathetic etc, I stated that it's better to have that than war. He just looked at me without agreeing. I think he'd have a different perspective if he'd faced combat or the gestapo like the above heroes
@@terryyakamoto3488I’m 36 so neither ‘youth’ or old but todays young people and especially the youth are walking garbage. There’s maybe less than 5% that would stand and fight, while the others run for a ‘safe space’ or just take a picture and tweet about what’s happening. Pathetic.
This is a truly excellent documentary. I'm always glad to see the exploits of the Canadians recognized; they were neglected too much for so long. Bravo!
Canadians were a major part of the war effort yet, they hardly get any recognition. :(
@@svenneff No true. You need to read more widely. You also need to remember that men from different parts of the British Empire were often put on the same ship, squadron etc. and may not have been singled out.
Not by us who read.
@@svenneff they do in the uk lots of the older people be dead now billetted the yanks and candians in their homes,still kept in touch after the war
Happy to see Mr. Moffat lived a short distance from me in Colborne Ontario. Many of our small towns in Canada have pictures of our war veterans hung up on light posts down the main streets in celebration of them prior to Remembrance day. Lest we forget.
Never have so many owed so much to so few - Churchill.
I knew both Bill Baggs and Wally Ward personally. Circa 1993 I was doing WW2 research and ended up reuniting a Luftwaffe pilot who saved the life of a USAAF pilot in 1945. The story ended up in our local newspaper and Bill Baggs tracked me down, asking more about the story. Wally Ward was our High School Principal in the 1970s and a very good one at that. In that role, he never spoke about his wartime service. It wasn't until his retirement announcement in our local newspaper that I learned his service with the RCAF. He was always modest in the extreme.
Upon Hearing all these experiences of the war,causes me to realize how horrific war is.
Wow ❤ thank you to all of the vets and service men that are still over there that didn't make it home❤
He said:the only good thing about this damn war was to spare a young guy's life. Nobel.
Powerful stuff. Very moving.
Fantastic ! Many thanks
Canadians only know one direction and that's forward. Thank you for your service from an Army Brat.
Good documentary, covered two subjects which are generally not given the attention and kudos they deserve, the Typhoon and Canadian fighting men.
Great, thank you
What a throughly decent human being Frank Johnson is. I love his line at the end: "That's the only thing I feel good about now about the whole damn war" What a legend. What he did that day in March 1945 (or rather didn't do) will echo in eternity. The rebukes from his superiors, forgotten dust in the wind. RIP Frank Chalmers Johnson - 1922-2017
Outstanding documentary. ❤
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Thank you for sharing this
These people are real Heroes. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for fighting and defeating the Nazis.
insane how tough these men and women in the resistance were. wild man
Awesome video.
Dad was a Lanc pilot in the RCAF. I still have his issue $ in case he went down over Europe. Fortunately he was held back in Canada in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Because not only did he have his commercial pilots licence, but was an aerocraft maintenance engineer by '37 and had been a Sgt in Essex Tanks. Thank Good he didn't have to fly a full stint. Yet sadly his plane went down in '50.
Thank you for your service gentleman and women! I lost family in WW1-WW2, Friends in Afghanistan.
your friends are war criminals
Of course the Airmen were very brave, but it's nice to see the additional stories of the resistance and their efforts to assist and repatriate allied Airmen.
Those were such amazing men!!! It is so nice to see the Canadians, they all had such good hearts.
The Comete evasion line was run by a 24 year old woman Andrée de Jongh who was incredibly brave as were the many other young women like Andrée Dumon who acted as couriers. Both these ladies survived Ravensbruck concentration camp. Airey Neaves book about Andrée de Jongh called Little Cyclone is well worth reading. The bravery of these people must never be forgotten.
Vive La Résistance from Canada.
Two great documentaries. We denigrate the French as a nation, but there were many very brave civilian men and women, who worked tirelessly to repatriate downed allied pilots and of course the resistance fighters who gave the Germans a big headache and as the doc says 80,000 were killed
Does anyone know the year when these interviews were conducted?
I can watch this type of content for as long as I live. I have so much respect, admiration, gratitude for the generation those brave men who had to fight and risk their skin, cause someone had to.
God bless those brave men, and women, cause a lot of women went in the war effort.
I hope something like a World War will never happen. Not just a world war, but war. Such a concept that a country requires you to come on board, even if you don't believe in it.
Please more of this stuff.
Thanks for sharing a Hero from Canada's story with us! Never heard enough about our heroes!
ps is it possible to contact the gentlemen in the video? I'm reaching out to Canadian figures and want to share their stories too!
If any of them are still alive they are pushing 100 these have to be older recordings. My gp was in the Corp in ww1 he died 5 years ago at 92
The guy who spent £500 pounds in two weeks on leave, good on him. What brave men, never to be forgotten.
THIS MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. GOD BLESS
brilliant movie
Thumbs down for subtitles & no narration🤮 The rest of the video is exciting !! 😊 💟
Bless those Europeans who fought against the Nazis!
Thanks....it was thrilled watching documentary about brave men and women,those practiced brave attitudes
The sad truth is most French actively and happy collaborated with the na...zis. It wasn't the Germans who put the French Jews on the trains to the camps.
Should be 2 different videos.
Both are top notch.
Long live Canada 🇨🇦
There is NO DOUBT the French Resistance was full of Ultra Brave men and women, but DeGaulle was an arrogant coward who ran when the first shots were fired.
stukas early, tiffies late. poetic justice.
“THE GREATEST GENERATION” has always included the allies, specifically Canadians!
I was born in Montreal but moved to California in 69 and became an American Citizen in 84 but in my heart I will always be a French Canadian even though I don’t sound like one!
A big thankyou to the Canadians for relating theses stories , as you get nothing from the British.
thats not true lots o english remember what the canadians did in ww2 and the yanks and the aussies thier rememberd every v e day in london at the cenetaph
WAR IS EVIL
Talk about a lover scorned.
It would be fantastic if Vera could make it over to the UK again one day - I was at East Kirkby when she flew with the City Of Lincoln over RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire. They flew over 'Just Jane' who had her Merlins purring - longing to join them in the air, which she will eventually.
Imagine a 'vic' of three flying over the old airfields of Lincolnshire again......
They shall not grow old
I'm always looking at any of the pictures of French Resistance fighters to see if I can find my grandfather or even my father as a boy both were part of the resistance.
French resistance.
How could one not answer this call.
Fine folks.
Most touched by the American flyer who let the young German pilot go
Amazing human stories. Frightening that we can be drawn into doing such things to fellow human beings by governments and the psychopaths in power.
Agree with one comment. This should be two separate vids. I almost missed the second.
We never went in bright moonlight. ‘Why?’ Geez.
so thet dont get lost i think the dambusters went on a full moon.when they bombedthe dams. liverpool in england i think they bombed on a full moon ,they came in over the welsh countryside and cheshire and shropshire dropped their bombs then away
you know you're 2122 you know what the strong impulses are we had two great
22:30
you know you're 2122 you know what the strong impulses are we had two great
22:30
desires both beginning with F the first is flying."
Who else is missing Terry Davis a little extra today?
A harrowing experience that will make your nose hair grow wild forever after.
The first one was a Spitfire not a Typhoon as shown by the lack of a chin radiator. Anyone know what kind of plane the kid was playing with the yoke is? The one with a pusher configuration and spats enclosing wheels?
All these mentions of the Geneva Convention. That go as misunderstood, because many countries either attended the meetings and never signed any agreement to comply, Otherwise the documents were taken back to their own countries after the conferences (there were several Geneva Conferences as such over a period of time - years).
However the final documentation was never signed or ratified by many of the countries involved. If indeed those countries did send representatives to the Conventions or conference meetings.
There countries who did not in reality make the Geneva Convention agreement legal in their own counties includes Japan, Germany and the United States of America.
I absolutely love these war stories, but I hate the bl..dy French (not the French people) with English subtitles. Who can read that fast?
Video makers are not very fussy about what footage they show are they? "The Germans were waiting for us" 2:13. While showing footage of P-38 Lightnings.
too many adverts guys
You can always know a British produced WW2 documentary
Montgomery flying a spitfire won this war with the Russians and American were in a supporting role.
Yet this video is about a Canadian Airman ....
So, you didn't watch the whole thing and read Eik's comment?
I don’t think so, Montgomery had a big ego, as did the US generals, and any informed person knows that.
And no mention of the poles the flyers they had
Had a fishing, camping buddy Glenn of mine, from mom and Dad's 8's Square dance friends. told me of 3 downings, with 2 or more? Underground Rescues? Like two days, then on a Btit sub, couple more days, or not, back in the fight! over North Afrika, and Med Theator. Gramp Woody was Battle of Britain RCAF to the USAAC and the END! Lord! he hated night fights, he could see the Enemy tracers'! And new guys, ground AA fire, as told me per all buddies? as I recall.
I think all Fought with Every Allied Force! and the french, as told me.
Maybe? it is all connected?
In these day's of Russiaphobia, I'd like to hear more of the Soviet effort to rid Europe of Nazism during ww2 after all they lost some 28 million citizens for their troubles.
Putin's Russia and the Soviet Union are two entirely different animals
@@terryyakamoto3488 yes Mr Yakamoto
My point precisely!
However, the Russian population are the same people, without whose sacrifice during ww2 victory could have been completely different?
I don't think any vaguely intelligent western observer can but notice that the establishment of Europe, US & UK are whipping up anti Russian sentiment, alongside arming Ukraine to the teeth to fight a war that they cannot ever win in the long term..
We're being lied to regards Putin's popularity, neither Biden nor Sunak could dream of achieving support anywhere near to that enjoyed by Mr Putin...
Like Israel, Ukraine cannot win the war being strategised for them in London & Washington...
This could really be the final nail's in the coffin containing NATO..
Yes the Russians drove the Germans out at that time but now they have replaced by attacking Ukraine and murdering civilians
You really need to translate it. These subtitles are ridiculous.
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500 british pounds is like 35,000 dollars today! Dude was ballin!!! Lol
14,th aug 2024 today . Only just turned
My mom had a cat named Buster
censor stories strikes again!!!!!
I've never had issues commenting on War Stories videos. What are you trying to say?
TH-cam wants to protect us adults.. Lol
I think its TH-cam blurring out scenes.
All YT channels censor - that’s why you see so many phantom replies. Only the one posting the comment can view it
@@slartybarfastb3648you can always leave a comment, but log out YT and view the page again, and often it’s not visible to others if certain words or phrases are included.
Stop watching when misuse God's Name
Which God was it?
🩲🧤🧢 privacy please