A furat un submarin nazist de sub nasul lui Hitler – și a scăpat cu el

A furat un submarin nazist de sub nasul lui Hitler - și a scăpat cu el



Căpitanul marinei americane Daniel Gallery își făcuse deja un nume prin întreruperea operațiunilor submarinelor germane de peste Atlantic. Dar până în vara lui 1944, el se pregătea pentru cel mai îndrăzneț pariu al carierei sale, o operațiune pe care nimeni nu îndrăznise să o încerce în mai mult de un secol și a trăit pentru a spune povestea. Ca cea mai recentă pradă a lor, U-505 a spart suprafața după un atac devastator cu o încărcare de adâncime, apa a căzut în cascadă de pe carena ei și fum a curbat din cadrul ei afectat. În ciuda avariilor, submarinul a fost brusc sub un baraj necruțător de foc de la distrugătoarele și avioanele americane. Disperat să scape, echipajul german s-a grăbit să abandoneze nava, scufundându-se în Atlantic, în timp ce focuri de armă ploua în jurul lor. Pentru americani, obiectivul era clar. O echipă de îmbarcare aleasă cu atenție s-a pregătit să înfrunte vaporii toxici, inundațiile și amenințarea care se profilează a acuzațiilor de prăbușire și a capcanelor. Erau pe cale să se aventureze acolo unde niciun american nu mai ajunsese până acum: chiar în inima unui submarin inamic.

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41 thoughts on “A furat un submarin nazist de sub nasul lui Hitler – și a scăpat cu el

  1. TFE did it first but I appreciate a more textbook breakdown. Keep up the great content & shouts to both channels for educational / historical content

  2. The most important thing at this time is to get the Enigma machines get all of the intelligence from everybody abandoning ship very quickly but you want to get the Enigma machines, and they were connected with Japanese purple Communications operation, which means you might find the encryption and decryption equipment for the Japanese purple code on that ship

  3. The first uboat captured, after U-110 was captured by the British in May 9, 1941. U-505 (this one) captured by the US on June 4, 1944. The film U-571 being loosely based off of the U-110 capture by the British, but Hollywood reattributed it to the US because well, it's Hollywood.
    U-110 sinking while under tow to Iceland.

  4. Failing to mention that the submarine is now on display at the museum of science and industry in Chicago seems like a massive oversight on your writers part.

  5. Capt Daniel Gallery retired as a 2 star Rear Admiral. He was involved in the Revolt of the Admirals incident where he fought against the scrapping of the carrier force. That cost him his 3rd star. Also, most Rear Admirals of his era retired as Vice Admirals. But not him. Rear Admiral Gallery was a true hero.

  6. The capture of the Enigma machine tipped the scale of the war in the Aliies favor. Intercepting even Rommels plans. The Allies had to pretend they didn't have it so the Germans wouldn't change it.

  7. She now resides in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, having been moved from the museum's backyard, where the elements had degraded her to the point almost of collapse of some of her thin outer hull, and placed in a climate controlled basement gallery roofed over and protected from everything except tourists. I think I've been in her three times now, at least two, and it's well worth the time and trouble.

  8. The British had captured the Enigma machine in 1941 with the codes deciphered by Alan Turing and the team at Bletchley Park.

  9. Great presentation – as usual – thank you!
    Is all the footage around the 505 and its capture, crew, boarding and so on the real thing from that event?
    I'm not being cynical, just simply curious~

  10. You forgot to mention that the US Navy failed to report the identity of the German survivors to the "enemy" as required by the Geneva convention which would have been a "war crime" at that time.

  11. I agree with Admiral King – obtaining an Enigma machine and code books great and no doubt very useful to the war effort – towing the sub back to Bermuda and risking the German's finding out that their messages could be read – not very smart.

  12. The Allies already had Enigma machines. What they needed were the code books and the current machine settings. This was the real value of the capture.

  13. This provides an interesting case study in the laws of war, that one might explore in a course on justice, morality, or international law.

    Under the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War (in force during World War II), it was a violation to keep the identities of POWs secret. The Convention required the capturing power to:
    1. Immediately inform the ICRC or another neutral organization about the capture of POWs.
    2. Grant POWs the right to send and receive correspondence to their families.

    FWIW, Germany mostly followed the Geneva Convention when it came to US and other Western prisoners (but not at all when it came to Eastern prisoners).

    However, the US had unusually good reason to hold these men secretly, and the prisoners were treated humanely. I do not criticize the US decision here. Indeed, I would have made the same decision.

  14. Great video, but there is one particular point that isn’t quite right: Enigma was already being cracked in Bletchley Park and the additional intel from the U-505 capture had a minimal impact on those efforts (something that the film U-571 gets completely wrong).

  15. THESE GUYS WERE SAILORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REAL NAVY MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IF THIS IS THE SHIP THAT IS AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, I WAS ON BOARD WAY BACK IN APPROXIMATELY 1985!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST SUBSCRIBED TO THIS CHANNEL, AND LONG LIVE DARK SEAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BY THE WAY, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, THIS WHOLE THING MAKES ME WANT TO GO OUT AND GET A SUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  16. Please ensure you make a video covering the numerous German submarines taken by all allied naval forces. U505 was not the first to be taken, nor the last.

  17. I toured the 505 last August and blown away. It was restored and the museum encased the boat for visitors. The guides are highly knowledgeable too. It’s a must-see! Chicago museums are incredible!

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