Operation Archery - The Daring Commando Raid on Måløy, Norway, 1941 - Animated

Operation Archery - after the retreat at Dunkirk, Churchill wants Britain and her allies to take the fight back to the enemy. He orders daring and hard hitting Commando raids along the German occupied coastline of Europe. British and Free Norwegian Commandos must hit the town of Måløy, destroy strategic targets there, and get out again before the German military can mobilise against them.

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[dday]

"With his uniform on fire he stormed the beach" would be a fantastic citation, 2nd only to "he paused playing his bagpipes to lob hand grenades at the enemy".

[mig]

The German garrison must have felt like they won the lottery getting that post so far from the front lines, well atleast until they heard the bagpipes...

[LoudRevised]

Jack Churchill is the first main character we’ve seen on this channel.

[nonamesplease]

Mad Jack Churchill in the bow, broadsword at his side, piping March of the Cameron Men. Where else in the world, in what other unit, could such a character have existed? Epic!

[Zajuts]

Norwegian ears perched up: Will there be a correct pronunciation of "Måløy"?
And it was. Nice.

[belacickekl]

I couldn't imagine being a German here and eating a full broadside point-blank like that.

[jazzcorneille]

Mad Jack was an absolute legend, fighting only with a broadsword, a longbow and bagpipes against Germans with machine guns, planes and tanks. He claimed the last official longbow kill in the world

[MZMotor]

Good pronunciation of Måløy. As a Norwegian I'm proud to see WW2 stories from Norway coupled with the superb and brilliant creator that you are. You just keep uploading, and I'll keep dropping whatever I'm doing to watch your videos. Thanks a lot.

[HatredOfMephisto]

damn this operation alone deserves its own war movie

[gimmethegepgun]

*Bagpipes start*
Me: Oh, goddammit, of course that guy is there.

[penultimateh]

How thrilling it must have been for that Norwegian officer to set foot on his home soil and defend it again, for however brief a time. Is there any monument to him?

[jackied.v.carson]

The animation in this video is even more superb than usual! Bravo!

[toast]

If it's one thing this channel's taught me, it's that friendly fire in war is wayyy more common than you would think

[aghostofthepast]

They brought Mad Jack Churchill. They can't possibly fail!

[bagelsecelle]

Imagine being that German who shooting ur 98k on the Destroyer and it literally fucking returned fire with a Naval Gun

[beeble]

0:51 "However, aboard the converted landing ships, Prince Charles..."
Holy crap, Prince Charles was on a commando raid in Norway?!?
"... and Prince Leopold, ..."

[grahamsmith]

So proud to say my father R A Smith was on this raid with 3 Commando.

[muppetyago]

Interesting fact, the name commando comes from the boer Kommando's in the boer war from 1899-1902, where Churchill was stationed for a while. He was so impressed by their skill on horseback, marksmanship and fast raids against the British he brought the concept to Britain.

[Paveway-chan]

The British commando raids is easily one of the most exciting and fascinating source of stories to come out of World war 2, along with the various naval engagements. Loving this! Top quality work. Hope you have the raid on St. Nazaire or on the Norwegian heavy water plants in the pipeline :D

[donmcmaine]

I've never heard of this operation before, thanks for educating us on something so interesting!