The Channel Dash 1942

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Music used:
BTS Prolog - Kevin MacLeod
Hiding Your Reality - Kevin MacLeod
Emptiness - Savva Dudin
Heroes - Artur Tokhtash

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[robbyatwood]

When you’re a German sailor excited about a tropical vacation then you see the cliffs of Dover on the horizon

[.happymealwithfries]

Ciliax: "Don't worry, I maxed out my Luck skill."

[mccabber]

"Suicide Option, you say?" **Hitler will remember this**

[YAH]

France: The Germans arent bold enough to pass through the Ardennes!
UK: The Germans arent bold enough to pass through the Channel!

[Aberrant]

"The Germans are in the Channel you say? No, old chap, I fear you're drifting into the realms of fantasy. No one, not even the Hun, would never be so bold or so foolish as to challenge British Naval superiority, especially not where our strength is most greatly OH SOD THEY JUST PASSED DOVER."

[captaindak]

Damn, imagine the anxiety of the German Sailors.

[jascrandom]

Just imagine how tight their sphincters were the whole time.

[mav]

Fun Fact: They used Ciliax Balls of pure steel as anchor on the Scharnhorst.

[oohlala]

Everyone: No one would ever perform such a risky maneuver!
Hitler: You see, I am somewhat of an expert on that.

[_NoName_]

so that's what they mean with "Fortune favours the bold"

[Creativa-ftzb]

What would do the most damage
>The entire British armed forces
>3 explody bois

[BulletBill]

Admirals: The channel run would be suicide!
Hitler: Suicide? You had my curiosity but now you have my attention.

[donnergrober]

Two WWII videos in less than a month? Nice!

[thnos]

"Don't be an idiot tanks can't cross forests. "
*Germans cross through a forest and proceed to meme all, over France.*
"Ok they got us but there is no way they are crazy enough to sprint through our front door. "
"Hold my schnitzel. "

[HSMiyamoto]

The maps help one understand this historical event. I have read about it, and even heard an audio description, but the maps are invaluable. Thank you for your contribution of knowledge.

[louflecha]

I didn't expect to see my city (Brest) on your chanel ! i'm glad you did !
It's maybe the most important military port in France, due to his positions.
I hope you will make a future video about the siege !
The city was raze around 85%, and the new one is build on the ruins.
We still find bombs nowadays in the ground. It's frequent to evacuate a neighborhood to desactivate it.

[ottokarl]

The Kriegsmarine (and its predecessor) had some of the weirdest chaps in its ranks.
In WW1 it was considered to be the hardest maneuver to have the fleet perform a full turn-around. It was hard, risky and dangerous. But nevertheless, the german commander in the battle of skagerrak did it...three times. He turned around, saw that the brits weren't following, so he turned around again, started firing, noticed "oh, that's not working" and turned for a third time, without losing a ship or breaking formation. Later he wrote in his logbook "people will wonder why *his name* did it - *his name* doesn't know it himself!"

[superiorsandwich]

Scharnhorst: I am speed
Gneisenau: look i found another sea pinata
Scharnhorst:Nein it's not your birthday yet
Gneisenau: Yeet yeet

[abasudoh]

His voice kind of highlights the tense atmosphere that would have been felt by the ship crews

[patu]

The unbeleviable thing about this is that THE BRITISH KNEW ABOUT THE MISSION BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED