Operation Catechism: How The Allies Sank Hitler's 'Unsinkable' Battleship | The Tirpitz | Timeline

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Unsinkable seems an odd word choice after the Bismarcks sinking

A good german? I guess the definition of a traitor is very fluid those days...

Tirpitz guns had a range of 22 miles, not 17 miles.

The "Unsinkable Hood" was sunk by the "Unsinkable Bismark" which in turn was sunk four days later case in point there is no such thing as an Unsinkable ship

They don't like being called "midget submarines", the politically correct term would be "Longitudinally Challenged Submarines"...please we don't want to offend any inanimate objects....thank you

He’s right. Politicians start wars. The innocent die for nothing.

German its real story

There are few of these men remaining with us. And they are not making more of them. God speed guys. Thank you for your service.

Condolences for Tirpitz and KriegsM crew.. Rest In Peace ❤

In this video, he wails to mention the BISMARK AND YAMATO, bad mistake AMERICA WON THE WAR

Which German ship was the toughest between the Tirpitz or the Bismark?

It’s amazing seeing these guys as energetic young men and as old men now…we need to figure out a method to not age 😂

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If these guys had left just one of their two balls back home, that plane would have been so light it could have flown around the world.

as a 55 year old and a grandson of a world war 2 vet and a history lover. despite the atrocities committed by the nazis i enjoy the modern appreciation of the engineering on all sides and what they were able to create. whether its watching a modern flight of p51 mustangs and bf109s and the old combatants that turned up to watch those flights and forgave each other. and indeed the engineering of these great battleships,including the tirpitz. a marvel of human engineering

1944 was a long time ago. I was born 13 years after the fact. I never served in combat. My time in the Army was during peacetime. But still, this is one of the most heart-touching documentaries I've seen yet. By the end of the film, I was just about ready to cry, watching all these old men tell their stories, seeing the photos of their youth, and to see them set aside their differences to finish their lives in peace. No soldier or sailor from World War 2 alive today is younger than 90 years old. As they die, so dies the the history of the war and the lives of the people who were affected by it. WE MUST NOT FORGET.

Damn, Tirpitz had a range of 17 miles away. If you look up cities 17 miles from your house, you really understand how horrifying it would be to be its target.

"I was pretty tough once, but now its all gone." That coming from an old man who fought in one of the most brutal wars in human history chokes me up.

I live 2 minutes away from the tirpitz museum in tromso

Thank your dad for his service.

35 mph is fast, when i'm on my bike going 35 i'm amazed these giant ships could go that fast

If you believe in God- He was on the side of The Righteous
Brave men who knew success was minimal- death was very possible.

Imagine building the Bismarck and Tirpitz and still fading away from naval forces.

The real rulers of this world foment war, and then through patriotism and brainwashing, young men are sent out to fight each other with war machines. In the end, it's the people on both sides that lose, and the winners are always the BANKERS and the MILITARY CONTRACTORS. THEY PULL THIS WAR SCAM ON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.

1700 isn't enough

If only it had made it to new York.

They inveted what else? Compared to the Germans and the USA

We do owe our freedoms due to these courageous men, thanks very informative.

My grandfather fought in the Pacific during WWII. I continue to watch documentaries about the war. This is the second one of the timeline series that I have watched and from start to finish they are fantastic to watch. Great video of the actual battle and hearing the stories from the soldiers had a huge impact on me as I watched it, listening from both sides.

Who is the narrator? Dominic West? I looked, but couldn't find the answer.

"Crazy war. For Nothing." Every war is carry, for nothing. Like the one we are witnessing right now.

well the RAF sunk it End of story

"Churchill" the architect of the GREAT BENGAL FAMINE which killed 1.2 million people in West bangal of indian state,
British were biggest human rights violators

The Lancasters in my opinion were some of the bravest and most courageous fighters of the war,and the fellow pilots who were still around to speak ,had it right,no war is good

I had no idea how decadent life on board the Tirpitz was at that time. Compared to the civilian life across Europe during the war.

Very brave men indeed to fly a Lancaster bomber with hardly any guns on board on such a long journey to sink the tirpitz battle ship.i salute those brave men who took part in the sinking of tirpitz.all.should of got a Victoria cross for there efforts.

What a great documentary! So well done. The Norwegian coastline and snow-covered mountains are eerily beautiful. I love the testimonies of all these brave men. When I was a boy, I built a scale model of the Tirpitz. It was so amazing to me. I still recognize the camouflage scheme. There is simply something about a great ship, especially a battleship. I saw an aircraft carrier off.the coast of southern California and it was truly imposing. I can't imagine how the Tirpitz or Bismarck must have appeared in person. Thank you again for this wonderful video!

The best Documentary about the Tirpitz hands down. Just to see the veterans on both sides telling the story is mind blowing.
"Crazy war, for nothing"

My dad had bone spurs and missed the war

Honor to our grandfathers who withstand this ordeal and win

What an amazing ship.

Interesting vid.. brave souls! 👍✈️

They shouldnt have blew the ship up it was doing nothing.

The fact titanic was said to be unsinkable and an iceberg sank it and the Tirpitz came close to being unsinkable during world war two with dozens of attempts to sink it almost came a reality compared to the titanic.

Funny how when humans name something "indestructible" or "unsinkable" it always gets destroyed or sunk.

Sinking tirpitz was great. but US had better Battleships. North Carolina. , South Dakota, and IOWA class

Got sunk on it's first assignment of war.
I would hesitate to call that unsinkable as much as I would the Hood on her first assignment of war.