Commander Gilbert Roberts returns to action, tasked with decoding U-boat tactics through war gaming to turn the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic. Facing fierce German U-boat attacks, Roberts and his team must analyze historical battles and refine strategies to protect vital convoys. With the Royal Navy struggling and American involvement escalating, Roberts teams up with skilled women from the Women’s Royal Naval Service to tackle this critical mission.
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What series is this from? I WANT MORE
Really enjoying this videos yall have made, kinda like a miniseries… interesting 😊
That would be a great movie to watch
Captain Gilbert Roberts R. N. and his small group of young WRENS used war games to develop tactics to outsmart German U-boats and so win the Battle of the Atlantic. The new experimental unit, set up in 1942, was staffed by Roberts and 2 other retired naval officers, along with 4 Wren officers – Elizabeth Drake, Jane Howes, Jean Laidlaw and Nan Wailes – and 4 Wren ratings, all recruited for their mathematics skills. Their ages ranged from just 17 to 21. Vera Laughton Matthews, who had served with the WRNS during the First World War, was appointed as Director and by December 1939, there were 3,000 personnel. Those who served in the WRNS were nicknamed 'Wrens'.
In May 1945 Roberts, fluent in German, went to Germany with other officers to visit the German U-boat HQ in Flensburg, where he was surprised to see a photograph of himself in the Ops Room, captioned “This is your enemy Cpt Roberts, director of anti U Boat Tactics”
In July 1945 WATU was disbanded.
The crucial role the Western Approaches Tactical Unit played in helping Britain win the Battle of the Atlantic must not be overlooked. Nor should the outstanding work of the young Wrens whose tactics outmaneuvered experienced U-boat captains. And all despite the fact that only some of them had even been to sea and none had ever seen a submarine!
Ep. 3 of 6 of the 2022 Docudrama series, War Gamers.
Britain created the first useful computer and radar machine. Britain has brilliant citizens..then they created BREXIT 😏
*immediately cuts to girl bosses* yeah, im good on your Battlefield 5 fan fiction lol
Had the Allies not gotten their hands on an Enigma machine, i think things would've turned out vastly different in the long run. The reason why the U-boats were so successful was their ability to communicate & not be detected. Once their silent communications were compromised it was pretty much game over.
It takes a strong, smart and non proud man to recognize that someone can help him complete his mission
WOW! What a great video. Well written and acted. I never knew. Excellent video. Where's the Second part!! I surely want to see that! Just like when the USA first started their Space program, and they ended up finding a bunch of Black, Female, Mathematical Geniuses that sent some of the first Americans into space, orbit around the moon! These colored ladies figured out the math calculations using the old-style slide rulers and such. Then when NASA got a bunch of brand-new HUGE IBM computers, but Their (NASA) Math Experts couldn't figure out how to "program" them, use them. Those same colored women Figured that out also! Amazing movie. It has Keven Costner as the lead male role. The name of the movie is called "Hidden Figures"! If you enjoyed this video, you'll really enjoy the movie, "Hidden Figures". I used to drink a lot of beer with an "Old Timer" that was in the Merchant Marine during WWII.
Bravo!
The drama is compelling, but war gaming r even then was more mathematical. The models were used as explanatory devices. Game theory is often used for its vercitile meanings. Not everyone understood the approach, but it's quite the rigorous field of study. I understand why the video was set up this way, but can be misleading taken at have value, like themes in Orwell's "Animal Farm."
Brilliant. I never knew this story.
Interestingly, Adm. Donitz developed his RudelTaktik (wolfpack) while he was a POW in Britain during WW1.
He said, "The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis." He certainly got that right. We took the lessons he taught us and demolished the Japanese Merchant Navy in the Pacific.
If you want to dig into this subject, pick up "A game of Birds and Wolves" by Simon Parkin
I cannot take any documentary serious that has awful dramatic reenactments. What's wrong with accurate footage and expert testimony?
I'm just here to watch some serious docs, and hear people complain about blurring gore 🙄
Some of the most entertaining content for WW2 historians and those of us who had family fight and die, so the world could be rid of fascism! or sadly the same ideology now infecting western civ, under guise of progressivism, censorship or in Laymen’s terms “WOKIST” ideology and devolution: To forget history and what free societies were capable of, is to invite a similar infection with far more destructive tools!
Some of the most entertaining content for WW2 historians and those of us who had family fight and die, so the world could be rid of fascism! or sadly the same ideology now infecting western civ, under guise of progressivism, censorship or in Laymen’sa terms “WOKIST” ideology and devolution: To forget history and what free societies were capable of, is to invite a similar infection with far more destructive tools!
Lots of WW2 information I didn't know. Now if someone could only teach the re-enactment cinematographer to use a tripod instead of shakey-cam for closeups of actors…
The British – A once great people. I'm afraid you folks are the victim of your votes and wokeism. Flooding your country with migrants is turning out to be your downfall. The USA has been on the same path for several years now but England is overrun already.
This was very interesting. Wasn't sure where it was going at first, but turned out to be greatly informative. Well done.
Good docu-drama. ALTHOUGH
A bit heavy handed with 'BBC' STYLE FEMINIST PROPAGANDA.
I wish there was a link to part II to this episode. It does not look like they have one.😢
Great stuff, I’d like to see how everything proceeded. Is this aTV program?
I love movies/tv shows on submarines in WWII. If you know any non-popular ones, please let me know.
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I've already watched this twice, it would make a fantastic mini documentary! I want to know how 'they' worked out each of their war games and how it was implemented into the daily War in the Atlantic.
This is totally awesome. I think I've seen 3 videos from this series, I wish there was a way for them to put this series in order? I'd love to watch the whole series.
At 20:10 – listening stations
"Strange Intelligence – Memoirs of Navel Secret Service"
by Hector C. Bywater and H. C. Ferraby published in 1931 (room 40).
It is a fascinating book covering WWI signals intelligence, showing once again how England used it's technical resources to protect the "island nation". You can still get a copy of it from used book sources and I highly recommend it.
Before WWII Otto Kretschmer had read the book.From this he knew to keep his radio signals as brief as possible.
I was alerted to the existence of "Strange Intelligence – Memoirs of Navel Secret Service" while watching "U-Boat War – Episode 1 – Sea Wolves" – ITN/Discovery Channel MCMXCVII.
At around 34 to 35 minutes into the episode Otto Kretschmer mentions the book and his great respect for British navel intelligence.
Handwriting on the first page of my book indicates it was owned by someone in Edinburgh Scotland at one time.
I'm of Scots & Welsh ancestry, with my father serving in the RCAF starting September 1939, making it to Croydon airfield by April 1940. His two brothers later served in the RCN, one a gunner on the destroyer HMCS Haida & HMCS SIOUX, the other a Petty Officer on the HMCS UGANDA. On June 2 1945 2/3 of the UGANDA''s crew voted not to re-volunteer. UGANDA was finally relieved by HMS Argonaut on 27 July, and UGANDA departed the Pacific Theatre. All three brothers survived the war, with my father remaining in the RCAF until retirement in 1971.
https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/articles/controversies/the-uganda-episode
Also see: HMCS Haida – Guide 027 (Special) Drachinifel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHRa32bplwc
The director passed up an opportunity to win countless awards and renowned recognition. Simply dress some of the woman in pink and blue hair, add a few transgenders, make all men beta males and dumb as a rock while all the women superior in intellegence, experience and command. The media would eat it up as historical fact and give out awards.
An inconclusive ending . . . where's the second half?
Can't wait to see the next video of this when it comes out?
Where's the rest of the series ?
😂😂😂😂
It's always so easy to tell when something was made within the last few years.
And if you say you cannot tell a difference, you are just being disingenuous 😂😂
not that I care but why are there a bunch of women narrating this show it was always men before
And it's so obvious they're just reading some type of Teleprompter
How do u find the next episode lol
They cracked the submarine enigma code!
finally part 2
Ok.. great docu…. Where is the rest of it???? When? Do you have it to put out? Why just end it in the middle of the story…. where is the "stay tuned for part two" ? 😀
How many times has British arrogance lost them tactical and strategic advantages and wars?