Those who were chosen for the special mission had been waiting for days. The training and rehearsals had been completed, and the men were ready to take on the Germans.
Everything was going according to plan, and Major John Frost was satisfied with the current conditions: little to no wind for the parachutists, good nighttime visibility for the Air Force, and the right tide for the Navy.
On February 27, 1942, the last night of the mission window, the men of C Company embarked for France on board converted Whitley bombers. There was a lot of tension in the air, as the British desperately needed a win.
Operation Biting called for them to steal unknown advanced equipment from a mysterious German coastal radar installation that was believed to be key in guiding Luftwaffe nighttime fighters toward British bomber formations.
At last, the rookie soldiers readied their parachutes and valiantly jumped out of their aircraft into Bruneval. There was a lot at stake, and it was now or never…
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Any information on the six captured British soldiers? I would assume they were executed but you never know.
That house near the Radar antenna, has a Bondian look.
There the best n the world but Germans are kicking ourass You mean there second
Great video on a very impressive raid. The British Páras risked alot on many operations. This raid went off surprising well and aided Britan greatly. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨
Ha, called it from the thumbnail….but then again ‘Frost block’ was my accomodation block at Depot Para, Browning Barracks, Aldershot in the 1980’s. ⚔️🇬🇧😎👍. Great content, as always.
The Germans were superior in every way and they were only trying to make the world a better place I wish they won
this episode was boring af
how come its interesting when you talk about germany in ww2 but boring when its about the allies?
There is a really good book on the raid by Damien Lewis called Shadow Raiders. Well worth a read if you want to know more on what happened
Wow that is impressive, Ive never heard of that before, excellent info, brave buggers doing that
I bet Hitler's reaction was priceless… British commandos stole what ? Probably had some General executed over that incident!
My uncle Les Anderson was on this raid and made over 100 jumps, many behind enemy lines. He also survived Oosterbeek. A brave man.
i would have loved to have been with them on that raid…..what a story to tell my grandchildren…something i could hold onto with pride for the rest of my life…a deed that needed to be done for our country…unlike the lies our men were told about the non existent ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Iraq
Gen Browning and Lt Col Frost should be familiar names to anyone who watched the movie "A Bridge Too Far".
FREYA and WURTZBURG.
My grandfather's generation was certainly the best. Very much in admiration for the way they all came together for the rest of the world.
the bravest generation
7.43 metres is about 25 feet in diameter, not 10 feet as the narative said.
Yeah!!! Posting number 100!!!!
What happen to the captured any make it to the end of the War ?
The British during World War II seem to understand the importance of the new technologies that were entering the battlefield… after all, it was their radar technology that was given to the US along with other technologies, in exchange, for the use of the US’s production lines🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇴🇻🇬🇦🇺
at 9:45 dude straight got bombed lol savage he ate that shit
The Germans ahead of the English?
Who'd have thunk it!
Good thing the Americans showed up.
I read a book about thid raid translatable as Operation Bruneval. Truly miraculous operation.
Man that first PLF of the video was rough lol
SACK!
Why didn't the British just fly over the site recording it's signals. They had the capability. That is all one needs to know how to jam radar. That is what we do now and long before that. One flies toward the radar and records its frequencies. Sounds a bit like a publicity stunt putting well trained, brave paratroopers needlessly in harm's way.🙄
Btw the Germans recorded all British radar signals from the Chain Home system using the Graf Zeppelin on covert peace time missions before WW2.
No need whatsoever to risk paratroopers.😉
stealing is the only thing you and your stupid friends know
Great vid. Thanks.
TIK has an excellent video of this raid.
background music ruined the watchability for me this time…..competing noises
Bit disappointed you didn’t mention where that parachute training centre was. It was at Ringway Airfield, near Manchester. Eventually the site would become Manchester International Airport.
Reading the chapter pages is very amateur.
This video is one of your better ones, which is saying A LOT! Thank you for your work and may you be blessed by the Google algorithm.
Two French agents were sent to gain intelligence on Bruneval. When they arrived they told a German guard who challenged them that they wee University students who had never seen the ocean before, The guard took them on a guided tour, telling them not to worry about the minefield warnings, as there were no mines. He gave them permission to take photos, which included all the beach defences. All the defences pointed out to sea, none towards the land.
Frost later went on to command the only British parachute battalion to reach Arnhem bridge. He was played by Anthony Hopkins in the Movie "A Bridge too Far.'
Is this the same John Frost who served in Arnhem??
The pictures and equipment obtained helped the UK&USA(UK Shared everything with US) understand German Radar. What I've read The British didn't put much credence to interrogating prisoners instead had microphones all over the camp and the prisoners were made to think the British had little understanding of German language so they relaxed and some great intel leaked out.
This raid lead to Window(foil cut to right size to blind or give large false signal to the system operator.
The Night bombing system Germany used was brilliantly simple, set up two radio transmitters point them at UK to intersect at target put a receiver box on planes that when signals cross lights up sign drop bomb, problem is the Brits learnt to bend the signals into safe places then double agents reported back mass damage.
WW2 was an information & technology battle The Germans lost not because it was worst at tech but because either couldn't build it fast and in quantity needed or maintain it, information war lost due to aragance and poor checks, British mostly far better ( I exclude SOE Germans managed infiltrate a group or two was a disaster on occasion in France that cost lives) After WW2 British aragance let Rusia infiltration.
This would make an excellent movie.
On 19 August 1942 the Dieppe raid was made by a Canadian force of 6000 in preparation to D day. One aspect of the raid was another radar station raid by a Jewish RAF sergeant to grab and identify the technology. His "bodyguard" on the raid had orders to execute him if he were to fall into German hands, as his radar knowledge of British equipment was to be kept secret at all cost. An amazing story , "Green Beach" by James Leasor". Many brave Canadians were sacrificed to gain the info. that came out of stealing "freya" parts, and learning that tanks don't go up gravel beaches.
Those wanting more info should read about this in R V Jones excellent book "Most Secret War". He describes everything they learned from it and how it helped their war effort countering the radar & guidance beams.
This radar unit was in the imperial War museum last time I was there.
Very well executed raid, The Allies wanted to see if the Germans had found the cavity wave magnetron technology which improved detection, this was not evident in the radar found ,the superior British systems was a war winner .
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Good video! Never heard of this raid.
That house looks like Weasley home from Harry Potter.
Why are some parachutes a dark color and others are white? And why are they used together in the same drop?
😁👍👌 as ever!
Well done 2 Para.