The Only Underwater Submarine Clash Ever Recorded

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The Only Underwater Submarine Clash Ever Recorded

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On February 5, 1945, in the depths of a Norwegian fjord, U-Boat U-864, helmed by Captain Ralf-Reimar Wolfram, thundered out of Bergen on a mission that could shift the tides of World War 2. With the Axis powers teetering on the brink of collapse, the Nazi war machine was banking on U-864 to deliver a cache of cutting-edge military tech promising to supercharge the Japanese war effort.
Packed with the blueprints and parts for Jumo 004 turbojets, the makings of a next-gen Japanese jet fighter, and the critical components of V-2 ballistic missiles, not to mention a contingent of top-tier engineers versed in this tech, U-864 was a steel-clad lifeline for the Axis.
However, Captain Wolfram and his crew soon steamed blind into a lethal trap. Having cracked the Enigma’s secrets, the British had U-864 in their crosshairs. HMS Venturer, a top-of-the-line British submarine, was on the prowl, tasked with a single objective: to hunt down U-864 and consign her and her secrets to the abyss.
As Wolfram plunged into the frigid waters, the weight of the entire conflict bore down on his shoulders. HMS Venturer’s ASDIC sonar pinged through the depths in a desperate bid to find its target, gearing up for an unprecedented duel beneath the waves. History was about to witness the only underwater submarine clash ever recorded…

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@peterj5106 3 ай бұрын

It was a bearing on one of the prop shafts that failed necessitating them to return to the bunkers & giving away their position. The Mercury found was from 40 tonnes she was carrying destined for Japan. It was also witnessed by one young boy ashore. He heard the explosion & seen the stern of U864 rise from the water.

@johnmoriarty6158 3 ай бұрын

Why so much mercury? Fuses and primers?

@peterj5106 3 ай бұрын

@@johnmoriarty6158. I assume so yea, it was for weapons production. I looked it up & it was 67 tonnes she was carrying. 2 or 3 Japanese scientists if I remember too.

@Sniperboy5551 3 ай бұрын

@johnmoriarty6158 Yeah, must be mercury fulminate.

@michaelfraser4396 3 ай бұрын

This would make an excellent movie. This is the first time I heard of this battle. The intrique, the desparation, the patriotism, the tension in the plot, this could be a box office hit.

@lynby6231 3 ай бұрын

Yeah but unfortunately it wasn’t an American submarine that was the hero, if it had been you can bet that there would be countless remakes too

@michaelfraser4396 3 ай бұрын

@@lynby6231 Yeah, the British got pretty upset with Hollywood when they made the movie U-571 starring Matthew McConaughey. The movie said it was an American sub that recovered the Nazi's Enigma machine when it was a British sub that did that.

@aco319sig3 3 ай бұрын

I knew the story, but this is an excellent narration of the tale

@lynby6231 3 ай бұрын

There’s a better more descriptive video on KZfaq than this, with a non robotic voice about cot Laundrr’s exploits, worth watching if you can find it.👍( it was called “ only underwater submarine battle in history” I think)

@Ibby.M.I.786 3 ай бұрын

Been waiting to see this epic video, one of the only underwater battles in history.

@abbynormal5849 3 ай бұрын

Battle usually implies shots fired in both directions. This was a successful ambush if anything.

@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423 3 ай бұрын

Great work with keeping history alive! And a event I never had heard of before, well done, incredible bravery for freedom.

@peterj5106 3 ай бұрын

There's a pretty good doc on here. The Hunt for U864 I think it's called.

@Sniperboy5551 3 ай бұрын

Could you imagine if Germany figured out nuclear weapons before the US did? They would’ve had ICBMs in 1945.

@AnthonyDoesYouTube 3 ай бұрын

They already had ICBMs, the V2s. I think you mean nuclear warheads... (it's more likely however that Germany would have used a truck to carry the bomb since the warhead far exceeded the payload weight capacity of the V2 platform and literally every German bomber at the time

@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908 3 ай бұрын

It's a nightmare fantasy, but only a fantasy. Realistically, only the US could afford the expense involved. The amount of electrical and material resources consumed was ridiculous for the time.

@pashvonderc381 2 ай бұрын

Also I think that some scientists sabotaged their work slightly knowing full well that Germany should never be allowed to have such weapons.. Cannot remember if I read this in Beevor’s book Berlin or it came to light sometime after..

@jean-lucesterhuizen8279 3 ай бұрын

UNDERWATER COMBAT, Good vids bro

@scottsevers6194 3 ай бұрын

I love these videos and the comments, the world is full of knowledge, if you open your ears and eyes

@dennycraig8483 3 ай бұрын

Great seamanship, awesome work by the crew..

@JayBee-cr8jm 3 ай бұрын

@11:35. It's 150 meters deep, not 2 miles.

@Sokol10 3 ай бұрын

0:09 - On February, 1945 was too late for a single mission "could shift" the tides of WW2. V2 has little impact in Western Europe, will have less in the Pacific.

@greenAbbot 3 ай бұрын

Every sentence of this narration is done with the exact same cadence and emotion. I could only listen to about two minutes of it before I was so distracted by the narrator’s tone that I had to stop.

@Anton-bw3yi 3 ай бұрын

if the sound was recorded why not let us hear it?

@bigbirddottv 3 ай бұрын

It's long and boring. And I think they mean a record was made. Not a recording of the actual on sub action.

@johnny40214 3 ай бұрын

How can you say that it was 2 miles deep and then show a surface a diver connected to surface air and portray that as if he’s working on the boat that’s not possible

@raymondtonns2521 3 ай бұрын

brillant stragem by cmdr.Laurance

@dwaynekoblitz6032 3 ай бұрын

7:32, highly decorated? He's got one one ribbon. Lol, but I know it's just a filler picture. Great story to definitely be remembered.

@salvadorsanone5181 3 ай бұрын

Epic Submarine Fight "picture of a sea"

@paulsilva3346 3 ай бұрын

Dark, a Japanese sub was sunk by an American sub in 1945 i think... 1:17

@user-jh8ne2hq9g 3 ай бұрын

A lot of the preamble is conjecture that isn't supported by history or reality. The rest is pretty good though.

@thomasfx3190 3 ай бұрын

Why on earth didn't the British sent more than a single submarine to sink U-864?

@abbynormal5849 3 ай бұрын

How was this a 'clash' or 'battle'? Only one sub got shots off at an unsuspecting opponent.

@netwrench6570 3 ай бұрын

eh, but you cleeked on de veedeo, yes? I ain't got no body...

@paulissus8974 3 ай бұрын

Talk about splitting hairs!

@fobbitoperator3620 3 ай бұрын

Is the thumbnale title alluding to some sort of conspiratorial secret unreleased footage of arial submarine clashes? I mean, it's only natural that submarines would clash, "under water." "I'M LOSE'N IT!" ~George Costanza

@richardletaw4068 3 ай бұрын

By “recorded,” I assumed this meant there was audio of the encounter. No? Or was that just a synonym for “documented”?

@Sniperboy5551 3 ай бұрын

Documented.

@richardletaw4068 3 ай бұрын

@@Sniperboy5551 👍

@aaroncarter4089 3 ай бұрын

Idk why I had assumed submarines were underwater dogfighting (bottom gun;)

@chrish5791 3 ай бұрын

So you’re trying to tell me that the sub on sub attack scenes in The Hunt for Red October weren’t real?

@MichaelWilliams-mo1vv 2 ай бұрын

That type of thing in Red October is certainly possible. But up until the end of WWii Sonar wasn't that sophisticated. However it improved markedly post war and then you started to have submarines developed specifically to hunt and destroy other submarines. So in this case with HMS Venturer it was an amazing feat.

@janhviljoen 2 ай бұрын

The adjustable glasses advertised in the attached advertisement at 4:55 is pure rubbish. Don't get sucked in.

@greggweber9967 3 ай бұрын

6:49 Why are the British using such huge and probably expensive bombs here? Is it us or did we just happen to be here? If us, how could they have known? Radio is the weak link of secrecy.

@michaelgrimes1131 3 ай бұрын

I've heard there were sub battles between the US and Japan during WW2.

@skybarnum9859 3 ай бұрын

Yes, the us(I embarrassingly admit I forget which sub now) sank 3 Japanese subs in I think 36 hours. However none of the Japanese subs were submerged when sunk.

@skybarnum9859 3 ай бұрын

It was the batfish and it was done in 76 hours.

@Gry101 3 ай бұрын

@@skybarnum9859 only two were confirmed.

@olengagallardo8551 3 ай бұрын

Always w the darn melo drama! This is known for the tactical genius of the venturer and as only submarine dogfight in ww2 but from a strategic standpoint germany was done japan wasnt far behind. Even if U-864 reached japan it wouldnt have mattered!

@dks13827 3 ай бұрын

click bait........no recording

@rainenorr1375 2 ай бұрын

Damnnnn I've already watched half of it

@LadyDewBuild 3 ай бұрын

I wonder why the Norwiegians sealed this sub and not the Germans?

@flyingdutchmanindustries5877 3 ай бұрын

Because Gremens don't exist 😂

@johnemerson1363 3 ай бұрын

Actually, because it is in Norwegian waters

@LadyDewBuild 3 ай бұрын

@@johnemerson1363 And the Norwegians can get the Germans to pay, it would be there responsibility

@LadyDewBuild 3 ай бұрын

@@flyingdutchmanindustries5877 Niether do Gremens...

@johnemerson1363 3 ай бұрын

@@LadyDewBuild I've often wondered about that. But I have little knowledge of the international maritime law involved. The fact that there was a war on makes it even more murky. .