New meaning to "Killer Fashion"... Well done Brits 👏 And thank you for another wonderful documentary 🙏

It takes a special kind of courage to risk your life knowing people will never hear of your exploits . To be willing to work and possibly die in the dark with not a person to bowing their head with your passing . God bless you all .

I followed this documentary with rapt attention. I had to remember to tell myself to breathe during parts of this. My late wonderful father (passing in 2017) was a medic on Omaha Beach June 6, 1944 and participated in the push eastward in the aftermath of D-Day. A voracious reader, he may have already known about this fellow, but if not, oh how I wish I could have shared this with him.

Now - watch the documentary on the “Limping Lady” spy of WW2. Why her life hasn’t been made into a movie is beyond me.

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy.

Very interesting - while the exploits of the SOE in France are probably widely known, I for one knew little of what happened in Belgium.

From over Ths Pond. We get little, except the odd book or movie about these events. This was an exceptional offering. Factual, critical and informative. Well done. More please.

The SOE, Resistance Fighters and other People who assisted them were brave beyond reason. Knowing what the outcome would be if caught. Never forget their sacrifice.

People are multidimensional. When given the chance they transform unveiling their amazing qualities!

That Lysander at 9:26 was one of my favorite model planes when I was a kid. Always wanted to fly in one. This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on KZfaq.

Fascinating. Thank you. The background music could have been a lot lower so we could hear the narrator better. Thanks again.

These Résistance groups across Europe deserve a lot of credit for the Allied victory.

Many of the SOE’s agents were arrested, German officials had their codes and often intercepted their communications. Causing many to lose their lives, some were caught after they parachuted to the destination of drop off. Those caught were tortured by gestapo and imprisoned or executed.

A thoroughly enjoyable dissertation on Amies role in SOE. The only pity is that the music is so loud as often to obscure the commentary, and at times make it almost unintelligible.

The bicycle pump gun was what you would call the very first of its kind silencer.

This is a designer working for good to counter the designer working for evil (Hugo Boss).

This would make a great movie

Whoa. Top-shelf docu., in production *and* subject matter. The switched newspaper really helped to turn the tide for Belgium and her people. Media's *power* was used for *good* in this particular situation. 📚

My great grandfather was a tailor in the British army during the war… perhaps he had some fun as well? (Almost sure he didn’t lol).

When I lived in Belgium in the late 1970s, we talked to others who lived in our building about their experiences during WWII. The husband of our concierge was 17 when the war ended. He said that he worked with the resistance because it was more fun than going to school. RIP Guillaume. I recognized that house in Ixelles, but had no idea of its history. And I spent some time at the Athenee in St. Gilles, not realizing that the grand building down the street had been a prison. As a child in London, I had a dress from Hardy Amies that I wore to church and the theater. It's still one of the chicest things I ever owned. At 7, I felt so fancy wearing it.

A TRUE PATRIOT.

A formidable character. Wow. Learned something new. Thanks.

Excellent docco. So many great stores about this period are almost unknown. I would love to see the complete series about SOE made in 1984 re-released.

Very interesting documentary, never knew of this dressmaker turned soe , very determined to carry out the mission, yet humble about his part he played. Thanks 😊

Bicycle pump my father often had to deliver bicycle pumps some contained messages and some might have been those weapons themselves it explains a lot about the guy traveling on a bicycle who kills the collaborator who is about to hand over a list my father found out after the war that his name was on that list. I forgot to add here that it was his cover name the name he used it was the false name that he had been given by those who made him the false papers that he had that looked authentic they could pass inspection. Also when you see that the ammunition part of the case is taken off it looks just like an old fashioned bicycle pump if you have to smuggle it somewhere you you could smuggle it passed any number of people and all they would think is that you had a bicycle pump on you but that also required you to have the bicycle to go with it.

Well, Mr Amies had a long history of coordinating the work of small teams of artisans to complete special, bespoke commissions. Assassination / dress making - same same.😮

What an incredibly well done documentary featuring a great leader and his brave compatriots! Thanks!

The real "kingsman". Oxfords, not Brogues.

Yes. Thank u Mark nevels signing out lol i love history

Totally new information, thank you, loved it :)

This would make a great movie. What a story.

Excellent video...God Bless The Resistors..

fascinating history! Amies, despite his foibles, is amazing! What a brilliant mind and superb warrior!

Great episode! Learned a lot. Thanks.

What a fantastic film script!

brilliant one of these unsong heroes. Thank you

That was a extremely good program

The German Military at that time wore snappy Hugo Boss designed uniforms.

This sounds like an amazing foundation for a whole franchise of theatrical-release spy-type movies!

What amazing and an extremely rare human being Hardy Amies was! A real credit to our nation!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

I would have loved to see the picture better just to see if there are any of my relatives in that picture, I have family that were in both the Belgian underground and the French Underground. And I really would have liked if there are any of those pictures.

I've read about this guy

Love these documentaries…so very educational!

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about SOE,Tea section, Hardy Emmi ,and ratweek operations in Belgium 🇧🇪 during WW2..against German calibrators..thank you 🙏 ( time line) channel.

Thank You for this excellent 💛 documentary. I've learned a lot. Never knew the fashion industry could be so dangerous. Very interesting indeed.

Great men! I have Cambridge tie from Hardy Amies. Thank you for the film. I always admired Brits doing their work. With respect from Armenia!

When your ascot wearing grandpa has a higher body count than you do in COD. 😂

Thank you fantastic story ❤

So we know now where the concept of kingsman comes from.

That was fascinating! Thanks so much.

THANK YOU!

Absolutely fascinating

Great vid!

Excellent! Thank you!

Fantastic documentary.

What a great story! Such brave men!

I've seen this movie. Yeah, I loved Zoolander!

Thank you for this story, i had never heard of this fashion designer. So, he designed cloths for men and women then ?

what an amazing man

Nice pic of a Welrod pistol.

Awesome!

Absolutely fascinating! Goes to show that anyone can be a master in The Trade.

This Belgium government in exile could have had individuals with relatives that were collaborating with the Nazis. That was my first thought as to why they would not approve "Ratweek."

Some of the flippant comments sadden me. Perhaps it is a way to deal with the frightening seriousness of the topic.

My grandmother worked for him as a seamstress in the fifties The family story was as he heard about her past. She was imprisoned by the Nazis for refusing to join the " Bund Deutscher Mädel" and was unfortunate enough to be in Dresden during the bombing and then had to walk hundreds of kilometres to her mothers house in Villach. Her mother fainted when she knocked on the door as she thought my grandmother had died in the firebombing. My grandfather was an English soldier who took her home to the U.K and they split up and she met her second husband and moved to London and ended up as a seamstress for Hardy Amies .

Never trust a fashion designer.

Excellent

and then the Antwerp was useless as the islands along the channel leading in was not take. Ike finally had to give Monty a direct order to open Antwerp. The Germans had, had a good bit of time to fortify and a log of Canadians and Brits paid for the delay.

Amazing history

Inspiration for Garak?

He did his duty , then didn’t want to talk about it a fine fellow

The Kingsmen...without all the james bond action.

Now I know where they got the inspiration for the Garack character from Star Trek DS9 😅

Canada didn't have an air force in 1918. The RCAF was established in 1924.

I always liked the Lysander liaison aircraft. I went through a phase of model building where the more "green house" the better. Not a "sexy" plane but cool.

Once again, this story should remind people that our sexual preferences don't matter. They are our own. What matters is what, as a human, we bring to the table. I am straight but, my colleagues are not. They save people and care for them everyday. They're heroes everyday. Does it matter if they're LGBT? Nobody's asking when they're in crisis. People, let's look at the person human first

they did not do much of this in Czechoslovakia after Anthropoid that is for sure.

13:56 : Rexist Léon Degrelle speaks!

He probably came under the Official Secrets Act and couldn't talk to just anyone about his wartime activities anyway.

These brave people were key to taking back their country.

After the war...curious what happened to the German "handlers" and administrators like Amies on the Axis side?

Seriously what a life, fancy tailoring by day covert ops by night.

Well made and interesting but the loud music is rather distracting

My New Idol.

I know this story is true because you can see it in The Tell-Tale teardrops of a serial murderer in the pics of his later years. Which make the younger pictures of him all the more sad.

WAS BLETLCHY PARK INVOLVED?

How much is true? How much is false? How much is exaggerated?

Kingsman 😳

finally! rat week exposed

Bet no one ever said no to him cause they were too scared of his knitting needles!

Why is the music so loud, constantly...🙄

Belgium is like this today they play both sides of the political fence! Whilst plundering Africas wealth,

O dear, killed with no trial even after war, is no no.

Bet fashionbyai could dream up some daring digestible disguises too.

Great documentary, but really horrible and annoying music..

This could have been good, but it was spoilt be dreadful loud background music, that for people with hearing impairments made it difficult to hear the narrator.

Did he have a partner after the war? I certainly hope so.

The queens last fashion designer attributed to her sweet and clever look , wasn’t that a lady?

Great film but a shame his surname was mispronounced throughout.

Pretty sure his name is pronounced Aims!