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Watching Surviving the Cut has the same effect as watching Sasuke, haha: It's making me want to work out and get fit. Now that makes this quality TV in my book.
There was a feature called Hitler's Deadliest Secret: The Hunt for U-864 on last night. Hitler sent a submarine with blueprints and materials for building jet fighters to Japan in 1944. Fortunately, for the Allies, it never made it. The British submarine, HMS Venturer, sank it in the North Sea. What makes this engagement unique is that this remains the only instance in history that a submarine has sunken another submarine in combat whilst both were submerged. I don't know about you but I was surprised to learn this fact. Haha, I mean torpedo vs torpedo salvos, I've seen that in the movies more than once, I'm sure. Once again I am reminded that TV is not reality. (^︿^;;)7
One of the Venturer's crewmen on that day, now a white-haired old man, told us about the event and the aftermath. In particular, I noted his description of the crew's reaction after hearing the hit. At first everyone cheered and celebrated. Then the elation of having eliminated the threat rapidly vanished as the reality settled on their minds. That was another U-boat full of men they just sent to the bottom. Men like them, just doing their duties. Everyone sobered up. There really wasn't cause for celebration.
I want this channel.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Hitler though, today I read that some British historians found that it's very possible that Hitler didn't commit suicide, but lived the rest of his life in pro-nazi Argentina raising two daughters and dying at 74. I've been meaning to look further into that to see how legit it is.
have you ever watch tears of the sun? it's one of my favorite movie and I don't know why. haha
ReplyDeleteThere's only been one instance of a submarine sinking another submerged submarine? That's actually pretty cool, I don't think I knew that. It's also kind of good to know that the reality hit them, and that once again life is not like movies. Soldiers in movies barely seem to ever recognise they just killed people just like them, who are probably fighting for similar reasons.
ReplyDelete@D4: I heard that something went down in Brazil. hehe
ReplyDelete@Mai Yang: I really like that film too!
@Mark: Yeah, subs usually surfaced to fire torpedoes at anything. Not as sexy as an underwater shot but oh wells.
Sounds like an interesting channel. I do enjoy military/war documentaries.
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