The 100th Bomb Group is Wiped Out - Münster 1943

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  @TheOperationsRoom · 2 years ago · pinned

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  @richardtedyell3350 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m currently watching this video on the top floor of the yellow building that is at 1 o&apos;clock to the top tip of the blue star that is the moat of the Schloss in the west of Münster, and funnily enough when I moved into this flat and redecorated the walls, I noticed that most of the the walls seemed to have originally only been built up to half their current height. Didnt think too much of it though, and went about my life.<br>A few months later I was in the kiosk (basically a kind of seven-eleven) round the corner, and an ancient man came in. We chatted for a moment, he asked me where i live, and i told him the adress.<br> &apos;&apos;ha! That&apos;s where we used to run! The whole street would meet in that cellar, cause it had the communal bomb shelter.&apos;&apos;<br>I told him that now that he mentioned it, there was one part of the cellar that had a big iron door, and he nodded.<br>&apos;&apos;But we were never worried, the boys on the roof always nailed it&apos;&apos; he said with a slight grin, and plodded away.<br><br>I&apos;m now almost positive, that the half-story that was added after the war was to build up the part of the roof that used to hold the flak-battery.<br><br>Smol world innit.

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  @geronimo5559 · 2 years ago

  Thumbs up for the merge of animation and historical photographs @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M11pyU2ItU&amp;t=1004">16:44</a>. Montemayor did the same in his Pearl Harbor video.

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  @TheOperationsRoom · 2 years ago (edited)

  Can I ask you all a favour? If you enjoy this episode, could you please hit the like button and/or leave a comment, it helps us massively. Appreciate you all!

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  @janp5880 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Not everybody saw himself in the murder business.. but most men trusted their leaders&quot; almost sounds like there were similar thoughts on both sides.

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  @gargoyle7863 · 2 years ago

  Day raids were never to &quot;avoiding civilian casualties&quot;, it was about more higher chances for hitting the target.

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  @theborg6024 · 2 years ago

  i wasnt a huge fan of master of the air, but this mission was absolutely done well in the show. theres no other words i can use to describe it than sheer insanity. the variety and scale of suffering of wwii really outstrips human comprehension

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  @hertzair1186 · 2 years ago

  These graphic re-enactments of significant battles is one of the few channels I will watch immediately when they come up….outstanding way to understand the complexities of battle.

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  @Quert_Zuiopue · 2 years ago (edited)

  Just an Information:<br>Münster and Munster are two different Cities!

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  @gusfarnell1974 · 2 years ago

  My grandpa flew B-24s in china during WW2. I recently found a book that features him on a raid. On this mission the plane “Chug-a-Lug” was shot up so bad the navigation papers flew out the cockpit, and most of his crew was injured. He made it back to a friendly runway but the plane was so damaged he had to land going 140 with no flaps and the plane went into a spin upon hitting the ground. Funny enough even while crash landing he managed to put the plane into the designated parking area. He crashed on another mission and was taken POW, he didn’t tell my dad much of anything about that, but I can bet it was not a good experience. He died when I was 3 but I imagine he was a cool guy. My dad said his PTSD was bad. RIP Leland Borden Farnell

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  @privatebandana · 2 years ago

  You missed a part of the mission. They were told by command that one of the main targets was the Cathedral of the town, at noon.. on a Sunday, the reason behind this was never explained according to the pilots, but for obvious reasons it was to maximize the civilian casualties.

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  @connerstevenson3900 · 2 years ago

  At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M11pyU2ItU&amp;t=135">2:15</a> “Miss Carry” is a brutal bomber name

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