US Army Veteran Reacts "Americans Stole German Submarine | Grand Theft Uboat | The Fat Electrician"

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  @Whiskey_Assassin · 2 years ago (edited)

  Best part is that a few years ago MSI was refurbishing U-505 after years of elemental damage (she had been kept outside but now has an indoor enclosure. MSI reached out to find parts and the company that built her in Germany actually donated parts and mechanics to repair her. They wanted the last remaining example of their cutting edge engineering (at the time) to be in pristine condition for anyone to see.

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• JA

  @JackulaHD · 2 years ago

  He may have dismissed the photographer as a joke but he is probably the most important man on that submarine. If it does sink he has a limited time to photograph as many documents, technology and other secret things as he could before the sub went underwater. On board there would be significant engineering and communications type equipment, lots of document intel, up to date codebooks and much more. All of which would be extremely useful to the war effort. So much so that these documents are printed on water soluble paper to stop them being recovered from a sunk vessel.

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• JA

  @jakeseward9035 · 2 years ago

  Since it was abandoned by the previous owner this wasn't stealing. It was just an intense salvage operation!

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• BR

  @BrotherPraetus · 2 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Camera guy&quot; is usually code for &quot;intelligence operative&quot;<br><br>People forget that the U.S. Navy&apos;s boot camp is just north of Chicago because, you know, the Great Lakes connect to the ocean, and are only classified as &quot;lakes&quot; because they are fresh water bodies.

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• DE

  @dementedshadow23 · 2 years ago

  The fact that the officer closed the hatch without thinking twice speaks volumes to the amount of trust he has in his men.

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• SB

  @SBQDawn · 2 years ago

  Yes getting that machine was the HUGE win which is why that German Commander broke down. it wasn&apos;t being captured it was knowing what we got from his ship.

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• AN

  @andrewwirch7227 · 2 years ago (edited)

  It is incidents like this that deservedly gave the name &quot;The Greatest Generation&quot; to &nbsp;this generation. &quot;We do the difficult immediately, the impossible takes &nbsp;a little longer.&quot; There are so many stories like this, probably even crazier than this, &nbsp;that are left undocumented and forgotten to history. Insurmountable obstacles were just annoying speed bumps to people that had just survived the Great Depression.

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• KA

  @KaoretheHalfDemon · 2 years ago

  Oh also Lt David, the guy who led the boarding part was awarded the Medal of Honor for his part in this.

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• RO

  @roachpole1 · 2 years ago

  This bloke can talk his way out of trouble

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• AD

  @adventussaxonum448 · 2 years ago

  &quot;We sank all of them&quot;<br>The Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy are SO grateful.😂

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• IN

  @InstrucTube · 2 years ago

  Yeah, not only do we have the biggest functioning navy in the world, we also have an option to refit the second largest navy in the world if we absolutely needed to, since it&apos;s also ours. We&apos;ve retired more ships than most countries have ever had.

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• RE

  @reba1030 · 2 years ago

  If you haven’t watched The Biggest Logistical Flex:Berlin Airlift by The Fat Electrician, you are seriously missing out. It’s truly one of the best.

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