Did anyone see "Jeremy Clarkson's Greatest Raid of all Time"? Great program!
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NeilFawcett said:
Really? Amazing courage if true. I didnt watch the prog but i know of the raid.
IIRC, the local Commander was parading some captured troops in front of the boat, saying how pathetic this attempt at destroying his dock was, when it promptly blew up in his face!
Agreed. A fantastic show.
Lets just hope that we never forget people like this, as I remember one of the veterans saying something like "I think the youth of today would do the same thing if the situation arose" (no, its not an exact quote, just an idea of what he said for the potential nitpickers)
But sadly I dont think the same breed of people exist anymore, and if we were thrown in their shoes I'd run 56miles in 12hours up Snowdon and hide like the coward I am.
Makes me also wonder whether medals are now easier to get? Given that quite a few have been given out recently... but still each one given requires massive bravery and selflessness.
Lets just hope that we never forget people like this, as I remember one of the veterans saying something like "I think the youth of today would do the same thing if the situation arose" (no, its not an exact quote, just an idea of what he said for the potential nitpickers)
But sadly I dont think the same breed of people exist anymore, and if we were thrown in their shoes I'd run 56miles in 12hours up Snowdon and hide like the coward I am.
Makes me also wonder whether medals are now easier to get? Given that quite a few have been given out recently... but still each one given requires massive bravery and selflessness.
Otherwise I would forget to record/watch this 
AcidHell2 said:Great program, one of them was shot 16 timesand carried on firing at a German destroyer until he passed out from blood loss.
Certainly where brave men, the number of injury's and what they carried on and did was amazing.
The documentary glitzed over the more horiffic sort of stuff though! A lot of the losses I believe were down to the vessel's being hit on the way in/out. Many of the men drowned or burned in ignited fuel in the water!
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Saw that on Sunday, fantastic program!!
Immense respect to the guys who did that.
One of the guys said at the end that this generation (my generation) would do the same.
I highly highly highly doubt it, personally I would probably have gone if I was one of those guys
Immense respect to the guys who did that.
One of the guys said at the end that this generation (my generation) would do the same.
I highly highly highly doubt it, personally I would probably have gone if I was one of those guys
NeilFawcett said:
Actually not unique. The officer concerned was Kreigsmarine, who were pretty much Nazi-free. In 1940 the captain of the Admiral Hipper recommended Cdr Roope of the Glowworm for a VC. Details from Wikipedia.
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Really enjoyed this program last night,well wrote and presented,who knows what would have happened if the turpitz had a free rein in the atlantic and the guys who did the mission i have nothing but respect for them true heroes imo
Concorde Rules said:One of the guys said at the end that this generation (my generation) would do the same.
I highly highly highly doubt it, personally I would probably have gone if I was one of those guys
I should imagine it's far more likely than you think, there were only 600 people in that raid and I should imagine there would be a greater amount present today who would do such a mission if the circumstances were right today. We're too quick to jump to conclusions just because some of the youth today are portrayed to just be hoody wearing chavs who would prefer to get ****** every night and who wouldn't be seen doing anything like that.
I enjoyed the program though, very informative