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{\an7}[MISSILE ROARS]
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: FOR CENTURIES,
AN EXTRAORDINARY WAR HAS RAGED
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{\an7}ACROSS THE WORLD’S OCEANS,
ABOVE AND BELOW THE WAVES.
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{\an7}\hMan: YOU COULD KILL HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE WITH ONE BROADSIDE.
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{\an7}THESE WERE EXTREMELY POWERFUL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAR MACHINES.
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{\an7}Narrator: SHIPBUILDERS DESIGNED
BIGGER AND FASTER VESSELS
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{\an7}TO OUTWIT AND CRUSH
\h\hTHEIR OPPONENTS.
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{\an7}Man: THAT NATION THAT HAS THE
MOST POWERFUL BATTLESHIP FLEET
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{\an7}CAN DESTROY THE ENEMY’S
\h\h\h\hBATTLESHIP FLEET
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{\an7}AND THEREFORE CONTROL THE SEAS,
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{\an7}AND IF YOU CONTROL THE SEAS,
\h\h\hYOU CONTROL THE WORLD.
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{\an7}Narrator: THEY CARRIED
\hTERRIFYING WEAPONS.
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{\an7}Man: THIS WAS GONNA BE
\h\h\h\hTHE FIRST TIME
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{\an7}THAT SOMEBODY HAD FIRED
\h\h\hA TORPEDO IN ANGER
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{\an7}SINCE WORLD WAR II.
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{\an7}THEY NEEDED TO GET IT RIGHT.
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{\an7}Narrator: BUT SHIPS
HAVE ALSO LIBERATED
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{\an7}AND RESCUED THOUSANDS.
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{\an7}Man: YOU COULD THINK
\h\h\h\hOF GERDA III
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{\an7}AS BASICALLY A LIFEBOAT FOR
PERSONS HUNTED BY THE NAZIS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AND INSPIRED MEN AND WOMEN
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{\an7}TO ACTS OF INCREDIBLE BRAVERY.
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{\an7}Man: I WILL TAKE YOU THERE NOW,
TO YOUR CANNONS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO YOUR DEATH,
WE WILL SINK BEFORE SURRENDER.
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{\an7}Narrator: THESE VESSELS
\h\h\h\hAND THEIR CREWS
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{\an7}HAVE SHAPED WORLD HISTORY.
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{\an7}\hMan: AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER
OF A MISSILE-CARRYING SUBMARINE,
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{\an7}I WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE
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{\an7}FOR HELPING TO PREVENT
\h\h\h\hWORLD WAR III.
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{\an7}[MISSILE ROARS]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THIS TIME,
THE DARK SIDE OF NAVAL WARFARE.
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{\an7}\hA WORLD OF DECEPTION
AND DOUBLE-DEALING...
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{\an7}AND VESSELS IN DISGUISE.
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{\an7}Man: HE’D GET HIS CREW
\hTO COME OUT ON DECK,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSURE THAT THE SHIP
THEY WERE ABOUT TO INSPECT
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{\an7}WAS NOT CARRYING ANY GUNS
\h\h\hAND THEN, WHOOPS...
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSIDES WOULD DROP DOWN,
LIFEBOATS WOULD TURN INTO GUNS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hROYAL NAVY CREWS
WOULD APPEAR FROM NOWHERE.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE SPY BOAT THAT
SPURRED JAPAN INTO THE WAR.
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{\an7}Man: THIS MUST COUNT
AS THE MOST VALUABLE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND UNEXPECTED
INTELLIGENCE WINDFALL
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{\an7}POSSIBLY OF THE 20th CENTURY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AND THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hOF BRITAIN’S
MOST FAMOUS SOLDIER.
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{\an7}Man: THE COFFIN WAS PUT
\hIN A CHAPEL OVERNIGHT.
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{\an7}WHEN IT WAS OPENED, IT WAS FOUND
THERE WAS NO BODY INSIDE AT ALL.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
WARSHIPS MAY LOOK INVINCIBLE,
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{\an7}BUT THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN
VULNERABLE IN ONE AREA--
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{\an7}ATTACK FROM BELOW.
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{\an7}FOR CENTURIES, THERE HAVE BEEN
\hATTEMPTS TO PERFECT A VESSEL
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{\an7}THAT COULD STRIKE
WHILE UNDERWATER.
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{\an7}THE SUBMARINE.
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{\an7}AFTER MUCH TRIAL AND ERROR,
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{\an7}\hONE MAN CREATED THE BLUEPRINT
FOR ALL THE SUBS THAT FOLLOWED.
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{\an7}BUT HIS DETERMINATION
\hFOR SUCCESS DREW HIM
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{\an7}INTO THE 19th CENTURY WORLD
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{\an7}\hOF VIOLENT REVOLUTION
AND POLITICAL INTRIGUE.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}BY THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY,
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{\an7}\h\hBRITAIN HAD THE BIGGEST AND
MOST POWERFUL NAVY IN THE WORLD.
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{\an7}BUT THEY HAD NO SUBMARINES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hONE BRITISH ADMIRAL
DESCRIBED THEM AS "UNDERHAND"
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{\an7}AND A "DAMNED UN-ENGLISH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWEAPON!"
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{\an7}BUT AS OTHER WORLD POWERS
\h\hSTARTED TO BUILD SUBS,
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{\an7}THE ADMIRALTY DESPERATELY
\h\h\h\hTRIED TO CATCH UP.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY SEARCHED FOR THE MOST
TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED DESIGN
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{\an7}AND DECIDED THE VESSELS BUILT
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBY AN IRISHMAN
NAMED JOHN PHILIP HOLLAND
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{\an7}WERE BY FAR THE BEST.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBob Mealings:
JOHN PHILIP HOLLAND WAS A SORT
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{\an7}OF NATURAL BORN ENGINEER,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSELF-TAUGHT.
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{\an7}HE EMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1873.
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{\an7}IT IS SAID THAT HE EMIGRATED
\h\hWITH JUST ONE SUITCASE,
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{\an7}AND EVEN THE SUITCASE HAD PLANS
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{\an7}FOR EARLY SUBMARINE
\h\h\hDESIGNS IN IT.
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{\an7}Narrator: IN 1900,
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{\an7}THE ROYAL NAVY PURCHASED
\h\h\hHOLLAND’S DESIGNS
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{\an7}AND BUILT THEIR OWN VERSION.
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{\an7}\h\hTHIS IS THE FIRST SUBMARINE
COMMISSIONED BY THE ROYAL NAVY,
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{\an7}HMS HOLLAND 1.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\hMealings: THE HOLLAND BOATS
WERE THE FIRST REAL SUBMARINES
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{\an7}PRIMARILY BECAUSE
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{\an7}WHAT JOHN PHILIP HOLLAND’S
\h\h\h\h\hREAL GENIUS WAS
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{\an7}\hWAS TO COMBINE A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES,
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{\an7}ALL OF WHICH WERE AVAILABLE
\hIN THE LATE 19th CENTURY,
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{\an7}INTO A SINGLE UNIT.
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{\an7}SO THE HOLLAND-CLASS BOATS
\h\h\hHAVE PETROL ENGINES
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{\an7}TO DRIVE THEM ON THE SURFACE,
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{\an7}WHICH GIVES THEM
THE REAL ABILITY
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{\an7}TO TRAVEL A FAIR DISTANCE.
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{\an7}BUT THAT PETROL ENGINE
\h\hCAN BE SHUT DOWN,
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{\an7}AND THEN ONCE THEY DIVED
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{\an7}THE SUBMARINE CAN THEN OPERATE
\h\h\h\hOFF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
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{\an7}NOW, WHEN THE SUBMARINE
\h\h\h\hSURFACES AGAIN,
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{\an7}THE PETROL ENGINE IS RESTARTED
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{\an7}\h\hAND THE ELECTRIC MOTOR
IS TURNED INTO A DYNAMO--
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{\an7}IT RECHARGES THE BATTERIES.
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{\an7}IN THE HOLLAND 1 CLASS
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{\an7}\h\hYOU SEE BASICALLY ALL
THE FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
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{\an7}\hTHAT WAS TO SHAPE SUBMARINE
DESIGN FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
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{\an7}Narrator: BUT THE HOLLAND BOATS
HAD A SECRET.
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{\an7}\hTHEY WERE FUNDED
BY AN ORGANIZATION
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT HATED
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT...
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{\an7}AN ORGANIZATION PREPARED TO USE
VIOLENCE TO ACHIEVE ITS AIMS.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD
WAS AN IRISH ORGANIZATION
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{\an7}FIGHTING AGAINST BRITISH RULE.
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{\an7}THEY HAD PLENTY OF SUPPORTERS
\h\h\h\hIN THE UNITED STATES.
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{\an7}ONE WAS JOHN PHILIP HOLLAND’S
\h\h\h\h\h\hBROTHER, MICHAEL.
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{\an7}\h\hIN 1880, MICHAEL HOLLAND
MADE AN AUDACIOUS PROPOSAL--
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT THE FENIANS
FINANCE BUILDING A SUB
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{\an7}TO TERRORIZE THE BRITISH.
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{\an7}Mealings: THERE ISN’T ACTUALLY
\h\hANY GREAT DEAL OF EVIDENCE
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{\an7}\hTHAT JOHN PHILIP HIMSELF
WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT AS A TRUE
AND OBSESSIVE ENGINEER,
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{\an7}\hHE WAS QUITE HAPPY TO RECEIVE
FINANCE FROM WHEREVER HE COULD,
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{\an7}AND THE DESIGN OF HIS SUBMARINES
AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION
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{\an7}WAS EXPENSIVE,
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{\an7}AND THE FENIANS WERE PREPARED
\h\h\h\h\hTO PUT UP THE MONEY
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{\an7}TO DEVELOP A WEAPON
\hWHICH THEY THOUGHT
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{\an7}THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY DEPLOY
AGAINST THE ROYAL NAVY.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE RESULT WAS
\h\h\h\hTHE FENIAN RAM.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hLAUNCHED IN 1881,
THE SUBMARINE WAS EQUIPPED
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{\an7}WITH A REVOLUTIONARY
\h\h\h"DYNAMITE GUN"
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{\an7}\hTHAT COULD FIRE
STEEL PROJECTILES.
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{\an7}EARLY TRIALS WERE SUCCESSFUL,
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{\an7}AND THE FENIANS WERE CONFIDENT
\hTHAT THEIR EXPERIMENTAL SUB
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{\an7}COULD SOON BE USED AGAINST
\hTHE DESPISED ROYAL NAVY.
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{\an7}BUT HOLLAND BECAME UNHAPPY
\h\h\hWITH HIS FINANCIERS.
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{\an7}Mealings: HE FELL OUT
\h\h\hWITH THE FENIANS
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{\an7}BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TAKE
\hCONTROL OF THE SUBMARINES
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{\an7}AND OPERATE THEMSELVES,
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND AS A RESULT
THEY ENDED UP SINKING
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT LEAST ONE
OF THE SUBMARINE DESIGNS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHICH THEY STOLE
FROM JOHN PHILIP’S YARD
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{\an7}WITHOUT TELLING HIM.
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{\an7}Narrator: HOLLAND SPLIT
\hWITH THE BROTHERHOOD.
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{\an7}HE STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY,
\h\h\hPERFECTED HIS DESIGNS,
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{\an7}AND IN 1900 SOLD A SUBMARINE
\h\h\h\h\hTO THE U.S. NAVY,
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{\an7}WHO CHRISTENED IT
\hTHE USS HOLLAND.
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{\an7}ACROSS THE ATLANTIC,
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{\an7}THE ROYAL NAVY SOON FOLLOWED
\h\h\h\h\hWITH HMS HOLLAND.
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{\an7}Mealings: THE HOLLAND DESIGN
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{\an7}WAS A BRILLIANT DESIGN
\h\h\h\hFOR ITS TIME.
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{\an7}HAD IT NOT BEEN SO GOOD
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{\an7}THE ROYAL NAVY MIGHT HAVE
DISCARDED THE WHOLE NOTION
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{\an7}OF DEVELOPING SUBMARINES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE HOLLAND DESIGN
REALLY SETS THE BLUEPRINT
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{\an7}FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: 13 YEARS AFTER
THE LAUNCH OF THE HOLLAND 1,
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{\an7}BRITAIN WAS AT WAR WITH GERMANY.
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{\an7}\hTHE COUNTRY WAS IN DESPERATE
NEED OF MEN WILLING TO FIGHT.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}THIS RECRUITING POSTER BECAME
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS IMAGES
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{\an7}OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hURGING MEN TO ENLIST IS
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR,
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{\an7}LORD HORATIO HERBERT KITCHENER.
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{\an7}BY THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY,
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{\an7}KITCHENER WAS KNOWN AS THE MAN
\h\hWHO’D CONQUERED THE SUDAN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE POSTER BECAME
A POWERFUL RECRUITING TOOL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT TWO YEARS LATER,
THE GREAT WAR HERO WAS DEAD--
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{\an7}DROWNED OFF THE COAST
\h\h\h\h\hOF SCOTLAND.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hHIS DEATH REMAINS ONE OF
THE GREAT MYSTERIES OF THE WAR.
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{\an7}IN THE SPRING OF 1916,
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE SITUATION
ON THE EASTERN FRONT
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{\an7}WAS DETERIORATING.
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{\an7}THE RUSSIANS WERE SHORT
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF MUNITIONS
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{\an7}AND MORALE IN THE ARMY WAS LOW.
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{\an7}WITH A GERMAN VICTORY IMMINENT,
THE BRITISH DECIDED
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{\an7}A CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC
\h\hMISSION OFFERING HELP
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{\an7}WAS URGENTLY NEEDED.
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{\an7}IT WAS TO BE LED BY A MAN
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{\an7}GREATLY RESPECTED
BY THE RUSSIANS--
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{\an7}THE 65-YEAR-OLD WAR HERO
\h\h\h\hLORD KITCHENER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON JUNE 4, 1916,
KITCHENER TRAVELED FROM LONDON
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{\an7}TO THE NAVAL BASE AT SCAPA FLOW
IN THE ORKNEYS.
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{\an7}\h\hTHERE HE BOARDED THE CRUISER
THAT WOULD TAKE HIM TO RUSSIA--
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{\an7}HMS HAMPSHIRE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Andrew Hollinrake: SHE WAS VERY
HEAVILY ARMORED FOR HER TIME;
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{\an7}\h\hSIX-INCH ARMOR, AND CRUISERS
WERE DESIGNED TO BE LONG RANGE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBASICALLY TO OPERATE FOR
THE FLEET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,
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{\an7}ALL AROUND THE EMPIRE.
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{\an7}DESIGNED TO BE FAST
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{\an7}AND TAKE ON REALLY ANYTHING
\hSMALLER THAN A BATTLESHIP.
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{\an7}Narrator: GERMAN U-BOATS
PATROLLED THE NORTH SEA.
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{\an7}SO WHEN HMS HAMPSHIRE
SET SAIL ON JUNE 5th,
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{\an7}\hSHE WAS ESCORTED
BY TWO DESTROYERS.
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{\an7}THEY WERE ORDERED TO SAIL
\h\hAT A SPEEDY 18 KNOTS.
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{\an7}\hSHIPS TRAVELING AT THAT SPEED
WERE A HARD TARGET FOR U-BOATS.
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{\an7}BUT THEN, A VIOLENT STORM
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{\an7}\h\hSUDDENLY BLEW IN
FROM THE NORTHEAST.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hEmily Turton:
SO THE DECISION WAS MADE,
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{\an7}\hINSTEAD OF GOING
THE NORMAL ROUTE,
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{\an7}WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN
\h\h\hOUT TO THE EAST
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{\an7}OF THE NORTHERN ISLES OF ORKNEY,
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{\an7}THE DECISION WAS TAKEN
\h\h\h\hTHAT HAMPSHIRE
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{\an7}WAS GOING TO GO OUT TO THE WEST
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{\an7}AND THEREFORE WOULD BE PROTECTED
FROM THE NORTHEASTERLY GALES
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBY THE BIG CLIFFS
THAT RUN UP THE WEST SIDE
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{\an7}OF ORKNEY’S MAINLAND.
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{\an7}Hollinrake: NOW, THEY REGULARLY
SWEPT THE EAST COAST OF ORKNEY
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{\an7}FOR MINES, BECAUSE IT WAS
\h\hSUCH A REGULAR ROUTE.
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{\an7}NOW, THIS HADN’T BEEN DONE
\h\h\h\hON THE WEST SIDE.
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{\an7}\hTurton: DURING THE VOYAGE,
THE WIND SHIFTS DRAMATICALLY
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND INCREASES
TO GALE FORCE NINE,
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{\an7}BUT FROM THE NORTHWEST.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBECAUSE OF THIS,
THE ESCORT SHIPS WITH HAMPSHIRE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHAD TO TURN BACK,
AND HAMPSHIRE CONTINUED ALONE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AT 7:40 IN THE EVENING,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hABOUT A MILE FROM LAND,
HMS HAMPSHIRE SUDDENLY EXPLODED.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}THE CENTER OF THE VESSEL
\h\h\hWAS RIPPED APART.
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{\an7}SHE BEGAN TO SINK...FAST.
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{\an7}Turton: SO I THINK FOR THE MEN
\h\hTHAT WENT INTO THE WATER,
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{\an7}THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE
\h\h\h\hTO SEE THE CLIFFS.
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{\an7}THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE
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{\an7}WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
\h\hTHEIR SALVATION,
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{\an7}AND I THINK TO PERISH
\hTHAT CLOSE TO SHORE
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{\an7}WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST TERRIFYING.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Hollinrake: IT’S THOUGHT THAT
PROBABLY ABOUT 500 OF THE CREW
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{\an7}DIED WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR--
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{\an7}SOME FROM THE EXPLOSION,
\h\hSOME FROM EXPOSURE,
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{\an7}SOME OF THEM DRAGGED DOWN
\h\h\h\hAS THE SHIP SANK.
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{\an7}Narrator: ONLY 12 MEN SURVIVED.
737 DIED.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE BODIES RECOVERED FROM
THE SEA WERE BURIED ON ORKNEY.
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{\an7}BUT WHAT OF LORD KITCHENER,
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{\an7}\hTHE MAN SYNONYMOUS
WITH THE WAR EFFORT?
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{\an7}\hTHERE WERE REPORTS
THAT HE WAS ON DECK
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{\an7}AS THEY STRUGGLED TO GET
THE LIFEBOATS LAUNCHED.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHollinrake:
ONE OF THE SURVIVORS REPORTED
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT HE HEARD
THE GUNNERY OFFICER SAYING,
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{\an7}"MAKE WAY FOR LORD KITCHENER,"
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{\an7}BUT, UH, NONE OF THE SURVIVORS
\h\h\h\hSAY THEY SAW KITCHENER
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{\an7}GETTING INTO ONE OF THE BOATS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE NEWS OF KITCHENER’S DEATH
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{\an7}MADE HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD.
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{\an7}THE BRITISH PUBLIC FOUND IT
\h\h\h\h\h\hHARD TO BELIEVE
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT THE MAN WHO EMBODIED
THE BRITISH WAR EFFORT WAS GONE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH THE DEATH
OF SUCH A PUBLIC FIGUREHEAD,
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{\an7}CONSPIRACY THEORIES IMMEDIATELY
BEGAN TO SPRING UP.
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{\an7}\h\hONE RUMOR CLAIMED KITCHENER
WAS ALIVE AND LIVING IN RUSSIA.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hANOTHER SUGGESTED THAT
A GERMAN SPY ON THE HAMPSHIRE
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{\an7}\hDIRECTED A U-BOAT
TO TORPEDO THE SHIP.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}\h\hONE MAN DETERMINED TO SOLVE
THE MYSTERY OF KITCHENER’S DEATH
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{\an7}\hWAS A JOURNALIST
NAMED FRANK POWER.
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{\an7}THE GOVERNMENT HAD REMAINED
\hQUIET ABOUT THE DROWNING.
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{\an7}\h\hSO POWER CAME UP WITH
SOME THEORIES OF HIS OWN.
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{\an7}Hollinrake: NOW HE WAS STIRRING
THE STORY UP IN 1925, 1926,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hMOSTLY TO SELL
HIS OWN PUBLICATIONS,
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{\an7}\hAND THE NAVY REACTED
AT THE TIME BY SAYING
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{\an7}THAT THEY SAW NO NEED
FOR A PUBLIC ENQUIRY,
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{\an7}THAT’S NOT HOW THEY DID THINGS,
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{\an7}AND THAT THERE WAS NO NEED
FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
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{\an7}Narrator: ONE CLAIM BY POWER
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{\an7}WAS THAT KITCHENER DID FLEE
\h\h\h\h\hTHE SINKING SHIP,
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{\an7}BUT WAS SHOT BY A BRITISH AGENT
AS HE MADE IT TO SHORE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHollinrake:
THE DAY AFTER THE SINKING,
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{\an7}SOLDIERS WERE POSTED TO PREVENT
THE PUBLIC FROM GETTING CLOSE;
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNOT BECAUSE
OF ANY GREAT SECRECY,
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{\an7}BUT THEY DID WANT
TO KEEP THEM AWAY
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{\an7}\hBECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT
OF BODIES WASHING ASHORE,
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{\an7}AND, UH, NOT INTACT BODIES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT THAT.
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{\an7}Narrator: FRANK POWER PERSISTED
WITH MORE OUTLANDISH THEORIES
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{\an7}AND CONTINUED HIS SEARCH.
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{\an7}HE EVEN CLAIMED TO HAVE FOUND
\h\h\h\h\h\hKITCHENER’S BODY,
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{\an7}WHICH HAD BEEN WASHED ASHORE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN NORWAY.
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{\an7}Hollinrake: AND THEN HE BROUGHT
IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LONDON,
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{\an7}AND THE INTENTION WAS
THAT IT WOULD BE, UH,
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{\an7}\h\hHE WOULD BE BURIED
AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY,
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{\an7}SO THE COFFIN WAS PUT
IN A CHAPEL OVERNIGHT,
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{\an7}BUT THE CORONER IN WESTMINSTER
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{\an7}DECIDED THAT THE COFFIN
\h\h\hSHOULD BE CHECKED,
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{\an7}AND, UH, WHEN IT WAS OPENED,
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{\an7}IT WAS FOUND THERE WAS
NO BODY INSIDE AT ALL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: IN 2014
ALL THE GOVERNMENT PAPERS
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{\an7}ON THE LOSS OF HMS HAMPSHIRE
\h\h\hWERE FINALLY RELEASED.
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{\an7}DESPITE RUMORS OF SABOTAGE,
\h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S NOW CERTAIN
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{\an7}THAT SHE WAS SUNK BY A MINE
\h\hLAID BY A GERMAN U-BOAT.
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{\an7}ONE OF HAMPSHIRE’S PROPELLERS
\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS BROUGHT ASHORE
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{\an7}AND STANDS AS AN UNOFFICIAL
\h\h\h\hMEMORIAL ON ORKNEY.
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{\an7}THE SINKING WAS A STARK REMINDER
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{\an7}OF THE DEADLY THREAT POSED
\h\h\h\hBY GERMAN U-BOATS.
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{\an7}TO DEFEAT THEM, THE ROYAL NAVY
TURNED TO A FORM OF DECEPTION
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT WAS QUITE
OUT OF THE ORDINARY...
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{\an7}MODERN ART!
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{\an7}A LONG-RETIRED WARSHIP IS MOORED
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{\an7}ON ENGLAND’S RIVER MEDWAY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN KENT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHER UNIQUE PAINT JOB
AND HER HULL SHAPE TELL A STORY
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF WARTIME LIES
AND DECEIT ON A MASSIVE SCALE.
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{\an7}THIS IS HMS PRESIDENT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR,
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{\an7}THE GREATEST MENACE
\hTO ALLIED SHIPPING
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWAS THE FORMIDABLE
AND ELUSIVE GERMAN U-BOAT.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}\h\hMERCHANT VESSELS
WERE AN EASY TARGET.
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{\an7}THE BRITISH NEEDED A PLAN.
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{\an7}Christopher Cooper: THE SHIPS
THEMSELVES WERE OFTEN DONE OUT
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{\an7}IN VERY PROUD BRITISH COLORS,
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT THAT GAVE ANYONE
WHO WANTED TO ATTACK THEM
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hA VERY CLEAR IDEA
OF EXACTLY WHAT SHIP IT WAS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hONCE IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT THAT WAS HELPING U-BOATS,
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{\an7}\hTHEY HAD TO THINK
ABOUT OTHER CHANGES.
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{\an7}Narrator: DESPERATE MEASURES
\hWERE NEEDED, AND IN 1917,
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{\an7}\h\h\hINSPIRATION CAME NOT FROM
THE WORLD OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE,
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{\an7}BUT FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hCooper: AN IDEA CAME UP
WHICH HAD BEEN USED BY ARTISTS,
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{\an7}YOUNG CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS--
\h\hPICASSO, FOR INSTANCE--
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{\an7}WHO WERE BREAKING UP THE LINES
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{\an7}OF PAINTINGS AND PORTRAITS
\h\h\h\h\hAND STILL LIVES
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{\an7}IN ORDER TO SHOW PEOPLE
\h\h\h\hA DIFFERENT VIEW
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{\an7}OF WHAT THAT OBJECT LOOKED LIKE.
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{\an7}AND THE CONCEPT CAME ABOUT,
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{\an7}WELL, IF YOU COULD DO THAT
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{\an7}\h\hWITH PAINTINGS,
WITH BOWLS OF FRUIT,
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{\an7}YOU COULD DO THAT WITH A SHIP
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{\an7}SO THAT IT WOULD CONFUSE
\h\h\hTHE U-BOAT CAPTAIN
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{\an7}AS TO WHICH DIRECTION
\hTHE SHIP WAS GOING,
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{\an7}AND WHAT SPEED WAS IT GOING,
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND WAS THERE ONE SHIP
OR TWO SHIPS OR THREE SHIPS,
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{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT WAS
NECESSARY FOR THE U-BOAT CAPTAIN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN ORDER TO DECIDE
WHERE TO FIRE HIS TORPEDO.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE MAN BEHIND
THIS EXTRAORDINARY IDEA
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{\an7}WAS AN ARTIST NAMED
\hNORMAN WILKINSON.
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{\an7}\h\h\hHE WORKED OUT
THAT YOU COULD NEVER
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{\an7}COMPLETELY CAMOUFLAGE A SHIP,
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{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE THE FUNNELS
WOULD ALWAYS GIVE IT AWAY.
335
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{\an7}BUT YOU COULD CONFUSE THE ENEMY
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{\an7}\h\hBY TURNING YOUR SHIP
INTO A FLOATING PICASSO!
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{\an7}THE TECHNIQUE BECAME KNOWN
\h\h\hAS DAZZLE PAINTING.
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{\an7}Cooper: NORMAN WILKINSON THREW
\h\hA GREAT DEAL OF ENTHUSIASM
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hINTO THE IDEA OF
DAZZLE PAINTING THE SHIPS.
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{\an7}\hIN FACT, HE SET UP A STUDIO IN
THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN PICCADILLY
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00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:35,088
{\an7}WHERE HE HAD 50 OR 60 PEOPLE
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{\an7}WORKING ON LITTLE MODELS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF SHIPS
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{\an7}AND PAINTING THEM IN A WAY
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{\an7}THAT THE MODELS COULD THEN
\hBE SENT TO THE DOCKYARD
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00:17:42,261 --> 00:17:44,230
{\an7}WHERE, HEAVEN KNOWS
\hWHAT THEY THOUGHT,
346
00:17:44,263 --> 00:17:47,199
{\an7}BUT THE SHIP PAINTERS
\h\h\h\hWOULD BE THERE
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{\an7}WITH ALL THESE BRIGHT,
\h\hBRILLIANT COLORS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hPAINTING THE SHIPS
TO THESE EXTRAORDINARY SHAPES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE TECHNIQUE WAS UNPROVEN
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{\an7}AND HUGELY TIME-CONSUMING.
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{\an7}BUT IT WAS TAKEN UP
ON A MASSIVE SCALE.
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00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:04,450
{\an7}MERCHANT SHIPS, WARSHIPS
\h\h\h\hAND TROOP SHIPS
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{\an7}WERE ALL PAINSTAKINGLY REPAINTED
IN MINUTE DETAIL.
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{\an7}\h\h\hCooper: WHEN WE DECORATED
THIS SHIP WITH THE DAZZLE DESIGN
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{\an7}TO HELP THE COMMEMORATION
\h\h\h\h\hOF WORLD WAR I,
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{\an7}IT TOOK US SIX OR SEVEN DAYS
\h\hTO GET THE SHIP COVERED
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{\an7}IN THE DAZZLE PAINT
\hTHAT WE HAVE NOW,
358
00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:27,707
{\an7}AND THEY WERE SIX OR SEVEN
\hINTENSIVE WORKING DAYS.
359
00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:31,510
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTO DO 2,000 SHIPS,
AS THEY DID IN WORLD WAR I,
360
00:18:31,544 --> 00:18:37,016
{\an7}WITH A BROOM AND A BUCKET,
\hIT WAS AN AWESOME TASK.
361
00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:39,451
{\an7}I SUSPECT THE ROYAL NAVY
\h\hWERE RATHER SHOCKED
362
00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:42,455
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND PERHAPS APPALLED
BY THE FACT THAT THEIR SHIP
363
00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:45,291
{\an7}\hWAS SUDDENLY TURNING,
WENT OFF TO THE DOCKYARD
364
00:18:45,324 --> 00:18:48,561
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND CAME BACK LOOKING
LIKE A CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND.
365
00:18:48,594 --> 00:18:53,499
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT IF IT MEANT THE SHIP
WAS GONNA BE SAFER TO OPERATE,
366
00:18:53,532 --> 00:18:58,070
{\an7}THEN I THINK THE CREWS
\h\hWERE MUCH HAPPIER.
367
00:18:58,104 --> 00:19:01,074
{\an7}Narrator: HMS PRESIDENT
\hWASN’T JUST DISGUISED.
368
00:19:01,107 --> 00:19:03,409
{\an7}SHE ALSO HAD A SECRET WEAPON.
369
00:19:03,442 --> 00:19:06,478
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE AND HUNDREDS
OF OTHER WARSHIPS WERE DESIGNED
370
00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:09,281
{\an7}TO LURE U-BOATS INTO A TRAP
371
00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:12,518
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBY EXPLOITING
THE SUBMARINE’S WEAKNESS.
372
00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:15,054
{\an7}Cooper: TORPEDOES WERE EXPENSIVE
373
00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:18,390
{\an7}AND A SUBMARINE COULD ONLY CARRY
A LIMITED NUMBER.
374
00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:20,459
{\an7}SO THE U-BOAT CAPTAIN
\h\h\h\h\hWOULD PREFER
375
00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:23,329
{\an7}TO APPROACH THE CARGO SHIP
\h\h\h\h\hON THE SURFACE,
376
00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:27,266
{\an7}TO CHECK AND SEE WHAT GOODS
\h\h\hTHE SHIP WAS CARRYING.
377
00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:30,235
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: A SUBMARINE IS
MOST VULNERABLE ON THE SURFACE.
378
00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:32,004
{\an7}[GUN FIRES]
379
00:19:32,038 --> 00:19:35,141
{\an7}SO THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY CREATED
A WHOLE NEW CLASS OF VESSEL
380
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,376
{\an7}WITH THE CODENAME QUEENSTOWN,
381
00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:40,280
{\an7}\hAFTER THE IRISH PORT
WHERE THEY WERE BASED.
382
00:19:40,312 --> 00:19:44,149
{\an7}BUT THEY WERE KNOWN
\hSIMPLY AS Q-SHIPS.
383
00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:46,819
{\an7}\h\hCooper: IT WAS CREATED
SO THAT THE U-BOAT THOUGHT
384
00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:49,154
{\an7}IT WAS AN UNARMED CARGO SHIP,
385
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:50,456
{\an7}AND THEREFORE THE U-BOAT
386
00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:53,292
{\an7}WOULD APPROACH THE CARGO SHIP
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE SURFACE.
387
00:19:53,325 --> 00:19:56,128
{\an7}IT DID HAVE THE ABILITY
\h\hTO TURN VERY QUICKLY
388
00:19:56,162 --> 00:19:58,531
{\an7}AND RAM THE U-BOAT.
389
00:19:58,564 --> 00:20:00,166
{\an7}Narrator: Q-SHIPS WERE DESIGNED
390
00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:03,069
{\an7}TO INFLICT MAXIMUM DAMAGE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN A COLLISION
391
00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:06,205
{\an7}WHILE STAYING SEAWORTHY
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEMSELVES.
392
00:20:06,238 --> 00:20:11,744
{\an7}HMS PRESIDENT WAS ONE OF THE 360
Q-SHIPS BUILT BY THE NAVY.
393
00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:15,147
{\an7}Cooper: ONE OF THE KEY THINGS
\hYOU’LL NOTICE ABOUT THE SHIP
394
00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:19,185
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIS HOW CLOSE THE RIBS
OF THE SHIP WERE CONSTRUCTED,
395
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,586
{\an7}THEREFORE MAKING THE SHIP
396
00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:23,388
{\an7}AN EXTREMELY STRONG VESSEL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hALTOGETHER.
397
00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:25,658
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND IF YOU GO
TO THE BOW OF THE SHIP,
398
00:20:25,691 --> 00:20:27,359
{\an7}IT’S RATHER BEAUTIFUL,
399
00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:29,695
{\an7}BUT YOU’LL SEE THESE RIBS COME
\h\hCLOSER AND CLOSER TOGETHER
400
00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:32,131
{\an7}SO THAT THE ACTUAL POINT
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE SHIP
401
00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:34,199
{\an7}ALMOST LOOKS LIKE AN AXE,
402
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,468
{\an7}AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS
403
00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:37,870
{\an7}\hTHAT WAS THE STRENGTH
OF THE BOW OF THE SHIP,
404
00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:39,538
{\an7}REINFORCED AS IT WAS,
405
00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:44,577
{\an7}\hCOULD TAKE ON ANY U-BOAT AND
DISABLE IT JUST BY RAMMING IT.
406
00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:47,113
{\an7}Narrator: HMS PRESIDENT
\h\hWAS BUILT AS A RAM,
407
00:20:47,146 --> 00:20:49,782
{\an7}BUT SHE ALSO PACKED
\h\hA LETHAL PUNCH.
408
00:20:49,815 --> 00:20:53,585
{\an7}SHE HAD TWO 4-INCH GUNS
\h\hAND TWO 12-POUNDERS
409
00:20:53,619 --> 00:20:55,888
{\an7}TO ATTACK SUBMARINES
\h\hON THE SURFACE.
410
00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:58,891
{\an7}SOME OF THE GUNS WERE
INGENIOUSLY CONCEALED.
411
00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,259
{\an7}Cooper: SO THE U-BOAT CAPTAIN
412
00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:02,327
{\an7}\h\h\hWOULD BE LOOKING
THROUGH HIS PERISCOPE.
413
00:21:02,361 --> 00:21:04,296
{\an7}\hHE’D GET HIS CREW
TO COME OUT ON DECK,
414
00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:09,202
{\an7}HAVING BEEN SURE THAT THE SHIP
\h\hTHEY WERE ABOUT TO INSPECT
415
00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:12,138
{\an7}WAS NOT CARRYING ANY GUNS,
\h\h\hAND THEN, WHOOPS...
416
00:21:12,171 --> 00:21:16,442
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSIDES WOULD DROP DOWN,
LIFEBOATS WOULD TURN INTO GUNS,
417
00:21:16,475 --> 00:21:19,178
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hROYAL NAVY CREWS
WOULD APPEAR FROM NOWHERE,
418
00:21:19,211 --> 00:21:21,180
{\an7}AND BEFORE THE U-BOAT CAPTAIN
419
00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:23,615
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCOULD GET HIS CREW
BACK INTO THE CONNING TOWER,
420
00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:27,419
{\an7}BACK INTO THE SUBMARINE,
\hBACK DIVE, DIVE, DIVE,
421
00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:30,856
{\an7}THE Q-SHIP WOULD HAVE HIT HER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND RAMMED HER
422
00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:34,160
{\an7}AND DISABLED THE U-BOAT.
423
00:21:34,193 --> 00:21:37,596
{\an7}Narrator: ALTHOUGH THE CONCEPT
\h\hOF Q-SHIPS WAS DECEPTION,
424
00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:40,433
{\an7}THE ADMIRALTY INSISTED
\h\hON SHIPS’ CAPTAINS
425
00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:43,469
{\an7}STICKING TO THE RULES
\h\h\h\hOF ENGAGEMENT.
426
00:21:43,502 --> 00:21:45,537
{\an7}Cooper: THE MEETING OF A U-BOAT
AND A Q-SHIP
427
00:21:45,571 --> 00:21:47,440
{\an7}WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THEATER.
428
00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:50,676
{\an7}SO BEFORE ANYBODY COULD PULL
\h\h\hTHE TRIGGER ON ANY GUN
429
00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:54,313
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOR TURN THE SHIP TO,
IN ACTUAL FACT, RAM THE U-BOAT,
430
00:21:54,346 --> 00:21:56,248
{\an7}THE FLAGS HAD TO BE CHANGED
431
00:21:56,282 --> 00:22:01,320
{\an7}AND THEN MEN IN ROYAL NAVY GEAR
COULD APPEAR ON THE DECKS.
432
00:22:01,353 --> 00:22:04,156
{\an7}SO AN EXCITING PIECE OF THEATER
WHICH WOULD TAKE PLACE,
433
00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:08,094
{\an7}\h\hBEING FATAL FOR EITHER
THE U-BOAT OR THE Q-SHIP.
434
00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:09,428
{\an7}Narrator: ONE OF THE TWO VESSELS
435
00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:13,665
{\an7}WAS CERTAIN NOT TO SURVIVE
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE ENCOUNTER.
436
00:22:13,699 --> 00:22:16,669
{\an7}THE Q-SHIP CONFRONTATIONS
\h\hOF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
437
00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:22,341
{\an7}\hSHOWED JUST HOW EFFECTIVE
DISGUISING A SHIP COULD BE.
438
00:22:22,374 --> 00:22:25,177
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h20 YEARS LATER,
A GERMAN VESSEL WOULD ACHIEVE
439
00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:27,580
{\an7}AN EVEN GREATER LEVEL
\h\h\h\h\hOF DECEPTION
440
00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:31,016
{\an7}AND MAKE AN AMAZING DISCOVERY.
441
00:22:33,619 --> 00:22:35,688
{\an7}DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR,
442
00:22:35,721 --> 00:22:38,490
{\an7}\h\hTHE GERMANS ENGAGED
IN THE ART OF DECEPTION
443
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:42,661
{\an7}WITH AN AUDACIOUS SCHEME
\h\h\h\h\hOF THEIR OWN.
444
00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:46,532
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHIS IS THE STORY OF ONE
OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CON GAMES
445
00:22:46,565 --> 00:22:49,034
{\an7}OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
446
00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:54,673
{\an7}\h\h\h\hGERMANY KNEW
THAT TO WIN THE WAR
447
00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:57,543
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY HAD TO HIT
THE BRITISH MERCHANT FLEET.
448
00:22:57,576 --> 00:23:00,345
{\an7}BUT THEIR NAVY LACKED RESOURCES.
449
00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:04,516
{\an7}THREE POCKET BATTLESHIPS
\h\h\h\hWEREN’T ENOUGH.
450
00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:07,186
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHEY CAME UP
WITH AN INGENIOUS IDEA
451
00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,822
{\an7}OF CONVERTING EXISTING SHIPS
452
00:23:10,089 --> 00:23:13,192
{\an7}\h\h\hINTO SOMETHING
MUCH MORE MENACING.
453
00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:15,294
{\an7}\h\h\hAndrew Gordon:
IF YOU ADD A NUMBER
454
00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:18,063
{\an7}OF MERCHANT SHIP CONVERSIONS,
455
00:23:18,097 --> 00:23:22,835
{\an7}\h\h\hWHICH WENT OUT INTO
THE SEA LANES IN DISGUISE,
456
00:23:22,868 --> 00:23:25,637
{\an7}MORE OR LESS EQUIPPED
\h\h\h\h\hAS Q-SHIPS,
457
00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:27,206
{\an7}WITH GUNS AND THINGS
458
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:30,309
{\an7}BEHIND BEHIND FALSE BULKHEADS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SO ON,
459
00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:33,445
{\an7}THEN THEY, TOO, COULD ACT
\h\h\hAS MERCHANT RAIDERS
460
00:23:33,479 --> 00:23:39,352
{\an7}\h\h\hAND DISRUPT THE PASSAGE OF
MERCHANT SHIPS AROUND THE WORLD.
461
00:23:39,485 --> 00:23:41,187
{\an7}Narrator: ONE OF THE SHIPS
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY CONVERTED
462
00:23:41,220 --> 00:23:44,690
{\an7}\h\h\hWAS A CARGO SHIP
CALLED THE GOLDENFELS.
463
00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:47,459
{\an7}A FEAT OF NAVAL ENGINEERING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND DISGUISE,
464
00:23:47,493 --> 00:23:51,163
{\an7}SHE USED HER BEST ATTRIBUTES
\h\h\h\h\hTO HER ADVANTAGE.
465
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:53,932
{\an7}SHE WAS RENAMED ATLANTIS.
466
00:23:53,966 --> 00:24:04,176
{\an7}♪
467
00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:07,112
{\an7}Gordon: SHE WAS QUITE A BIG
\hMERCHANT SHIP FOR HER DAY.
468
00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:10,916
{\an7}\hAND SHE HAD A RANGE
OF ABOUT 60,000 MILES,
469
00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:13,486
{\an7}WHICH WAS JUST ASTONISHING,
470
00:24:13,519 --> 00:24:16,122
{\an7}AND NOT REALLY UNTIL
\hNUCLEAR PROPULSION
471
00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:19,325
{\an7}COULD WARSHIPS MATCH THAT.
472
00:24:19,358 --> 00:24:21,327
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE IDEA WAS A SIMPLE ONE.
473
00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,596
{\an7}ATLANTIS WOULD USE
HER ENORMOUS RANGE
474
00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:27,333
{\an7}\h\hTO HUNT MERCHANT SHIPS
AND CAPTURE OR SINK THEM.
475
00:24:27,366 --> 00:24:29,501
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSHE WOULD HAVE
THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE,
476
00:24:29,535 --> 00:24:33,439
{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE HER FIREPOWER
WOULD BE CLEVERLY CONCEALED.
477
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:36,342
{\an7}\h\hGordon: HER WEAPONS WOULD BE
HIDDEN BEHIND HINGED BULKHEADS,
478
00:24:36,375 --> 00:24:38,177
{\an7}WHICH COULD DROP DOWN,
479
00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:42,281
{\an7}REVEALING GUNS ALREADY LOADED
\h\hAND WAITING TO OPEN FIRE.
480
00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:44,316
{\an7}\hNarrator: IF STOPPED
BY A BRITISH WARSHIP,
481
00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:47,854
{\an7}SHE WOULD BE HARD TO IDENTITY
\h\h\h\h\hAS AN ENEMY VESSEL.
482
00:24:47,886 --> 00:24:51,189
{\an7}Gordon: ATLANTIS HAD TO BECOME
\h\h\h\h\hEXPERT AT DISGUISES,
483
00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:54,526
{\an7}\h\h\hSO SHE’D HAVE WAYS
OF ALTERING HER PROFILE,
484
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,497
{\an7}AND SHE COULD CLAIM TO BELONG
TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT NATIONS,
485
00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:00,799
{\an7}AND SHE WAS REALLY BUYING TIME,
486
00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:04,103
{\an7}AND MAYBE IF DARKNESS
\hARRIVED FAIRLY SOON,
487
00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:06,805
{\an7}\h\h\hSHE COULD SLIP AWAY
BEFORE THE BRITISH CRUISER
488
00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:09,442
{\an7}GOT THE ANSWER BACK
\hFROM THE ADMIRALTY
489
00:25:09,475 --> 00:25:12,645
{\an7}\h\hAS TO WHETHER THAT WAS
A GENUINE IDENTITY OR NOT.
490
00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:16,815
{\an7}ATLANTIS WOULD BE ABLE TO ALTER
THE SHAPE OF HER FUNNEL.
491
00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:18,484
{\an7}SHE WOULD HAVE FALSE MASTS
492
00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:21,053
{\an7}OR MAYBE CHANGE THE HEIGHT
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF HER MASTS.
493
00:25:21,086 --> 00:25:23,188
{\an7}SHE COULD CHANGE
HER PAINT SCHEME
494
00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:25,357
{\an7}AND SHE COULD PUT UP
\h\h\hCANVAS SCREENS
495
00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:30,096
{\an7}\hTO LOOK LIKE BULKHEADS
OR STRUCTURES ON BOARD.
496
00:25:30,129 --> 00:25:32,064
{\an7}Narrator: IN MARCH 1940,
497
00:25:32,097 --> 00:25:34,499
{\an7}\h\h\h\hUNDER THE COMMAND
OF CAPTAIN BERNHARD ROGGE,
498
00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:36,301
{\an7}SHE SAILED FROM GERMANY
499
00:25:36,335 --> 00:25:39,338
{\an7}\hWHILE UNDERGOING A NUMBER
OF DISGUISES ALONG THE WAY.
500
00:25:41,073 --> 00:25:42,841
{\an7}INITIALLY, SHE WAS DISGUISED
501
00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:45,344
{\an7}AS A NEUTRAL SOVIET VESSEL.
502
00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:49,281
{\an7}AS SHE HEADED FOR THE SHIPPING
\hLANES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC,
503
00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:52,284
{\an7}\hTHE KIM TRANSFORMED
INTO A JAPANESE VESSEL
504
00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:55,353
{\an7}CALLED THE KASII MARU.
505
00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:59,591
{\an7}HER FIRST VICTIM WAS A BRITISH
\hCARGO SHIP CALLED SCIENTIST,
506
00:25:59,625 --> 00:26:02,495
{\an7}SUNK OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA.
507
00:26:02,528 --> 00:26:04,497
{\an7}ATLANTIS THEN SAILED EAST,
508
00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:09,402
{\an7}PRETENDING TO BE A DUTCH SHIP
\h\h\h\h\hCALLED THE ABBEKERK.
509
00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:14,540
{\an7}BY NOVEMBER 1940, ATLANTIS
\h\h\hHAD SUNK 11 VESSELS.
510
00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:18,277
{\an7}WHEN POSSIBLE, CAPTAIN ROGGE
\h\h\h\hRESCUED THEIR CREWS
511
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:20,946
{\an7}AND TRANSFERRED THEM
\h\hTO OTHER SHIPS.
512
00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:23,114
{\an7}HE LOOKED AFTER HIS OWN MEN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS WELL,
513
00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:28,620
{\an7}\hSHARING CAPTURED GOODS
SUCH AS BEER AND SWEETS.
514
00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:31,824
{\an7}[CREW LAUGHING]
515
00:26:31,857 --> 00:26:33,826
{\an7}THE ATLANTIS WAS FEARED.
516
00:26:33,859 --> 00:26:37,329
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBRITISH MERCHANT VESSELS
BEGAN LENGTHENING THEIR VOYAGES
517
00:26:37,362 --> 00:26:39,297
{\an7}JUST TO AVOID HER.
518
00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:41,500
{\an7}\h\hTHE ROYAL NAVY
SENT FOUR WARSHIPS
519
00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:44,436
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO TRACK DOWN
THE AUDACIOUS RAIDER.
520
00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:46,339
{\an7}THEN, ON NOVEMBER 11th,
521
00:26:46,371 --> 00:26:50,075
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE ATLANTIS CAME ACROSS
A BRITISH CARGO PASSENGER LINER
522
00:26:50,109 --> 00:26:53,446
{\an7}CALLED THE AUTOMEDON.
523
00:26:53,479 --> 00:26:56,182
{\an7}\h\hTHE CONFRONTATION
WOULD REVEAL A SECRET,
524
00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:59,852
{\an7}\h\h\hHIGHLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR
THE GERMANS AND THEIR ALLIES.
525
00:26:59,885 --> 00:27:02,354
{\an7}Gordon: AND WHEN SHE’S
\hREALLY QUITE CLOSE,
526
00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:07,292
{\an7}\h\h\h\hUP GOES THE GERMAN FLAG,
DOWN GO ALL THE FAKE BULKHEADS,
527
00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:10,296
{\an7}AND SHE STARTS REVEALING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHER GUNS
528
00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:15,334
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND STARTS FIRING
A COUPLE OF WARNING SHOTS.
529
00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:19,605
{\an7}AND DOES AN AWFUL LOT OF DAMAGE
TO HER SUPERSTRUCTURE
530
00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:24,243
{\an7}\h\hAND UPPER WORKS,
KILLING SEVERAL MEN.
531
00:27:24,276 --> 00:27:27,045
{\an7}Narrator: A BOARDING PARTY
CROSSED TO THE AUTOMEDON.
532
00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:30,549
{\an7}THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT THEY’D
DISCOVER WEAPONS, AMMUNITION,
533
00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:32,517
{\an7}OR EVEN RICHES.
534
00:27:32,551 --> 00:27:37,022
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT WHAT THEY FOUND WAS
FOOD SUPPLIES AND BAGS OF MAIL!
535
00:27:37,055 --> 00:27:38,623
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGordon:
IN THE SHIP’S CHART HOUSE
536
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:43,195
{\an7}\hTHEY FOUND A GREEN BAG
FULL OF SOME DOCUMENTS,
537
00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:46,531
{\an7}\hAND THEY JUST GRABBED THEM
ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE,
538
00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:50,602
{\an7}BUT NO INDICATION THAT THIS WAS
ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY
539
00:27:50,636 --> 00:27:54,440
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hEXCEPT ANOTHER
SUCCESSFUL INTERCEPTION
540
00:27:54,473 --> 00:27:58,644
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND DESTRUCTION
OF AN ALLIED MERCHANT SHIP.
541
00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,779
{\an7}Narrator: CAPTAIN ROGGE
\h\h\hCOULD READ ENGLISH
542
00:28:00,812 --> 00:28:04,149
{\an7}AND RECOGNIZED THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE PAPERS.
543
00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:09,355
{\an7}\h\hGordon: ON BOARD AUTOMEDON
WERE SOME WAR CABINET MINUTES
544
00:28:09,388 --> 00:28:13,792
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH CONTAINED
A COMPLETELY BLUNT APPRAISAL
545
00:28:13,825 --> 00:28:18,630
{\an7}\hOF HOW VULNERABLE BRITAIN
HAD BECOME IN THE FAR EAST.
546
00:28:18,664 --> 00:28:22,468
{\an7}\h\hTHE PAPERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
THROWN OVERBOARD, THEY WEREN’T.
547
00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:25,137
{\an7}Narrator: THE OFFICER ASSIGNED
\h\h\hTO PROTECT THE DOCUMENTS
548
00:28:25,170 --> 00:28:29,207
{\an7}HAD BEEN KILLED.
549
00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:31,110
{\an7}BRITAIN’S FAR EAST ASSESSMENT
550
00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:33,479
{\an7}WAS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO JAPAN,
551
00:28:33,512 --> 00:28:35,514
{\an7}ANXIOUS TO EXPAND ITS EMPIRE
552
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:39,418
{\an7}\h\h\hAND TAKE ON BRITISH
AND AMERICAN TERRITORIES.
553
00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:43,422
{\an7}Gordon: THIS MUST COUNT
\h\hAS THE MOST VALUABLE
554
00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:48,327
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND UNEXPECTED
INTELLIGENCE WINDFALL,
555
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,063
{\an7}POSSIBLY OF THE 20th CENTURY.
556
00:28:51,096 --> 00:28:54,166
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHIS IS WORLD
STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE,
557
00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:57,669
{\an7}\hAND, IN DUE COURSE,
THOSE PAPERS ENDED UP
558
00:28:57,703 --> 00:29:05,177
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIN POSSESSION OF
THE JAPANESE NAVY IN TOKYO.
559
00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:06,978
{\an7}Narrator: THE JAPANESE REALIZED
560
00:29:07,012 --> 00:29:09,181
{\an7}THAT IF THEY ATTACKED
\h\hAN AMERICAN BASE,
561
00:29:09,214 --> 00:29:11,383
{\an7}BRITAIN COULDN’T HELP.
562
00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:13,051
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
563
00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:15,521
{\an7}THEY TARGETED PEARL HARBOR.
564
00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:25,197
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hATLANTIS CONTINUED
HER REMARKABLE SECRET MISSION
565
00:29:25,230 --> 00:29:28,433
{\an7}FOR 12 MORE MONTHS.
566
00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:32,805
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEN, ON NOVEMBER 22nd,
SHE RENDEZVOUSED WITH A U-BOAT
567
00:29:32,838 --> 00:29:36,608
{\an7}NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND
\h\hIN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC.
568
00:29:36,642 --> 00:29:42,181
{\an7}SHE WAS SPOTTED BY THE BRITISH
HEAVY CRUISER HMS DEVONSHIRE.
569
00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,383
{\an7}\hTHE WARSHIP SIGNALED
TO THE MERCHANT VESSEL
570
00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:47,586
{\an7}TO IDENTIFY HERSELF.
571
00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:53,592
{\an7}Gordon: DEVONSHIRE ISN’T FOOLED
BY THE REPLY ATLANTIS GIVES,
572
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:56,328
{\an7}AND SHE HAS THE SENSE
\h\h\h\hTO KEEP AWAY,
573
00:29:56,361 --> 00:29:59,397
{\an7}\h\hOUT OF THE RANGE
OF ANY POSSIBLE GUNS
574
00:29:59,431 --> 00:30:02,367
{\an7}THAT THIS STRANGE SHIP
\h\h\h\h\hMIGHT HAVE.
575
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:08,140
{\an7}\hAND, IN THE END, SHE ENGAGED
ATLANTIS WITH HER 8-INCH GUNS,
576
00:30:08,173 --> 00:30:11,510
{\an7}AND THAT IS THE END OF ATLANTIS.
577
00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:14,846
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: CAPTAIN ROGGE
WAS THE LAST TO ABANDON SHIP.
578
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:19,184
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE AND MOST OF THE CREW
WERE RESCUED BY A GERMAN U-BOAT.
579
00:30:19,217 --> 00:30:21,653
{\an7}DURING HER 602-DAY VOYAGE,
580
00:30:21,687 --> 00:30:25,858
{\an7}\h\h\hATLANTIS ACHIEVED
SOME REMARKABLE RESULTS.
581
00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:32,131
{\an7}\hSHE SANK 22 SHIPS AND MANAGED
TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE WAR.
582
00:30:35,901 --> 00:30:41,206
{\an7}IN 1986, A DANISH WRECK HUNTER
\h\hMADE AN AMAZING DISCOVERY
583
00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:46,344
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE WATERS
BETWEEN DENMARK AND SWEDEN.
584
00:30:46,378 --> 00:30:51,516
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT WAS A GERMAN U-BOAT,
RUMORED TO BE FULL OF NAZI GOLD!
585
00:30:54,152 --> 00:30:56,655
{\an7}IT WASN’T UNTIL AUGUST 1993
586
00:30:56,688 --> 00:31:01,159
{\an7}THAT THE SHIP WAS FINALLY
\hBROUGHT TO THE SURFACE.
587
00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:04,363
{\an7}IT’S NAME: U-534.
588
00:31:04,396 --> 00:31:14,840
{\an7}♪
589
00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:18,043
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hChris Ince:
SHE’S A TYPE IXC/40 U-BOAT,
590
00:31:18,076 --> 00:31:19,844
{\an7}SO SHE WAS AN OCEAN-GOING TYPE.
591
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:23,582
{\an7}SHE COULD TRAVEL IN EXCESS
OF 13,000 NAUTICAL MILES,
592
00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:27,052
{\an7}\hSTAY AWAY AT SEA
FOR THREE MONTHS.
593
00:31:27,085 --> 00:31:29,554
{\an7}Narrator: THE SALVAGED SUB
WAS ONE OF OVER A THOUSAND
594
00:31:29,588 --> 00:31:32,291
{\an7}BUILT BY THE GERMAN NAVY.
595
00:31:32,324 --> 00:31:38,197
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hU-534 WAS WELL-ARMED
FOR CONFLICT IN THE ATLANTIC.
596
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,132
{\an7}\h\hInce: SHE WAS EQUIPPED
FOR BEING ON THE OFFENSIVE
597
00:31:40,165 --> 00:31:42,367
{\an7}BY HAVING SIX TORPEDO TUBES;
598
00:31:42,401 --> 00:31:45,371
{\an7}SHE HAD FOUR TORPEDO TUBES
\h\h\hFORWARD AND TWO AFT,
599
00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,473
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND SHE COULD FIRE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF TORPEDO
600
00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:49,541
{\an7}AS WELL AS LAYING MINES.
601
00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:55,380
{\an7}♪
602
00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:57,416
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: SUBMARINES
COULD EASILY BE DETECTED
603
00:31:57,449 --> 00:32:00,619
{\an7}BY SURFACE VESSELS USING SONAR.
604
00:32:02,387 --> 00:32:06,591
{\an7}BUT U-534 HAD AN INGENIOUS
\h\h\h\hCOUNTER STRATEGY.
605
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:08,660
{\an7}Ince: U-BOATS WERE SOMETIMES
\h\h\hEQUIPPED WITH A DEVICE
606
00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:10,428
{\an7}CALLED THE PILLENWERFER,
\h\h\h\hOR PILL THROWER,
607
00:32:10,462 --> 00:32:12,831
{\an7}WHICH IS WHERE THE RECTANGULAR
\h\h\h\h\h\hOPENING IS THERE.
608
00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:14,499
{\an7}THAT WOULD HAVE ORIGINALLY HAD
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA PLATE OVER IT
609
00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:16,435
{\an7}WITH JUST A SMALL APERTURE.
610
00:32:16,468 --> 00:32:18,036
{\an7}FROM INSIDE THE U-BOAT
611
00:32:18,069 --> 00:32:20,171
{\an7}THEY COULD FIRE OUT A CANISTER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF A CHEMICAL
612
00:32:20,205 --> 00:32:23,608
{\an7}WHICH WOULD REACT WITH SEAWATER,
AND THAT WOULD FIZZ VERY LOUDLY,
613
00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:29,214
{\an7}\h\hWHICH WOULD REALLY DISRUPT
THE SONAR ON ANY ALLIED SHIPS.
614
00:32:29,247 --> 00:32:31,850
{\an7}Narrator: DESPITE BRISTLING
\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH FIREPOWER,
615
00:32:31,883 --> 00:32:37,422
{\an7}\hU-534 WAS NOT INTENDED
AS AN ATTACK SUBMARINE.
616
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:40,225
{\an7}IT HAD A LITTLE-KNOWN
\h\h\hBUT CRUCIAL ROLE
617
00:32:40,258 --> 00:32:41,860
{\an7}IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.
618
00:32:41,893 --> 00:32:44,396
{\an7}Ince: SHE WAS USED FOR TRAINING
AND FOR WEAPONS TESTING,
619
00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:46,131
{\an7}AND AN IMPORTANT ROLE
THAT SHE WAS USED FOR
620
00:32:46,164 --> 00:32:47,465
{\an7}AND ONE OF HER BIGGEST PATROLS
621
00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:49,067
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWAS ACTUALLY
WEATHER FORECASTING,
622
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:51,235
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWEATHER REPORTING
OUT IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.
623
00:32:51,269 --> 00:32:53,071
{\an7}IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT
\h\hFOR THE WAR EFFORT
624
00:32:53,104 --> 00:32:58,309
{\an7}TO KNOW WHAT WEATHER WAS COMING
ACROSS TO EUROPE.
625
00:32:58,343 --> 00:33:03,114
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BY 1945,
THE ALLIES HAD THE UPPER HAND.
626
00:33:03,148 --> 00:33:04,650
{\an7}THEY HAD WARSHIPS EQUIPPED
627
00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:09,388
{\an7}WITH SOPHISTICATED DEPTH CHARGES
AND SHORT-WAVE RADAR SETS.
628
00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:13,492
{\an7}THE U-BOAT CREWS
WERE ON THE RUN.
629
00:33:13,525 --> 00:33:16,061
{\an7}\hInce: CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
WERE FAIRLY POOR, ACTUALLY.
630
00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:17,495
{\an7}IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR
631
00:33:17,529 --> 00:33:20,298
{\an7}\hWHEN THEY WERE BEING VERY
SUCCESSFUL, REASONABLY GOOD,
632
00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:23,235
{\an7}BUT AS WE GOT BETTER AND BETTER
AT SINKING THEM,
633
00:33:23,268 --> 00:33:25,604
{\an7}THEIR CHANCES STARTED
\hTO REALLY DIMINISH.
634
00:33:25,637 --> 00:33:27,839
{\an7}SO YOU’RE TALKING
\hABOUT 40,000 MEN
635
00:33:27,873 --> 00:33:30,342
{\an7}WERE TRAINED TO WORK ON U-BOATS
DURING WORLD WAR II,
636
00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:32,510
{\an7}AND ABOUT 30,000 OF THEM
\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE KILLED.
637
00:33:32,544 --> 00:33:37,416
{\an7}IT’S A 75% MORTALITY RATE;
\h\h\hIT WAS REALLY HARSH.
638
00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:39,518
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
U-534 SHOULD HAVE HAD
639
00:33:39,551 --> 00:33:43,588
{\an7}\h\h\hA GOOD CHANCE
TO SURVIVE THE WAR.
640
00:33:43,622 --> 00:33:45,157
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
641
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:48,460
{\an7}\h\hBY MAY 1945, GERMANY
WAS CLOSE TO SURRENDER.
642
00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:51,363
{\an7}\hHITLER WAS DEAD,
BERLIN HAD FALLEN,
643
00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:55,267
{\an7}AND ON MAY 5th, THE GERMAN NAVY
ORDERED ALL SUBMARINES,
644
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,637
{\an7}INCLUDING U-534, TO SURRENDER.
645
00:33:58,670 --> 00:34:03,475
{\an7}♪
646
00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:09,147
{\an7}BUT HER CREW HAD OTHER IDEAS.
647
00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:13,384
{\an7}\h\h\hU-534 WAS SPOTTED
BY RAF LIBERATOR BOMBERS
648
00:34:13,418 --> 00:34:16,554
{\an7}OFF THE COAST OF DENMARK.
649
00:34:16,588 --> 00:34:18,223
{\an7}Ince: SHE MADE NO ATTEMPT
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO SURRENDER,
650
00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:20,125
{\an7}\h\hAND IN FACT SHE
OPENED FIRE ON THEM,
651
00:34:20,158 --> 00:34:23,061
{\an7}SUCCEEDING IN SHOOTING
\h\hONE OF THEM DOWN.
652
00:34:23,094 --> 00:34:24,395
{\an7}ONE OF THE LIBERATOR BOMBERS
653
00:34:24,429 --> 00:34:26,064
{\an7}SUCCEEDED IN DROPPING
\h\h\hA DEPTH CHARGE,
654
00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:28,099
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH LANDED
UPON THE DECK BEHIND US.
655
00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:30,035
{\an7}IT ROLLED OFF, DETONATED,
656
00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:32,404
{\an7}\h\hCAUSING THE DAMAGE
THAT WE CAN SEE HERE.
657
00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:35,640
{\an7}SO CLEARLY WE CAN SEE THE DAMAGE
TO THE OUTER HULL,
658
00:34:35,674 --> 00:34:39,511
{\an7}IT’S JUST A THIN PLATING THERE,
BUT INSIDE IS THE PRESSURE HULL.
659
00:34:39,544 --> 00:34:41,413
{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT PRESSURE HULL
WAS COMPLETELY RUPTURED,
660
00:34:41,446 --> 00:34:45,517
{\an7}THERE IS A LARGE SPLIT IN IT,
\h\h\hAND IT LET IN SEAWATER.
661
00:34:45,550 --> 00:34:47,318
{\an7}IT WAS UNRECOVERABLE,
662
00:34:47,352 --> 00:34:50,155
{\an7}SO THE ORDER WAS GIVEN
\h\h\hTO ABANDON SHIP.
663
00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:52,524
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
47 MEN ESCAPED IN RAFTS,
664
00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,493
{\an7}BUT FIVE WENT DOWN
\h\hWITH THE BOAT,
665
00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:56,895
{\an7}TRAPPED IN THE TORPEDO ROOM.
666
00:34:56,928 --> 00:35:02,801
{\an7}\h\hAFTER THE SUB HIT THE SEABED
200 FEET DOWN, THEY BAILED OUT.
667
00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:05,537
{\an7}\h\hInce: ONCE THE FORWARD
TORPEDO ROOM HAD FLOODED,
668
00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:07,739
{\an7}\h\hTHEY WERE ABLE TO OPEN
THE TORPEDO LOADING HATCH
669
00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:09,540
{\an7}AND SURFACE.
670
00:35:09,574 --> 00:35:12,143
{\an7}SADLY ONE OF THOSE GUYS
\h\h\h\h\h\hPASSED AWAY,
671
00:35:12,177 --> 00:35:14,479
{\an7}HAVING HELD HIS BREATH
\h\h\hAS HE SURFACED,
672
00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:16,314
{\an7}\h\h\hAND THAT CAUSED
TERRIBLE LUNG DAMAGE.
673
00:35:16,414 --> 00:35:19,450
{\an7}WE THINK THE OTHER TWO DIED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM EXPOSURE.
674
00:35:19,484 --> 00:35:22,620
{\an7}Narrator: TWO MEN MANAGED
\h\hTO ESCAPE AND SURVIVE.
675
00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:28,160
{\an7}IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT ONLY
THREE MEN FROM U-534 DIED.
676
00:35:31,162 --> 00:35:34,132
{\an7}BUT WHY DID THE CAPTAIN
PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK?
677
00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:38,403
{\an7}\h\h\hWHY DID U-534
REFUSE TO SURRENDER?
678
00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:40,272
{\an7}FOR YEARS AFTER THE WAR,
679
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:45,076
{\an7}\hTHERE WAS INTENSE SPECULATION
THAT SHE WAS CARRYING NAZI GOLD.
680
00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:49,448
{\an7}THIS LED TO THE SALVAGE
\h\h\hOPERATION IN 1993.
681
00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:53,385
{\an7}BROUGHT UP WITH THE SUB WERE
CREW RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS--
682
00:35:53,418 --> 00:35:58,189
{\an7}\h\h\hEVEN A LEGENDARY
ENIGMA CIPHER MACHINE.
683
00:35:58,223 --> 00:36:02,427
{\an7}BUT THERE WAS NO NAZI GOLD.
684
00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:05,263
{\an7}THERE WAS, HOWEVER,
\hAN AMAZING FIND--
685
00:36:05,296 --> 00:36:09,233
{\an7}A SECRET REVOLUTIONARY TORPEDO
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLED THE T-11.
686
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:10,802
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hInce: THIS WAS
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
687
00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:12,403
{\an7}AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II.
688
00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:14,039
{\an7}IT WAS AN ACOUSTIC TORPEDO,
689
00:36:14,072 --> 00:36:16,341
{\an7}SO IT WOULD LISTEN OUT
\h\h\hFOR ITS TARGET.
690
00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:18,376
{\an7}HERE AT THE NOSE IS WHERE
691
00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:21,280
{\an7}ALL THE LISTENING EQUIPMENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND TECH WAS,
692
00:36:21,312 --> 00:36:23,414
{\an7}LEADING ONTO THE WARHEAD.
693
00:36:23,448 --> 00:36:28,653
{\an7}\h\hTHIS WARHEAD, 440 POUNDS
OF HEXANITE HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
694
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:30,622
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ACOUSTIC TORPEDOES STRUCK
695
00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:32,490
{\an7}BY HOMING IN ON THE SHOCKWAVES
696
00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:35,827
{\an7}CREATED BY A SHIP’S
ROTATING PROPELLER.
697
00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:41,099
{\an7}HOWEVER, THE ALLIES HAD DESIGNED
A DECOY KNOWN AS A FOXER--
698
00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:42,834
{\an7}A DEVICE TOWED BEHIND A SHIP
699
00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:46,537
{\an7}SIMULATING THE NOISE
\h\hOF A PROPELLER.
700
00:36:46,571 --> 00:36:50,075
{\an7}Ince: THIS VERSION, THE T-11,
\h\h\hWAS ACTUALLY INTELLIGENT
701
00:36:50,108 --> 00:36:52,310
{\an7}AND IT COULD TELL
\hTHE DIFFERENCE.
702
00:36:52,343 --> 00:36:55,179
{\an7}RATHER THAN JUST LISTEN OUT
\h\h\hFOR THE LOUDEST SOUND,
703
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,515
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT WOULD PICK OUT
THE ACTUAL SHIP’S PROPELLER
704
00:36:57,549 --> 00:37:01,620
{\an7}RATHER THAN THE FOXER DEVICE.
705
00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:04,289
{\an7}Narrator: THIS HIGH-TECH TORPEDO
COULD BE THE REASON
706
00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:09,127
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHY U-534’S SKIPPER
REFUSED TO GIVE UP HIS SUB.
707
00:37:11,296 --> 00:37:14,266
{\an7}\hONE THEORY IS THAT HE WAS
TRYING TO GET IT TO JAPAN--
708
00:37:14,299 --> 00:37:17,502
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGERMANY’S ALLY
STILL FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC.
709
00:37:17,535 --> 00:37:19,303
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hInce:
SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SMUGGLING
710
00:37:19,337 --> 00:37:22,173
{\an7}THIS LATEST WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY
OFF TO THEIR ALLIES IN JAPAN.
711
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,608
{\an7}SHE HAD THE RANGE TO GET THERE.
712
00:37:23,641 --> 00:37:26,210
{\an7}SHE WAS FULLY FUELED UP,
\h\h\h\h\hFULL OF FOOD,
713
00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:30,248
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND QUITE EASILY
COULD HAVE DONE THAT JOURNEY.
714
00:37:30,281 --> 00:37:34,252
{\an7}Narrator: BUT IF U-534
HAD MADE IT TO JAPAN,
715
00:37:34,285 --> 00:37:38,422
{\an7}\h\hIT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO LATE
TO ALTER THE COURSE OF THE WAR.
716
00:37:38,456 --> 00:37:40,658
{\an7}BUT IT WASN’T JUST THE GERMANS.
717
00:37:40,692 --> 00:37:44,129
{\an7}THE U.S. HAD SURPRISES
\h\h\h\hOF THEIR OWN.
718
00:37:44,229 --> 00:37:46,765
{\an7}THEY WERE GETTING READY
FOR A MASSIVE INVASION,
719
00:37:46,798 --> 00:37:51,169
{\an7}AND A SECRET EXPERIMENTAL VESSEL
WAS A KEY PART OF THE PLAN.
720
00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:57,375
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAMONG THE ICONIC
WORLD WAR II PATROL BOATS
721
00:37:57,408 --> 00:38:00,311
{\an7}IN THE BATTLESHIP COVE MUSEUM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN MASSACHUSETTS
722
00:38:00,345 --> 00:38:04,049
{\an7}IS AN ODD-LOOKING WOODEN CRAFT.
723
00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:06,818
{\an7}WHEN THE MUSEUM ACQUIRED IT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1970s,
724
00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:09,620
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY BELIEVED IT WAS
A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE BOAT,
725
00:38:09,654 --> 00:38:15,160
{\an7}BUILT FOR SUICIDE MISSIONS
\hAGAINST ALLIED WARSHIPS.
726
00:38:15,193 --> 00:38:19,397
{\an7}\hTHEN, IN 2011, CLASSIFIED
CIA DOCUMENTS WERE RELEASED,
727
00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:22,400
{\an7}\hREVEALING IT TO BE
NOTHING OF THE KIND.
728
00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:27,138
{\an7}THE BOAT WAS NOT JAPANESE,
\h\hBUT IN FACT, AMERICAN.
729
00:38:27,172 --> 00:38:29,374
{\an7}IT WAS A SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE,
730
00:38:29,407 --> 00:38:32,377
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDEVELOPED AND BUILT
BY THE FORERUNNER OF THE CIA--
731
00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:36,547
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE OFFICE OF
STRATEGIC SERVICES--THE OSS.
732
00:38:36,581 --> 00:38:39,084
{\an7}Donald Shannon: IT WAS DESIGNED
TO RUN SHALLOW IN THE WATER
733
00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:41,953
{\an7}JUST ENOUGH FOR THE GLASS CUPOLA
AND THE STACKS
734
00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:43,221
{\an7}TO BE ABOVE THE WATER.
735
00:38:43,254 --> 00:38:45,656
{\an7}ONLY TWO OF THESE VESSELS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE BUILT.
736
00:38:45,690 --> 00:38:48,126
{\an7}Narrator: THE MEN WHO DEVELOPED
THIS SECRET CRAFT
737
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:50,194
{\an7}NICKNAMED IT GIZMO.
738
00:38:50,228 --> 00:38:59,537
{\an7}♪
739
00:38:59,571 --> 00:39:03,108
{\an7}\h\h\hGIZMO WAS BUILT FOR THE
PACIFIC WAR VERSION OF D-DAY--
740
00:39:03,141 --> 00:39:08,480
{\an7}AN AMPHIBIOUS INVASION OF JAPAN
CALLED OPERATION OLYMPIC.
741
00:39:08,646 --> 00:39:14,218
{\an7}\hX-DAY, AS IT WAS KNOWN,
WOULD BE NOVEMBER 1, 1945.
742
00:39:14,252 --> 00:39:16,454
{\an7}SUPPORTED BY BOMBERS,
743
00:39:16,487 --> 00:39:20,191
{\an7}OVER 42 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
\h\h\h\hAND 400 DESTROYERS
744
00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:23,295
{\an7}WOULD BE INVOLVED.
745
00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:27,132
{\an7}INTELLIGENCE ON MILITARY BASES
\h\h\hNEAR THE INVASION SITES
746
00:39:27,165 --> 00:39:29,367
{\an7}WAS ESSENTIAL.
747
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:35,273
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hKOREAN SPIES WERE KEY
TO OPERATION OLYMPIC’S SUCCESS.
748
00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:39,310
{\an7}\h\h\h\hKOREA HAD BEEN UNDER
JAPANESE CONTROL SINCE 1905,
749
00:39:39,344 --> 00:39:43,215
{\an7}AND THERE WERE PLENTY
OF RECRUITS AVAILABLE.
750
00:39:43,248 --> 00:39:45,117
{\an7}Shannon: THE IDEA WAS
\h\hTHESE TWO VESSELS
751
00:39:45,149 --> 00:39:49,620
{\an7}\h\h\hWERE GONNA BE OPERATED
BY ONE OSS AGENT PILOTING IT
752
00:39:49,654 --> 00:39:52,423
{\an7}AND TWO KOREAN OPERATIVES
\h\h\h\hINSIDE THE VESSEL.
753
00:39:52,457 --> 00:39:55,627
{\an7}THEY WOULD BE TRANSPORTED IN
\h\h\h\h\h\hON A SUBMARINE.
754
00:39:55,660 --> 00:40:00,398
{\an7}\hTHEY WOULD SNEAK IN AT NIGHT
USING A COMPASS WITH NO LIGHT,
755
00:40:00,431 --> 00:40:03,234
{\an7}NAVIGATE INTO THE BEACH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF JAPAN,
756
00:40:03,268 --> 00:40:07,139
{\an7}DROP OFF TWO KOREAN OPERATIVES,
RETURN TO THE SUBMARINE,
757
00:40:07,171 --> 00:40:09,140
{\an7}\hPICK UP TWO MORE
KOREAN OPERATIVES
758
00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:11,342
{\an7}AND MAKE THE TRIP ONE MORE TIME.
759
00:40:11,376 --> 00:40:16,114
{\an7}A SEVEN-HOUR TRIP WITH THREE MEN
IN THIS VERY SMALL VESSEL.
760
00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:17,515
{\an7}THE STEERING MECHANISM
761
00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:20,351
{\an7}IS ACTUALLY VERY MUCH LIKE
A SIMILAR, LIKE GO-KART--
762
00:40:20,385 --> 00:40:24,322
{\an7}\hJUST A SMALL HANDLE YOU PUSH
BACK AND FORTH FOR THE RUDDER.
763
00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:27,425
{\an7}Narrator: THE GIZMOS WERE TESTED
AT NIGHT, WITHOUT PERMISSION,
764
00:40:27,458 --> 00:40:30,428
{\an7}OUTSIDE THE LOS ANGELES
\h\h\h\h\h\hNAVAL BASE.
765
00:40:30,461 --> 00:40:34,632
{\an7}IF DISCOVERED, THEY WOULD BE
\hTREATED AS ENEMY VESSELS.
766
00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:37,502
{\an7}\hShannon: THE IDEA WAS TO SNEAK
INTO THE NAVAL BASE UNDETECTED--
767
00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:39,537
{\an7}EVEN THE NAVAL BASE
\h\h\hWAS NOT AWARE
768
00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:40,871
{\an7}THAT THEY WERE SNEAKING IN--
769
00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:43,641
{\an7}TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE
\h\h\hMORE REALISTIC.
770
00:40:43,675 --> 00:40:46,378
{\an7}\hNarrator: THE GIZMOS
SUCCEEDED EVERY TIME,
771
00:40:46,411 --> 00:40:49,314
{\an7}\hTHANKS TO THEIR
INGENIOUS DESIGN.
772
00:40:49,347 --> 00:40:50,582
{\an7}Shannon: THE LOW PROFILE
773
00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:51,883
{\an7}\h\h\h\hJUST RUNNING
JUST ABOVE THE WATER
774
00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:53,451
{\an7}WAS ONE WAY TO AVOID THE RADAR.
775
00:40:53,484 --> 00:40:55,152
{\an7}THE STACKS ABOVE THE WATERLINE
776
00:40:55,186 --> 00:40:57,889
{\an7}WERE ACTUALLY WRAPPED
\h\h\hWITH STEEL WOOL
777
00:40:57,922 --> 00:41:01,025
{\an7}\hTO ALSO DEFLECT
THE RADAR SIGNALS.
778
00:41:01,059 --> 00:41:03,495
{\an7}\hNarrator: BUT X-DAY
AND OPERATION OLYMPIC
779
00:41:03,528 --> 00:41:06,064
{\an7}NEVER MATERIALIZED.
780
00:41:06,097 --> 00:41:10,068
{\an7}THE GIZMO TEAMS NEVER MADE IT
\h\h\hBEYOND AMERICAN WATERS.
781
00:41:10,101 --> 00:41:11,502
{\an7}UNKNOWN TO ANY OF THEM,
782
00:41:11,536 --> 00:41:15,073
{\an7}\hA PARALLEL STRATEGY TO END
THE WAR WAS BEING DEVELOPED.
783
00:41:15,106 --> 00:41:16,441
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
784
00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:19,243
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hON AUGUST 6th
AN ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED
785
00:41:19,277 --> 00:41:22,480
{\an7}ON THE JAPANESE CITY
\h\h\hOF HIROSHIMA.
786
00:41:22,513 --> 00:41:25,616
{\an7}JAPAN SURRENDERED
\hNINE DAYS LATER.
787
00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:29,187
{\an7}THE SECRET GIZMO PROJECT
\h\h\h\h\hWAS CANCELLED.
788
00:41:35,393 --> 00:41:41,132
{\an7}BUT 60 YEARS OF INTRIGUE, SPYING
AND DECEPTION WASN’T OVER.
789
00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:44,702
{\an7}IT HAD BECOME PART AND PARCEL
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF MODERN WARFARE.
790
00:41:44,736 --> 00:41:46,871
{\an7}THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
791
00:41:46,904 --> 00:41:49,640
{\an7}MEANT THAT ALL THAT CREATIVITY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND INGENUITY
792
00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:53,311
{\an7}WOULD NOW BE DIRECTED
\h\hAT A NEW ENEMY...
793
00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:56,347
{\an7}THE SOVIET UNION.
794
00:41:56,381 --> 00:41:59,384
{\an7}THE SECRETS AND LIES CONTINUED.
95841
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