Own a one-of-a-kind collector’s watch aged in the sands of Utah Beach. Crafted to honour the legacy of D-Day and those who served: A battleship that sank itself, a female reporter who snuck onto the beach, fake paratroopers fooling the Nazis, secret mini-subs scouting the shores, and an underwater pipeline powering the invasion — here are 5 surprising stories from D-Day you’ve probably never heard.
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USS Texas
History. Battleship Texas. Accessed 14/12/2024.
Operation Torch. Britannica. Accessed 14/12/2024.
The USS Texas (BB-35) Was Intentionally Flooded During D-Day. War History Online. Accessed 14/12/2024.
The USS Texas flooded itself…on purpose. We Are The Mighty. Accessed 14/12/2024.
Martha Gellhorn
Flint and Steel: The Tumultuous Marriage of Martha Gellhorn & Ernest Hemingway. Literary Ladies Guide. Accessed 14/12/2024.
Martha Gellhorn: Eyewitness to War. The National WW2 Museum. Accessed 14/12/2024.
There is a point where you feel so small and helpless in an enormous, insane nightmare of a world that you cease to give a hoot and start laughing'. The Guardian. Accessed 14/12/2024.
Operation Titanic
What were Rupert parachute dummies?. The D-Day Story. Accessed 15/12/2024.
The X-Craft
Operation Gambit: Britain’s D-Day X-Craft. Historic UK. Accessed 15/12/2024.
How The Royal Navy's X-Class Midget Subs Helped Make D-Day Possible. Jalopnik. Accessed 15/12/2024.
X-craft midget submarines. COPP Survey. Accessed 15/12/2024.
Operation Pluto
Krammer. Arnold. 1992. Operation PLUTO: A Wartime Partnership for Petroleum. Technology and Culture. 33:3. Accessed 15/12/2024.
Operation Pluto. D-Day Revisited. Accessed 15/12/2024.
PLUTO system. Musée du Débarquement. Accessed 15/12/2024.
Timestamps
Intro: (00:00)
The Battleship That Sunk Itself On Purpose: (00:22)
Fake Scarecrow Invasion: (02:13)
The Woman Who Snuck In D-Day: (04:48)
Mini-Sub Attack: (06:18)
Gas Pipeline Under The Sea: (08:06)
Outro: (09:28)
Credit:
Simple History Creator: Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Video Directors: Lav Velimirovic, Ognjen Jovic
Script: Jake Leigh-Howarth
Script Review: Peter Turner
Narrator: Chris Kane ()
Artists: Fiona Phan, Selma Belegic
Animators: Nancy Bhalla, Krishna, Guillermo G. Caasi. Jr, Ravina Bheda, Rommel Ponferrada
Editor: Artem Dobrohodov, James Dowse
Thumbnails: Fiona Phan
Brand Partnerships: Justin St-Laurent
Senior Production Manager: Umar Ijaz
Simple History Channel Manager: James Dowse
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