The British Fashion Designer Who Oversaw Countless WW2 Assassinations | Secret War | Timeline
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A celebrated postwar fashion designer and style icon, Hardy Amies was one of the most unlikely spymasters of World War II. Discover how this man was not only a talent in designing clothing but also in orchestrating complex secret operations.
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New meaning to "Killer Fashion"... Well done Brits 👏 And thank you for another wonderful documentary 🙏
@lesleyghostdragon3149 what a moniker!
It takes a special kind of courage to risk your life knowing people will never hear of your exploits . To be willing to work and possibly die in the dark with not a person to bowing their head with your passing . God bless you all .
Well said
Amies did not risk his life. He had others do it..
I followed this documentary with rapt attention. I had to remember to tell myself to breathe during parts of this. My late wonderful father (passing in 2017) was a medic on Omaha Beach June 6, 1944 and participated in the push eastward in the aftermath of D-Day. A voracious reader, he may have already known about this fellow, but if not, oh how I wish I could have shared this with him.
A toast to your late father, Cheers. 🍻
@@Zak66666 Bless you for that.
@@Zak66666 Here Here! I can't believe the bravery of those men. They debt we owe them is mind boggling!
Thanks for sharing this will all of us. May his memory be eternal...as so far the results of his bravery have been! My best to you!
@@totostamopo Thank you for your wonderful reply. My dad was so special on so many levels and yes(!), his memory is eternal. 😇Eternal blessings back to you.
Now - watch the documentary on the “Limping Lady” spy of WW2. Why her life hasn’t been made into a movie is beyond me.
She appears in this movie which came out a few years ago (heavily fictionalised) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Call_to_Spy
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy.
SAILOR AT THE END ???
Well, I see what you did there!
Love that movie!
He’s referring to the John Le Carre novel ….
@northerngirl4666 it's also a reference from an Abbot and Costello movie. I'm curious now if the book and movie are the same
From over Ths Pond. We get little, except the odd book or movie about these events. This was an exceptional offering. Factual, critical and informative. Well done. More please.
These Résistance groups across Europe deserve a lot of credit for the Allied victory.
Very true. Thank God for them. Patriots to their countries. Unhearld heros.
People are multidimensional. When given the chance they transform unveiling their amazing qualities!
....or their worst qualities...
The SOE, Resistance Fighters and other People who assisted them were brave beyond reason. Knowing what the outcome would be if caught. Never forget their sacrifice.
When I lived in Belgium in the late 1970s, we talked to others who lived in our building about their experiences during WWII. The husband of our concierge was 17 when the war ended. He said that he worked with the resistance because it was more fun than going to school. RIP Guillaume. I recognized that house in Ixelles, but had no idea of its history. And I spent some time at the Athenee in St. Gilles, not realizing that the grand building down the street had been a prison. As a child in London, I had a dress from Hardy Amies that I wore to church and the theater. It's still one of the chicest things I ever owned. At 7, I felt so fancy wearing it.
That Lysander at 9:26 was one of my favorite model planes when I was a kid. Always wanted to fly in one. This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on KZhead.
Fascinating. Thank you. The background music could have been a lot lower so we could hear the narrator better. Thanks again.
I will never understand the need for loud intrusive and completely unnecessary “music” in these documentaries.
Very interesting - while the exploits of the SOE in France are probably widely known, I for one knew little of what happened in Belgium.
The bicycle pump gun was what you would call the very first of its kind silencer.
Not the first of its kind. That dates back to Hiram Maxim’s research. The guns are still available commercially - they are classified as “veterinary pistols”.
A thoroughly enjoyable dissertation on Amies role in SOE. The only pity is that the music is so loud as often to obscure the commentary, and at times make it almost unintelligible.
Thanks for mentioning the sound issues, now I won't waste my time getting aggravated, lol. Shame, sounds interesting!
I simply turned audio off and subtitles on..
This is a designer working for good to counter the designer working for evil (Hugo Boss).
Many of the SOE’s agents were arrested, German officials had their codes and often intercepted their communications. Causing many to lose their lives, some were caught after they parachuted to the destination of drop off. Those caught were tortured by gestapo and imprisoned or executed.
What an incredibly well done documentary featuring a great leader and his brave compatriots! Thanks!
Excellent docco. So many great stores about this period are almost unknown. I would love to see the complete series about SOE made in 1984 re-released.
Agreed! So many European WW2 stories are told over and over and over and over. So much more to explore!
And I would love to know just how effective SOE was. I know much of the work is probably still classified, and we may never know.
Very interesting documentary, never knew of this dressmaker turned soe , very determined to carry out the mission, yet humble about his part he played. Thanks 😊
Whoa. Top-shelf docu., in production *and* subject matter. The switched newspaper really helped to turn the tide for Belgium and her people. Media's *power* was used for *good* in this particular situation. 📚
fascinating history! Amies, despite his foibles, is amazing! What a brilliant mind and superb warrior!
A TRUE PATRIOT.
This would make a great movie
Yes, before Spielberg gets in first and turns it into a US op.
My thoughts exactly
Only illegal war operations aren't quite fashionable in this world. It just goes to show how obvious other terrorist acts worldwide are in fact self inflicted ... to gain internal support and allied backing.
@@Pseudonym-aka-alias - Indeed!
The real "kingsman". Oxfords, not Brogues.
Ok..this where they got the base of the script for that movie from.
A formidable character. Wow. Learned something new. Thanks.
brilliant one of these unsong heroes. Thank you
Great men! I have Cambridge tie from Hardy Amies. Thank you for the film. I always admired Brits doing their work. With respect from Armenia!
Bicycle pump my father often had to deliver bicycle pumps some contained messages and some might have been those weapons themselves it explains a lot about the guy traveling on a bicycle who kills the collaborator who is about to hand over a list my father found out after the war that his name was on that list. I forgot to add here that it was his cover name the name he used it was the false name that he had been given by those who made him the false papers that he had that looked authentic they could pass inspection. Also when you see that the ammunition part of the case is taken off it looks just like an old fashioned bicycle pump if you have to smuggle it somewhere you you could smuggle it passed any number of people and all they would think is that you had a bicycle pump on you but that also required you to have the bicycle to go with it.
That was a extremely good program
This would make a great movie. What a story.
My great grandfather was a tailor in the British army during the war… perhaps he had some fun as well? (Almost sure he didn’t lol).
Great episode! Learned a lot. Thanks.
This sounds like an amazing foundation for a whole franchise of theatrical-release spy-type movies!
Excellent video...God Bless The Resistors..
Yes. Thank u Mark nevels signing out lol i love history
Totally new information, thank you, loved it :)
Well, Mr Amies had a long history of coordinating the work of small teams of artisans to complete special, bespoke commissions. Assassination / dress making - same same.😮
The German Military at that time wore snappy Hugo Boss designed uniforms.
Yeah don’t go into a Hugo boss and ask for anything from the ‘44-‘45 collection
😂😂😂 I shouldnt laugh at this @@tifKh
Boss Rocks!
Only manufactured by Boss, not designed by him or his company.
Wow. Did Hugo Boss really only manufacture the uniforms? If that's the case then I guess I always just assumed that Boss designed them too. But if I did assume that, then it's most certainly bc documentaries implied that to be the case.
What a fantastic film script!
When your ascot wearing grandpa has a higher body count than you do in COD. 😂
Love these documentaries…so very educational!
Thank You for this excellent 💛 documentary. I've learned a lot. Never knew the fashion industry could be so dangerous. Very interesting indeed.
Thank you fantastic story ❤
I would have loved to see the picture better just to see if there are any of my relatives in that picture, I have family that were in both the Belgian underground and the French Underground. And I really would have liked if there are any of those pictures.
I've read about this guy
Nice pic of a Welrod pistol.
what an amazing man
I've seen this movie. Yeah, I loved Zoolander!
That was fascinating! Thanks so much.
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about SOE,Tea section, Hardy Emmi ,and ratweek operations in Belgium 🇧🇪 during WW2..against German calibrators..thank you 🙏 ( time line) channel.
So we know now where the concept of kingsman comes from.
Great vid!
Absolutely fascinating
THANK YOU!
What a great story! Such brave men!
Excellent! Thank you!
Some of the flippant comments sadden me. Perhaps it is a way to deal with the frightening seriousness of the topic.
Fantastic documentary.
Thank you for this story, i had never heard of this fashion designer. So, he designed cloths for men and women then ?
Never trust a fashion designer.
the Tailor of Panama ( 2001 ) movie
Inspiration for Garak?
Garak was a traitor to Cardassian government, but other than that, I was thinking about that too, especially after costume note
lol! Was looking for this comment! Fellow Trekkie geeks unite! 🎉
Awesome!
Now I know where they got the inspiration for the Garack character from Star Trek DS9 😅
and then the Antwerp was useless as the islands along the channel leading in was not take. Ike finally had to give Monty a direct order to open Antwerp. The Germans had, had a good bit of time to fortify and a log of Canadians and Brits paid for the delay.
Amazing history
Once again, this story should remind people that our sexual preferences don't matter. They are our own. What matters is what, as a human, we bring to the table. I am straight but, my colleagues are not. They save people and care for them everyday. They're heroes everyday. Does it matter if they're LGBT? Nobody's asking when they're in crisis. People, let's look at the person human first
Excellent
I always liked the Lysander liaison aircraft. I went through a phase of model building where the more "green house" the better. Not a "sexy" plane but cool.
This Belgium government in exile could have had individuals with relatives that were collaborating with the Nazis. That was my first thought as to why they would not approve "Ratweek."
The Kingsmen...without all the james bond action.
He did his duty , then didn’t want to talk about it a fine fellow
My grandmother worked for him as a seamstress in the fifties The family story was as he heard about her past. She was imprisoned by the Nazis for refusing to join the " Bund Deutscher Mädel" and was unfortunate enough to be in Dresden during the bombing and then had to walk hundreds of kilometres to her mothers house in Villach. Her mother fainted when she knocked on the door as she thought my grandmother had died in the firebombing. My grandfather was an English soldier who took her home to the U.K and they split up and she met her second husband and moved to London and ended up as a seamstress for Hardy Amies .
Your family story is as amazing, or maybe more amazing than the documentary.
Well made and interesting but the loud music is rather distracting
Canada didn't have an air force in 1918. The RCAF was established in 1924.
they did not do much of this in Czechoslovakia after Anthropoid that is for sure.
He probably came under the Official Secrets Act and couldn't talk to just anyone about his wartime activities anyway.
13:56 : Rexist Léon Degrelle speaks!
My New Idol.
These brave people were key to taking back their country.
finally! rat week exposed
Seriously what a life, fancy tailoring by day covert ops by night.
Kingsman 😳
After the war...curious what happened to the German "handlers" and administrators like Amies on the Axis side?
Belgium is like this today they play both sides of the political fence! Whilst plundering Africas wealth,
Where are they plundering still?
WAS BLETLCHY PARK INVOLVED?
Probably it dealt with much of the intelligence, but there were other stations aswell.
Great documentary, but really horrible and annoying music..
Why is the music so loud, constantly...🙄
How much is true? How much is false? How much is exaggerated?
I know this story is true because you can see it in The Tell-Tale teardrops of a serial murderer in the pics of his later years. Which make the younger pictures of him all the more sad.
O dear, killed with no trial even after war, is no no.
Bet no one ever said no to him cause they were too scared of his knitting needles!
Great film but a shame his surname was mispronounced throughout.
Bet fashionbyai could dream up some daring digestible disguises too.
Via MKS
You cannot count?
Not PES
Pretty sure his name is pronounced Aims!
Ooops. The Royal Canadian Airforce is 100 years old in 2024. So, Dezitter couldn’t have been a member in WW 1. He might have served in the British Flying Corps the precursor of the RAF. I’m 84 a Canadian and a long time studier of WW 1 and 2 and Dezitter was born and died in Belgium not Canada. He was executed in Belgium as a traitor. Get your facts right please.
According yo V.S.