U32 - German Submarine Soldiers | Full Documentary
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30 people in a confined space, hard work around the clock and no contact with friends or family - life on one of the most modern submarines in the world is not for the faint of heart. The documentary accompanies the crew of the German U32 submarine on its journey from the Eckernforde naval base through the difficult-to-navigate Kiel Canal to Plymouth in England. The tasks of the crew even push the hard-boiled soldiers to their limits, as our submarine documentary shows.
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One of the best submarine documentary I've seen in a long while
Plenty more here.
The soundtrack to Das Boot, takes me back to the 80's and to still one of the best war films/submarine dramas/just best bloody films ever!! Much love from the UK
I appreciate your appreciation for Das Boot ❤ This movie realy is a masterpiece. Never saw a war film so intense, real and depressing, while still delivering some comic relief (don’t know whether the comical elements translate to not-germans). Let alone the soundtrack… You should look for the Mini Series, which was made for TV. The movie is a cut down version for cinema. The Mini Series is muuuch longer and better (although sometimes a bit slow). As a German who visited all continets beside Antarctica, i have to admit to never have been to Britain. Hope to settle that in the time to come. Cheers 🍻
Respect to the cook, i hate cooking one meal a day, this dude is cooking 90plus meals!!
I love that beer is being stored in the torpedo tubes. Germans are the best! I've been watching so many DW and Welt documentaries that I've been inspired to double down on remastering the German language to a B2 CEFR level that I used to be proficient at during my college studies and travels to Germany.
Beer over bombs ❤ May I ask whre you are from? US I guess?
10:11 LOL, storing beer in torpedo tubes.... this is the most german thing I've ever seen :))
the brits used to do this as well as my dad said it was standard to be drunk as long as you are surfaced.
The boot is not opérational with no torpédo ! not sérious !
Anyone know if the German Navy keeps any of its subs ready for combat or if they are all unarmed until hostilities have commenced?
Getting them out must be a pain in the ass. I guess it stops easy access.
@@bret9741 nice try Russia
love the music from "Das Boot".
goodmuzikfan 😂
Das Boot is considered the best Sub movie ever made....!
Absolute classic sub movie
U-532
@@steveshoemaker6347 //And it was sunk......
I've seen this documentary in its original German version - it was more somber and rather somewhat 'cool' in its overall outlook. The upbeat music and the American-english of this narration makes this really fun to watch again...
It's good to see Germany's best men and women continuing the honorable vocation of submarine service. It is the tireless commitment of motivated, proficient sailors like these, which gives the free world another day. It's a shame though, that this sub's designer could not include just 1 more sailor for the ship's mess - the length of the chef's work day seems equal to that of ship's captain.
I FULLY agree. Had just the same remark.
I just wanted someone to shout 'ALARM'!
g2macs 😂
Achtung!alarm!..Englische Flieger!
*DIVE!!!!!! DIVE!!!!!!!! DIVE!!!!!!!*
😂😂😂 Achtung snell snell ALARM
@@johannsebastianbach9003 I had expected something a lot more witty from the desert fox himself, and it being in English is an even bigger downer. Maybe I had too high a hope :-(
At 15:27. "Preparations are complete. The big day has arrived. We are heading for England on the manoeuvre we have been training for"..... since 1939. LOL
Alan Johnson your butt badly hurt😂😂😂😂😂
since 1914 at least
Wrong... 1914...!
@El Capitano Guillermo dodo they say third times the charm Eh?
@@shahanarif4295 I don't get it
“hardly anyone drinks beer at sea” he says loading 10 cases into the sub
In Germany 10 cases would be a half man supply! 😞
I suppose they'll have to drink the full 10 cases while in transit on Kiel canal, before arriving the north sea. Bottoms up!! and down we go. :D
@@wudruffwildcard252 i am german and for me its like when u hear that for example the italians only eat pizza or the americans always carry weapons ect....
Classic. Lol. And they are sailing to Plymouth. Lol.
Yea these are german standarts. 2 beers = 0 beers!
I noticed that the tradition of the boat commander wearing the white hat continues from WW2. I hope the cook gets paid extra for all his work.
The tradition of naval captains wearing those white hats has been around for longer than ww2. Nearly all modern naval uniforms are based off of the Royal Navy since ww1.
02:30 Map 04:10 Specification 14:38 Das Boot 17:50 Periscope and Radar 18:25 Diving Preparation 19:25 Diving 20:53 Ballast Tank 22:20 Two Periscopes 22:50 Sonar Post 30:35 Surfacing 31:35 Submarines of German Navy 32:05 Sailor's Room 34:18 Captain's Room 41:50 Toilet 45:00 Simulator
HAHA I was looking for the 'Das Boot' comment!
Im playing silent hunter 5 wolves of steel... Cool song
KZhead helper award 🥇
@@beedalton9675 Writer, author: Thomas Jacob Bergersen Bänd, company: Two Steps from Hell Album: Invincible Title, song: Freedom Fighters Released: 2010 😎
das boot my man
I served in the U.S Air Force, but much of my family and friends have served on U.S. submarines. I have the highest respect for these men and women who go to sea on submarines and say what you will about WWII, Germany had some of the best submarines and crews. They trained hard, fought hard, and made their mark. I don't think that modern-day German submariners are any different. Well trained, dedicated and willing to go the distance. Calm seas to the crew of U-32.
*They lost 30,000 out of 36,000 volunteers in WW2, the highest losses per unit than any service in modern history*
@@gerrynightingale9045 We had 60,000 thousand Men not 36,000...
@@Lary-xg2un *If the figures are wrong, tell Germany!* *i went with what was published as-of 1945 for losses among ACTIVE submarine crews, not 'Reserves nor any other type of service in the 'Kriegsmarine*
Danke schön from Germany 😊
@@gerrynightingale9045 where did you get these statistics, sometimes people are so confident in figures, as they were counting the heads of those times. Please keep in mind that these kind of post war figures are part of propaganda machine
Excellent documentary, interesting to learn that Germany has such modern subs, glad they are our allies in NATO! Cheers from Canada, be well everyone!!
Danke
@@pjolex5896 Bitte
I agree! Way too much hate and name calling in the comments! We are all allies and we should all be glad about that! I for one respect the hell out of Germany and how they’ve rebuilt, I’d be proud to have them on my side! 🇺🇸🇩🇪
Stuffing beer into the torpedo tubes is the most German thing ever lmao
14:38 31:06 music from Das Boot! greatest submarine movie ever made!!!!
*I think it was one of the 'Best Movies Ever', military or not*
It makes this video really exciting and brings out the climatic feeling. BTW, I thought there is a club-remix version available which came out around the 90s.
@@kennyraiden9346 U 96 Das Boot
I take it you have never watched The Yellow Submarine. Best sub movie ever
time to get the wolf pack back together
I rewatched "Das Boot" after this. Always impressive.
Watch out to the mini series made for TV. The movie is a cut-down-version for cinema
@@GroppeljohannKlotenkempe-vr6oh Where to find the mini series?
@@jinpingyang6015 I bought in Amazon
I’m proud of y’all, the rest of the world 🌎 needs to support y’all
I like how the Captain "sings" with the rest of the crew while passing commands.
That poor cook.. jesus I feel for him
my feelings is exactly
Jesus told me to wear clothes
As a former chef I also know what that feels liked...
most important man in the crew.
That is wrong and will become a huge problem while in the war time.
I love how their first mission is to sail to england lol
funny
It's almost as if everyone is working together nowadays right? Crazy isn't it.
@Hans Sausage Remind me who had the largest navy back then and used it to subjugate most of the world again?
@@user-propositionjoe is a joke man why u have to be mad
The Royal Navy and the Deutsche Marine have been working side by side for decades now...They're the best of pals !
Fascinating documentary, and loved hearing the classic 'Das Boot' film theme kick in at 14:37.
I had a wry smile when they started playing the music from Das Boot. The up-tempo version normally signified that the ship was in full attack mode, ready to launch torpedoes and sink merchant vessels.
These documentaries are so high quality, it's amazing. Excellent work guys keep the content coming 👍💪👍
Got the Chance to visit Eckernforde when I was an Air Defense Soldier with the 10th Air Defense Brigade US Army. Brigade Commander was Col Heebner, he is now a retired 3 Star! Nice place, I enjoyed the Bean Soup and Rot Wurst on Thursday with the German Army.
"Brot Wurst" Basically translates to mean bread sausage or sausage you eat with bread. (usually rye bread)
@@bunzeebear2973 Rot Wurst is korrekt, the sausage has nothing to die with bread
That's fine rotisserie chicken. That chef is probably the most important crew member of the sub.
100%
I have a family member who is involved in the construction of these beautiful submarines when they are built...I am so proud of this person's contribution to the safety of Germany and the world..
'Beautiful' is not something that comes to mind when you see a submarine, but that's a beautiful sub!
I agree i want one. I am seeking someone to go half with me in buying one.
What a great documentary video ! The professionalism of the crew is impressive ! Then the U 32 herself propelled, when submerged , by fuel cell technology which is super quiet...great show !
The Captain is a fool telling the world where the guns & ammo is stored! It was the same with Enigma that Germans are blinkered when security is compromised they can't think outside the box. Or under the bed. It beggars belief. Could be lying tho'? They ain't that smart.
Fuel cells - like the ww2 walther uboats
As an American (and a big Navy fan , in particular Submarines) - I just turned 40 but I still have some of my youth left in me - I'm watching this and enjoying it and listening to the kid @33:00 - he seems like a good kid, I'm thinking to myself, "If WW3 ever starts, kids like him will be fighting on our side, it's good to know we have Allies with extremely-advanced Subs and good kids in the crew.." - and then I realize - it was not too far back in history when the men of the German Navy - in particular the submarines - were quite literally our sworn enemy and most hated people on Earth ... And now, I'm watching them have chicken dinner and listening to them talk about Mom's jam and complimenting their technologies etc. Man, it's a trip, how that works.
I felt the same also you should watch Das Boot an excellent movie about a WW2 type 7 u boat even if they were the enemies I feel bad for them their life was hard
I totally agree! I’m glad they are on our side now and not against us! I’d be a lot more worried about another war if they weren’t fighting beside us!
Very interesting .. and great quality ..Given the history of their submarine service, being a German submariner has to be something special.
7:41 you know its a german crew when they bring beer
Are you kidding, every navy EXCEPT the U.S. Navy has alcohol on board. LOL
@vzdorr b Ofcourse, they have to function properly.
@SNP Alba foreveryou also get a run-out beer 😂
the canucks and the brits haul along hard stuff. beer is reserved for deodorant.
@Mumpel Tier becks is auch pisswasser
"WIR SEGELN FUR ENGLAND!" Ha Ha! Man what a proud tradition and history these sailors have to live up to!
When the Captain said "We sail for England" I half expected someone to open up a dusty book of standing orders that still said "Kaisermarine" on it
Masterful overdub. Sounds like native speaker in both languages, english and german. Also the vibe of the commands being translated is very well done. Good job to the localization company that did this.
yeah your right. They even mimiced the commands spoken through the mic and speaker ..
German technology has always been proven, and some of Indonesia admires it
Captain wears a White Cap... Crew fill every available space with supplies... Living History
🤣😂😉
I'm 77, 60 years ago I first went to sea on a deep sea fishing trawler. I wished we had boats like that then.
Most navys in the world wish too
This is extremely interesting. Great narration. Good luck and safe travelling for the crew.
I was on three Nuclear submarines in the United States Navy, so I can relate to these fellow submarine sailors. Especially in the stores loading and the lack of enough racks aka bunks on board. That's something our newest Fast Attacks have in common. Only my first boat, the USS HENRY CLAY SSBN625, a Polaris missile boat, was big enough for everyone to have their own bed. The biggest difference is how long they can stay at sea. I spent 72 days at sea on my first patrol, which is a lot longer than the German boat can do. However, that boat would be a very dangerous foe in a battle. It's quiet as hell and has the same kind of weapons.
Great observations, thanks.
Yeah Becks beer! Kkk
We dont need nuclear subs because we don't want to be world dominators (any more). The 212a class is perfectly suited to defend our coastline. Small, silent, deadly. It is able to operate in shallow waters where the big nuclear powered subs simply cannot. Perfect match for our needs.
I'd even say the weapons are better in some regards. Fiber Optical guided torpedos and fiber optical submarine to air missiles that aren't capsulated. The IDAS system they have on-board a thing to look out for in ASW tactics. And staying underwater for 18 days without snorkeling is pretty impressive, might be the current record for diesel boats. Obviously cant compare to a nuclear submarine.
@@augustus4711 That's not good enough if your enemy has missiles that can be launched from 1000 miles away. What would your submarines do against a nuclear armed opponent?
german sailors in 1942: attacking convoys, sinking ships, battling for months underwater. german sailors in 2020: stacking beer in torpedo slots with feet.
Let hi No o7u in p
And let's hope it stays that way
Brit Air-sailors in 1942... bombing down cities and murdering millions of civilians (grandparents, babies and children....)
There was bier in the WW 2 U Boots also !!! hahahahahaha!!!Prost !!
don't compare the state to those times.. currently its just a provincial power. kept weak and subjugated on purpose by its supposedly allies.
2:10 he's trying not to laugh in front of the camera
Benjamin Beck, Lieutenant, looks just like the actor that stared in Das Boot. Great video, keep up the good work.
I love how they played the theme song from Das Boot at 14:37
Great channel. Awesome content, I found this a week ago.
Awesome, the best "day in the life of a submariner" documentary ever!!
One of these German subs (an older model) visited our US Navy submarine base in Groton Connecticut with a German Navy support ship back in 1995 while I was there on shore duty in R-9, 31-Fox Hydraulic shop. They invited us to tour their boat, and of course to "sample" some of their European beer, which has a higher alcohol percentage than our American beer... well, that was a culture exchange, for after one of their beers we were "feeling fine." The German guys were looking at us like saying "look at these girly Americans, can't handle our beers LOL... memories...
Oddly, isn't Beck's an American beer? Anyhow, the narrator made it seem as if nobody drank much beer on the boat. The KINGS OF BEER DRINKERS? Not to mention how much was taken aboard?
You forgot to say how they the Germans had one shot of Jack Daniels and Passed out!
@@garychandler4296 of course its not an American Beer. Its a german brewery. What do you guys know at all?
@@HT-xt8rj It was just a guess. I don't drink it.
@@garychandler4296 its all ok man we are allies.👍 I dont like it very much either
I bet that all the crew including the captain has watch "das boot" many times before they even enter the navy. and when the reporter is gone, they will sing their heart out "it a long way to Tipperary" to their loudspeaker hehe
Another excellent & Fantastic documentary ! Thanks
Wow! At last a superb documentary about life in a submarine! After watching almost all the good submarine movies including Das Boot numerous times, this is a life saver!. Thank you!
My father was a submariner trough the 60s-80s, he had a hoodie with the text "Submen do it deeper" ;-)
Truly fascinating documentary. I actually did not know Germany had submarines today. I greatly admire all of these amazing young submariners!
We don't just own submarines - we build them and sell them too - to Israel for example
@@totilucke4992 sheiBe
to be honest here: compared to other countries and other submarines, these are disappointing.
@@dharkbizkit how so? theyre extremely hard to detect maybe some of the most stealthy subs out there and stealth is a submarines greatest asset especially the new type 212 CD subs and the torpedos are deadly to pretty much any vessel anyway
Funny how I remember a German aircrew asking me for ice one hot weekend afternoon. I told them i would get it when i went to chow. When I returned, they came over with a mop bucket full of beer cans. The then poured the ice over the beer cans, handed me a beer and off to work on their plane they went. I found it kind of hilarious but cool.
Yeah, I mean..hey, this is Germany....We talk a lot about cars and soccer because, well...you don´t even need to mention beer....
Excellent documentary...Don't know how they manage to get adequate rest, and still maintain combat readiness...Very professional crew!
I heard them say the foods that went on board was to calm the nerves...then I see a couple cases of "MONSTER ENERGY DRINK" which is high in caffeine and sugar and makes you hyper. Go figure.
German subs, always the cutting edge...always with unsuspected and revolutionary innovations ! Boy, am I glad this time we have them as allies for a change !
Star Gazer cutting edge is not this, one American arleigh Burke class destroyer or one BAE type 45 frigate would sink these hundreds of miles before they knew what was coming.
@@madmartigan185 well, actually no they won't you can't sink what you can't hear :) the US navy and the british navy tried it in countless trainings :)
@@madmartigan185 - No way....!!!
@@madmartigan185 Actually not
@@suddenhit3923P8's would find them. If that didn't their submarines would.
I recognize that tune from Das Boot. Thanks for posting. Good on ya mate.
Type 212 is one of the stealthiest sub in the world, no question. This sub is legit work of art.
You have to congratulate the German industry for doing that, AIP propulsion is really hard to develop, only Japan, Sweden and this year Spain have it,and this was made 15 years ago. Really spectacular!!!
They are mainly licence builds from the German ship yard TKMS (Thyssen Krupp Marien Systems). The Swedish ship yard (Kockums ) is/was owned by TKMS, the Spanisch ship yard also uses the propulsion from Siemens. Japan uses Lithium-ion batteries.
@@Rick2010100 The German boats have also been converted to modern lithium-ion batteries in recent years.
South Korea now too
Love the music from ‘Das Boot’ just before the sub leaves harbour’. Great film. Nice touch I thought
Great entertaining and interesting documentary, really enjoy it! Thanks!
Enjoyed watching this Doc. 🤙 up to the cooks, pushed to the limits preparing grub for ships crew.
Excellent video. Best wishes to the captain and crew.
I just love the fact that aside from beer ,they also have redbull , so awesome 😂
I saw a crate of Fanta
my fave is the crate of kit kats
That is one slick looking boat. Being a diesel, she's nearly silent at under 5 knots. The Germans build a very functional and lethal boat. Bravo Deutschland!!!!!
They had the best technology in WW2, even a little too advanced. The Typ XXI was the first real sub that could run submerged on diesels. The Allies resurrected several of them to see how they worked. I think it is called the U2540 but you can visit one in Bremerhaven.
It better be...with only six and each only having six torpedoes, they're essentially coast guards with a "one and done" type of mission.
Great video. I applaud ALL of the world's submariners.
Thanks for educating us and the world with such a dedicated submarine force on U-32. Yes, some people have to smell some other crews' bad socks and accepting a lot of sacrifices for the sake of safeguarding the Germany nation and working with the Allies and others.
Looks to be a very professional crew!
Yes I'd seems so but I can't believe that a crew member has a coffee cup setting by the company key board.
Computer key board
I don't think I saw any teenagers on board and that helps. South Korea also uses only senior ranks on their subs. In Navies, "senior" can mean 27 years old. 👩🔧🇺🇲🇷🇺
I love it. They are playing the theme music from Das Boot.
Whats that?
@@TeamLegacyFTW It's a movie about a German U Boat and her crew during WWII
Off course. It is very important for my Country 👊😄😄
Manuel Hausmann bad omen I’d say. Considering so many U boats were sunk.
@@TeamLegacyFTW the best movie/series ever made
The Das Boot theme song. Perfect touch!
realmente, submarinos espectaculares.
I wish all the sailors on board the subs all the best during their carrier.
It's a submarine. Carriers look different and have aeroplanes!
@@dunruden9720 He meant Career lol
@@kptlt.phillipthomsen5973very poor english
Awesome boat, awesome crew!
Well, lets see, in 2013 a German Type 212 (U-32) not only set a record of staying submerged for 18 days (non-nuclear), but also penetrated the Strike Group’s ASW screen and managed to simulate a torpedo attack on the Carrier. Sort of a repeat of when U-24 (an older type 206 class), which in 2001 during excercise JTFEX 01-2 successfully penetrated the USS Enteprise's ASW screen and fired green smoke next to the carriers hull, "at collision proximity". These type of submarine could also purposely pass a Los Angeles class sub multiple times without it noting them
Richtig, war bei einem Rimpac oder?
А ранее Шведы на Готланде не делали тоже самое?А Советская подлодка не всплывала в центре Американской эскадры ,во времена Толи Эйзенхауэра ,Толи Кеннеди ?
The commander is doing his job with utmost responsiblity and dedication.
Just imagine you were attacked by a foreign sub and you forgot that beer is on the torpedo tubes 😂
It might just get the crew on the vessel being fired on to abandon their stations! LOOK! FREE BEER! MAN ....MEN OVERBOARD
It’s OK- no damage done, it was light beer…
Не волнуйтесь: ...покуражились подводники немножко! На подводной лодке, идущей на боевую службу, в торпедные аппараты всегда загружено оружие.
Love the music used at 14:37 with the Das Boot movie. Classic!!!!
Excellent, WELT is doing marvelous job for quality information and investigative research based documentaries. Well done. Full marks.
great HD documentary, I had no idea how modern diesel subs are now. Looks much better than my days on Oberons.
Which one did u serve on?
Impressive design and propulsion! As the actor Curd Jürgens said decades ago"..we build them good in Germany...".
beer in torpedo tube.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's some creative solution when meeting hostile...
In about 1985 I as a civilian took a trip from Montreal to Hamilton, Ontario on the H.M.C.S. Ottawa which has since been scrapped. The magazine was stocked with beer. Guys who were not on watch had all they wanted out of vending machines. Today of course it's out of the question as are the daily grog rations.
Even with becks, they cannot resist our foamy head!
@@henerymag Back in those days the R.C.A.F. barracks had beer machines too. Then some schmuck decided political correctness was better than common sense and that was that.
@@deltavee2 And the aircraft still flew, the ships still sailed and people knew when it was time for a beer and when not. Well nothing stays the same.
Isn't it typical German to put beer the torpedotude? xD
Could never do this type of job. I would lose my mind in that kind of enclosed environment/space. 🤯
Вам некуда деваться из подводной лодки🤪. На флоте есть такая поговорка: "...тяжело первых десять лет службы, а потом привыкнешь"!
Very cool! Loved the Das Boot soundtrack playing the background! Very fitting! Cheers from Texas and safe travels to the crew of U-32
On their first mission they're sailing to English waters. Some things never change.
I was just imagining what would happen if they had an authorised missile tube test, but did it with the wrong tube... "Darn it, you've launched the beer!!!" 😱😆🤣
that would never happen. germans might forget where they put a torpedo or two but they never forget where they put the beer.
The hole Crew is freaking out. The next torpedo is the gunman that short the beer 🤣 happy day from Germany.
Whoever launched it would get to ride home on the outside... "Hold your breath Hans"
😂😂😂
the beer noooooooo the beeerrrrrrr noooooooo!!!!!!
Great documentary, I enjoyed it.
I really like the patch they have on their sleeve beneath their German Flag patch! Looks like a wolf... wish I could get one of those patches! I'm one of those military vets who collects patches
Seawolf
My father served on diesel boats from '46-'49. He'd get a kick out of watching the plush conditions these crewmen are living under.
He didn't serve in Germany.
Impressive.... This is amazing. What a crew, what a machine. An amazing weapon. The crew seems well prepared and very professional. It would take a special person to tolerate this environment.
Great job thank you for defending us my Brothers
The actual training was so realistic there's always strong coordination with all crew members with their commander. The command resposibilitiies well done by the commander in chief. I would like to view this again...so interesting!
Incredible German super submarine tech.
The modern day "Das Boot", has a long history of most disciplined German Navy, Hi I'm from India, nice upload, danke schoen.
Hallo from germany
Very interesting.This is a great documentary.
Great Documentary!!!
I love how they use the torpedo storage for beer! 😁
I guess it keeps it conveniently at a pleasant drinking temperature.
I like the emergency drill. Practice, practice, practice.
Best documentary ever🔥🔥🔥🔥
I think these men and women are the ones who keep the rest of us safe, their courage and dedication means a lot to me personally, they are doing the best they can,may father God bless their families and friends,Amen
Great documentary. Special people in crew. I could never do it.
I could, tho would want a cyanide pill in case of being sunk. Thought of drowning is not for me.