Today Astrid and Anna explore the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, a top-secret WWII guide that taught ordinary people how to disrupt the Nazi war machine. From factory slowdowns to derailed trains, they show how small acts of sabotage targeted Hitler’s regime, and how resistance often came from unexpected places.
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31 Comments
Hi everyone, Clara here, I'm a production assistant at Timeghost and this was my first time writing for the channel! Which acts of sabotage from WWII do you find most surprising or clever? Let us know in the comments!
16:13 a true saboteur knows to drink the wine to produce the urine! [touches finger to temple]
women saboteurs were no match for axis male soldiers to make them look the other way, or having a high ranking officer to be at a certain place to be taken care of by another member of the cell
"We are evil men in the garden of paradise, sent by the forces of Death to deliver devastation and destruction wherever we go."
Spies, Ties, Five Guys French Fries, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives
This was so much fun and so many good ideas.
I knew a lady with a number tattoo on her arm, when I was child she would amaze us how she could get dirt in her hand like magic. As adult I realised she learned how change gunpowder for dirt with out the guards knowing, She was a very brave lady.
Very good episode ladies! Bad timing if one were to dink about it… 🍯🍯🍯 🐼
Loving the chaotic mother-daughter energy between Astrid and Anna.
Anna is enjoying this way too much. 🤔
😂
Why give airtime to these two amateurs?
Astrid and Anna are having way too much fun. And I love it!
Great episode, fast paced and engaging.
Nothing like this lovely duo to help me to relax before an interview! Great vid as always.
I didn't know Wild Bill Donovan sounded so much like Spartacus.
The Simple Sabotage Field Manual book. Where did you get this book?
Given that the difference between wine and urine is about 20 minutes you can have it both ways without wasting a good thing.
Timely video.
Spock taught me where the word origin of Sabot. I learn everything from Star Trek. 🙄🤦♂🤷♂
[Edit: I personally volunteer to 'convert' those wine into urine, for free]
I obtained a reprint of Simple Sabotage Field Manual from Amazon and as a security officer I was alert to most of the tricks printed in that handbook. The advice sounded like business as usual in America.
I don't know if you are doing this on purpose, but all your videos are automatically dubbed by awful AI and it is horrible. Please turn this off.
One of the French truck manufacturers changed the fill mark on the oil dipsticks, the engines which were formerly dependable would wear out quickly due to the shortage of oil in the engine.
At16:07 The wine will become urine if used properly 😃
Who else was watching this waiting for the urine part? 😆
Nice Flannel Shirts!
Fun video nice; allways money and personal gain are the greater motivator for savotage.
The most effective sabotage I am aware of was the deliberate misdirection of Radar and wrongly scrambling the Luftwaffe fighters so they would be out of position to intercept Allied bombers in Denmark, done by a German Officer who just wanted the war to end as quickly as possible.
My Father recounted a story about a B29 returning from a bombing mission and during the repairs 39 unexploded cannon shells were found, 4 of them in fuel tanks!
Hi Astrid and Anna
Awesome video and both of your humor sense is great to watch.
Welcome Clara
Thanks for the video.
Keep laughing ladies! As always,❤ for Anna, and thanks for the info! Huge fan of the channel
Why not use sugar in the gas tank? How hard can that be? LOL