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U 47's raid on Scapa Flow and the sinking of HMS Royal Oak, the reason behind it and the people involved. This video tells the story of how Gunther Prien and his crew of 44 sneaked undetected into Britain's largest Naval base Scapa Flow and sunk battleship The Royal Oak.
Royal Oak 1937 opening picture - Tcrabtree21, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Various Uboat scenes/sinking merchant ships Video Creative commons Ocean Quests Adventure from YT channel SPSNL
Merchant ship still (early video) Library and Archives Canada PA-115006
Graf Spee ship - Bundesarchiv, DVM 10 Bild-23-63-06 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Gneisenau Bundesarchiv, DVM 10 Bild-23-63-11 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Assroted WW2 Footage - FDR Library Archive
Admiral Raeder and Goring - Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-L02364 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Admiral Raeder alone - Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1987-080-30A / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Admiral Karl Doenitz - Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1976-127-06A / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Admiral Doenitz and Hitler Painting - Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-V00538-3 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Adrmiral Doenitz and Uboat sailors - Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J16093 / Emde / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Various Moving footage via PublicResourceOrg YT channel from Department of Defence Creative commons.
First Scapa Flow Map - Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right via Wikimedia
Gunther Prien picture - German Federal Archives, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
U-47 departing on patrol US Naval History and Heritage
WW1 uboat - DeGolyer Library / Southern Methodist University
Map of North sea North_Sea_location_map.svg: NordNordWestderivative work: Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Royal Oak Drawing PNG Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
U 47's raid on Scapa Flow and the sinking of HMS Royal Oak, the reason behind it and the people involved. This video tells the story of how Gunther Prien and his crew of 44 sneaked undetected into Britain's largest Naval base Scapa Flow and sunk battleship The Royal Oak.
Royal Oak 1937 opening picture - Tcrabtree21, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Various Uboat scenes/sinking merchant ships Video Creative commons Ocean Quests Adventure from YT channel SPSNL
Merchant ship still (early video) Library and Archives Canada PA-115006
Graf Spee ship - Bundesarchiv, DVM 10 Bild-23-63-06 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Gneisenau Bundesarchiv, DVM 10 Bild-23-63-11 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Assroted WW2 Footage - FDR Library Archive
Admiral Raeder and Goring - Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-L02364 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Admiral Raeder alone - Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1987-080-30A / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Admiral Karl Doenitz - Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1976-127-06A / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Admiral Doenitz and Hitler Painting - Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-V00538-3 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Adrmiral Doenitz and Uboat sailors - Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J16093 / Emde / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons
Various Moving footage via PublicResourceOrg YT channel from Department of Defence Creative commons.
First Scapa Flow Map - Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right via Wikimedia
Gunther Prien picture - German Federal Archives, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
U-47 departing on patrol US Naval History and Heritage
WW1 uboat - DeGolyer Library / Southern Methodist University
Map of North sea North_Sea_location_map.svg: NordNordWestderivative work: Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Royal Oak Drawing PNG Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
