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  1. I much prefer natural voice narration to AI narration, so it's good to hear! Also, I love a South African accent, so it's extra good.
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  2. This was an interesting video. I love that you don't include distracting music and side effects - just concentrate on the story. I'm curious why his wife was not charged, as she knew what he was doing. He was a really bad husband though, and the worst of traitors. I'm glad he wound up in a super-max prison. His actions hurt and killed a lot of people.
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  3. I just finished reading the book. “A Woman of No Importance “, what an incredible American hero. She was a woman that paved the way for Women to hold important positions in The State Department and forced open doors of business for disabled citizens. We all owe Virginia a thank you for every life she saved in WW II. Peace and Light to your Soul Virginia, if we can serve Democracy one tenth of what you did, we have lived a positive existence. ❤️🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇧❤️
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  4. Greville came to Budapest twice when I was his guide/interpreter. The second time he brought a 20 ton lorry (exhibiting machine tools) built by MI6 for the specific purpose of smuggling Penkovsky to Austria in a secret compartment. However, by this time Penkovsky was arrested in Moscow and as we were leaving a trade reception Greville was grabbed by 3 KGB officers, bundled into a waiting car and flown out to the trial in Moscow. This entire Budapest episode of the rendez-vous with Penkovsky was omitted from the film ‘The Courier’ . I defected from Hungary in 1965 to the U.K.
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  5. The real voiceovers are so much more listenable than the AI voices! Find myself much more willing to watch videos with authentic voices narrating. Beyond that, another fascinating and grabbing story you put together for us, thank you!
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  6. They don't teach this in schools. One of the most important agents in France during WW2 has been almost forgotten. What a travesty! This woman, Virginia Hall was the bravest of the brave and gave hope to all those living under tyranny that they are not forgotten. Dear sweet Virginia, I promise I will never forget you or your heroic works. God bless you in heaven!
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  7. Thank you for this video concerning the heroism of Nancy Wake. I have read numerous books and have studied history during her work and life in France. Think about it, she married a very wealthy man who adored her but they both agreed to let her fight for the French Resistance. She gave up the security and the lifestyle, to follow her internal drive to fight the Nazis. She never saw her husband again, he was captured by the Gestapo, and was killed, after no revealing anything. Nancy is a true Hero, let us celebrate her success and in our lives, when we need to stand up and do the right thing, let us remember Nancy’s courage and back bone. Be proud for standing up for the right thing, let us all be role models for our immediate family. Thank you Nancy Wake and Virginia Hall, it was an honor to learn your history.
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  8. As a South African I have never heard of this story, thank you!
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  9. Loved it. I especially like the fact you don't use blaring music, sound effects, or anything unnecessary in the audio department. So many good shows or movies have been made unwatchable by this.
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  10. Don't mind those clowns commenting about the narrator's accent. They're watching a vid about spies and investigation but can't figure out what country the accent comes from 😂 Great upload as always thanks, keep em coming!
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  11. YT content providers take note, this is how its done, no blaring music or unnecessary sound effects. Expertly narrated, this is a well written, informative and engrossing documentary! Additionally, there's no need to beg for likes and subs, viewers will want more when the content is good! Kudos, Mr. Thompson!
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  12. Ames seems to have been the perfect traitor, from a communist, ideological perspective. He was a capitalist so short-sighted that he endangered the very system that set up his scale of values (entirely based on matter, it would seem). Just as those Soviet citizens who spied for the West out of ideological conviction that capitalism was, on balance, better, were perfect from the perspective of the West. There would have to be more than just KGB distraction and deception operations behind the impunity with which Ames was able to work for them for so many years. A more senior mole seems very likely. Thank you for this excellent documentary.
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  13. Love your work! Your narration is 100x better than the AI, for what it’s worth.
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  14. This generation truly was the greatest generation. They selflessly rose to the occasion to stand against tyranny even when the odds seemed insurmountable.
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  15. The moment he became a drunkard, he had to be laid off. Money is indeed a source of evil. This narration is so great, no uncalled for background voices, he's so calm telling the story. Let me subscribe now
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  16. The last few lines about a second-hand jaguar and handbags were an apt summing up of the cynical and unthinking actions of Aims. Humans can be so uncaring about other lives. Incredible, but true.
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  17. This deserves some kind of YouTube achievement award! There was a lot of information in this documentary not covered in the movie Breach you could redo an even cooler movie based on this, well done!
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  18. Thank you for retelling Nancy’s story. Nancy was a great friend of my mum, Sonia Butt d’Artois, also an SOE agent. Mum who lived in Canada continued to visit Nancy until her death. Nancy truly was amazing!
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  19. She lived 20 or 30 lives worth of living- all the while helping others. bravo madam.
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  20. Watching one more video won’t hurt before sleeping right?
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  21. Had he been born 3-5 years earlier or later, he might've been a completely different person - not getting to go to university during Khrushchev Thaw, not being in Berlin when the wall went up and so on. If you read his autobiography, you can really appreciate how lucky he was to even get the chance to open his eyes, so to speak. The book, Next Stop Execution, I really recommend.
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  22. Your narration is perfectly fine I have no idea why people would think it’s a problem. It honestly even fits the theme… great video I’m happy to be a subscriber
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  23. My book contains many details of Lily's life -- especially her adventures on the road -- not included in this video.
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  24. I watched and think you did an absolutely splendid job. I'm 78 years old, have heard her name my entire life but, other than knowing she had been executed as a spy, I knew nothing about her. Thanks to your video, that lacuna has now been filled. Thank you.
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  25. Cardboard boxes buried by a river. Not the sharpest tack in the box.
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  26. Nearly broke my thumb clicking on this video!
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  27. Excellent narrative. He was so good that nobody ever knew about him😂. He may have been on the wrong side of history but on the right side of his loyalty and convictions. Give him respect...he always stayed on the path of his conviction against the people that murdered and destroyed his family. What an ingenious inventive eluding man. As fellow South African...RIP Fritz, i salute you for staying your course.
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  28. Why do you get so little views and subs??? This channel is on a higher level than most other YT channels, please keep up the work, all of your videos are amazing edit: Thank you everyone for all the likes and also subbing to this guy. I think he really deserves it, also because of all the comments I've been returning here to read them and I've been seeing the sub count steadily go up and the view count aswel, maybe it's me maybe not but I think this guy is growing at a faster pace than before. good on him!
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  29. I’ve always thought that he got away with so much more than the British government is letting on. I’m going to have some tea 🍵 and enjoy
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  30. I love spy documentaries but this one is the motherlode of them all !! No distracting background annoying music jut the hard facts and with precision reporting!!!!
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  31. I was on the jury at the O)ld Bailey during this traumatic trial. Being the youngest jurer, I am probably the only one still alive. I had just reached my 29th Birthday a couple of weeks earlier. I was sitting in the notable 10th seat. There was a reason it was regarded in the evening papers as the, Notable 10th seat. It was explained to the jurers during the trial. At the time of writing this article, I am 90yrs and six months old.
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  32. The video was so well researched and presented . I have read Nancy 's biography , but this has a few stories not mentioned in the book . When Nancy stayed at the hotel towards the end of her life . King Charles III, paid for her expenses . The mammoth bike ride with a round trip of 500km, is beyond remarkable, it was said that the person with the radio she had to meet was not that easy , with the Gestapo, and German soldiers every where . We are in debt for this generation .
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  33. Phillip you are a great narrator and I very much appreciate you taking the effort and not using the AI narrators that's have take over YouTube.
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  34. This was an awesome listen! First time on your channel. Not that it means much coming from a random comment, but your attention to detail, pacing, tone and video editing are amongst the best in the genre. You deserve all the subs and success that is coming your way.
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  35. One word : brilliant. Using your own voice makes the story even more interesting than it already is. Well done Philip. Can’t wait for the next one
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  36. I agree the narration is excellent in 99.% of the video, but people need to take note that the dates stated need to be listened to very carefully. The events that occured in the 1930s are stated correctly, but the pronunciation makes it easy to mistake them for being said as 1953, 1954, 1955, etc. People have complained below that the narrator has the dates wrong. He doesn't. It's just hard to hear whether he is saying 1933 or 1953, and 1939 or 1959, etc. But now that you know to listen more carefully, you can understand it correctly,because it's not really possible to rerecord an entire video just to fix a couple of words.
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  37. I never knew she even existed! Her story is so inspiring and uplifting! Thanks Philip!
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  38. Fritz Duquesne is the real James Bond... thank you for well narrated story.
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  39. I didn't know she was a total failure as a spy, or that she got called the best just so they could use her as a scapegoat. At least her life wasn't boring and she did pretty well with what she had to work with. Thank you for clearing up a lot of the myth surrounding her, great video!
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  40. So well done, from story line to the exceptionally well done illustrations. Could you identify the illustrator. I would love to be able to search for more work by that talented artist. Thank you.
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  41. It's kind of funny how in these stories double agents are only ever really caught through the reports of other double agents.
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  42. My late father, knew Houghton professionally, and was interviewed by personnel from the DNS (Directorate of naval Intelligence. I remember when they knocked on our door, my mother shouted to m father "There's some men from the DNI here." They said; "You are not meant to know that!". She said that they should change their car number plate.
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  43. I born and grew up in Venlo, we all know the story. Cafe Backus still exists until today and looks the same as in that time, nothing changed. Thanks for sharing.
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  44. Wow! Lily’s energy!! This is such a compelling chapter of WWII—thank you for keeping her legacy alive! (Bonus points for her for her love of dogs!)
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  45. Just started watching and I wasnt expecting a South African accent. What a nice surprise. Regards, from JHB.
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  46. I love the other narrators voice, but I like how both of you MAINTAIN the same quality, even tho ik you’re both just narrators… some narrators really change everything (in a bad way) with just how they speak. Great video! Thanks!
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  47. Beautifully presented and artistically orchestrated content. Thank you. Today's feminists pale into obscurity compared to this quality of this courageous lady.
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  48. It's staggering in retrospect to learn just how many times we came close to Armageddon. Love this channel!
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  49. Every single one is better than the previous. Simply incredible.
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  50. Never heard of this woman, but sounds incredible! How can one person have such courage? Don't think I could do it. Beautiful presentation Philip! Very well done!
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  51. She is so underrated, just like Virginia Hall, an American who also was a resistance fighter in France during the war.
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  52. 4 hours? you madman!! i love it
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  53. This was not only professionally put together, but your voice over was done very well! You conveyed all the important information, without feeling like you was bogging us down with pointless facts, but gave us enough information about his personality, especially with his home life, to help us put together a clearer picture of this man. I can't wait to go back, and check out your older videos!
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  54. Great story - great job telling it. Wishing you much success- you definitely deserve it!
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  55. Bonnie was my religion teacher and lived maybe 2 miles away from me in my town. This case is very familiar to me and you did a great job.
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  56. It is almost impossible to conceive of this woman's courage. Travelling alone through Europe pre-war; going into the lion's den by joining the Abwehr; becoming a double agent; every move of her life a dangerous one. Yet beaten in the end only by her own body. For those, like myself, who had never heard of her, thankyou so much for this video and the book. I saw her name mentuoned in passing in the book The Traitor of Colditz, and decided to follow up. I am simply astounded by her story. Her work after the war also testifies to her deep heart. May she be long remembered.
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  57. Excellent video. Don't change at thing about your production values or narration. You are so close to breaking through the 100K barrier now.
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  58. Once again, a wonderful piece! Love how you effortlessly merge different found footage material and original photographs and footage… you‘re putting in the works for sure! Hope this will pay off. Brilliant content. I will definitely spread the word.
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  59. This is great, thank you. Only one small issue, Americans who work for the CIA are called officers, not agents, CIA agents are exclusively reserved for foreign nationals working on behalf of the CIA. But besides that i loved this video!
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  60. As a former Soviet citizen ,I would like to offer my perspective on on this. I am an American citizen now but my road to citizenship was a long one and my opportunities in the US have been limited due to my background. And I understand this completely. Countries don't occur in nature ,they are artificial constructs and they exist based on certain rules. One of those rules is to protect your own country. If we agree to that then it makes sense why my life has sometimes been difficult .Regardless of your political stance ,as a citizen of a country ,you must put your country first. When it comes to espionage, many of the famous spies that betrayed the US were from the US, however people with dual interests always present an obvious security risk and a country can deal with this in two ways. One, limit access right away explaining why and don't let the person anywhere near sensitive information. Two, understand the risk ,let the person inside the trusted circle and keep an eye on him more strictly than usual. One or the other but never both. Don't make certain enemies on purpose like in the case described in this video. Don't praise and promote the guy ,don't give him pride and hope just to tell him he's an outsider. The personality argument I see in the comments is probably irrelevant because good spies are not normal, narcissistic and sociopathic character traits are good for the job, you just have to make sure that the individual works for you and not the enemy. As the saying goes ,the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is whose side he's on.
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  61. excellent video. It is great that certain people from different videos make reappearance in newer videos. It speaks volumes of how intertwined and closed off the world of espionage is.
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  62. Wow Philip. Of all your previous videos this may be the best one yet. So impressive. Not only do I agree with the comments about using your own voice being the best way to narrate your videos, the level of your research is unbelievable. I am so impressed and cannot wait for your next production. Unbelievably good. Please keep it going. I can’t wait for the next one
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  63. Brother had the chance of living a fulfilled life and absolutely amazing career, but his ego decided he needed to be the centre of attention and he should be a traitor. Just insane how much of a muppet he is!
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  64. I can't get enough of your channel! Your content is truly top-notch. Your captivating voice, with its soothing quality, makes it a joy to listen to your narrations. You have a remarkable ability to connect with your audience, making us feel like we're right there in the thick of these historical spy missions. Moreover, your well-written scripts are not only informative but also engaging, keeping me hooked from start to finish. Thanks for the incredible work you do, combining your fantastic storytelling with the intriguing world of espionage history. Your channel is a true gem!
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  65. This is really, really well done. Great work.
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  66. What a fascinating story and well narrated and illustrated as always.
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  67. Do you know what i really appreciate. The lack of loud background music. The narration and editing lets the information flow. Also....i know i could nod off quite easlier. WELL DONE SIR👍🏾
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  68. Finding myself binging your entire back catalouge at a scary rate, amazing delivery and visuals. I hope you have a long and sucessful career on YouTube.
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  69. This was absolutely the best Youtubeumentary Ive ever seen on G.Blake
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  70. Very well made - congratulaitons. Love the footage and images you have collected for this. Some points: * Reporting to thh FBI of being approached by Czech intelligence was a brilliant move. At all further polygraph interrogations he would answer "yes" when asked if he had had contact with East Block intelligence. Because he had already reported it, he was covered. * Koecher has always denied compromising Ogerodnik. * Oleg Kalugin never caught a single spy and ended up living in the USA. * The tape of Kalugin's interrogation of Koecher matches with Koecher's account, not Kalugin's * Koecher was nearly killed in prison - that is why he proposed the exchange. He might win in court, but not if he was dead first
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  71. she is, if not, worth more than million dollar spy. Kudos to her and many spy women for their will and competence.
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  72. My favorite part of the Cold War are all of the crazy spy stories like this. Great job!
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  73. The production value here is off the charts 🙏🏽🙏🏽
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  74. As a Veteran myself, the fact that he got a soldiers burial is outrageous, far too good for a traitor. Sublime work as always Philip, absolutely fascinating. Loving the switch up from WW2 to the Cold War, can't wait to see where we go next. Hoping for a Bletchley or Cheltenham based story some time in the future.
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  75. Face reveal is a wonderful surprise. Outstanding video as always.
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  76. What a lady. What a tremendous human being.
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  77. Thankyou for this. Dirk Klop was my late father's cousin. It helps to find out the context of his death.
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  78. Exactly how we were teached about Fritz Joubert in history class. You did a great job and I'm glad that my fellow South Africans also learn about our heroes.
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  79. Your detail quality is unmatched. Keep them coming and this channel will go far.
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  80. An absolute masterpiece Philip. I have been a fan and subscriber for a while now, as you know, and I always enjoy days when we get a new video, this is by far my favourite. An epic story of intrigue and daring accompanied by a superlative script and beautifully narrated. This is why I subscribe and why I look forward to days like this. Thank you.
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  81. Excellent job. Finally a professional approach on constructing a documentary. My friend.. you're one to follow.
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  82. Thanks so much for this tribute to my dad
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  83. I might be a dumb American but I can understand you just fine. Keep up the good work man 💪
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  84. Great story! Hadn’t heard about this one before. Keep up the good work!
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  85. Wow, for the past hour I have been searching for a video to binge on. This is the perfect video, thrilling and entertaining! Instantly subscribed and hope to see many more like this
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  86. Absolutely astonished by the quality of script, narration and especially the art work 🙏🏼
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  87. He, from my opinion, demonstrated a genuine concern/belief for a better cause. This concern superceded his own mortality. I can't speculate on much more than that, but I understand the overwhelming concern for family. I also will not address the CIAs or government handling of this and/or before/after. Great individual, moreover human. Excellent video based on and presentation in facts. Appreciated!!
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  88. just found you but absolutely loving this content you make; as i've been hunting for this exact type of media for years now! thank you for fillin this specific ass niche in the land of video essays. can't wait to see you blow up! take care xx
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  89. I think this the best spy documentary i have watched so far, really well put together it had my attention all the way through. Thank you for posting it, you are very talented.
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  90. Hey Phillip! The CIA handlers should never have let him go alone like that to meet his KGB counterparts. No matter how positive it may have been earlier on, it was always doomed. Great video as always!
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  91. Thanks for bring this to light. I am Alejandra Suárez, Ogorodnik‘s daughter. He never met me but neither he knew my mother was pregnant
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  92. no alarms ringing at the CIA after confessing to the theft of $40? Poor character, addiction to risks and a drinking problem made him a hire in 80s. Nobody had learned from Philby. Another wonderful piece PT
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  93. “Unfortunately, many of the men Blake betrayed could not invite him for a tea party because they were dead.” Absolutely killed me 💀
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  94. What an incredible life she lived! That was truly one of my favorite spy stories you've covered so far.
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  95. An enthralling and fascinating account, Philip! Lavish illustrations combined with diligent research and excellent narration, your work excels at every level! Bravo, Sir!
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  96. Once again a most interesting video. One never really gets the backstory to the headline news. Great effort Philip. The graphics are superb
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  97. A masterpiece as always Philip and I'm a huge fan of ditching the AI commentary for a more personal and nuanced narration. Fascinating as always and in awe of the research and time it must take just to write the script. It's comforting to know that as soon as I click on the link I'm guaranteed a fascinating factual story.
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  98. About the face reveal of mr. Pihllip Thompson. I am 44 years old and I am an Argentine who emigrated to Spain. I have lived and traveled some of the world. I lived and remember the Cold War, the pressure and action of the CIA on the countries of Central and South America to strengthen right-wing dictatorships. Just seeing a young British man with so much knowledge and capacity for analysis about that portion of recent history is inspiring to me. Thanks Phillip. I hope you make a video about the CIA and its support for Latin American Dictatorships during the 1970s. Many dead just for protesting against the interests of the owners of the means of production, supported by the darkest, most violent and savage Institution in history, the CIA.
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  99. Great video. I was living in Silicon Valley during this time and used to wonder what sort of mischief related to espionage was afoot. Alcohol sure plays a big role in spy stories!
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  100. I've heard the tails but never knew the name, thank you. Great Boer hero! This man is well respected in our Boer community and history. Salute and rest in peace.
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  101. Utterly incredible. What a woman!
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  102. I am starting to think Price Andrew has some dark secrets. Thank you for the video.
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  103. I'm Kiwi. Biased. Heard of Nancy Wake and her achievements some time ago - jingoistic acclaims. Thanks for your expansion of those. Appreciation. Kiwi born, Aussie raised, Paris formed, British citizenship. What a hell of a human! Respect, Nancy Wake!!
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  104. This is a very impressive piece of top quality work; very well done! No emotionally manipulative music or language, just 50-odd minutes of facts and details delivered clearly in a wonderful accent - South African?
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  105. Excellent. We especially like the lack of pointless, noisy interjections and your own, human narration. Well done.
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  106. So well narrated and illustrated Philip. These videos are so interesting. Keep up the brilliant work
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  107. I quite enjoy your work. I happened to be the first view so I thought I'd record this for posterity lol seriously, this channel is awesome, I've listened to each video a few times.
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  108. Another great video Philip.
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  109. Thank you for redoing this one - much prefer your voice over the AI narration! One of my favourite channel and can’t wait to see where you go! I think Kim Philby would be a great one to do at some point. The head of MI6’s Soviet branch being a soviet spy gives me flashbacks to the FBI mole who investigated himself.
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  110. As a Dutchman, this should be a movie, a classy period piece thriller in Dutch/British co-production, a dark tale on the eve of WWII.
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  111. Thank you for all the great work you do! I can see the effort put into these videos! I enjoy them so much please don’t stop making content specifically about these spy’s! 😅🙏
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  112. Yet another excellent video Philip. Well narrated and illustrated. I knew a bit about Mata Hari but this production was so informative. Keep it up. I hope it gets the number of views it deserves.
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  113. They were a Brave couple,and Tanya must be very Proud of her later Parents
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  114. Excellent! I have been looking forward to this ever since you first spoke about updating the AI videos with your voice. I'm very impressed with the extra effort you put in in completely revamping the presentation of the story. Your channel continues to impress me day after day. You are going to go so far!
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  115. Your scripting, timing, music choices, are all so good! Great voice over as well.
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  116. One of the greatest things about youtube is everyone has the availability to share stories in their own way and damn you do an awesome job of it.
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  117. "Trigon died his own way -- a hero."
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  118. My favorite channel, less distractions and ugly background music and more straight to the point
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  119. I'm a Black South African, I've read and heard stories of the Frontier Wars, Boer Wars and The Apartheid Era and many more. But yeyi this guy was good maan yeses, so many lives_ Soldier - Spy - Double Spy - Prisoner - Escapes not once - Actor - Journalist - Soldier - Spy Bosso. Hayi in this short video I feel like I was watching a very good movie...what a life
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  120. Narration and story telling was great.
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  121. I always have YouTube playing in the background but when I saw a new Philip Thompson video pop up I had put it in the foreground. Glad to see the channel gaining traction, still think it’s criminally underrated though.
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  122. I think I finally found the last piece of my YT puzzle. These are the videos I never knew I was missing. Excellent job sir, excited to see what's cooking for year 2024!
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  123. Violette has been my heroine since I was a child. 'Carve her name with pride' left a mark on me and I believe her to be the bravest and most remarkable woman. Thank you for your documentary
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  124. The female agents of S.O.E. were second to none for courage and determination and if anybody goes to Eden Camp in North Yorkshire, all the female S.O.E agents that were killed, murdered and tortured by the SS, Gestapo and SD are commemorated there. I am 68 and have seen active service in two armies, but all of these women had far more courage than I had.
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  125. I can't sleep and this was perfect timing. These stories are incredibly interesting and help keep my brain occupied so it doesn't spin out, especially the cold war stuff. Thank you so much! The Spy Valley podcast sounds really cool too, can't wait to check it out.
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  126. Another fascinating story, Mr Thompson - beautifully told and illustrated. What a brave, resolute and resourceful woman she was. And although her life was tragically shortened by her illness, she lived it to the full. Such a shame that she was let down by her British handlers in regard to her beloved pet. I look forward to enjoying your next production, Sir! Bravo! 👏🏻
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  127. This is a great docudrama. Thanks for posting. It's frightening to consider that this kind of story has occurred 100s of times across history and is probably happening today!
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  128. Yet another masterclass in research, scripting, editing, and production of a fascinating story that, regardless of how well the more engaged or informed members of your channel are with this type of information. Superbly written, superlatively narrated, and gripping throughout; I don't know how you keep coming up with new material, in the same genre, that continues to fascinate, inform, and tantalise. A day with a YouTube notification of one of your stories is always exciting and I look forward to them now just as much as I ever have, you continue to make the best content in this genre that I have found on YouTube and I am grateful to be a small part, as a subscriber, of that journey. I look forward to the next post to see what you have in store for us next. I won't say "keep up the good work" as it is always unparalleled and utterly absorbing.
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  129. I can watch these spy documentaries all day and night. I wish they would make a series or movies about these lesser known spy rings. So interesting how deep these spies went. Thinking so many moves ahead.
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  130. This is brilliant. Not something I would normally watch but I was enthralled from the start. Well done. I'm off to watch some more of your videos.
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  131. As a Dutch living in Rotterdam, I extra thank you for this episode and your wonderful way of presenting this history👍
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  132. ''I cherish my country'' Which one? Fascinating.Thanks Philip. No doubt security has been enhanced as a result of his fun and games, Cheers.
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  133. Great video, thank you. You grow up, hearing her name used as a 'spy seductress', only to learn later her death created more to magnify her legend than her actual life.
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  134. Aweome video! I can't imagine the amount of time and effort required to put this very thorough documentary together. I love your voice as it''s very genuine and helps keep me interested.❤
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  135. Thank u Oleg.U saved the world from paranoid idiots.Yuri Andropov was a very dangerous leader.
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  136. What a great story. What a great woman. Thanks for posting. We could use more women like lilly in today's society.
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  137. How has this channel only 24k subs? The stories are well produced, entertaining and informative. This is really good quality YouTube! I can't believe you are still at so few subs!
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  138. Thanks! Very well done. This is such a well balanced narrative, complete with supporting arguments from both sides. Keep it up!
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  139. Thank you once again Philip for this repulsive yet fascinating view of history. My nephew graduated from Cambridge recently, can’t wait to pick his brain during the upcoming Holidays. Bravo again Philip for delicious view of our Past!
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  140. The poem for Violette: The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours. The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours.
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  141. The algorithm finally shows me this channel
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  142. Thank you for this video! I know that many courageous women stood and fought against the Nazis, but had never heard her name before. Now I will look for her book and others about her. Well done!
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  143. This was incredible! Thank you for feeding my spy documentary obsession! Well done. 👍🏼
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  144. Just discovered you. I give it 12 months before your channel absolutely blows up.
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  145. Nice, Bro. Been hoping for a Garbo video. Also Dusco Popov. Can’t wait for that one. I feel like you’re going to be more objective about Popov than most other channels or docs about him.
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  146. Was this voiced with AI? Honestly great video but I like your real voice more. Keep up the great work Phillip!❤️
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  147. What a beautiful story. What courage and determination. She must have loved France almost as much as her beloved Babs. A hidden treasure, for sure. Loved the illustrations. And the narrative. Now for the book. Thanks for opening our souls to Lilly. Greetings from Australia.
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  148. Superb video. I am a voracious fan of espionage history and your channel is my go-to source for my fix. As a Filipino living under the threat of Chinese territorial incursion, this video is of particular significance.
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  149. i love how the video makes you connect the dots yourself sometimes. he doesnt flat-out always say what Reilly is up to, just slams it onto you out of the blue like "cutting his arms dealing to an abrupt end." so good
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  150. There should be a whole documentary on 1985🙏🏾 Also please more espionage stories/documentaries
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  151. What a lovely surprise to listen to such an amazingly well documented spy story and in your fabulous South African accent. A really enjoyable and informative documentary. Thank you.
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  152. I wish they would make a movie or TV series about her. I’m glad I stumbled upon this content.
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  153. What a superb documentary! Many thanks.
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  154. Popov easily lived one of the most interesting lives of all time, I’ve seen one small interview clip of him but I can’t find the full interview anywhere
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  155. Her Maori ancestry perhaps contributed to her warrior fearlessness as well. She was always proud of this Maori connection.
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  156. This is an excellent autobiography of a man who persevered against all odds and also managed to live longer than 99% of people on this planet. Whether you hate him or like him, you have to admire this man's tenacity for life, certainly not in the range of what a normal human being would do and that's why he will remain an enigma for many centuries to come.
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  157. So interesting. Well narrated as usual. Can’t wait for your next video. Keep up the great work
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  158. I'm amazed how many amazing channels are out there waiting to be found. I'm glad you made those shorts. The quality of your videos is great! Keep it up!
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  159. Excellant as always, so much BETTER than watching NETFLIX!! Had me totally GRIPPED to the END!
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  160. A cold but cozy night & a freshly told spy thriller? Amazing gift! Thanks, PT!
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  161. This is not only the story of a remarkable and brave woman but it is beautifully told. The wonderful drawings are evocative of the time and full of French charm.
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  162. I usually don't comment but man u got something special in ur narration u will get everything keep going.
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  163. I am stunned by her Loyalty, Determination against all odds, her Discretion, her, "Well Everything." I'm so glad you have told her story diligently. Bravo, or Viva Virginia Hall ! Hero !❤
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  164. All is well that ends well. The three Russians on stamps, the two British spies in love and married till death. Incredible spy lives. As for the documentary, with hardly any live footage, you made it so captivating. The last two lines, despite being ordinary, sounded so profound due to your voice and dipped tone. I replayed them to check. Thanks for the delightful story-telling.
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  165. A world class documentary, and what a joy hearing a South African accent. Well done!! From, RSA
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  166. This is an interesting and very well made video. Thanks. I subscribed.
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  167. WOW what an amazing story and a amazing woman. what's sad is i'm sure that most do not know of her and damn sure should. New sub here. love the history
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  168. Thank you, Phillip, for an excellent story on espionage. Your narration is on point that I have no need for subtitles.
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  169. I’m binge-ing your videos so you probably have a million notifications from me but I want to give you some algorithm love AND say that your storytelling prowess is EXCELLENT and I am sure it’s only going to get better. Keep honing your craft and you will see some great success!
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  170. That was a great series I remember watched as a kid. with Sam Neill
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  171. That was the most fascinating documentary to date Philip. So interesting and well presented. This could certainly be made into a spy thriller. Your productions get better and better each time. Please keep it up. Can’t wait for the next one
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  172. This channel is so underrated. It's frustrating because it's so good! From the content to the narrator's voice is just perfect! I hope you keep posting! love the channel! thank you for what you do
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  173. I don’t know how you don’t have way more subscribers this content is amazing honestly, keep it up 👏
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  174. Thank you Philip, very sad true story. It always amazes me when an ego , that is out of control runs your life! The damage he left for the United States to deal with was repulsive.
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  175. Love it bud. He’s often overlooked due to Philby etc. looking forward to this.
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  176. I’m subscribing your channel for the sole reason that YOU 🫵 are narrating and not an A.I. voice 👎👎.
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  177. your channel deserves so many more subscribers. keep at it and I know for a fact your channel is gonna blow up
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  178. Excellent presentation, Philip. Glad I found your channel.
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  179. Compare many podcasts with their generated narratives and this? No comparison! This was informative and well done. Thank you for not insulting our intelligence and hearing.
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  180. Babe wake up, new Philip Thompson banger just dropped
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  181. Great work as always!
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  182. He is the best payback for MI-6 for Kim Philby.
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  183. Couldn’t agree more. I just feel like people who use Ai don’t care about their loyal followers wishes and demands. We love Philip Thompson docs because Philip Thompson narrates them, not some goofy computer. No disrespect just saying…
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  184. I remember hearing this on the news and seeing his picture thinking he looks 16. Thought he was going to be the next super spy. The judge saying slapstick is right! Great upload again.
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  185. Talk about courage .Brilliant. Being decorated by these many nations ! So fantastic ! She lovingly cared for her people. The lives she helped to save: Immense.
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  186. Love the S.African accent. Great narration and content.
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  187. Another brilliant documentary masterfully put together and presented. Bravo Sir, Bravo.
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  188. Honestly I'm very picky on my content I watch and this is by far my most favorite new channel please keep going do not stop thank youuu
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  189. Excellent piece of history with equally excellent presentation. Thanks a lot.
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  190. This is riveting watching! I stumbled on this video by accident but once I listened for a few minutes I was immediately hooked! What a fantastic story about an incredible woman
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  191. Fascinating as usual. Thank you.
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  192. You have a good voice for this, good step! Thanks for the effort.
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  193. Excellent as usual, Mr Thompson. Thank you.
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  194. Very interesting and enjoyable. I was familiar with this story from the movie ‘Ring of Spies’, so it was good to get the actual facts of events and see what the individuals looked like. 🙏🏻
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  195. PT A New video! Perfect!! Awesome as usual! Cannot wait for the next one!
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  196. Seems like (outside looking in) his wife radicalized him, he does his bit and secures their future abroad and then she bails on safe-guarding the family. She probably was not read in on his activities, but by the time she was, the hazards were plain enough, the exit strategy in place. Hard to figure people out. It certainly didn't end well for him. Unclear, also, why she didn't get medical help, certainly owing. A very interesting and very sad tale.
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  197. This meshes with tolstoys theory that a random act in a battle can be more significant historically than a generals order.
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  198. Don't stop what you're doing, please. Great content. Looking forward to seeing this channel grow!
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  199. I learn more about history and war from spy stories than any other way because I think they're the most interesting thing about it. Your presentation is the best I've found, thank you! I've always thought Minox cameras were so beautiful, the measurement chain accessory is especially cool.
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  200. Amazing story and well narrated with appropriate accompanying pics ! Born in a kind of rural town in SA then, and experiencing all these unbelievable plots and connections are mindblowing ! He never had a dull moment ! Sadly for the jail times. I believe he had a remarkable mind, and would have been able to carved out an amazing career as a politician ! His emotional scars affected him deeply though, and thus he had to bounce around to balance himself and in ways fight for what he believed was right ! He had a humble sensitive side, but he was made aware of the struggles of his forebears ! That helped him focus. It again shows us how aspects of life can affect us. He was intelligent, multifaceted and multidimensional. A chameleon to adapt and improvise. A remarkable person that ended up on unplanned paths because of circumstances ! Thank you for this touching story.
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  201. There are no words to describe Virginia's courage,her persistence to her various jobs in the face of odds, her remarkable ingenuity to succeed against insurmountable problems,her ability to establish a successful communication network while under immense danger of being discovered during the occupation of France,her passion in what she believed to be right and to see the job through paying attention to every detail of planning and its execution.There are very few who can come close to what she achieved.She gracefully refrains from being publicly acknowledged by her important role which highly paved the way for so many victories during WW2.Hers is a story of which legends are made of and will always be an inspiration to many.
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  202. So close to the well deserved 100k subs mate, so excited for you!
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  203. Thank you Philip for another amazing true story. Having had brave patriots die in my Family to save Democracy, I am always amazed how low people will sink to make a buck!
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  204. I'm 1/2 English, 1/4 Scottish, and 1/4 Irish, so I feel loyalty to the UK, but the incompetence of the Security Services in WW2 is astounding! If not for amazing individuals, they would have lost the war. They allowed countless foreign spies to infiltrate every operation except for Mincemeat (as far as I know.) It's inexcusable how they just ignored all their own rules, and countless warning signs.
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  205. I always Look forward to your videos, the quality never disappoints!
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  206. Its truely a shame what happened to the american watchmaking industry.. over 600 companies dissapeared over a period of 100 years.
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  207. Hell yes, I discovered your channel only a few days ago and have been binging it, excited to see something new too
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  208. Another fascinating story, Mr Thompson but a sad episode for MI6. You should have far more subscribers! Your narration is sublime and worthy of fine TV documentaries. Your have a voice which could sell snow to the Eskimo’s! The artwork illustrating various points of your videos is quite exquisite - do you paint these yourself? More please! D
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  209. It's an illustration of the failure of the YouTube algorithm that I'm only just now finding your channel. I'm kind of obsessed with this stuff.
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  210. must be a theme, i just made some tea and then see a PT video just dropped. perfect.
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  211. Excellent film in all respects, thank you. I can recall the events becoming known, but was hazy about their linkage. Amazing how pathetic the UK authorities appeared. No wonder the Establishment went to town with George Blake's sentence of 42 years, whilst letting Philby slip away.
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  212. A brave brave Woman.
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  213. This is probably the most relatable video ive ever watched
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  214. Thank you for another great video!
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  215. new Philip Thompson just dropped 🙌🏼
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  216. Superlative, as always. An exhibition in construct, script writing, delivery, narration, artistry, and editing. I cannot think of a better tribute to the bravery of an operative of His Majesty and a dedicated champion of truth and freedom over tyranny. As always, the art worked in perfect unison with the narrative and was utterly sublime. I always look forward to a new video, this one was everything I expected and more. Your work in short story format, and the artwork you use, would be a great addition to the libraries at Shrivenham and Bletchley, and my library, obviously. If you ever decide to put your research into a more material format.
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  217. Hey, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content! Please keep it up and continue putting out du h marvellous videos, I am most certain that this channel will blow up very shortly
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  218. Sublime as always. Familiar as i am with this specific Op, this was still a fabulous watch. Already looking forward to the next one.
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  219. Dude: this is another banger of a documentary! I really like these long form videos best.
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  220. I've seen many different versions of the "Nancy Wake story", but this one is unique with it's unexpected charming and luminous illustrations. Beautiful work, evocative of magazine and paperback artwork from a certain era. It's nostalgic, very fitting for the true story of a WWll heroine of the resistance. The narrator's voice is also soothing, clear and the words are perfectly enunciated. Thanks very much: a good way to wind down after a hectic week.
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  221. It's a good morning when I wake up to such a fascinating story, thank you!
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  222. The summer oven is finaly over, its a light drizzle and im confy under my blanket after a great time at the gym and a shower. Now i see a new video from Philip Thompson. Life is good.
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  223. Your spy videos are awesome!
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  224. I have watched many tellings of Mincemeat and although you left a couple of juicy tidbits out, your is one of the best. I love your voice and it is certainly the best narration of the lot. Thanks for bringing us this wonderful story again. Also, our two Gents could NOT have had the freedom and acceptance of plots like this without the approval and encouragement by the very Best 'Outside the box' thinker of the war; Winston Churchill! He was a great on for deception operations and encouraged everyone in Britain to submit ideas-the wilder the better!
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  225. Another great video. Appreciate the authentic narration.
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  226. Others have said already that the real narration is MUCH better than AI-voice. As someone who only found this channel recently, going back to your earlier AI voiced videos is jarring (I'll be honest I, gave up on them - I just don't like machine voices even if they have gotten a lot better). I would almost suggest re-recording those ones with your own narration - because the scripts, research, etc is all good!
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  227. Knew about the Cambridge Five thingy in detail, but this new data seems fascinating!! Will definitely read Verkaik's book!
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  228. The video is excellent. The most dispassionate and thorough documentary on this topic that I have seen. Your pronuciation of "Chicago" somehow makes things better. It reminds the viewer that we are watching an outsider taking an almost bird's eye view of the story.
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  229. You have become one of my favorite channels 😊 great work!
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  230. Another Masterpiece by PT, this video made me remember a line from operation mincemeat, that was quoted by Winston Churchill: "This is the problem when dealing with spooks, the corkscrew thinking one is required to manage spies sometimes twist one too many turns, until one finds himself charging forward, while at the same time looking at ones own arse".
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  231. I had never heard of him, very interesting and well told
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  232. This channel is truly remarkable. The script is crafted with great care, but it's your voice that truly sets it apart. Listening to you feels like absorbing the content of ten books simultaneously, particularly on this historical era. Please continue your excellent work, and I eagerly anticipate more video releases from you (perhaps a 40-minute video on the Cambridge Five, Philby, and Burgess – that would be delightful!).😀
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  233. Another greatly written and produced video. I look forward to the next, keep it up!
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  234. Man, your videos are awesome. Soon you’ll have millions of views, I’m sure. Keep it up bro!
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  235. I had only heard of the name Mata Hari. Thank you for the well authenticated video with names and dates and her tragic end. I have been now been enlightened. Thank you.
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  236.  @LMB222  I'm not sure that you understand what a Veteran is, but I can assure you that I am. I will leave it at that out of respect for the channel and the content creator.
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  237. Thankyou Philip, for being a real narrator and for not using AI voiceovers. The exasperated listening audience on YouTube also are grateful. G'day from Australia.
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  238. Thanks for making me a frequent customer of Café Backus, Philip. Since this video released I've been fascinated by the story of the botched spy campaign. And I have to say, the fish at Café Backus is impeccable. I consider this video as a sort of commercial of Café Backus with a nice historical/espionage twist to it. Thanks bro.
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  239. Well done! Lived thru some of that. Your facts are correct. Thank you.
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  240. Tell me WHO can you trust ? Traitors everwhere. But I do trust you PT who delivers good stuff everytime. Thanks a lot❤
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  241. YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN YOUR RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION! OUTSTANDING WORK !
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  242. Very nice documentary. Lots of photos I've never seen before too. Good Job!
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  243. I'm quite familiar with this guy, being in the Military we're briefed (almost in excess) about the dangers of espionage. Hansen, Pollard and Ames are the intel leak big 3. I know Hansen's story back and forth, but I love seeing other people's takes on these grave violations of our national security. Thanks, Philip!
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  244. Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Lilly had a strong set of legs. Walking/cycling all those kilometers. One thing for certain very few individuals have the integrity/fortitude. To successfully engage in war time espionage activities.
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  245. Wonderful history & if only my lessons on history was narrated this way i would have scored 💯😅..Love the channel so much & ❤ this story too..
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  246. This is a truly wonderful narrative about a woman I'd never heard of. I shall be buying her book to learn more about her. Thank you. An utterly inspiring story. Also, the paintings/images are sublime, who is the artist and where can I find them, please?
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  247. Just discovered your channel after the RH video. really like these stories. well read, well conducted. keep it up mate great work!
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  248. Excellent production! Narrator has the right voice & presentation style. Best wishes to your channel. Also new sub 🎉
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  249. So good to hear this story. Especially that she wasn't captured 😁. Remarkable woman
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  250. I have read two books on her and I have nothing but admiration for her and her bravery. And because of the times she was not hailed as the hero she was.
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  251. Excellent and concise .
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  252. Great documentary! Very informative!
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  253. other masterpiece and masterclass! keep it up Phill!
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  254. Excellent. Love the illustrations!
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  255. This is the first video of yours I have seen. It was excellent! I have never heard of this lady before. Thank you for presenting it.
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  256. Fascinating! All the more so for me having ancestors who fought on both sides in the Boer War.
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  257. World history would be so different if he had focused on and developed the better side of his character!
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  258. I prefer your voice more than the AI, but I’ll still watch your videos regardless. They are very well written, made, and narrated. Some of my favorite documentaries I have ever watched.
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  259. Thank you! Women that saved us from the Nazi horror going on for decades are heroines not praised enough. God Bless her. Thank you for this most enlightening piece of history.
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  260. Fascinating and as superbly delivered as always. A constant source of amazement and wonder, thank you for a new story to read and investigate. Thank you Philip
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  261. Thank you for telling this story
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  262. What a brilliant, brave and versatile talent she was! " Divided skirts, a bold move for the times!" How disconnected the world has been from the core human values of a woman! How sad a reflection on human intelligence to trap a woman in the gender mould! Can many people even today match Lily's adventurous and wholesome life in the face of such adversity? Remarkable woman. I would like to read the book for more on her cycling expeditions. Thank you, Philip, for the excellent video.Thanks to both the author and you, she isn't all that "forgotten" a spy. Is 'Caminagent' still in business? Lazy to search on the net, would like a ready answer if you guys know it. Thanks a lot.❤
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  263. I came for the spy story, and ended up rewinding to admire the unusual art work. Nice expressive paintings. whoever did them (AI?) it was very well done.
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  264. These stories never disappoint, thank you.
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  265. Thank you, Philip. You have made a thriller. Your scripts are always excellent. Some spy stories are so neat: The spies spared death by violence, living long and dying a natural death. One ends up empathising. I hope my opinion won't offend anyone.
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  266. W video love these spy documentaries
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  267. I can only agree with other comments here this short documentary is a quality fact filled effort, has all the ingredients for an excellent film ☝
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  268. What an amazing Hero, during the worst time in the History of the World. I feel it is a impossible to relate to her life, her courage and determined strength she exhibited only on earth for 38 years. Let us all return to History and learn from the past to focus on making the World in which we live in now, 2023, a better place for all. Focus on small acts of kindness in your living environments and look back to Lily for the determination to continue good work for all. Thank you for sharing this history in which we can be proud we have learned from and respected this amazing Woman.
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  269. Having grown up not even hearing of this man and in the past few months reading many of the polard books although exclusive in the pro Pollard camp - this video has given me a lot to think about. First time here but i like this channel.
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  270. I knew this story, But only recognised it once you mentioned the betrayal of her one and only request, about her beloved dog and the promise to get Babs to her, But for the life of me I do not know where or when i heard it. You Sir, put a lot of modern day documentarians to shame with how well you research your subject, and to me did not sound like an AI speech voice over. (Not enough errors) the script was perfect. Unlike (well pick any news story on any popular news site, the majority of their first articles are all grammatically wrong with poor spelling in places, Sure tell that editors have been phased out) Thanks for the fascinating stories you publish, and hope your channel has great success and grows immeasurably.
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  271. Great job with this video. I knew nothing but the name, and this was so complete in covering her whole story.
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  272. Another well-presented history video. Well done Philip.
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  273. True dedication and heroism,overcoming not just the barriers women faced back then but her phisical limitation! They should tell that story in history books
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  274. Thank you for this👍🏻
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  275. Hey man, great job covering such an obscure yet fascinating topic. Ur channel is gonna blow up soon I can feel it so keep up the good work
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  276. Your content continues to be incredible. Keep up the great work!
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  277. Brilliantly narrated. An excellent command of the English language.
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  278. Great video as usual. However another day of me wishing you would cover WWII's Agent Garbo please
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  279. So glad to see you cover my favourite WW2 figure. Excellent video as always! I hope you are well.
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  280. This channel is great!! Glad I found it
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  281. stumbled upon this channel and what a gem!
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  282. What an intriguing story. Another brilliant video. Well done Philip. The original artwork at the start of the video are amazing.
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  283. This video is so well done! The visuals and the storytelling is on point! Why hasn't it gotten more views? I loved every second of this video! Thank you!
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  284. Excellent as usual. Thank you.
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  285. First time I have watched something like this, wow, so informative, I enjoyed this very much, thank you.
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  286. Incredible documentaries. Exciting to be here when you're at 72k followers. It'll be 1M soon!
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  287. What an amazing story. As Hollywood keeps making the same movie stories over & over, one would think they would do something with a great story like this. Thanks so much for your content & I subscribed.
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  288. Brilliantly researched, scripted, voiced and produced. I hope your channel continues to grow, because I'm down right addicted to listening to your stories
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  289. Excellent Documentary . Deserves way more likes
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  290. The Portland spy ring was one of my favorite spy novels from this channel. Great work this year Mr Thompson. Looking forward to 2024.
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  291. Love these videos!
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  292. Had been waiting as patiently as I could for another episode. This one was well worth the wait, as usual. Great artist depictions as well. Very happy to have found this channel. Keep up the great work!
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  293. Indeed, it is hard not to admire such talent. It is equally hard to condemn him outright even though he was on the wrong side. Excellent script. Your voice takes the cake, or is it your style of narration? May be, both. I am largely bowled over by your videos. Thanks. 😊
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  294. Excellent summary of a brave woman, along with the other heroes of the resistance. It's hard to fathom. I do believe that in addition to her bravery, she endured a limp that made her treks even more admirable. She is a part of why we all enjoy a thing called "freedom". Thank you for video@
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  295. This was an excellent summary of Virginia Hall’s life and career. I have read and reread “A woman of no Importance “ several times. It is a gripping well-written account of her wartime efforts in Face, and I highly recommend it. She is one of my hero’s and I think she should be better known by all Americans for her contributions and her bravery.
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  296. Always been fascinated by stories about her espionage but feel sad about her end as you've revealed in this wonderful documentary. She wasn't even a proper spy unlike so many other brave women during both the wars!
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  297. Your content is second to none Mr Thompson. Keep up the great work. PS- we have the same surname.
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  298. I stumbled across your channel a few days ago, and have found your videos fascinating! Keep it up <3
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  299. Congratulations on a well thought out channel. Hoping your content keeps it's high quality in 2024. Great work so far. Long may it continue. 👌😻👍
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  300. How does this not have millions of views. Best video I've seen on youtube in a minute.
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  301. Clicked so fast I thought I sprained my wrist! Worth it though!
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  302. I was invested and then the video ended after 5 minutes. Disappointed in that, but nevertheless I love your content and spy stories so I’m all for it!
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  303. The beginning is excellent, the story is not the regular, thrilling spy story, but given Philip's awesome story-telling skills, I really enjoyed the video. Learned new things about the history of watch-making. Thanks.
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  304. that moment, when a yt channel beats in content and depth a commercial production narrated by heston. good show! where did you get the C of heydrich from?
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  305. Excellent upload and fantasic subject Mr Thompson, his life sounds more interesting than Frank Abagnale Jr and the movie about him Catch Me if You Can. I wonder if the reason his life hasn't turned into a movie is because he worked with Germany so it would seem like they were making a movie praising someone that was a Pro Germany and Nazi sympathizer. Was he though or was he just that anti British and was will to do whatever to bring them down.
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  306. I love all your videos. I wonder about the title Britain's Greatest Traitor? So many choices.....
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  307. Whoever did the illustrations is a master. Thanks
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  308. Fantastic! I'm just about to start watching this latest vid now but I already know it will be the usual excellent quality we're accustomed too with this channel. Thank you Philip!
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  309. Excellent work as always. Funnily enough, I was thinking of suggesting Pollard to you during the compilation video. If you are open to suggestions Anna Montes might be a good subject. Thank you, again.
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  310. Thanks so much for the introduction to this video in notes. So man channels delete this important explanation. It seemed to whet my appetite for his whole story.
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  311. A new video from PT is not something to be rushed. I savour it like a good wine or a beautiful meal. So, I reserve its watching until this evening when I can relax and really enjoy it.
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  312. The beauty of the illustrations and the script lightens a moving story of courage and sacrifice. Great were these women, and great are those reminding us about them through such videos. Thanks
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  313. I now have a new favourite spy - move over 007.
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  314. When teaching foreign students our South African accents are actually preferred. It's neutral and clear. You have a new subscriber. 🇿🇦
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  315. Excellent story,well done!
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  316. Captivating narration, well crafted story and really excellent accompanying artwork. Thanks for your work, im going to watch the rest of your videos now
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  317. Another great story, thanks and keep up the good work.
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  318. Just finished work and this is perfect timing for my post work Friday chill. Thank you for ya hard work. OMG and as a podcast.....PERFECT. Cheer mate. Bright blessings
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  319. Another fascinating account, Mr Thompson! Hats off to you for telling this story. Excellent narration along with an interesting series of illustrations. I am very pleased that I became a subscriber to your superb channel!
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  320. Wow. What an exceptional woman and an exceptional life she lived. Thanks for sharing the stories that didn’t make the video. Keep up the good work
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  321. I've read the book, all very good. Now though we are in need of new Oleg to help us deal with the current paranoid leadership of Russia, including its oligarchs.
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  322. I still find it quite unbelievable how legendary former Liverpool defender and manager Phil Thompson makes military videos on YouTube!
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  323. Hey, stumbled upon the channel recently and it's quite interesting so far. I think, however, the AI-voiced videos were very subpar compared to your voiced ones. Human narration, despite lacking much emotion to it, still carries more pleasantly and fluidly. I'm not even against AI in creative work, just the one you picked wasn't very good. Hope to see more.
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  324. WOO first time being here on day 1! Can't wait to hear this story! HOOHOOHOO LETS GOOOOOOO ON A JOURNEY WITH THE GREAT SPY LOREMASTER
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  325. Excellent documentary. Covers all aspects of this story. Very comprehensive. Bravo!
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  326. hope your holiday was good, appreciate what you do man
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  327. The quality of your videos and information has no match! Great work 👏
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  328. Excellent synopsis of historical Middle East events!
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  329. Found your channel a few days ago and have been locked in ever since. Really awesome content man keep up the astonishing research, preparation, and presentations.
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  330. 10/10 content! Hopefully you do well in the future! I live for this stuff!
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  331. Excellent presentation and superb voice over. Thanks for sharing!😊
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  332. I love this channel and I'm proud to be one of the first couple thousand subscribers. Quality is immaculate, but or maybe even because it's still educational. I just wish there was more to watch, haha!
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  333. Thanks again for such quality. I really enjoyed your narration and South African accent👌🌟
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  334. This man is a real hero.
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  335. Great channel. Informative, interesting with an element of storytelling. Subscribed
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  336. Amazing work, as usual.
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  337. A new video = evening saved.
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  338. I just discovered your channel and I’m already addicted to your videos!
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  339. 💯 absolutely it’s his right. Why wouldn’t it be if he’s the one taking the biggest risk. They weren’t known for their due process.
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  340. Another outstanding and fascinating video. Thank you.
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  341. Your videos are amazing
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  342. One of my favourite WW2 stories and very well told! Well done!
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  343. Love all of these videos! Such great content
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  344. Dude, that was a brilliant summary, well done.
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  345. This is a terrific video - thank you so much. I can still vaguely remember the court case and the disbelief that this Ring had operated for so long , right under the noses of the Intelligences Services . And of course , George Blake and Philby and co. Thank you again , a new Subscriber .
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  346. If you want to watch a film, "The Man Who Never Was" made in 1956 is in my opinion better than the recently made 'Operation Mincemeat". The latter seemingly inevitably adds love interests and other unnecessary plot lines. I actually couldn't be bothered to watch it all the way through. The 1956 film, made so soon after the event is i suspect closer to the 'feel' of how it actually happened. Good video! Certainly one of the more ingenious spy stories. Talking of which, the story of Frank Foley is one that deserves wider coverage. An MI5 operative posing as a British consulate passport officer in 1930s Germany he helped over10,000 Jews leave Germany without him having diplomatic immunity and so being subject to arrest. His later exploits included helping the King of Norway flee after the Germans invaded and interogating Rudolf Hess.
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  347. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Magnificent, Philip Thompson. A good friend of mine was one of the Danish Intel Officers assigned to shadow Oleg Gordievsky. Gordievsky was extremely well versed in KGB Tradecraft. He never made any mistakes, and almost invariably knew when and where the Danish Officers would show themselves, and he smiled and waved to them, and after a while, they couldn't do much more than smile and wave back. The larger story behind Gordievsky is way more spicy, and at times almost unbelievable, than what the official and public records show. The review you have presented here, I would say is by far the most comprehensive review of Gordivsky's career on YouTube. Very well done, Sir! 👍
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  348. Thank you for sharing this beautifully detailed documentary about The Beloved Actor Charlie Chaplin. It never ceases to amaze me how the funniest people come from the most tragic backgrounds. Rest In Peace Dear Man💋♥️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🏆🫂🎭
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  349. Plato's Retreat et al? Ugh, Not such a smart guy as he first appeared. I thoroughly enjoyed this tale and the SA accent!
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  350. 24k subs? This channel is a little too undercover. Another awesome vid Phil!
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  351. This was an excellent production you put together. I was gripped from beginning to end by the intriguing story, the superbly-written script and your narration in a clear even voice. Kudos! Well done! However, I would like to respecfully point out something. Matahari should be a single word, which means 'Sun' in Indonesian or Malay. It is not separated into 2 words in the native language. I understand Mata Hari herself may have separated the word to make it her stage name and that is the name we now know her as. If separated into 2 words, Mata means 'Eye' and Hari means 'Day', not 'Sun'. So her name is not 'Eye of the Sun' but 'Eye of the Day' which is the Sun.
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  352. Excellent work, as always! However, I must point out that Popov being the sole inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond character has been long disputed, and it is now pretty much acknowledged that that character was a hodge-podge of various personality traits, oddities & eccentricities of at least a dozen persons - incl. Ian Fleming himself, his brother Peter Fleming, and William Stephenson (Code name: INTREPID). Fleming himself had on multiple occasions accepted that there was no single/singular 'source'/'inspiration' for Bond. Popov was also an inspiration, but perhaps less so as one might be led to believe...besides, like a good author, Fleming 'borrowed' from both real and fictional 'sources'/'inspirations'...and didn't need much help as his own career in mil. int. (& the people he met/knew through that) was inspiration enough...
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  353. You popped up on my feed. And while I'm still watching, You got yourself a new sub. Off I go and plan a binge weekend. Cheers, mate!
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  354. This channel is just top notch
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  355. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this excellent video- so I subscribed!
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  356. I Have only been watching you for a week now. But No doubt We're witnessing a million sub channel in making. Excellent video as always!
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  357. Your videos are overwhelming impressive from topics, research, and quality. Don't become discouraged from veiwership. Offtopic but what voiceover tech did you use any how?
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  358. Always good to see a video from you...However, I remember when this story broke. This case is very personal to me. I was upset to the point that I didn't eat that night, then got hyper-pissed off, because these dirtbags were literally trying to get me killed. I still get angry every time these sleaze bags come up.
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  359. Nice work Mr. Thompson. Loving that voiceover - A.I or not, it’s a great voice.
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  360. Unbelievable story. My life is enriched learning about Virginia Hall and I want to pass this on to my grandchildren . I’m so grateful I came across this video and can’t wait to read the book! Thank you!!!
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  361. Hollywood and other movie makers throughout the world could not even come close to scripting a movie that good I was debating to Weather watch this on YouTube or am I glad I did to Nancy the white mouse. Thank you for your service.❤❤
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  362. The breakdown of chapters are interesting! Thank you for this beautiful documentary. The ideological motive is fascinating!
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  363. Interesting, and very well done.
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  364. Just found this channel over the weekend and have been binging. Now I'm first comment on the next video🤓
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  365. Great modulation and enunciation
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  366. And you also!
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  367.  @PhilipThompson  looks like YT has maybe started recommending You popped up as a video right under the one I got a notification for. 😎
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  368. What an amazing documentary! Love the video including the voice! Thank you! ❤
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  369. It took me a second to realise the accent isnt American or British....its home 🇿🇦. Keep up the good work.
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  370. Another excellent video. Well done Philip. 1985 was quite some year for spies. Looking forward to your next video.
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  371. Another fascinating story of ultimately, a very humble, yet brave and determined man. Thank you for your efforts in research, production, editing and narration.
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  372. This must serve as the template for collating, synthesizing, and rendering this genre of espionage/ counter-espionage stories. Respect!
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  373. Excellent. On the edge of my seat. Will read associated books on Cold War history. Subbed for sure. Keep up the great work.
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  374. love hearing the accent again!! prefer the way you compose your videos. Great work my fellow South African!
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  375. Your videos are really inspiring Philip! I've been watching since your AI voice over ones, and had just started dating my now girlfriend who is from South Africa! I had never really heard a South African accent until I met her, so imagine my surprise when one of my favorite YouTubers started doing voice overs, and they had a South African accent as well! It makes me feel very at home and reminds me of my lovely girlfriend and her family. Keep up the amazing work! P.S. I'm trying to learn Afrikaans to surprise her one day, you're an inspiration. :)
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  376. While both Pollard’s accusers and his supporters have their own incentives to characterise him according to their respective stories, I believe way he divorced his wife with no warning tells you a lot about his character. Jonathan Pollard’s actions, espionage aside, paint him as a peculiar and narcissistic man with a very weak moral conscience. He seems to be extremely impulsive and short-sighted, with a strong drive to be important, even if the method of achieving notoriety will inevitably backfire.
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  377. 90k subscribers is impressive but this channel deserves far more. Great content!
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  378. A comment section where I can feel belonged.
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  379. Well done! This story's always fascinated me and you covered all the bases to form a full-on comprehensive account of this turncoat.. well done!✨👍🏻
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  380. Brilliant as always Philip. So well illustrated too. Keep up the good work
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  381. Let's go! Keep this up, I'm all in, hope you get enough subs to provide you enough funding to continue this solid quality
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  382. Again, a thorough and comprehensive summary of his life and potential spy associations - which, based on research, I tend to believe. Sometimes videos/audios are more engaging, because they echo...what I read...in my head. But, always do your broad research and reading before assumed thoughts of any video. Thanks again
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  383. excellent research and delivery! It is so refreshing to listen to a channel that knows how to properly pronounce names !! New sub and best wishes ❤ 🇨🇦
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  384. Another great video Philip. Keep 'em coming! 😊
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  385. Another Masterful production by PT'. The end of this and others defectors of the past reminds me of the CIA's birth movie, a line by "Mother"(Matt Damon)- The Good Shepard: "Your greatest fear has come true...Alone and friendless...without a Country of your own" Damn that was a cold line at the end.
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  386. Great documentary. I wonder if the narrator has lived in South Africa at some point?
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  387. An excellent upload,superbly researched, thank you very much.
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  388. Excellent documentary!! Well done! Lively pace. Pleasant Voice. Concise info!! Thank you!! Keep up the good work! So happy I found you!!
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  389. I’ve been loving your videos. You really deserve more followers!
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  390. Love the way you put the story together, well done
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  391. I travel around the world lecturing on various aspects of Art Deco. My most requested lecture is on the life of French designer, Erté. He designed costumes for Mata Hari when she appeared in the play, "Le Minaret". He said of her that she had a sensuous body but her face lacked personality and there was even something a little vulgar about her. He continued, "I never thought that she had the intelligence to be an effective spy."
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  392. What a great video, thanks dude!
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  393. Thankyou so much for a well presented piece. Bravo ,sir.
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  394. I subscribed to your channel yesterday. Delighted to see a new video already. I really like your storytelling.
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  395. I love spy stories. Very enjoyable, thank you.
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  396. Awesome master piece, keep it up please Mr. Thompson ❤
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  397. Loving these videos!! This channel definitely deserves more subscribers. Keep up the awesome work, I appreciate you.
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  398. I'd never heard this story. Thank you!
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  399. Excellent production. Well edited, great footage. Worth watching and enjoyed. Thanks, keep up the good work.
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  400. Finally home and able to catch up: a wonderful change of tac, staying with espionage but from a different perspective. As much I as I utterly adore your normal content I could get used to drops like this as I know that the content is bountiful. I am also a fan of the new presentation, I am especially fond of the subtle lamp and its oblique angle shining on your well deserved recognition. I look forward to whatever comes next.
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  401. Great story as always, coupled with quality production and delivered with professionalism. Thanks for your hard work sir👏
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  402. This is the first time I have seen your channel and this video was fascinating. I look forward to watching more of your videos. The quality is very high and the storytelling very compelling. Keep up the great work!
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  403. One million views. Congratulations! I've only recently discovered your channel, and have found your presentations utterly engrossing and absolutely top shelf.
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  404. Quality YT doc for the start of the day, thanks Philip!!
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  405. Great story, great delivery! Thx for the video!
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  406. I’ve been waiting for this channel my whole life.
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  407. Thank you for this video. You have a fantastic storytelling style. Interesting and concise.
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  408. i had the privilege of meeting her twice when I was in college. The most respectable intelligence officer in our history.
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  409. The UK had Oleg Gordievsky, and the USSR had Kim Philby...
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  410. Very Good As Always ! ! !
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  411. I am actually on holiday, and here I am, glued on YT binge watching Philip ‘s channel. I appreciate your hard work. Best! Xx
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  412. Excellently written and presented.
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  413. Wow, awesome documentary, really a professional job. I was aware of this case, but the level of detail you presented was amazing. IMO your work is at the level of a big TV channel like BBC, or even better.
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  414. Excellently narrated. Keep it up please.
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  415. Thatcher was such a blatant hypocrite. Finally I have a face and back story to the name Anthony Blunt, thank you so much!
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  416. Fascinating story. Very well put together and presented
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  417. Fantastic! Learned something new today—many thanks.
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  418. Yaaaaay another upload. I listen to you whilst at work with my earphone in. Your accent and dictation is clear and soothing and non offensive to me ears😊😊. Thanks for keeping me ans all of us entertained. Bright blessings from the uk
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  419. Outstanding content of an unreported world. Love the accent, Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸
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  420. Fascinating and highly recommended by a fellow South African who fled the bush wars with the swart en rooi gevaar in the 80's ☝️❤️🌍🇿🇦
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  421. Fascinating!!!
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  422. You sound wonderfully South African. Good stuff.
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  423. Really REALLY well made video! I subscribed
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  424. I haven't watched the video yet, haven't gotten any time, so I'm subscribing to remember this awesome channel! The first vid I watched of yours was the Billion Dollar Spy, and I know that this will also be as epic as that vid! Thanks Philip! -YD
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  425. very good Documentary very well researched thanks Philip 🙂👍
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  426. i love your videos because i know you work hard on them and how much time and effort it takes for you knowing that it will never be perfect but you put it out there anyway. also from your videos ive become fluent in multiple foreign language just so i can read their declassified documents
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  427. Fascinating as usual. Superbly narrated and illustrated. Can’t wait for the next one
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  428. The artworks portraying people, sites, actions are beautifully rendered. How fortunate your production iss to have such talents and creative efforts at your disposal. Thank you for sharing. 🎉😊
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  429. At the end you say his contribution cannot be understated. Surely you mean overstated! Excellent video
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  430. Incredible work, absolutely enthralling story telling. Keep it up !
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  431. Great documentary! Thanks.
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  432. Amazing job! I've read this story in the past, but your documentary brought it to life in a great way.
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  433. I always enjoy your documentaries. Thanks
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  434. Just had your channel recommended to me. I found the first 2 stories I listened to fascinating. I recognized bits and pieces of those stories as in the 80's and 90's I was in my 20's to 30's. Thank you for such quality work, very easy to listen to and don't need to actually watch the video if you are busy doing your daily chores.
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  435. Excellent video. Yet again 9th November is a key date in 20th C German history.
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  436. Was off to bed but a Philip Thompson video dropped - sleep can wait ! 😊
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  437. Always well produced and informative with a good consistent tone. Thank you!
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  438. Fascinating, sir! Well-researched and presented. You have my subscription. Best wishes, Cork Camden
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  439. You really know how to write a script my friend. This entire video kept me glued to the screen from start to finish. Looking forward to more content of this quality
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  440. This channel has become one of my favourites. Great work Philip
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  441. Yes! This is good stuff. I’m glad you go after some of the less well known spies. This guy is relatively unknown, no one else really brings him up. Probably because he wasn’t some big time military spy, or the information he was trafficking isn’t all that flashy. But this is awesome.
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  442. Thank you for this most interesting documentary about an amazing women.
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  443. You’re gonna blow up. Shocked you haven’t already. Such awesome content and I don’t even care about spies!
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  444. Always very, very interesting. Keep it up
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  445. Very well done and very sad for the US and again for the FBI.
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  446. Thanks for another classy video, Philip. Even though excellence and you are synonymous, it still feels good to say so. As for British intelligence, Blake, along with the other Cambridge spies, tells a pathetic story. But good to see the principles of justice upheld in Britain even in the worst case.
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  447. Another awesome piece of work. Great job
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  448. I’ve been eagerly awaiting your next spy video😂
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  449. Amazing videos and great work. Looking forward to the next one.
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  450. How does this channel only have less than 300 subscribers!? What a video!
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  451. Thank you. Very gripping fascinating! Well delivered
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  452. Very well made. Excellent script. The paintings add a beautiful touch. Thank you.
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  453. More videos mate please. Could be about anything for all I care, you have a great way of making them. Very interesting stuff
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  454. tyvm for another upload very informative for we 'history types' 😁🇨🇦🤟
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  455. Excellent video, thank you! Just subbed.
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  456. Just found your channel 😎 Excellent work , I grew up during the Cold War. Your narration is very clear, I'm from Belfast Northern Ireland and understand you perfectly 😉 Looking forward to watching your other videos.
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  457. I was honestly thinking about George Blake today and by sheer luck,or they can hear my thoughts now,I stumbled upon your channel. Thank you.
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  458. Excellent job on this one! Well done.
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  459. Brillant documentary, thank you for this. I have read quite a few books about George Blake and his autobiography. Looking forward to your next spy story.
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  460. Enjoyed this video so much I watched it twice! Love the new format and looking forward to the next tale of espionage. Thank you! :)
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  461. First! Thanks for the great documentary, Philip Thompson.
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  462. Very good video, thanks.
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  463. Another fascinating video. Great illustrations too. Keep it up
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  464. First rate video. Extremely informative. Thanks.
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  465.  @PhilipThompson  thank you for giving me some content to binge watch tonight!
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  466. I’m so Sorry Philip, talented content creators like you are producers your channels are a full/part time job not an “influencer” worthless profile on social media. Please don’t feel discouraged us who values quality over quantity are still here for you. Thank you for being creative & polite.
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  467. Keep up dude!! your content is so good and well made
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  468. You have no idea how happy I am to see this with your voice
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  469. Another great story of heroes. ❤ I love this content and am striving to continue soaking up knowledge of substance in my cyber searches.
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  470. ‘The british accent’ was AI. So f that bru
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  471. Wow great story. I thought this video would have 100k views, you are so underrated keep it up 👍
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  472. Such mess such fakeness. Makes me wanna roar. Thanks PT, always great.
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  473. Still have a contemporary colour postcard of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel given to my father while serving on secondment to the U.S.Navy from the Royal Navy in 1943 when serving aboard the South Dakota as communication link. She and her sister ship Alabama (preserved) were cover against Tirpitz.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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  474. Informative footage and appreciate the great effort!
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  475. I greatly appreciate your narration to the AI man. It's hard for me to understand the story when the tone isn't changing to what's happening in the story. I appreciate you
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  476. Philip Thompson take a bow
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  477. This is such a great channel! I just stumbled across it and absolutely love all the videos, they're captivating and incredibly well done!
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  478. More documentary like this please.
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  479. Nothing short of a bloody excellent video. Well done 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
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  480. Agreed 💯%
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  481. I find your narration and your accent very soothing. Im an American and can understand you perfectly fine. I actually prefer your accent. 😄
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  482. As a South African I also never heard of this chap, there must be more documentaries on South Africa thanks for your story hope there will be more from PT
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  483. Agreed. His narration is professional, clear, concise, and thoroughly descriptive.
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  484. Thanks for another interesting video!
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  485. South Africa perhaps???
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  486. Particularly enjoyed the occasional oil-painted illustrations - high class production all round.
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  487. This was excellent. I absolutely love all of your work. I’ve watched all of your prior videos many times over. I listen while I’m at work…helps keep the time ticking
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  488. Another awesome piece of work. Great job
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  489. Some saw the fact that she was a woman with a physical disability as a detriment. Luckily she saw those facts as assets. Virginia, you are a combination of guts, honor, beauty & persistence. Even though I read the book about her, seeing this video brought her life into detailed focus. Thank you.
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  490. Thank you for this fascinating window in history, being a luxury watch lover, I certainly learned some hidden secrets of the business. Have a wonderful Holiday Season. Stay safe and keep making your glorious videos of our past.
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  491. Dude, these are awesome! Keep them coming, please! Well done!
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  492. Friday saved! PT to the rescue.
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  493. Love the Paul Redmond quote to open. Ironic given that he probably was the fourth man if Robert Baer is to be believed and the book ‘The Fourth Man’ was not simply a hit piece on Redmond. Love your work. Keep up the great videos!
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  494. Love this channel
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  495. Crushed it. Keep it up!
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  496. Thank you Mr. Thompson! Great vid!
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  497. Hello , I enjoy watching this documentary. Now you have a new subscriber. Thank you.
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  498. Loved the video. New subscriber, fascinated by most things regarding espionage.
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  499. I am south african, I was born in east London, and I have never heard of this man. Thank you for this video
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  500. I really like your videos. The K.K. one was great. He is hardly ever mentioned. I’ve delayed until now because I didn’t think it would be as interesting as she was not a big deal spy. Nothing needs changing regards format, accent etc. I never watch shorts but only because I like in-depth history videos. You have a really good channel.
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  501. She was one heck of a lady, one I would have liked to have met, my only question is, I wasn't aware that judo involved anything more than throwing people about, I'm sure she meant Karate chop. However, whatever the case she's to be admired ❤
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  502. Great video!
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  503. Congratulations on 100k subscribers, fitting for a face reveal! Always enjoy watching your channel. 🎉🎉🎉
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  504. Don't give a flick about the accent,these materials are amazing!Thank you good man for all of your good work,you deserve an Oscar!
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  505. Love this video. As a a watch collector and a true crime enjoyer, this channel had the best of both worlds in this video.
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  506. You have done it again, thank you, great story and well told
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  507. Really cool presentation!! Thankyou! I never knew about this amazing heist!!!
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  508.  @PhilipThompson your voice is so much better than AI voices
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  509. Love your content PT and I miss the long-form content. Greedy, I know, but I make space in my day to watch you before anything else when you post here. Love your SA accent too
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  510. I love your accent 💚⚡️ Spa, Spy, FBeye xxx Watching from London UK 🇬🇧
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  511. Erbody done it!
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  512. Stuck between a rock and hard place.
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  513. yes lad, brilliant video as always
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  514. Thank you
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  515. Recommend to me today, glad of it, great job!
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  516. He just got one more subscriber! He tells a good story! Fascinating!
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  517. Thanks, Phil, great narrative.
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  518. Love the original art!:cat-orange-whistling:
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  519. Fascinating as always. Brilliantly narrated
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  520. 😃 EXCELLENT NARRATION 🥰 I subscribed to add you to my small list of favorite true story narrators on YT. Out of now 5, including you, you get bumped to the 3rd spot for sharing stories that are not spotlighting specific gruesome murders. Thank you young man❣️
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  521. Magnificent well done. Very enjoyable and entertaining...
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  522. Apart from the very informative content of these videos, the watercolor pictures that illustrate them are absolutely fabulous!
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  523. Brilliant. Just found the channel. Instant subscription. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
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  524. Thank you Philip for yet another captivating and awesome spy story! I can't even imagine the amount of research, script writing, and editing your videos require. I'm looking forward to the next video!❤
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  525. Fully covered investigate journalism with the thrilling narration of the life history of Mr. Bake is awesome 👍
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  526. i cant tell you how much i love your videos and the joy i get seeing you upload is really appreciated. i miss the ai narrator though
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  527. Me encantan estas historias! Saludos desde Panamá.
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  528. This was really brilliant, just like all of your videos. Excellent work champ.
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  529. This…would…make a great movie! Rich material only released recently…a new take of a key player in the early 60‘s Cold War. The best spy documentary I have ever seen 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I will include your channel in my video in July about ten channels I watch…like a hawk! 👍👍
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  530. Yet another excellently produced documentary by PT ! ! !
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  531. A fascinating study, thanks for that.
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  532. Really fascinating to hear about all the spies, including lesser known ones who still did great harm. Thanks for another fab video!
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  533. Love your work.
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  534. Another wonderful gem from PT and a story that I already knew quite well. Detailed research as always ❤
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  535. ​@PhilipThompson I know that I'm a bit late to this discussion, but I really hope that you do not ever try to hide your accent. While your pronunciations are certainly different than what I grew up around, to me it's also part of the appeal. Part of your brand, if you will. Good scripts? Check. Interesting topics? Check. Pleasant and unique voice? Check, check, check.
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  536. Best wishes to you as well...🤟 But, really a big thank you for posting this. History, always and definitely more interesting than the other thing. 😉 31:25
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  537. Top class narration.
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  538.  @PhilipThompson  I love your use of art and maps. The art is spectacular! Thx for the great video! ❤
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  539. I also watch the videos repeatedly. They are my reserve educational entertainment on days I dont have time to watch long history movies or documentaries.
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  540. Another Masterpiece
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  541. The face reveal was totally unexpected
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  542. Really interesting video love the channel
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  543. Nice thanks! Cheers from Vienna 😊
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  544. I don't know where or how you find the time to be so informed and knowledgeable about the individuals you cover including decades of history on nearly all of them. This one was particularly interesting and steeped in background information that it feels like you almost know the man by the time the video concludes. Another spectacular example of just how well researched and produced you video's always are. This one was fascinating from the very start, and I am still a fan of the personal narration rather than some bot doing it; it is far more intimate and engaging with you reading your own script. Amazing work as always Philip, I still am totally obsessed with your content and hope it continues long into the future. I am still hoping for Bletchley Park episode as there is so much to cover in that are of counter intelligence, but I will always be happy with a YouTube alert that I have a new video from your channel to watch. Still loving all of your content. Thank you Philip
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  545. This was well done. I learned a lot about her.
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  546. Just excellent (again) The nerve of these people is astonishing.
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  547. Thank you for switching back to full length vids
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  548. you have made me interested in watches! Nice work!
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  549. Nice video Those impressionist images are beautiful. Are they computer-generated?
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  550. How should they sound? BTW Philip is South African not European.
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  551. Your quality is always a level above the rest. Always drops my jaw!!
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  552. Loving this channel! Just found it #subscribed
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  553. Never heard this story excellent video sir
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  554. Thanks. Fascinating details i didn't know about his early life, and a very professional documentary.
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  555. Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Historians did an excellent job of presenting actual facts from fiction. Class A research project. Orator presented the documentary very well!!! Special thanks to espionage agent Virginia Hall along with civilian resistance.assisting her & allied associates. Whom knew their capture ment torture and death. If they were lucky. Being sent to Nazi concentration camp. Was the ultimate punishment. Without their selfish/timeless efforts. This documentary would not have been possible!!!
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  556. What an operation ! It’s a wonder you have this information. So intriguing , I subscribed.
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  557. I appreciate this documentary.
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  558. I have never heard of Karl Friedrich Hockrt until now. I guess I will have to look up his name. Thank you for this video.
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  559. Great work on this channel I genuinely appreciate your effort
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  560. I feel your YouTube channel is criminally under viewed. Been binge watching your stuff and seeing sub 100k views where I’d almost certainly expect >1 million views. Perfect blend of entertainment and education voiced by a fantastic narrator. Good stuff, subbed for sure.
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  561. Great video as always!
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  562. Grew up in 80s Czechoslovakia. Idk what was wilder the mid-late 80s or early -mid 90s....excellent work friend
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  563. @Philip Thompson  thank you - correct. Amazing people that endured so much, but kept moving quietly.
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  564. Bro I live in Pretoria, even Elon Musk came from here, bruh💀💀
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  565. Great video! We get a more complete picture of WWII and the Cold War with every video, keep up it up!
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  566. Crazy life. Thanks for the great video.
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  567. Amazing video!
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  568. Great video!
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  569. Your work is terrific. Thankyou for sharing it!
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  570. Well put together with great content
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  571. I look forward to your videos like the way kids look forward to Christmas
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  572. Excellent documentary, Philip. Thank you
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  573. Glyndwr Michael was born in Commercial street, Aberbargoed, South Wales. My family are from Aberbargoed. It's well known in that area.
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  574. I would definitely watch a video on the Spanish flu if you decide to produce one. Great video.
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  575.  @PhilipThompson  Here's hoping you re-do previous videos then. Could be good practice for you!
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  576. I worked for the admiralty in the late 70s on the stealth technology used to hide the submarines.
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  577. Excellent! The only thing else the Youtubeamentery needs is a bowl of buttery popcorn to go with it.
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  578.  @PhilipThompson  found this one in my recommended and am now subbed
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  579. South African narrator...cool..
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  580. That was a good documentary. Always heard her name but never knew her exact story. Thank you for putting that great peace together.
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  581. This is a high quality documentary as it doesn't include background music or visual special effects! Thank you so much. You're ahead of everyone else! 👍
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  582. Love these stories and your narration. Thank you for posting.
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  583. Loving the new short form, very much a teaser for the longer form documentary. Still, the long form are still the long form that I look forward to the most. Looking forward to the next one. Outstanding work as always Philip and utterly fascinating.
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  584. Im familiar with this story. For the full story, read the book called " Widows " by William Corson & Joseph Trento. Great work telling this story in an accessible way.
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  585.  @PhilipThompson  I wouldn’t have you change a thing. It’s a fine documentary.
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  586. I absolutely love spy stories fabulous
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  587. Thanks, excellent video. I can't recall the title, but there is a BBC Radio play on YouTube about watching the Krogers from the house opposite. A good play, I've heard it a couple of times. I'll try to find it again.
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  588. Thanks mate! Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
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  589. That is a superb documentary Philip. These are stories worth telling and I very much appreciate the lack of sensationalism.
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  590. these episodes need to be sold to netflix or hbo, you make amazing content and we need more than 170k people to see it
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  591. Excellent doc. To the point,, informative, superb narration. Thanks
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  592. Just subscribed. This is very informative.
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  593. A yes a new video 📹, thanks Phillip. I've been binging your other videos for the holiday.
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  594. Fascinating documentary...many thanks Philip.
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  595. Great research and video!
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  596. I can relate
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  597. This documentary version is packed with more information! Congratulations Phillip. It's so telling how Blake and many others who embraced communism, never hesitated to abandon loved ones!
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  598. I’m literally hooked on all your videos
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  599. Happy Holidays! Keep up the great research and presentation, thanks from everyone
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  600. Ha ha, I'm a South African Marine veteran, living in Port Elizabeth about 300km from East London where Fritz was born 😅
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  601. As an old dane I have never heard the story before. Normaly we think PET is quite a cartoon.Very nice video. Thank you.
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  602. I enjoy your work. You have taught me much!
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  603. First time watching your show really interesting I really like it Hope to come a member thank you so much for your hard work you put into this from Indiana USA
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  604. Excellent ! ! !
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  605. Title is very cinematic, and great coverage of the subject!
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  606.  @PhilipThompson  What is your Mother tongue? I ask because I heard some words you spoke and I had never heard a British accent pronounce them in such a way. Strange story well presented. Continue your good work!
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  607. Excellent and interesting video, Philip. Thanks for posting!
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  608. Well done. 👍
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  609. The SA accent is the best. Make us proud. Please don't use voiceovers
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  610. Great accent
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  611. Simple and clear in the presentation. I love it.
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  612. Love it mate! Brilliant quality as always
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  613. What a great story!
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  614. Great stuff as usual. So well researched!
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  615. Awesome video. Fascinating story. Bravo.
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  616. Your channel is amazing, great vid, beautiful editing.❤😮❤
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  617. I hope I can concentrate on this, it's been one of those days. Agent Tricycle, lol!
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  618. Your narration is perfect and very clear, you have a very, very slight accent that's barely noticeable and so what if it is? The parochialism of people who are astounded that, yes, believe it or not the world consists of lots and lots of different people who aren't the same! Your English is excellent - also thank-you for not using background music, it's a reason I love your videos 🙏
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  619. This is an unbelievably fascinating channel! 🙏
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  620. History becomes new and interesting each time you dress it up it in such excellent words. The script and narration are superb as usual. Thank you, Philip.
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  621. This is a high class documentary, no hyperbole just facts, brilliant ❤
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  622. I want to add this is a great video! I'll add that for some reason at times it feels like it was made as a report for a college class (I add this as constructive criticism only because I see so much potential that by pointing out the minor criticism will help you reach the next level) it's full of information I did not know and I'd like to think I know a lot about this subject. Loved the music and 80's excess decade feel during the London part of the video. Great content and looking forward to more spy filled videos from you!
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  623. Good work, mate ❗️👏
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  624. Love the paintings.
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  625. great content as always
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  626. Porfirio Rubirosa was the same thing, you should look into him and do documentary of him. Thanks for this awesome video!!
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  627. Very interesting! Thank you!
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  628. Excellent as usual. Thank you.
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  629.  @PhilipThompson  Everything works on your channel due to the gifts you have. It is just that you got us used to the captivating war time spy stories. There is no other channel like yours on YouTube in my knowledge. Thanks, again.
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  630. My favourite spy documentary channel. Thank you guys 🎉
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  631. Great video! Thanks so much. Will sub if I find other interesting docus.
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  632. Wow! This documentary is as good as they get! Had never heard of her, but am a big fan of Nancy Wake and now how two women to so greatly respect! Thanks for sharing and the very best of luck!
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  633. I basically never comment on YT videos, but this was incredible! Great story and even better story telling
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  634. I still don't understand why he returned to Moscow when he and his family would have been safe. I really ridiculous decision which ended up costing himself and his family dearly. Was it ego. I respect the work he did and the chances he took to provide info to the British but the decision was quite shocking to me
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  635. Still a mistery to me
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  636. That was an amazing analysis and I love this series, please continue this series ❤❤
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  637. The content and dispassionate delivery on this channel is really impressive.
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  638. Enjoy your vids ! I subscribed after watching just one of them!
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  639. here are some ideas for stories, as you follow some old hints and flesh them out very good: Richard Sorge and therefore Ursula Kuczynski and Alexander Radó. or in the timeline before that how about the Lucy spy ring... thank you for the content, love to dive into your stuff and read up on the inputs
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  640. Beautiful voice and enchanting paintings. Admirable family.
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  641. Awesome video as usual my South African brother... I'm Scottish-American, I live in South Alabama.
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  642. I am enjoying your work. Thank you for sharing it!
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  643. Great job! Mercí!
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  644. I only knew the minimum of details of his efforts, and I am glad to have heard about his life and ideals. Thanks for all the research you are sharing with us!
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  645. I find all the comments about your accent fascinating. My favourite was British with Texan. This Hansen guy was a total menace, I've been binging your channel and these spy stories are crazy.
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  646. Awesome tale!! Well narrated!!
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  647. You make great content! Keep it up I love it 👏
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  648. Loved this video. And with the naration with a British accent!!! Priceless. Love this stuff.
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  649. I love spy stories, reading their books and hearing the same stories over told from different perspectives. Ive watched almost everyone of your videos now and just subbed to your podcast on Spotify! Keep the spy stories coming we love it! 🫶💙🫶💙🫶
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  650. Nice surprise oh what a perfect way to chill.
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  651. Great Work as always. You should consider covering the story of Nikolai Fedorovich Artamanov a.k.a. Nick Shadrin. I think you'd find it most interesting.
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  652. Thanks for another interesting video!
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  653. As others did too. I enjoyed this story.
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  654. South African accents rule!
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  655. Thanks for your work, and for pronouncing his last name (Pujol) correctly in catalan
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  656. im a big fan of the secret war during WW2. Your vid is very informative and I found your graphics/vids added to your info. It isn't just random things during the time, but helps you convey the info. THank you!
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  657. This is fantastic, thank you!
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  658. Love your stuff. Keep going 🎉
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  659. i’ve been waiting for a video on edward lee howard for so so so long from you🙏🏾🙏🏾amazing thank you sm
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  660. Just discovered this channel ,sunscibed and binge watching ! Fantastic content and thank goodness for REAL narration not awful AI 👏👏👏
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  661. Pretty rad
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  662. You should have been born in Canada - in ice hockey, many players shoot left, even those who are right-handed.
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  663. Wowsy PT, lovely to see your face. And a very intresting spy story as always. 🤩
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  664.  @PhilipThompson love the narration voice man keep it up, thank you for uploading for us , these videos bring me peace
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  665. Exceptional presentation all 'round. Many years ago, as a SADF, Platoon Leader, on the Natal/Mozambique border, one of my men came into my tent and asked, "Lieutenant, would you like a steak?" I gave him a wry look, but he persisted. "How big?" "How thick?" "Over the coals, medium rare, OK?" I responded with a 'go away' look, but a while later in he walked with a giant steak, around 20 x 12 x 5cm. It was tough, sea-weed tasting, hippo steak. I could chew it, but swallow it, no. A dead certain, US import disaster. 😒
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  666. I am anticipating the time I have to schedule this channel for a binge. I am a new subscriber and I can't wait to watch the entire playlist... Excellent
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  667. This is great because I need to watch all of these more than once anyway, all of their stories are so complicated. These stories have everything, much better than tv. Thank you again!
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  668. Great hisstory,well told..Thanks,i enjoyed it.
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  669. Fantastic presentation!!! Bravo! Inspirational.
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  670. Thank you!
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  671. My favorite YouTube channel🔥🔥
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  672. I live in Département 17 in South West France and found this vidéo very informative, merci beaucoup ❤
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  673. I love your tone and expression in explaining stuff...it makes me wanna listen more. You've just earned another follower thanks youtube fir recommending this.
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  674. Thank you Philip for another excellent documentary 🙏
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  675. Great upload as always!
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  676. You sound South African! Proper content. I'm here for it
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  677. Shorter form vids. Ok....I'll take it.😅😊
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  678. Keep making videos!!!!!
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  679. Is there too much surveillance now for these romantic nomads to change identities and flit around working for various 'security services' as well as dabble in cons and liaisons? Today's spies need to rise without trace it seems. Enter Chris Yang. Great story telling as usual Philip. Love the channel
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  680. Glad I stumbled on this channel 🙌 🙏
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  681. Bedankt
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  682. Great video as always 👍
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  683. That's a bit of a chicken move.
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  684. Great video, and after reading the comments I will read the book. Subbed!
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  685.  @PhilipThompson  I like your narrative stye. As stated it feels totally right for the subject matter.
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  686. Another awesome video
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  687. Excellent documentary 👏
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  688. Fascinating as usual. Thank you.
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  689. Brilliant video Philip. Absolutely fascinating. I doubt that the best fiction writer could come up with such an intriguing story. Keep up the excellent work.
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  690. Superb video. The results of your (evidently hard) work are impressively displayed & very praiseworthy. Well done - and thanks!
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  691. Well where to start?? Well first off I loved how respectful you were asking people to like and sub.. and I have watched many documentary on the dirtbag..but you did yours the best..Included facts weren't in the others..didn't ruin it with music. Only halfway and had to stop and tell you that..keep it up..don't let crappy people stop you. Seriously it's the best documentary about this guy i've seen
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  692. Fascinating... beautifully presented and edited. Thank you for a great channel
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  693. I have read, and watched, many histories of Juan Pujol Garcia. One source claimed he was personally worth a division at D-Day. This is the most detailed single account of his amazing career.
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  694. This was Absolutely Fascinating I listened from start to finish 10/10
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  695. ​@T0mmyTune accent sounds South African to me. Many SA emigrants come to Australia to live, it's a distinctive accent but only on some words ;)
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  696. That was excellently done in all ways. New sub. Keep it up.
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  697. Incredibly brave strong and resilient woman, like all of the people who worked with or for the resistance , I'm amazed by what they did to help end the nazi occupation and the incredible risks they took, she was one of the luckier ones, lucky to survive, lucky not to be captured. They were prepared to risk torture and probable death in the name of freedom. I'm grateful to all the people like her who helped end the war .
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  698. I've been looking forward to this, your uploads are like a special occasion and I'm finally awake enough to pay attentiion. Great channel you've made here, thank you! Power Vacuum would be a good name for my imaginary girl band.
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  699. Thank you this is great !
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  700. Very well done biography. Was the video of her execution real or some reenactment?
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  701. Brilliant work sir! Cant wait for the next one!!
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  702. Awesome
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  703. My favorite YouTube channel
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  704. I relish imitating a S.Africa accent and kiwi accent - there is so much to get your teeth into. We southern hemisphere peoples have had our natural voices dubbed / subtitled for US film audiences. Just ridiculous! Please don't AI your authentic mellifluous sound. Hey from Oz 🦘
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  705. Your channel is wonderful! I’m so glad I found you. One new happy subscriber here . Thank you 😊
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  706. I was studying for my forensic exams there I came across the term phossy jaw and google showed ur vedeo. Vedeo was great thank you🙏
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  707. I so enjoy the history you tell. Thank you so very much. My eyesight is not good, so reading is not good for me anymore. I relate some of your info to friends whom ( I hope) like my condensed lessons, lol. If you illustrate history well enough, ppl enjoy listening and learn from you, especially younger folks. God bless.
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  708. I write for another history channel. This one is very well done also. If you need a writer, let me know.
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  709. Blown away with the quality of this video.
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  710. Great content. Keep them coming please.
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  711. Fantastic story. What a man. What a life. Well told.
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  712. Great story! Thank you! Well done.
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  713. Great video! Thanks mate.
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  714. Yet another masterpiece thank you so much for your work Philip
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  715. As someone who isn’t into movies, this is an interesting documentary. Especially since most don’t know 90% of the stuff mentioned here. That and it was nicely formed and edited for the most part. Plus I can say I was entertained up till the end. At the end I forgot that I was watching a video with less than 1k views at 5 months old. WTF happened?
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  716. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch :)
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  717. ​ @PhilipThompson I think you have done a marvelous job and I will gladly watch any of your podcasts!!❤🎉❤🎉
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  718. The artwork in you videos is extraodinary. I've got mixed feelings about Snowden. It does seem to me that incidents like this are good for our democracy. Laws allow our government to do to us what are illegal for us to do to the government. To shine light on this as Snowden has apparently done can be as good as it is bad. So it should be encouraged as much as it is discouraged. How to do that???? To throw mud at Snowden is outrageous. So we see that he told some lies in his past. I suspect it would be harder to find someone who hasn't told lies in our country than who have. Matter of fact, it's likely that the US lies on a regular basis. People can come up with conspiracy theories and reveal them to the universe but to bring proof, are destroying our democracy? How screwed up is that? Thank you for the well prepared documentary.
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  719. Great audio presentation of Virginia Hall's exploits and life! Virginia essentially ticked all the boxes for Special Ops: going behind enemy lines with no support, sabotage, reconnaisance and even hostage rescue. She did this with, and inspite of some of her male conterparts, and outlasted/bested many of them. "A Woman of No Importance" goes into more details and is definatly worth a read. There are very few people, male or female, who have the necessary qualities, and it's unjust, and frankly a waste of talent, that she had to fight so hard to be taken serisously throughout her life. I wonder if it was the relativley recent promotion of women like Victoria, Nancy Grace, and Odette Sansom that factored into the SAS and SEALs finally opening their doors to females.
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  720. I think it's going to take several operations to remove my jaw from the floor from the shock and and...shock.and horror from what I've just seen 😲 However, thank you to the Channel Owner who Uploaded these this is important that we see these We as in everyone everywhere as a Teaching Tool
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  721. Another awesome video, thank you, love watching those sub numbers creeping up higher!
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  722. dang this is really good storytelling + nice narrator voice. Subscribed
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  723. Love these videos - think it's a little bit ironic to say someone is a humanist, but lacks generosity. Feel like those two are intertwined
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  724.  @PhilipThompson  You are correct. This video is a more accurate retelling of the story and well done in such a short time. That movie, "The Man Who Never Was", was very good.
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  725. Great Narrator with an engaging story!
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  726. Addicting! 😊 I’m rewatching.
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  727. Finally, it's relax time and I get to watch. Twice.
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  728. fantastic documentary - thank you. A really outstanding production.
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  729.  @PhilipThompson  glad this gave you a giggle 😂 love your work dude
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  730. I love that you are trying a shorter format. Definitely good to mix up long and short. Clearly its the most complex stories which deserve longer videos, but not all of them
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  731. Goeie werk, my maat, goeie werk!
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  732. Excellent job!!
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  733. WONDERFUL HISTORY, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. BETTER THAN ANY MOVIE
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  734. Excellent work Philip. So well researched, illustrated and narrated as always.
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  735. The perfect channel! I've watched three just this am! Instant fan and subscriber
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  736. I love your videos!
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  737. The Stalin dying b-roll had me cracking up. Looks like me when I see a really big spider. Great video btw
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  738. Always good to hear a new spy video as I get to work.
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  739. That's some impressive Procreate work!
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  740. Thank you for another marvelous creation!!!
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  741. I enjoyed that posting. Your narration is very pleasant. Thank you
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  742. This was an awesome documentary, 954 liked
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  743. Yay!
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  744. Wow what a cad. Can you imagine all the spying and double crosses going on today with so many hotspots in the world. Anyway I appreciated your documentary and learned a lot.
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  745. Can I suggest you do a video on Agent Zig Zag.
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  746.  @PhilipThompson  a Rolls Royce isn't made on an assembly line! It is always worth waiting for the highest quality.
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  747. Good content, looking forward for more, I've subscribed
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  748. big adrenaline rush i would love a video on the grey wolf the u boat that sank 49 sum odd ships absolutely love the content
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  749. Brilliant, Philip! Truly classy graphics as well.
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  750. I’m doing a school project on the black lung disease! This video is a godsend for my grade
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  751. Fascinating telling of bravery against the odds. Have subscribed
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  752. This is just what I want to watch right now, your stories are always interesting and spies are my favorite part of learning about wars. At least it didn't end with an 💥.
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  753. Thanks. Fascinating stuff superbly presented.
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  754. Kudos for the breathtaking watercolor illustrations. They are simply beautiful! Splendid images suited to this inspiring account. Thank you!
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  755. Love this documentary 🥰
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  756. Had to watch it a second time So Great.
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  757. Well done. Loved it. Bravo!
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  758. Talk about a class act! Great video and very Informative information
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  759. I think this is the first time I've ever commented on one of your videos, even though I have enjoyed them all. This one is no exception. Except it's bittersweet ending. Like watching a suspenseful movie, I was so hoping for the happy ending of friends reuniting and living out their lives recounting their exploits. My heart was truly saddened to learn of his friends demise. But I was truly proud of his decision not to retaliate against the Nazi commander. He proved in that moment that he was truly a good man (that, and it would've been a waste of a good bullet). Thank you for this tale well told.
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  760. Its only time for you to become viral, keep up the good work!
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  761. Incredible and superb artwork. What a pleasure to watch 👍👍
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  762. Love your vids keep it up
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  763. interesting report 🧐 thx for another upload 🇨🇦😁
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  764. Wow you sir are sadly underrated!
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  765. Good glory Phil I’ve been waiting for this one. Thank you for this Friday night treat. Great night to be home suspended from work 😅
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  766. awesome episode keep it up Phil! you can and have so far done it!
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  767. Very well researched and put together.
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  768. I found my new favorite channel! Excellent content and even better narration. Perfect voice for war narration!
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  769. Excellent spy documentary! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😉 fantastic detail and very professionally produced 👍👍
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  770. Philip Thompson, We like the voice of the narrator.
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  771. Another excellent documentary, thank you. I was aware of Lily Sergueiew from a book by another popular author and it does seem she was treated rather shabbily by the British. She certainly lived up to her codename "Treasure" in terms of her counter-espionage value. Along with the other Double Cross agents and the teams involved in the deception, she helped to ensure the success of D-Day.
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  772. Oh yea!! Nice surprise!
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  773. Excellent video. You gained a subscriber
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  774. Thank you for mentioning what the British did to my people. As ‘n boer breuk dit my kart elke keur wat ek hoor hoe die Engelse my grootouers hanteer het. My meegevoel met die wat familielede verloor het teen die vyand.
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  775. @PhilipThompson  it's your channel, I will support it regardless of what you decide. Just don't let keyboard warriors get under your skin. LEKKER DAG! SIEN UIT VIR DIE VOLGENDE
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  776. Thank you.Interesting intelligence information..!
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  777. Fantastic video as always
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  778. great video. looking forward to these new five minute spy stories series.
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  779. A documentary on Yuri Bezmenov would be interesting. His advice to the US made the GOP villainize the Dems.
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  780. Just stumbling on this channel tonight, I absolutely love the peppering in of that 1920s-30s diddy in the transitions. It kind of cracks me up but also replenishes momentum to the video. Anyway, in general, great stuff. Subscribed. Liked. All that.
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  781. Thank you
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  782. I enjoyed the voice narration and the story was also very easy to follow. Thank you !
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  783. The artwork in this video is magnificent...as is the video.
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  784. First viewer ❤
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  785. Astonishing life and story. Thank you for sharing. Hope to get the book soon.
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  786. Great stuff. Thank you.
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  787. Many thanks Philip for this beautiful and sympathetic portrayal of Violette. I have long had a fascination with the French Resistance since the old black and white BBC drama ‘Moonstrike’. Carve Her Name With Pride has given me a special interest in Violette and a few years ago I made a recce of the area south of Limoges where her last fateful mission took place. Interestingly Stuart Outred published an excellent book revisiting the circumstances around her capture: Salesman 2. It can be found on Blackwells online store.
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  788. Fantastic treatment and delivery of the material Also really lekker to hear a saffer accent on yoochoob!
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  789. Hi thank you nice dokument.
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  790. Excellent research and narration. Take a bow, PT!
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  791. Thank you. Watching from Alaska.
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  792. Great STUFF, love it! Thank you so very much!!!
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  793. Great video
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  794. BEAUTIFULLY narrated. I normally can't get passed the first 10 minutes with American narrators and don't even bother with AI. Pronounciation and tone were absolutely perfect. Thank you. Subscribed😉
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  795. What a great video. Good luck with the channel.
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  796. We are living nearby. Due to this documentary we became very interested. Now we frequent Café Backus often. This is a very good short documentary, but there is far more.
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  797. these stories are really entertaining to watch
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  798. Very interesting historic stories on your channel, and absolutely STUNNING illustrations!
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  799. Great video, excellent content and well presented. Thank you.
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  800. Well, on a football (soccer) team it's quite common to use left-footed players on certain positions. In close combat sports, it can be an advantage to be left handed, because it's difficult to defend your own hitting side, and the left handed people are more used to doing just that. In tennis and badminton it's also often an advantage, also because right handers are not used to it to the same degree as left handers. Also, don't forget to mention that Arabic is taught strictly to be written by left hand. Also Chinese historically wasn't a left to right system. There's been lots of claims about intelligence and personalities of left handers... I believe it's difficult to find any hard evidence of a difference. Anyway, I'm strictly a right hander, for full disclosure, but I've grown up with the European dining table layout, so you won't see me switching sides for knife and fork all the time, as is quite common with the American layout. Cheers!
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  801. It’s sad to see that you don’t have a big number of subscribers!
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  802.  @PhilipThompson  it is already on my podcast list Philp, thank you for letting us all know that it's available.
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  803. I clicked on this intended for background noise, and paid absolute attention and the video flew in. Incredibly well produced
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  804. Great video as always, thank you!
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  805. Another masterclass in investigative documentary production; absolutely fascinating Philip, thank you. Almost at 100k subs too, I am positive that this one will help you get there. I am already looking forward to the next one.
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  806. This is great entertainment, if only for some of the English pronunciation, such as @6.36. Very well spoken. I love it:)
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  807. Phillip please use your natural South African voice. Nothing better than the human element In your wonderful videos
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  808. Wow, this was incredible.
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  809. Hi from Australia. Brilliant doco, fair and captivating. Thanks!
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  810. very interesting, thank you for presenting this information.
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  811. An absolutely brilliant Documentary on a true RUSSIAN HERO.
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  812. We all say thanks for the Greatest Hits album (spy version) - happy 2025!
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  813. Excellently put together -and well-told too. Subbed.
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  814. 21:05 the appearance of the kgb logo was kinda scary and it made the story more interesting than it already was.. great video.. I loved it 😊 ❤
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  815. Great video!
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  816. The artwork in these stories is brilliant.
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  817. This was very well written and researched, and I enjoyed your subtle humour and way of explaining things.
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  818. Mr. Thompson…..superb video….thank you!
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  819. Brilliant documentary, fascinating!
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  820. ​ @PhilipThompson the graphics & pacing are top notch. I'm impressed!
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  821. Great video man. Small suggestion but it would have been even better with some subtle spy music in the background. Little stuff like that goes a long way! Still awesome though 👍🏼
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  822. Fascinating story. Thanks so much for this video. I have. Studied wwii all my life and I’d never heard of him
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  823. Fascinating! Thank you.
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  824. A story beautifully and succinctly told!
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  825.  @PhilipThompson  Please keep these videos coming because they are phenomenal and you've just earned yourself a loyal subscriber, please keep this video's coming!
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  826. Super underrated video! I love the accent too, I'm originally from South Africa but have lived in the UK for over 18 years now, I've not heard a voice like mine for so long, it's crazy to be reminded other people speak like that too
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  827.  @PhilipThompson  Thanks for your so-quick reply! I'm glad it's of some help. You probably have some parts of existing videos that you could easily extract and re-hash into a short-form video, such as How does the Enigma machine work? If you use existing material, you could get quite a few of these types of videos up quite quickly to test interest. If you've got content, you might as well make the maximum use of it! I look forward to your next video, whatever it is. :)
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  828. Excellent as usual Thank you.
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  829. The best spy-channel on youtube, I re-iterate! I never even heard about this very case 😎😄😄!!
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  830. Another great video! 👍 keep it up!
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  831. The voice of the narrator is on topnotch
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  832. Masterpiece <3
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  833. This was an absolute superb story 😏, riveting 👍👍
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  834. Clicks on Video because of title, Stays because Saffa accent 😂 👌🏼 🔥
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  835. That was a fantastic video!
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  836. It’s great to see your face. Keep uploading! 🫡
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  837. I love short and sweet info like this, thank you
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  838. Bravo! slick video.
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  839. Been waiting in to you cover Garbo
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  840. I really look forward to your videos thank you for making such awesome content!! Nice springbok accent too 😎
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  841. Your video made my morning much better, thank you. I'm not mad at anyone for having hope in Communism in the beginning, unfortunately it's super easy to corrupt. I'm glad Blake reunited with his children and found new love. I respect his loyaly to an ideal. I also prefer your voice over AI, you have a nice voice!
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  842. ​ @PhilipThompson  .. Just ordered a copy.
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  843. interesting. Great narration
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  844. 16:10 not exactly, but very close: the antagonist in “The Captain’s Daughter” is named “Aleksej Shvabrin”, not “Shadrin”. Yeah, I know, those bloody Russian names… 😂 otherwise, a great video, thank you
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  845.  @PhilipThompson  It happens. You got them right for the rest of the video, FWIW. Love your work! ❤
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  846. 5 minute in. Goeie werk! Soos altyd!
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  847. I guess MI6 has plenty of double agents working the Iran beat. TY for another quality bio Philip,
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  848. Thank you, very entertaining!
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  849. Muchas gracias por todo señor Thompson. Feliz año nuevo.
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  850. Hello Philip, I really enjoy your channel, I will definitely recommend it to friends
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  851. The quality of your videos are 100%!! Great channel bro
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  852. This was great!
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  853. Sputnik reminds me of a virus, Lunik is beautiful. As far as I know this is probably the coolest operation the C.I.A. ever carried out. This is the best video I've ever seen about it, thank you!
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  854. Thank you so much for the wonderful content !
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  855. Thanks for this excellent account of the Operation.
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  856. You are an excellent narrator & story teller, Mr. Thompson. Your videos make learning history very interesting and entertaining. Thanks for a job very we done!
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  857. Just when I thought I knew a lot of history …. Wow! Such bravery. So many obstacles and uncertainties. May have made crazy mistakes, but they tried the best they could …. No one really had any experience in these situations.
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  858. Man your channel is just awesome 😍 Keep up the good work -- especially about WW2!
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  859. Fantastic video - well enjoyed from New Zealand!
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  860. I joined ..I'm south African 😊
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  861. Been waiting for you to do a video on Garbo. Great stuff!
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  862. I have to say whatever you do pay that narrator more cause God Danm man was my podcast ride partner with perfect pitch voice and esquisite bass. Perfect
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  863. Great program. I want my chemistry students to see it.
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  864. Ernest Volkman wrote many books on the American mafia. Highly respected author.
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  865. Well, aside from the French being irretrievably French, the takeaway from this excellent work is: Don't play at being James Bond - it isn't worth it.
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  866. Wow!! Super interesting story! 👊🏼😎
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  867. 42:00 I love your videos man but calling the Russian invasion as despicable is clearly biased. Please don't do that. I love your videos for telling me facts. I don't want opinions. I'm not pro Russia, I'm pro truth and fact. And I really do love your videos. Please don't take sides. Every death is someones child in that war and that is all it comes down to. Thanks for the video none the less. It is great that someone is doing the work you do.
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  868. I've seen several of your videos and must say, you're a very good story teller bringing together many accounts making homogeneous my knowledge of these years and wars. Thank you!
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  869. Great stuff as always!
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  870. Great video and hope to see more like it.
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  871. Proudly South African!!! Love the channel ! Dankie baie
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  872. This is probably my favorite channel. Great work👍
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  873. Interesting! You learn something new everyday
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  874. story well told, impressed me
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  875. Great video
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  876. I'm so happy you made this video. I found your channel a few weeks ago and scoured it for a video about Juan Garcia. Thank you!
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  877. Good intro......terrific narration
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  878. Outstanding video!
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  879. I always get thrown off by the South African accent at the start, but then it reminds me off home so I love it
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  880. An extraordinary video. Thank you.
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  881. Genius! What a great upload! Thx!
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  882. I was going to ask that question myself. Now I have no need! You do have a unique accent, at least from my perspective in the central US. Thank you for a very interesting video and channel!
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  883. Fantastic, thank you! 🍻🎄🚀
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  884. Fascinating content. Looking forward to the next video. So interesting
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  885. Love this Channel Great Content & History
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  886. Well done, Mr. Thompson. Your videos are very interesting. The visuals are appreciated.
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  887. I'm a lefty!
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  888. Love the channel ❤️ thank you . Always send me to sleep listening to these
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  889. mesmerising story telling; another fine piece PT
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  890. Love your videos and accent
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  891. Excellent jobs, really awesome 👍👍👍
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  892. Dude, your videos are great. I have watched many of them and enjoyed every one. But I HAVE to figure out where that accent is from. To this American ear, it sounds almost British...except for the way your pronounce your short "i"s and "y"s. Those, you pronounce like an American from Alabama. It's neat...but it is pouncing all over my curiosity. If you read your comments, tell us where your accent originates.
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  893. Excellent thank you...very very interesting 👍
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  894. I feel like Im being debriefed by M, great stuff
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  895. One of the best channels on youtube
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  896. This is excellent! Job well done. Thank you sir
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  897. Great video as always!!
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  898. Oh yes another good spy story. Heartly thanks for this years spy thrillers. I wish you A Joyful And Merry Christmas PT.🌟🎄🎅🏻☃️🍄🌟🎄
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  899. Great video 👍👍
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  900.  @PhilipThompson  My brother! Great content bro. cant wait to watch more. I've become a fan of content like this and am so grateful you did not add music in the background.
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  901. You are great keep up the good work man!! Found your channel not to long ago and I can say I’m glad I did I feel like I have almost watched everyone video you put out 🤣
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  902. Finally the recommendation tab does it’s job
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  903. Another great video!
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  904. fantastic!
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  905. Bedankt
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  906. Very good documentary. One slight correction if i may. Bourke is pronounced Burke. Great channel though. Keep it up!
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  907. I know that I'm echoing another comment a little bit, but my dear Phillip, I have to say that your writing skills are head and shoulders above most any other YouTube channel I've seen. To be more precise: most any other content creator of any kind, regardless of platform. I wonder if you could be added into Nebula because you're quite perfect for that environment. Anyways, so many people go with the, shall we say, blunt "unalived", which was a bit funny when it started but now it's.. well, this comment is about you, not everyone else. You're so skilled at weaving not just a painting with your words, but a breathing mobile literary hologram with which we can insert ourselves. I hope the holiday season finds you well, warm, and healthy. Cheers my friend, and a happy new year to you too!
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  908. I first learned of her story in the book Resistance Women which is told from more of a historical fiction pov! Its a great read. Thanks for the informative video :)
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  909. Another great video. Thanks and keep up the good work!
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  910. Fascinating stuff!
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  911. What an excellent, well–constructed and thoroughly satisfying video. I'm delighted to have found this while searching the web for real–life stories of Cold War espionage. I was subscribed by the time the video ended. I'm looking forward to checking out more! Thank you!
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  912. Very good but two notes on pronunciation. Adolf should not be pronounced in the American "style" with the long A. Sir Claude E M Dansey - his third given name, Marjoribanks, is pronounced "Marchbanks". It is a quirk of a similar type to Cholmondley being pronounced as "Chumley".
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  913. Lekker video and channel boet keep it up!
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  914. Perfection is the enemy of greatness. Even the biggest media organizations, book publishers etc make mistakes with countless people at the helm. A few mistakes no matter what will occur. Especially balancing so much yourself. So thank you for creating amazing historical content about such fascinating situations. Love your work and always happy to listen while getting dinner ready. Have a great day!
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  915. This is so well done!! You’ve got a new subscriber. BTW the movie about Operation to finally take down Robert Hansen w/Chris Cooper & Ryan Phillips is excellent. It literally keeps you on the edge of your seat to the end. IIRC it’s called Breach & can't recommend it enough. Take Care!! 😊
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  916. Great content mate
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  917. Very touching,— and devastating— story. How the personal becomes massive in its ripples into the wider community. Generational inadequacies passed on. An interesting point to me was also that he gad made a sincere attempt to follow an honourable path, by joining and actually taking part in that religion and church. This has been revealed now to me SO many times, thats its no joke and can be taken as fact —- when there is real evil in a heart, the superficial application of religious faith cannot fix it. Knowledge is not in fact power, in the realm of the spirit. This is the hidden way the world actually works. It has been also the story of my own life . This story touched my soul. And thoroughly researched, beautifully narrated, and put together so that I could actually follow it. ( I sometimes I cannot follow stories as they're not well put together for aural audiences and have to give up). Thank you so much. Definitely subscribing.
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  918. Another amazing video
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  919. A brilliant documentary Philip. Well done all who took part in it's production. For the good and the not so good of it, what an adventurous and long life against all the odds George Blake led. I cant help but admire him for it, despite the negatives. And well done from me too going out to the dudes who sprang him from the 'Scrubs'. Job's a good'un lads, aye!
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  920. Just brilliant story thank you.
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  921. ❤❤
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  922. Please accept my profound thanks for your fine work. It is truly refreshing to enjoy actual historical work instead of the depressing AI generated contemporary historical pornography.
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  923. Thanks!
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  924. Another outstanding video 👍
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  925. As always, great video. Also, new logo looks great. Thanks🎉
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  926. I could listen for hours on end (And i do) these spy pods. Committed, legit researchers & interviewers.
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  927. Excellent documentary! Articulate and well-crafted. A breath of fresh air on this site!
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  928. Finallyyyy!👊🏾❤️
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  929. Well done again. Very interesting.
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  930. Philip Thompson. I thank you for this most superb documentary. Must have taken days to put together. Just excellent.
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  931. Professional quality!!! Love history 🖤
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  932. Is the narrator South African ? 😍🇿🇦
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  933. Excellent as usual.
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  934. I love the variation of the brief video and the more lengthy video. It gives us a choice of what we want to watch. There are times that I want to watch a longer video and I have more time, but like tonight I don't have much time and I specifically sought out your channel and I'm happy to find a short video. Thanks for consistently great work! ❤
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  935. Excellent story. Thanks.
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  936.  @PhilipThompson  that sounds utterly ridiculous. I hope you get some resolution soon and you get paid for what is truly outstanding content. Best of luck and I look forward to the next one.
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  937. I'm completely in awe of your documentaries Philip . Thank you so much for your clarity of narrative ... and for the wonderful illustrations which are a bonus.
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  938.  @PhilipThompson I really enjoy your content, thank you very much! You’re awesome
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  939.  @PhilipThompson  happens to the best of us, no need to apologize. absolutely love your videos, great work my dude
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  940. Sorry. I've just found your channel. I'm jus trying to peg your accent. South African? 😂 Good stuff! :-)
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  941. Amazing work always! Thank you!
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  942. Kinda of surprised you dont have more subscribers. You videos are really interesting :)
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  943. If someone hadn't made derogatory comments about the accent, then there wouldn't have been all of these great comments helping the algorithms. The dark turned into the light.❤
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  944. Thank you for your content sir !
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  945. Well narrated, also loved the paintings, merci
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  946. Brilliant presentation -- thank you.
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  947. Loved this documentary. Great presentation!
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  948. Great, great video (s), glad the algorithm hooked me up! Thank you!
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  949. Pls do john Anthony walker
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  950. Fascinating!!
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  951. Thank you Mr Thompson for your excellent documentary.
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  952. Keanu Reeves is also a "lefty" 🕺
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  953. Excellent, enthralling presentation! This would make a fantastic movies. Thank you.
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  954. Obsessed with this channel! I love watching these late at night in place of television! These people had such incredible lives! Obsessed! 👏🏽👏🏽
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  955. Fascinating, and well researched,
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  956. love this channel. found it today. great great!
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  957. An excellent programme. Thank you for all your hard work. I find these stories fascinating, both for the spy's motivation and their activities.
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  958. So much better than the AI voice!! Keep up the good work!!!
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  959. I don't think I told you yet- 🎆🥂🎆HAPPY NEW YEAR MR. THOMPSON!!! 🎆🥂🎆 You make the very best spy videos, may your channel grow exponentially in 2025 , thank you so much!
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  960. The narration here is spectacular.
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  961. Well done Philip. Another very interesting, well researched and well narrated video. Keep it up
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  962.  @PhilipThompson  you should have more than that sir
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  963. just earned yourself a sub with this gem of a video. amazing work.
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  964. YouTube needs more south African accents like yours.
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  965. Love the South African accent
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  966. Just Brilliant! thank u for a fantastic video
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  967. Thanks for this excellent presentation.
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  968. I love your work. Thank you. I recognize your accent. Jou werk is wonderlik. 👍
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  969. Excellent love to hear the history, ..Thanks .
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  970. The best YT channel is back. Just bought you 10 coffees on your link🎉
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  971. It's great to have you back! And what a story of the canny Soviets bested by the CIA. Shades of the CIA blunder wiring Soviet communications under the Berlin Wall. Another well told piece. Thank you!
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  972. It the spy THAT got away, not who. I'm glad to be of help.
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  973. So interesting as always. Can’t wait for your next one.
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  974. I feel a great kinship with her, having similar mindset. She was honest, and aimed to do good, found only the companionship and love of a canine, a relationship not valued by others. Wrongfully scorned, and libeled, she nevertheless pushed on.
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  975. I have suggestion,make a video about Dusko Popov,the Serbian ww2 spy and man who inspirated James Bond character😁😁
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  976. Thank you for the story, it was very well done. I will subscribe. Best wishes from New Zealand
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  977. Personally I greatly prefer his voice to the AI narrator. It has so much more character and resonance
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  978. Very well done documentary. I will be following for more content.
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  979. Thanks. Very interesting. Love the artwork.
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  980. I agree with all the comments about how excellent the narration is, and I'd like to add that the script is very well-written. It's really refreshing, given what's happening most everywhere else on YT. 👍
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  981. Love the stories.
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  982. its not "WAN LES PIN"! its Juan les Pin but you are fiorgiven because excellent report
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  983. This is beautifully written and produced
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  984. great content
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  985. Good job, enjoyed this!
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  986. Excellent production. Cant wait for the channel to blow up.
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  987. Interesting
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  988. You have pitched asnd narrated this story immaculately!! I wish other channels were like this!! Subscribed!
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  989. Always enjoy your videos, it makes me feel like Im in the IMF getting a mission briefing
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  990.  @PhilipThompson  just finished watching your newer ones and seems like you didnt need it as it's even better! Binging your content now! Really really well done!!!
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  991. Great videos. Thanks
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  992. Very good video. As others have said, the narration is excellent. Very comfortable listen. Hope you are well!
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  993. First, love you vids!
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  994. Very good documentary, thank you.
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  995. I have learned so much from all your videos I'm glad I found you
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  996. Epic story. Just amazing.
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  997. Very interesting and thorough documentary!
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  998. Love this format and different perspective of this video. I agree with others who have said they would lok forward to both your standard format and this format both being made. Thank you for your excellent videos.
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  999. Wow loved it ♥
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  1000. Keep up the good documentaries!
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  1001. Regarding Market Garden, I can't help but consider the possibility that Blunt tells the Soviets who then pass the info to the Nazis by other channels. I guess we'll never know. But thanks, Philip, for another well researched, well presented video. Cheers
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  1002. Thanks!
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  1003. this was put together with such detail! Thank you so much I know this story very well, but it was a great refresher!!!!
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  1004. Thank you philip..so clearly told....such brave women..in the war..so clever..and strong... Puts us all to shame these days...❤ .
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  1005. Love the videos. Please keep the content coming . I'm curious: Is there a video documenting the JOHN WALKER SPY RING
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  1006.  @PhilipThompson  The illustrations are great. Story line is great. Fantastic all the way👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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  1007. Awesome narration, sir. I've been enjoying these espionage documentaries very much! 🤌👏
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  1008. I love Espionage (non-fiction )Documentaries. Thank you for Posting. May I suggest if you provide the Documentary of the War Story of "The Key to Rebecca".My father has that Book when I was Young.
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  1009. #1 book I am looking forward to getting my hands on when it is published here in the States this year!!
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  1010.  @PhilipThompson  yeah i saw :D i checked out a newer video and found that you used your real voice again so i subbed.
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  1011. I just found your channel yesterday and I’ve been binging it since. Thank you for these videos. I’m constantly learning new things. I’m sure I’ll be revisiting a lot of them too. 😊 😊
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  1012. Another great video!
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  1013. Excellent updated version.
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  1014. Very balanced. Thanks.❤
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  1015. Great video, btw. I'm about to watch your upload about Ames. Keep up the good work!
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  1016. What is the name of the song being played at the beginning. Please!
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  1017. Love it. Thank you
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  1018. Been waiting on your next video I’m excited
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  1019. Lekker video mate, enjoyed it thoroughly
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  1020. Very interesting!
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  1021. I am continually amazed at the production quality and depth of research that goes into these videos. Keep up the good work!
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  1022. Such a captivating upload.
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  1023. Thanks!
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  1024. Another great video!!! Caught me off guard hearing my own name at the start of the video 😂
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  1025. Great video . Enjoyed the narrator he kept me interested and intrigued.
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  1026. A beautifully crafted piece of documentary essay work. You really are an artist of the highest calibre. ❤
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  1027. Shame the Brits didn't live their responsibility in executing this spy in 1902 or the Americans in 1932. Untold hundreds were hurt, perhaps killed, by his treacherous work through the first half of the 20th century. Great review, Ty.
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  1028. Great edit really enjoyed that video
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  1029. Great video!
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  1030. Very interesting! Thank you.
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  1031. bout 12 seconds into this vid and im not sure why but your particular SA accent is very nice to listen to with this format/type of video so I had to subscribe, idk nice voice dude
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  1032. Great video but it is MI6, not MR6
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  1033. Great presentation of an outstanding person. Also, incidentally, superb paintings of the people and events.
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  1034. Brilliant, thank you for creating such an outstanding video
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  1035. Enjoyed this very well done
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  1036. Amazing content
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  1037.  @PhilipThompson  The original is always preferable, I guess. Thanks for the superb content.
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  1038. Hi5 on your due diligence & thanks for sharing it! Excellent delivery too🏆 "What is conviction? How do we identify it? How can we know that we should be guided by it? Is it to be found in the heart, or in the intellect? And what if it is only to be found in the one and not the other?" le Carré - Absolute Friends
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  1039. thank you for this, I learned a lot from it
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  1040. Awesome video. Already knew the story but this is a masterpiece.
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  1041. Great video. Good voice.
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  1042. Excellent
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  1043. Great Admiration to Your work, mate.
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  1044. Great video!!
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  1045. I love your narration and all of your videos. Thank you for all you do.
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  1046. Excellent content!
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  1047. Thanks for the Documentary, The Veracity of this information is beautifully on point (Least what's in the public sphere). Lots of comments on your accent and pronunciation. But since I knew its commonwealth standard I knew that some things wouldn't be normal for Americans. but all fine. Delightfully well presented. Please do keep up the good work.
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  1048. I Love, LOVE documentaries like this. Well researched, well read, and well edited. Even network news hours can't hold you a candle to go by. Remarkable! Immediate subscriber. And heading to your past videos now to lose myself in information bliss.
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  1049.  @PhilipThompson  by the way, killer channel! I like your accent, I’m an English teacher so I’m a bit more sensitive to accents. Keep up the amazing work bud!
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  1050. Fantastic work. Thx. Subbed
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  1051. Thanks. I prefer this format of concise, to the point history. Much obliged. I was in high school during this event.
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  1052. Narration is perfect. Spot on ❤
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  1053.  @PhilipThompson I refuse to believe that you only have like 30k subs. This is too high quality
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  1054. Wow what a story...great watch...thank you 👍
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  1055. Amazing super detailed video. Unpopular opinion: While I believe she was somewhat scapegoated, I do believe she was messing tremendously with fire and that she was willing to sell info to whoever pays more. Also, she could have retired back when she was getting paid 45k dollars per performance, and reunited with her daughter. I dont see her as a complete victim.
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  1056. Your accent sounds South African. Is it?
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  1057. Great video
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  1058.  @PhilipThompson  I apologize.
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  1059. Another amazing doc. Thanks for your time and effort.
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  1060. Hi, i love your vids. Would you make vid about agent Garbo?
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  1061. Excellence is isolating. As long as Philip is able to sustain it financially, the count of viewers of the channel becomes secondary to the classy content. All the best to this channel.
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  1062. Thanks!
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  1063. Great channel! I really enjoy spy stuff and i appreciate these uploads. I seriously hope your channel grows. It will im sure.
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  1064. Just found your channel. Frighteningly fascinating case. Has anyone ever mentioned that you have a small US American southern accent on some of your pronunciations. Particularly on “ie” words. Just thought that was interesting. Either way, you have a new subscriber!
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  1065. Great and informative documentry. You have a South African accent, which makes it 10x better
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  1066. We'll done on your research this is incredible
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  1067. Thanks for the video. Good job. Is Harper's middle name "Durward" or "Durwood"? Author Ronald Kessler has it as Durward.
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  1068. Great video. Thankyoy
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  1069. Thanks for another interesting video!
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  1070. Thank you Philip Thompson for your passion, your amazing content and ability to provide succinct story telling style. Learn more, know more, understand a little more the absolute mess humans (of this World) have made of it! How disturbing is the huberous, ego, power of Hoover - given his own (eventual) disturbing hypocrisy.
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  1071. The SA accent is the best. Make us proud. Please don't use voiceovers
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  1072. I am puzzled by the narrators accent ..is it Australian ...New Zealand or south African ..if I had to guess I would say New Zealand .-)) its super cute either way .-)
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  1073.  @PhilipThompson  Great channel dude and so glad I found it - refreshing to listen to a fellow South African on YT.
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  1074. Just subscribed! Great job Sir
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  1075. Great presentation format. Held my attention throughout. A truly amazing woman.
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  1076. No DNA, only RSA (that accent🇿🇦🇿🇦)
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  1077. Spectacular as always Philip, superlative narration and research, fabulous use of the graphics and photos, and a truly wonderful narrative giving us all the detail that we could ever want. I love this format and the narrative and I look forward to 2025 and what that has to offer on your amazing channel. And the opportunity to get to 250k subs at the very least. Subs, share the content of this Legend and lets see how far we can get Philip in 2025!
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  1078. I was at school during the missile crisis - the general conclusion among my classmates was that whether or not war broke out, we would still have to sit for the geography test that afternoon!
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  1079. Violette was very beautiful. I heard they executed the German Kommandant for ordering her and the other girls murder. Rest in Peace to them all.
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  1080. Fascinating presentation! Bravo!
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  1081. Another high quality material!Thanks a lot!🍻
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  1082. Thanks for a great video 👌 I visited Auschwitz last year. I've made a vid about it. A horrible place. Walking around there, thinking of what they did there, was something that moved me. It's amazing, what humans can do, to eachother. If you ever visit Kraków, Auschwitz/Birkenau is a place, you must visit.
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  1083. As we would say here in Australia - "Cheeky bastards!"
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  1084. Narrator South African? Edit: Great video though!
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  1085. a top-drawer post!...I remember a fair amount of the 'spy vs spy' aspect of the Cold War...the man's final comment summed up the whole bolshevist pseudo-experiment...'unworthy, likely, of the effort'...such an unpardonably cruel, arrogantly destructive regime it was!
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  1086. Banger of a video as always sir.
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  1087. Mate, you’re literally READING My mind and have been uploading the most interesting Spy cases that I happen to research too! Controversial Kalugin’s case, Captain Ivanov (Profumo case), Mitrokhin’s archive, death(murder?) of Boris Berezovsky, genius of illegal Grigulevich, Comdrade Sonya, Einstein’s spying mistress and probably deep dive into Andropov’s and Primakov’s legacies, it’s impact on shaping new Intelligence. It’s just some of the most known and widely known in small circles of spy warfare’s researchers ✌️😎.
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  1088. That was good, thank you
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  1089. Liked and subscribed! Great story and great presentation!
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  1090. One of the best put together vids I've seen in recent times, subbed.
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  1091. Just discovered your channel! Very good stuff, I’ll be listening to all of what you have here!
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  1092. Love this channel so much dude
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  1093. A very balanced account.
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  1094. My father was a survivor of the Arnhem campaign. He joined the Paras as an 18 year old in 1944. We immigrated to Australia in 1969. My father and I often attended the annual Arnhem dinner in 🇦🇺 Australia with the British Legion and the British High Commission every year in September. My father introduced me to one of his comrades, who was his Drill Seargent and was with Col Frost, who was captured by the Germans on the Arnhem bridge. He also immigrated to Australia. I attended his funeral. My father passed away in 2003. I did see some some discussion, last year, which tapped into recently uncovered Dutch archives about the intelligence background around operation MG. This work marked the 80th anniversary of MG. I did see Blunt's name was mentioned. I can't recall the evidence, but there was evidence, albeit inferential, that Blunt was possibly involved. I note that Blunt stated publicly, after his spying role became public in 1977, that his activities did not lead to allied caualities. Thank you for this.
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  1095.  @PhilipThompson  I sure wish these people had given time stamps! Because so many people are all saying it. I wasn't planning on watching this today, but now I feel I have to just to find out! Edit: I have solved it! LOL! In a number of cases, when you say an event occurred in 1930 something, it does sound very much like you are saying it was in 1950 something. I'm usually the very 1st person to get angry at Americans for their bigotry and laziness in always expecting others to accommodate them, but in this case, if I hadn't read the comments and your replies first, I might also have thought it was an error. So I hate to say it, but it might be a good idea to write a comment explaining, and pin it to the top of the page, and then in future videos you can just be aware that you need to articulate the dates in the 1930s very carefully. Perhaps also dates like 1813, 1815, 1913, 1915, 2013, and 2015. But don't go back to the AI narration! ROBOTS voices are universally hated! I love your accent, and nearly all accents. And I think that accommodating bigots is wrong. They need to get used to the differences between us. But I don't think that in this case it is necessarily the case that these people are bigots, when they are only saying what they heard sounds incorrect. So please do keep narrating videos yourself! With that one exception, you are doing a really great job! One person even put your work right up there withthe BBC, and I do think it's every bit as good as that, so please don't let people think that your research is faulty, as more than 1 person said. I truly don't think that they are just trolls who are trying to hurt you, and as I said at the start, I'm the one who would be first to jump on them for it, if that was the case. It's just a case of pronunciation. I hope this helps you a little bit, to know that the ones who complained are actually justified in thinking you have the facts wrong, because the pronunciation of those dates is really very ambigious, to the point that to an American ear it does sound wrong. I say this in all sincerity, to try to help you.
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  1096. Wow. So interesting. Very well narrated and illustrated as usual. Keep it up
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  1097. What a great video. Well done. Will watch more
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  1098. I wish I could speak as well as this man. I've been trying to make videos and no matter how many times I remake them or try something different… They all suck. I can write OK maybe even well but when it comes to speaking out loud I just fumble all over myself. Good show mate good show.
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  1099. A total Walter Mitty character . A self centred narcissist . Good riddance . I never heard of this guy . Very good documentary .
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  1100. Snowden may have not done a perfect job of downloading and releasing NSA data, therefore losing protection under whistleblower status but his motivation to expose illegal surveillance by US government of its own citizens was genuine, heartfelt and laudable. Without legal protection in the US nor sanctuary in Hong Kong Glen Greenwald and other sympathizers arranged Snowden’s ticket to Ecuador via Moscow. It’s possible that Moscow-friendly Greenwald intentionally provided Putin with the opportunity to glean useful information from Snowden during his stopover in Moscow. Hong Kong is one of the most connected cities in the world with multiple routes to Ecuador so it’s curious that a Moscow layover was chosen from the available choices. Snowden is now stuck in Putin’s Russia, a police state exemplar, possibly for the remainder of his life. That’s the irony. That’s Snowden’s punishment.
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  1101. Great story. Thanks
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  1102. Fascinating, thank you! Now subscribed
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  1103. Awesome video!! Keep up with the high quality videos!!
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  1104. I love a good Spa Story! Lol. Nice work. Enjoyable.
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  1105. First video I have seen by you, came down to provide some praise. Well researched and produced mate.
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  1106. I just found this channel and you are such a great story teller! May I recommend maybe adding a bit of background music to your narration? It might be my terminally online adhd and I'm not suggesting conspiracy theory type music, but I think some light neutral background music might elevate the video and make it more engaging :)
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  1107. I am sorry but this particular video needed to be longer and in the same format as the others. No problem in short videos but I support your original story telling style you started out with. Peace ✌️
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  1108. Thank you for wonderful work!! You sound South African???🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
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  1109. Cracking little channel here and many thanks.👏📚☘️
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  1110.  @PhilipThompson  good man.all videos well done. thx
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  1111. The narrative, narrator, editing, exstensive research w/never before seen pictures is absolutely brilliant! Thē best retelling by far of an evil spy! Thanx so much x 10‼️ Your Channel is a great find👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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  1112. Really high quality film. Btw, any info on the artist who painted the illustrations? They are so good.
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  1113. I like Phillip Thompson spy documentaries on you tube e
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  1114. a great Story
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  1115. I’m loving this channel! Just finished two books about the Cambridge 5. Completely fascinating!
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  1116. What an intriguing video! Congrats on 100k! I Just discovered your channel & binge watching! I love the vintage video footagel–Especially, when stock video is SOOOOO over utilized by creators. I wish you much success... & would bet you will. 👍🏻
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  1117. HAPPY NEW YEAR!🎊🎉🍾🥂
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  1118. Who knew?😅
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  1119. This was o e of the most interesting, appealing, and well presented video i have ever had the pleasure to watch....and i have watched hundreds of them. Thank you very much for it.
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  1120. High quality story telling. Subscribed!!!
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  1121. We need more stories from you, this channel is very interesting 😅
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  1122. Thanks
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  1123. I ain't listening to a story from someone who butchered the pronunciation of Potomac that badly
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  1124. Your work is brilliant! Just subscribed.
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  1125. Excellent as always!
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  1126. This video was really good. Thanks.
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  1127. The first version was good. This one is excellent.
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  1128. Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Historians did a very good job presenting actual facts from fiction. Orator presented the documentary very well. Class A research project. Rough/dangerous espionage missions being caught ment torture & death. Special thanks to those espionage agents like Virginia &associates. For making this documentary possible!!!
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  1129. What an informative and interesting video! Loved the content, I’ve read about all of these events in the past and your editing, narration and commentary are top notch Sir. I’m a new sub and just wanted to pass along my respect for a job well done.
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  1130. can you please do a video on vitaly yurchenko his story is fascinating
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  1131. PT is the real ace of spies.
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  1132. I've been bingeing your spy videos for several days now. They are excelently done and intriguing parts of history. Thank you for your work. She was an extraordinary person. By the way, in Hungarian, "Sz" has the "S" sound. Therefore "Szabo" is just "Sabo" not "Saybo." :)
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  1133. Negligence or outright treason and betrayal, a deliberate sacrifice of operatives in the field?! Calling it negligence would mean overlooking a few missed warning signs and transmissions, but when ignoring pre-agreed codes and alerts becomes routine, it reveals a clear pattern of deliberate betrayal. Interestingly the RAF recognised something was off. They noticed the pattern and grew suspicious, even without direct knowledge of the transmission issues being reported. Meanwhile, the intelligence community, whose very job is to detect and interpret warning signs, somehow "missed" the most blatant and obvious red flags. Coincidence or something far more sinister?! 🤔 Awesome content as always.Thank you for keeping these stories relevant and ensuring history stays alive. P.S. For some odd reason, when I hear the name of one of the protagonists in this story Hubb Lauwers (codename: Ebenezer) it reminds me of Alec Leamas from "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold". The pronunciation of their last names is similar, and I can’t help but associate Lauwers with Le Carré’s fictional character. Interestingly, Leamas was also a member of the SOE and was active in the Netherlands during WWII. Was John le Carré trying to tell us something? 🤔🧐😁😎
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  1134. Awesome documentary!🙏🏻
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  1135. Thank you, for such a wonderful narration of such a fantastic and fascinating story with no silly music in the back ground!
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  1136. Excellent. Thank you
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  1137. Great video. Smooth intro
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  1138. I was born in 1946 and brought up on Portland, living there until I moved away at the age of 21. I was 15 when the story broke and of course it was sensational on the island. My father had a shoe repairer's shop not far away from where Ethel Gee lived and she was a regular customer. I could not recall what she looked like and I kept nagging my dad to try and describe her. She did live a supposedly quiet life which is probably why I could not figure out what she looked like and I still do not recognise her from subsequent photographs. When the film came out there was great anticipation when it came to the local cinema. I don't think any filming was done on Portland. In one of the opening scenes a fictitious entrance to AUWE was shown with a big sign saying "TOP SECRET, KEEP OUT". The whole audience burst out laughing because everyone new how lax the security was there.
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  1139. Great documentary, thank you so much.
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  1140. Excellent video thank you so much
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  1141. Great video
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  1142. The way you say the word spies is interesting. Excellent video.
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  1143. Bournemouth is in Dorset not Hampshire. EDIT: you are correct Bournemouth was in Hampshire up until the 70s and is not part of Dorset.
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  1144. Came across this video just clickin interesting stories while I’m knockin out shit around the house. These videos are documentary level good
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  1145. 🐓💣
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  1146. WOW!!!! well done.... I loved them. 😍
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  1147. brilliantly done, and easy to listen to - your narration is perfect!
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  1148. Maybe you could make a video about Poteyev, the dude who moled Anna Chapman to the CIA.
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  1149. Great topic, Philip. Spy stories thrill me!
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  1150. Just fantastic. Great story/video. Too many untold heroin stories I so hope Hollywood will accomplish ❤
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  1151. You should do an episode on Romania s Caraman Network who penetrated the NATO Headquarters....
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  1152. Very interesting…!😊
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  1153. ❤Best channel & ❤your stories
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  1154. Brilliant history. Well told......
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  1155. Just found your channel & what an excellent, interesting documentary! Good to hear it articulated so beautifully in a South African accent as well! 🤩
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  1156. Very interesting my friend!
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  1157. Bro, you’re one of my favourite channel on YouTube, you’re very informative. It’s a great thing to cross-check information, because I can watch Russian resources and compare.
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  1158. i dont ever remember any spy movie being as exciting as this video!
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  1159. Excellent Story and VIDEO!
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  1160. Thank you, PT, for making these documentaries. I’m binging on the ills of the SOE and the British ways of eating their own. I have so many books on these subjects but not one on this ogre.
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  1161. I really love this voiceover.
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  1162. I detect a distinct South African accent.
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  1163. Fascinating video, thanks! History is written by the victors, he was on the losing side, so is forgotten (until now).
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  1164. Great stuff, from a new viewer,
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  1165. Very interesting! Thank you.
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  1166. love your vids
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  1167. I was surprised to see you sub count after finishing this video. Fantastic quality, ; lucid with perfect visuals.
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  1168.  @PhilipThompson  cool thanks so much! And thanks for the research and historical records you've included
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  1169.  @PhilipThompson  awesome. Just in mid binge on your stuff 👌
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  1170. I missed the voice of Philip: loved the accent.
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  1171. Thanks!
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  1172. What a great story. Thank you!
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  1173. Thank you
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  1174. Love these Documentaries.
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  1175. I get excited when you post! Your videos are ones I usually have to listen to twice, once for fun and again because history isn't my best subject and I'm trying to learn and piece things together. History is a lot more fun for me when spies are involved, thank you!
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  1176. +Thank you. I'm become innured to watching sensationalist rubbish on You Tube and found this genuinly refreshing. I always underestimated him because he was the last to be publicly exposed but this has given me a totally fresh perspective. Amazing how the 5 could do what they did because they had the "right" background and contacts.
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  1177. Sterling work sir, I have a wealth of... Controversial 'Spy' stories I can suggest, most would probably get pulled - despite them being public.
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  1178. Perfect timing mate. Am a new sub and I'm HOOKED on ya channel.
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  1179. I was in a meeting but then they saw Philip Thompson uploaded
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  1180. Really well done videos. I enjoy the channel.
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  1181. Thank you, PT! Excellent as always. I love your voice, so when I want to drift off to sleep I can play your videos back to back and hopefully, drift off (decades long sleep disorder). These well known videos of yours allow me ‘adult bedtime stories’ without missing content I’ve not yet watched before. Thank you so much for your uploads. Everything you do is well put together. No intrusive, nonstop background music that takes over, just a soothing, proper voice narrating stories that I like. Best regards, eM.
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  1182. Thats how you make a good entrance, the begining of video!!! So many dont understand how important that is... after first minute i am interested who he was, what he did, because you sold him!!! Bravo!!!
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  1183. good show brother, obviously well researched
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  1184. Amazing video
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  1185. What a brilliant use of a dead body! Hats off to the original idea of "54 ways to deceive the enemy" and its later improvisation. Thanks for the superb video.
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  1186. Thanks!
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  1187. Liked & Subbed!! Cheers JJ
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  1188. The way this guy is presenting is. "Soviet Union Very Bad, US of A very good. Spying for Americans is a good. Spying for Soviets is a bad. The end". You're a clown, dude.
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  1189. 2nd one I watched today, Def subbed
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  1190. Thanks!
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  1191. Excellent video! I thought he died in prison.
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  1192. Wow that device was so ingenious! I've never heard of this story before, thanks for the video
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  1193. Good graphics and narration, but your video lacks some engaging background ambient music. If you add this one piece to the whole puzzle that should get you superb result.
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  1194. You sound very South African boet, love your videos
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  1195. Excellent as usual. Thank you.
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  1196. 👍Thanks for posting.
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  1197. I just came across your channel and you are doing a Great Job
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  1198. Your camera setup is so good!
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  1199. Excellent
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  1200. US knew Japanese plan to attack on Pearl Harbour, which gave them an excuse to break the Neutrality Act and enter another European war.
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  1201. A fascinating video that is well researched and was well worth watching. Thank you. I think you might want to give your automatic subtitle gizmo a good telling off though. It doesn't know punctuation and some of the words were hilarious and had me giggling. Eg famine in russia was feminine russia, and it spelt Gordievsky's name in about every way possible. but again a great video and well done!
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  1202. Wild af, I loved every second
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  1203. Great work, btw. A job well done. I really mean that. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve also taken the liberty of sharing it with family and friends, via a WhatsApp broadcast, earlier today. Best of luck 🫡
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  1204. Very interesting and well narrated . In the end the Spy industry is a dirty business and in the greater scheme of things , pointless .
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  1205. Wow I’m so glad I found your channel this is elite content man I’m blown away from the quality of your videos
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  1206. Why would he have been pushed down the stairs? He wasn’t going back to the States, he had burned that bridge. Just asking
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  1207. ​ @PhilipThompson ❤❤❤ Thank you for all your work in posting this story of one remarkable woman.
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  1208.  @PhilipThompson  you are right to be. They are charming.
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  1209. Got it in my recommendation amazing video
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  1210. Fantastic work...I'm addicted to this channel. ❤
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  1211. Best podcast I have ever listened to. Absolute quality. Thank you very much.
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  1212. Finally. Nice to meet you
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  1213. thank you for the absorbing video. I especially enjoyed the fact that you do not add loud music to the soundtrack. I have given up watching many historical videos for this reason as the music always drowns out the narrator and I agree it is most distracting. Great work . thanks
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  1214. LOL, people really trying to clown on the legend PT, gtfo. Dude consistently makes the best videos. Plus I like the way he says “spy” (spaihhhh) 😁
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  1215. A powerful video biography ❤
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  1216. What a fantastic video, thank you
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  1217. Thanks
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  1218. Like the public health + history vids- but I'm biased being in public health field. Very interesting, & awesome production value + narration, of course!👍🏻 @philipthompson
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  1219. First time I hear about this story. Hollywood never made a movie of it, I wonder why. You have a like and a new suscriber, Phillip Thompson.
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  1220. Subbed and love the quality of the videos. You should have alot more subs if YT algorithm would be better for lesser known creators
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  1221. This is great content. Deserves more views.
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  1222. Excellent documentary! So well done. I loved every minute of it and am looking forward to binge watching all the other videos. What a adventurous life Blake led! As to whether he was a hero or a traitor, that depends on perspective. I personally admire that he did it not for money but for ideology. But what I am the most surprised by is how the KGB treated him. I thought they would betray him or off him as he was of no use to them anymore. But they spend time, money, and resources to ensure he lived a safe and comfortable life till the very end with even Putin recognizing and remembering him after his death. I always thought of the KGB as cold and ruthless which I'm sure they were. But perhaps they honour and reward loyalty above all else.
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  1223. Excellent documentary! You have a great voice for narration and a talent for writing in a way that’s professional yet easy to follow. Im excited to watch more videos!
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  1224.  @PhilipThompson  The minute you said you were South African ("Sath Ifrican" ;-) ) as I was watching your piece, it all fell into place and then sounded much more natural to my ear. Don't change a thing! I split my time between the US and Germany, and have a lot of South African friends in both places ... one guy imports ZA Land Rovers to the US to his shop only 20 minutes away from where my parents live, a South African guy (who's now back home) taught me to tie flies and fly fish outside of London, and a South African I know in Frankfurt hosts Europe's biggest authentic braai every year one town over from our German place. Play up your roots ... again, it's a feature, not a bug!
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  1225.  @PhilipThompson Ahaha, the whole time I watched your videos, I was thinking the accent is incredibly familiar. Love the videos, by the way only recently found the channel, but your style and delivery grew on me quick!🔥🔥
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  1226. Most excellent work! I'm a fan going forward. Happy New Year!
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  1227. The catastrophe of the Cambridge 5 wrote many rules that are still being followed in intelligence services worldwide. Literally written in blood.
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  1228. this is how a documentary should be; impartial and based on facts only. Congrats to the maker! Let`s not forget the convictions that 20th century brought to people. There were ideals, values and a meaning of ones existence.
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  1229. The accent fits so well with this doc! My first impressions were of a british JFK but then i realized it was south african lol. As someone who is interested in spycraft, this was very interesting to watch. Thank you
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  1230. Excellent story I had never heard and I am very interested in WWII information, I am now close to 80 and this story was very interesting.
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  1231. You make a good point. Irish Catholics in the US were often second or max third-generation immigrants, so many had less economic security than WASPs and might've been more suceptable to bribery ... or perhaps more of a "chip on their shoulder" over slights real and imagined. No question most Russians had a tough upbringing!
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  1232. Thoroughly enjoyed this article
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  1233. I didn’t think I was gonna be able to sit through all 51mins, I was hooked from beginning to end this is such a great video. 🫶🏼
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  1234. Thanks for your answer ! @PhilipThompson 
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  1235. Nothing wrong with the narration. I believe the accent is South African. Brilliant video by the way.
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  1236. This narrator has one of the strangest amalgamation of accents I've ever heard; a combination of a british accent, possibly some kind of european accent, and frequently a touch of a U.S. southern accent. I'm not complaining, just noticing.
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  1237. Excellent job writing and producing this one mate
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  1238. 10 time more views than subscribers.... for shame. I got you...
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  1239. not true..... AWESOME CHANNEL 👍👍
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  1240. Chicken Little?
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  1241. Good job!
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  1242. Extraordinary account .thank you for sharing it.
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  1243. Nevermind it was in the desc. Great video!
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  1244. Very interesting thanks for posting. I think the Oxbridge four were tipped off allowed to escape avoiding scandal and prosecution. Their were more that were sympathetic in the intelligencier, spying for the Soviets. All hushed up no doubt, the records being destroyed. "Unholy Trinity" (book) and the training of war criminals to send back behind the iron curtain as agents. Most were caught and "turned" as double agents. Some were tried in show trials and sentenced. Greetings from Bulgaria.
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  1245. As a lefty, I had to learn to write with my right hand by the nuns in primary school (sixties). Later when I got a guitar, I learned that a standard right handed guitar was no problem to learn to play since you need both your hands anyway and I found that the most difficult thing in guitar playing was the position of the left hand on the neck (fretboard), done by my dominant hand. So I advise everyone who’s left handed not to bother looking for a left handed guitar.
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  1246. Thank you Philip, just a brilliant documentary, personally I hate AI voice, your own is far superior. Thank you 👏👏👏
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  1247. Another splendid video. Excellent work!
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  1248. Excellent stuff. Thankyou.
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  1249. Nice! Made my day go by fast
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  1250. Very interesting
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  1251. Love your narration. Made me sub.
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  1252. He told the Japanese, the Russian navy was amassing to invade Japan . He told the Russian Navy the Japanese Army was amassing to invade Russia The Japanese and Russia military rushed to if what Reilly said was true and they saw each forces and the war started He had his company buy all the tin, nickel oil and made so much money selling it to the warriors Brilliant
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  1253. Damn this is a great channel
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  1254. What an amazing narrative Just subscribed
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  1255. Interesting. Chickens are always ready for war!
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  1256. Just found this channel and couldn’t be happier! So many videos to catch up on! Well narrated!
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  1257. Interesting, very interesting…
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  1258. I’m surprised to be this early.
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  1259. Amazingly well done video!
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  1260. Never heard of this man…but I felt as if I were in a master class on espionage. Another great one. I believe that all Russian defectors know that they are in danger of being poisoned or offed in another way even decades later.
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  1261. This is a great video, well done
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  1262. I have seen several of your videos now and I have to say, I have enjoyed watching your videos. You are informative and your style keeps me very interested. Please keep them coming.
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  1263. Good job, well done 🤟shout out to your member Piet Pompies 😅
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  1264. Great documentary , new subscriber here!
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  1265. Very interesting presentation. Thank you.
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  1266. I just found this channel. I love it!
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  1267. Philip Thompson, you must be South African. The give away was the credit to Piet Pompies a very South African reference.
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  1268. Thanks for another interesting video!
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  1269. I love your accent dude, South African?
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  1270. Philip, I really love your videos as a spy enthusiasist. Can you please tell me the music you used in the very beginning right at 0:00?
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  1271. Early
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  1272. I woke up to this. Usually the algorithm goes crazy when I fall asleep but this time I'm actually intrigued. Definitely will come back to watch all of it. Thanks!
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  1273. 1 million views! Certified!
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  1274. Good fondue
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  1275. Is there some kind of inside joke at play? I haven't noticed a single negative comment about the video's narration, but I've seen over 10 comments that basically say disregard the negative comments. I enjoyed this video and it was narrated well. Does the narrator have a South African accent? I'm no expert I read that in the comments.
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  1276. Easily one of my favorite YouTubers. 100K Subs soon 🎉
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  1277. Excellently Done ✅ Thank U 🙏🏽
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  1278. Fascinating as usual
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  1279. Perfect for a 64 year old gal😀, thank you!
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  1280. As a Brit, I'm rather embarrassed at my country's treatment of this incredible and selfless lady. Isn't it remarkable how many Brits from the "right" backgrounds were allowed to bring pets in and out of the country during WWII, yet this brave woman was denied the same? Of course stopping rabies is important, but could we not have run a simple test or arranged at-home quarantine, as has been done plenty of times for politicians and nobility? If her poor treatment started and ended with Babs, then it could be blamed on "the fog of war", but to not pay her properly, send her away the second she wasn't "useful", and deny her the same accolades as her peers - accolades she earned through hard work and sheer determination? That seems unnecessarily spiteful. Revolting treatment of a woman who I have no doubt saved countless British lives with her actions (& outstanding grit whilst under immense pressure). For what it's worth, everyday Brits regard Lily and people like her as vital to the war effort - true "treasure" - and we are immensely grateful for their sacrifices 💕🇬🇧💕
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  1281. Glad to have found your channel 🙏🏻
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  1282. Marian Zacharski should be your next. Technology he stole is used up to today. Exchanged on the famous bridge for the highest amount of the spies. I believe he became spy working for US after all, he uncovered PM in government working for Russians.
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  1283. The best doc made channel about espionage out there, very well down sir
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  1284. First video I watch on your channel. Super interesting!! Great job, thanks.
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  1285. Thanks
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  1286. I had the honour and pleasure of meeting this wonderful woman when she visited my Squadron back in 1995 (?) and was asked (ordered by my SenGo - Senior Engineering Officer) to show her around and inform her of our capabilities. She also got to see through our aircraft (F-111C's & R/F-111C's). I had not long before received a copy of her book, which I still proudly have on my bookshelf, and if i had know that she was going to be visiting, would have loved to have had her sign it. Having read her book, and after meeting her, I could sense the bravery of this woman and understand why she was so desperately wanted by the Gestapo - both her and the "White Rabbit", who they already had in custody in one of the Concentration Camps but didn't realise it. She was yet another of her generation that had "uncommon valour" in abundance, who saw an evil that had to be stopped and did whatever they could. Like the famous actress Audrey Hepburn who, as a young woman, did her part in Holland helping to rescue downed airmen and return them to England safely.
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  1287. Another Good One Is Falcon And The Snowman ......
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  1288. best youtube channel in the planet
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  1289. Phillip is a person 😮 Love the channel!
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  1290. Great job! Really enjoyed this.
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  1291. She's very talented. That's a fantastic drawing.
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  1292. 100K coming any day now. Well deserved! Thank you for the great content.
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  1293.  @PhilipThompson  https://youtu.be/GA5ugwbWcPM
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  1294. 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 once again rhe most insightful episode xxx
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  1295. A Traitor who betrayed not only the nation that gave him a home and an education but also a scumbag who was prepared to help our enemies by putting good men and women in danger passing in their details so that they could potentially be murdered by enemy agents. He may have thought he was a super spy who MI5/MI6 would be happy to have on their books but narcissists like him are rarely any use as agents. His psychological profile would have led him to boast and brag to others who he should never have blabbed to. Real MI5/MI6 personnel keep everything quiet follow orders and are discrete in their work. Not bs ego merchants who think they are Daniel Craig.
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  1296. 1 new sub
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  1297. There is no irony in Snowden seeking asylum/living in Russia, not after what he has exposed about the Americans and the other four countries doing deals about worldwide data thefts. All states are the same when it comes to protecting their interests. Civil liberties are largely a myth. In the internet age, we have to forget about privacy. Life is an open book whether we like it or not. Your report, as always, superb. Thank you.
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  1298.  @PhilipThompson  what the hell right? Anyway awesome work I’m subscribing
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  1299. i am guessing typo...............the documentry is quite nice @PhilipThompson 
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  1300. Amazingly crafted content 🤝 Phillip Thompson Can't wait for the next one!
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  1301. A great Englishman. Thanks for the video.
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  1302.  @PhilipThompson  Awesome. Thanks for solving the mystery. Keep up the good work, brother. I love your product!
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  1303. Like this comment pls
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  1304. 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
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  1305. Love your voice!
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  1306. That was so interesting. A real eye opener!
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  1307. Great video
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  1308. Fantastic stuff. Thanks for your amazing content
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  1309. The problem is that employees of really great companies making excellent products, are inevitably proud of their part in the business and are only too pleased to blow their trumpets to anyone who is interested. Competition is indeed brutal but it has driven the remarkable technological growth of our western society over the past centuries. Stifle competition and you will stifle the technological advances of civilisation. Nowadays, an MBA will enter the boardroom and convince them to mass market the brand with cheaper products that rely on the former brand cache for desirability…until the brand has no value left…..by which time they will have long moved on to the next boardroom victim on the strength of the short term profit that they turned. Stack em high and sell loads of em at a stonking markup to the gullible who want a bit of pseudo celebrity sparkle in their drab lives. 😂
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  1310. i found your channel recently and i just want to say oh my goodness please do actual narration instead of AI it's so much better. i'm really into your stuff!
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  1311. Background music, Narration, And Visuals 🔥🔥. You made a good recepie......
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  1312. Excellent Clip. I've subscribed and liked
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  1313. excellent! liked subcribed <3 your work
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  1314. Thanks so much. Never heard of him before. Loved the "paintings" what progam did you use?
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  1315. Another great video!
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  1316. I am so chuffed I found this amazing channel. Absolute world class! Thank you 🙏
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  1317. Perhaps the very best documentary channel of the spy topics at all. I surely know most of those cases, but here I always get informed about so much more. The narration is fascinating, the visual material, if not fully authentic, then historically and tastefully chosen at least. What else would you want if ya’re spy-stories’ addicted!??!! 😎👀😇 . Also I suggest to see movies like “Breach”, “Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy”, “Bridge of Spies”, “Pack of Lies” (my absolute favourite, actually!) - all based on true stories, and there are many more. Full kudos - to this very channel here. 👏
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  1318. Another excellent video. So interesting. Nice to see your face Philip. Well done. Look forward to your next video.
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  1319. Absolutely love this well done
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  1320. Absolutely fascinating! Thank you ♥️
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  1321. New subscriber here. I am enjoying your channel so much! Thank you!
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  1322. You have a very distinct way of saying your As. Where is your accent from, I've never heard it before. Enjoyed your video.
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  1323. I am not computer savvy but will get someone to help me, we need more like this
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  1324. great work on this vid
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  1325. Great documentary 👍
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  1326. Gorgeous presentation in every respect. Bravo!
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  1327. Great story and well researched. Thanks!
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  1328. Love the brief video. I vaguely remembered the story, but you've helped me piece back together mich of stuff I learned decades ago - all while I'm just having a morning coffee instead of my whole evening viewing of content. Looking forward to a new cadence of releases from you, your script quality and visual production is well worth my time. Thanks!
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  1329. My new favourite channel ❤
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  1330. Lol kept laughing whenever a 'stiffy' 3.5 inch drive was mentioned 😂, south africans call the larger 5.25 floppies and 3.5 inch stiffies.
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  1331. I love your voice!! Please make more videos!
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