TITLE:        Why WW2 Pilots Carried Blades and Hidden Maps ✈️
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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British pilots would intentionally hide a map and a razor blade inside their

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British pilots would intentionally hide a map and a razor blade inside their uniforms during World War II. You see, when British planes were shot down, they often crashed into forests, leaving the pilots with almost no chance to survive. That's why they started sewing survival kits into their clothes, using the magnetized blades on the water as compasses and the maps to find their way to escape.

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[000.08] British pilots would intentionally hide
[001.84] a map and a razor blade inside their
[003.76] uniforms during World War II. You see,
[005.60] when British planes were shot down, they
[007.36] often crashed into forests, leaving the
[009.20] pilots with almost no chance to survive.
[011.20] That's why they started sewing survival
[012.88] kits into their clothes, using the
[014.48] magnetized blades on the water as
[016.16] compasses and the maps to find their way
[017.92] to escape.
