Hunting the Bismarck - The Pride of Germany - Extra History - Part 1
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- 📜 History of Hunting The Pride of Germany: The Bismarck, Part 1
During World War II, the Bismarck was the pride of the German navy - and the nightmare of Great Britain. It was enormous, overpowered, and a constant threat to the seas. So when they got word that the Bismarck had mobilized, the British raced to stop it.
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I'd you ever get the chance could you ever do a series on the Dam Busters. I loved the movie and I also love their true story as well.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES THANK YOU
Did you know that there's a song about the Bismarck, and the hunt for it.
NO! IT WAS JUST GETTING GOOD!
+connann barbarin Technically Bismarck was the largest one at the time. While Yamato was kind of around already, it didn't actually go to the seas until October and November 1941, as she was still in the process of outfitting during the time the Bismarck met her fate.
The British wanted to find the Bismarck. However, the Bismarck had a plan. The Bismarck ALWAYS had a plan.
TRU THO
Lol
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Lol
Did it involve a turnip?
You called the Bismarck "her", I know that ships are allways called "she" or "her" but the Bismarck was an exception. The crew called Bismarck "he" or"him".
The King of the Seas.
@@mrtemplar9506 I know that nobody cares, but I only call Bismarck "she/her" when referring to kantai collection or Azur Lane.
And the Royal Navy made Bismark their bitch
I just recently know about azur lane and kancolle but I am always called all warship "she" when I play world of warship.
@@noahhastings6145 Bismarck made the Royal Navy's pride their bitch
Hood: symbol of invincibility
Bismarck: I’m about to end this ships whole career
Rodney: 15 inches? How about 16!
A random torpedo from a beginner plane: I'm a t to end this THINGS WHOLE LIFE
Obsolete biplane I'm about to end the Bismarcks whole career
@@memeboi2096the torpedo Didn't sink her. He crippled her and jammd the rudder yes but that's all. The Bismarck was sunk due to excessive gunfire. And a mortal explosion in one of her ammunition compartments.
@@Flt.Hawkeye I'm aware. It's a meme. Also, what would have happened if it didn't knock out its rotor? Right it wouldn't have gotten sunk. Well that that time anyway.
Who is revisiting this since Sabaton released their new song "Bismarck"
all I have to say is
TO LEAD THE WAR MACHINE RULE THE WAVES AND LEAD THE KREIGSMARINE
Pride of a nation a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion king of the ocean!
@@IntrepidIanRinon Nope, Just He. While it is a normal for ships to be female names, Bismarck is male after Otto Von Bismarck.
I had briefly heard of the Bismarck before, but Sabaton definitely made me want to learn more.
The Bismarck is a he. Normally ships are referred to as "she", but the Bismarck is referred to as "he" as a badge of honor for him.
I feel like every time something is deemed 'unsinkable', it's sunk.
Sunk?
Titanic much?
Don't tempt Murphy.
Humans: It's unsinkable!
God: Care to test that?
Pretty much. Arrogance and hubris gets repaid sooner or later.
“Britain was alone...”
Aside from, ya know, THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH
Not at this point in time...
@SyncKo And Canada was fighting in Hong Kong
I believe you mean the colonies
Considering they were under seige and their nearest colony was 3000 miles away, they were on their own
Lol the nearest member being over 1000 miles away and already deployed in the African campaign.
Nah dude, in terms of Germany being a short ferry ride away from the isles. England had every right to be worried.
The terror of the sea!
The Bismark and The Kriegsmarine!
In may of 1941
@@everydaygeek8715 The war had just begun... The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns.
Sabaton gang rise up
I T L E A D T H E W A R M A C H I N E
ayy sabaton bois xd
“It will begin with an interrupted dinner, and will end with the destruction of the largest battleship on earth.”
I love history. It’s so much cooler than fiction
A lot of the best fiction is based on history anyway.
Game of Thrones, for example. So much borrowed from the war of the roses, and the Germanic courts of 1800's Europe.
Anyway, I agree. History is often more interesting - and stranger - than fiction.
And I get a bigger thrill reading about a real person who did something heroic, than I do reading about Aragorn doing something heroic, and I do love Lord of the Rings.
Japan laughs in Yamato and Musashi
Yeah, the yamato class battleships, (And if you want to count it, Shinano) were significantly larger.
Wait, someone is hunting me? Ah well, I'll be fine as long as they don't bring a Swordfish to a naval battle...
you just made my day
*Instantly gets Swordfish'd up in the bum*
Ja, ze doitch navy ist invincible! What could pozzibly go wrong?
The 3 steppingstones to being a true Luftwaffle, Creedsmarine, or WhereMah'Ter!?!?
1) A senze of overconfidence due to zuperior Doitch engineering Ja!
2) Ze deffinazely not gay zounding doitch communicazions Ja!
3) Unt unterstanzing zat ze jets have no zoul, exzept ze Me-262 (ze Su-25 as well)!
You get ze bonus point if you fly at 8K while ze Russians are napping ze earth!
As long as we have ze cruiser for protection, ja...
Mate english BBs are coming
*specs fire ressistance*
Last time I heard a ship was unsinkable a peace of ice proved it wrong
Jaybird Yeah. That was one overglorified ice cube too many.
Jaybird oh
Jaybird good one 😉 *cough* *cough* Titanic
*Piece
Pees*
Came back to rewatch this series after new Sabaton song. "He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas"...
She*
@@chichichiyomi__ Bismarck, as a ship, address by "He".
me too
Nobody singing sink the Bismarck by Johnny Horton
THE BISMARCK AND THE KRIEGSMARINE
No one:
Not a single life form:
Pure nothing
Super vacuum:
Sabaton: BISMARCK AND THE KRIGSMARINE
Hahaha yes my friend!
KRIEGSMARINE*
HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE SEVEN SEAS!
The blood and iron
Britain: *I'm gonna stop you riiiiiight there.*
the "included paid promotion" is a nice gesture. Love that people help you guys produce historical content.
Xero I love that it is how Extra History got it's start.
All these videos because a game company got creative with their ad budget.
Xero same, makes me feel good that third parties and game developers are interested in the history of their games enough to sponsor content like this
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Actually, in some jurisdictions announcing if the content is paid for is a legal requirement now. In mediums where advertisers control content, the nature of that content tends to skew towards stuff that advantages monied interests.
Well. Here's the Bismarck video people has been asking for.
DuDeofASG yup
They are doing a series on the actual Bismarck this fall if someone is curious.
awesome, he's probably my favorite character in history and no one talks about him that much.
I think subjects are selected through popular vote on patreon.
Sara Samaletdin, Finally! I've been hoping for that since they mentioned it in the WWI series. He's definitely one of the more "complicated" people to admire, but he's on my list.
Pride of a nation a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion king of the ocean
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
@Zephyx
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine!
@@Andrea-mp1jw Two thousand men, and fifty thousand tons of steel, set the course for the Atlantic with the Allies on their heel
Firepower, firefight
Battle Stations, keep the targets steady in sight!
In to formation the hunt has begun
Death and damation the fleet is coming HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES AND LEAD THE KRIEGSMARINE
@@truebyzantine2939 death and damnation, the fleet is coming
No one:
Sabaton fans: THE KRIEGSMARINE
*THE BISMARCK AND THE KREGMARINE*
@@IncoherentCowboyJ TO LEAD THE WAR MACHINE RULE THE WAVES AND LEAD THE KRIEGSMARINE
Man of culture as well...
Pride of a nation a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion king of the ocean!
A day guys we couldn't even wait a single day before we, the Sabaton collective, overran another Extra History series?!?
I am so goddamn proud of you all
1:39 "The destruction of the largest battleship on earth"
I've got multiple angry american and japanese people on the phone, tell me what to do?!
The video discusses the Unternehmen Rheinübung and what led up to it, timewise we're in late may 1941. The Yamato was launched in early August 1940...
That changes nothing even if she hadn't been launched and was still sitting in a dry dock, she'd be "the largest battleship on earth".
I'm on the side that says that they had an unfinished carrier, no more and no less.
Tyrannosaurus Rex I was looking for you you good sir. Nice to see that someone else spotted this falsehood as well.
Extra Credits is shit and has nothing to do with actual history. Color me surprised.
For those in the comment section bickering about Bismarck's status as the world's largest battleship:
When she was sunk, in May 1941, she WAS the largest and most powerful operational battleship in the world. Some others had a greater displacement, larger guns, or longer physical dimensions, but none exceeded her in more than any single category and she was far and away the most generally capable battleship design in service in 1941. Yamato and Musashi would obviously take all of Bismarck's titles away from her, but neither had yet been completed in May 1941, despite Yamato having been launched several months earlier. British and American ships exceeding her size and power would come along as well, but not for several years. Tirpitz lived long enough to be outclassed. Bismarck didn't.
Thank you.=)
*He
He
He
And he was made to rule the seas and lead the kriegsmarine...
PRIDE OF A NATION
omg WARGAMING DID THE MUSIC VIEDO FOR SABTON FOR THE BISMARCK SONG LOL
THE BEAST MADE OUT OF STEEL
@@serbianslav5494 BISMARCK IN MOTION, KING OF THE OCEAN
@@LAV-III *HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS!!!*
@@serbianslav5494 TO LEAD THE WAR MACHINE, TO RULE THE WAVES AND LEAD THE KRIEGSMARINE \m/
@@Pimpmobile345 TWO THOUSAND MEN AND FIFTY THOUSAND TONNES OF STEEL
Are we just not gonna talk about how this series is WORLD CLASS at storytelling?? How can a youtube documentary make me so hyped for what i know is coming?
Bismarck! Oh wait. Just the ship. Oh well.
I was going to say the same... but instead I upvoted you.
Kirgo I expected the same, in one of the mini series(Seminal Tragedy) they mentioned about talking about Otto Von Bismarck.
I find solace in the fact that they said that we are going to get an Otto Von Bismarck series in autumn.
They are doing Otto von Bismarck Patreons voted for it. (Probably released at the end of this year)
Prank'd
Viewers: EC do Bismarck pls.
EC: lol no *pumps out series on Catherine the great"
Viewers: Bismarck time?
EC: lol no *pumps out series on Ned Kelly*
Viewers: EC pls, Bismarck.
EC: k fine *Does series on Bismarrck...... the battleship*
The topics are voted on by patreon supporters. Bismark was voted on and won, and is coming soon.
ekimekim30001 Coming fall of this year. Fall is too far away D:
"The ones about Catherine and Ned were awsome tho"
Implying Extra History episodes can be not awesome
Lizard Baron next week man. I'm with you! We want Bismarck!!
From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form
And the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm
Sign of power, show of force
Raise the anchor, battleship's plotting its course
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
Two thousand men, and fifty thousand tons of steel
Set the course for the Atlantic with the Allies on their heel
Firepower, firefight
Battle Stations, keep the targets steady in sight
Into formation, the hunt has begun
Death and damnation, the fleet is coming
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss
They are bound by iron and blood
The flagship of the navy, the terror of the seas
His guns have gone silent at last
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
Bismarck - Sabaton
yes
The King of the ocean was sunk after EIGHT days at sea.
FROM THE MIST A SHAPE, A SHIP IS TAKING FORM
And from the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm
@@raptin1595 SIGH OF POWER, SHOW OF FORCE RAISE THE ANCHOR BATTLESHIPS PLOTTING ITS COURSE
@@Jesiel86 BISMARCK IN MOTION, KING OF THE OCEAN
Saeid Radder
HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEEEEEN *SEEEAAAASSSS!!!!*
@@badoodadoodadoo7653 TO LEAD THE WARMACHINE!!!
Teacher: "You can't learn history from youtube."
Me: Shows teacher Exstra Credits.
Teacher: "I take it back."
Lol
Oooooo burn
Teacher is a fool cause there are several (glaring) inaccuracies in this video.
If only the British had known that the Hood was a weak tier 7 BB, who's primary trick is OP anti-air rockets, and that Bismark was a battle tested Tier 8, with 10.6 km secondaries and turtle-back armor. Hindsight is 20/20. :)
You know Hood was a Battle Cruiser not a Battleship?
They also left open a bulkhead safety door in the ammo bay after rushing to battle-station positions - this led to its sinking. A tv-doc showed this in 2016.
The Hood was a Battlecruiser and while its belt armour was increased to an adequate level when it was still on the construction yard following Jutland (1916) by ww2 the Hood was pretty much outdated and thanks to here thin deck armour was extremely vulnerable to plunging fire that was extremely rare in ww1 but thanks to improvement in ship artillery and fire control ranging became a real serious threat to naval warships.
Holland was a nooblord scrub who showed Bismarck his broadside. GG
This comment reminds me of khaba
And that triggers me.
We gotta find that battleship that's making such a fuss.
We gotta sink the Bismarck, the world depends on us.
The other song about the bismark lol. Im a fan of both this and Sabaton.
Hit those decks a running boys and spin those guns around
@@thearizonaranger9175 When we find the Bismarck, we've gotta cut her down.
The Hood found the Bismarck
@@movedchannelsaboutpls3836 and on that fatel day
*New Sabaton song intensifies* KING OF THE OCEAN HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS
1:40 “The largest?” asks the Japanese. “Hold my tea”.
BubbleRocket Animations
Hell even USS Iowa is larger.
Bk Jeong ^ except it didn’t sink. No American ship larger than the Bismarck was ever destroyed during the war.
Yamoto wasn’t built yet, so it was largest to be sunk at that time.
howard baxter
Only because Iowa was never used for her intended purpose (which was surface action against enemy capital ships that may attempt to attack American carriers).
Iowa sank only one ship during her entire career, a mere training cruiser, and even than that ship had to be spared from aircraft carriers just so Iowa’s crew could get some experience. That’s a pathetic combat record for a ship specifically built to kill other capital ships.
As with the Yamato-class, Iowa was obsolete even before being launched due to the rise of airpower, and despite being the most advanced of the end-generation battleships, she proved to be a colossal waste of resources that shouldn’t even have been built in the first place.
Surviving a war when you never actually did your job isn’t really impressive.
30mm Kannone
Yamato and Iowa are longer AND heavier (larger) than Bismarck.
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Good. It didn't feel like the series was over.
you just made my day
I just want an EH on the most terrible war ever.
The Emu War.
Extra Credits Yey. 😄😄😄😄😄
Yay!!! I was worried you were dropping it XD glad to see you aren't. Gotta love American history
Extra credits- calls the Bismarck the largest battleship on earth
IJN Yamato and Musashi- *sad battleship noises*
To be fair, Yamato only entered service months after this.
At the time Bismarck was largest
Wow, sounds like that boat was the pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion, KING OF THE OCEAN HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WIND ACROSS THE SSEEEEEEVEEN SSEEEEASSD
TO LEAD THE WARMACHINE TO RULE THE WAVES AND LEAD THE KRIEGSMARINE
@@movedchannelsaboutpls3836 The terror of the seas, the Bismarck and the kriegsmarine
This channel is addictive.
Germany: We have the largest ship the Bismarck
Japan: Hold my beer
@aboomination dang you beat me to it...
NigeriaBall: I think I know my history
RealHistory: Yamato wasn't commisioned or in service at the time Bismarck sank, making Bismarck the largest battleship in the world at the time of her sinking.
AT THE TIME
@@Sophiebryson510 ya... Titanic was the largest passenger ship in the world at the time of her sinking, but strangely, comment boards of the Titanic aren't full of people saying "ya, but wasn't QE2 bigger?". Its the same thing.
The US. Yea we see it. Hold tight. We will be right with you. In the meantime look up. Artificial reef. We'd like to partner up with you on this project......
"Largest Ship on Earth"
Yamato: Am I a joke to you?
Yamato wasn't a think yet
@@ghostarmy1106
Yamato entered service with the Imperial Japanese navy in December 1941, and was in construction well before that, so it was definitely a thing.
Unless the Yamamoto can tune travel then yes, she is a joke.
I don't want to be that ship but Yamato wasn't completed until after I sank so yes I am the largest ship
@@Panzer-3385XbS are those containing you taking good care of you?
Why yes internet, I too know of THE BISMARCK AND THE KRIEGSMARINE!
Bismarck = Death Star
Fairey Swordfish = X-Wing Fighters
Hood = Alderaan
Cool Jackster xd
Yes!
Cool Jackster Maybe if the rebels has multiple Death Stars. I think it’s ridiculous because like usual the Germans were the under dogs bot vise versa like it’s portrayed.
Actually, the Death Star battle was based on a world war 2 film scene, which I believe was based on a real battle, when allied planes were bombing a damn with special mines that bounced across the surface of the water.
Actually its
Bismarck=malevolence
Fairey swordfish =shadow squadron
Hood=plo koons fleet
"France had collapsed."
Me: well, not surprising there.
*But the EU called an ambulance, and his buddy was the medic.
It's as if France has been castrated lol
As you can see here, an idiot that hasn't seen France, one of the most successful countries ever, as French, Beneluxian, and British feared shooting refugees that Germans sent across lines, taking out the best French forces.
@@cyketrik Fucking thank you.
Honestly, the "Hunting the Bismarck" Series keep me on edge! SO GOOD!
"The Unsinkable..."
Bismarck : "You sure about that?"
Otto Von Bismarck is evolving into...... The Bismarck!
Imagination Disorder xy Definite devolution.
The Bismarck has fainted!
King George V & Nelson Appear!
Bismarck has fainted!
Bismarck didnt have a plan
Literally becomes the iron chancellor
As soon as I saw this video I started singing Johnny Horton's famous song:
In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship, they had the biggest guns
The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees
Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship, the Hood
And every British seaman, he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismarck, the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees
We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
The Hood found the Bismarck on that fatal day
The Bismarck started firin' fifteen miles away
"We gotta sink the Bismarck" was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Hood went down
For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people "put every ship a-sail
'Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea"
We'll find that German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
The fog was gone the seventh day and they saw the mornin' sun
Ten hours away from homeland the Bismarck made its run
The admiral of the British fleet said "turn those bows around
We found that German battleship and we're gonna cut her down"
The British guns were aimed and the shells were comin' fast
The first shell hit the Bismarck, they knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship is just a memory
"Sink the Bismarck" was the battle cry that shook the seven seas
We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
Yeah, we found the mighty Bismarck and prepared to cut her down
We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismarck and then we cut her down
My 7th grade history teacher played this song all the time. It's exactly what I thought of too.
My guess it will be the song in the end of this series
The Bismark was the fastest ship that ever sailed the seas
On her decks were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees
The thing is the opening verse was wrong.
Hood was longer than Bismarck, the Nelson Class had 16 inch guns, making them have the biggest guns (Hood had the same calibre guns) and when she was built, Hood was faster, but when she started to undergo modernisation that speed did decrease.
So the irony is that Hood actually either matched or beat Bismarck in those aspects as sung in the opening verse.
The tragedy of the Hood however was that the RN knew that she lacked armour, they knew her weaknesses and had drawn plans that predicted the kind of shot that sank her. They knew exactly how she would meet her fate and they knew how it could be avoided and they planned modernisations that would have increased her armour all over, making it comparative to Renown and the Queen Elizabeth Class. However her modernisations had kept being delayed and were pushed back to 1942, why? Because the RN felt that it served them far better to keep her doing stupid tours of the world and push her beyond her limits, which meant that she was in a poor state by the time she went to face the Bismarck (something that should have never have happened as Battlecruisers weren't designed to square off against Battleships, this was part of their design and a lesson that was then hard learned at Jutland) and they paid the price because someone high up in the RN was an incompetent.
Here's the song, for those who want to hear it: /watch?v=KecIdlEAKhU
And Extra History thought they'd escaped Sabaton after they finished the Siege of Vienna series.
Silly Extra History. *THERE IS NO ESCAPE.*
yes
@@_3DRS umm Bismarck, don't you think you need a little more than a name change to disguise yourself as an American dreadnought?
Something about sabaton*
We gotta sink the Bismarck cuase the world depends on us sike
Bismarck - 251m
HMS Hood - 262m
HMS Prince of Wales - 227m
Yamato - 263m
If you guys know of the lenghts of any other ships. Add it here in the replies.
Gethin Topps That is length, but not size.
Ships are measured in weight. How much armor, the size of her guns, and her propellers. The Bismarck was the largest (until Yamato and her sister came)
Hood and Prince of Wales were battlecruisers, not battleships, a distinction that will be made disastrously important very soon. They may have been longer, but they were lighter. Faster, certainly, but by no means in Bismarks league in armor or sheer mass. And the Yamato hadn't even had it's keel laid yet.
All I was doing was pointing out the lenghts, but I appreciate your input.
MyCock - 273mm
The Internet is saying the Yamato's sister ship "Musashi" was the largest ship ever built, just barely squeaking past it's sister. But I think we're calling the Bismarck the "largest" for this series due to it being, at the time, the largest battleship on Earth.
Musashi and Yamato were a bit different. Yamato was built as a gunboat while Musashi, build as a flagship, had 2 less secondary turrets to accommodate her more extensive command and control facilities.
Even then it would be wrong, as Bismarcks sister ship Tirpitz also had been commissioned several months by the time Bismarck was sunk and it was the same size bulk wise, but a bit heavier. If we go by ships launched and undergoing fitting and sea trials, then both Yamato and Musashi would qualify, as they had both been launched in 1940, though it would take until December 1941 until Yamato finished fitting and sea trials and until the beginning of 1942 for Musashi to complete this stage and be commissioned.
Anyway, the largest commissioned battleship at the time of Bismarcks sinking was its sister ship, the Tirpitz, not by much, but it was.
Giving Extra History the benefit of the doubt, the Bismarck was the largest warship in the world in early 1941, because the Yamato wasn´t completed yet (it would be comissioned in late 1941) Although if we get picky, we can say by the stage reached by Yamato´s construction in early 1941 it already surpassed the Bismarck, being so heavy.
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Still nope, the largest battleship at the time would still be the Yamato. Bismark sank in May 1941 and Yamato was launched in August 1940.
Of course they could find the Bismarck.
The Bismarck had a plan…
The Bismarck, ALWAYS, had a plan
😂so original, how does he think of it🎉
2:59
Quick correction; The Bismarck was actually referred as a "He". Even Hitler wanted it to be "He"
Should've painted a giant moustache on the front of the ship to get the point across
The song at the end is called "Unforgiven" by one of the composers of World of Warships...
If anyone was wondering
Should've been that "Sink the Bismark" song
My family is from the very north of Iceland, my grandfather and some of my family that has now passed saw the hood explosion across the horizon it was that large.
Goldmattress dude, spoilers alert
Oh shit sorry I mean they had a nice day and everyone lived happily ever after
ThJoKi it happened quite a while ago, i dont think history can be spoiled haha
ThJoKi Spoilers? The wars been over for (stops to check watch)
72+ years now, 77 since we sunk the bastard. I mean, spoiler alerts have expiration dates.
Goldmattress you just had to spoil did ya? Oh well it was decades ago.
Nobody:
Not a single soul in the universe:
Not even their mom:
Sabaton fans: *PRIDE OF A NATION*
*THE BEAST MADE OF STEEL*
@@valkkyrr *BISMARCK IN MOTION*
@@Anatoli_Punto *KING OF THE OCEAN*
deathgrips099 *HE WAS MADE TO RULES THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS*
@@bertrandlyn7430 *TO LEAD THE WAR MACHINE*
"End with the destruction of the largest Battleship on Earth"
Sad Japanese noise 1:39
Well if the Japanese had commissioned their ship earlier...
Looks like Christopher Nolan has another WW2 movie to make!
AJW
Yep
Will it be another suspense thriller?
Um i thought the yamato was the biggest battle ship on earth.....
I'm not sure if the Yamato was the biggest ever, but it was bigger than the Bismark, it was about 10 meters longer, 3 meters larger and weighted about 20,000 metrics tons more at full load (hat's 27-30 feet longer, 9-10 feet larger and 44,000 imperial tons more for you).
Angel Soldier So did I, and yes it is. At least as far as my knowledge of history goes.
It was constructed after this point in history.
Tiax Anderson 'laid down,' is for when construction starts. launch is when construction ends and vessel leaves construction dock. comission is when the vessel enters active service.
true, but that one was launched a year later, hence when it was launched it was the largest one.
I feel like the people living through the middle part of the 20th century must have been going through strange times. Potentially living through two world wars, seeing Empires fall and the rise of America and Russia. Seeing the space race, nuclear weapons, and so much more during your lifetime must've been wild.
I wonder what'll happen in my lifetime.
The return of the airship, potentially.
Look up the prototype Airlander 10 and see what the future might hold
Bet everybody is here after the new Sabaton song
Your *god damn right*
damn right
Damn straight
No
Yes
you can't catch me
otto eduard Leopold von Bismarck Duke of launberg wrong Bismarck but still awesome content though
2nd reich much
xXAce_CommandoXx yasss
BEEESMARKKKK
u no ur country ouldnt be possible without france :)
Scourger of Souls and France can't stop germany ever
Here's something for the Lies episode: ships are usually referred to as feminine using 'she' or 'her', but the Bismarck was one of the only ships referred to by Germans as masculine. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was Captain Lindemann who referred to the ship as a 'he' when it was first set on water in 1936.
Huh. I had never heard of that before. I have only ever heard of a ship referred to in the feminine. I need to look this up.
Copper Sulfate Teitoku in fact lindermann was the only one to refer to bismark as a He, everyone else refered to bismarck as a she
Yamato: *exists*
Bismarck: am I a joke to you?
This examination of the bismark is probably the best miniseries this channel has ever done. its riveting, fascinating and always entertaining and informative.
In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship, they had the biggest guns
The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees
Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship, the Hood
And every British seaman, he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismarck, the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees
We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
The Hood found the Bismarck on that fatal day
The Bismarck started firin' fifteen miles away
"We gotta sink the Bismarck" was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Hood went down
For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people "put every ship a-sail
'Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea"
We'll find that German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
The fog was gone the seventh day and they saw the mornin' sun
Ten hours away from homeland the Bismarck made its run
The admiral of the British fleet said "turn those bows around
We found that German battleship and we're gonna cut her down"
The British guns were aimed and the shells were comin' fast
The first shell hit the Bismarck, they knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship is just a memory
"Sink the Bismarck" was the battle cry that shook the seven seas
We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
Yeah, we found the mighty Bismarck and prepared to cut her down
We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismarck and then we cut her down
Though we were not more than a footnote in WW2, Denmark is mentioned quite a lot here
Chris Jeppesen Because it is relevant
I know, but it normally isn't
Chris Jeppesen I don't see your point.
For anyone wondering, RAF stands for Royal Air Force, HMS stands for His Majesty’s Ship or Her Majesty’s Ship (depending on the gender of the British monarch)
Bismarck's brother (German ships are referred to in the masculine) Tirpitz also terrified the British. He was in a Norwegian port for the entire war and yet significant war material was dedicated to take him out.
This series is one of the first times I’ve had genuine fun watching a video. I love this! The atmosphere, the tragedies, the acts of heroism, the way you tell the story, I love it all!
Remember the times when you could win Punic war by throwing hooks onto enemy ships? Ah, good times
Олег Козлов the phrase "Sling your hook" for go away comes from naval boarding parties.
and when you won you could destroy their land by pouring salt on it
This was great! Also, maybe you guys could make a CV-6 USS Enterprise series? I feel like she deserved one after you guys made this...
@Muhammad Abbad
Absolutely, her story is filled with sacrifice, heroism and luck.
Would be 50 parts long lmao
I see the Sabaton fans found this series, thought likely not through my link. Nice to see people with a passion for history.
I bet everybody saw the title and went OH MY GOD THEY FINALLY MADE A BISMARCK SERIES, and then was mightily shocked by the actually content of the episode. Still great stuff, though.
Conor Brown what about now?see the resemblance between the fat Bismarck and large Bismarck. XD
Spoiler the bismarck was crippled by the Fairey Swordfish a 1934 biplane with a top speed little more than 150mph.
That was exactly the propblem. The planes were so outdated and slow that the Bismarcks (modern) AAA sighting systems were completely misaligned for them.
Unborn Something that gets trounced around repeatedly... but is incorrect. The Germans knew exactly what aircraft the Fleet Air Arm used (hell the German navy was set to use similar biplanes as torpedo bombers for the Graf Zeppelin). It would seem logical they tailor their AA firecontrol systems to those. Now given the Bismarcks AA could engage targets like Blimps as well, it could certinaly even go lower.
Why Bismarcks AA didn't hit anything was because it was outdated. Its main rear AA fire control director wasn't stabilised. Making fire-control outputs to the guns useless in the bad weather. This bad weather also put quite a bit of spray over the decks making it impossible the guns (in bad mounts) to see let alone hit anything anyway.
Gypsy 122 Intreseting never heard that before. Could you link or name a source on that please?
I really love maritime wars. The Yamato, Bismark, Iowa and others are really fascinating and I hope one day to make a ship just as prestigious as them.
John Lee Zhen Good luck
I just want to thank you guys for making these videos, i got A on History because your series was a great help. Thank you
Thank you Extra Credits was just waiting for a serie like this... i'll love you forever.. and even more with some episodes on the Lepanto battle or the siege of Malta
wow extra credits a million subs i remember when you guys had only 500 thousand love what you guy do
Every time there's that drawing of the British ship just stumbling onto the Bismarck I crack up.
It's such a funny image. Just imagining the Metal Gear "!" sound as well, followed by a series of polite British curses. Never fails to cheer me up.
She was made to rule the waves and lead the Kriegemarine!!!
"He" :P
@@MrSedsone HE
He
@@MrSedsone ships are always a she.
@@tuxedosteve1904 Yes I'm aware, but apparently Bismarck was an exception to that "rule"
also the lyrics of the song that was referenced says "He"
I love these Extra History episodes!! Your word choose just draws me in and makes me want more, keep up the good work
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas!
Swordfish: hold up cuh
To lead the warmachine rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
@@edwardkenway148 The terror of the seas, the Bismark and the Kriegsmarine!
The Bismarck be like
I always feel like
SOMEBODY'S WATCHING MEEEEE
AND i GOT NO PRIVACY
You rarely see a sponsored video with such likes/dislikes rate, the Extra Credits team know how to do proper paid content. Keep it up!
Stoptherock they also have the advantage of their sponsored content not feeling shoehorned in. Whenever a gaming channel starts talking about skillshare or a comedy channel mentions audible, it feels tacked on and makes me dislike the product a bit because of it. This isn’t just a “Buy the way, play WoWarships” tacked onto the end of an unrelated video, but an entire series on a very interesting topic sponsored by a related product. I hope we see a lot more in the way of sponsorships from companies based around history, they’ve already brought us the Bismarck Hunt, Hiawatha, and Berlin Airlift episodes, so I can’t wait for what comes next.
Pretzelbomb I know it’s 8 months late but the series was started(second punic war) by the creators of Rome:Total War
I just enjoy how the European navy took a hard time finding one of the most largest ship during that time, then again the ocean is a pretty big place.
HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS
*He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the warmachine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine*
Side note: Despite the fog and weather, the Bismark always knew it was being shadowed by the British ships. It had been equipped with a system that detected the radar signals at a range longer than the effective range of the British Radar.
That isn't saying much. Most radar receivers at the time could detect signals at a longer effective range then what was been sent out and been received by a target.
your the reason i dont have to do history homework for my homeschooling
Imma tell your mom where you get yo cliffsnotes from o.o
I mean, if this is how you get to learn history, I might wanna try homeschooling soon...
Well, you (or rather, Sabaton) has gotten yourself a ton of extra views now.
One thing they didn't anticipated is.... That Bismarck had a plan, Bismark always had a plan.
it's a shame the plan was intercepted by the code breakers
Whoa you didn't butcher the "Prinz Eugen" 's name anywhere as much as feared you would! Good job!
*Johnny Horton Intensifying
I always love stories that tell you how they start and end. Your seminal tragedy being another
I LOVE extra history
ExtrA CREDITS please make more vids like this. i love the battleships clashing and fighting in order to keep justice!! its just so awesome and also i learn very much from this.
It's not Otto Van Bismarck, but it's definitely as awesome!
TruMint they actually gonna do a series on him later in the year
Mmmmm, nice.
Von. German. Not Dutch.
It’s been 2 years since I last saw one of your videos. STILL. GOLD
This is now a Sabaton reference
This is the new THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED I feel
@@highflyFinn THE BISMARK AND THE KRIEGSMARINE
@@tjkeefe6676 HELL YEAH
As it should be.
WE NEED A LONG SERIES ON THE MONGOLS
Did John Green send you?
there is Dan carlin's series on it. It's called wrath of the khan's.
Why the hell is Britain standing alone in the middle of an anachronistic Yugoslavia?
Christopher OBrien i was wondering the same thing... 2:33
Hot chicks?
Also the others: Germany on Spain, Italy in Belgium, Japan in Russia i think...
I love your chennel, even this video from 6 years ago is worthy of a a sub and like
I know
From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form
And the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm
Sign of power, show of force
Raise the anchor, battleship's plotting its course
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine