Just a reminder that in this battle, a very young Ensign Isoroku Yamamoto would lose two fingers as a result of his ship taking damage. All history would of needed to do was to make the young ensign lose three fingers and the Pacific Campaign as we knew it in WWII would of been drastically different.
This is what i love about Wargaming... the players learn a little bit about the ships their playing... I say it's one of the kindest and noble thing to do for it's players worldwide... Wargaming keep those videos going ^_^ thank you for making marvelous games for the whole world to enjoy
Not sure why you are replying to a 4 year old comment but you completely missed his point as he never mentioned learning about the reality of war when playing the game. He simply stated that he enjoys learning about the history of the very ships he uses in the game.
R U 1 2 have you ever been in a war? Your words suggest that you have not, and if you did you probably didn’t see much action. Everyone knows that a game isn’t real life, but the games are done in such a way as to build greater appreciation and respect for the real life ships and sailors on those ships.
The battleship Mikasa was built in a town about 30 minutes away from me. The shipyards are still building naval vessels now, mainly submarines for the Royal Navy
Also just how much Russia, and the entire world, underestimated Japan. Kind of need to remember the socio-ethnic attitudes of the time; the entire world thought of Japan and the rest of Asia as primitives who could never defeat an old power of Europe. Same reason the US victory in the Spanish American war was such a shock to the world.
I feel so glad, that I was able to walk on the Decks of the Mikasa. It's such a great feeling to stand on this ship (even tho most of the super structure was remade) You feel the history while going through the Stomach of this ship.
The IJN didn't suffer serious casualties at the battle. They lost a few torpedo boats and over 100 sailors killed, but compared to the Russian Navy loosing 21 vessels, including six battleships. A lopsided victory for the Japanese Navy.
Most of the Japanese fleet was built by Armstrong and whitworth of Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland in the North East of England. Be careful whom you arm! Vic Makins
@@victormakins6646 the british werent exactly happy with russia due to the fact they sunk several british fishermen on their way to tsushima causing them to raise steam on 20 battleships (not the intire fleet as the british wanted the russians to have a fair chance (yes really because their gunnery had been so bad against the fishermen who were supposedly japanese torpedo boats in the english canal)
Mikasa is probably the only Battleship (that I know of) to date that actually made its money back. She tanked a lot of damage and dished it back out tenfold. Beast of a ship if there ever was one.
“Imaginary Japanese torpedo boats(Real English fishing boats), the Kamchatka, almost starting a war with a global superpower, accidentally shooting up their own ships, the Kamchatka, disease, mountainous seas, the Kamchatka, poisonous snakes, prophets of the end times, the Kamchatka, highborn officers running rat hunts through the fleet and being saddled with a bunch of obsolete floating targets that only served to slow them down, and of course, the Kamchatka.”
The real unsung hero is Akiyama Saneyuki. He was the planner of the entire battle and for most of the war for the IJN. He personally witnessed the battle at Santiago de Cuba. He used the same tactics by the Americans during the blockade of Port Arthur. He was also the one that convinced Togo the Russian fleet would come up through the Tsushima Strait. Togo (I believe) wanted to split the fleet into two just in case the Russian fleet came from the other side.
+NoJokes11B Saka no ue no kumo Episode 1 ~ 13 A very small country is about to become a civilized nation・・・・・・(｀･ω･;)ゞ www.dramanice.to/drama/saka-no-ue-no-kumo-detail This dram is Russo-Japanese War . Battle of Tsushima EP12~EP13.
@@mobiuscoreindustries no. But every time i hear someone say motor, torpedo or boat. I immediatly think of kamchatka, and a giant fleet of japanese torpedo boats haha
@@Colt45hatchback yeah, seriously i swear the Kamchatka was just really desprate to test it's torpedobeat abilities it was willing to do it against everything and anything
I have both Aurora and Mikasa in game!I won them a few months ago, and I kept them since they’re such famous ships! It’s amazing how absolute the victory was! Japan only lost three torpedo boats and a few hundred men, while the Russians practically lost everything. Also in the future consider doing a naval legends video on the battles of Jutland and Leyte Gulf. The biggest naval battles of the 20th century! I would love to see the CGI in those battles!😄
I feel like Bill Murray in Lost in Translation whenever the Japanese man speaks. His stories are so much more vivid, especially with the explosion the sent glass into the Admiral's eyes.
You know what would be AWESOME? Have both ships side by side, with a bridge between the two, and two sailors, Russian and Japanese, shaking hands as a picture.
In Russia at that time, senior officers were aristocrats, but the literacy rate of ordinary sailors was about 16%. In Japan, the people were equal in the Meiji Restoration, so on the contrary, the samurai class was unemployed, and many of the people who became soldiers were of the samurai class, the literacy rate was about 80%, and they were excellent and brave
Anyone familiar with this battle and more importantly the trip that the second Pacific squadron took will know the name Kamchatka. She was a ship so cursed by the Russian naval officers because of constantly claiming it saw Japanese torpedo boats and at one point fired on and hit the Aurora.
Yeah I feel like they are suspiciously glossing over that whole excursion. They are portraying the Russian fleet as "competent" lets say, when the historical record shows they where far from it. Considering who is making the documentary i'm not surprised they wouldn't want to cast the Russian navy in a bad light, but the viewer really misses out on the context of the battle.
do more documentary like this please, especially massive battles in pacific during WW 2 or european seas. not just one specific ships, but entire fleet battles
I suggest searching for Drachinifel, he posts about weekly and enjoys his naval architecture and history. He seems to know his stuff and is quick to notice the opportunity for levity.
It was a decent but honestly the russians were going to lose this one no matter what. The entirety of the squadron not named Aurora or Rochesventsky was incompetent
"110 years later, only two ships remain from the Battle of Tsushima" That's more than I can say about the battle of Jutland 100 years ago; only one light cruiser remains, and it isn't even in good condition!!
Magnificent video! I just want to point out that the locals don't pronounce the 'u' in Yokosuka, they say it as "Yokoska" (I'm currently living in Yokosuka because of my job, so that's how I know). It's just a tiny detail though, keep up the excellent work!
I don't think they could have interviewed the Russian guys if they had included it, or any other critisism. After all, its something to be very, very ashamed of. BTW: the Russian admiral and the ships under his direct command did not fire at all and kept their searchlights upwards to signal: seize fire. Imagine him wanting to cut a lot of heads off at the moment.
@@DavidOfWhitehills I did a search on the ethnology. The name supposedly was named from the "Doggers", small Dutch fishing boats that used to work the shoal that is the Dogger Bank.
Despite the fact that old wooden ships from the Age of Sail are not featured in game, it would be very interesting to see them do an episode on the USS Constitution AKA: Old Ironsides
The passage of the second fleet? Why not mention the glorious sea battle of the doger bank of 1905 verse hundreds of Japanese torpedo boats, Russian ships firing hundreds of shells... and somehow managing to hit their own ships more then 3 fishing trawlers... then almost got wiped out by the RN's home fleet.
Самое веселое, что документы по этому инциденту бриташки отказываются рассекретить до сих пор. Уж не были ли "несуществующие" миноносцы реальными, как и "несуществующие" "Абрамсы" во времена Иранского инцидента?
A text book example of Imperial Russian incompetence: firing not only at a neutral nation's fishing boats but also firing on your own ships because you're panicking due to rumors and gossip, not once BUT TWICE. Had Britain entered the war, the Baltic Fleet would've been devastated before they even reached Tsushima since apparently the Russian guncrews had terrible aim
then promptly followed by the (fucking) Kamchatka, which reported happily that it had dealt with an attack from multiple japanese torpedo boats. it was then discovered that the floating pile of inaptitude had somehow managed to engage civilian vessels from nearly all continental powers, including a german tanker and a french fishing boat, nearly starting a war with bascially all of europe... yeah thankfully, everybody kept quiet and the Kamchatka was allowed plenty more oportunity to spot "japanese torpedo boats", fire salute shots with live shells, and cutting comunication lines with misplaced anchors, ect... Realy, the pharse "and then it got worse" could not be more in full application if i tried
@@mobiuscoreindustries Drach, is that you? For real, the comedic writing of this comment was as good as his, like, I read it in his voice! It made me laugh greatly, good job.
My great grandpa was a non commissioned officer at the time, not sure if he participated in this battle though. Later he was assigned to a crew of Mikasa but that was during the first WW, when Mikasa was no longer the strongest ship of the imperial Japanese navy.
Very, very nice WG. Thank you so much for these videoes, they have become my new bedtime stories. I love it, please continue to make more, we love you for it!
This video needs more credict, I'ts better than many docs out there. I hope to sse more of these in this channel, good work for the crew resposible for these mini seires and repect for the veterans of the Battle of Tsushima o7
Jonatas Nogueira I agree, this was a great doc; I wish the History Channel was like this. Also, this battle happened more than 110 years ago, I am pretty sure there are no veterans alive.
Jonatas Nogueira They did a great job. History channel use to do a lot of interesting docs. Hopefully they'll return to it. There were some important details left out such as the Russian Imperial navy being woefully unprepared, untrained, and arrogant in their ability to take on a very modern and well disciplined Japanese Imperial navy which many American and British observers noted in their reports while researching Japanese naval capabilities. It's tragic for the Russians because it demonstrated that many of those men may well have survived had they invested in proper training and discipline. I was surprised by the number of armored cruisers on the Japanese side. The Russians were completely outgunned as far as capital main guns. The armored cruisers they mentioned were the grandfather concepts of the later battlecruiser concept. Unlike protected cruisers, armored cruisers were armed with capital weapon systems. I'm with you though I really hope they continue with this series of documentaries. I love the CGI. Reminds me of Dogfights, Battle 360, and Greatest Tank Battles =^^=
it looks so professional blending restored ships, real footage and rendered scene with interviews and narration. The cut was superb. Battle of Tsushima is a major turning point of world history. It witnessed the rise and falls of two global powers and laid the stage for bosvik revolution, Japan's invasion of China and the pacific war. Through these two lucky survivors, the impact of that battle can still be felt.
Feral Lion It is rather sad. The Russian Empire's Baltic Sea Fleet was one of Peter the Great's major achievement. It was his dream for Russia to be a naval power. The Baltic Sea Fleet was his pride and glory. And 200 years later, in a matter of hours, it was sent to the bottom of the sea.
...and there was also the infamous 'Battle of the Doggerbank', when nervous russian gunners misjudged english fisherboats for japanese destroyers on interception course...
@@thomaszinser8714 ah, you mean them boats that race over the waves at 40 knots? Yeah, i can see why the russians identified the fishing boats that way.
Ok Wargaming Let me first say that this is a very wonderful documentary Very informative and detailed to the point you determined the numbers and types of ships used This is what's wonderful with this game and others The players could learn a thing or two about what they are driving And also please make a video about the largest naval battle in history - Battle of Leyte
I want this on the phone so badly. World of Warships Strike or something like that. Just like World of Tanks Blitz. I wouldn't even care if the thing was simplified down to only two nations for a while. But alas I ask far too much of them. For now I'll wait here on the mobile platform with my little tanks. Also Russia fails at Naval combat...so hard. Sure they had one of the most powerful, revolutionary, and mass produced tank of WWII, but oceans seem to be their kryptonite. Japan is the best. (Clear biased due to heritage) As a last note. I love these things. Historic battles are awesome to learn about!
Tsushima was a massive humiliation for the Russian Navy. But it also confirms that Russia is and has been for centuries a significant land power that only marginally paid attention to the sea. The Japanese had only a couple of decades earlier begun to modernize, and were new to naval warfare. But as an island nation they have a long tradition of seamanship. The outcome was inevitable.
Look out for a new book on this, to be published by Troubador early next year - "Tsushima: JAPAN's TRAFALGAR, the voyage of the condemned fleet to the straits of Korea". I have spent the last 30 years researching and writing this book, which will include an intensive study of the 7-month voyage, a fully detailed account of the immense coaling operation with all colliers named, the auxiliary cruiser operations in both the Red Sea and Atlantic, an explanation of the ROLAND/RUS confusion, a far more detailed account of the battle as seen and experienced by both sides than has ever been written before, including the often ignored night battle by making extensive use of Japanese action reports, numerous highly detailed charts, many photos, an equally fully described account of the actions of May 28, follow-up operations, the eventual return home of surviving Russian ships, final fates of participants, the trial of Rear Admiral Nyebogatoff, and more. The book is being printed and is awaiting index and proof-read. I promise you will not be disappointed.
And that my friends is why Russia has never in history has ever had a good Navy. their only major Victories on the Sea were against the Turks and even then it was 50/50.
True, being a seapower has never been necessary for Russia's survival. Destroying any land invasion force is. In reverse chronological order, Hitler (Germany, Napoleon (France), and Charles XII of Sweden have all had their armies decimated by Russian forces, long supply lines, and vicious winters.
You did not heard about Russian Admiral Ushakov? Which used new tactics before Nelson? He never lost a battle. And naval war with Sweden also saw some Russian victories.
abab Aircraft carriers are for offensive militaries, Russian doctrine is based around defence, thats why Russians focus on their rocket technology, instead of building “floating islands” with jets on them.
Very well put together, but the ship sinking at 13.36 had twin triple mountings on the fore main armament. I think that may have been footage of the Svant Istvan?
It blows me away that a game company put together such an amazing documentary that was well researched with excellent interviews and tons of information, while the "History" channel vomits out garbage that I'd expect to see from a conspiracy theorist on TH-cam.
Togo Heihachiro , descendants of SAMURAI , adapted strategy of KURUMAGAKARINOJIN that was adapted by famouse Leader of SAMURAI , Uesugi Kensin in medieval janan.
Would have been hilarious to mention the Dogger Bank incident, which Aurora was also involved in as her own fleet mistook her and another ship as Japanese vessels and then fired on them. And out course killed three innocent English fishermen and then continued jumping at shadows and firing at each other. Badly. Also how the tried to go through the Suez Canal, but after severing a subaquatic telegraph line with an anchor the Russians were basically told to piss off and go around Africa instead. Decent doc, but they really glossed over how much the Russians sucked.
plus the admiral (only competent guy in the ENTIRE fleet) knew that the cannal was actually one of the ONLY places the japanese navy could actually be of any threat, plus he knew that in the middle of the monumental trafic jam that would be created by passing the enitre fleet in the cannal, there was a very high likelyhood of the hysterical gun crews doing something really bad, or the Kamchanka somehow managing to mistake a convoy of cammels for japanese torpedo boats.
The first Russian revenge was total during the Battle of Jaljin Gol, developed from May 11 to September 16, 1939, when the famous Soviet military General Georgi Zhukov forcefully crushed the Japanese imperial army in Mongolia and Manchuria. The second revenge was in the last weeks of the Second World War, when the now Marshal Zhukov charged and destroyed the Japanese armies in Mongolia, China, Manchuria and Korea ...
+Jake Galvin Russo-Japanese War www.dramanice.to/drama/saka-no-ue-no-kumo-detail Saka no ue no kumo Episode 1 ~ 13 A very small country is about to become a civilized nation・・・・・・(｀･ω･;)ゞ Please enjoy until the end. ep11~ep13 Excellent!
mikasa and other ships were turned to training ship for young new officers.they visited asia and US while their 4th, yes many kids officer grown up to real navy
Two ships from that battle still in existence. But for two very different reasons. Aurora only because it is a symbol of Bolshevik revolution. Now it is a doubtful reason...
To Tokioexpress: It's wrong. Togo's Imperial Japan Navy was famous for being chivalrous. After the surrender decided, many Russian men were peacefully contained and gentlemanly treated in camps, as it was well documented.
+nome It`s also true for Imperial Army. It was famous for its humanitarian treatment of German POWs in World War I. But I wonder what happened to both Imperial Army and Navy after that.
@@wetcanoedogs Togo said to Russian Admiral that defeat is a common fate of a soldier. There is nothing to be shamed of it in it. The great point is whether we have performed our duty. This Japanese Samurai sprit, Togo was born into it.
Just a reminder that in this battle, a very young Ensign Isoroku Yamamoto would lose two fingers as a result of his ship taking damage. All history would of needed to do was to make the young ensign lose three fingers and the Pacific Campaign as we knew it in WWII would of been drastically different.
Yep if he lost a third finger he lost that one finger he would have been discharged from the navy
Had he lost that third finger....History would be diff.
Wow…………..just wow.
The end result would still be the same the IJN was always destined to lose to the USN.
@@Fifthmiracle cap
This is what i love about Wargaming... the players learn a little bit about the ships their playing... I say it's one of the kindest and noble thing to do for it's players worldwide... Wargaming keep those videos going ^_^ thank you for making marvelous games for the whole world to enjoy
+Kevin DC yes i agree also they are giving their users the necessary information to love a vehicle, plane or ship as you stated
A game is not reality. Real people on real ships died in these battles...that's the difference, you learn nothing of the reality of war.
Not sure why you are replying to a 4 year old comment but you completely missed his point as he never mentioned learning about the reality of war when playing the game. He simply stated that he enjoys learning about the history of the very ships he uses in the game.
R U 1 2 have you ever been in a war? Your words suggest that you have not, and if you did you probably didn’t see much action. Everyone knows that a game isn’t real life, but the games are done in such a way as to build greater appreciation and respect for the real life ships and sailors on those ships.
wrrr
this is a fantastic mini documentary of one of the best naval encounters in history. props to WG for the high quality and dedication to the story.
The battleship Mikasa was built in a town about 30 minutes away from me. The shipyards are still building naval vessels now, mainly submarines for the Royal Navy
Parents: Stop playin games and go study
Me: But im learning history about naval battles!
Nice
Yeah they consider that playing games has no educational value
Sadly they compleatly failed to describe how bad the russian fleet was. Low moral, poor training and pretty much hopelessly outdated
FelixHD1 maybe because stalin only focus on ground troop
Eligo 13 That was several years before Stalin was in power of the UdSSR
FelixHD1
I suggest looking up the Dogger Bank incident. It's amazing just how absolutely bad the Russians were back then.
Also just how much Russia, and the entire world, underestimated Japan. Kind of need to remember the socio-ethnic attitudes of the time; the entire world thought of Japan and the rest of Asia as primitives who could never defeat an old power of Europe. Same reason the US victory in the Spanish American war was such a shock to the world.
Sadly? Someone receive orgasms from knowing that rival's warships are underpowered than your country's?
I feel so glad, that I was able to walk on the Decks of the Mikasa. It's such a great feeling to stand on this ship (even tho most of the super structure was remade) You feel the history while going through the Stomach of this ship.
The IJN didn't suffer serious casualties at the battle. They lost a few torpedo boats and over 100 sailors killed, but compared to the Russian Navy loosing 21 vessels, including six battleships.
A lopsided victory for the Japanese Navy.
Most of the Japanese fleet was built by Armstrong and whitworth of Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland in the North East of England. Be careful whom you arm! Vic Makins
@@victormakins6646 the british werent exactly happy with russia due to the fact they sunk several british fishermen on their way to tsushima
causing them to raise steam on 20 battleships (not the intire fleet as the british wanted the russians to have a fair chance (yes really because their gunnery had been so bad against the fishermen who were supposedly japanese torpedo boats in the english canal)
@@GlowingSpamraam yes . I did read that . Amazing .
It was less a battle and more target practice for the IJN
1871, Tōgō lived and studied in Britain for a period of seven years.
Mikasa is probably the only Battleship (that I know of) to date that actually made its money back. She tanked a lot of damage and dished it back out tenfold. Beast of a ship if there ever was one.
Warspite
Kongo did a decent amount of work too.
it would be cool if war gaming made scenarios where you chose a side and have to re-enact a battle with the ships that were available at the time
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War Thunder does that. Theres always some event where you can only use period appropriate vehicles. For land/sea/air battles.
Thats my dream :-)
They do, in a vast library of table top board games.
Check out Drachinifel
clip about the 2nd Pacific Squadron, best laugh i had in a long time.
... and of course... the Kamtschatka!
Yep and the voyage there,the voyage of the damned there, to receive an enormous shoeing at the hands of Adm Togo
“Imaginary Japanese torpedo boats(Real English fishing boats), the Kamchatka, almost starting a war with a global superpower, accidentally shooting up their own ships, the Kamchatka, disease, mountainous seas, the Kamchatka, poisonous snakes, prophets of the end times, the Kamchatka, highborn officers running rat hunts through the fleet and being saddled with a bunch of obsolete floating targets that only served to slow them down, and of course, the Kamchatka.”
When it rains...
It's a fucking Monsoon
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The real unsung hero is Akiyama Saneyuki. He was the planner of the entire battle and for most of the war for the IJN. He personally witnessed the battle at Santiago de Cuba. He used the same tactics by the Americans during the blockade of Port Arthur. He was also the one that convinced Togo the Russian fleet would come up through the Tsushima Strait. Togo (I believe) wanted to split the fleet into two just in case the Russian fleet came from the other side.
+NoJokes11B Saka no ue no kumo Episode 1 ~ 13 A very small country is about to become a civilized nation・・・・・・(｀･ω･;)ゞ www.dramanice.to/drama/saka-no-ue-no-kumo-detail This dram is Russo-Japanese War . Battle of Tsushima EP12~EP13.
@Jack the Gestapo wait really?
The TV series is Saka no Ue no Kumo, based on the novel of the same name by Shiba Ryotaro
Togo used 500years old tactics to defeat Russian fleet.
Thought I was watching the Military or History Channel. Well done.
TasteOfIrony This isn't pawn stars so it can't be History channel, maybe the Military channel though.
Why would you think you were watching the History Channel? This kind of quality isn't found there.
Nah, History Channel would talk about how aliens helped the Japanese win the battle
@@stevenlovejoy6838 thats it
Y'all forgot the best ship, the Kamchatka.
The worlds most incompetent naval personel. All in one metal box
don't you ever just read a good book and sudently you see japanese torpedo boats assaulting you from between the lines? happens every time!
@@mobiuscoreindustries no. But every time i hear someone say motor, torpedo or boat. I immediatly think of kamchatka, and a giant fleet of japanese torpedo boats haha
@@Colt45hatchback yeah, seriously i swear the Kamchatka was just really desprate to test it's torpedobeat abilities it was willing to do it against everything and anything
I was searching for comments on the Kamchatka lol
This should be what Co-Op battles are like. Epic and historic!
I'm really enjoying these documentaries, great job WoWs staff!
I have both Aurora and Mikasa in game!I won them a few months ago, and I kept them since they’re such famous ships! It’s amazing how absolute the victory was! Japan only lost three torpedo boats and a few hundred men, while the Russians practically lost everything. Also in the future consider doing a naval legends video on the battles of Jutland and Leyte Gulf. The biggest naval battles of the 20th century! I would love to see the CGI in those battles!😄
I feel like Bill Murray in Lost in Translation whenever the Japanese man speaks. His stories are so much more vivid, especially with the explosion the sent glass into the Admiral's eyes.
The explosion caused glass in the room to shatter and flies, and one of them pierced through the Admiral eyes?
You know what would be AWESOME? Have both ships side by side, with a bridge between the two, and two sailors, Russian and Japanese, shaking hands as a picture.
Nathan Smith LOL that would seriously be a sceen
In Russia at that time, senior officers were aristocrats, but the literacy rate of ordinary sailors was about 16%. In Japan, the people were equal in the Meiji Restoration, so on the contrary, the samurai class was unemployed, and many of the people who became soldiers were of the samurai class, the literacy rate was about 80%, and they were excellent and brave
Anyone familiar with this battle and more importantly the trip that the second Pacific squadron took will know the name Kamchatka. She was a ship so cursed by the Russian naval officers because of constantly claiming it saw Japanese torpedo boats and at one point fired on and hit the Aurora.
Yeah I feel like they are suspiciously glossing over that whole excursion. They are portraying the Russian fleet as "competent" lets say, when the historical record shows they where far from it. Considering who is making the documentary i'm not surprised they wouldn't want to cast the Russian navy in a bad light, but the viewer really misses out on the context of the battle.
Lol, thank God for Drachinifel.
Battle of Tsushima is called Battle of Japan Sea in Japan. This was the Perfect game for the Japanese Empire Navy!!!
do more documentary like this please, especially massive battles in pacific during WW 2 or european seas. not just one specific ships, but entire fleet battles
I suggest searching for Drachinifel, he posts about weekly and enjoys his naval architecture and history. He seems to know his stuff and is quick to notice the opportunity for levity.
wrg
This was amazing! You guys could make an hour long version of this and I would watch every second of it!
The battleship Mikasa was built at Barrow-in-Furnace England and there is still a Mikasa street there named after her.
World of Warships could make a TV show about ships and people would watch, cause this is awesome!
That’s probably the most lopsided naval victory ever. What a well drawn out strategy on Japan’s part.
and dont forget the russian navy that wasn't able to do anything
It was a decent but honestly the russians were going to lose this one no matter what. The entirety of the squadron not named Aurora or Rochesventsky was incompetent
東郷さんのものと同じ双眼鏡を医者をしている知り合いが持ってて、病院に飾ってある。世界に3個ぐらいしか残ってないらしい。
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"110 years later, only two ships remain from the Battle of Tsushima" That's more than I can say about the battle of Jutland 100 years ago; only one light cruiser remains, and it isn't even in good condition!!
is it just me or is Mr.Hirama looking dapper as all hell?
lol no, I thought the same thing, especially with his hat and stripes xD
Yee. Fancy af
i lived right next to the mikasa, i lived at the navy base
Isnt mikasa beautiful
Magnificent video! I just want to point out that the locals don't pronounce the 'u' in Yokosuka, they say it as "Yokoska" (I'm currently living in Yokosuka because of my job, so that's how I know). It's just a tiny detail though, keep up the excellent work!
I learn more from these then I ever did in history class
So this is the reason why BB Mikasa sucks in World of Warships :P
Tonza11 RUSSIAN BIAS LOL
Seems Russia is still bitter about the war ending in a humiliating defeat for them
She js actually strong
But she is tier II
Any cruiser in Secondary range of mikasa melts
No mention of the Dogger Bank incident?
:)
Stu Saville Interesting fact: that's how Dogger Bank got it's name: frenzied group discharges on strangers.
I don't think they could have interviewed the Russian guys if they had included it, or any other critisism. After all, its something to be very, very ashamed of. BTW: the Russian admiral and the ships under his direct command did not fire at all and kept their searchlights upwards to signal: seize fire. Imagine him wanting to cut a lot of heads off at the moment.
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 binoculars into the sea moment thats for sure
@@DavidOfWhitehills I did a search on the ethnology. The name supposedly was named from the "Doggers", small Dutch fishing boats that used to work the shoal that is the Dogger Bank.
Despite the fact that old wooden ships from the Age of Sail are not featured in game, it would be very interesting to see them do an episode on the USS Constitution AKA: Old Ironsides
The passage of the second fleet? Why not mention the glorious sea battle of the doger bank of 1905 verse hundreds of Japanese torpedo boats, Russian ships firing hundreds of shells... and somehow managing to hit their own ships more then 3 fishing trawlers... then almost got wiped out by the RN's home fleet.
Самое веселое, что документы по этому инциденту бриташки отказываются рассекретить до сих пор. Уж не были ли "несуществующие" миноносцы реальными, как и "несуществующие" "Абрамсы" во времена Иранского инцидента?
A text book example of Imperial Russian incompetence: firing not only at a neutral nation's fishing boats but also firing on your own ships because you're panicking due to rumors and gossip, not once BUT TWICE. Had Britain entered the war, the Baltic Fleet would've been devastated before they even reached Tsushima since apparently the Russian guncrews had terrible aim
@@snakes3425 I guess you could say russia stood no chance against russia lmao xD
then promptly followed by the (fucking) Kamchatka, which reported happily that it had dealt with an attack from multiple japanese torpedo boats. it was then discovered that the floating pile of inaptitude had somehow managed to engage civilian vessels from nearly all continental powers, including a german tanker and a french fishing boat, nearly starting a war with bascially all of europe... yeah thankfully, everybody kept quiet and the Kamchatka was allowed plenty more oportunity to spot "japanese torpedo boats", fire salute shots with live shells, and cutting comunication lines with misplaced anchors, ect...
Realy, the pharse "and then it got worse" could not be more in full application if i tried
@@mobiuscoreindustries Drach, is that you?
For real, the comedic writing of this comment was as good as his, like, I read it in his voice! It made me laugh greatly, good job.
Wargaming has a big potential to be either a "history channel" or a film company
They are being veryy generous with the description of the 2nd Pacific Squadron
Nice job, WG. Keep this kind of content coming.
wrrr
Nicely done WG - I enjoyed the new background on the Aurora - some stuff I'd not known about the Tsushima battle too!
I don’t play the game but I’ve been binge watching the documentary videos
My great grandpa was a non commissioned officer at the time, not sure if he participated in this battle though. Later he was assigned to a crew of Mikasa but that was during the first WW, when Mikasa was no longer the strongest ship of the imperial Japanese navy.
Very, very nice WG. Thank you so much for these videoes, they have become my new bedtime stories. I love it, please continue to make more, we love you for it!
When luck is like redudancy wave, its call skill.
Excellent historical reference!
no matter who won or lost, I still respect them
no such thing as win or respecx or not
Well made! I look forward to more!
It’s halarious that we created these monsterous machines in early 1900’s but it took like 40 years for us to realize we need seatbelts in our cars
This video needs more credict, I'ts better than many docs out there. I hope to sse more of these in this channel, good work for the crew resposible for these mini seires and repect for the veterans of the Battle of Tsushima o7
Jonatas Nogueira I agree, this was a great doc; I wish the History Channel was like this. Also, this battle happened more than 110 years ago, I am pretty sure there are no veterans alive.
Jonatas Nogueira They did a great job. History channel use to do a lot of interesting docs. Hopefully they'll return to it.
There were some important details left out such as the Russian Imperial navy being woefully unprepared, untrained, and arrogant in their ability to take on a very modern and well disciplined Japanese Imperial navy which many American and British observers noted in their reports while researching Japanese naval capabilities. It's tragic for the Russians because it demonstrated that many of those men may well have survived had they invested in proper training and discipline.
I was surprised by the number of armored cruisers on the Japanese side. The Russians were completely outgunned as far as capital main guns. The armored cruisers they mentioned were the grandfather concepts of the later battlecruiser concept. Unlike protected cruisers, armored cruisers were armed with capital weapon systems.
I'm with you though I really hope they continue with this series of documentaries. I love the CGI. Reminds me of Dogfights, Battle 360, and Greatest Tank Battles =^^=
it looks so professional blending restored ships, real footage and rendered scene with interviews and narration. The cut was superb. Battle of Tsushima is a major turning point of world history. It witnessed the rise and falls of two global powers and laid the stage for bosvik revolution, Japan's invasion of China and the pacific war. Through these two lucky survivors, the impact of that battle can still be felt.
Feral Lion It is rather sad. The Russian Empire's Baltic Sea Fleet was one of Peter the Great's major achievement. It was his dream for Russia to be a naval power. The Baltic Sea Fleet was his pride and glory. And 200 years later, in a matter of hours, it was sent to the bottom of the sea.
Jonatas Nogueira thats true body. The game is really good and I hope they continuos the gold line in this game. really I hope so.
...and there was also the infamous 'Battle of the Doggerbank', when nervous russian gunners misjudged english fisherboats for japanese destroyers on interception course...
And the Russians came off worse due to friendly fire.
Destroyers? I thought it were submarines?
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 neither, it was torpedo boats
@@thomaszinser8714 ah, you mean them boats that race over the waves at 40 knots? Yeah, i can see why the russians identified the fishing boats that way.
15:28 [Muffled Eurobeat playing in the distance]
these mini doc's are fantastic! like the history channel used to be................................
Muito legal estes 2 navios ainda existirem. São monumentos à coragem dos mortos em Tsushima 👏👏👏
The "Dogger Bank battle" - yes, the book WILL have a VERY full account of this!
Absolutely brilliant. Even the name pronunciations are perfect!
Ok Wargaming
Let me first say that this is a very wonderful documentary
Very informative and detailed to the point you determined the numbers and types of ships used
This is what's wonderful with this game and others
The players could learn a thing or two about what they are driving
And also please make a video about the largest naval battle in history - Battle of Leyte
Im in love With this war, and especially this battle(ship)
東郷平八郎は海軍兵学校出身じゃなくて日本海軍組織された草創期出身だよ！
The Battle of Tsushima was the first known use of wireless electronic communications in sea warfare.
I want this on the phone so badly. World of Warships Strike or something like that. Just like World of Tanks Blitz. I wouldn't even care if the thing was simplified down to only two nations for a while. But alas I ask far too much of them. For now I'll wait here on the mobile platform with my little tanks.
Also Russia fails at Naval combat...so hard. Sure they had one of the most powerful, revolutionary, and mass produced tank of WWII, but oceans seem to be their kryptonite. Japan is the best. (Clear biased due to heritage)
As a last note. I love these things. Historic battles are awesome to learn about!
try Naval Frontline
This is the battle the Russian Navy got its ass kicked by Japan isn't it ?
Funny for Wargaming to produce something that is not pro Russian.
Andrew Kenny Well Wargaming is based out of Belarus, not Russia.
+budmeister Belarus isnt a real country
fukerwolf 190 Yes it is.
+budmeister Most developers are russian.
+budmeister More a puppet state of the soviet union... eh, I mean putins russia;)
battle of tsushima は日本海海戦の外国での呼び名です
Fantastic!!! And thanks for the subtitles in spanish.
Very cool documentary! Found this naval legends video much more interesting than the ship based one.
The series deserves more views
Tsushima was a massive humiliation for the Russian Navy. But it also confirms that Russia is and has been for centuries a significant land power that only marginally paid attention to the sea. The Japanese had only a couple of decades earlier begun to modernize, and were new to naval warfare. But as an island nation they have a long tradition of seamanship. The outcome was inevitable.
Finally something else besides American WWII ships... Thank you for the great film and please keep them coming!
Japanese Admiral Togo Heihachiro was born as SAMURAI family in Satsuma clan of kyushu island . He had won Japanese domestic war for Meiji Restration.
Do you see Torpedo boats?... THE KAMSCHATKA!!!
Look out for a new book on this, to be published by Troubador early next year - "Tsushima: JAPAN's TRAFALGAR, the voyage of the condemned fleet to the straits of Korea". I have spent the last 30 years researching and writing this book, which will include an intensive study of the 7-month voyage, a fully detailed account of the immense coaling operation with all colliers named, the auxiliary cruiser operations in both the Red Sea and Atlantic, an explanation of the ROLAND/RUS confusion, a far more detailed account of the battle as seen and experienced by both sides than has ever been written before, including the often ignored night battle by making extensive use of Japanese action reports, numerous highly detailed charts, many photos, an equally fully described account of the actions of May 28, follow-up operations, the eventual return home of surviving Russian ships, final fates of participants, the trial of Rear Admiral Nyebogatoff, and more.
The book is being printed and is awaiting index and proof-read. I promise you will not be disappointed.
And that my friends is why Russia has never in history has ever had a good Navy. their only major Victories on the Sea were against the Turks and even then it was 50/50.
True, being a seapower has never been necessary for Russia's survival. Destroying any land invasion force is. In reverse chronological order, Hitler (Germany, Napoleon (France), and Charles XII of Sweden have all had their armies decimated by Russian forces, long supply lines, and vicious winters.
You did not heard about Russian Admiral Ushakov? Which used new tactics before Nelson? He never lost a battle. And naval war with Sweden also saw some Russian victories.
Idiot post...You know nothing
@@DJEDzTV hows that aircraft carrier ivan? oh wait...
abab Aircraft carriers are for offensive militaries, Russian doctrine is based around defence, thats why Russians focus on their rocket technology, instead of building “floating islands” with jets on them.
Yoichi Hirama is very sharp. For him to be able to remember this battle after all these years is extremely impressive.
Extremely well done video. Bravo, Wargaming. Bravo.
Fun fact: Mikasa from aot was named after the ijn mikasa
very well done! and damm Naval war was Brutal 5000 dead with only 800 wounded
Wounded tend to swim poorly
Very well put together, but the ship sinking at 13.36 had twin triple mountings on the fore main armament. I think that may have been footage of the Svant Istvan?
That was no battle..Should be called the Voyage of the Dammed ..
This is really well done. My compliments. M. Campbell is right. This is really good. Maybe a documentary division of the War-games.
It blows me away that a game company put together such an amazing documentary that was well researched with excellent interviews and tons of information, while the "History" channel vomits out garbage that I'd expect to see from a conspiracy theorist on TH-cam.
They sure had a lot of different cruisers.
I expected a lot more comments about the thumbnail typo
Togo Heihachiro , descendants of SAMURAI , adapted strategy of KURUMAGAKARINOJIN that was adapted by famouse Leader of SAMURAI , Uesugi Kensin in medieval janan.
Zoo fleet vs Samurai fleet.
I love the japanese ships in WoWs ^^
“Menacing fleet” a fleet of junk that couldn’t defeat fisher boats
Would have been hilarious to mention the Dogger Bank incident, which Aurora was also involved in as her own fleet mistook her and another ship as Japanese vessels and then fired on them. And out course killed three innocent English fishermen and then continued jumping at shadows and firing at each other. Badly. Also how the tried to go through the Suez Canal, but after severing a subaquatic telegraph line with an anchor the Russians were basically told to piss off and go around Africa instead. Decent doc, but they really glossed over how much the Russians sucked.
plus the admiral (only competent guy in the ENTIRE fleet) knew that the cannal was actually one of the ONLY places the japanese navy could actually be of any threat, plus he knew that in the middle of the monumental trafic jam that would be created by passing the enitre fleet in the cannal, there was a very high likelyhood of the hysterical gun crews doing something really bad, or the Kamchanka somehow managing to mistake a convoy of cammels for japanese torpedo boats.
The first Russian revenge was total during the Battle of Jaljin Gol, developed from May 11 to September 16, 1939, when the famous Soviet military General Georgi Zhukov forcefully crushed the Japanese imperial army in Mongolia and Manchuria. The second revenge was in the last weeks of the Second World War, when the now Marshal Zhukov charged and destroyed the Japanese armies in Mongolia, China, Manchuria and Korea ...
Waiting for Mikasa to enter BOW. Looks really good.
I really wish they had historical battles like War-Thunder, I'd love to see battles like this one and midway.
That would be AMAZING
+Jake Galvin Russo-Japanese War www.dramanice.to/drama/saka-no-ue-no-kumo-detail Saka no ue no kumo Episode 1 ~ 13 A very small country is about to become a civilized nation・・・・・・(｀･ω･;)ゞ Please enjoy until the end. ep11~ep13 Excellent!
皇国ノ興廃此ノ一戦ニ在リ、各員一層奮励努力セヨ！
wrg
日本人？
Rush B they said, and rush they did.
Anyone notice that naval legends often used the SAME music as the show River Monsters
mikasa and other ships were turned to training ship for young new officers.they visited asia and US while their 4th, yes many kids officer grown up to real navy
Two ships from that battle still in existence. But for two very different reasons. Aurora only because it is a symbol of Bolshevik revolution. Now it is a doubtful reason...
Imagine being an empire that was built out of an island , no colonizing and no trading .
To Tokioexpress: It's wrong. Togo's Imperial Japan Navy was famous for being chivalrous. After the surrender decided, many Russian men were peacefully contained and gentlemanly treated in camps, as it was well documented.
+nome It`s also true for Imperial Army. It was famous for its humanitarian treatment of German POWs in World War I. But I wonder what happened to both Imperial Army and Navy after that.
there is a photo of the Japanese admiral bringing flowers to the Russian admiral in a hospital.he was injured and taken captive but very well treated.
@@wetcanoedogs Togo said to Russian Admiral that defeat is a common fate of a soldier. There is nothing to be shamed of it in it. The great point is whether we
have performed our duty.
This Japanese Samurai sprit, Togo was born into it.
Very good. I saw a Fate Gear video shot on Mikasa. I love heavy metal played on heavy metal.
Do you see torpedo boats?
Notice how the war opened with a sneak attack on ships in harbor....