"Drach is the kinda guy who you can ask 'Tell me about this lamp?' and 3 hours later he says '..and that about wraps it up'." - LazerPig If you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life. So my conclusions are this.... Drach is unemployed and loving it!
Discovered Drach maybe two years ago and he continues to amaze. So glad that he is having the success he is because no one works harder at it. It's stunning how much content he puts up week after week--always informative and seasoned with just the right amount of that droll British humor. Especially like it when he does joint projects with other TH-cam presenters like Ryan from Battleship New Jersey or Rex from Rex's Hangar and also when he has the true academic historians like Jon Parshall on as guests. It's a tribute to Drach that these "serious" historians respect him enough to take part in episodes on his channel. He has a wonderful personality and his love and passion for the subject is very obvious--and enjoyable.
There's some others that I suspect are working as hard, look up voices of the past and the other channels by the same guy. But yeah, that much research is only found in a few gems here and there and is extremely rare...
That's nothing; at least they're from the same country. During one of the Gulf of Sidra incidents in 1986, the network evening news was talking about US Navy operations while showing film of a Soviet destroyer (the Soviet navy was not mentioned in the story). Well, they're both ships and they're both shades of gray, so they're the same, aren't they?
@@michaelsommers2356 hahaha. Did you see recently in a story about drones in the current unpleasantness in Ukraine the picture used was of the Fritz-X? Cue hilarity about hiding your battleship Roma...
Still get triggered remembering a Facebook advert for patriotic US Navy medallions, maybe by Franklin Mint or similar outfit, and the guns blazing heroic battleship used for the image was a painting of Bismark.
Drach, why do I watch him? 1) an inexhaustible knowledge 2) humor (British humor is a value all it's own) 3) work ethic (doesn't need to be explained) 4) fellow subscribers of Drach and their comments. Drach has built up such a high level intellectually of a period of Naval History that his subscribers will not put up with fools.
Amazing guy, and very good to sleep too! But not because it is boring, the opposite. Lots of interesting stuff to distract your mind, the right amount of silliness and a calm voice. The only problem is that sometimes you dream about the technical specifications of a Japanese 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun from the WWII...
My dear Drach, as a Pole who can speak German and French I can say that you pronounce of Polish ships name is remarkable! In other words your linguistic skills are amazing too! Best regards to you!
Fantastic insight of your channel (Alex) Drachs , as you know ive been a sub since the start , and your work is outstanding and im always recommending your channel to anyone i know with love of Naval History !!!
I can't remember what year I found Drach. But I remember when he was doing just 5 minute robo voices to now interviewing active duty admirals and respect historians
Drach is a good representation of everything TH-cam/TikTok don't want. Intelligent, interesting, amusing, high brow content. Look at how 'they' killed the History Channel.
24:24 I can personally attest to the accuracy here and it's a true help to me, i also listen while awake so it does benefit me besides my circadian rhythm. 🙂👍
Fabulous! Wonderful talk and a great way to explain how the channel works - although I think us old lags had possibly worked that out... (apart from the mountain reference!) I now feel a kinship with the guy who was saying how do you explain to your wife...
I've been through about 90% of Drach's video's and it's awesome. I've used a good portion of the information to make a dnd campaign I ran. He is an awesome resource of knowledge and historical context.
Drack, wondefull videos, full of knowledge , and yes amazing facilitator in order to fall asleep in 0 time :D there are some videos that I've been playing for over a year trying to finish them :D keep up the good work. Greetings from Poland
Thanks. That was interesting. I can really sympathize with a lot of that. I had come up with an opinion of what was needed to be a good TH-cam person and it was the first 3 items on your list. So - I got that right. I also got right the fact that while I had the Historical Background - I had none of the other. The best I can do is try to add something in the comments, so that's what I try to do. I really do appreciate all the hard work that you and some of the other better Channel Owners put into your videos. One thing lately I've noticed - is that there are now more, high quality Channels out there producing videos than I have the time to watch. What a wonderful embarrassment of riches! .
If having long conversations with yourself concerning your work is considered multiple personality disorders then you are in huge company with everyone else of us out here that have had ourselves for a boss.
History is a somewhat mutable concept. Who will tell the story of today in about fifty years from now? How in the world could a mind of a human be interested in what happened one hundred twenty five years ago? Can facts 'on-the-ground' be interpreted from various points of view? Imagine what if.
"Who will tell the story of today in about fifty years from now?" The ones who find the last books and papers, I guess. Forget websites and the like, how many Bulletin boards, hosters (geocities) or internet providers will survive longer than 20 years these days? The amount of subject-specific stuff I've seen go 'poof - gone' in the recent 4-5 years alone is worrying.
As a former service member, I am extremely skeptical of any "military" historian who is not a veteran or government official with gainful, relevant experience or archival access. Historians who lack military service are not qualified to lecture on the meaning of a subject they have never engaged with on a professional or personal level. It seems obvious enough to me that I as an Army Infantry Veteran should confine my remarks to Army and Infantry Matters and never lecture on either Naval or Air Force Matters. Why then does this commonsense rule of authority not apply to Civilian Historians such as this TH-camr here? No amount of "expressing limitations" can ever make up for the fact that popular civilian historians are more concerned with revenue and audience growth then they are with the underlying military facts. The simple fact remains that their conclusions are by definition off base. Literally! It is deeply unsettling when you realize that most historians lack passion for the subject of their historical matter. A civilian, or otherwise non-authoritative, historian's only passion can be for the abstract, amorphous notion of "writing history". This is the sort of writing that creates myths rather than giving facts back to the world! I have zero confidence in a historian who says he "got a passion for the Navy" after he visited a Navy ship and then refused to join said Navy! His claim of passion for Naval Matters must be false and cannot accurately reflect his true feelings about the Navy!
Your requirement could only be applied to those writing about recent warfare. No one living now could write about hoplite warfare in ancient Greece, for example, or steppe warriors before the invention of the stirrup. Indeed, you recent experience could lead you astray. How did Alexander command his men? Can you assume he could rely on modern concepts of discipline and a military hierarchy? The best thing I have read on how Alexander might have led was by John Keegan, a lecturer at Sandhurst for many years but never a member of any armed service.
Am a veteran of the Vietnam era and first gulf war.Much of what you are concerned is valid,but not for this man.He was a working engineer and his video were not funded.He has relatives who did serve and their stories get told by those who were there.Drach does exhibit passion for this subject and many benefit.I think you do him a disservice.He never claims insights that would be a service mans as his.If u have not watched his channel i would encourage you and that skeptical perspective might soften.Thank you for your service and be safe.
Your comment is pure BS. I was in a 400-level WWII history class in college. I was the only non-history major. The class also included a few veterans as students who took advantage of the GI Bill. It was the easiest class I ever had. I had the highest grade and set the curve on all the exams. No one else came close to me...including the veterans. According to you Norman Friedman, John Keegan, and others have no business writing books.
Drach is a good representation of what TH-cam could/should be.
*BEST representation ;)
@@badabumbadabing Well - there is also Gun Jesus himself Ian McCollum... Cheiftain is great for tanks... But yeah - Drach is certainly top tier
So true!
@@marcinfrostymroz we are blessed to have them making awesome content!
Truer words never said.
"Drach is the kinda guy who you can ask 'Tell me about this lamp?' and 3 hours later he says '..and that about wraps it up'." - LazerPig
If you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life. So my conclusions are this.... Drach is unemployed and loving it!
Do you remember when he said that? Or am I just going to have to re-watch every episode until I find it?
@@Crazyfrog41 it was in a podcast with digital vagrant
Discovered Drach maybe two years ago and he continues to amaze. So glad that he is having the success he is because no one works harder at it. It's stunning how much content he puts up week after week--always informative and seasoned with just the right amount of that droll British humor. Especially like it when he does joint projects with other TH-cam presenters like Ryan from Battleship New Jersey or Rex from Rex's Hangar and also when he has the true academic historians like Jon Parshall on as guests. It's a tribute to Drach that these "serious" historians respect him enough to take part in episodes on his channel. He has a wonderful personality and his love and passion for the subject is very obvious--and enjoyable.
There's some others that I suspect are working as hard, look up voices of the past and the other channels by the same guy.
But yeah, that much research is only found in a few gems here and there and is extremely rare...
C&Rsenal does the same level with WWI firearms. And they even hosted Drach for an entertaining set of videos last year.
"The pocket battleship Admiral Hipper whilst showing a video of the Scharnhorst"
I needed a couple minutes to recover from that.
I’ve seen worse.
I’ve seen a book that referred to Bismarck as a pocket battleship.
That's nothing; at least they're from the same country. During one of the Gulf of Sidra incidents in 1986, the network evening news was talking about US Navy operations while showing film of a Soviet destroyer (the Soviet navy was not mentioned in the story). Well, they're both ships and they're both shades of gray, so they're the same, aren't they?
@@michaelsommers2356 hahaha. Did you see recently in a story about drones in the current unpleasantness in Ukraine the picture used was of the Fritz-X? Cue hilarity about hiding your battleship Roma...
Still get triggered remembering a Facebook advert for patriotic US Navy medallions, maybe by Franklin Mint or similar outfit, and the guns blazing heroic battleship used for the image was a painting of Bismark.
@@RojCowles mate, I'm now also triggered by this event...
Back in that first year I recall "Drac the shy" and the text to speech he used on his video's... I hope he kept a few in the original form. YAY ALEX!
Last time I checked all the originals remain up in a special playlist.
After watching Drach's channel for a couple of years now, I finally find out where the name comes from. It is truly a momentous day!
Drach does wonderful TH-cam videos. Just great he could go full time and do something he loves. His knowledge is really impressive. Keep it up Drach!
I'm firmly in the Drydock to go to sleep to bed crew.
same here!
@@7se7en24 Every night!
To quote the great Tor Johnson:
“Time for go to bed!”
Interesting enough to be worth a listen, dry enough to nod off, and worth picking up again to hear more tomorrow.
@@dukeofgibbon4043 that's exactly it for me. And a pleasant calm voice. :)
Always my number one guy on naval history. Thanks Drach.
Agreed (same here). I hope he will be an invited guest speaker at more Naval History events in the future.
Drach, why do I watch him?
1) an inexhaustible knowledge
2) humor (British humor is a value all it's own)
3) work ethic (doesn't need to be explained)
4) fellow subscribers of Drach and their comments. Drach has built up such a high level intellectually of a period of Naval History that his subscribers will not put up with fools.
Thanks for Drach’s study and introductions to
excellent authors and books.
He does communicate and produce his videos well.
Well done Drach! TH-cam can really do a great service to naval history, you are the living example
Step 1: Acquire dry British sense of humor.
Step 2: Read books.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: TH-cam channel!
British humor, you get the joke or maybe you'll get the next one. Either way we're moving along.
0:51 The rare and elusive Drach humblebrag :P.
Amazing guy, and very good to sleep too! But not because it is boring, the opposite. Lots of interesting stuff to distract your mind, the right amount of silliness and a calm voice. The only problem is that sometimes you dream about the technical specifications of a Japanese 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun from the WWII...
My dear Drach, as a Pole who can speak German and French I can say that you pronounce of Polish ships name is remarkable! In other words your linguistic skills are amazing too!
Best regards to you!
Drach is a splendid teacher, entertainer and student.
Fantastic insight of your channel (Alex) Drachs , as you know ive been a sub since the start , and your work is outstanding and im always recommending your channel to anyone i know with love of Naval History !!!
Drachinifel is the real MVP of TH-cam today
Excellent.... History of Navel warfare has has become a favorite subject.... All the videos from Dracinefeild are excellent.
You like Naval History in any degree....you'll love Drach
I can't remember what year I found Drach. But I remember when he was doing just 5 minute robo voices to now interviewing active duty admirals and respect historians
Alex is a fortunate man. It is great he has been able to make a living out of his passion in life.
I agree, the HMAS Armadale piece was incredibly special.
Thanks Drachenifel for the outstanding content you provide
2023. Little Bolivian kid setting up his first internet account:
"I know a name that absolutely no one would have thought of."
"WTF?!!"🤣🤣
Drach is a good representation of everything TH-cam/TikTok don't want. Intelligent, interesting, amusing, high brow content. Look at how 'they' killed the History Channel.
Drach one of the rear gems on you tube.
24:24 I can personally attest to the accuracy here and it's a true help to me, i also listen while awake so it does benefit me besides my circadian rhythm. 🙂👍
Drach is the hardest working person on TH-cam. That is why he's successful, well, and the sense of humor.
Drach, what we’re some highlights from your time with the WNHA? Great job on the video, you’re doing an incredible service to naval history
What wasn't a highlight? :D
Dang, I can’t believe it’s been since 2016. Excellent choice of speaker.
This should be at the head of drachs CHANNEL...
I'm now having horrid visions of an ad every 5 minutes during the patreon drydock
My translate told me at 43:07 about the 'Early Bird' destroyer... I figured it out eventually.
Fabulous! Wonderful talk and a great way to explain how the channel works - although I think us old lags had possibly worked that out... (apart from the mountain reference!) I now feel a kinship with the guy who was saying how do you explain to your wife...
I've been through about 90% of Drach's video's and it's awesome. I've used a good portion of the information to make a dnd campaign I ran. He is an awesome resource of knowledge and historical context.
Thanks a bunch for posting this. I had the good fortune to meet Drach on BB-62 a few Saturdays back....super guy.
🚬😎
The first time I hear him revealing his real (first) name ... he runs my favorite TH-cam channel of all.
It's popped up a couple of times in interview videos. John Parshnall (not sure if I spelt that correctly), frequently calls him by his first name.
Good for you, Drach
I wish it was longer
Teddy Sheehan (the gunner on HMAS Armidale) was finally awarded a VC. 80ish years too late.
I first ran into Drach's TH-cam site back in 2016. Remember the robo voiced 5 minute guides?
Cool to hear where your handle is from.
I watch Ryan Szymanski with BB NJ more than than him- I had no idea of his background before now- thank you very much.
I have watched/ skipped through this a few time. - IF you took the power point slides being then - that is pretty impressive- on own.
Drach is brilliant. Tells it like it is, has room for debate, and is thoroughly researched. Always enjoy his commentary and perspective.
Drach has made the big time.
Thank you very much for sharing this about you.
Drach's name is Alex?
Bang goes the magic. 😭
It's been on his videos before. Usually in the interview ones.
I am not entirely sure why but when i saw the "gif" for this I thought Drah was wearing some kind of star wars uniform ;)
Drack, wondefull videos, full of knowledge , and yes amazing facilitator in order to fall asleep in 0 time :D there are some videos that I've been playing for over a year trying to finish them :D keep up the good work. Greetings from Poland
Thanks. That was interesting. I can really sympathize with a lot of that.
I had come up with an opinion of what was needed to be a good TH-cam person and it was the first 3 items on your list. So - I got that right. I also got right the fact that while I had the Historical Background - I had none of the other.
The best I can do is try to add something in the comments, so that's what I try to do.
I really do appreciate all the hard work that you and some of the other better Channel Owners put into your videos.
One thing lately I've noticed - is that there are now more, high quality Channels out there producing videos than I have the time to watch. What a wonderful embarrassment of riches!
.
Ah the legend.
Learned more about naval history from his channel than anywhere else
If having long conversations with yourself concerning your work is considered multiple personality disorders then you are in huge company with everyone else of us out here that have had ourselves for a boss.
I'll reiterate what everyone else has said and now I'm a new subscriber based on this one video.
Yay! Its Drach!
Thank you for the opportunity to see your presentation to such an esteemed gathering of naval historians. As usual, engaging and informative.
Huh. I've been watching a bunch of Drach's videos, and I had no idea he was half Bolivian. Cool.
Excellent, thank you.
Happy for your success 👍
10/10!
MRS Drach! Needed a mention?
There seems to be a lot of cool British dudes named Alex on TH-cam. 😉
Drac. Have u read Battle of the St.Lawrence?
Looks like a old school bond villain.
Is this in the messhall of the Uss New Jersey. Where we had the meet and greet?
Bruh 24:27 he got me pegged lmao
This was a really fun watch, but was it just me or did the audio on this seem -really- quiet?
There was an overhead microphone which was doing it's best to pick me up :)
Yes, he has got a good voice but someone forgot to give him something to stand on.
Why does Drach look like he’s giving a briefing on making a Death Star trench run?
Drach is to naval history what Rick Beato is to music...
History is a somewhat mutable concept. Who will tell the story of today in about fifty years from now? How in the world could a mind of a human be interested in what happened one hundred twenty five years ago? Can facts 'on-the-ground' be interpreted from various points of view? Imagine what if.
"Who will tell the story of today in about fifty years from now?"
The ones who find the last books and papers, I guess.
Forget websites and the like, how many Bulletin boards, hosters (geocities) or internet providers will survive longer than 20 years these days?
The amount of subject-specific stuff I've seen go 'poof - gone' in the recent 4-5 years alone is worrying.
7th, 27 February 2023
As a former service member, I am extremely skeptical of any "military" historian who is not a veteran or government official with gainful, relevant experience or archival access. Historians who lack military service are not qualified to lecture on the meaning of a subject they have never engaged with on a professional or personal level. It seems obvious enough to me that I as an Army Infantry Veteran should confine my remarks to Army and Infantry Matters and never lecture on either Naval or Air Force Matters. Why then does this commonsense rule of authority not apply to Civilian Historians such as this TH-camr here? No amount of "expressing limitations" can ever make up for the fact that popular civilian historians are more concerned with revenue and audience growth then they are with the underlying military facts. The simple fact remains that their conclusions are by definition off base. Literally! It is deeply unsettling when you realize that most historians lack passion for the subject of their historical matter. A civilian, or otherwise non-authoritative, historian's only passion can be for the abstract, amorphous notion of "writing history". This is the sort of writing that creates myths rather than giving facts back to the world! I have zero confidence in a historian who says he "got a passion for the Navy" after he visited a Navy ship and then refused to join said Navy! His claim of passion for Naval Matters must be false and cannot accurately reflect his true feelings about the Navy!
Your requirement could only be applied to those writing about recent warfare. No one living now could write about hoplite warfare in ancient Greece, for example, or steppe warriors before the invention of the stirrup. Indeed, you recent experience could lead you astray. How did Alexander command his men? Can you assume he could rely on modern concepts of discipline and a military hierarchy? The best thing I have read on how Alexander might have led was by John Keegan, a lecturer at Sandhurst for many years but never a member of any armed service.
That's a lot of words to say that you are an uneducated moron.
As a professional historian this comment is totally crap. if true nobody would be able to write history without being there.
Am a veteran of the Vietnam era and first gulf war.Much of what you are concerned is valid,but not for this man.He was a working engineer and his video were not funded.He has relatives who did serve and their stories get told by those who were there.Drach does exhibit passion for this subject and many benefit.I think you do him a disservice.He never claims insights that would be a service mans as his.If u have not watched his channel i would encourage you and that skeptical perspective might soften.Thank you for your service and be safe.
Your comment is pure BS. I was in a 400-level WWII history class in college. I was the only non-history major. The class also included a few veterans as students who took advantage of the GI Bill. It was the easiest class I ever had. I had the highest grade and set the curve on all the exams. No one else came close to me...including the veterans.
According to you Norman Friedman, John Keegan, and others have no business writing books.