Operation Rheinübung: Hunt for the Bismarck 1941

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  • @hexatezix7330
    @hexatezix7330 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3530

    Bismarck destroyed HMS Hood
    This enraged his Majesty, who punished him severely

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Lol

    • @luisabelbrito5240
      @luisabelbrito5240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      Oversimplified

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@luisabelbrito5240 yeah hitler blah blah blah

    • @tarnishedknight730
      @tarnishedknight730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      HIS Majesty...

    • @karlrm4403
      @karlrm4403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      But Oversimplified the Bismark didn't destroyed HMS Hood. The Vikings did

  • @johnsmitty7447
    @johnsmitty7447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1374

    1:19 "a mere hour has past" really because it felt like a couple months to me

    • @jmyersv1
      @jmyersv1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      My dad is a retired naval Captain and he says these animations are better than the War College or History Channel.

    • @koen2715
      @koen2715 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Josh Myers Thats funny

    • @jmyersv1
      @jmyersv1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yeah he really knows and understands war at sea, at least up until modern times with all kinds of crazy classified weapons and aircraft being the main deciders of battles now. But he had a leading role in the Cuban Missile Crisis & various other roles and diplomacy during Vietnam and cold war stuff. We are friends we Martha Peterson... look her up... hhahaha

    • @matthewbrennan3127
      @matthewbrennan3127 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Josh Myers related to Jordan Peterson??

    • @jonweik4840
      @jonweik4840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Dude if only you knew the time its takes just to draw the stuff out let alone edit it

  • @BadSkeelz
    @BadSkeelz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    One of the destroyers that tied the Bismarck up was a Polish vessel, the ORP Piorun. She charged the Bismarck, engaging shots for an hour while her signal lamps transmitted "I AM A POLE."

    • @joseville
      @joseville 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      amazing

    • @x004_xd4
      @x004_xd4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Polish peoples are just build different

    • @jout738
      @jout738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They maybe would not understand and not care their pole still, while he screamed that.

    • @myankoZuluTango3613
      @myankoZuluTango3613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Gigachad went on trolling bismark making a face:" notice me senpai"

    • @Dustyholes
      @Dustyholes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      based asf

  • @evilloli429
    @evilloli429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +693

    When your ship's AA computers are so advance it forgot how to shot down old and slow biplane

    • @peterson7082
      @peterson7082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Not really advanced. Just calibrated.

    • @derpimusmaximus8815
      @derpimusmaximus8815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      And the issue is more that the shells pass through the stretched canvas that makes up the fuselage of the biplane so fast, the only puncture it and detonate far behind the aircraft.

    • @hash_slinging_slasher7765
      @hash_slinging_slasher7765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Derpimus Maximus you are very correct

    • @1993Crag
      @1993Crag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@derpimusmaximus8815 The large and medium AA guns had time fused rounds, not contact. So it wouldn't really matter if they passed through or not. Their potency was meant to be coordinated bursts near target, not contact. It's problems came from a bad 20mm mount, useless 37mm mount and an undirected 105mm mount.

    • @ghost-dg6tj
      @ghost-dg6tj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There were no computer 😂

  • @stevrein1342
    @stevrein1342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2255

    Its more like : Bismarck VS Royal Navy's Ships

    • @joshzilker9872
      @joshzilker9872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Actually it's just Royal Navy vs Royal Navy

    • @DuckyGoose74
      @DuckyGoose74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@joshzilker9872 um.. how ?

    • @kubortthedane9487
      @kubortthedane9487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Its more like : Kriegsmarine ships VS Royal Navy's Ships

    • @bakrs5417
      @bakrs5417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      One ship vs all r navy ships

    • @ussatlas7306
      @ussatlas7306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      @@DuckyGoose74 UK pilots firing torpedoes to their own fleet's 🤣

  • @MrCrumpets368
    @MrCrumpets368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +891

    Bismark: *sinks hood*
    Royal Navy: “You’ve yee’d your last haw!”

    • @ArmouredTrolley
      @ArmouredTrolley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      *you’ve sipped your last tea!

    • @justsomerandomdeathkorpstr8868
      @justsomerandomdeathkorpstr8868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@ArmouredTrolley sire germans dont like tea,they like poland!

    • @schreiber4375
      @schreiber4375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@justsomerandomdeathkorpstr8868 ouch that hurts

    • @baltejvirk3303
      @baltejvirk3303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@schreiber4375 not as much as they hurt Poland

    • @TideFishing
      @TideFishing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      no no no, *you’ve chugged your last beer!*

  • @firstconsul7286
    @firstconsul7286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +720

    You forgot to mention the small boat that was playing loud music with flashing lights between the two vessels at the end.
    I wonder what those guys were on about?

    • @tymgamerz
      @tymgamerz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Im still wondering

    • @KiyoKiyoshi277
      @KiyoKiyoshi277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      That was the Marine Nationale Flagship, the last French warship remaining :D

    • @aaaaaa-nl9ut
      @aaaaaa-nl9ut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      You mean Sabaton?

    • @firstconsul7286
      @firstconsul7286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@aaaaaa-nl9ut Yes, I'm referencing the music video.

    • @aaaaaa-nl9ut
      @aaaaaa-nl9ut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@firstconsul7286 I hope I was on that boat, so I can have a nice view of the Bismarck sinking.

  • @rogerpattube
    @rogerpattube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    The PBY Catalina didn't "accidentally" spot the Bismarck in a "a stroke of luck". It was on patrol looking for the Bismarck. The sighting was as expressly intended an act as you can get.

    • @Wuestenkarsten
      @Wuestenkarsten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The PBY was only send there so for the Germans not to find out about Bletchley Park....

    • @loafbread1920
      @loafbread1920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      PBY Catalina is my wife

    • @oldedwardian1778
      @oldedwardian1778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      You are correct but regardless of whether the PBY was sent to FIND the Bismarck, the fact that in thousands of square miles of empty ocean it actually located the ship WAS A STROKE OF LUCK.

    • @zoroverse8358
      @zoroverse8358 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Apparently, you are wrong because of your lack of knowledge in this area.

    • @daleburrell6273
      @daleburrell6273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oldedwardian1778 ...THAT'S A GOOD POINT-!!

  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1685

    Amazing that Bismarck's fate was sealed by one lucky torpedo from an obsolete biplane.
    -jcr

    • @michaelyoung4491
      @michaelyoung4491 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      The Swordfish was still a very effective weapon. Fleet Air Arm Swordfish attacked the Italian Naval Base at Taranto in November 1940. It was a major victory for the Royal Navy as several ships were sunk and afterwards the Italian Navy was no longer seen as a threat in the Mediterranean.

    • @NR-rv8rz
      @NR-rv8rz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Funny how the more skill, discipline and experience people and organisations have the luckier they are.

    • @chopchop7938
      @chopchop7938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@NR-rv8rz The British were lucky, the torpedoes they hit their own warship with didn't exploded because they were duds.

    • @NR-rv8rz
      @NR-rv8rz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@chopchop7938 That is luck indeed. And the opposite of my theory because that was luck that came about due to incompetence :)

    • @aebirkbeck2693
      @aebirkbeck2693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      no weapon is ever obsolete In the hands of someone prepared to use it.

  • @EternalGaming786
    @EternalGaming786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1968

    British need to turn off Friendly Fire. ;3

    • @tonytye8963
      @tonytye8963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      They have, they handed the baton to the USA who are world leaders.

    • @juancarlospinzonmedina6377
      @juancarlospinzonmedina6377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      the torpedoes didnt explode so its aleady turned off

    • @Silent.Hunter
      @Silent.Hunter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@juancarlospinzonmedina6377 Imagine loosing a ship by a mistake...

    • @hannahskipper2764
      @hannahskipper2764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No kidding!!

    • @thetrueairbornefca
      @thetrueairbornefca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ikr

  • @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it
    @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it 3 ปีที่แล้ว +770

    Britain: no one can defeat our navy!
    Britain’s navy: *but I can*

    • @Hiryur
      @Hiryur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ummm i don’t get it

    • @112mirai
      @112mirai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@Hiryur assuming you're too lazy to watch the video, the british accidentally had a friendly fire incident during this battle but luckily the torpedoes on the planes are unreliable and didn't detonate so the heavy cruiser that was mistakenly targetted was left unschated

    • @KBA2K1023
      @KBA2K1023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where's PRINZ EUGEN?
      Well the theme is for BISMARK.

    • @bonnie21_playz74
      @bonnie21_playz74 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KBA2K1023 prinz eugen is modern

    • @KBA2K1023
      @KBA2K1023 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bonnie21_playz74 but Bismark is with him

  • @fish.man123
    @fish.man123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    Alternative title:
    Bismark vs the royal navy

    • @leod-sigefast
      @leod-sigefast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      German should have made a big better navy then.

    • @silverhost9782
      @silverhost9782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Bismarck vs Home Fleet. Hundreds of British ships WEREN'T involved in this action.

    • @SirZanZa
      @SirZanZa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      correction, Bismark vs a small portion of Royal Navies obsolete home fleet. yet defeated by a single obsolete bi-plane - there was Literally another 700 ships not involved in this battle

    • @silverhost9782
      @silverhost9782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Bob Juff A 1v1 between UK and Germany or a 1v1 between the Royal Navy and Kriegsmarine? Either way I don't think that's true

    • @ghost-dg6tj
      @ghost-dg6tj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Another Bigfoot with internet access clearly don’t know history the Royal Navy was expenetionaly bigger and more powerful

  • @timarendt2850
    @timarendt2850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1421

    HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS!

    • @doctordepression3278
      @doctordepression3278 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      FUCKIN SABATON AND OTHER METAL BANDS THOUGHT US MORE ABOUT HISTORY THAN ANY TEACHER COULD.

    • @galetteS06
      @galetteS06 5 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      TO LEAD THE WAR MACHINE
      TO RULE THE WAVES AND LEAD THE KRIEGSMARINE!!!!!!!!!!

    • @davidcarcamo5010
      @davidcarcamo5010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tim Arendt what are the seven seas then !?...

    • @Captain.J.Dreadful
      @Captain.J.Dreadful 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      FUCKING LOVE THIS COMMENT SECTION!!! LONG LIVE SABATON!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥👊👊👊

    • @heneraldodzz4978
      @heneraldodzz4978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@galetteS06 the terror of the sea the Bismarck and the kriegsmarine

  • @Sindrewino
    @Sindrewino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +408

    The volume and voice in this video is perfect

    • @RuminatingKiwi927
      @RuminatingKiwi927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep

    • @gamestation9437
      @gamestation9437 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      GET A LIFE GO OUT !!!! THAT COMMENT TELLS PEOPLE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR LACK OF LIFE QUALITY

    • @wa9kzy326
      @wa9kzy326 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is very important. If the message doesn't get out, what has the video presentation accomplished. I applaud the British expertise in audio technology; second to none, matey.

  • @tipoknoimano9181
    @tipoknoimano9181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Friendly ship: Exist
    Royal Navy:Peace was Never an option

    • @Miroslaw1161
      @Miroslaw1161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bismarck is not friendly

    • @loafbread1920
      @loafbread1920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Miroslaw1161 Bismarck is overpowered and deadly

  • @carlsreynolds
    @carlsreynolds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Finally! Someone who can retell the story of the Hood and Bismarck with relative historical accuracy. Loved the maps and animation. Good job!

  • @ResoluteLemon
    @ResoluteLemon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    Oskar the cat was the real threat to the Royal Navy. Bismarck was just the cat carrier. :)

    • @vonsteuben6475
      @vonsteuben6475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      secret wonder weapon = a cat from the Bismarck! Or V-Cat ^^

    • @tackyinbention6248
      @tackyinbention6248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Bismeowk

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The Germans purposely let the ship sink so they can sabotage the British with the cat

    • @anthonyrodriguez9820
      @anthonyrodriguez9820 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Luckily the British caught on to their plan. Poor Oskar. :(

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@anthonyrodriguez9820 2 ships too late

  • @willpowell2201
    @willpowell2201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2630

    "The British Navy is unmatched in quality" *mistakes British ships for German ships, firing torpedoes at their own ships* lol

    • @mrcaboosevg6089
      @mrcaboosevg6089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      It's the middle of the Atlantic, it's not like flags would have been easily seen. That and they were pilots rather than sailors, planes are easier to tell apart

    • @daleburrell6273
      @daleburrell6273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@mrcaboosevg6089 THAT'S ALL PERFECTLY TRUE- BUT SINCE THE BRIT AIRMEN BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE ATTACKING AN ENEMY SHIP, DIDN'T THE BRIT AIRMEN THINK THAT IT WAS STRANGE THAT THEY WEREN'T BEING SHOT AT(?)

    • @1993Crag
      @1993Crag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      I mean the Luftwaffe also wiped out a pretty sizeable portion of the German destroyer fleet on accident too...

    • @oldedwardian1778
      @oldedwardian1778 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Dale Burrell Perhaps you should have been there to show those airmen HOW TO DO IT CORRECTLY.

    • @chopchop7938
      @chopchop7938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@mrcaboosevg6089 Bismarck was one of the biggest battleships at the time. Hard to miss.

  • @darthhideous3623
    @darthhideous3623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There was also a little-known-about exchange of fire between Sheffield and Bismarck, albeit brief, while she was keeping a fix on the Bizzy for Ark Royal and Renown. Being also an oldish battlecruiser, Renown was ordered to keep her distance from Bismarck so as not to risk her becoming 'Hood II'!

  • @clonetrooperpostorder6669
    @clonetrooperpostorder6669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Bismark: *exists*
    Royal Navy: *ends it's career*
    Tirpitz: *exists*
    Royal Navy: how many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man

    • @paganphil100
      @paganphil100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Alejandro Trevino: Tirpitz was sunk by the RAF, not the navy.

    • @baggingstruetoyou5881
      @baggingstruetoyou5881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@paganphil100 I think he meant the scharnhorst

    • @ghost-dg6tj
      @ghost-dg6tj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paganphil100 no he did mean it it that it took a lot of different bombing runs

    • @MonTube2006
      @MonTube2006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Who cares ? That Alejandro thing expresses himself like a child anyway

    • @clonetrooperpostorder6669
      @clonetrooperpostorder6669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Damn okay sorry I like joking around sheesh

  • @Grabbabba
    @Grabbabba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    How there hasn't been a modern movie about this yet is mind-boggling!
    They could basically not change anything and still be a brilliant film!
    I'm sure James Cameron or Christopher Nolan could each make it a masterpiece.

    • @LarryGarfieldCrell
      @LarryGarfieldCrell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      "Sink the Bismarck", 1960. Decent war movie for the time.
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sink_the_Bismarck!

    • @Zombied77
      @Zombied77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Can you imagine how cringey the Hollywood spin on it would be?

    • @sirjoey3137
      @sirjoey3137 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      For it to be good and thrilling it'd have to follow the German's view.

    • @PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars
      @PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      No American ships involved, unless you count the coastguard cutter Maroc. Hence, no American interest!

    • @WG-tt6hk
      @WG-tt6hk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LarryGarfieldCrell Here's the flick itself th-cam.com/video/9cFOAG0wfBw/w-d-xo.html

  • @joaquimsworld
    @joaquimsworld 5 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Bismarck: Hey, I sunk your ship. So did I win this battle?
    Royal Navy: Well yes, but actually no.

    • @heneraldodzz4978
      @heneraldodzz4978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahahhaa langya haaha

    • @morepower1415
      @morepower1415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bismarck can put a decent fight against the Royal Navy in English Channel

    • @shingojira6612
      @shingojira6612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oo, pero hinde

    • @whateverthisis389
      @whateverthisis389 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shingojira6612 this is the "well yes but actually no" meme in filipino

    • @harrysmith1070
      @harrysmith1070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Meimme Wolf Well if you mean sunk on her first mission then yes.

  • @MusicReign
    @MusicReign 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    More "sea battles"!!!!!!!!!! These are literally the best sea battle videos on youtube and IMO the best BazBattles videos!!! LOVE the visualization

  • @icypursuit5368
    @icypursuit5368 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It's amazing how so many factors of this battle were sealed by 1 lucky shot. The hoods fate was sealed by a lucky shell to the magazine, the Bismarcks fate was sealed by one lucky torpedo to the rudder....

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No. Hood was sunk because Bismarck had good gunnery control systems. Bismarck's stern was crippled by a Fleet Air Arm which had trained for years in torpedo bomber attacks on enemy warships.

  • @togross2216
    @togross2216 5 ปีที่แล้ว +847

    Germany: *sinks HMS Hood*
    Royal Navy: YOU PICKED THE WRONG SHIP FOOL

    • @broadside5994
      @broadside5994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Haha, good Big Smoke reference :D

    • @daneelolivaw602
      @daneelolivaw602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      And a few days later the ROYAL NAVY ripped the arse out of this Nazi vessel, what a pathetic end, still, that's what you get if you try it on with the big boys. TOTAL ANNIHILATION.

    • @clu4u
      @clu4u 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Bootleg Memes, no fools were on either side, armchair admirals would know there was a huge amount of luck involved. Luther’s broke radio silence which was a huge mistake, and the torpedo luckily jammed the rudder. Otherwise the Bismarck makes port safely.

    • @mingQWERTY
      @mingQWERTY 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Just avoid the weak spots on the hood, the hood will NEVER sink, am I righ? Let’s also ignore the fact that German ships are better than the British during WW2,they just don’t have the resources to build many of them.

    • @Coywolfie
      @Coywolfie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Bismarck was clever and British got lucky hitting the rudders,if they have made it to the uboat waters British would be singing a pretty tune all right.

  • @_David_7
    @_David_7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    You should be sponcered by paradox games

    • @averagejacobinsubscriber
      @averagejacobinsubscriber 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      PDX almost never sponsors TH-camrs unless they are close to a major game release.

    • @_David_7
      @_David_7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Franklphile : '(

    • @TheMrFu
      @TheMrFu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      this series wouldve gone well with the new DLC

    • @bl3achdrinker240
      @bl3achdrinker240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yall excited for Holy Fury???? Or dharma if you like that one (ew)

    • @cvetomirgeorgiev9106
      @cvetomirgeorgiev9106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alpha Dawg DEUS VULT?

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    *Sinks HMS Hood*
    *Royal Navy: Im about to end this ships career!*

    • @belfastbelchan4039
      @belfastbelchan4039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was funny.😂

    • @AdmiralRamenNoodles
      @AdmiralRamenNoodles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Don't you mean "sink this ship's career?

    • @jamesm.8392
      @jamesm.8392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My dad said when the Hood was hit it was just a blinding huge flash . . . then she was just gone.
      The first vollley from the Bismark hit her magazine.

    • @harleyokeefe5193
      @harleyokeefe5193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James M. It wasn't the first volley

    • @thundy9124
      @thundy9124 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesm.8392 is your father a ww2 veteran ? Not saying he lied just curious if it's ok to ask

  • @TheStrstudios
    @TheStrstudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Really clear, professional graphics as well as a well rehearsed and clear narration with an easy voice to listen to.

  • @thesnackbandit
    @thesnackbandit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    THE BISMARCK AND THE KRIEGSMARINE

    • @shingojira6612
      @shingojira6612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      *SIGHT OF POWERRR, SHOW OF FOOOORRRRCCCE*

    • @CBRN-115
      @CBRN-115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      INTO FORMATION THE HUNT HAS BEGUN

    • @Germanica1871
      @Germanica1871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      *BISMARCK IN MOTION, KING OF THE OCEAN. HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEES!*

    • @anabilrahmangaming7622
      @anabilrahmangaming7622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no the narrator said: KRIEGSMARINA

    • @anabilrahmangaming7622
      @anabilrahmangaming7622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thesnackbandit He said KRIEGSMARINA

  • @aniruddhsingh4169
    @aniruddhsingh4169 5 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    'Baz battle' and 'Kings an Generals' posting video on same day.
    It's a lucky day .

    • @xaph5575
      @xaph5575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But no Historia Civilis >:(

    • @deathman11jackd
      @deathman11jackd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kings and Generals posts every day. Out of all the Battle channels, they have by far the lowest quality.

    • @aniruddhsingh4169
      @aniruddhsingh4169 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      XiViX Spectre quantity has reduced their quality .

    • @totalwartimelapses6359
      @totalwartimelapses6359 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      XiViX Spectre
      Ahh...I don't know about that, their quality is definitely high, and their animations are without a doubt superior to HC's (after learning to work on adobe premiere, I realized that what HC does is very basic animation)
      I still love all 3 channels but to say K&G quality is dropping is ludacris, they are posting a new video every 4-5 days now probably because they got more people working with them or something

    • @deathman11jackd
      @deathman11jackd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      orwa saker The KG style is straight up hideous. HC gets a pass for his animation bevause while it is simplistic, it looks smooth and his content is longform and always of superb quality. KG's style caters to the LCD

  • @KhaoticPhoenix
    @KhaoticPhoenix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think that this series really needs an episode on Operation Chariot: The Raid on St. Nazaire and the hunt for the Tirpitz.

  • @hikingfish3
    @hikingfish3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Superbly illustrated. Really puts everything into perspective. Best explanation I've seen thus far about the chase for the Bismarck.

  • @cooljackster7390
    @cooljackster7390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    Bismarck = Death Star
    Hood = Alderaan
    Fairey Swordfish = X-Wing Fighters

    • @madlysk1129
      @madlysk1129 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      People died please don't

    • @cooljackster7390
      @cooljackster7390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I know, I’m not a heartless person

    • @cooljackster7390
      @cooljackster7390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      elliot laxton ok im not trying to be mean I’m not hurting anyone

    • @tycoloser
      @tycoloser 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@madlysk1129 pussy

    • @Doodoofart725
      @Doodoofart725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@madlysk1129 Yes you're right. A moment of silence for the brave citizens of Alderaan 😢

  • @onik7000
    @onik7000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
    Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean!

    • @timarendt2850
      @timarendt2850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      To lead the war machine to rule the waves and lead the kriegsmarine

    • @luannguyen-ly6hk
      @luannguyen-ly6hk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Everyone :Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean!
      Yamato :Am I a joke to you?

    • @ililililili9726
      @ililililili9726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@luannguyen-ly6hk dude please

    • @gravyboat2370
      @gravyboat2370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      King of nothing .....it lasted 8 days

    • @anessenator
      @anessenator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      King of the ocean ate shit

  • @ThePierre58
    @ThePierre58 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Subscribed on hearing a South African accent. I think a balanced view is important, we Brits tend towards sentiment about HMS Hood. I recall Briggs, one of 3 survivors being interviewed, his face as he recalled how an Officer stood aside so he could make his exit was heartbreaking. Just spotted this after re watching the movie with Kenneth More. Thank you for uploading this.

  • @lancelot848
    @lancelot848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That 270-degree turn by the Bismarck was genius. The Germans were unlucky that the oil leak was accidentally detected.

  • @LordBurgerofFriesland
    @LordBurgerofFriesland 5 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    Anyone else here after listening to the new Sabaton song?

    • @anderbilbao1680
      @anderbilbao1680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes hahahaha

    • @edvardabelvik4045
      @edvardabelvik4045 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yup =) haha

    • @reinoldi1097
      @reinoldi1097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@edvardabelvik4045 they also have a history video about bismarck
      but this here is much more detailed^^
      th-cam.com/video/r5D3wSqdIG4/w-d-xo.html

    • @axef2946
      @axef2946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No, I’m here from the (superior btw) Johnny Horton song.

    • @ubootu-1077
      @ubootu-1077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TO LEAD THE WAR MACHINE TO RULE THE WAVE AND LEAD THE KRIEGSMARINE!!!!!

  • @_Matsimus_
    @_Matsimus_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    Nice!

    • @mrabintom
      @mrabintom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i literally niced for you, pal

    • @justthetexan9961
      @justthetexan9961 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good to see you here

    • @space_nox
      @space_nox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its a legend schip and its not nice 👎

    • @greaterbritannia5745
      @greaterbritannia5745 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@space_nox what?

    • @mrabintom
      @mrabintom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@space_nox what bruh? 😂

  • @manwithgun9768
    @manwithgun9768 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Swordfish: an obsolete plane
    Also the swordfish: **TAKES 300 HITS FROM FLAK FIRE AND STILL KEEPS GOING**

  • @samlangley5896
    @samlangley5896 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the officer in command of HMS Hood, Vice Admiral Lancelot Holland, used to worship in Boldre church which is local to me. There is a memorial to the crew and a yearly service is held on the anniversary of the sinking. 1,418 men dead in 3 minutes.

  • @raredrop6872
    @raredrop6872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    R.I.P HMS Hood.. We'll always remember you in our hearts

    • @silverhost9782
      @silverhost9782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Meimme Wolf Not really, no. Just outdated and in need of a refit.

    • @silverhost9782
      @silverhost9782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Meimme Wolf Seems unlikely

  • @Wanderer628
    @Wanderer628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Please do the Battle of Towton. It was one of the biggest battles of the medevil ages and the largest of the War of the Roses. A series on the Wars of the Roses would be even more incredible. Attempt #112

    • @BazBattles
      @BazBattles  5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Attempt #7 at best! I have it noted somewhere... :)

    • @Wanderer628
      @Wanderer628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      BazBattles I meant attempt #12, haha! Sorry about that.
      The art showing the knight fighting chest deep in the water has always caught my imagination when looking at this battle. I do hope you do a video on it.

    • @freddolittle7878
      @freddolittle7878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wars of the Roses would be amazing! Not only some of the most brutal and tactical battles in English history, but also a culmination of some of the most influential aspects of the Middle Ages. The Plantagenets' warlike tendencies, the rise of gunpowder, and the volatility of the feudal system all came to a head in one of the greatest historical finales of all time. In short, I second the motion.

  • @phbrinsden
    @phbrinsden 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never miss a BazBattles item. Any period, any battle. It’s all good. Great narrator.

  • @ay0vee978
    @ay0vee978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Firing torpedoes at your own ships, that's actually worse than Japanese planes attempting to land on USS Yorktown on the Battle of the Coral Sea. Lol

    • @lordredlead2336
      @lordredlead2336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

    • @lordredlead2336
      @lordredlead2336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They were probably like what the f*** are there shooting a on us bro

    • @raymartcarreon5150
      @raymartcarreon5150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and like what USS William D. Porter did lol

    • @MarkTools
      @MarkTools 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      those japanese pilots were "moderate kamikaze"

    • @joshuasitzema9920
      @joshuasitzema9920 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait what?

  • @koyotekola6916
    @koyotekola6916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video is top notch. Not only is the information presented in a very professional manner, but its technical quality is superb. In particular, the audio is much better than most TH-cam videos.
    One thing I learned is that Bletchley Park was up and running during this battle. I didn't know that they had broken the German Naval Enigma that early. I'm gonna have to check on this assertion to see if it is really true.
    Edit: I checked on it, and Gordon Welch and Alan Turing had already advanced Bletchley Park into code breaking the German Navy Enigma code. There is a TH-cam video called Bletchley Park by Ian Beckett that explains the chronology.

  • @knowone9490
    @knowone9490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1056

    Thank you for not calling the Germans "Nazi's" or add evil music etc, most ww2 channels lack that decency

    • @klobiforpresident2254
      @klobiforpresident2254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +221

      I mean, it _was_ Nazi Germany. Not saying that the sailors all were Nazis.

    • @VMohdude-
      @VMohdude- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Well they did fight for Nazi Germany, and all the sailors pledged allegiance to the Führer. So, calling them evil wouldn’t be wrong.

    • @Reimastered
      @Reimastered 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Anything east or west of the US is evil and will show itself in time.

    • @arwing20
      @arwing20 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Wehraboo I guess, the germans did nasty shit during ww2, nazi or not. Get over it

    • @TheFlyingMCFish
      @TheFlyingMCFish 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      VMohdude - you may argue, that all sailors were Nazis, but come on, you're probably quite interested in history, you know very well, that they definitely were not all evil

  • @CptRice
    @CptRice 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    very professional, thank you so much BazBattles! I really admire your editing video skills!

  • @TwoStrokeViking
    @TwoStrokeViking 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Want to hear an epic song about this ship?
    Search: Bismark - Sabaton.
    Your welcome!

    • @tengen3613
      @tengen3613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Johnny Horton - Sink the Bismarck

    • @hanlan4763
      @hanlan4763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tengen3613 Sink Capitalist Swine Indianapolis

    • @Wuestenkarsten
      @Wuestenkarsten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jonper97 : Ahhh...I see another Person with Culture! ;-)

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hanlan4763 What's Indianapolis?

    • @thundy9124
      @thundy9124 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hanlan4763 what

  • @Pillowtap
    @Pillowtap 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I hate advertisements but that intro one was smooth as heck. I didn't even realize it was one until you said.

    • @nickel5389
      @nickel5389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Pillowtap DONT SAY HECK ON THIS CHRISTIAN CHANNEL

  • @jamescrum3417
    @jamescrum3417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very informative and quality id expect from a large production company so very happy spacedock recommended your channel 😁

  • @knutritter461
    @knutritter461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Germany here: I realized many people mention that the Bismarck's weakness was its rudder. In fact ALL ships' weakness is the rudder. Even for Rodney or KGV this kind of hit would have resulted in inmaneuverability..

    • @donaldshotts4429
      @donaldshotts4429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe their anti-aircraft protection?
      Actually I'm convinced Lutjens was the Bismarck's greatest weakness. I read many years ago that he gave his watch to his son before the operation and told him he wouldn't survive. He could've sunk POW and then returned back to Norway back thru the Denmark Strait imo. Heading to France meant fighting all the Brit ships heading north and then get bottled up and bombed in a French port? If Captain Lindemann had control then the Bismarck could've survived!

    • @knutritter461
      @knutritter461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@donaldshotts4429 At that time the air battle for Britain was at its peak or almost over. So the Germans did not think that British bombers could be a problem.

    • @donaldshotts4429
      @donaldshotts4429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@knutritter461 True, but I still think it seemed fatalistic of Lutjens to continue south with a damaged ship against a greater concentration of Brit heavy ships. If he had enough fuel for France then he could've looped around the Brits I'm the Artic Sea and reached northern Norway if need be. He'd be under Luftwaffe support and I doubt many Brit ships could come anywhere close. The Victorious aircraft would still had a chance but they missed in real life anyway.

    • @knutritter461
      @knutritter461 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@donaldshotts4429 The Atlantic is HUGE.... the amount of ships does not matter because battles like the battle of Jutland were not pursued by the UK and Nazi-Germany.

    • @KatyushaLauncher
      @KatyushaLauncher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@donaldshotts4429 Lütjens did what he could with the impossible mission he was given, Bismarck could not have sunk POW as at that point Bismarck was damaged with reduced speed and fuel, wasting your fuel to try and sink a Battleship that already to far, is not kinda not the best idea. You see he kinda can't go back to Norway, by this point Lütjens had practically known that German intelligence is not very reliable, at the start of Operation Rheinübung, the German intelligence had told Lütjens that he shouldn't encounter HMS Hood or any King George V-class battleship, and we all know where that ended. So in Lütjens's eyes, POW could be leading him into a much more heavier force, so he's not looping back to Norway, he's not taking his chances goin back to Norway with the chance of encountering more British ships. France was the only choice, going to Norway is like going straight to the storm as British forces will be between him and Norway. If Lindemann commanded Bismarck, they would have survived for a day and not 3

  • @TheTeknus
    @TheTeknus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The cruiser prinz eugen has a rather unique story, she survived 2 atomic bomb test from US with only minor structural damage

    • @HaydenLau.
      @HaydenLau. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As did Nagato

    • @hiheyxd
      @hiheyxd ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Survive the Dash
      Bismarck got attacked and sunk as soon as Prinz Eugen left
      Lucky ship Prinz Eugen they said

  • @petehall889
    @petehall889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    A very useful illustration of events. Whatever one may think of the Bismark's intentions in sinking merchant vessels, one overriding rule among sailors is that you never leave a living soul adrift at the mercy of the sea. The cruiser Dorsetshire and destroyer Maori would have remained longer to rescue Bismark's survivors had lookouts not reported the possible sighting of a U-boat. Sailors on the British ships were seen frantically casting bouyancy aids to the Germans as the our ships began to steam away. One can only imagine the terror and anguish those young men felt at being left to their fate...

    • @afoster1621
      @afoster1621 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for pointing out this truth about the U boats. Other videos by different media creators have covered this point.

  • @serrico0869
    @serrico0869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Battle of Jutland needs to be on your radar, keep up this amazing work.

  • @syazwanie04
    @syazwanie04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    dont delete this video this is history for the new generation

  • @grantbowlin1321
    @grantbowlin1321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the most soothing voices on TH-cam, and all around awesome channel please never stop!

  • @antoneriksson7980
    @antoneriksson7980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is what i call quality content, great job my friend. (allso like the world of warships sounds in the backround xD)

  • @MaxSupercars
    @MaxSupercars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great made video! Artwork! Graphics, narration, background sound... Great work! Thank you! 😍🥰 Pleasure to watch and hear!

  • @GrimmFilmEnt
    @GrimmFilmEnt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know I'm two years late, but Corona is about to keep us all stuck indoors again. Do more of these WWII naval battles, they're great.

  • @peterbeerman4982
    @peterbeerman4982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You completly forgot about what happened after Ark Royals torpedo attacks - the best part of the story. 5 Destroyers where fighting with Bismarck for 8 hours.

  • @battlefrontpro1
    @battlefrontpro1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love how the Prinz Eugen just pissed off and was like "They want the Bismark, lets get outta here under the pretext of 'raiding convoys'"

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the end the Yanks nuked it. It was the only capital ship to suffer that fate.

    • @genghiskhan5701
      @genghiskhan5701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Dave_Sisson
      Nagato:Am I a joke to you?

    • @padurarulcriticsicinic4846
      @padurarulcriticsicinic4846 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, it followed orders. If you think about it, Lutjens was right. The most powerful ship in the task force was damaged and in need of repair, its mission was over. The least powerful ship was still operational, could still do some damage and the enemy would rather sink the bigger threat.

  • @brycesolomon9933
    @brycesolomon9933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m late to the show but I see people commenting on how the Bismarck went down on it’s first voyage and to biplanes. The Swordfish planes were obsolete, yes, but their obsolescence actually helped them sink the Bismarck due to their slow speed and wave top flight. The AA for the Bismarck actually wasn’t able to depress low enough for the planes and their speed made them hard to track. (The history visualized guy actually goes into great depth on this subject)

    • @benwilson6145
      @benwilson6145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Swordfish were not obsolete. They were front line aircraft that sank more Axis shipping than any other aircraft. They served to the end of the war.

  • @LordKingPotato
    @LordKingPotato 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's the best video I've seen on this subject. Well done sir!

  • @Melhoniball2010
    @Melhoniball2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As always, a top quality video, this dude's voice is so easy on the ear!

  • @mannygaming6087
    @mannygaming6087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Beautifully informed. Honestly was interesting and was made incredibly. Job well done.

  • @TheCameraManReviews
    @TheCameraManReviews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love the maps and boat design! Can i ask what program you use to make them?

  • @ryleymiller2940
    @ryleymiller2940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bismarck: sinks hood
    Britan: we find the German battleship thats making such a fuss, we gotta sink the bismarck cause the world depends on us.

  • @TallshrewFishing
    @TallshrewFishing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Catalina _fortunately_ found the oil slick rather than "accidentally" perhaps. I'm enjoying this, back to the video.

  • @aj.1505
    @aj.1505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm new to your channel, and I really like your cool/unique format!

  • @mr.norwegianmilk7156
    @mr.norwegianmilk7156 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How didn't this appear in mt recomended before now? Love this! What quality!

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think BazBattles should do plenty more naval battles. They seem like fun video's to watch.

  • @SeeUinHistory
    @SeeUinHistory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Great Job

    • @mirahotova8850
      @mirahotova8850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Only 18* 👇👇👇
      347702.loveisreal.ru

  • @ubiergo1978
    @ubiergo1978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That "cat" picture though, it's not of Oskar, but Simon, the "hero" cat of the HMS Amethyst in Yangtze river. =)

  • @supravosvideodiaries8024
    @supravosvideodiaries8024 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks to Tate for his impeccable knowledge on World History. Earlier he said about the RAF and Survivorship Bias.
    Now, he talks about the Hood vs Bismarck. This is the highlight of the WW2, the most action packed series of events that led to the ultimate fate of Bismarck. Thanks to BazBattles for presenting this so well

  • @erichaheidrich4593
    @erichaheidrich4593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Breaking the radio silence was the turning point.
    Sending her alone was the another mistake.

    • @KatyushaLauncher
      @KatyushaLauncher 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lütjens was unaware that British had already lost Bismarck, that's why he broke radio silence since he thought that Bismarck was still being shadowed. Bismarck was the only ship damaged, Prinz Eugen was still undamaged meaning she could still continue the mission of commerce raiding

  • @samuelcroll344
    @samuelcroll344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thought you would never make this video! Thanks!

  • @Olly07
    @Olly07 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Goosebumps. Please continue on this series. Would love to see what happened next. U boats :)

  • @Salmon_Rush_Die
    @Salmon_Rush_Die 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Navy tactics: whoever brings more guns to the fight wins.
    Intelligence: enables surprise & coordination
    Surprise = force multiplier
    Coordination = force multiplier
    Aircraft carriers = exponential firepower multiplier
    The navy game is to use intelligence in a manner that enables coordinated superior concentrated firepower in a surprise attack.
    The KM at all times lacked reliable intelligence, firepower concentration, & surprise. They wasted their navy resources by not following this basic navy doctrine.

  • @mlmj1994
    @mlmj1994 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for uploading. The visuals are really helpful for my students.

  • @ares106
    @ares106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This video is amazing and you deserves to get millions of views. Also it should be used as classroom material at college levels courses.

    • @undeadnightorc
      @undeadnightorc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree. Of course, the in-video advertisement would have to be removed.

  • @fijnman3813
    @fijnman3813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Imagine the amount of steel used to survive all those shells on the Bismarck.

    • @ZaHandle
      @ZaHandle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mostly from the men on it otherwise the hood would’ve survived

  • @sebping7205
    @sebping7205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You are doing a great job!
    This video was very excitingly made.
    Even though I knew that the mighty German Battleship was about to sink, I nearly and secretly hoped that all things will go well for her - because you just telled the story so goddamn excitingly.
    Congratulations :)

    • @leod-sigefast
      @leod-sigefast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Telled?! Told.

    • @lyonvensa
      @lyonvensa ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know right? The Bismarck was an impressive ship no matter how you see it, created by a nation with little naval power yet it immediately sunk the pride of the navy belonging to one of the most powerful, if not THE most powerful maritime nation at that time.

  • @mesut5984
    @mesut5984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    May he rest in peace and all the brave sailors on it 🙏

  • @yourlocalt72
    @yourlocalt72 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i was watching kings and generals when notification came what a good sunday

  • @keithlillis7962
    @keithlillis7962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A pity so many German lives were lost, but it must be remembered also that only 3, yes 3 of the 1500 crew of HMS Hood survived the engagement.

    • @starhalv2427
      @starhalv2427 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why a pity?

    • @imma5761
      @imma5761 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh its British fault that they sent pride of the fleet that was half wooden to fight Bismarck.
      Its not their fault Hood was so outdated it only took 1 shell for it to blow up.
      Thats British fault for sending such outdated ship on suicide mission

    • @stevenwolfe7101
      @stevenwolfe7101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@imma5761 That one shell exploded in the ammunition storage unit. That's why the ship blew up.

    • @imma5761
      @imma5761 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stevenwolfe7101 my point is that they still sent outdated ship to fight behemoth like Bismarck.

    • @padurarulcriticsicinic4846
      @padurarulcriticsicinic4846 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@imma5761Unfortunately, war is rarely convenient. Although HMS Hood was in need of a long overdue overhaul, it was one of the few capital ships the Royal Navy had available that could match the speed of Germany's battleships. The others were 2 King George the 5th class battleships and 1 Renown class battlecruiser, beside aircraft carriers, in the Home Fleet. That was it!!

  • @michaelculpepper3845
    @michaelculpepper3845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    really excellent video. How accurate are the ship movements such as the close up of the final engagement? Would love to see a similar video done about the Battle of Surigao Strait at Leyte Gulf when Admiral Oldendorf’s battleship task force engaged IJN Admiral Nishimuro’s Southern Force and the last time a battleship formation “capped the T”. Thanks for the video 👍🏻

  • @krazicanuck9045
    @krazicanuck9045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    World of warships players know this feeling. Being the last ship going 1vs7.
    Experiencing that in real life when it matters though. I couldn’t even begin to fathom the intensity and sounds.

  • @mclifer
    @mclifer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    H.M.S HOOD was scheduled for armor plating the decks, but the war started and had to stay in service.

    • @Th0ughtf0rce
      @Th0ughtf0rce 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      She'd probably be like a bigger, badder version of the Kongos. But would probably still lose against Bismarck 1v1.

    • @harleyokeefe5193
      @harleyokeefe5193 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Th0ughtf0rce tbh the hood was at the same level I'd say as the Bismarck but miscommunication led it to fire on the wrong ship and then it was bracketed by the Bismarck

  • @justiniani3314
    @justiniani3314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kings and generals and Baz Battles in the same day OMG

  • @concon09090
    @concon09090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Man, I love the Malevolence arc.

  • @CapybaraTut
    @CapybaraTut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for your video! A great storytelling, good graphics. Well done and subscription from me.

  • @Imoaninyourroomeverynight
    @Imoaninyourroomeverynight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    11:34 Bismarck doesn't feel so good

  • @PerfidiousPuffin
    @PerfidiousPuffin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Awesome quality video. And I love seeing these naval battles, do more of them.

  • @wisdomleader85
    @wisdomleader85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I've always been baffled by one question: since Bismarck was only a few hundred miles away from the French coast, why didn't the Luftwaffe rescue her? I mean the range of a bomb/torpedo-loaded Fw190 is 800 km/500 mi, which should be enough for such mission.

    • @peterson7082
      @peterson7082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They didn't have the range with that combat load. Not to mention other British ships and British aircraft could have very well countered their support.

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This would be the FW190 which only entered service, as a fighter, in August, 1941, would it?

    • @stevenwolfe7101
      @stevenwolfe7101 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My guess is that it sailed under radio silence to prevent it being found ands identified; the Germans were always certain that their code ("Enigma") had not been broken.

    • @BasementEngineer
      @BasementEngineer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stevenwolfe7101 How do you know that? Ie. that the Germans knew their code had not been broken?

    • @stevenwolfe7101
      @stevenwolfe7101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BasementEngineer It's in many books on the topic. Now and then someone on the German side suspected that perhaps their code(s) had been broken but they always expressed confidence that the codes were unbreakable. You can start with what was perhaps the first book on the topic "Bodyguard of Lies" and move on from there to any of many, many books on the topic.

  • @Xtariz
    @Xtariz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bismark: sinks hood
    Royal Navy: “So you have chosen death...”

  • @trevortrevortsr2
    @trevortrevortsr2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Slugging it out - Just the kind of fight the old Rodney was built for

  • @oliverfowler633
    @oliverfowler633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Bismarck: ha! We sunk the hood!
    Admiralty: You talking mad shit for someone within swordfish distance...

  • @larrykent196
    @larrykent196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nicely told. Brief sometimes is best. I am sure there is more to be told, aye and cheers!

  • @petrusgandamana9144
    @petrusgandamana9144 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing the great history of British Navy

  • @lilaccident4493
    @lilaccident4493 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You really should do the Battle of Shiroyama. It was the last battle of the Satsuma rebellion and the last stand of the Samurai. 500 Samurai facing a force of 30 000 imperial Japanese troops.

    • @petraf2069
      @petraf2069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      60 to 1, the sword faced the gun

    • @pratik1568
      @pratik1568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pathetic Weaboos

    • @lilaccident4493
      @lilaccident4493 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mikeythebold tv I have the power of god and anime on my side!