Bismarck: How Britain Sank The Infamous German Battleship | Full Documentary

Bismarck: How Britain Sank The Infamous German Battleship | Full Documentary | History Hit

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2 ай бұрын

Launched on 14 February 1939, the German flagship and pride of the Kriegsmarine, Bismarck was launched. In the darkness of the early morning of the 19 May 1941, Bismarck slipped out of harbour on the Baltic coast and started making its way on its maiden voyage, Operation Rheinubung. The German Navy High Command's plan was to disrupt and attack Allied merchant shipping, to starve Britain of precious materials and food. Prinz Eugen (the ship accompanying Bismarck) had a film crew on board - Bismarck’s first action was going to be filmed. Desperate to protect its Atlantic trade routes, the admiralty of the Royal Navy sent her best battleships, including the mighty HMS Hood to intercept the German sortie and sink Bismarck.
This is a definitive account of the Royal Navy's ultimate success in sinking the Bismarck.
Featuring Andrew Choong, curator at the National Maritime Museum, naval historian Nick Hewitt and Angus Konstam, author of 'Hunt the Bismarck'. Presented by Dan Snow.
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@robertkendall2410 2 ай бұрын

12 year old me, skipping lunch to read Time Life WW2 books is in heaven watching this documentary. Thank you.

@roywinchel3620 Ай бұрын

Bravo, keep studying. I'm 60 and have studied WWII since I was your age

@dawnwennberg9884 Ай бұрын

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. Never stop learning.

@kylepalmer7187 Ай бұрын

I have all those books. And I read them from cover to cover every chance I can get. I've loved world War II ever since I was in first grade. And I'm nearly 35 now lol

@xXturbo86Xx Ай бұрын

Don't. It's bullshit.

@foxyroxstar 28 күн бұрын

Have A Father In Heaven To Pray To JESUS! "it's Destruction!" FamousLastWords!

@Trecesolotienesdos 2 ай бұрын

This should win an award. it's not only informative but very dramatic and expertly written.

@JPR3D 2 ай бұрын

It gives me similar vibes to when I was younger, chilling and watching History Channel when it was good. It's a pleasure seeing History Hit grow to where it is now.

@adamdudley8736 Ай бұрын

relax.. its fine

@savatorefronio9212 Ай бұрын

@@JPR3DI have to get 😂😂2229

@Thirdbase9 Ай бұрын

And full of misinformation presented as fact.

@stevehughes7789 2 ай бұрын

Dan Snow's material keeps getting better and better over time.

@stevenrogers5506 28 күн бұрын

He doesn't sensationalise everything, which is a start. Takes after his father

@KasFromMass 2 ай бұрын

Starting to enjoy the KZfaq trend toward long format. Good to listen in the background.

@Lezzyboy87 2 ай бұрын

Great isn't it, learning while working and getting paid

@marionjohansson4235 2 ай бұрын

Excellent! Gripping report. Well done Dan Snow.

@pauldyson8969 2 ай бұрын

@@Lezzyboy87exactly what I do! 👍🏼😆

@JPR3D 2 ай бұрын

Same but these are so well put together I find that listening isn't enough, I really must watch.

@stevenrogers5506 28 күн бұрын

Some of the live footage of the hood bismark engagement is stunning to watch. Makes this documentary priceless. Makes you almost feel like you're there.

@fookdatchit 2 ай бұрын

Just what the world needs, quality long videos on interesting subjects. Entertaining and relaxing. Thank you very much

@nickjoy8868 2 ай бұрын

In the voiceovers Dan sounds like he's just been mauled by a dentist! Poor Dan. Brilliant video thanks, highly entertaining and educational, very nicely done.

@Crow_Friend 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like he's been punched 😆

@jako1234567890jako 2 ай бұрын

I thought he was eating a cold toffee!

@MrShaneSunshine 2 ай бұрын

Curious!

@bennewnham4497 2 ай бұрын

He's struggling. The lisp has been getting worse the last few years.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 ай бұрын

Dentists have many sharp Claws and Fang's

@bdhaliwal24 2 ай бұрын

I love the understated commentary from the old sailors who were there

@primus209 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant documentary, and amazing to see ones of this quality on KZfaq considering they hardly get a look in on TV.

@colinthomas5462 2 ай бұрын

Completely agree 👍

@brandonleroux6059 14 күн бұрын

um...you didn't notice the narration was weird?? it sounds like he was narrating this with cotton balls in his mouth. Just asking because I noticed and am wondering if anybody else noticed.

@flatoutt1 2 ай бұрын

Andrew ,an aussie here . just want to compliment and thank you for your exceptional presentation and style in the bismark documentary . for me you really stood out .with your knowledge and your command and delivery of the english language .for me it was all class.

@andywomack3414 2 ай бұрын

Agreed, although I take issue with presenting the speed of sound as being the same as the speed of light.

@TheWildcard4542000 2 ай бұрын

"Then you have problems"... understatement of the century. Gotta love British stoicism.

@stevenrogers5506 28 күн бұрын

Understated courage and bravery. That's the British way

@kimrnhof107 2 ай бұрын

I especially like the fact that the decryption also is mentioned, as that has often been missed in this epic story.

@tamsinlouisadungey3643 2 ай бұрын

it made me cry... a mix of pride and sadness, for all who died and their loved ones. great honour to both in the endeavors.

@ashleygoggs5679 2 ай бұрын

That German Videography during the battle with Hood is nothing shy of completely fascinating and completly bleak. Seeing the flashes and realising 2 tons per shell of metal is flying towards you. That would be enough to put the shits up anyone and how all those crewman could be so brave like that is nothing short of completely courageous.

@andywomack3414 2 ай бұрын

However, I take issue with presenting the speed of sound as being the same as the speed of light. A minor issue compared to the overall quality of this presentation.

@namcat53 2 ай бұрын

@@andywomack3414 It would have been much better to delay the sound realistically.

@andywomack3414 2 ай бұрын

@@namcat53 " Master and Commander" gets it right with the opening sequence. I wonder if a Bismark shell might arrive before the sound of the guns.

@ewathoughts8476 2 ай бұрын

Each AP Bismacrk shell weighed 1764# not 2 tons which would be 4000 - 4400# depending on short or long tons. Yamato's shell weighed 3220#, yet still less than 2 tons.

@ashleygoggs5679 2 ай бұрын

@@ewathoughts8476 The weight is insignificant to my overall comment, the point is that it is a fucking heavy piece of metal hurtling towards you.

@martinpattison1567 11 күн бұрын

My Grandfather served onboard H.M.S Hood but was reassigned just a few weeks earlier. Later he was assigned to H.M.S Hermes which was sunk by 70 or more Japanese Zero Aircraft just off the East Coast of Ceylon. (Sri Lanka) He was injured but survived. He remained in the Ocean for 5 hours and was then picked up by an American Hospital ship and taken to America. He retired from The Royal Navy in 1945. He signed up when he was just fourteen. Martin. (Thailand) This Ship would make a great video.

@andrewnorgrove6487 Ай бұрын

My mother lost a brother on the Hood i can still picture her tearing up when recounting the story

@hasanmatloob3788 2 ай бұрын

Navies all over the world should thank History Hit team for making these brilliant naval documentaries. Surely they will increase the fascination of navy in younger people and boost naval recruitment.

@jameskelly2559 20 күн бұрын

Feel heartfelt sorry for the young men on both sides who perished in this engagement. Thank God for the Royal Navy helping to defeat Hitler's fascism.

@jackrobertson8960 2 ай бұрын

One of, if not, the best video I have ever watched on this channel. Very informative and detailed. Thank you so much for making this video.

@TomFynn 2 ай бұрын

"in a minute we'll be getting our cutlasses and get out and board that" That would have been...EPIC.

@Crow_Friend 2 ай бұрын

They don't like it 'UP em! 😮

@mikejanewright371 2 ай бұрын

The most comprehensive and complete recounting of the sinking of the Bismarck yet produced. Very well done. 1:35:56

@johnstudd4245 Ай бұрын

My self having read and watched many accounts of the battle over many years..... I could be mistaken but I don't remember the "part" about the miscalculation of the Bismarck's position and the resultant wrong way pursuit for many hours, mentioned in any of the accounts I have previously observed. That was a huge factor and could have been a monumental blunder in the result of the battle. You never know when you might learn something new. When the winners are writing the books some of those friendly mistakes are "overlooked". I have run into that in other instances also of actions in WW2.

@unixbadger 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the reminder of the thin threads that have kept us from oblivion, and the courage of the unsure yet determined young fighters who have pulled those threads to bring us to where we are.

@cubismo85 2 ай бұрын

@Stitchwitchstitch 2 ай бұрын

Excellent documentary! It’s so important to have this. Old stories, but new information and presentations, cultural changes in how history gets presented and shown, biases changes or lessening or disappearing- and making history accessible is incredibly valuable to society, I think. And- an extra thank you, from a personal perspective! This war is such a huge part of my family history and family creation on both sides- it’s just fascinating to learn more and more about what they were living with- the events and upheaval, survival tactics both physical and psychological- that helped form them and trickled down the family line. I’m quite grateful for History Hit and appreciate the wide range of things offered.

@PeterOConnell-pq6io 2 ай бұрын

Well done, the oscilloscopic trace of the playback of eye witness audio superimposed on the horizon of the video of the grey unforgiving North Altantic backdrop adds a sobering artistic touch.

@RobTheWatcher 2 ай бұрын

I'm a Dan Stan. I see him in a thumbnail, I click.

@glenmarshall5039 2 ай бұрын

Same.

@brandonleroux6059 14 күн бұрын

cool but have you noticed this narration sounds like he did this with a....cotton ball in his mouth.

@Dullborn 2 ай бұрын

A very well done telling of the tale...Kudos to History Hit !

@mark.lawrence 2 ай бұрын

my most sincere compliments to all involved to produce such a superb piece... 👏👏👏

@Crow_Friend 2 ай бұрын

'Rodney' is such a good name for a Battleship..

@Dave_Sisson 2 ай бұрын

Only if it has a brother ship called Del Boy.

@optimusprime7062 2 ай бұрын

However HMS Trigger keeps calling it Dave

@celston51 2 ай бұрын

You should have seen her sister ship, HMS Nelson.

@richdurbin6146 2 ай бұрын

Hood initially was supposed to have a sister ship named Rodney.

@celston51 2 ай бұрын

@@richdurbin6146 Hood was meant to be one of four Admiral-class battlecruisers. None of the others were constructed but their names were used for King George V-class battleships Anson and Howe.

@KennethMachnica-vj3hf 2 ай бұрын

A new Bismarck vid. It never gets old, even though you know what happened. You can't help but root for her too, she was so badass and cool-looking.

@colinthomas5462 2 ай бұрын

Excellent documentary, found it fascinating, thanks for posting. Please keep up the good work and keep them coming.

@susannetherese27 25 күн бұрын

As a young journalist I interviewed a german marine who served on the Bismarck when it went down. Gerd Schäpe survived, obviously, as I was able to talk to him in 1991. I remember that he told me he saw the commander of the Bismarck going down with the vessel saluting. Was abl

@dovetonsturdee7033 25 күн бұрын

Other accounts suggest that both Lutjens & Lindemann died early in the action, when HMS Rodney destroyed Bismarck's bridge.

@BasicMethodsWork 2 ай бұрын

What a wonderful exciting and gripping story of unbelievable circumstances. Your production was of massive professionalism. Thank you for the most exciting video I have ever seen.

@mky45lg 2 ай бұрын

I've been watching documentaries about the sinking of the Bismarck for a long time. Yup, I'm old. This is epic on top of epic. The ferocity. Kids who became people like my grandparents. On giant boats with massive guns. It's hard to get my head around. Absolutely fearless.

@yes_marky Күн бұрын

True warriors from a different time, the UK is a joke now, Britannia doesn’t rule the waves and we would crumble in another world war 😢 Snowflakes will not protect us 😂

@EAdrien92 2 ай бұрын

Interesting directorial choice to record this mid root canal.

@Ridcully9 Ай бұрын

Gosh my Grandfather was on the Hood. He was a young Marine. He never spoke about it. He was in hospital with pneumonia when it sank. This is fascinating

@johnlant1730 27 күн бұрын

Best Bismarck documentary I have ever seen! Thank you for the meticulous detail. Beautifully done!

@leewoodward7734 2 ай бұрын

Hooray! The full video😊😊😊

@desydukuk291 2 ай бұрын

Great documentary, thank you. May all RIP.

@K1lostream Ай бұрын

In retrospect, having seen ’Only fools and horses’, it gives me great pleasure to know one of the most fearsome gunships ever to roam the high seas was called ‘Rodney’.

@paganphil100 Ай бұрын

@K1lostream: Rodney (the ship, not the "plonker") was a great ship but quite slow compared to Bismarck. It it had been faster I think it could have taken-on Bismarck by itself.

@sarahmusk7793 Ай бұрын

One of the best documentaries I have seen for a long time. Brilliant.

@davehooper5115 2 ай бұрын

Wow, that was a very Impressive Informative video. Such a fascinating story of the legendary Bismarck. Very well put together. 10/10

@gregedmand9939 2 ай бұрын

You know this isn't a new History Hits production... Right? Drachinifel has a great YT episode on Hood's sinking. He favours the "short round" theory of the fatal strike. Due to Hood's hull design, at high speed the bow wave creates a water void just forward of X trurret. Thus allowing a 15" shell to strike below the armour belt, with easier access.

@MrEnvirocat 2 ай бұрын

Drach did an excellent job with that video. Very convincing.

@KennethMachnica-vj3hf 2 ай бұрын

@@MrEnvirocatHe's a cool dude. He met up with that guy who does the New Jersey videos.

@jasonwomack4064 2 ай бұрын

Drach does amazing content. I haven't found another naval channel that comes anywhere near what he does.

@wishkie66 2 ай бұрын

Great video, excellent, very informative Dan Snow always does a great job

@MaximilliaRay Ай бұрын

thank you for breaking down the barriers to learning complex subjects!

@iconoclasticflow1620 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic work. i settled in to watch this before seeing how long it was, and suddenly doubted i'd feel like holding on the whole way through. instead, i found myself pulled right into the drama (and occasional absurdity) of classic modern naval warfare. one thing i especially love about this production - and about History Hit as a whole! - is the profoundly humane sensibility that it offers. it doesn't feel like propaganda the way so many warfare documentaries do. it feels like an honest, material explanation of the events as they happened - good, bad, and ugly. thanks for making these, and definitely keep it up.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 ай бұрын

Ah the Graf Spee in the River Plate

@davepoul8483 2 ай бұрын

Very good documentary... keep it up Dan..

@ultrametric9317 2 ай бұрын

This is just a wonderful show. The spine tingles at the British mastery of exposition. What a story!

@largesatsuma 2 ай бұрын

Great Wednesday night viewing

@pilots85 2 ай бұрын

great experts! learned a great deal of details that were very interesting!

@Crow_Friend 2 ай бұрын

I was gonna say the same, the historians were excellent in this.

@jhj6636 2 ай бұрын

Outstanding documentary making.

@KeithWilliamMacHendry Ай бұрын

What a superb historical documentary, just the best!

@rhodrievans3602 2 ай бұрын

Splendid treatment of the subject matter. Peerless presentation of the narrative by subject matter experts. An engrossing story. Thank you.

@stevemull2002 2 ай бұрын

My Grandfather was on the Rodney, so i have a fond (if thats the right word!) attachment to this part of history, yes the Rodney put the last shells int0 the Bismark,but an almighty amount of work went into finding the Ship, sadly my Grandfather died when i was 2, in1962, so i never heard his side of the story, but i have all his paperwork, medals etc

@PBHitman1973 2 ай бұрын

HMS Rodney was a legendary ship. 🫡

@eloquentsarcasm 2 ай бұрын

As an Army Ranger, like any grunt, artillery and airstrikes were the things I feared most. You couldn't see em coming, and often had little if any warning. For us at least, we could seek/dig some kind of cover to protect ourselves. Naval combat is a whole nother kind of terrible. Nothing but flat sea and open sky, no mountains to shield you, no trees to conceal you, just an old school shootout at high noon on a wide open street. Those crews on WWII ships were the definition of brave, slinging steel at each other until one or the other emerged victorious. Sua Sponte you mad lads, Nothing but respect for the guts it took to sail the seas never knowing if you'd get wiped out by a sub or battleship just over the horizon.

@gizmo101ish 24 күн бұрын

Half way through and my emotions are all over the place. Great story telling 👏

@eddy8828 Ай бұрын

Amazing documentary. A must see video. Thanks to all those who made this possible. Thanks to KZfaq too for making this possible for us to see.

@TCK71 2 ай бұрын

Utterly brilliant video.

@robertliskey420 2 ай бұрын

This is what a documentary should look like! Thank you for posting! Keep up the great work, and a thank you to KZfaq this might be the only history some can learn.

@stayfrosty1758 2 ай бұрын

Loved this video! was waiting for it since the first part!

@DeaconBlu 2 ай бұрын

Damned fine vid! Thank You!

@JCW-jx6ld 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant documentary

@stephenholmes1036 2 ай бұрын

Prinz Eugen was a very good ship , Much underrated by the senior service.

@cubismo85 2 ай бұрын

It was, but at that time the size of the barrel was most important.

@barbararice6650 2 ай бұрын

The American crew who had to sail it across the Atlantic thought it was a bag of bolts

@stephenholmes1036 2 ай бұрын

@@barbararice6650Their ships were nothing and it took some sinking

@hernerweisenberg7052 2 ай бұрын

@@barbararice6650 The ship was likely either sabotaged by the germans, or the american crew not properly instructed in her complicated high pressure steam turbin engines operation. That said tho, german surface ships were very inefficient, allied ships achieving the same amount of protection and armament on ships thousands of tonnes lighter.

@Tomsworld Ай бұрын

Massive congratulations. To start a project of this scale and to be here now is amazing.

@eatthisvr6 2 ай бұрын

my 18 year old grandad was onboard ark royal. he told me they were scared of bismark unsurprisingly

@tomhenry897 2 ай бұрын

German surface ships already sunk one British air craft carrier

@eatthisvr6 2 ай бұрын

@@tomhenry897 glorious? i dont know if he knew about that

@ShagShaggio 2 ай бұрын

Quality educational entertainment. This took me right back to chilling watching documentaries on the History channel as a kid before the aliens took over. But even better in my opinion. Cheers!

@davidstevens6117 Ай бұрын

Extremely well-done documentary!

@davidsimpson9749 Ай бұрын

Another amazing video thanks Nigel I'm learning loads watching you build this lancaster thanks again

@nmeau 2 ай бұрын

This should be a major motion picture - riveting

@1982nsu 2 ай бұрын

Not a bad video. But if you want to see an excellent video on Bismarck watch "Operation Rheinübung." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pJxpnrllzLzTdKs.html Enjoy.

@melanierhianna 2 ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sink_the_Bismarck!

@colinthomas5462 Ай бұрын

Sink the Bismarck with Kenneth Moore excellent movie from the 1950s.

@adamj6645 Ай бұрын

This really should be made into a movie.

@stephenconnolly3018 Ай бұрын

It was.

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLGAdLN5vMWpm3U.html

@DaysOfDarknessUK 13 күн бұрын

Superb documentary. Thanks for the upload.

@dalj4362 12 күн бұрын

Brilliant story. Thanks 🇬🇧

@Paul-tg4xg 2 ай бұрын

Having watched the Movie Sink the Bismarck and wondering whether it compared favourably with the actual events and accounts of the Navy. This brought home just how accurate a portrayal of events that took place. in the movies depiction of it. I thuroughly recommend watching it after seeing this documentary as i will be rewatching it here on YT in the next few days. Thank you time team for giving us the true accounts through survivors narration and the valuablle experts giving much needed cllarity.

@dovetonsturdee7033 2 ай бұрын

A shame about the false and nonsensical sinking of a destroyer, however.

@colinthomas5462 Ай бұрын

Agreed Sink the Bismarck is an excellent film, Kenneth Moore great British actor 👍

@lynnflynn5591 Ай бұрын

@@colinthomas5462 Greetings from the 🇺🇸! I remember watching the 1960's black and white film SINK THE BISMARK on a television program called, FAMILY CLASSICS with FRASIER THOMAS. A good movie and good childhood memory that fueled my love of history.👍

@marijnvanloo6812 Ай бұрын

What a documentary enjoyed every part of it. Great Work!

@ProfessorM-he9rl 2 ай бұрын

Great post, thank you.

@thedevilinthecircuit1414 2 ай бұрын

Lutjens considered using explosive charges to blow the damaged rudder off the ship, but the possibility of damaging the propellers and hull put the kibosh on that idea.

@dovetonsturdee7033 Ай бұрын

There was more damage than simply to the rudder. Several compartments were also flooded and the entire stern, always a weakness in large German WW2 warships, severly compromised.

@Lezzyboy87 2 ай бұрын

Leave Dan alone

@morf121 Ай бұрын

Amazing video, top work all

@Dionysos640 2 ай бұрын

That was great. Thank you.

@Oddskin_the_Hogg 2 ай бұрын

I loved this, really interesting and well told. Great work guys!

@billistefansson5309 2 ай бұрын

Greetings! Quite nice actually. Should have recounted the Destroyer action on the last night however. Philip Vian with some Tribals I believe, and a Polish crewed ship too. Should have been mentioned. Billi.

@TheJennick13 2 ай бұрын

I gave up my subscription to Hh last year because most of the programming, as excellent as it is, you can now get on KZfaq ! Plus these are without the issues I continously experienced trying to watch these exact shows I was paying for!

@lemon_j22 Ай бұрын

This was fascinating and so engaging, I was gripped! Really very well done.

@SennaAugustus 2 ай бұрын

Bismarck Bismarck Bismarck. When will we get documentaries of ships that are truly legendary, like Warspite, Ajax, or Illustrious?

@barbararice6650 2 ай бұрын

Surely HMS Warspite is the most illustrious warship of WW2

@milesalpha1 Ай бұрын

@@barbararice6650 It wasn't even illustrious in the the war it was built in, let along WWII.

@milesalpha1 Ай бұрын

I guess we use the word legendary in two completely different ways.

@michaelpielorz9283 Ай бұрын

Those ships didn`t sank Hood!!

@shipton51 Ай бұрын

@@barbararice6650 No doubt Warspite was the most Illustrious battleship, but for warship IMHO USS Enterprise holds that title.

@lancemcclung3991 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for finally telling the small but vital role the US had in re-acquiring Bismarck. It’s an often overlooked part of the Royal Navy’s epic victory.

@squirepraggerstope3591 2 ай бұрын

"Oh, the Catalina 'Tuck' flew... Ensured she'd never get home!" 😁

@AdanClark-zx7pw 2 ай бұрын

It was kept secret because he was breaking US neutrality flying with the RAF

@PedroConejo1939 Ай бұрын

Excellent documentary, thank you.

@Jaxxv01 17 күн бұрын

Exceptional program! I really enjoyed Andrew's explanations.

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 16 күн бұрын

He's one of the most cogent presenters today..... very fluent and a great communicator.

@philturner4406 2 ай бұрын

Sorry to be pedantic, but the verb in your title should be "sank," not "sunk". Long live English grammar.

@DailyDamage 2 ай бұрын

So I wasn’t the only one who thought that Dans voiceover sounded like he’d just been to the dentist 🦷 poor sod

@Stitchwitchstitch 2 ай бұрын

how did you think this was at all appropriate? Do you have any GOOD manners?

@DailyDamage 2 ай бұрын

@@Stitchwitchstitch what did I say that implies I have bad manners? Others, like myself noticed that he had a bit of a frog in his throat.. if anything, it was poor show of him to perform when evidently having an issues of sorts.,

@beeilve Ай бұрын

@@DailyDamage Exactly. It ruined the documentary for me and I had to turn it off.

@3sierra15 2 ай бұрын

Kept my interest throughout Even after many WWII books and documentaries, I heard some facts I had not known before. Well done.

@gryph01 2 ай бұрын

Excellent documentary!

@heyhandersen5802 2 ай бұрын

The English had mobile radar towers mounted on trucks that could replace some of those bombed. But it is correct that the German high command failed to understand the importance of the technology. Oddly, much of the technology was of German origin, but Goring failed to comprehend it's correct usage and application. My mother lived next door to one of the scientists involved in setting up the radar towers, and she recalled him telling her a story of how on a cold day, he had worked in the tower, and a chocolate bar that should have been frozen had melted completely. He went on to speculate that one day food might be cooked by such a method.

@iansneddon2956 2 ай бұрын

The towers were remarkably resilient to bombing and the more vital buildings with equipment were generally missed. There was also a fair bit of redundancy in the system. The British were preparing for attacks. Another German waste was in their efforts to go after RAF airfields. Incorrect intelligence as to which airfields were active and a generous deployment of decoy models of aircraft meant German attacks were often pointless.

@GregWampler-xm8hv 2 ай бұрын

The German Navy was so small because Raeder had been told he had about 5-6 more years than he got to build up his Navy.

@EllieMaes-Grandad 2 ай бұрын

It didn't help that it suffered major losses in Norway 1940.

@jbepsilon 2 ай бұрын

Also didn't help that the treaty of Versailles left Germany with a very small and obsolete navy. After the angry guy with the silly moustache took power and started rearming Germany there was only so much time to build it up again, steel and slipways were serious constraints.

@jamesmccaul2945 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful work!

@mikewatson8521 14 күн бұрын

Excellent doc very well put together thanx for the upload 👍

@mattbarton2029 2 ай бұрын

I’ve fallen asleep three nights in a row watching this. Now attempting a fourth watch. I will get through it!

@Pure_Havoc 2 ай бұрын

Thought its already been proven that armor wasn't the issue with Hood. She was as armored as Queen Elizebeth. The most likely reason for her sinking was theory #2 because they engage too close for plunging shells.

@geordiedog1749 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, this is true. She was hit by an unbelievably jammy shot from Bismarck that detonated her aft secondary armament powder store. Struck under the armour belt. Plunging fire is cobblers. Hood was in the “safe zone’ and was turning to fire a broadside when she blew up.

@newhope33 2 ай бұрын

Plunging Fire comes from been further away, and armor was slightly lighter than the Queen Elizebeth but not by a massive margin.

@kurtkuczynski 2 ай бұрын

@@newhope33 she was overall more heavily armored than the QEs. They thickness varied, but over all Hood was a well protected ship especially for her time.

@user-wy9ds5mf4q 18 сағат бұрын

A fascinating insight 🧡

@davetrave3557 Ай бұрын

Excellent!! Very interesting 👍🏻

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 ай бұрын

The Swordfish was an excellent, seriously nimble aircraft that could duck and weave

@justonecornetto80 2 ай бұрын

The Italians certainly thought so after the raid on Taranto.

@GregWampler-xm8hv 2 ай бұрын

Eeeeeeeeeeeyeah uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no. OK in it's time maybe I don't know but the "String Bag" was obsolete in 1941. Bob and weave initially but the torpedo run is die straight. This is not to impugn the obvious bravery and skill of the planes crew but the obsolete nature of the Swordfish. They managed to get one hit on the last few feet of an 800+ ft. ship.

@GregWampler-xm8hv 2 ай бұрын

I stand corrected on the number of hits. 😎

@justonecornetto80 2 ай бұрын

@@GregWampler-xm8hv The Fairey Swordfish was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

@robertpatrick3350 2 ай бұрын

@@GregWampler-xm8hvthe most successful torpedo bomber ofWW2