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

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

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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 24 күн бұрын

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

@roywinchel3620 15 күн бұрын

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

@dawnwennberg9884 14 күн бұрын

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

@kylepalmer7187 3 күн 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

@13leaguestotwomorethanyou 29 күн бұрын

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

@JPR3D 29 күн 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 14 күн бұрын

relax.. its fine

@ashleygoggs5679 29 күн 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 26 күн 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 22 күн бұрын

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

@andywomack3414 22 күн 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 22 күн 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 21 күн 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.

@nickjoy8868 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 Ай бұрын

Sounds like he's been punched 😆

@jako1234567890jako Ай бұрын

I thought he was eating a cold toffee!

@MrShaneSunshine Ай бұрын

Curious!

@bennewnham4497 Ай бұрын

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

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Ай бұрын

Dentists have many sharp Claws and Fang's

@bdhaliwal24 29 күн бұрын

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

@KasFromMass Ай бұрын

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

@Lezzyboy87 Ай бұрын

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

@marionjohansson4235 Ай бұрын

Excellent! Gripping report. Well done Dan Snow.

@pauldyson8969 29 күн бұрын

@@Lezzyboy87exactly what I do! 👍🏼😆

@JPR3D 29 күн бұрын

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

@tamsinlouisadungey3643 29 күн 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.

@stevehughes7789 28 күн бұрын

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

@TheWildcard4542000 20 күн бұрын

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

@flatoutt1 27 күн 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 26 күн бұрын

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

@TomFynn Ай бұрын

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

@Crow_Friend Ай бұрын

They don't like it 'UP em! 😮

@fookdatchit 29 күн бұрын

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

@primus209 29 күн бұрын

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

@colinthomas5462 19 күн бұрын

Completely agree 👍

@kimrnhof107 Ай бұрын

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

@hasanmatloob3788 21 күн 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.

@Crow_Friend Ай бұрын

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

@Dave_Sisson 29 күн бұрын

Only if it has a brother ship called Del Boy.

@optimusprime7062 29 күн бұрын

However HMS Trigger keeps calling it Dave

@celston51 29 күн бұрын

You should have seen her sister ship, HMS Nelson.

@richdurbin6146 26 күн бұрын

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

@celston51 26 күн 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.

@mky45lg 20 күн 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.

@mikejanewright371 Ай бұрын

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

@Stitchwitchstitch 19 күн 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.

@unixbadger 25 күн 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 25 күн бұрын

@Paul-tg4xg 24 күн 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 22 күн бұрын

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

@colinthomas5462 2 күн бұрын

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

@stephenholmes1036 26 күн бұрын

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

@cubismo85 25 күн бұрын

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

@barbararice6650 21 күн бұрын

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

@stephenholmes1036 21 күн бұрын

@@barbararice6650Their ships were nothing and it took some sinking

@hernerweisenberg7052 20 күн 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.

@Dullborn Ай бұрын

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

@BasicMethodsWork 26 күн 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.

@TheJennick13 24 күн 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!

@MaximilliaRay 3 күн бұрын

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

@ultrametric9317 25 күн бұрын

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

@mark.lawrence 27 күн бұрын

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

@gregedmand9939 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 Ай бұрын

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

@KennethMachnica-vj3hf 27 күн бұрын

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

@jasonwomack4064 23 күн бұрын

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

@colinthomas5462 19 күн бұрын

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

@ilfarmboy 28 күн бұрын

the torpedo did quite a bit of damage the area that the crew needed to get to fix the rudder kept flooding in the heavy seas

@Tomsworld 3 күн бұрын

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

@Ridcully9 Күн 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

@RobTheWatcher Ай бұрын

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

@glenmarshall5039 Ай бұрын

Same.

@davehooper5115 29 күн бұрын

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

@thedevilinthecircuit1414 19 күн 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 16 күн 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.

@davidsimpson9749 4 күн бұрын

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

@PeterOConnell-pq6io 29 күн 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.

@sarahmusk7793 7 күн бұрын

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

@stevemull2002 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 Ай бұрын

HMS Rodney was a legendary ship. 🫡

@eloquentsarcasm 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.

@rhodrievans3602 27 күн бұрын

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

@wishkie66 22 күн бұрын

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

@philturner4406 25 күн бұрын

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

@jackrobertson8960 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.

@leewoodward7734 Ай бұрын

Hooray! The full video😊😊😊

@pilots85 Ай бұрын

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

@Crow_Friend Ай бұрын

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

@DeaconBlu Ай бұрын

Damned fine vid! Thank You!

@eddy8828 13 күн 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.

@desydukuk291 29 күн бұрын

Great documentary, thank you. May all RIP.

@SennaAugustus 29 күн бұрын

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

@barbararice6650 21 күн бұрын

Surely HMS Warspite is the most illustrious warship of WW2

@milesalpha1 3 күн бұрын

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

@milesalpha1 3 күн бұрын

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

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 29 күн бұрын

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

@justonecornetto80 29 күн бұрын

The Italians certainly thought so after the raid on Taranto.

@GregWampler-xm8hv 29 күн 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 29 күн бұрын

I stand corrected on the number of hits. 😎

@justonecornetto80 29 күн бұрын

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

@robertpatrick3350 25 күн бұрын

@@GregWampler-xm8hvthe most successful torpedo bomber ofWW2

@KennethMachnica-vj3hf 27 күн 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.

@DRSHANKER Ай бұрын

Dan been to the dentist?

@Crow_Friend Ай бұрын

Sniff comedown.

@gordonbartlett1921 27 күн бұрын

Have you been to a psychiatrist?

@Stitchwitchstitch 26 күн бұрын

You’ve obviously not been to any etiquette lessons.

@TheZeusflea 19 күн бұрын

British people don't use dentists

@gordonbartlett1921 19 күн бұрын

@@Stitchwitchstitch I think you mean any etiquette class.

@3sierra15 27 күн бұрын

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

@largesatsuma Ай бұрын

Great Wednesday night viewing

@stayfrosty1758 20 күн бұрын

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

@davepoul8483 28 күн бұрын

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

@KeithWilliamMacHendry 14 күн бұрын

What a superb historical documentary, just the best!

@22942 18 күн бұрын

These Time-Life documentaries really are the very best there are currently available, and WELL worth the investment of one's time.

@morf121 5 күн бұрын

Amazing video, top work all

@stingererscale5193 15 сағат бұрын

Engaging, rich in detail and very interesting show!

@DanielLehan 26 күн бұрын

2 things. 1, the slow W.W. 1 nylon winged planes they used were so light that the wind held them up, and 2, they got lucky in striking the rudder, jamming it, and the ship could only steer in circles.

@shipton51 25 күн бұрын

The Swordfish wasn't WW1 plane, having been introduced in 1936. It was in service for almost all of WW2, sinking a greater tonnage of Axis shipping than any other Allied plane.

@dovetonsturdee7033 22 күн бұрын

Odd that the torpedo hit was 'lucky' but the hit on Hood was entirely the result of skill, isn't it? Was the hit of the Italian battleship which led to Matapan two months earlier also mere luck?

@mikearmstrong8483 15 күн бұрын

Yeah, the 2 longest gun hits in battleship history were just "luck", because they were scored by the British. Cuz only Americans can intentionally score a hit with a gun, right? Unless you're a nazi fanboy, in which case the Germans can too, with their "most powerful" battleship ever built, which didn't get a single hit in its last battle, but that must have been because they sank their own ship too soon, as we all know the British couldn't have done it with more than twice the firepower.

@heyhandersen5802 25 күн 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 24 күн 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.

@TCK71 24 күн бұрын

Utterly brilliant video.

@iconoclasticflow1620 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 Ай бұрын

Ah the Graf Spee in the River Plate

@EAdrien92 Ай бұрын

Interesting directorial choice to record this mid root canal.

@Dionysos640 29 күн бұрын

That was great. Thank you.

@adamj6645 12 күн бұрын

This really should be made into a movie.

@stephenconnolly3018 8 күн бұрын

It was.

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 6 күн бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLGAdLN5vMWpm3U.html

@jhj6636 29 күн бұрын

Outstanding documentary making.

@eatthisvr6 29 күн бұрын

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

@tomhenry897 24 күн бұрын

German surface ships already sunk one British air craft carrier

@eatthisvr6 24 күн бұрын

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

@ProfessorM-he9rl 25 күн бұрын

Great post, thank you.

@ShagShaggio 29 күн 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!

@JCW-jx6ld Ай бұрын

Brilliant documentary

@billistefansson5309 28 күн 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.

@WidgetSkullster-pz6qh Ай бұрын

omg what a great video dan

@davetrave3557 9 күн бұрын

Excellent!! Very interesting 👍🏻

@free-rangemotorcycling3677 Ай бұрын

Excellent.

@andywomack3414 26 күн бұрын

A well produced and informative video. I take issue with presenting the speed of sound as being the same as the speed of light.

@katherinecollins4685 5 күн бұрын

Loved this

@him050 5 күн бұрын

It feels like yesterday when I was in my OACS interview to join the RAF. They asked, “Why the RAF, why not the army or the Royal Navy?” I replied, “the RAF can go anywhere in any plane. The army can only move on the ground. The navy can only move on the sea, and you can’t run over the sea.”

@jamesmccaul2945 24 күн бұрын

Wonderful work!

@gryph01 20 күн бұрын

Excellent documentary!

@robertliskey420 25 күн 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.

@johncranwell3783 8 күн бұрын

Extraordinary detail…..but such tragic loss of life

@nmeau Ай бұрын

This should be a major motion picture - riveting

@1982nsu 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 29 күн бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sink_the_Bismarck!

@colinthomas5462 2 күн бұрын

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

@mark.lawrence 27 күн бұрын

3,600 men + combined... what a terrible waste... the absolute absurdity of war. god bless these fine men.

@tom-vf1xv 22 күн бұрын

Damn money folk

@luckyspurs 26 күн бұрын

Just 3 of 1,418 surviving is horrendous. 41:12 And that explosion was terrifying.

@aaronjaben7913 Ай бұрын

Great video

@scabbycatcat4202 25 күн бұрын

When Germany built the Bismarck they built the biggest and best battleship their industry could produce paying no attention whatsoever to any treaties or agreements. In contrast the British KGV class had to be a compromise in every way in order to keep to a 35000 ton limit as dictated by international agreements. Despite this HMS Duke Of York went head to head with the scharnhorst and basically blew her out of the water!! The KGV class did magnificent service throughout the war and especially in the far East..

@jbepsilon 19 күн бұрын

Bismarck was also limited to 35000 tons via the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. They just lied about her real deplacement, just like they lied brazenly about the displacement of the Hipper class which ostensibly were limited to 10000 tons.

@sbeer1000 18 күн бұрын

Great documentary!

@marknovak9310 3 күн бұрын

Wow!!!!!!! Fantastic. I like the sort quote "mind your own business". Indeed.

@russell9206 24 күн бұрын

Excellent

@mattbarton2029 24 күн бұрын

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

@Peterax788 18 күн бұрын

we need preserve to such information to make the next generation realise the horrors from the past and not to be done again

@user-zw8uw9eh1f 29 күн бұрын

Thanks

@waifumeilingzhou6430 24 күн бұрын

Bismarck was such a beautiful ship and Captain Lindemann was a great captain.

@dovetonsturdee7033 22 күн бұрын

Despite what seems to have been a nervous breakdown on his last night alive?

@KenZchameleon 29 күн бұрын

very informative. would be nice to know who the experts are.

@GregWampler-xm8hv 29 күн 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 29 күн бұрын

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

@jbepsilon 19 күн 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.