The Bismarcks first major journey is one where it goes commerce raiding in the Atlantic, together with the Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen. It turns out to be a dramatic journey, with steep highs and deep lows. It will be covered in next Saturdays weekly episode of World War Two, here on this channel. BUT it is *already available* for all members of the TimeGhost Army who support us on www.patreon.com/timeghosthistory or timeghost.tv. Help us make history! Cheers, Joram *RULES OF CONDUCT* STAY CIVIL AND POLITE we will delete any comments with personal insults, or attacks. AVOID PARTISAN POLITICS AS FAR AS YOU CAN we reserve the right to cut off vitriolic debates. HATE SPEECH IN ANY DIRECTION will lead to a ban. RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, OR SLAMMING OF MINORITIES will lead to an immediate ban. PARTISAN REVISIONISM, ESPECIALLY HOLOCAUST AND HOLODOMOR DENIAL will lead to an immediate ban.

@Paciat

4 жыл бұрын

Heres a song about sinking of this ship: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2WJyMVrmKyadrA.html

@dd-579fletcherwillyd.9

4 жыл бұрын

SINK THE BISMARCK. SINK THE BISMARCK. SINK THE BISMARCK.

@gumunduringigumundsson9344

4 жыл бұрын

One of the most interesting stories I ever heard.

@JerehmiaBoaz

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, ships are female in German too, so it's *Die* Bismarck. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_(Schiff,_1939)

@mjbull5156

4 жыл бұрын

Admiral Lujtens: I hope there is no sky cancer in this match.

"Anything that floats can be sunk" -Ancient Hawaiian Proverb.

@QuizmasterLaw

4 жыл бұрын

lol. wait. is joke? or real proverb?

@wisemanner5012

4 жыл бұрын

Except a cork.

@Orvieta

4 жыл бұрын

She's made of Iron sir, she can sink, and she will.

@wisemanner5012

4 жыл бұрын

@@Orvieta A cork is made of iron and can sink? I have learned something today. Thanks.

@civishamburgum1234

4 жыл бұрын

What about Ice?

A follow up with an episode on the Yamato would hit nicely

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Not for a while though, i'm afraid

@lordav6960

4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo This one can wait. We shall cerish whenever command decides

@reggiekoestoer1511

4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo no rush, the Yamato will be around for quite a while

@derrickstorm6976

4 жыл бұрын

@@lordav6960 cherish?

@gibbcharron3469

4 жыл бұрын

@@derrickstorm6976 Cherish.

As every HOI4 player knows: the first thing you should do for your naval strategy as Germany is to cancel all ship construction beside the bathtub Submarines :D

@SahilAli-nr1ty

Жыл бұрын

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For anyone else who was also wondering about whether it should be "Die Bismarck" rather than "Der Bismarck": Using correct German grammar, it should technically be called "Die Bismarck" as it is on the German wikipedia page but that same page will tell you that it was called "Der Bismarck" by it's crew. This was facilitated by the ships captain, who ordered that anyone on board shall only refer to the Bismarck with it's masculine article. Nowadays it usually is referred to as "Die Bismarck".

@burntbybrighteyes

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering as well. I build 2x models of the Bismarck and I always knew it as "die" Bismarck. To me all ships will forever be "die" In german no matter what someone says. Giving it a different article just sounds plain wrong. It's not like "der" or "die" are actualley really male/female in a language where about half of all inanimate objects are rather "der" or "die"

@eazrael

4 жыл бұрын

And "Die(,) Bismarck" also sounds better in English ;-)

@christophschmidt6052

4 жыл бұрын

As far as i can tell, the article doesn't give a source for this. And only states it in like half a sentence if you ask me, that is way too few info on that, considering the terms they use in the Kriegswochenschau for the Bismarck.

@bluebear6570

4 жыл бұрын

I have my doubts that Wikipedia is correct in this case, as ships are usually of female gender in the German language. So it is "die Bismarck", as it is, "die Tirpitz" or "die Prinz Eugen".

@christophschmidt6052

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluebear6570 that's what i thought too. On top of that, is Wikipedia a reliable source, but only as long, as it itself has sources. In this case though there are no sources so it could be anyone just editing that.

I have to give you guys respect. All your series are really well produced and quite neutral, great channel.

@JapanatWar

4 жыл бұрын

Kev absolutely agreed

@lollipop9954

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah because your respect is very valuable to them. Support them on patreon you little shit.

@spartacus-olsson

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Kyriakopoulos their respect is very valuable to us, but we’re obviously also extremely grateful for our TimeGhost Army members.

@spartacus-olsson

4 жыл бұрын

Kev thanks!

@mflax4331

4 жыл бұрын

@@lollipop9954 Respect (Likes) and comments are valuable on KZread. May increase visability AND ad revenue.

That rudder really was a mistake. So close to the screws that it could be warped into blocking propulsion, locking the ship into a turn. No demolition boxes into which explosives could be placed, making it impossible to extricate the ship of it's ersatz anchor. Strange to include such an obvious flaw, battleship design had already corrected it during the First World War.

@ScienceChap

4 жыл бұрын

And outboard shafts too close to the centre line, making steering with the engines almost impossible. And split secondary armament, not dual purpose, wasting space and weight. And outdated armour scheme (turtleback) with significant elements of the fire control systems above it and therefore vulnerable. And 8 x 15inch guns in 4 twin turrets, rather than 9 guns in 3 turrets or even 9 x 16inch guns, wasting more weight and space. She was a flawed design with vast room for improvement.

@Tuning3434

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScienceChap in it's basics a WW1 design in a WW2 package and slapped on radars.

@kemarisite

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tuning3434 don't tell the Bismark fanboys that, they'll go spare.

@tisFrancesfault

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScienceChap the Germans were good to choose the twin 15s over a triple arrangement tbf. They didn't really have the means of triple mounts. They would have suffered the same issue the British did with the quads. Also twin guns still have their own advantages, that keeps them competitive. There's no way they could have mounted tripe 16 inch guns.

@SergeantC2

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tuning3434 By some accounts, an updated version of Germany's WWI "Baden" class.

This episode makes me hungry for more episodes about the naval war. Maybe an idea to contact Drachnifel for collaboration about for example the war of the atlantic or meditteranean?

@TrickiVicBB71

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please! Drachinifel and Dr. Alex Clark

@opalishmoth8591

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@Alex-cw3rz

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes that would be great!

@Depipro

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anyone had brought Drachinifel up yet. Otherwise I'd have had to do that myself. :)

@luispt77

4 жыл бұрын

Go watch Montemayor Pearl Harbour video from the japanese perspective

If you want the exhaustive detail you have to look up Drachinifel dear friends. Personally I'd say the Bismarck was indeed doomed to fail. Tactically. Strategically. Logistically... and the numerous issues in her design that proved out in combat.

@QuizmasterLaw

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, this topic has been worked to death I am just here for that stentorian voice, that sartorial choice in other words CRIBS. I WANT YOUR CRIBS!

@tomasinacovell4293

4 жыл бұрын

So she was a big bully but the bigger the harder the fall, like Yamato?

@bkjeong4302

4 жыл бұрын

While Bismarck was subpar compared to what the Japanese, Italians and the Allies had at around the same time, the truth is that the entire battleship concept was no longer viable by this point. ANY battleship built in the 1930s-40s was doomed to be a strategic failure at this point, and that’s what happened; everyone ended up wasting ridiculous amounts of resources on battleships and being worse off for it, on both sides of the war.

@bkjeong4302

4 жыл бұрын

Tomasina Covell Worse than that, because while Yamato only had the usual WWII Battleship issue of “obsolete and pointless on launch” (same as pretty much any battleship class built around that time, contrary to popular belief), Bismarck also had multiple major design issues in addition to being conceptually pointless.

@khalee95

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say battleships were just for scare tactics and heavy anti-aircraft support. Japan for example created two Yamato class just to then use their carriers which were more efficient and effective.

Oh my Indy, you scoundrel. Moves straight into my top 3 favourite ties of yours. 4.5/5

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

You like them extravagant, don't you?

@gianniverschueren870

4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo Are we still talking about ties?

@Rendell001

4 жыл бұрын

@@gianniverschueren870 Well that escalated quickly...

@gianniverschueren870

4 жыл бұрын

@Zachary Durocher Damn, you caught me

"The Bismarck was unlike anything the Germans had ever made before." "Armed with 8 38cm guns in four twin turrets, the ship outgunned any other German warship ever built." The World War I battleships Baden and Bayern were also armed with 8 38cm guns in four twin turrets. So, while Bismarck "outgunned" Bayern as the more modern ship, it wasn't a huge difference. And with her combination of speed, heavy armour, and four twin turrets, Bismarck was very much an updated version of Lutzow, a battlecruiser on which Admiral Raeder had served during the Battle of Jutland. So Bismarck was actually very like ships the Germans had built before, and I don't think it's at all a coincidence that Raeder, who had spent World War I as Chief of Staff of Admiral Hipper, commander of the German battle cruiser squadron, built a squadron of fast, heavily armoured, somewhat undergunned capital ships when Hitler told him to build a navy. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau [4:37] followed the terms of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935, not the Treaty of Versailles. The ships' tonnage of approximately 35,000 tons each was limited by the AGNA. (Versailles would have limited it to 10,000 tons each.) Treaty limitations were not a factor in the size of their guns or their speed. They had relatively small guns because building 38cm guns is difficult and, after the demilitarization following World War I, it would take German industry a while before it regained the technical ability to build 38cm guns. Those two ships in no way had "lower speed", being among the fastest battleships or battlecruisers ever built.

@MrLuftwafflez

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the corrections. Interesting stuff.

@watcherzero5256

4 жыл бұрын

The Germans couldn't build any larger guns, and if they had decided to go for firepower they could have added an amidships turret. The German shells were also high velocity so got plenty of range but a bit on the light side for their calibre. She was really a super heavy battlecruiser. The armour doesn't seem to have been enough though as the examining of her wreck found that the 14" guns of KG5 had gone right through her armour, even her turret barbettes.

@USSEnterpriseA1701

3 жыл бұрын

@@zooka1495 Actually, Bismarck's guns were not more powerful than Colorado's guns, merely slightly below on-par, if you go by penetration values. They are significantly inferior to Colorado and Nagato by weight of broadside because of the German practice of using light for bore size shells. Bismarck's APC shells weighed 1,764 lbs. (800 kg), Colorado originally used 2,110 lb. shells (957.1 kg), later upgraded to 2,240 lb. (1,016 kg) by the 1930's, Nagato fired 2,205 lb. (1,000 kg) shells originally, upgraded to 2,249 lb. (1,020 kg) in 1931. The high velocity given by Bismarck's guns did give good side-belt penetration at closer ranges, but poor deck armor penetration at longer ranges, even HMS Hood's decks could withstand Bismarck's fire at all but the longest of ranges, which would basically require a lucky first salvo hit at max firing range to happen. Drachinifel has actually recently put out a pair of videos on what did likely happen to the Hood and what might have happened if not for Bismarck's exceedingly lucky, one-in-a-million hit. Very good stuff to watch if you are interested in understanding the most likely chain of events that caused things to turn out as they did.

@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrLuftwafflez okay Nazi

@Warriorking.1963

2 жыл бұрын

@@watcherzero5256 Except for the 16" guns they produced for the cancelled H Class battleships, and used instead in static gun positions on the Channel coast.

7:55 This uncertainty about design and purpose seems to be a trend in German arms development during the entire war.

@jamestheotherone742

4 жыл бұрын

German military pre and early war planning and design was more complex than most give credit for. The Nazis embarked on a capital ship building program for as much domestic political reasons as strategic ones. Mainly they were propaganda phallic pieces that Hitler could wave around and rant about" German might". They were massive public works projects that kept unions and shipyards happy and supporting the Party, and they were pay offs to the German industrialists for their support. Raeder got the job because he was a "Battleship guy" who was in tune with what Hitler wanted/needed, but even he had to rationalize them to the reality that the KM could never match the RN.

@cyberslav8722

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamestheotherone742 Problem is, he didn't. As there were German generals obsessed with "retrying Schlieffen" (Without a sudden invasion from Russia this will surely work!), Raeder, who mostly worked with making plans, running German Navy's PR and other political stuff, had an obsession with "retrying Jutland". Which, of course, earned him Goring's enmity, since Goring, as a head of Four Year Plan, would have to provide almost all of Reich's high quality steel to make a fleet that would be able to match the Royal Navy. In 1945. Kriegsmarine got as little as Goring could give. No wonder carriers got scrapped first, despite Donitz being desperate for aerial recon for his submarines (and with Graf Zeppelin's speed, it would be quite effective at both providing recon and being able to outrun most of Royal Navy).

@jamestheotherone742

4 жыл бұрын

@@cyberslav8722 Even out to 1945 the KM would never have been able to match the RN for tonnage or quality because they wouldn't be facing the RN of '39 but the RN of '45. If we are charitable, Goring and the rest of the government knew this (and it wasn't just intercene poltics) and so he did the best he could do with the resources he had, even thought in hindsight we know it was the wrong decision (they should have built Uboats and carriers).

@alganhar1

4 жыл бұрын

@@cyberslav8722 Problem is this is assuming one thing, the Royal Navy did not look up at the expansion of the Kreigsmarine and enact the escalation clause.... This is the thing that people who go on about the Z Plan forget, there was literally only one target for a Kreigsmarine of that expanded size, Britain, and the Royal Navy knew that. The idea that the Royal Navy and Britain would simply sit there and allow Germany to build to the Z Plan without a response is, to be frank, ludicrous. Germany had a larger economy than the UK in most areas, but NOT when it came to ship building. When it came to ship building the UK was so far ahead that there is literally no way Germany could win a rapid Naval expansion. All too often when people talk about the potential of the Z-Plan, they forget that the Royal Navy WOULD have responded to that.

@hussey4826

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamestheotherone742 Exactly, WW2 marked the end of the age of battleship and the beginning of the age of aircraft carriers and nuclear subs and destroyers and frigates to escort the carriers

welp, now i can't wait for a biography special on the Yamato.

@simplymarshal1167

4 жыл бұрын

same

@mohammadsab4478

4 жыл бұрын

You mean Hotel Yamato?

@simplymarshal1167

4 жыл бұрын

@@mohammadsab4478 i know the actual story on why it was called that

@genghiskhan5701

4 жыл бұрын

The Hotel?

@simplymarshal1167

4 жыл бұрын

@@genghiskhan5701 it is a long story and it has been referenced in an anime about warships once

Hope we get one for Yamato. She definitely deserves her own biography.

@MrSchmerzen98

4 жыл бұрын

As well as Tirpitz and Musashi, too

@thermalvision203

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, there isn't much info left available about the Yamato class due to extreme secrecy and due to the IJN and IJA destroying most of their documents in preparation for the American occupation following the end of the war.

@morisco56

4 жыл бұрын

Just unlock it in World of warships

@JapanatWar

4 жыл бұрын

I hope we do!

@nicholasconder4703

4 жыл бұрын

@@thermalvision203 Actually, there is a lot of information on "Hotel" Yamato, definitely enough for a Time Ghost special.

From the mist , a shape a ship is taking form, and the silence of the seas about to drift into a storm.

@mohammadsab4478

4 жыл бұрын

Sign of powerr!

@m.a.t.a.s

4 жыл бұрын

Show of force!

@stan7644

4 жыл бұрын

Raise the anchor, battleship's plotting its course

@rgm96x49

4 жыл бұрын

Pride of a nation A beast made of steel!

@LaloKosakoURSS

4 жыл бұрын

such original, much wow

everyday is a good when you upload

[3:22] _Stronger than any faster opponent, faster than any stronger opponent._ Excellent portrayal of the pocket battleship; never heard that before. 👍🏼👍🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@WorldWarTwo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, JSB

Germany: We have a Bismarck. Britain: We have a Navy.

@andromidius

4 жыл бұрын

Just having carriers tipped the balance. If they Kriegsmarine and Luffwaffe worked together the seas would have been theirs.

@2Links

4 жыл бұрын

@@andromidius *could, not necessarily would. If they did everything perfectly, yes, but this is not chess. This is modern war

@cainsy8124

4 жыл бұрын

Great point. As I mentioned my comment, Bismarck was just one ship.

@ScienceChap

4 жыл бұрын

@@andromidius not really. Germany simply did not have the shipbuilding infrastructure to out build the UK.

@tisFrancesfault

4 жыл бұрын

@@andromidius not even close. The royal navy was overwhelming more powerful than the German navy. Regardless of the Interservice cooperation.

My great uncle joe served on the HMS Rodney, was there firing the 16” guns on dday, I have a tattoo of the Rodney on my forearm, my uncle joe sadly passed away afew years ago aged 93. His last mission of the war was bringing around 500 Australian war brides back to Britain!

Missed Opportunity to have Drachinifel as a special guest

@reggiekoestoer1511

4 жыл бұрын

I was surprised too. Maybe next time on the Yamato

@TheSwiftrain

4 жыл бұрын

@@reggiekoestoer1511 here's hoping

@hannahskipper2764

4 жыл бұрын

I love that channel!

@Tricerius

4 жыл бұрын

He would've corrected him about the Deutschland class and the Littorio.

For the most deserving ship biography, please include the most decorated US Navy ship the USS Enterprise CV-6. It would require twice as long of an episode for all its actions!

In German ships take the neutral article as in “das Schiff" - but by maritime convention they are considered female so it’s "die Tirpitz” when referring to it by name. Der Bismarck was however unique in as much as that he was considered a he by captain’s decree, therefore "der Bismarck." Although this was just the case during his short life, and he is now a she, we deliberately chose the historical reference, if nothing else to spark some interesting debate... On a side note, in maritime lore it’s considered bad luck to not stick to the female naming convention... just saying.

@justsomeguyonyoutube3258

2 жыл бұрын

You should pin this so that there will be no more people who comes in by saying "iT iS dIE bIsMaRcK"

Sorry for being a grammar nazi, but in german ships have female pronouns, so the Bismarck is called "die" Bismarck. "Der" Bismarck would be old Otto himself. However that may be, I really dig the deep dive into its history! Nice work you guys!

@DreddMann

4 жыл бұрын

When talking about Bismarck the leadership called it "he" because it was so powerful. According to them anyway.

@ineedanamebutidontknowagoo195

4 жыл бұрын

Its Der Bismarck in Bordjargon, so the titel is right.

@QuizmasterLaw

4 жыл бұрын

Zur Bismarck wat soll isch zagen?

@jano1574

4 жыл бұрын

@@ineedanamebutidontknowagoo195 okay, I didn't know that! thanks for clearing it up, I was just speaking from a modern civilian's experience!

Gotta feel bad for the Prinz Eugen... Made it through the war only to go on to get nuked while side by side with the Saratoga, Independence, and the Nagato.

@ThePinkus

4 жыл бұрын

On the bright side, it defied the nuke, and when it finally capsized, because of the radiation hazard, it wasn't scrapped. So it's still there, resting.

@nicholasconder4703

4 жыл бұрын

Well, Prinz Eugen went out with good company, unlike HMS Warspite and USS Enterprise, two ships that deserved better.

@loganmartin59

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasconder4703 Half of me is glad that Enterprise gets to live on, but at the same time half of me thinks CV 6 was a warhero and deserved to get to live on in her old form. Same with the Saratoga, my uncle served aboard her, and I wish I could have got to see it myself.

@nicholasconder4703

4 жыл бұрын

@@loganmartin59 I most heartedly agree with you that USS Enterprise CV-6 should have been made a museum (possibly in place of USS Intrepid). USS Enterprise, along with USS Nevada and HMS Warspite both deserved better. Although, I will say that Warspite stayed classy to the end, choosing to break her tow and beach herself on the rocks rather than face the ignominy of being broken up for scrap. Saratoga did serve well too, although for the first year and a half of the war she had a nasty tendency to run afoul of Long Lance torpedoes. Trading info, my father served with the Desert Air Force in 42-43, and my mother worked radar for British AA batteries from 42-46. So, he flew in them, she shot them down!

@loganmartin59

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasconder4703 At least she will get a new take on life in 2027 if nothing goes wrong in the new Enterprise's construction

USS Enterprise (CV-6) would be cool to learn about

@onelyone6976

4 жыл бұрын

It’ll surely come on the channel but my guess is that since we still are quite a way from the Enterprise’s glory days and Enterprise vs Japan days we will have to wait

@spookerredmenace3950

4 жыл бұрын

@@onelyone6976 ya good point ,that battle was in 43 or 44?

@nicholasconder4703

4 жыл бұрын

There is an entire TV series out on the USS Enterprise, The Grey Ghost and Queen of the Jeeps.

@spookerredmenace3950

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasconder4703 interesting, i'll have a gander, thank you

@onelyone6976

4 жыл бұрын

@@spookerredmenace3950 I'm not sure, but at least after midway and probably after the loss of USS Hornet

The Bismark had a mostly WW1 armor scheme (turtleback Armor) without experience in post war lessons learned by other Navies about protecting newer systems. The Electrical wiring for Critical systems was outside the Armor belt. The ship had issues with disabling the RADAR fire control when firing guns (an issue other Navies had already worked through). The Turtleback armor made the ship hard to sink, but the flaws made a mission kill easier. German ships in WW1 had used the scheme with the Rational that they might be able to be towed back to port for repair. The issue with all warships used a commerce raiders is the need to avoid other warships. Commerce Raiders usually have limited support for repair and resupply. and if caught are going to be out numbered.

Loved it. I hope you guys will do one about HMS Warspite.

@Emdiggydog

4 жыл бұрын

The Grand Old Lady deserves a mention when they cover either Matapan or D-Day

@snebbywebby2587

4 жыл бұрын

Now that is a ship that isn’t grossly overrated and actually accomplished something

@neowarspite8585

4 жыл бұрын

@@snebbywebby2587 i cant understand why, her journeys is well documented and she survived almost everything, she even refused to scrapped normally

@snebbywebby2587

4 жыл бұрын

@@neowarspite8585 money

Pride of a nation A beast made of steel Bismarck in motion King of the ocean He was made to rule waves Across the Seven Seas To lead the war mashine To rule the waves And lead the Kriegsmarine!

@tomi_9212

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArenBerberian if watch something, knowing Sabaton made a song, i really enjoy seeing People that comment line or two in ~10 consecutively comments.

@ladyzapzap9514

7 ай бұрын

Only took 10 comments to find the Sabaton reference. ❤ love the history.

I'd love to see biography specias about other important or famous ships. Perhaps you could find a way to do a collaboration with Drachinifel.

@Alex-cw3rz

4 жыл бұрын

They really should do!

@oceanblue3050

4 жыл бұрын

Drach is not a white surpremisist.

@danielkelly1335

4 жыл бұрын

OCEANBLUE neither is this channel?

@Alex-cw3rz

4 жыл бұрын

@@oceanblue3050 what possessed you to say that?

@KaiservonKrieger

4 жыл бұрын

@@oceanblue3050 Who in the world forced your lips to say that?

Admirals show a distinct preference for battleships. So much nicer for entertaining and for parties

The work you put out is much appreciated by me and probably most of the people that view your channel. I hope you have recovered from Covid 19 and look forward to the next episode.

_In the navy_ _Come on, protect the motherland_ _In the navy_ _Come on and join your fellow man_ _In the navy_ _Come on people and make a stand_ _In the navy, in the navy, in the navy, oh_

@QuizmasterLaw

4 жыл бұрын

we want you! we want you! we want you for a new recruit!

@ricardoaguirre6126

4 жыл бұрын

Yvan eht nioj.

Thank you for devoting an episode to Bismarck! I hope the timeghost crew is safe and comfortable still And as a side note: Drachinifel would be a good channel to get in contact with when it comes to naval history : )

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes we are all doing fine thank you :) Yes, Drachinifel is an amazing font of knowledge when it comes to Naval History. However we don't have any collaborations planned at the moment but never say never!

For an excellent book on this, look for "Pursuit" by Ludovic Kennedy which goes into great detail. Take time to read the footnotes and references which show details and personal aspects which are equally interesting, such as the Catalina plane who found her having active US military crew on board which violated US neutrality and if discovered could have drawn the US into war sooner unwillingly. Kennedy spent many years researching the facts, traveling the world over to get details and see paperwork records relating to the sinking. One of my favorite books. On Bismark herself, it was as formidable and advanced as intended and the poor rudder and propeller placement wasn't what caused her demise. The torpedo hit squarely into the small steering switching room is what killed her. On Raeder inspecting the ship in training, some of the crew had asked about a torpedo hit there and were told that torpedoes would be like bee stings, painful but not debilitating, and the odds of a hit there were "ten thousand against". Or the special relationship with U 556 who arrived on scene in plenty of time to have sunk many of the British ships but having already used all their torpedoes could do nothing to help Bismark. Or the poor design of her forward radar antenna, which would get knocked out in firing any of the front turrets. On the British side many mistakes happened too, including Hood taking a course which exposed her to German shellfire much longer than should have happened, and the shadowing Norfolk and Suffok losing radar contact at a critical point allowing Bismark to almost escape her pursuers. There is also the British fleet asking for only radio direction finding bearings, and not their plotted location which was the usual, which were miscalculated for hours leading the British to sailing away from Bismark instead of closing with her. Airline pilots call it 'lining up the holes in Swiss cheese" where no single thing makes a huge difference, but where multiple odd happenings at the wrong time and place come together and cause disaster. It was the same with Bismark, and multiple things which normally wouldn't have mattered very much by themselves were what led to her loss. Get the book "Pursuit"- you'll be glad you did.

A great-uncle of mine on my father's side served aboard HMS Ark Royal during the hunt for Bismarck, so I've always been fascinated by the Battle of the Denmark Straits.

finally we got an Episode About the bismarck

Lovely video as always keep it up everyone.Cheers and godbless everyone here

Indy: Warns that the events of Rheinübung will be covered in the regular weekly episode. Also Indy: Spoils the ending anyway.

Glad to see you back Indy. Hope you are fairing better. Love your videos!

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

This was recorded before Indy got ill. But he is doing better!

I would love to see a video on the Italian battleships, that would be so cool

@ScienceChap

4 жыл бұрын

Go see Drachinifel's channel...

@VRichardsn

4 жыл бұрын

They had style in spades: www.argunners.com/seldom-interior-images-of-italys-wwii-battleship-roma-2/

i have been waiting for this episode for a long time and now i shall start waiting for another legendary battleship

Amazing fill-in. Great intermediate information on all the ships. Finally, somebody explained what a pocket battleship actually was, and why they were created.

I sincerely hope that you are feeling better, Indy and that you are back on your feet soon.

Can we have a weapons of WW2 series like we had with the WW1 channel? Edit: If possible with C & Arsenal, that would be especially cool

@andromidius

4 жыл бұрын

Even if they did a few specials I would be happy. Its amazing that they are still working on WW1 weaponry, there is so much variety to work through!

@luisfelipegoncalves4977

4 жыл бұрын

The CS crew commented that they were planning to do this.

I see Indy, I click. Simple.

On May 26th the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun was the first to spot the Bismarck on its race to France after the Royal Navy lost contact 17 hours earlier. Arriving on scene Piorun charged at Bismarck, introducing herself by flashing “I am a Pole”, and then opened fire with three salvos. Piorun then exchanged fire with Bismarck (4.7 inch versus 15 inch) for an hour closing to within 12,000 meters. Piorun and HMS Maori then shadowed Bismarck until daybreak when HMS King George V and HMS Rodney arrived and could range their 14 and 16 inch guns.

@dovetonsturdee7033

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. Bismarck's position was known, and her rudder had already been damaged. Piorun was part of a flotilla of five destroyers detached from the escort of convoy WS8B, under the command of Captain Philip Vian, which carried out a series of night attacks. The other destroyers, by the way, were Cossack, Maori, Sikh, and Zulu. Piorun did close on Bismarck and engaged with her 4.7 inch guns, but in so doing lost contact and thus failed to carry out a torpedo attack, although the other four destroyers did.

I've been listening to Sabaton's song every day to get ready for this week's episode. Once when I wake up and once before bed. I found an hour round of it last night I got to enjoy it even more today. Plus I've been watching everything Hood and Bismarck. I've been waiting for this week!! ♥️💙💚💛💜🖤🧡

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Though you can watch the weekly episode with the whole story of the Bismarck right now by signing up for the TimeGhost Army!

"How many U-Boats could have been made from all of that steel?" (Admiral Doenitz' secret thought after "the most modern battleship" was stopped by "antiquated biplane torpedo planes.")

@Kenny442626166

4 жыл бұрын

Well, I am sure he didnt see that one coming.. Few countries have put quite an effort to make a surface fleet.. costing lots of money. And got obliterated by the airclaft carriers. However in pre-WW2 era, the warships were a big deal. Also the tank warfare has shown that numbers are better than quality, which you also wouldnt guess.. For me only huge fail was that germans, even after inicial success, have not been using Uboats against enemy warships. E.g. US tried and had few kills with subs.

@Otokichi786

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kenny442626166 I recall reading/hearing that the Imperial Japanese Navy submariners targeted enemy warships more than the merchant fleet. (With predictable results when the U.S. Navy targeted the Japanese merchant fleet, along with the odd warship.)

Drachifel makes the best bis ark video, also extra history do an entertaining ( if not 100% accurate version) of the story too

Great video as always. Thinks for the detailed presentation.

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

And thank You for watching!

Thank you Indy for emphasizing on the strategy behind the design of the Bismark behemoth ship. You reminded me that many years ago, I presented the Bismark in front of the class, grade 8, yep. Can't wait for the coming regular. Cheers !

HMS Hood enters the Denmark Strait Crew: Wheres the boss music coming from?

@Alex-cw3rz

4 жыл бұрын

In reality it would have been the other way round HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales was far in a way a superior force than Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, the lucky shot that was literally a 1 in a billion shot that hit Hood was the only thing that changed it.

@TheMureika

4 жыл бұрын

​@@Alex-cw3rz You people and your ,,opinion''... On instagram a guy told me that: ,,Bismarck sunk a 15 year old ship, like big deal''. Here you go and say that ,,15 yeard old ship'' was far superior....

@Alex-cw3rz

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMureika the royal navy had two battleships and 3 cruisers (the cruisers didn't take part but were within range of the battle), the germans had one cruiser and one battleship. This is the reason I say the royal navy's force was superior because by every consevable metric it was. HMS Prince of Wales was a newer ship than Bismarck herself, so you can't play the age game either.

@pnutz_2

4 жыл бұрын

time for the royal navy's biggest submarine to live up to its name

@brucetucker4847

4 жыл бұрын

​@@Alex-cw3rz Hood's problem wasn't just age, she was built as a battlecruiser and even her upgraded armor wasn't up to a slugging match with a modern battleship, as events proved so tragically. Even the WW1 British battleships, much less a modern one like PoW, couldn't have been one-shotted like that at that range. It wasn't a "one in a billion shot," more like one in a hundred, and a catastrophe waiting to happen. And the Admiralty were well aware of her vulnerability. (And it wouldn't take a Bismarck to do it either, any of more than a dozen battleships then afloat with 15" or 16" guns could have done the same thing.) As for Prince of Wales' age, she was _too_new, her crew was new and inexperienced and she hadn't finished fitting out (she still had civilian workers on board during the battle who had been trying to deal with her teething trouble) and among other things this led to severe mechanical difficulties with her main armament during the battle. So while the British had the superior force on paper each of their battleships had significant flaws that made the combat effectiveness of the force much less than the paper strength indicated.

Kriegsmarine Agenda: Step 1: Break out of the jail Step 2: Sneak passed the Authorities Step 3: Harass and sink the Authorities Step 4: Outrun the Authorities *And they will outrun the authorities*

@SirZerg

4 жыл бұрын

Until the authorities use aircraft carrier. It can't outrun aircraft.

@stevenmoore4612

4 жыл бұрын

Tsavong well aircraft are a different entity. The ships they could outrun. It makes one wonder if they would’ve commissioned the carrier Graf Zeppelin, and gave the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen air cover then maybe they could’ve picked off the torpedo bombers and prevented the rudder jam. Idk just a thought of how things could have worked out differently.

@Stalinhadasmallpp

4 жыл бұрын

Step 5: make a huge piece of shit that is destroyed by outdated planes

@stevenmoore4612

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Stalin you call Bismarck a price of shit?! It was the most technologically advanced warships of its day! What you mean?! And it’s German engineered so that should explain everything!

@Stalinhadasmallpp

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenmoore4612 lmao it got sunk on its first mission by a bunch of outdated planes. The only thing it has achieved was sinking an old battlecruiser. German engineering at it's finest: building something too complicated that uses too many resources and in the end, isn't worth it

Excellent quality video gentlemen. So good to see Indie in good form again.!

So good to see you back & healthy, and lookin' great. Keep up the good work!!

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Sir, how should we spend our naval resources? The kriegsmarine high command: spend it all in just 1 battleship.

@zackstephens6594

4 жыл бұрын

They built two bismark class bbs. The Bismark and the tirpitz. Bismark taken out by a biplane and the tirpitz taken out by an RAF high altitude bomb.

@victorbruant389

4 жыл бұрын

Same mistake as in World War 1

@chaowingchinghongfingshong3109

4 жыл бұрын

@@zackstephens6594 Bismarck was sunk by battleships

@andrewmcclure2905

4 жыл бұрын

And a never finished aircraft carrrier

@luxaeterna100

4 жыл бұрын

The enemy could not sink it so the scuttled it.

"Sink The Bismarck " Johnny Horton In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun The Germans had the biggest ship, they had the biggest guns The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship, the Hood And every British seaman, he knew and understood They had to sink the Bismarck, the terror of the sea Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down The Hood found the Bismarck on that fatal day The Bismarck started firin' fifteen miles away "We gotta sink the Bismarck" was the battle sound But when the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Hood went down For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail Churchill told the people "put every ship a-sail 'Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea" We'll find that German battleship that's makin' such a fuss We gotta sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down The fog was gone the seventh day and they saw the mornin' sun Ten hours away from homeland the Bismarck made its run The admiral of the British fleet said "turn those bows around We found that German battleship and we're gonna cut her down" The British guns were aimed and the shells were comin' fast The first shell hit the Bismarck, they knew she couldn't last That mighty German battleship is just a memory "Sink the Bismarck" was the battle cry that shook the seven seas We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around Yeah, we found the mighty Bismarck and prepared to cut her down We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around We found the mighty Bismarck and then we cut her down

@GeorgeSemel

4 жыл бұрын

Jonny Horton would approve. I got this one on my iTunes and been playing it all week.

@2plus3is4

4 жыл бұрын

B-but, Bismarck was a he.

@hhh0511

4 жыл бұрын

@@2plus3is4 All ships are referred to as "she" in English.

@Masada1911

4 жыл бұрын

Христо Георгиев the Bismarck’s captain called it a he.

@tisFrancesfault

4 жыл бұрын

@@Masada1911 she's still a she, regardless of what the captain thought.

This brings back memories from when I was a kid playing Great Naval Battles North Atlantic. While all the other kids we playing Mario and Zelda I was sitting at my dad’s Gateway 2000 computer, pretending to be a Royal Navy admiral.

Bismarck was an above averagely balanced fast battleship of its time, with the usual excellent Germany optical and gunnery systems, and stout armor. It was also full of flaws and defects unaddressed from the Kaiser’s heavies. But that hype... “Hitler’s floating super fortress that nearly brought England and America to their knees!!” Probably should’ve just built more U-Boats ...

@nicholasconder4703

4 жыл бұрын

One wonders how Bismark would have fared against a Washington, South Dakota or Iowa class battleship.

@snebbywebby2587

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Conder probably poorly. Hood is roughly an equal match for Bismarck once luck is taken out of the equation

@nicholasconder4703

4 жыл бұрын

@Superdude70 Well, they were still a threat, and almost strangled Britain in 1942. It wasn't until the "black gap" in the Atlantic was closed and centimetric radar made universally available that the U-Boat menace was finally tamed. I somewhat disagree about Bismark. The sheer presence of such a powerful warship diverted a lot of Royal Naval (and some American) fleet unit to covering convoys instead of doing other things. Had the German Navy been able to get the Luftwaffe to cooperate more fully with them, the triple threat of surface fleet, submarine fleet and air attack could have made life for the Allies difficult. Indeed, just one squadron of Focke-Wolf FW-200 Condors made the use of convoys difficult until someone came up with the idea of the CAM freighters launching a Hawker Hurricane from a catapult mounted on bow. Of course, bailing out or ditching after chasing off the German plane must have been a pain, to put it mildly.

@milostomic8539

4 жыл бұрын

Donitz was right.He wanted 300 operational U Boats when the war began in September 1939.He had only 29.

Hope you’ll do the same about the Tirpitz when that time comes. Also Operation Chariot

@bkjeong4302

4 жыл бұрын

Chariot (and the whole story of that ship) really shows how everyone overrated battleships in WWII; the Germans built an obsolete and pointless ship and hampered their war effort by doing so, the British took said ship way too seriously and hampered their own war effort by doing so.

@otakunthevegan4206

4 жыл бұрын

Medal of Honor: European Assault!

TO LEAD THE WAR MACHINE

Love the pink tie, thank for another awesome video!

Great coverage

Indy: The most feared battleship of its time (Bismarck) Yamato: Am I a joke to you?

@ARandomMalaysianUser

4 жыл бұрын

Umm Yamato was built in secret

@ARandomMalaysianUser

4 жыл бұрын

So German ships didn't know about Yamato at that time

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Yamato was commissioned in december 1941, so well after this video 'takes place'.

@mcdrums87

4 жыл бұрын

Bismarck: the Kriegsmarine's big oof. Yamato: the biggest floating hotel of the 1940s! Even if the British had known about Yamato (and Musashi) at the time, neither was really in combat with the Royal Navy in 1941. Plus, shipping was the only thing keeping Britain in the war, so a terrifying German merchant-raiding battleship (that violated multiple treaties) is the *last* thing they want loose in the Atlantic.

@brucetucker4847

4 жыл бұрын

@@mcdrums87 Exactly. Even if they'd known about the Yamato, a bigger, badder battleship 10,000 miles away was a lot less scary a prospect than the Bismarck set loose on their Atlantic jugular.

This should have been a Sabaton History episode

@sse_weston4138

4 жыл бұрын

They have one for Bismarck ;)

@simplymarshal1167

4 жыл бұрын

they have made an episode on that a long time ago

@Drosophilax

4 жыл бұрын

letmegooglethat.com/?q=Sabaton+history+Bismarck

If you listen very carefully you can hear Drachinifel off in England saying "No..."

@snebbywebby2587

4 жыл бұрын

I think I can hear him cringing at the design inefficiencies

Love the picture. A biography special about a ship!

Meanwhile in 2024: Yamato, doomed to fail?

@brucetucker4847

4 жыл бұрын

The Gamilas certainly hope so!

*Die Bismarck. With "Der you pint at Otto von Bismarck

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nope not for Der Bismarck, he was considered a he, and was specifically and deliberately called Der Bismarck - you can look it up ;-)

Couple of things - 1. Awesome episode. Really enjoyed it. 2. I now expect to hear episodes about the Warspite and Enterprise at some point. 3. Not many people know what nautical miles are, you might consider putting statute miles and kilometres in as a subtitle. Just some thoughts

Johnny Horten's 'Sink the Bismarck'... Also, I'm firmly in the camp they should had topped of fuel or headed for home. Starving out England was key, Bismarck's role as commerce raider was legit strategy after BOB.

*insert sabaton lyric here*

@mrxcman9272

4 жыл бұрын

HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS TO LEAD THE WAR MACHINE TO RULE THE WAVES AND LEAD THE KRIEGSMARINE THE TERROR OF THE SEAS THE BISMARCK AND THE KRIEGSMARINE

@dankeykang868

4 жыл бұрын

Cringe

the fact that i see no sabaton memes makes me slightly disappointed what? i'm not gonna make one myself, i'm just disappointed nobody else did

Greetings! I'm a fairly new viewer and love your content! I appreciate all the effort that goes into creating your videos with such accuracy and creativity.

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks! And welcome aboard (said non-ironically even as the video is about a ship)

@truthseeker9454

4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo You're most welcome, and I'm grateful for your personal greeting. This is truly a classy organization, and I'm considering how I might support your efforts beyond words. I'm also praying for Indy's full recovery. Take care, and please continue your excellent work!

'Operation Rheinübung', German operational planners really loved their understatements

Shipnames are still female in german Indy. Even for you :P

@CG-eh6oe

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, the Bismark was called "Der Bismark" at the time by her own crew, so both "Der Bismark" and "Die Bismark" are correct.

@tisFrancesfault

4 жыл бұрын

It's call a He in by one man, but it doesn't overturn naval convention. She's a she, and dont need no man telling her otherwise :p

@HolyShitNew

4 жыл бұрын

C G oh thank you good to know

@mflax4331

4 жыл бұрын

Well, I'm German and I have heard the tales of "Die Bismarck". I never heard a different version. It still is possible that some guy named it differently, but I don't see where and why.

@tisFrancesfault

4 жыл бұрын

@@mflax4331 I believe it was the captain. Basically saying she was far to mighty a ship to be a she, it must be a he. But I doubt that overturned convention

"It was undefeatable" FAIREY SWORDFISH WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION

It was Hood's biggest flaw that doomed the pride of the Royal Navy - weak deck armor. 1.415 sailors were killed.Only 3 survived.Ted Briggs was one of them.He died in 2008.

@snebbywebby2587

4 жыл бұрын

Bad luck was what was the biggest factor of her loss not that she was a bad ship

@snebbywebby2587

4 жыл бұрын

@Ron Lewenberg Techically there is a deep artificial reef now

@milostomic8539

4 жыл бұрын

@@snebbywebby2587 Far from that, but Hood was already 25 years old, while Bismarck was built in 1939 and became operational in August 1940. Bismarck had the most modern aiming optics and greater fire rate.It could fire from main guns every 20-25 seconds. The only way for Hood to win was to shorten the distance and protect the deck armor.It's hull armor was pretty decent.

@snebbywebby2587

4 жыл бұрын

@Ron Lewenberg That kind of ties into the luck factor considering that it was initially planned for 1939, then set back to 1941 as the war began.

@snebbywebby2587

4 жыл бұрын

@@milostomic8539 I wouldn't call Bismarck's fire control the most modern just different compared to the average British systems, though definitely more modern than Hood's old Dreyer system, and a battleship's firerate usually drops to approximately a salvo a minute regardless of the loading system. The biggest reason I say that Hood was sunk because of luck is mostly down to the geometry of the shot making with all the variables that had to line up perfectly made the hit almost impossible to achieve, had one or two of those variables changed she almost certainly would have survived the salvo.

I had been so excited for last weeks episode thinking the story of the Bismark was going to be on the episode. Couldnt believe it wasnt on it's the best story of the war for me :)

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

its in Saturdays episode!

It is „die“ Bismarck because it refers to the ship ... Not the Person. So... wrong title 🧐😉✌️ Greetings from Germany!

@ferdinanddolle6358

4 жыл бұрын

also thumbnail

@ineedanamebutidontknowagoo195

4 жыл бұрын

Wrong, it was referred to as Der Bismarck in "Bordjargon" . So your wrong here.

@directorphilramcke9329

4 жыл бұрын

Just check it by switching the Wikipedia Article into German 😅

@ferdinanddolle6358

4 жыл бұрын

@@ineedanamebutidontknowagoo195 Die Bismarck (Im Bordjargon: Der Bismarck)... i guess both

@dk6024

4 жыл бұрын

Der die das die, den die das die, dem der dem den, des der des der. Simple enough. In English: the the the the, the the the the, the the the the, the the the the.

Der Bismarck? Seriously? I guess a lot of Germans already commented in the c-section that this its wrong. Its Die Bismarck, ship names in that context are female, das Schiff, die XYZ, der Dienst. The only ocasion when you use der with a ship name is when you ask on which ship do you serve, see bevor. Oh well, even a channel like yours can make little mistakes. :)

@mopmop9552

4 жыл бұрын

@50043211 its correct. Although Ships were nominally female (at least in pronounciation), Htiler especially demanded that the Ship be a "he" and not a "she", to resemble its might and some other parts of ideology at the time. And when you ask on which ship you still use the female title ^^

@MrFaorry

4 жыл бұрын

IIRC the Bismark was an exception to the 'ship are all female' rule and was a 'male ship'.

@vindobonaification

4 жыл бұрын

"He" is correct. Contrary to naval customs the Bismarck was referred to as "Der Bismarck" I was also surprised to learn that.

Great video

Loving your biographies! The Bismarck deserved one as well.

Regarding the thumbnail of the episode: It is "Die Bismarck". In german all ships are female and therefore it is a "die", not a "der".

@Leovat25

4 жыл бұрын

@ Graf Zahl Bismarck was always refer as a he not a she so it’s actually “der” not “die”

@thschnick

4 жыл бұрын

I believe that the Bismarck was referred to as a male by the Germans. Something unique for the ship.

@gorkser

4 жыл бұрын

Then it should be easy to present evidence. I am german, I am into history and never heard bismarck, or any other ship for that matter. to be refered to as a he (der).

@gorkser

4 жыл бұрын

@@thschnick I have heard that before, but in an english youtube video as well. Seems an urban legend if you ask me. "Der Bismarck" hurts your ears as a german when refering to a ship. It would be "Der (male) Bismarck Berg" if there was one, or "Das(neutral) Bismarck Archipel" (archipelago), but ships are always female in german, just like in english and therefore get female pronoun. The pronoun refers to "ship", not to its name. Just like in english. The "HMS King George" was also a she and refered to as "die" in germany.

@Leovat25

4 жыл бұрын

@Graf Zahl Bismarck was referred as a he because captain Lindemann always referred the ship as a he because “in view of its awesome power” well yes all ships are referred as she’s the captain choose to call the Bismarck a He

Isn't it "Die Bismarck"?

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Not if you’re Der Bismarck! Look it up ;-)

@mzbmwbbpkf

4 жыл бұрын

World War Two But it’s a ship, so it’s feminine. At least in German. Edit: maybe this blog post is helpful blog.zeit.de/zeit-der-leser/2010/06/17/leser-fragen-warum-sind-schiffe-weiblich/ Readers ask: why are ships female? June 17, 2010 at 6:13 a.m. Female like all ships: the Titanic © Topical Press Agency/Getty Images Why do all ships become female when they are called by their names, namely warships (the Bismarck) and cargo ships (the Fairland) like passenger ships (the Columbus)? Alfons Blum, Heiligenwald, Saarland,

@mzbmwbbpkf

4 жыл бұрын

World War Two I found many answers to this question many years ago at SCANCHARTER DAMARK": One: "She" has to be controlled by a man. 2. in unguarded moments, "she" seizes power. Three: "She" cannot tolerate being overburdened. 4. changes its name when "she" gets a new owner. 5. "She" is usually expensive in clothing. 6. "She" costs more to maintain than the owner thought. 7. "She" can drag a man down with her. 8. Must be painted and dressed before "she" goes out. Nine. "She" becomes unprofitable over the years. Although, as a woman and a sailor, I have a passion for these arguments. do not agree in all points, men will not be able to I guess I got the answers right. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

I lived on the same street as a survivor of the Hood. We would see him weekly and greet him with an ordinary hello. A chap just like anyone else.

If ships get their chance to be featured on a biography, i can't wait to see bears featured on a biography too!

*God he is singing in my brain*

Pls correct title into "Die Bismark" :)

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nope - it’s Der Bismarck - he was considered to be a he, and specifically and deliberately called Der Bismarck - you can look it up ;-)

@mileenz681

4 жыл бұрын

Please don't. The title is correct :)

@mjbull5156

4 жыл бұрын

The Germans specifically did not want Old Otto's namesake to be considered female.

@thomaswolf2896

4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo But German grammar does not follow 80-year-old orders of Cpt. Lindemann.

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Grammar Nazis might...

I think something that is also worth mentioning is that at the time the Bismark cost twice as much as a King George V class battleship. So it was really ineffective cost wise, yet it was probably a little better than a KGV with the faster speed, but in a battle they were pretty evenly matched. If the bismark had an advantage it was negligible, and it would certainly never want to go toe to toe with 2 KGV's

FROM THE MIST A SHAPE A SHIP IS TAKING FORM!

@KelLorien

4 жыл бұрын

AND THE SILENCE OF THE SEA IS ABOUT TO DRIFT INTO A STORM

It's "Die Bismarck" not "Der ..." ^^

@Bird_Dog00

4 жыл бұрын

While ships are usualy refered to with the female article in german, the Bismark was indeed often refered to with the male article.

@onelyone6976

4 жыл бұрын

Both are correct, Bismarck’s captain specifically said that the ship must be referred to as ”Der Bismarck”

@MrEuds

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bird_Dog00 Yeah I think it was the crew that refered to it like that. However the official article is the female article :)

@spartacus-olsson

4 жыл бұрын

Euds actually... _das_ Schiff as ships in general are neutral, but still by convention referred to as sie - not the Bismarck though... he was a he.

For anyone interested in pronouns for german ships, it's universally female as with any other navy that I can think of. It's a common misconception that german ships are considered male. That said, there have been two exceptions that I know: -The SMS Imperator which was to be adressed as male as requested by the then german Kaiser Wilhelm II. -The Bismarck, whose captain requested her crew adress the ship as male. Whether those request were actually acquiesced to outside of immediate earshot of the authorities that were is a different question that I'm not sure has been conclusively answered given how stubbornly the myth about german ships being male persists. And it will be a cold day in Hell until I adress any ship with a male pronoun against all naval tradition. Bugger off Lindemann!

@durhamdavesbg4948

4 жыл бұрын

I've heard that Russian warships are considered male.

@mkoschier

4 жыл бұрын

in addtion any destroyer mine sweeper and ASM hunter was male so DER Zerstörer for example

@mkoschier

4 жыл бұрын

@@durhamdavesbg4948 thats correct корабль the Russian word for ship is masculine

@Aotearas

4 жыл бұрын

@@mkoschier That's not referring to the ship, it's referring to the ship class. It's also "der Kreuzer", but "die Prinz Eugen". It's also "das Schlachtschiff" but not "das Bismarck".

@mkoschier

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aotearas corectly noted d,accord

“The unsinkable” (tears in half)

I was hoping to hear the story and events leading up to the sinking of the Bismarck. Glad you're feeling better Indy.

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

You can hear that story right now by signing up to the TimeGhost Army. Otherwise, you can hear it Saturday when the weekly episode airs.

@notsosilentmajority1

4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo Will do. Thanks very much. As a kid I initially learned about it from the Johnny Horton song. Your productions are awesome.

Aaaaaaaaaannnd here come the lyrics...

In German Bismarck is is a lady ;) Nevertheless she's called "Die Bismarck" not "Der"

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nope not for Der Bismarck, he was considered a he, and was specifically and deliberately called Der Bismarck - you can look it up ;-)

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

In German ships take the neutral article as in “das Schiff" - but by maritime convention they are considered female so it’s "die Tirpitz” when referring to it by name. Der Bismarck was however unique in as much as that he was considered a he by captain’s decree, therefore "der Bismarck." Although this was just the case during his short life, and he is now a she, we deliberately chose the historical reference, if nothing else to spark some interesting debate... Also the use of the female article for ships regardless of the gender of the name is newer than you think. It started around the time of WWI. Here’s a statement by Erik Hoops from the Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven as made to ORF on the topic: "[früher war es Brauchtum] Schiffe mit dem Geschlecht ihres jeweiligen Namens bezeichnete wie z. B. 'Der große Kurfürst'. Heute rettet man sich vor der Bezeichnung 'Die große Kurfürst' im Normalfall, indem man den Schiffstyp voranstellt, also 'Der Dampfer großer Kurfürst'." On a side note, in maritime lore it’s considered bad luck to not stick to the female naming convention... just saying.

Great video! Could you please do a video about Scharnhorst and the battle of North Cape.

1:20 The Bismarck's beginning of its doom. The picture was taken from the Prinz Eugen after its victory over the Hood. Its sinking prow was pierced by the last shell from HMS Prince Of Wales, and the loss of fuel was fatal. & later a lone torpedo from an antic Swordfish canvas-&-wire biplane jammed the juggernaut's rudder and its doom was sealed.

Pretty sure it's "Die Bismarck"

@WorldWarTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Not only pretty, but very sure it’s Der Bismarck, look it up ;-)

@timalexander1811

4 жыл бұрын

World War Two German Wikipedia Article calls it „Die Bismarck“ throughout the whole Article. „Die“ is the common Article used for ship names in German

@nomoreangel

4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo It is "Die Bismarck", look it up. First two words of the german Wikipediapage about it. I never heard anyone say "der" to any ship in german.

@kaseko6549

4 жыл бұрын

@@nomoreangel yes, if you are using "Der" it refers to the guy it was named after.

@PrusPrusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo Die Bismarck, die Tirpitz, die Admiral Hipper are ships, der Bismarck, der Tirpitz, der Admiral Hipper are people.