Modern Warfare videos are not KZread's favorite, for some reason, so any likes and shares and comments are appreciated!

@JohnnyElRed

3 жыл бұрын

Uh. One would think World War 2 out of anything would be wildly promoted by the algorithm.

@fadhilahirsyad149

3 жыл бұрын

Ah that's why i barely seen this thing

@Carole_Baskin

3 жыл бұрын

Start doing polls in you community tab, it boosts your channel. See The Spiffing Brits vid on it if you don't believe me ;)

@gursimarsingh5505

3 жыл бұрын

*Hi kings and generals.* Make video on first and second anglo sikh war

@hoangvu9360

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, so far, there is not any broke out fire or conflict in the space yet ?

-Pirates of the Caribbean- *_Piraten des Pazifiks_* *Den-den, de-de-den-den, de-de-den-den de-de-den...*

@yahudkush

3 жыл бұрын

*des, not der, then you've got it right

@td9250

3 жыл бұрын

@@yahudkush Hey! You're that guy that I see on examples of CVs, Emails, etc.

@arwahsapi

3 жыл бұрын

@@td9250 Has he got a job now?

@reshmaparamesvaran8333

3 жыл бұрын

@@garrysekelli6776 nope, that was the theme song for the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise.

@ZeCroiSSanT950

3 жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS

Sydney: If you are really Straat Malakka, then give us your secret signal Kormoran: Oh I'll show you a secret signal.

@darrellparfitt5908

3 жыл бұрын

That Australian captain was napping pretty hard to come within 900 meters (which he absolutely never should have done until the German ship hove to) and then swing around to a broadside without ordering battle stations on a ship he considered suspicious. Did the sailors have something better to do?

@antoniowang3392

3 жыл бұрын

-HOLY SHI

@RapidAssaultEuro

3 жыл бұрын

@Darrell Parfitt The Australians were too busy throwing shrimps on the barbie lol

@stevej3483

3 жыл бұрын

@@darrellparfitt5908 in Australia, a cop doesn't approach a suspicious car with guns cocked ready to fire, having said that, the captain's first thought was probably: this is my lucky day, second thought : oh shit.

@ycplum7062

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevej3483 To be fair, an Australian cop is not in a war zone (except for Mad Max lol). A competent military officer would definitely have arms ready, although not necesarily pointing at a suspicious person.

14:55 “Hunting enemy whaling fleets.” The 3rd Reich was saving the whales before any western nation.

@gequitz

3 жыл бұрын

Including the endangered species 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨

@kiuk_kiks

3 жыл бұрын

@Four Names Yeah, why?

@eyesofstatic9641

3 жыл бұрын

@@kiuk_kiks hello from the US, friend!

@kiuk_kiks

3 жыл бұрын

@@eyesofstatic9641 Hello, I’m in the UK.

@Exodon2020

3 жыл бұрын

@@gequitz The last of the gilded neck Landwhales!

For all the people wondering why there are so many Norwegian ships in the pacific: At the time of the Second World War Norway had the fourth largest merchant marine in the world. After the invasion of Norway, many of those ships would serve as transport/supply etc. ships for the allies

@gbarberis7402

3 жыл бұрын

nice tip hegemon

@kennylin8873

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge! I certainly learned something today.

@unholyfiretruck3531

3 жыл бұрын

they had the fourth largest merchant fleet despite many lost during WW1 but the true worth of the fleet was that they had replaced their loses then with modern tankers, the Norwegian merchant fleet accounted for only 7% of world tonnage but also 18% of the world tanker tonnage

@cardelcruz9192

3 жыл бұрын

They importing phospate in nauru.

@SlayerRiley

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks!

Damn the Kriegsmarine really knew how to play Among Us

@bubble4072

3 жыл бұрын

SUSSSYYY

@SuperStar-if9wx

2 жыл бұрын

Guys Germany was next to Poland’s dead body he sus - France

I love how kings and generals choose uncommon subjects that are rarely found on other channels, i really enjoyed this one and waiting for the next interesting video

@CoffeeConsumer643

3 жыл бұрын

couple days ago this was the subject of drachinifel's channel but yea this is one of the fun things seeing the less known parts

@NathanDudani

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Drachinifel, he has a quite similar on the same topic

@coreystockdale6287

3 жыл бұрын

@@NathanDudani a new drydock also just dropped praise the english man

Australian Royal Navy: Identify yourselves! The German raider Penguin: NUUT NUUT! >:|

@shadowraven3253

3 жыл бұрын

The last thing it's victims heard.

@underpaidmook

3 жыл бұрын

And here's the thing: there was a raider called the Pinguin!

@strider1246

3 жыл бұрын

Mess with the noot noot, you’ll get the shoot shoot.

Holy crap I finally learned something completely new from WW2

@raphaelpineda4307

3 жыл бұрын

Samw

@brrrrrtenjoyer

3 жыл бұрын

World War 2 was a massive war. I believe there are are still things we haven't heard of.

@marcofava

Жыл бұрын

You'll learn so many more, especially the things happening in far off areas that are not usually covered by Historians and the Media. As a history and particularly modern history fan I myself find myself finding things out that I never knew

Germany: sands 6 ships into 3 oceans to attack British ships, 1 ship mines the harbor in New Zealand, sinks 1 ship New Zealand: bans *all* trade. Seems quite effective to me

@shanemcdowall

3 жыл бұрын

Umm, when did New Zealand "ban all trade"?

@omairtech6711

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanemcdowall Listen to what they say at 5:04

@bocefusmurica4340

2 жыл бұрын

One man shoots people - New Zealand bans guns One man shoots people - Australia bans guns Very effective. If tyranny and socialism are the goals.

@MrKosman123

2 жыл бұрын

@@bocefusmurica4340 classic american comment. Hope the kevlar school backpacks this new season are cheap and high quality

"That must be the best pirate i´ve ever seen"

@Sam-cj1nr

3 жыл бұрын

So it would seem

@ahbabmuttaki1856

3 жыл бұрын

We can afford to give Jack sparrow a early head start.

@k-studio8112

3 жыл бұрын

"Yack Sbarrrrro"

"Detmers ordered the Kriegsmarine flag to be raised and to reveal the guns and anti-aircraft cannons...." Me: Oh no, shit's about to go down!

@user-xu2pi6vx7o

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't covered in the video, but the Australian ship didn't have men in the turrets, so when Detmers gave the order to decamouflage, the Kormoran used its AA guns to "rake" the decks and prevent people from getting to their posts in the turrets.

@Barwasser

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-xu2pi6vx7o that's clever!

@SSky06

3 жыл бұрын

I got hyped when it ran up the Kriegsmarine flag.

@threathy

2 жыл бұрын

After that he is captured and become POW.

What a gift, on my birthday! My grandfather was supposed to serve on the HMAS Sydney during that fateful clash with the Kormoran but he had to have surgery in Melbourne. I remember him saying the captain of the Sydney had made grave mistakes, but sadly I was too young to ask him more before he died. R. I.P, Chief Petty Officer Jack Todd. We miss you.

@shakazulu84

3 жыл бұрын

The Australian navy was very forgiving, after losing 650 sailors, they still saved the lifeboats full of Germans who killed their countrymen.

@abusuleymantariq2137

3 жыл бұрын

@@shakazulu84 if you have ethics you won't let you're standard drop even if you want revenge

@shakazulu84

3 жыл бұрын

@@abusuleymantariq2137 The Australians truly held the standard there. Can't say the same throughout the atrocities committed by the worse offenders in that horrible war.

@zakadams762

3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I had a similar experience with the allied invasion of Italy, my grandfather drove troop landing craft I don't know the name of his ship sadly

@darrellparfitt5908

3 жыл бұрын

@@shakazulu84 Any army will usually try to capture enemy soldiers to interrogate them for intelligence and also as a bargaining chip.... The enemy usually has some of your guys.

The Kormoran: Call the ambulance! Call the ambulance! *Reveals gun and raises Kreigsmarine flag* "But not for me"

@tahir95soyalcom

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO !

Forgotten fact: Another German raider named Atlantis managed to sank or captured 22 ships with a combined of 144,384 GRT, second only to Pinguin. When it comes to Pacific Theatre, one of the most impactful yet barely told elsewhere during the war was when they managed to ambush and sunk British cargo ship Automedon at Nicobar Islands. Atlantis itself disguised as Dutch ship. They managed to get the most precious treasure of all, her secret cargo. It contains top confidential communications contains Winston Churchill and British Forces at the Far East along with its high secret intelligence regarding Japanese Navy development and entire British Far East forces including its RAF, their naval strength and notes on Singapore's defense. This secret cargo then sent to Japan and perhaps one of the most important factors behind Japanese "Blitzkrieg" during early stages of Pacific War. It also linked to attack on Pearl Harbour and perhaps the Fall of Singapore. However, she was sunk by HMS Devonshire on November 22nd 1941 at South Atlantic, its crew were saved by various submarines from German and Italian.

The HMAS Sydney was and still is a big deal here. That boat was the Aegis Cruiser of its day. To loose it so early in the war, off our coast and to a simple raider was a massive blow. Kinda like the Hood or Prince of Wales was to the British.

@theempire491

3 жыл бұрын

@@Anaris10 mooooooooooooooooo

When Fritz, Hans, and Reiss translated the sea shanties to German, this happened.

@masayukitachibana2756

3 жыл бұрын

Juvi juvi, HAHAHA

@G33KN3rd

3 жыл бұрын

*sings Runescape Sea Shanty 2 in German*

@LanChrissTV

3 жыл бұрын

Germany has actually a lot of shanties like „Wir lagen vor Madagaskar“

@rumo893

3 жыл бұрын

@@LanChrissTV Which, fun fact, is about the Russian. If you think about it, you quickly realize that it was the Russians who had the Plage (actually Typhoid Fever), and the people of Madagaskar didn’t let them on to land, not the other way around.

@havvauzuner6612

3 жыл бұрын

Reiss means chief in turkish

The HMAS Sydney is a pretty famous ship here - and it’s wreckage was only recently discovered, which was big news. Hats off to the German crews and their human treatment of POWs, that’s something which Australia can be proud of in some instances - after ww2 we got our first Italian restaurants thanks to Italian prisoners who didn’t want to leave.

I gotta up my Patreon man, you guys put out more content than most cable channels

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

We appreciate your support!

@Mikailiklaussen

3 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals I too will simp for you uwu

@jemand7488

3 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals onlyfans next

@markusz4447

3 жыл бұрын

@@jemand7488 Kings and Generals Bath Water

Empire of Japan: I can't believe that worked! Nazi Germany: Yeah, Art of War, "fight the enemy where they aren't." After all these years, that finally just clicked.

@kapoioskanenas2337

3 жыл бұрын

more like it pays off to be a criminal

@stoggafllik

3 жыл бұрын

@@kapoioskanenas2337 oy vey

@stoggafllik

3 жыл бұрын

@@SIGNOR-G 6 million ships with wooden decks

@andhikanatawijaya9589

3 жыл бұрын

is this battleship movie reference?

Never knew they sunk so many ships in the Pacific, amazing. All I ever read about was the German raiders in the Atlantic.

@omairtech6711

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. It's almost a Mandela effect for me.

Compared to U-Boats and captial ships of the Kriegsmarine, the Hilfskreuzer or auxiliary cruisers were the most successful vessels of the Kriegsmarine in terms of purpose, costs, and the amount that were pillaged or sunk. Side note: The program was initially not very popular within the hierarchy of the Kriegsmarine since they were heavily concentrated in huge capital ships. It was only later in the war due to the successes of the first batch of auxiliary cruisers did the Kriegsmarine then approved for a second batch of ships. Even Hitler showed much support for the Hilskreuzers.

@apalahartisebuahnama7684

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get why German Navy was so obsessed with capital ships, kinda unrealistic for Germany's situation.

@paolomartin6873

3 жыл бұрын

@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 Prestige. It's all political, pride and ego. You won't impress chics with corollas.

@novaterra973

3 жыл бұрын

@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 In that era (and today, to a slightly lesser degree), capital ships were the symbol of a nation's power and prosperity. Not to mention that most of them were former Imperial Navy personnel who remembered when they were the second-largest navy on Earth.

@gbarberis7402

3 жыл бұрын

@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 at the early stages of the war these capital ships were unsinkable too

@maxmustermann369

3 жыл бұрын

@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 to everything already said i want to add that hitlers plan included the invasion of britain, which would inevitable lead to a clash with the royal navy. germany would have needed something to battle the british dreadnoughts to make the invasion possible, hilfskreuzer wouldnt be of much value there...

The Kormoran - HMAS Sydney fight REALLY deserved going into more detail than what it got. At the start of the battle, the Sydney didn't have men in the turrets, so the Kormoran used its anti-aircraft guns to prevent the crew from manning the Sydney's secondary guns. Throughout the fight, the Sydney essentially missed all but one of its shots and that ONE shot that connected, hit Kormoran in the engine room, knocking it offline while igniting its fuel. Being a civilian vessel, Kormoran didn't have backup engine rooms and when that failed, Kormoran lost firefighting capability. Without engines, Kormoran eventually ground to a halt, while the seriously damaged and ablaze Sydney managed to limp away at a speed of about 1 knot. Detmers eventually gave the order to abandon ship when the fire, which was now out of control, started reaching the mine hold. Not long after the ship was abandoned, the mine hold exploded sending the ship to the depths. This battle is the only case in modern history where a civilian ship goes toe to toe with a war ship and essentially wins. Side note, there's a visual inaccuracy on the Kormoran. In the video it is shown as having two guns and an above water torpedo launcher, on either side. This is incorrect, the Kormoran actually had 3 guns on either side and an additional 2 underwater torpedo tubes, one on each side, in a V shape. Still an awesome video and the best animated description of that battle I've seen to date. Good Job!

@user-xu2pi6vx7o

2 жыл бұрын

@@francistaylor1822 No, it actually was a civilian ship. It used to serve as a merchant vessel, before it was taken by the navy and converted into a merchant raider.

@user-xu2pi6vx7o

2 жыл бұрын

@@francistaylor1822 I didn't say the ship was a civilian ship while serving in the navy. I said it was a civilian ship, dragged into the war and converted into a raider, instead of being a dedicated warship, purpose built to serve as one.

Erich Raeder fit his name, Admiral of Raiders.

@Taistelukalkkuna

3 жыл бұрын

Also author of Raeder´s Digest.

@zddxddyddw

3 жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 Nice Clone Wars reference.

@fritzcallam830

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenfu9334 actually it means Wheel, tire would be translated as “Reifen“

Could the mines in Finding Nemo have been one of these that the Germans laid?

@gamedominatorxennongdm7956

3 жыл бұрын

I mean there's a submarine in the area so who knows

@joshuawilson1861

3 жыл бұрын

uboats

@historicallegends3702

3 жыл бұрын

@@gamedominatorxennongdm7956 those are Japanese

And this is after Drachnifel’s video on German merchant raiders Double the joy

During my year of work and travel in Australia I (a German) was in the naval museum in Perth and it was the first time that I heard about the sinking of the HMAS Sydney and the German raiding in the pacific. Of course everyone is aware that raiding happened during the second world war but until then I figured it would have mainly been in the Atlantic. This video shows well how much damage was caused elsewhere with surprisingly little ressources. And for everyone who is confused why Nauru was mentioned this often in this video should read about its history because there are some very interesting stories about this island.

@goodshipkaraboudjan

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the year! The museum in Fremantle is amazing for any fan of maritime history.

These Pirates of the Caribbean sequels keep getting weirder.

Storstad: Enemy in sight! Pinguin: Wololooooo Passat: ...

@donfeloni3923

3 жыл бұрын

Ships are blue wololooo Ships are red

@crazygrainger2006

3 жыл бұрын

Storstad: Enemy in sight! Pinguin: NOOT NOOT. Passat: wut

I'm Australian and I never knew that there were German raiders in Australian waters during WWII. Also, it's kind of spooky how in both WWI and WWII there was a duel between a HMAS Sydney and a German raider in the Indian ocean. The SMS Emden in WWI was sunk by the HMAS Sydney (launched in 1912) off the Cocos islands, while the Komorant sank a different HMAS Sydney (launched in 1934) near Shark Bay in WWII.

@MrAlexkyra

3 жыл бұрын

@@freedombro6502 If that happens, there'll be a duel between the HMAS Sydney and a Chinese ship.

@starfreakist

3 жыл бұрын

That's a spooky revenge

@sargesacker2599

3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you never heard of this engagement given it was one of our more memorable events of WW2, like how Gallipoli was for us in WW1.

@JJJBunney001

3 жыл бұрын

@@sargesacker2599 I've never heard about it either don't know anyone that does. The only thing most people here know about Aussies in WW2 is Kokoda and Tobruk

@MrAlexkyra

3 жыл бұрын

@@sargesacker2599 I'm also surprised, but now I know ;)

British Navy: we rule the waves in the South Pacific Germany: **uno reverse card**

I love these stories of maritime daring and acts of high seas chivalry... Echoes of a bygone age.

@LuisBrito-ly1ko

3 жыл бұрын

@@SimonAshworthWood The civilians weren’t attacked. They were captured, the ship sunk, and they weren’t harmed. Disrupting the supply lines of your opponent is a good strategy.

@TheAtmosfear7

3 жыл бұрын

@@SimonAshworthWood First of all, none of the attacks were "false flag", since the raiders would systematically reveal their true colors before engaging (as not doing so would be a war crime). Secondly, the raiders explicitly avoided attacking civilian vessels or, when they did, they merely took them onboard and saw them off safely whenever they could. As a matter of fact, the operational history of German commerce raiders shows that they caused relatively few casualties even amongst enemy combatants, since they would usually capture the crew rather than sink the ship unless absolutely necessary. To sum it up, you have no idea what you're talking about. Maybe read up on the matter before trying to sound controversial.

Australia : Germany is in Europe mate Germany : how about a few gifts?

I'm sure, something got mixed up here, because it would be quite a weird for the KOMET to go from the pacific to the atlantic and then to the galapagos islands, right? And the ORION is shown in the atlantic, when the voice over still talks about it beeing in the indian ocean. Aside from that well made!

@ProvidenceNL

3 жыл бұрын

this caught my attention as well.

Imagine you are a sailor in the 1940s and your ship gets captured by a ship of nazi pirates named 'penguin' :/

@tahagi7006

3 жыл бұрын

At least its not PengWing.,.

@Getcakedieyoung23

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

@aaron2x4

3 жыл бұрын

the ship's horn must sound like Noot Noot!

@korosuke1788

3 жыл бұрын

@@nomoregoodlife1255 They just radio "Ok. We surrender." And then the other ship comes and peacefully takes over the ship. Needless to say. Unlike other branches of the military, the navies are usually very chivalrious and respect each other. For example, when Grau killed Prat, he sent his personal belongings to his wife and wrote a letter praising how he fought to the bitter end.

@rakaperbawa

3 жыл бұрын

@@korosuke1788 oh so thats why 600 captured sailors were taken care very well

Sydney: please show us your secret signal to prove your identity Kormoran: Screw it! Feuer Frei!!!!

British: Build their empire by Pirating Nazi Germany: What I am going to do is a pro gamer move

@photon812

3 жыл бұрын

@Вхламинго You mean looting half the world?

@kojak5500

3 жыл бұрын

@Вхламинго you mean conquering the 3rd world. British empire took land that was inhabited by people stuck in the Stone Age lmao

@beno1129

3 жыл бұрын

@@photon812 I really don't understand it when people criticise Britain's expansion/colonialism in particular. I'm not saying expansion/colonialism is a good thing, but it was the order of the day back then, and the British empire just so happened to be one of the most talented civilisations that emerged. I'm African by the way, but I'm objective about history.

@salahddinebensebane8429

3 жыл бұрын

@@beno1129 no for example is the conquest of the mangols and romans the same conquest the British did The answer is no Conquering 20% of the world is cool but if can't conquer your neighbours than its pointless to call yourself an empire of conquest especially when you know most of what the British conquered are places that have 200 to 300 years difference in term of technology

@beno1129

3 жыл бұрын

@@salahddinebensebane8429 Still, the fact that Britain was able to advance its tech 200 years ahead of the rest of the world is impressive. My point is that most civilisations who had that tech advantage back then would have acted the same as Britain/the West.

History channels at 3am:

@_senshi1_

3 жыл бұрын

this is a normal history video actually The history channels at 3 AM are pretty much about ancient aliens building UFOS for Germany

@savitayaragudri2448

3 жыл бұрын

No kings and generals are USA based

@savitayaragudri2448

3 жыл бұрын

It will be morning for them

@buraktepe6683

3 жыл бұрын

Best time to watch

@iainmair485

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, beat me by two hours.

So much detailed for the unsung operations of Nazi Germany during WW2 ... Kings & Generals is one of the best History channel in KZread..

Amazing story. A few German ships far away from home could do so much damage.

Events like this are why I absolutely love history. The whole thing sounds like a Clive Cussler novel, and yet it really happened. Great job showing off this bit of history. I'd never even heard about this until today, so it's great that you brought it up.

HMAS Passat: I used to be Australian but now I'm a German

@user-xu2pi6vx7o

3 жыл бұрын

*KMS Passat

Drachinifel recently uploaded a video about the armed merchant cruisers. Perfect timing

@augustosolari7721

3 жыл бұрын

Very suspicious as well

It’s interesting but in our maritime museum in Geraldton they paint a different picture of how HMAS Sydney and Kormoran met. The Sydney was approach from the North returning from Indonesia. It also did not head south to port, but North westerly where it sank. Not sure which version is more accurate. But it was an epic battle either way. The speed at which the kormoran changed into a warship was incredible.

Britania: rules the waves E. Raeder and his 6 frankenstein ships around the 3 oceans: *say whut?* Insanely effective compain, this should be taught in history lessons as one of the most brilliant strategical and tactical desisions ever!

keep calm as your ship is being anschlussed

I never knew about this part of the war. Nice video, keep it up

To the 645 deaths of the Cruiser, "Sydney," rest in peace. You have fought very gallantly.

@goodshipkaraboudjan

3 жыл бұрын

Do a bit of research - your ignorance is showing. HMAS Sydney had one of the most experienced and celebrated crews in the allies because of their actions in the Med. Admiral Cunningham RN nicknamed her "my stormy petrel" because of them. She was instrumental in maintaining the Tobruk garrison so had a strategic outcome in the war. For this final engagement though she was commanded by a Captain who was on his first command at sea having been a career staff officer. A horrendous mistake clearly.

@user-mi3tq5qd4u

3 жыл бұрын

@Albert Strauss um , just as a not , the reality of the Italian army of ww2 is different from the stereotype we have in mind today , considering Rommel blamed Italian command ( which bar for a few exceptions was quite terrible ) for bad Performance while unter his command they performed quite well , it should be noted that the majority of the Africa corps was made up of Italians

This is why I love this channel I’d never heard of these ships or there mission before, really interesting stuff

Thank you Kings and Generals with an excellent historical presentation. I remember suggesting this subject when you did another exceptional video on the SMS Emden in the First World War, which had a remarkable battle with the then HMAS Sydney. You replied you would look into it and then you delivered. You are fantastic!

I never even realized the Germans were fighting around Australia. Fascinating stuff.

Thank you, I love it when I find new content about 20th century conflicts I never managed to find before. Well done!

I've been to the memorial to HMAS Sydney in Geraldton and the museum in Denham (nearest town to the site of its sinking). Just wanted to flex tbh.

@johnjohnson-hp6hy

3 жыл бұрын

HMAS Sydney wasn't found until 2008.

@nurboldospambetov1010

3 жыл бұрын

Сool

@Monkey_SK

3 жыл бұрын

So was that right that all hands were lost?

@jakerolfe7689

3 жыл бұрын

@@Monkey_SK yes. If any sailors made it off the ship they were also lost at sea. Pretty sure the Navy had to interview German survivors of the Kormoran to find out what actually happened to the Sydney.

@crazygrainger2006

3 жыл бұрын

I drove along the HMAS Sydney II Memorial Avenue in Carnarvon a few times, where the road was lined with 645 Palm Trees. At the Carnarvon Fascine (Waterfront) are memorials to the Sydney and HSK Kormoran.

Iam always amazed by this ww2 stories every time you learn something more interesting

Thank you for bringing up such interesting videos! I was kind of surprised to find these theme here on youtube. My german grandfather was one of the officers serving on one of those ships and told me about what happened when i was a kid.This video reminds me of the stories he told me...about the fear, about the fight, about hunting,about death, about decisions to make and about friendship and respect...

One more wonderful video with stunning details.Thank you 😊

I like that Paradox's map style. Keep up the good work! 👍

I find these navy battle videos fascinating, especially these raiders and how much hell they can raise yet totally get away with it!

One fine video. I love hearing about unusual military units. It's just so interesting. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

Amazing video as always!

Damm I had no idea this ever happened and I live in Aus

@reinokarvinen8845

3 жыл бұрын

There is some good books about it

@garyfoster4716

3 жыл бұрын

A Similar campaign was conducted in 1914-1918 War, The German surface raiders used float planes to spot and cut transmitter cables, They also acted as motherships for small torpedo boats.

You guys have upped your output recently without loss to quality. Just promise me that if any networks pick you up, the studio stays closed to outside influence.

This was some of the most interesting WWII content I've seen in recent years. Great topic, which I have completely missed in the last 25 years of my interest in WWII. Thank you for this eye-opening video.

This is my first KZread comment in several years, and that alone is a huge signal from me that I appreciate your guys' work. Keep it up and see you in the next video!

What a coincidence. The Australian ship that sunk the Emden in WW1 was also named Sydney So guess the Emden had its revenge

Graphics are so cool 👌

Great video! I watched it twice and shared it on my social media.

These type of topics that are lightly touched on in popular history are my favorite

We finally know where Atlantis is, it's in the Indian Ocean.

Were these German raiders resupplied by the Japanese in the Caroline islands?

@illerac84

3 жыл бұрын

That's a question I have too. Where are the re-supply ships getting the supplies?

@historicallegends3702

3 жыл бұрын

@@illerac84 Japanese supplied them

@illerac84

3 жыл бұрын

@@historicallegends3702 But prior to late '41, how would Japan avoid conflict with the Australians and British if they're providing supplies to a combatant?

@HarrDarr

3 жыл бұрын

@@illerac84 Quietly.

@illerac84

3 жыл бұрын

@@HarrDarr I suppose so, but you'd think with their own plans for expansion in the Pacific, they'd not want the Germans getting the blood of their potential enemies up.

I'm an Australian and our education system does not shy away from our involvement in WWI and WWII, yet I never knew any of this very interesting stuff until seeing this video!

Possibly your best documentary yet!

I’ve always been interested in this history topic from WW2! Some of the most interesting stories came from the German commerce raiders! Like for example the stories of A.Graf Spee and Kormoran with their legendary commanders and crews! Germany’s navy in WW2 may not have been as prominent as the imperial German navy in WW1 in terms of size, but it was still of a considerable size with it being the fifth largest in the world at the start of WW2.

@maxmustermann369

3 жыл бұрын

if you liked theese, you should research for the story sms möwe (e.g. the yt-channel "the great war" has a special about it). its from wwi but its the best story about a raider i heard so far.

@stevenmoore4612

3 жыл бұрын

I have heard the story of the Möwe and it was really interesting to learn about. They also had a special on the SMS Emden which was another famous raider of the Great War until she was defeated by HMAS Sydney off Australia. Definitely a great story! The irony is that the Germans actually got revenge for the Emden in WW2 by sinking the second HMAS Sydney. The battle between Kormoran and Sydney was just legendary!

@maxmustermann369

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenmoore4612 yeah agreed. just wanted to point out that wwi has some interesting raider stories as well :)

We are waiting for the Battle of Pleven. Pleven is a very important war that changed the course of history. Good luck mate

@nickcitron2369

3 жыл бұрын

Siege of Plevna, 1877 AD??

@user-bc9ru2ol6o

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickcitron2369 most likely

@arvinhut5228

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickcitron2369 👍

@daviddavis4885

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve literally never heard of this battle lol

You've just covered another obscure narrative of the World War 2 era. Man, you're truly the best historical documentary channel there is. As soon as I get a solid salary you're definitely first on my Patreon list.

Amazing! Detmers what a hero! He needs a film dedicated to his ships escapades. Thank you for sharing.

Imagine being the pride of the Australian Navy being sunk by a bloody civilian vessel turned warship...

Wow I had no idea the Germans mined New Zealand. Everything I've learnt about the war has had so little focus on what happened around my home country, so it's surprising to see things going on around there. Watching the Germans zip around the Pacific and sink ships willy-nilly was almost infuriating haha.

amazing work! keep it up guys

Nicely done. Thanks!

Wold be cool if they tell the campaign of Caligula against the sea.

@ghostwriterj9421

3 жыл бұрын

That'd be a good April Fool's

@diemenschen8339

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghostwriterj9421 this history is quite funny.

@diemenschen8339

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghostwriterj9421 but, it would be a way of insulting the army, for some historians.

@mustard4762

3 жыл бұрын

what they do? Is it when they stab the ocean?

@diemenschen8339

3 жыл бұрын

@@mustard4762 he ordered his arm to attack the ocean, with swords, shields, horses, so when they failed, Caligula order to then search for shells in the beach, and put all in their helmets.

Germany being a master trolling even in he pacific lol

Fascinating video of a conflict I had never heard of before.

Thanks for another superb post!

"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical" - Blaise Pascal

@timtaylor2427

3 жыл бұрын

very good quote, especially watching the treaty of versailles !!!!

Great video as always (I'm in the half of it). One thing I would suggest: follow international codes for countries. Often British lands are shown as "BR" (e.g. when you put Fiji), what is really confusing. Please stay with GB or UK instead, as normally used Thanks again!

@BillKermanKSP

3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense

@bluemountain4181

3 жыл бұрын

Fiji was trying to copy the merchant raider's tactics by flying a false Brazilian flag and pretending to be neutral lol

This was a great video to release on my birthday, thanks.

Simply incredible content , i knew of the german raiders but never knew how effective they were .

You didn't mention how the allies were the one who started raiding german Ships

Sweet Gods! Talk about overachievers! The only was this would be more impressive would be if they said that they sunk half the ships by mistake

@jnes624

3 жыл бұрын

im amazed a war ship could defeat a merchant ship.. how amazing

@nnass262

3 жыл бұрын

@@jnes624 Not all of those ships were merchant ships, especially the last one if you think that the Sydney was a merchant ship you're either blind of in severe lack of braincells

The Kormoran has really drawn my interest. Such an interesting career for a raider.

Incrdible, one of my favourites channels. Love u so much from Canarian islands, Spain.

You should really do a stand alone episode about the SMS Emden during the First World War.

Passat, so famous they named a car after it!

extremely great documentary, we need more videos like this, they are just terrific, little known events like this are just insane to watch especially the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand ones, as not much is known about they’re story during ww2, i highly recommended a video on the Battle of Prachuap Khri Khan where soldiers from Thailand defended an airfield 2 days against overwhelming numbers of Japanese troops, that would be a fantastic and interesting documentary for people. Keep up the good work yous are truely the best history channel on youtube!

This is awesome content, keep em coming!

It's 1941, but Poland is still shown as a country that exists.

@sargesacker2599

3 жыл бұрын

Same as Denmark the Netherlands, so on and so on.

@FreeWeId

3 жыл бұрын

They still exists but is under occupation

I feel like Tom Hanks and Steven Spielbergh, should make a movie about this unique naval theater.

@johnskelly2542

3 жыл бұрын

are either of them Australian or German ?

@gerhardswihla1099

3 жыл бұрын

I believe this doesn't fit Hollywood narrative. Nazi Germans treating thier prisoners well.

@theawesomeman9821

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerhardswihla1099 All human beings are capable of being kind

@theawesomeman9821

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnskelly2542 Both are American, but Spielberg a Jew of German descent

@Barwasser

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerhardswihla1099 also the wrong people win. Not a good story for an American audience.

Thank you for this. My grandfather was on the Kormoran and I'm always interested in hearing different accounts of the ships activities.

Very interesting! Thank you 🤙🏾