You know the British are threatened when they ally with France

@wayneparker9331

4 жыл бұрын

Nailed it!! 😂😂

@connor4435

4 жыл бұрын

It still makes me sick that we were forced to do that

@user-lv4cn5ep6w

3 жыл бұрын

White flag but the flag pole is a baguette

@jimtaylor294

3 жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert: the French make for better enemies, than allies. (nearly 1,000 years of recurring conflict having proven that quite conclusively)

@MagiconIce

3 жыл бұрын

So basically Brexit is a return to the Natural Order, although the military alliance persists xD

Me: makes a boat in Minecraft British Government: *T H E B A L A N C E O F P O W E R H A S B E E N B R O K E N*

@flavivsaetivs5738

3 жыл бұрын

How to make kakhi coats on minecraft Wait this ain't google

@Janoip

3 жыл бұрын

@Master Yoda It doesn't look like it these days, now the Usa come and say Gb sit down again.

@AdiPearStudios

3 жыл бұрын

China: HONK KONG IS MINE Boris Johnson: I am speaking to in the cabinet office of 10 Downing Street.......

@r_dcruz1394

3 жыл бұрын

The government thinks you’re German.

@jimtaylor294

3 жыл бұрын

China: has no idea what "in Perpetuity" means re' Treaties. Spain: *same*

When someone makes ships Uk: *A T H R E A T T O W O R L D P E A C E*

@affentaktik2810

4 жыл бұрын

Manni Peluuri oh how america has learned from its dad

@Wanderer628

4 жыл бұрын

@@affentaktik2810 Considering America's freaking out at China massively scaling up its own ship production, this is very true.

@groundhelper3

4 жыл бұрын

I think that's the reaction that every nation that was on the top and it's superiority threatened.

@Kk-dy6bq

4 жыл бұрын

Now on 2019 it's the same but with the USA, and instead of ships, there's nukes

@Mustafa-to9si

4 жыл бұрын

Literally me playing on any strategy game when another player builds a naval base xd

The UK plan of "Oh dear god, ally with the French"

@Wanderer628

4 жыл бұрын

British parliament when they reluctantly vote for that plan be like: Everyday we stray further from god

@edwinsparda7622

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@panzerofthelake506

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wanderer628 They threw up after the vote

@seneca983

4 жыл бұрын

Well, if the alternative is to ally with the Germans...

@DidamDFP

4 жыл бұрын

@@seneca983 pretty sure most British people would have considered that to be less horrible than allying France

Germany: *creates some boats* UK: now this is an avengers level threat

@Akirashiro407

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@davidbooth46ify

3 жыл бұрын

@@Akirashiro407 who gave you the right to comment anime pfp

@Akirashiro407

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbooth46ify what?

@davidbooth46ify

3 жыл бұрын

@@Akirashiro407 Weebs don't have rights

@Akirashiro407

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbooth46ify heh..... Better than you blank pfp, you're wasting my time. Have a life bro

Churchill: for every german ship, we build two more British government: outstanding move!

@mikebather6688

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua N. Ajang Germany sucks

@dimdimbramantyo7666

4 жыл бұрын

@Let's Travel yeah, but let's be realistic, the moment that 50 warship finished, Germany would already collapse

@sausagejockyGaming

4 жыл бұрын

@Joshua N. Ajang British ships were better? but even though your ships could beat them why not have double?

@apalahartisebuahnama7684

4 жыл бұрын

@Joshua N. Ajang it's called realpolitik bruh, you see Britain got more colony and that's mean more money and resources on their side and why they need to be so threatened by the Germans if they could just double it up, God bless Churchill's simple yet brilliant plan.

@brian6508

4 жыл бұрын

True fact: When he said that an unidentified voice, probably the air itself began loudly singing Rule Britannia and it began raining British flags in the Parlament building

"Do something that no British Government wanted to do" "Ally France" Never change

@Wanderer628

4 жыл бұрын

Not going to lie when I saw that I threw up a bit in my mouth. Thankfully it wasn't a real alliance and more of a cooperation pact. What dragged the UK into the war was Germany invading Belgium who the UK guaranteed the freedom of.

@BraceletGrolf

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wanderer628 That's actually false, in 1914 the british told the german ambassador that britain would unconditionally spring to France's aid. (Look at the Britain Before WW1 video from The Great War youtube channel)

@TacBans

4 жыл бұрын

the age old britian/france rivalry

@merrittanimation7721

4 жыл бұрын

@TheSatanicTicTac Yeah and it's not like they've been really belligerent since then.

@iddomargalit-friedman3897

4 жыл бұрын

@TheSatanicTicTac It wasn't a real alliance because Britain had no legal obligation to join france in a war. In reality, it was the invasion of Belgium that tipped the scales, and led to the British joining. It wasn't the only factor - but it was a big enough straw to be the final one.

Any other European nation: *has navy* Britain: This is greatly upsetting to us

@TheSkyGuy77

3 жыл бұрын

America: oh, we're competing in ship numbers? (Builds 50 aircraft carriers)

@yamum6971

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkyGuy77 bro they only have 20 wym

@TheSkyGuy77

3 жыл бұрын

@@yamum6971 America has like 40 helicopter carriers (what the Brits would call a "carrier") and 20 supercarriers

@ExtremeFailzWus

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkyGuy77 11 supercarriers, all of them cold war relics aka sitting ducks

@aleksandarvil5718

3 жыл бұрын

Japan: *Am I A JOKE to You?!?*

''I prefer the real arms race.'' *US and USSR arms race.* ''I said the real arms race.'' *Britain and Germany arms race.* ''Perfection.''

@menitobussolini659

4 жыл бұрын

@Marde ''I said the real arms race." *Greek and Persian arms race.* "Too much perfection."

@wanderingrandomer

4 жыл бұрын

*Homo Sapien and Neanderthal arms race* "Warning: Perfection is reaching critical levels"

@frenchbread952

4 жыл бұрын

"the real arms race" DINOSSAURS AND METEOR...

@sephikong8323

4 жыл бұрын

"What is it you don't understand in the words real arms race ?" *bacteria and bacteriophage* "The concept of perfection has been transcended as I have achieved superior knowledge on all matters*

@jduffy6622

4 жыл бұрын

To many arms races make it stop! Ahhhhh

In the end, the Germans slowed down their naval program and.. just kidding, they started building dreadnoughts 😂😂

@cv4809

4 жыл бұрын

Boom boats*

@pickeljarsforhillary102

4 жыл бұрын

They slowed down 1919-1935.

@thezeitos469

4 жыл бұрын

Bigger guns!

@NightFlash24

2 жыл бұрын

Building the Dreadnought actually fucked up Britain most of all: this type of ship was so powerful that their entire fleet became obsolete over night. It reset the arms race back to zero, and they had to start attaining naval superiority - which thus far, at great prior investment, was firmly held by them - again. From scratch. Thus, the alliance with France was a deeper move imho. It didn't just give a checkmate to Germany, but also negated a potential adversary. One over which the British couldn't be sure to attain the same level of advantage as before.

@matsteadyy1053

2 жыл бұрын

Germany don't wanna declare war on Britain Britain don't wanna declare war on Germany

Germany: *builds a ship* Britain: *builds two ships in retaliation * Britain: "perfectly balanced as all things should be"

@fot6771

4 жыл бұрын

@Joshua N. Ajang they were better ship for ship construction wise but bested in every other category

@sausagejockyGaming

4 жыл бұрын

@Joshua N. Ajang no it doesnt xddddd, Britain was known for its navy, a single british ship was equal if not better than a single german, but when you are rich why not just build double? all it shows is that britain was richer and could afford to spend more money on ships.

@sausagejockyGaming

4 жыл бұрын

@Joshua N. Ajang so you think less quantity means more quality? so i assume you think the vatican cities army is the strongest and best in the world simply because there are less of them?

@sausagejockyGaming

4 жыл бұрын

@Joshua N. Ajang lol, the name of a military means nothing, asif thats your arguement, its funny how you name the only german naval victory of the war, instead of the many times before this after after jutland where the kreigsmarine got their arses handed to them.

@frostedcat

4 жыл бұрын

@@sausagejockyGaming agree. not until the konig class battleships does the german navy truly has a ship that is as powerful as her british counterpart.

🇩🇪: I am gonna build a navy 🇬🇧: *looks at 🇫🇷 🇬🇧: *oh man oh god oh man oh god oh man oh god oh man oh god*

@Lancor84

3 жыл бұрын

*The isles start to spin*

@pietrodifioreandrade736

2 жыл бұрын

UK: *Sweats Profusely* I-I-I couldn't possibly be considering this, could I?

@2024_EuropesLastBattle

3 ай бұрын

We should have joined the Central Powers

“I have narrowed them down to three unthinkable options, each one carrying-“ “I pick all three.” “You don’t even want to read them first?” “I was elected to lead, not to read. ALL THREE.”

@christianbustnes9212

4 жыл бұрын

Guns Blazin where’s this from, I have heard it before but I don’t remember where from

@rishichava355

4 жыл бұрын

@@christianbustnes9212 Simpsons movie

@christianbustnes9212

4 жыл бұрын

Oleg Kraskin you sure

@christianbustnes9212

4 жыл бұрын

Oleg Kraskin you where right

@spacexfan1281

4 жыл бұрын

@@christianbustnes9212 u just watched whole simpsons series just to proof another buddy?

Germany: builds some boats UK: "Oh it's like that is it?" *narrows eyes*

@davidbooth46ify

3 жыл бұрын

The bitch in your pfp needs to stfu

@BritishRepublicsn

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidbooth46ify what

@davidbooth46ify

2 жыл бұрын

@@BritishRepublicsn singing

@BritishRepublicsn

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidbooth46ify I’m really confused where that came from

@davidbooth46ify

2 жыл бұрын

@@BritishRepublicsn The users profile picture

Germany should’ve spammed Submarine 4s and put homing torpedoes on them

@icrushchildrensdreams4556

4 жыл бұрын

Homing torpedos didnt exist in 1913

@lowsecnoya3894

4 жыл бұрын

Just find yourself the shitist ww1 mod that still has the vanilla tech tree

@sorcererberoll4641

4 жыл бұрын

I8pT r/wooosh it’s hearts of iron not being smug just saying

@gruenpelz

4 жыл бұрын

ThAtS nOt HoW iT wOrKs IdIoT! 1!1!1

@matthiascorvinus8843

4 жыл бұрын

Since you're here this video will probably blow up.

You get 9000 geek points for giving Admiral Jackie A "More dakka" sign.

@joecool2810

4 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Schmidt I love the sound that his animated people make when they die. Just a flop with a very unique soft thud.

@PugnaciousProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@joecool2810 very graceful.

@steelbear2063

2 жыл бұрын

More like 40000

@GeneralBradley101VA

2 жыл бұрын

More Dakka for da BOYZ.

@alan-sk7ky

2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the sign on his chest saying give me some more work to do. That he wore while prowling around the admiralty building being nosey while he was first sea lord... :-)

Kaiser Wilhem II: "How do you like me now Uncle Bertie and Cousin George!" King Edward VII: "We don't. In fact, that's why we're going to go hang out with France."

@Yora21

4 жыл бұрын

*monocle drops*

@justinmcclung6030

3 жыл бұрын

Wilhelm II: But, but, but.. Royal braggarts, you hate the French!

@Abraccuda

3 жыл бұрын

No members of your family here... They lost their heads

@australium7374

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you know that Queen Victoria was alive when the opening stages of this was happening so she just watched as wilhelm directly tried to compete with her empire. that sounds kind of awkward

@lunaticace7782

2 жыл бұрын

spending the last few years of her life watching her grandson's antics must've amused Victoria a bit.

"More Dakka" THE EMPEROR PROTECTS

@jimtaylor294

3 жыл бұрын

Via the ship's weapons, we will bring the light of the god emperor to all.

For those who don't know, the Dreadnaught meant that building new pre-dreadnaughts was pointless, but it didn't actually make the previous ships worthless. In fact, there were dozens of pre-dreadnaughts in WWI. There was a risk in creating the Dreadnaught, since it meant all nations were on equal footing again, shipwise. The UK had 1, everyone else had 0. So if Germany could keep up in building, they would stay roughly equal, barring what small lead Britain could gain before the Germans released a first one. The reason they took the risk was because it was better to gain that small lead than to let someone else get it first.

@looinrims

2 жыл бұрын

Pre dreadnoughts almost made the battle of Jutland a crushing British victory, it’s not just gun size

@unigaming9921

2 жыл бұрын

@@looinrims exactly. They still had plenty of weight. And a pre-dreadnaught still outgunned other non dreadnought ships.

@looinrims

2 жыл бұрын

@@unigaming9921 no, the opposite reason, they were so slow had jellicoe not been misinformed so much he’d destroyed the entire pre dreadnought fleet for free

@tyler8253

2 жыл бұрын

Also the ships were so damn expensive to build neither the Germans nor British wanted to actually use them in combat. There was only one dreadnaught on dreadnaught naval battle during World War I (believe this was the Battle of Jutland but please correct if mistaken). Cheaper ships simply provided more bang for their buck, as the true value of naval combat in Europe soon turned to disrupting commerce rather than decisive naval battles.

@unigaming9921

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyler8253 there was also the nuclear aspect. Even though the ships were prohibitively expansive, they needed to be build. Imagine if the UK had none. The German dreadnought fleet would be free to shred their grand fleet. It's like the nukes. You can win any war with them if only you have them. But if others have them, you can't risk using yours. So the weapons only value is preventing everyone else from using theirs.

Fun fact: the Anglo-German Naval Buildup was the first time the term “Cold War” was used. It described the competitive spirit of The United Kingdom and The German Empire in an article in 1914 and speculated on the outcome. I bet we all know how well that went.

Surprised to see Tirpitz not holding a sign saying name a ship after me

@NicolaW72

4 жыл бұрын

The ship was much later built during the Nazi-time and has nothing to do with the naval race before WWI.

@coleboone8826

4 жыл бұрын

NicolaW72 I know but it’s a running gag in the videos about people like Patton leclerc having military class vehicle named after them

@NicolaW72

4 жыл бұрын

@@coleboone8826 Yes, so far as I see it´s a military tradition in the U.S. to name tanks or ships after famous American military leader. In Germany naming ships after persons was the exception of the rule: the "Tirpitz" and the "Bismarck" during the Nazi-time, the battleship "Prinzregent Luitpold" = "Prince Regent Luitpold" (after Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria - 1821 - 1912, from 1886 onwards Prince Regent for the mentally ill Bavarian King) during WWI. Usually German navy ships were and are namend after regions and places, large navy ships after German States or territories: "Schleswig-Holstein", "Westfalen", "Bayern", smaller ones after cities: "Dresden", "Nürnberg", "Regensburg". And the few ships which were named after persons were nearly always named after politicians ("Bismarck") or Royalties ("Prince Regent Luitpold"/ "Crown Princess Cecilie", another German battleship of WWI). So far as I know was Tirpitz the only military leader to which a German navy ship was named. German tanks carried always the name of dangerous animals: "Panther" and "Tiger" during the Nazi-time, "Leopard", "Gepard" and "Marder" in the Federal Republic of Germany.

@anonincognito617

4 жыл бұрын

Hipper, lutzow, scharnhorst, gneisenau, graf spee, tirpitz, Bismarck, graf zeppelin all named for people

@shellshockedgerman3947

4 жыл бұрын

@@NicolaW72 Some German destroyers during the Nazi era were named after people.

Churchill: for every german ship, we build two more shipbuilders: STONKS

Fun Fact: In Germany Today there is still a 'champagne tax', if you buy champagne or sparkling vines your money flows to the Kaisers fleet

@jerryrgzz1571

4 жыл бұрын

So they have a national reserve in case you ever need to rebuild the High seas fleet.

@KillerofWestoids

3 жыл бұрын

@HeHeHu Nop The germans always have a war plan. I wouldnt be suprised if they have a reserve force of 1 million men and have stocked 5000 tanks somewhere and have labelled them as "tractors".

@daniel6009

3 жыл бұрын

@@KillerofWestoids Hey man you can't just leak our secret plans on the internet smh...

@trollololololololo1173

3 жыл бұрын

@@KillerofWestoids Wtf man! Why are you telling this? Thats a Secret! Dukannst doch nicht einfach unsere Kriegspläne ausplaudern! ^^

@cynicat74

2 жыл бұрын

@@KillerofWestoids My favourite part about that is that's what actually happening leading up to WWII. Ah yes, the German "Light Tractor", very agriculturally beneficial with that big fucking gun on the top of it-

"More Dakka" Oi You Git, Wat you doing makin sissy holovids when yous should be FIGHTIN! WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

@ishan7101

4 жыл бұрын

orkish dreadnoughts, hmmmmm

@ForelliBoy

4 жыл бұрын

so did baron fisher have a cockney accent

@CollinBuckman

4 жыл бұрын

Fitting for this to be posted during Orktober

@d.esanchez3351

4 жыл бұрын

There's only one way to comment this. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG

« Bonjour rosbifs » Ah, I see you’re a man of culture.

@GreenStorm01

4 жыл бұрын

I actually hurt myself when I saw that.

@lucabernstein4663

4 жыл бұрын

Is it actually hello roast beef or is that just google translate being awful?

@thetophatgentleman4634

4 жыл бұрын

Luca Bernstein The French usually call the English « roast beef ».

@lucabernstein4663

4 жыл бұрын

@@thetophatgentleman4634 thanks for the clarification

@Cjnw

4 жыл бұрын

Ok Zoomer

Someone: builds a boat Great Britain: I sense a disturbance in the force.

3:06 "I blame you" The Treaty of Versailles in a nutshell

Germany: We deserve a place in the sun! Britain: Unfortunately for you history will not see that way!

@stevenmoore4612

4 жыл бұрын

Germany did deserve a place in the sun! The empires of Britain and France were old news, and it was Germany’s time to shine!

@someguysomeone3543

4 жыл бұрын

"Because we wanted so"

@walsh9080

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenmoore4612 Who deserves to be a major power? It just happens, I don't think anyone deserves it.

@wildfire9280

4 жыл бұрын

@@alirasidagic1 Nice alt

@thezeitos469

4 жыл бұрын

@@walsh9080 truth right here.

There's a great book called "Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War (1991)" by Robert K. Massie that details the build up to war between Germany and the UK. Tirpitz's goal was simply to "restore German honour" by ensuring that German merchant ships were protected by German warships, naturally this meant that they would have to build more warships than England. Tirpitz's second innovation (or insult if you were British) was to introduce the first multi-year spending programs by any government ever. This means that not only were new warships going to be built, they were GUARANTEED top be built as the funding was already agreed 4-5 years in advance. Again, this led to a not very happy UK. A truly great book, my favourite bit is right at the end with all the details about the July Crisis and the lead up to the opening of hostilities, even at the last second the UK could have gone either way (jump in or stay out). A true tragedy all round.

@rotwang2000

Жыл бұрын

The run up to WWI was one where nobody really wanted to go to war and tried to avoid it, but nobody would ever avoid jumping in if one did break out. What happens next is 4 years of protracted fighting where losses become massive, but nobody is ever defeated so the fight goes on until the German high command hits the panic button.

@mrvk39

Жыл бұрын

You can start WWI with the decision by Germany to build up its navy - it's the trigger for a set of competing alliances that eventually, 5 steps further, led to the assassination of Ferdinand and all hell breaking loose. Without this naval build up, it would've been simply impossible for Britain to join a contental war over something so inconsequential to it's interests.

@rotwang2000

Жыл бұрын

@@mrvk39 You can take it back to the Congress of Vienna, which is hailed as the great European peace, except that it's a conservative return to the Ancient Régime. But it can't hold back new political ideas like nationalism and the growing demand for more democracy. This creates a situation where problems are defused, but nobody dares to address the underlying tensions, the growing issues and bone-headed political ideas. All exacerbated by the clever idea of one man, Albert who dreams of one happy family ruling peacefully over Europe and while family ties can be a powerful bond, there is nothing so terrible as a family feud. Europe's political tectonic plates rub against each other and the policy of fixing the problem, without addressing the underlying issues leads to the Great War. Everyone thought that war even if not desired might be nothing but opportunities. Even if they had defused the Balkan crisis of 1914, Austria is still in deep trouble, Wilhelm II is still desperate to have Nicholas and George treat him with respect, while Dagmar of Denmark despises him with all her heart and keeps setting up the family against him. 1870 may not be a major topic in France in 1914, but the political situation needs a good unifying event to reset the darker moments of the "Belle Époque". The Ottoman Empire is slowly disintegrating and Britain is desperate to see a return to a Europe where neither Germany nor France can be dominant but the reality is that France, Germany and Russia are now too ambitious to keep under control. WWI is the cumulation of pecking at the Austrian and Ottoman Empires, the clay feet and empty head of the Russian giant, the bundle of neuroses called Der Kaiser, it's the aftermath of attempting to rewrite the maps in Italy and the Balkans, it's the aftermath of 1870, the legacy of the Second Schleswig War and Bismarck simply brushing Britain aside as the political dealer to achieve German unification at any cost and even the breakup of the Netherlands in 1830. Back in 1815 Vienna they thought they could nail down history and return to a world that never existed.

@cattysplat

9 ай бұрын

@@rotwang2000 You really can't discount Britain wanting to maintain the growth and grip of it's empire at all costs, especially after it's loss of America, by wanting to maintain a stranglehold on other European power's empire ambitions.

@rotwang2000

9 ай бұрын

@@cattysplat The British tried to hold to a policy where no continental power in Europe would be allowed to be dominant, which usually meant kicking down France a notch and occasionally Russia as per the Crimean War for example. But the unification of Germany caught Britain flat-footed. They thought it would be a good thing as they would focus on France, but when they turned out Germany had major colonial ambitions ...

I still see Wilhelm using both arms perfectly, your videos are getting less and less realistic.

@continualvariability3345

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@robthetindog8218

3 жыл бұрын

If he been able to use both arms perfectly,history might’ve been very different.......

@jimtaylor294

3 жыл бұрын

Twice as many Trees would have fallen to him XD.

“More boom ships!” Hahaha i love you guys!

@panzerofthelake506

4 жыл бұрын

When?

@Artur_M.

4 жыл бұрын

@@panzerofthelake506 1:39

What makes this even more ridiculous is that much of this naval power was barely used in WW1

@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7738

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah both sides were afraid of losing their fleets so large naval battles were actually extremely rate lol

“This strategy in known as the fleet in being doctrine” Hoi4 players: H E A V Y B R E A T H I N G

@zap3231

3 жыл бұрын

Sums it up

@volt9031

3 жыл бұрын

Tru facts

@jimtaylor294

3 жыл бұрын

...and it is generally regarded as a duff idea, as those who've had to use it typically lost to the bigger player.

@thespiritphoenix3798

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody ever used base strike in Hoi4 which is sad.

@jimtaylor294

2 жыл бұрын

F

Other European nation: builds ships Britain: *ARE YOU CHALLENGING ME*

I think it's worth mentioning that the construction of the Dreadnought caused a major problem for Britain. True it was a revolutionary design that rendered every other capital ship in the world obsolete, but that also meant every other British capital ship was now obsolete too. It effectively reset all the world's navies. Thus the size advantage that the Royal Navy had built up over the years was severely stunted since rival nations now only had to build a similar number of dreadnoughts in order to achieve capital ship parity with the Royal Navy.

@graveperil2169

3 жыл бұрын

if they had not done it someone else would have the tech was all existing it just had not been combined into one ship

@LouisKing995

2 жыл бұрын

It didn’t make previous ships obsolete, it made building new ships of the previous classes obsolete. There is a big difference there. Plenty of pre-dreadnoughts fought in World was 1.

Did you genuinely put in a placard reading ''MORE DAKKA''? XD

Germany should have said: "for every british dreadnought we build 2 more". Endless build-up of dreadnoughts and neither side having the money to actually go to war :p

@sausagejockyGaming

4 жыл бұрын

germany was already going bankrupt, britain didnt feel any noticable economic damage and britain loves its navy anyway they would be happy to spend the money xd

@sonicmeerkat

4 жыл бұрын

@@sausagejockyGaming honestly the fact that the side producing half has many ships was the one that had to yield just emphasises how bad of an idea it was to deny any agreements.

@sausagejockyGaming

4 жыл бұрын

@@sonicmeerkat yeah, it was very foolish of germany, they knew they couldnt produce as many ships in the same time nor of the same quality, and they knew they would lose all their money first, i dont really understand their logic, i suppose at the start they never intended to start an arms race but yeah they shouldve agreed to the first agreement offered.

@MouldMadeMind

3 жыл бұрын

@@sausagejockyGaming the funny thing is in Germany you still pay the tax for building the fleed.

@lordanonimmo7699

3 жыл бұрын

@@sausagejockyGaming It was because in a case of war britain and france could easily block germany economy,that's what they did in the war anyway,blocked germany from trading with the rest of the world and won the war.Some genrals were very against saying that the german army strenght is the army and air forces,but their precautions weren't exaclty unfunded.

HMS Dreadnought was a bit of a double edged sword. Yes it gave the Royal Navy the most advanced and powerful ship in the world when completed but it also made the two power standard redundant

@alexander9703

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure it was. Dreadnought was an inevitability, the British couldn't have relied on the Germans just chosing not to create bigger and more powerful ships.

@RedXlV

Жыл бұрын

Not really. The concept was already out there. Italy came up with it first (but couldn't afford to build them). The US was already building a pair of battleships that in some respects were actually a more advanced design than HMS Dreadnought. Japan was also building a pair that would've been dreadnoughts had so much money not been wasted on refitting all of the Russian battleships they captured at Tsushima. Britain having a much larger naval budget and a more advanced shipbuilding industry was able to build Dreadnought well before USS Michigan and USS South Carolina were finished, despite having a later start. Building Dreadnought right away instead of waiting until the US launched the same revolution anyway did mean that Germany started their own dreadnought program sooner. But it also meant Britain had a huge head start in building dreadnoughts. By the time SMS Nassau (the first German dreadnought) was completed in October 1909, Britain already had four of them (Dreadnought, Bellerophon, Superb, and Temeraire) in service and another six under construction. And less than 2 months after Nassau was completed, Britain began construction on HMS Orion, the first superdreadnought, which had double the firepower of the German ship. In other words, for the entirety of the dreadnought era, everybody else who built battleships was playing catch-up with the British.

@joeerickson516

Жыл бұрын

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@joeerickson516

Жыл бұрын

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Looking at the map one can understand why Germany thought it needed to compete with the British Navy and force the UK into an allience. Germany could easily be blocked from accessing its new colonies and from oversea trade at all.

@scanida5070

2 жыл бұрын

And the exact thing happened in WW1...

It's worth noting that building the HMS Dreadnought was probably a massive mistake by the UK because it made their entire navy obsolete and leveled the worldwide playing field. In fact, the Royal Navy had previously had a reputation of intentionally not laying down innovative designs unless another navy forced them to do so.

@cattysplat

9 ай бұрын

If Britain didn't, Germany would have done it anyway, was just a matter of time and would of made the Royal Navy look fallible, giving Germany an opening for potential military alliances with other European powers with empire ambitions.

Germany: *builds a ship UK: "GREAT! Now, I have to be nice to France. *LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!"*

(Sees more Dakka sign.) I see you are a man of culture as well.

@sorcererberoll4641

4 жыл бұрын

Wesley Fravel HERESY

@d.esanchez3351

4 жыл бұрын

The WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG is eternal

@Cjnw

4 жыл бұрын

Ok Zoomer

The problem the navy had was there was “NOT ENUF DAKKA!!!!!!!!!”

@Lightspeeds

4 жыл бұрын

*Opens comm link to local inqusitor* Hello, I'd like to report a horde of orcs on my planet.

@thomasgray4188

4 жыл бұрын

This is why we got the orion class SUPER - DREADNOUGHTS EVEN MORE DAKKA!!!!!¡!!!!!¡!!!¡!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@d.esanchez3351

4 жыл бұрын

I want to WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG now boyz

UK: has equal ships to the rest of Europe UK: *perfectly balanced as all things should be*

will we get a ten minute history ever again?, love your videos anyway though!

You know its serious when the British ally with the French

UK and Germany: Attempt to create the world's most powerful navy by building more dreadnoughts/battleships. USA: Accidentally becomes the world's most powerful navy by losing several battleships.

Let's be honest, who wouldn't want more Boom Boats with "more dakka"?

Interesting thing to think about: Dreadnoughts, and later Super Dreadnoughts where so bizarly powerful compared to older ships that Britain actually "helped" Germany: The UK had the biggest navy in the world, and Germany could never ever catch up to that without devine intervention or something. And then the UK was that "devine intervention"... By building this new class of ships that could take on everything there was without being touched itself, the Royal Navy actually nullified it's own numerical superiority. Because it didn't matter how many ships you had, it mattered how many dreadnoughts u had... And thus the Royal Navy gave the Imperial Navy the level playingground the UK so desperatly tried to avoid...

@graveperil2169

3 жыл бұрын

except the playing field was not level as the UK had more dockyards and the finances to restart it hurt but as the tech already existed it was better to move to the Dreadnoughts now than to carry on building pre-Dreadnoughts waiting for someone else to create a Dreadnoughts

there's never enough dakka

@ArkadiBolschek

4 жыл бұрын

that's why you always need more

@jimtaylor294

3 жыл бұрын

Tillman Design Study: *Yes*

A++ video. That arm race had lots and lots of secondary consequence, like my own country, Canada, being tired of another taxes to pay for another country's Dreadnought. That specific reason lead to events and eventually lead to Canada being independant from Britain.

Then in the 1920's the UK, USA and Japan signed a naval arms treaty that pretty much worked till the mid 1930's when Japan broke it by laying down the Yamato class the problem Japan built 2 ships in the same amount of time the UK built 5 (while fighting Germany and Italy) and the US built 10.

Fun fact: battleships built before hms dreadnought are called pre dreadnought battleships and they typically had 4 big guns in two twin turrets plus loads of different smaller guns. This was because fire control tech at the time limited engagement distance to where those smaller guns were still useful

More dakka? *Happy green skin noises

@Cjnw

4 жыл бұрын

Normie

@blindoutlaw

2 жыл бұрын

Waaaaagh

I just wanted to say I like your videos very much. They are interesting, funny and accurate. I enjoy every one of your videos. Please continue. Greetings from Germany Gute Arbeit! :)

Britain: Bo one can challenge my navy! Germany: *Challenges Britain's navy* Britain: You weren't supposed to do that

You forgot the most important anecdote: To finance the naval race the German government introduced a tax on sparkly wine (Schaumweinsteuer) in 1902 which still is in vigor today!

Britain and France missed the opportunity to design and build a ship larger and more powerful than a Dreadnought: The Bisonette.

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

1:20 A Warhammer 40K reference within a history video. Life is now complete.

I just wanted to say that I like these new shorter videos. From being a channel I clicked on only occasionally, you are now one of the few channels where I watch every video as soon as it comes out

Everytime I open the YT app and see a new History Matters video my heart smiles

Super bonus points for including the Dodecanese when you showed the silhouette of Italy

Any single nation: *builds 1 ship* Britain: you're getting too daring, we must build 7 more ships!!

History Matters doing its best to answer questions that I never asked but am eager to get the answer of yet again

The Ork reference in "more dakka" at 1:17 made me smile. Thank you for your humor!

As much as I love your videos, glad to see another history video like this. I liked you question and rhetrosoective videos, but I prefer these videos more. Great work.

Last time I was this early, the Royal Navy was still the pride and joy of the United Kingdom.

@hiddenassassin3233

4 жыл бұрын

Still is the best trained and equipped in the world. Albeit not the biggest.

@trlacr1781

4 жыл бұрын

@@hiddenassassin3233 No doubt. But.... yeah, budget restrictions....

@graysonguinn1943

4 жыл бұрын

Que "America fuck yeah" boys

@augustusstamer2428

4 жыл бұрын

@@graysonguinn1943 America! Fuck Yea!

@Cjnw

4 жыл бұрын

Normie

Dakka... So ironic... This WARHAMMER!

I love your videos and your sense of humor.

Great video as always 👍🏼

Some things never change...Between the British and the French such as their rivalry.

"Something no British government ever wanted to do, ally with France." That's one way to end a thousand year rivalry.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Too bad it still exists in Canada... PS. I'm an American... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Very good content keep up the good work!

I don't know why but you always come up with the best video ideas...

Good video as always, though i wanna point out that i think it was underemphasized how much the dreadnaught outdated every german ship. Because the HMS didnt only outdate every german ship, it outdated EVERY ship. one of the deciding factors of Tirpiz to even start the arms race was that, with dreadnaughs now being a thing, all other royal navy steamers would no longer be able to keep up with DN's and Cruisers, which was true. The Dreadnaughts ,and the steam turbine ships in general were not only massively outranging other Steamer ships at the time, they were also much much faster. The problem wasnt so m uch that it outdated germany, as that it outdated brittain. Why is that the problem? because if you have the combined navy of russia and France, thats hard to beat and a natural deterrent from people building against you. however if your size is suddenly shrunk to a single ship, it only takes a single ship to get even with you, and germany was a iron powerhouse when it came to constructing just about everything, so thye took the chance.

@Battyj

2 жыл бұрын

Germany had a chance but failed to overtake the royal navy

@scotth6814

Жыл бұрын

Britain didn't have a choice about building Dreadnought. Other countries already had them on the drawing board or under construction.

"More Dakka" I love you (no homo)

This video helped me lot with an essay. Nice one

Awesome video!

The Dreadnaught is actually what allowed the naval arm's race to become so heated because it also rendered most of the RN capital ships obsolete, artificially creating parity between the various naval powers.

East Germany had a great navy, that’s why they still own Ernst Thälmann Island

@affentaktik2810

4 жыл бұрын

Kim Jong-un east germany had a navy?????

@joaquinlazcano3373

4 жыл бұрын

@@affentaktik2810 yeah, the Volksmarine (the people's navy)

@affentaktik2810

4 жыл бұрын

Joaquin Lazcano was it actually good?

@ryanmurray7941

4 жыл бұрын

Affentaktik well, it’s a split German puppet state of s communist dictatorship who just annihilated the said German puppet state in the previous war which made it a puppet state. I don’t think it was a very good navy

@ethanwmonster9075

4 жыл бұрын

koll meme

More Dakka! Damn, I love this channel!

I've been trying to remember the 'Fleet in Being' phrase for years. Thank you!

*comes from watching wh40k lore vids (oculus this time)* History matters: "more dakka" *Laughter and waghhh increases*

1:36 " In the end, the Germans decided to slow down their naval program...just kidding, they started building dreadnoughts" 😂

Absolutely entertaining. Ty.

Yo History Matters will you ever cover ancient history again, I absolutely loved your history of England series will you do others like it in the future? Like Greece, Persia, Egypt etc.

The often stated "naval arms race" being a cause for WW1 is a misconception. Historians pin their flag on the date "1906", saying that here is where that "history" started. Actually, the naval arms race started in 1871, with an unsuccessful attempted blockade of northern German ports during the Franco-Prussian War by the French navy. The "cause" was therefore the intention of German leaders to protect German citizens from the threat of blockade. Blockading an enemy, was one of the favorite means of economic warfare at the time. It therefore "started" with a German-French naval arms race, and expanded to a German - French/Russian arms race after France and Russia formed an alliance (Entente Cordial). It was the British policy for the continent called "Balance of Power" which escalated tensions. By default, the policy practically dictated that the continent's most powerful state/alliance would be "the enemy in war". This was determined by British politicians, in London, and nobody else can be blamed for this attitude, but British policy makers. German leaders therefore countered that, on the foundation of facts, which meant that "by default" (until the policy of Balance of Power changed) they were "the enemy" in the minds of British leaders When GB joined Russia and France, creating the Tripple Entente, this "naval arms race" was already in full swing. Obviously, German leaders then had to protect German ports from a potential blockade of THREE navies. British, Russian, and French. In other words, the German naval re-armament was an "effect" of previous actions (causality). Not a "cause" but an "effect" of previous events. The German leaders reacted to a potential threat (blockade). A confusion of "cause and effect", by simply pinning a "starting date" randomly on a timeline. "History" is being "sold" to us the wrong way, and it is easy to confuse people. Also, study the design parameters of the German ships built up to WW1. Note that they were close range, coast defence vessels without any *global reach.* (Google the difference between a "Blue Water Navy" and "Coast Defence i.e. "Brown--" or "Green Water Navies") The threat to the RN and the British Empire was the typical fear mongering by arms manufacturers, vying for funds for their particular industry.

@a2falcone

4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. However, in a chain of causality, cause A's effect is cause B and so on. You're talking as if the ultimate cause was the true cause and the direct cause was no cause at all. That leads to the question of what caused the Franco-Prussian War, and what caused that cause, etc., extending causality too far away.

@ralphbernhard1757

4 жыл бұрын

@@a2falcone True that the comment you wrote follows the M.A.I.N. causes argument of "why WW1?" Of course one cannot entangle these causes from another. I just wanted to point out that simplified explanations like "the Kaiser was jealous of the Royal Navy" and therefore built ships, or "Wilhelm II wanted to threaten the British Empire", etc. are not correct. Germany built ships because the international state of affairs required it too. I wrote a little essay concerning this a while back, so I'll see if I can find it again to copy and paste in here. rgds

@ralphbernhard1757

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrés Falcone I think it didn't get through before because of the links I included, so I'll post it again. The Germany not "allowed to build ships" point of view of many historians is flawed. People, *any* people, independent of where they live, are affected by the events of the recent and relevant past (note, not the future, which they don't know about of course). *So why did the German taxpayer support the construction of a large German Navy?* Easy answer: past events. Kagoshima, Sebastopol (Krim War), Savannah, the Opium Wars, and hundreds of other "targets" ravaged by *naval bombardment* (note, as frightening a concept in those days as aerial bombardment a century later) and wars as a result of squabbling over spheres of influence. That is what influenced public opinion at the time (1880s and 1890s), and why a nation of taxpayers would gladly use their newly created wealth, to support the construction of a navy. The object was not becoming the victim of another nation's arrogance of power. As it was, during WW1, the Imperial German Navy might not have broken the illegal (not sanctioned by international law) *long distance* blockade of the RN, but they *did* avoid the RN from steaming into the Baltic, "Copenhagenizing" one German city after the next... (google the naval doctrines of Copanhagenizing enemy ports) In fact, criticizing the construction of the Imperial German Navy from the comfortable position of hindsight today, makes as little sense as criticizing the construction of Chain Home or the ordering of large numbers of Hurricanes and Spitfires in the late 1930s... For *both* , there was a justified "cause". If one doesn't like the effect, then don't supply the cause.

Ey waddup, came running when I got the notification

so cool vid man

".....just kidding they started building more dreadnoughts." Your dry humor is right up my alley, I love this youtube channel and this guy's voice. Narrate my funeral please?

WE NEED MORE DAKKA BOIZ ERE'WE GO WID THE BATTLESHIPS

Funny thing, It was USA who ultimately won that race. As soon as WW1 started, USA sped up its own shipbuilding programme, particularly Dreadnought battleships. British Empire was already too bussy fighting the Germans as to pay attention to what Americans were doing. As a result, in just 3 years after the end of WW1, in 1921, the British Empire was forced to sign the Naval Treaty of Washington that stablished the naval strengh ratio of 5-5-3 among the 3 largest naval powers at that moment: USA, British Empire and Japan. So just 3 years after WW1 Great Britain lost all what lead it to fight WW1. Moreover, Great Britain was humilliated by USA at that treaty by being forced to end its alliance with Japan. Great Britain even had to show gratitude to USA for signing that humilliating treaty, otherwise USA would have resumed its naval race, something that Great Britain couldn't afford since it was almost bankrupt after WW1 expenses. So, in the end, both Germany and Great Britain were defeated in that naval race. The ultimate winner was USA.

@graveperil2169

3 жыл бұрын

yep the USA screwed the UK after WW1 and WW2 till they no longer counted

@CharlesHapsburg

6 ай бұрын

Typical Americans who have to make everything about them. Worry about your modern empire failing. It’s coming soon yank.

I like the length of these videos

Tirpitz actually has a museum place in northern Norway. Where she was shot down and sunk. it's not like we welcomed the German fleet. But it is deticated to the German sailors who gave their lives to a hopeless purpose which eventually meant their demise.

Fun fact: de dreadnought was projected for the italian navy but the government refused so the guy who projected the ship presented the project in a british newspaper

well its hard to blame Wilhelm II wanting to have a fleet and global empire. His grandmother was Queen Victoria after all.

@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7738

2 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly true. He apparently visited her often growing up and would enjoy watching the Royal Navy warships sail past

Germany: *Puts metal on water* Britain: And I took that personally.

Super video :).

Fisher got the more dakka part right, just forgot to paint the things red. Schoolboy error.