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@billt6116

10 күн бұрын

Is it just my imagination, Or does that thumbnail Swede ship carry EXCEPTIONALY LARGE Cannon?

@uranusismightybig5111

10 күн бұрын

​@@billt6116its kind of like the "pocket battleship" the Germans used. Its not sized and armoured like a battleship, but they had the guns...well a little scaled down at least. He mentions it briefly in the video... If my memory serves me right, the heaviest ships were around 8-10,000 tons, and heavily armed with artillery...biggest guns were two twin turrets with 280mm pieces....i think that is the one in the thumbnail picture. This is only from my memory, so if someone knows more, please feel free to correct me.

Churchill never met a war he didn't like? That's quite a pronouncement. The UK was already at war with Germany before Churchill became Prime Minister and gained control of the government. He may not have been on the appeasement train with Chamberlain, but Churchill didn't start the war with Germany either.

@HiddenHistoryYT

3 күн бұрын

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I think Sweden was concerned by the Soviet invasion of Finland

@garyhakala5168

5 күн бұрын

And the provided Finland with munitions

@mickc7388

4 күн бұрын

Neutrality = cowards

@Snobiker13

4 күн бұрын

@@mickc7388 Very few countries that don't have imperial ambitions enter wars if there's a way to avoid it.

@ulfosterberg9116

4 күн бұрын

​@@mickc7388so you say the Americans are cowards?

@svenerikjohansson8130

2 күн бұрын

Of course, and by the German invasions of Denmark and Norway.

Fun fact: At the outbreak of World War One, in early August 1914, the Russians assumed that Sweden would fight alongside Germany. The Russian Baltic Fleet went looking for the Swedish Fleet off Gotland. But happily it was elsewhere.

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Thank you…at 53 still learning something everyday…;)

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Sweden provided both the Britts and the Germs with ballbearings throughout the war. British Airways had an allmost dayly connection with Sweden, witch brougth back both ballbearings and downed pilots. And the Danish atomic scientist Niels Bohr was flown to Britain in the bombbay of a civil Moskito, painted in British Airways livery. He then went on to become a part of the Manhatan Project. It flew unarmed, and with civil pilots, depending on speed to avoid the Luftwaffe.

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Denmark: what are we chopped liver?

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Күн бұрын

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My grandfather was born in Stockholm and joined the French Foreign Legion to fight the Germans in World War One, as many Swedes did. He told me that Sweden had become neutral after the Napoleonic Wars (around 1815), not WW1. Interestingly, this happened because the women of Sweden got together and threatened to stop having children unless their demand was met. A highly effective strategy!

@nissafors

10 күн бұрын

Thats not a True story I think. Greetings from sweden

@stevewindisch7400

10 күн бұрын

@@nissafors He was born in 1898, so apparently Swedes of that era believed it to be true. I know he did.

@markgarrett3647

8 күн бұрын

Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism. *Julian Assange*

@hansericsson7058

4 күн бұрын

@@markgarrett3647 Feminism is good in this aspect cause women doesnt start wars as often as men

@markgarrett3647

4 күн бұрын

@@hansericsson7058 That's because it kills societies at the most basic levels which is the individual.

Thank you for this historical analysis.

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Great summary of the swedish navy’s modern history 👍

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Interesting. The Swedes did well in walking the tightrope not to fall off, but I suspect it was German reticence rather than any threat posed by the Swedish navy and army that allowed the country to avoid the fate of the three neighboring nations.

@craiggleason8386

10 күн бұрын

Germany had more to lose by attacking Sweden

@gregsmall5939

10 күн бұрын

Germany lost the Blucher to a Norwegian fort firing mk1 Whitehead torpedoes and most of their destroyers to the RAF in that campaign. I think their risk to reward ratio in trying to occupy Sweden would have been unacceptable.

@uranusismightybig5111

10 күн бұрын

​@@gregsmall5939exactly so. The loss of destroyers in particular during the Norway campaign had a profound effect on the Kriegsmarine for the rest of the war. They simply could not lose any more of them. To be honest, it was simple math to come to the conclusion that invading Sweden was not really in their interest. The iron ore was the prize, and that was secured when taking control of Norway with Narvik...

@Redgolf2

10 күн бұрын

So did Ireland 🇮🇪

@DavidDougan-vs5gm

8 күн бұрын

The royal navy was responsible for German destroyer losses in the Norwegian campaign not the raf. 8:27 8:40

Sweden disarming before war and then having to desperately arm during war is very typical of our history. The present armament happening at the moment is very unusual in peacetime - but we did a more typical disarmament project 1990 to 2010.

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3 күн бұрын

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@bobbyggare8364

2 күн бұрын

Its a ever repeting cycle

A lion can eat a porcupine but it chooses not to. Besides the Swedes knew not to do anything to force the Germans to attack. It had vital trade relations with the Germans. And as you pointed out she played both sides, that is what neutrals do.

@user-ix7ec8hc4k

6 күн бұрын

They also had a more neutral point of View to the root causes of that war, especially how it was escalated otu of an local border conflict about danzig and traffic routes. Birger Dahlerus was a swedish citizen who tried to bring poland to negotiation-table. But the british deniers denied.

@derjaeger3321

6 күн бұрын

@@user-ix7ec8hc4k Hitler was going east no matter what. The corridor was just an convenient excuse.

@user-ix7ec8hc4k

6 күн бұрын

@@derjaeger3321 0/10

@Hrotiberhtaz

3 күн бұрын

Switzerland, Spain and Turkey (Turkey until the very last moment) was also neutral and aided Germany during the war. Yet Sweden is the one the one that is constantly blamed by the allies, despite Sweden being in the most delicate position of all the neutral European states. Both Spain and Turkey more or less openly supported Hitler until it was absolutely clear that Europe was gonna be split up between the USA, France, Britain and Russia and they were afraid of falling into the communists sphere of influence. Switzerland also traded with Germany and was able to maintain a neutral armed stance due to it's geographical advantage, something that wasn't really a choice for Sweden due to it's geographic proximity to the main European belligerents in the war. I do believe that Churchill and Roosevelt hoped that Sweden would be invaded by the Germans so it would dilute the overall German force capacity by being bogged down trying to establish control over the hard to maneuver Swedish landscape. By trying to take down Sweden the Germans would've also had to worry about Sweden trying to free parts of Norway and Denmark and that would've forced them to reallocate tons of forces to strengthen their hold over the Nordics in general. It should also be mentioned that many on the allied side also allied with Russia against Sweden during the Great Northern War which caused Sweden to lose Finland and therefor there might not the as natural allied composition between the allies and Sweden due to some old grudges.

@drmodestoesq

3 күн бұрын

@@Hrotiberhtaz Turkey is not going to be blamed for being neutral because no one thinks Turkey is part of the cultural construct know as The West.

Where did that unnecessary and ignorant swipe at CHURCHILL come from ?

Swedish naval buildup during this period appears to be more as defence against Russia.

@HiddenHistoryYT

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If you visit Sweden, try and go to Karlskrona, the old capital and main hub of the Swedish Navy. Beautiful city 👌🏻🇸🇪

@HiddenHistoryYT

3 күн бұрын

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@MrOddball63

2 күн бұрын

Really? Capital?? Yes it's the capital of Blekinge county but have never been the capital of anything else...

@MattisSalminen

10 сағат бұрын

​@@MrOddball63as he said, the capital of the navy. You cant read?

@MrOddball63

7 сағат бұрын

@@MattisSalminen I can but that sentence can be interpreted more than one way, obviously... I have no problem with "main hub"... But I wouldn't expect a finnjävel to understand the finer nuances...

@MattisSalminen

6 сағат бұрын

@@MrOddball63 jodå, jag förstår svenska, inte minst med tanke på att jag är född och uppvuxen här. Men visst, jag förstår din förvirring, vad jag däremot inte förstår är varför (om jag nu hade varit finsk, det hade ju troligen påverkat min förståelse för underförstådda meningngsuppbyggnader i det svenska språket) min förståelse för engelska -som jag för övrigt talar lika väl som svenska- skulle påverkas av att jag har ett finskt namn? Jag vet inte hur det är med dig, men jag har kunnat engelska i över 30 år vid det här laget och kan utläsa alla "finer nuances" i både engelska och svenska.

A lot of historical facts in only 16 minutes. Thank you for a well done video! from Sven in Sweden.

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@svenerikjohansson8130

Күн бұрын

@@HiddenHistoryYT Same to you!

What is overlooked here is the fact that Germany and soviet union was allies in the beginning of the war. The joint navy of soviet union and Germany could have done anything in baltic sea. Sweden is mostly turned to the baltic sea and it was suddenly a wide open road into Sweden.

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3 күн бұрын

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@conveyor2

3 күн бұрын

Wrong. A non aggression pact does not = alliance.

@ulfosterberg9116

3 күн бұрын

@@conveyor2 do you really think that a non aggression pact between two aggressors who aggressivly devided and invaded the smaller countries between them and attacked Finland would ever been looked at sangvinely by the Swedish government and the general staff? And that is before the other aggressor attacked and invaded Denmark and Norway....

Two contrasting Swedish naval issues in WWII come to mind. The first was the Psilander affair of June 1940 when the Royal Navy "captured" for Swedish destroyers en route from Italy to Sweden. The British were concerned these ex Italian destroyers would be handed to or seized by the RN and detained in the Faroes and Scapa Flow. The matters were resolved by diplomacy and the destroyers were allowed to continue to Sweden the following month. In May 1941 in seeking to break out into the Atlantic, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were shadowed for two hours by the modern Swedish Cruiser Gotland in the Kattegat. The information was in the Admiralty by teatime- the information being supplied to the British by Sympathetic senior Swedish Naval officers

@millipedic

8 күн бұрын

Interesting

@carlcramer9269

6 күн бұрын

Britain interdicting Swedish military ship is a continuing story over the centuries - as it is with most other European navies. :o Just ask the Turks.

@ecrins70

4 күн бұрын

That information was not passed by Swedish "Naval Officers"

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I would say Denmarks navy also rivaled the Swedish navy at one point in history.

@kaisera4423

2 күн бұрын

The danish navy was the strongest in northen Europe until 1807. so it didt just riveal it

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Very interesting, but of course a 15 min video cannot give the whole picture. The main goal of the government was to keep Sweden out of the war. It did, though by bending, from time to time to pressure from both warring parties. Given its geography, hemmed in by German-held territory, it had no alternative to bend to German pressure, the transit traffic to Norway (and to Finland before Operation Barbarossa) being two examples. Due to the fact that Germany dominated the North Sea, trade with USA and Britain was cut off (though a few vessels carrying petroleum products were let through. So Sweden had but one country to trade with. Germany wanted iron ore that could not be sold to the Allies, since Narvik was in German hands. Sweden needed coal, of which Germany had a lot to spare. Thus we had a deal: coal for ore. To save on oil, all the ships used were coal-fired steamships. Hitler could, perchance, had invaded Sweden,if he had wanted to, and maybe he would have liked to, but to what avail? Sweden sold its ore, and he was the sole customer:Why bother? Had he occupied Sweden, he would have to allocate troops, which he did not have and surely met a resistance movement sabotageing the iron ore mines. Despite the fact that German culture had been influencing Sweden since medieval times (remember the Hansa), nazism was a very marginal movement in Sweden from the outset, its influence vaning steadily throughout the war, the German attack on our Nordic neighbours Denmark and Norway of course causing an outrage. Hans Strömberg, jouralist, Stockholm, Sweden

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@danielericsson9008

Күн бұрын

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Brave country

you do know that Sweden basically is the reason why the germans could produce so many tanks as 1/3 of all germanys steel came from sweden and we were just friends with them which was enough for them not to invade us

Given Sweden's geographic position, the supply of petroleum fuels to operate any military operations would have been dependent on German sources. This would mean Sweden's independence would be highly limited.

@Snobiker13

4 күн бұрын

Actually, lots of tankers reached Sweden across the Atlantic even during WW 2. Google "lejdtrafiken"! There was also some domestic production of synthetic fuels.

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The swedish coastal defence was formidable during ww2, the navy was just the first line of defence but on land we had countless fortifications with artillery the equivalent of a huge number of destroyers, cruisers and battleships. Remember that the swedish military was only focused on defence of the country. Amongst other we built the 500km long "Skåne line" around the most southern parts of the coast.

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@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo

Күн бұрын

What defenses were there on the Norwegian border? After all, Norway had been occupied by Germany in 1940.

Sweden has not been at war since 1814, when Norway was forced into a union, which lasted until 1907. So Norway was "the blue water navy" in that peroide. The union was dissolved at gun point, but ended peacefully. The Norwegian navy was strong at that time, but remained, more or less, the same in 1940, so little resistance was offered..

The Scandanavian countries had to thread a needle, politically speaking, during WWII. They were sandwiched between expansionist Russia and Germany, and oh yeah, don't forget the Allies would have loved to have control over their resources as well. Hard to blame them for playing all sides against each other. It was smart.

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Neutrality bands that were painted at the stern and aft of the hull ( 7.35 ) !?

My thought is that trade is critical minerals remained open (smuggling of such minerals to Britain) so there was no need to invade.

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I think that the Swedish government did more or less the right thing in order to maintain neutrality and avoid an invasion (although there were very questionable decisions made). I do not think however that their navy, coastal defense and armed forces in general were strong enough in order to avoid a German invasion. The number of coastal defenses might sound impressive but the Swedish coast was long and the effectiveness of coastal defense is questionable. Their navy was too small and outdated to really stop anything. And the Germans just could have bombed big cities, like in The Netherlands. The size of the country would have been excellent for serious resistance. The real reason for not invading was that neutral Sweden was very much in the German interest, they still pretty much got from the Swedes what they wanted. Still. All of it saved Sweden from the horrors of war.

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At5 6:30, the small craft identified as a "picket boat" is actually flying the flag of the United States Coast Guard--see also the initials "CG" on the hull number.

Fun side fact not until WW1 did the threat of all out war between Britain and France go away.

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4:15...check the age os USS Texas, and her sister ships serving in WWII

Swedish Navy? So, I am guessing there is a reason that the ship in the thumbnail is flying the Dannebrog?

when the Germans were doing well, Sweden drifted towards them. When the winds shifted, so did Sweden

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@andersbergquist

22 сағат бұрын

Total surrounded by Germany, they had few choices. Most of the Government was pro allies. There was lots of discussions in the government how much they hade to give Germany. And GB would not come to help. They planned to occupy Sweden in 1940s.

Son You're so wrong - Denmark had the STRONGEST Navy in Scandinavia until 1807

It is also important to remeber tha Britain and France had plans to invade Norway, and then get access to Kiruna and the Iron ore in Sweden. The excuse was to assist Finland during The Winter war. That war ended before the plan could be executed....

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You want to know effective the Swedish Navy would have been in WW2? Just look at the respective invasions of Denmark and Norway. Both countries had navies with surface ships that were very similar in age, size, function, armament and performance. Other than being better prepared for an invasion, the Swedish Navy would have suffered much the same fate, albeit in a more drawn-out fashion. The advantage for the Swedes probably would have been the fact that their land forces were fully capable of putting up a very stiff fight on the border and in the mountains. I'm guessing that would have helped keep their naval bases largely free of German occupation.

@07HAGE

10 күн бұрын

The Swedish destroyers were smaller than the German ones. But fast and maneuverable. German losses during the invasion of Denmark and Norway made the situation tricky för Die Kriegsmarine. Sure, the Swedish navy would have been whiped out if the Germans hade used all of their assets. But that were never going to happen. The big ships were needed elsewhere. Besides, Tirpitz and Bismarck were not worked up and ready for combat in 1940. And with the sisters fighting Renown and sinking Glorious in the North sea, Swedish losses might not have been as big as you might think.

@PSPaaskynen

10 күн бұрын

In 1940 the Swedish Army was incapable of putting up a credible defence of Swedish territory. They were understaffed, underequipped (almost no tanks and too few AT guns and also the air force was woefully weak) and they lacked fortified defence lines. All this would be addressed in the following years and after 1942, the army had grown into a somewhat potent force. In 1940 the Swedish navy was stronger and better prepared than the Danish and Norwegian naives put together and in their evaluations the Germans themselves identified it as the major obstacle to an invasion, not the Swedish army.

@niclasjohansson4333

9 күн бұрын

The Swedish navy was ALOT stronger than that of Norway and Denmark together, it had a lot more ships with much better performance ! 6 of the Swedish destroyers and 6 of there submarines were very modern, (the navies of Denmark and Norway did not operate any modern warships at all) and the 3 Sverige class "armoured cruisers" was totaly superiour to any other in Scandinavia ! Another perhaps even bigger difference was that the Swedish navy was fully manned, trained and ready for combat after the Soviet attack on Finland late 39 !

@PSPaaskynen

9 күн бұрын

@@niclasjohansson4333 I think the readiness was indeed the bigger difference. The Norwegian and Danish navies were at the time building new ships and some of those had already been commissioned (The Norwegians had a brand new minelayer and some light destroyers, the Danes were building new minesweepers and submarines), but it was nothing that would deter a German invasion.

@niclasjohansson4333

9 күн бұрын

@@PSPaaskynen The Swedish navy had several destroyers, the other Scandinavian navys did not have a single proper ship of the type, regarding submarines the Swedish navy was also superiour to its neigbouring countrys, and there was even 2 small cruisers, the Swedish navy was a lot stronger then than the other navys combined.

2:15 400 (officers) and 9,000 men respectively? Or is it 409,000 men total?

@Balrog2005

10 күн бұрын

Yeah, I think he means the first... but it's quite confusing.

“Green”? I thought what you described is referred to as a “Brown” water navy. I’m likely confused but I’ve never heard a nation’s local coastline and river patrol force as green water navy…?!?

@mitchellsmith4690

10 күн бұрын

It's not common, but it's used....brown water, green water and blue water. I've heard USN people refer to USCG as green water... .

@MrOddball63

2 күн бұрын

@@mitchellsmith4690 The riverine patrol boats in Vietnam were a brown water navy...

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"Sweden has an impressive naval standard, especially by Scandinavian standards" - Laughs in flagship Vasa

I think you should read up on the danish navy 😉

@HiddenHistoryYT

Күн бұрын

The Danish Navy in WW2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmyJ05uccay4nJc.html

@ThomasH7887

Күн бұрын

You start talking about 1700-1900 😉 ​@@HiddenHistoryYT

You know that the Swedish navy are even older then the Royal navy, and i believe you should explain why we let germans go throw sweden. tell them about the midsummer crisis

Swede here: If you are going to speak of something that belongs to Sweden, you would say "Swedish" - in English. The translated term, in Swedish, would be "Svensk" (with multiple variations). So, when you said that the Swedish Navy was called "Sverige Marinen" - that is not correct. In Swedish, it would be "Svenska Marinen". I think you could have easily found that out by looking at Wikipedia.

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Sweden has hundreds of lakes? Try 100,000 lakes.

@Soundbrigade

4 күн бұрын

Getting into the large lakes like Vänern, Mälaren or Hjälmaren would require to go through rivers and canals. Blowing up a lock here and there would render such a mission impossible.

So... we'll just not mention the Vasa. Other than that.... it's a great Navy.

@Soundbrigade

4 күн бұрын

You forgot the regal ship Kronan (the Crown) that lies in pieces outside the Öland island.

ORP Orzeł :)💪

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Blue, green or brown water The U.S. Navy can do it all!

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did you know that for a brief time sweden allowed german troops to cross over their country into finland

@Soundbrigade

4 күн бұрын

My father was guarding the Germans traveling to and fro Norway. They were nice guys, he said, often polite and sharing a fag or two.

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ubåd = undervands båd = Under water boat :D

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Swedish navy, where was it 1939-1945? Newer heard about it..

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Karlskrona mentioned. RAAAAAAHHHH

Ibrah!

2:17 is that adolf hitler on the second right

When will it be added to war thunder

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Try more than houndred thousand lakes

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The grates enemy of the swedes navy was danmark not russia and sweden was not only by frindship close to germany, for a very long time great parts of north germany have bean a part of sweden.

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War Thunder PLEASE! I'm begging on my knees.

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Thar is not star trek that is jj abrams version of star trek

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What is a U-bat, it's called U-båt

@Lassisvulgaris

3 күн бұрын

English speaking people don't know the letters "Æ","Ø" and "Å".....

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Minesweeper

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The swedes were very accommodating to German wishes. Thus, the Germans didn't have much reason invade Sweden.

@peterwright997

10 күн бұрын

That's a very simple viewing of history ! They were just as accommodating to the alliance too! Look up the Stockholm express where mosquitoes flew agents back and forth!

@williamromine5715

10 күн бұрын

It is a very simple read of the situation. Germany needed iron ore, and Sweden was willing to sell it to Germany, and let the rest of Europe's countries fight to protect Sweden's commerce. If Hitler had been successful, Germany would have invaded Sweden too. Churchill was right in his assessment of Sweden. ​@@peterwright997

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Excellent relations with Germany? Not in the 1600s ...

"Sweden has an impressive naval tradition, particularly by Scandinavian standards. From the 1700s to the early 1800s, the powerful Swedish Navy... had only one other naval power in the Baltic that was its rival: the Russian Navy." This is patently false. The Swedish Navy spent most of the 1600s and early 1700s getting defeated by the Danish Navy, and the primary rival of the Swedish Navy up until 1807 was always the Danish Navy. The Danish Navy was also consistently stronger than the Swedish Navy from c. 1715 and onwards. The Swedish Navy only really rivalled the Danish Navy during a brief period in the 1780s, where French subsidies had allowed Gustav III to expand his sea-going force. The Swedish Navy generally had problems ranging from poor crews and officers (Scanian War), incompetent admirals chosen due to royal titles rather than merit (Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790), or just poor up-keep due to a lack of resources and money (last years of the Great Northern War).

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2:13 this cant be from a Swedish ship, some asian country?

@mogges

4 күн бұрын

AI-bild. Titta på ”händerna”.

@soderstadion77

2 күн бұрын

Geez, ok låter rimligt trots allt

pfff. The battles of Køge Bay, Møn and Øland disagrees with you. ;) Denmark usually beat the Swedish on water, but lost of land (mostly due to manpower difference)

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Wrong flag dude

@dirkvandierdonck5831

10 күн бұрын

Where?

@PSPaaskynen

10 күн бұрын

Also shows Japanese sailors when talking about the Swedish Navy; very poor editing, as always with these AI-produced videos.

Sweden in Azur Lane when?

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Without swedens iron ore and other minerals ww2 couldn’t have happened

@PSPaaskynen

10 күн бұрын

The Germans put a high value on Swedish iron ore, because of the quality. However, it was not like they were short of ore. It tends to be forgotten that Nazi-Germany had a treaty with the Soviet Union, a country overflowing in iron ore. The Soviets could deliver any amount the Germans needed. The problem was just that Moscow required payment in gold and in technology, while the Swedes mainly needed coal in exchange for their ore. This is why the Germans preferred Swedish deliveries. Still, it is a mistake to think that the Swedish ore was the deciding factor that made WWII possible.

@nattygsbord

10 күн бұрын

When are you going to talk about your military alliance with nazi Germany that started world war 2 Ivan?

Sweden was not very "neutral". Thousands of Germans with equipment, traveled through large parts of Sweden before they attacked "from behind" in Narvik Norway in 1940. The Swedes supplied Nazi Germany with considerable amounts of metals for the war effort. The old king was a big Nazi sympathizer. Yes, they helped the Norwegians and the Allies with information, and became more and more "friendly" to the Allies as the war went worse for Germany . No, the Swedes are spineless, and today there is "civil war" in several cities due to loos of control and failed immigration

@HiddenHistoryYT

Күн бұрын

Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

LOL .. go back and read a few more books... you need it

Sweden? I thought they were chicken, sat out on the war.

@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

9 күн бұрын

How much deadly fighting have you done, you certainly talk the talk?

@RUHappyATM

9 күн бұрын

@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Do I have to be a doctor to tell you smoking is not good for you? Edit: You do know that USA could have said to Japan; Please by all means, take over East Asia, I'll not interfere, Grow a spine. Don't sit on the fence. England and France didn't.

@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

9 күн бұрын

@@RUHappyATM Japan attacked the (not) chicken US, Nazi Germany declared war on the (not) chicken US. The US sat back.

@RUHappyATM

9 күн бұрын

@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 The USA sanctioned Japan because of the invasion of China and Indochina. That, my friend is why Japan went to war with the USA. Did you learn anything in history class?

@antonsamuelsson1317

3 күн бұрын

​@@RUHappyATM maybe becuase of actions like Nanking

Swedish military is like British military. A constabulary force of understrength, over-glorified, cheesy toy soldiers. It must be a royal thing.

@nattygsbord

10 күн бұрын

Maybe if you are ignorant of history. Nobody cares about your opinion. Now Ivan, go and read your glorious school books with maps cornered by dragons and unicorns and fantasy tales about how great the russian army was.

@matso3856

10 күн бұрын

Well had you typed navy I would agree , however since we're talking about the military this then also includes the national guard "Hemvärnet" , and they have the most soldiers of the branches , under-glorified due to older age , got "toys" that are fit for museum , all of this despite being royal

@davidrenton

9 күн бұрын

"constabulary force of understrength, over-glorified, cheesy toy soldiers" who has beaten numerous times every other single country, on land and sea. What's that make the rest

@RoyBennett-dz2cq

4 күн бұрын

Ask your mum if you want to use the computer.. thankyou the white ensign

@HiddenHistoryYT

Күн бұрын

Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

Welcome To NATO.

@HiddenHistoryYT

Күн бұрын

lol yep

HAHAHA Sweden's navy in ww2. fascinating stuff. Without listening to this let me summarize, Sweden's navy did nothing all ww2 just like ww1, and ever since this is after having their butts handed to them hundreds of years ago so now avoided any sort of nasty fighting relying on others to suffer whilst hiding and making lots of money off pure evil. Sweden's navy was so super good, and suffered no losses and lost zero men all war because they sat in port polishing their medals given for doing nothing. Such a heroic military tradition! Well done Sweden you are amazing.

@HiddenHistoryYT

3 күн бұрын

Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

Swedish propoganda

@HiddenHistoryYT

21 сағат бұрын

Lol

50% of concentration camp fences were made with swedish iron yet sweden has not apologized to this day!

@millipedic

8 күн бұрын

They should be paying reparations!

@ecrins70

4 күн бұрын

Ridiculous, you must be born that way. Germany had more then enough iron for barbed wire, no rare metals in it