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@bluecup25

Ай бұрын

Conflict of nations is super nice, I only wish they would find a better way to monetize it than gold.

@Tyssr

Ай бұрын

Hey, where's the part 2 for the tyranid invasion video?

@Axonteer

2 күн бұрын

More pls! Yt just didnt show this in my sub feed (you must have triggered a shadow ban) but this is really good. Yes sub feedbot home tab, i dont know either…

The way history is rejected by KZreads algorithm is depressing. War is humanities history. Forget that and repeat it.

@thewastedwanderer5787

25 күн бұрын

I love the statement and the partial quote at the end. I’ve been recently hearing more and more about how historians dislike the idea of using history to learn from the mistakes. It’s more of a tool to figure out how we got here. I’d argue that’s the same thing in a sense but I didn’t spend 10 years in college.

@mrfalloutlore5973

24 күн бұрын

@@thewastedwanderer5787well history itself is studied under the social, economic and geopolitical lenses. Essentially history is the final product after you use other tools like the ones mentioned above to come up with a reasoning on why certain events happened.

@flagtheoffense

16 күн бұрын

What do you mean by rejected?

@vincentlee7359

9 күн бұрын

Is it? Or is it because people don't search it up or watch history videos?

@Axonteer

2 күн бұрын

@@flagtheoffense youtube did a stealth shadow ban on this video, it does not show up in sub feeds and most probably also in recommendations and the home tab (i exclusively watch trough my sub feed so i was very surprised!) You can only find this video via their channel.

The B-17 was my high school mascot. Richland Bombers. We played football with mushroom cloud decals on our helmets. I used to live right off Bombing Range road. I never thought it was weird until I moved out of town! I guess the B-29 dropped the nukes, but the Hanford site-the reason for the town in the first place-was responsible for a good amount of the plutonium used in the Manhattan Project. The story is that at one point each of the workers dedicated a day’s pay to fund a B-17, and that bomber was consequently named “Day’s Pay” and later became our mascot.

@Wilhelmofdeseret

Ай бұрын

Us richlanders still around and growing! Just moved back home after several years

@Princitius

Ай бұрын

@@Wilhelmofdeseret that’s awesome! It’s a great place to call home

@ORiOh4582

22 күн бұрын

Fallout ahh backstory That's fun though

@genericuser984

7 күн бұрын

@@ORiOh4582 new vegas boomers moment

@gooser__43

12 сағат бұрын

@@Princitius does your school have any b17 based traditions?

This BLEW my mind. I’m a major B-17 kid and never knew half of this!

That first prototype crashing (with the pilots) was such a foreshadowing of things to come, it almost brought tears to my eyes.

@Rangera-ct1xu

Ай бұрын

B299 crashed because the elevator locks were not removed, this prevented the movement of the elevators.

One of my favorite planes in history! ...only beat out by the Catalina, an amphibious plane used as a scout in WWII and makes for an equally great recreation vehicle.

@TweeterAndTheMunkyMan

Ай бұрын

Yeah it's up there for me too but my favourite still has to be the Mosquito. So versatile in the roles it could play

@jonny-b4954

Ай бұрын

Yeah, in War in the Pacific: Admirals Edition, the Catalinas are basically how you spot the Japanese Navy primarily. Such a deep spreadsheet "game." Check it out. You'd might like it if you like Hearts of Iron.

@dritzzdarkwood4727

Ай бұрын

@@TweeterAndTheMunkyMan Ahh, the Mosquito. An aeroplane from a more civilized age!

@larryzigler6812

Ай бұрын

@@dritzzdarkwood4727 I guess the holocaust was civilized to you

@larryzigler6812

Ай бұрын

My favorite is the Spruce Goose

I didn't see it when it came out due to lack of time; However, it has been one of Invicta's best videos to date. I hope they give it the necessary amount of likes and views so that it reaches a larger audience.

One still flys right down the road at falcon field here in AZ. All chromed out with a nice blue tail.

@Viracocha785

25 күн бұрын

I have flown in that plane and was lucky enough to be in the nose as we landed. Best $1100 ever spent. Will never forget it.

Commenting to say "SCREW YOU, ALGORITHM!" Keep up the good work, @Invicta!

@rudolphguarnacci197

Ай бұрын

I'll second that.

I’ve always thought of this channel as more of a ancient/medieval channel. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the video, and no worries, you guys will continue to get my support as long as you continue to make quality content.

Interesting video! I got here because of the community post. Hope this video reaches its audience!!

Yt didnt show this vid in my subfeed while they should kniw i love aviation very much!!!

The B-17 is my high school’s mascot. The Fort Edward Flying Forts! Cool to see a video on it

Had the video in my stream a few Times but was not yet in the mood to watch a documentary. Very interesting. Should have watched earlier.

Excellent job Invicta! I appreciate the amount of work you and your team put into your videos.

This is the 3rd time I have had to resub to your channels, this and the fantasy one.

Wow, I really enjoyed this, well done!

I was tickled to see a photo of the YB-40 when discussing the B-17’s generous complement of MGs.

@InvictaHistory

Ай бұрын

Dang, grabbed the wrong photo. I was actually having a hard time of getting a good shot of the MGs from the xB-17

@Assassinus2

Ай бұрын

@@InvictaHistory I think the YB-40 and YB-41 are excellent (and amusingly absurd) examples of the term “brimming with guns.”

@Tekisasubakani

Ай бұрын

Yeah, two dorsal turrets is def not spec for production B-17's. Also, the "gunship" B-17's were rad as hell, when in doubt, more dakka!

I absolutely adore this episode and hope the series takes off. I cannot wait to see future covers, especially the German planes.

Came back to watch again! Way too cool.

Did not get notified about this wonderful video until your post, 10/10 as always

Thanks for the video

Found you guys by your poll about this video. Dont forget that algorithm matters, timing and sub notification enabled or disabled change the videos priority.

❤ Thank you so much for all the hard work on this video. It truly warms my heart to learn about the plane both my grandfathers flew in WW2. I would love to see more videos like this!

Very informative, great video. Thanks

Awesome video !!!

This chanels talks both about catafracts and bombers, thats coll

Good stuff, mate. Good stuff. You should do one on pirate ships.

@tibayeitamoses3211

Ай бұрын

100%%%%

@rudolphguarnacci197

Ай бұрын

Yarrrrr

amazing aircraft and great video.

Yeah I watched it for sure bro! Keep up the great content!

Great video guys. I thought I knew plenty about these planes, but the way you portray it gives me a much better grasp of what it could really do

Great vid. Love the units of history vids.

Thanks for this amazing video! I just finished Masters of the Air and I have been wanting to know more about the different bombers used in WW2. Perfect timing!

Too cool!! Let’s get this one more traction!

This video finally showed up on my recommendations after 7 days.

Fascinating video!

You should make a vid on the LRDG (Long Range Desert Group)! SAS rogue heroes was so popular last year and the second series is out this year. Amazing unit of the british army and always overshadowed by its noisier sibling unit despite serving longer and being of greater strategic value! The LRDG was a precursor to modern special forces and was instrumental in winning the north african campaign!

Makes me think of the show: ‘Into The Cold Blue.’ The harrowing missions these guys in the Mighty Eighth, took over Europe. I believe the average age of these specialists and their pilots being younger than 25, flying at least 25 missions with a 25% chance of surviving through it all. Something inherently different about people back then. Great video and I love the effort put into this, gents.

Great video, and great graphics!

I've gotten to see the B-17 at Wright Patterson Airforce Museum in OH a few time, and it's awesome. Definitely smaller than I thought it would be, but still impressive

Just popping down to say, literally a moment into the video im blown away by the incredibly mic quality and tone. Does anyone know what their sound set up is? and I'll be very happy if its just an sm58 into a focusrite cause it always goes to show what good stuff you can do on a budget!

What’s the music playing in the intro? I swear I’ve heard it before. But yeah awesome video. Very different from the usual stuff, but not in a bad way.

Commenting for the algorithm. Love the content!

Great video! One of my favorite movies is Memphis Belle. I didn't know they had produced so many different B-17's. I also didn't know it was made by Boeing.

Awesome! Hope to hear real world detailed stories of how all these systems fared .

@bobdole8830

Ай бұрын

There's quite a few interviews of former Luftwaffe pilots ;)

There is a b17 in a hanger at my city airport. It’s in flying condition and everything. Though they don’t fly it very often. I hope I can fly in it one day before it’s permanently retired.

Excellent...well done

@ 5:46 the propeller rotation would have made the plane go backwards

@MayaMediated

Ай бұрын

Yup.

@InvictaHistory

Ай бұрын

Good call, I'll have to do a better job policing the animators work

@christ4032

22 күн бұрын

Propellers can spin in either direction and generate forward thrust?

@steveclark5357

22 күн бұрын

@@christ4032 no

@christ4032

22 күн бұрын

@@steveclark5357 pretty sure they can homie, thats why twin engined fighters have one side rotating clockwise and the other couter-clockwise to cancel out the gyroscopic effect.

Such a good video!!!

Loved it. Thank you

Excellent video

Great video, can you just put also metric units in future videos?

Love the content!

animation is off the hook, great job!

Commenting for the algorithm. Best history videos ever!

Really amazing

Ey I'll love this as a series

Liked this very much. Keep it up.

Love Longer Videos Like This Especially To Watch With My Roomates. She Loves Planes Especially Jet Engines And Its Awesome To Enjoy Your Videos With Her Since She Does Not Enjoy Classical History Quite As Much As I Do 😁😁😁

I am so here for this!!! ✈️

This Video (along with the two on Marine raiders and US Rifle company) really stand out to me! I hope they get the attention they deserve

I have a 5 foot x 3 foot schematic of a b17 on the wall right behind me. Awesome plane.

Great video 👍

There is a movie about a crew of one B-17 in their last voyage: "Memphis Belle" wich was also the name of the plane. Pretty good movie as far as i remember (it's quite old).

Great video

Awesome!

Awesome vid!

I saw your poll and mossied on over to check it out. I answered that I'm interested but also realize it could be a snooze fest(read overly technical, I'm not familiar with the channel, recently joined). But in the first minute I'm already like "whaaaaat, tell me more."

Absolute brilliant work!

Great video!

Great Video!

I, too, enjoyed Masters of the Air.

I'd be interested to know how often there was friendly fire between the planes when in tight formation with all those MGs firing.

I love this KZread channel. Can you do a video about what life in sicily was like during the height of Roman power? The daily life of a Sicilian, what daily life was like and whether it was similar to that of Rome or not (given that it had been repeatedly conquered), etc. I've read some about this but I can't find a video about it on KZread and figured I'd request it. Thank you 😊

Great!

B-17. Nice video. Make more like these.

I loved the video. It's unfortunate that it didn't perform as well as expected.

The B-17 is both a plane super common in games and also good-looking

Nice

I came to watch it after I saw the poll. Had no idea you did it.

Forts! Imagine flying with such a machine

Although rather simplistic…this is a great vid on the -17. Nicely done! 😎👍❤

Please do one for the b-29 too

Really good vid : can you do a vid for their British equivalent the (just as iconic) Avro Lancaster👌👍

Some metric measurements would be great

@Lassisvulgaris

Ай бұрын

I guess it's because that's the original specifications. Still, only three countries now are non matric; Myanmar, Liberia and USA......

Came from the poll. Such a shame this excellent video hasn’t been pushed out as it deserves to be.

Ok. So when's the Norden Bomb Sight video coming? Lol That price tag made that quite the little aside. I need more info!

@T7_H3rbz

Ай бұрын

I'd enjoy that, there are a few decent videos but getting into the myths, deception, and ugly reality of the sights actually comparison versus less expensive but equally as effective bomb sights, along with the bomb sights that out performed it yet were left by the way side due to corporate power that the Nordon company flexed to squash the competitions

Fantastic content. If you'd timed it slightly earlier you could ride on the Masters of the Air hype

Can you guys make this a Playlist series where you guys go over other iconic aircraft of the Second World War? I would love to see a video on the B-24, B-29, PBY Catalina, Short Sunderland, He 111, erc

Interesting

Cool

Enjoy the video. Just finished watching Masters of the Air. These crews were very brave.

I would prefer if it had more infos about the action in the field and how the systems held up. And maybe one or two Hero Stories

A sacrifice to the algorythm

Why did this video get so few views??? It’s great

Pedantic nitpick: the union (the blue oart of the US flag) goes to the viewer's left when hanging the flag vertically.

Visuals continue to improve every video

Why arent your videos in my feeed for years. I had to look this up when i subscribed and expect to scroll to see you i only see the same loops

Amazing work for the day.

This. And also a video from Lord Hard Thrasher. The 2nd episode will be interesting, to put it mildly. A sure and kinda irrelevant thing for now: This is a beautiful plane.