German Raiders in the Pacific - Modern Warfare DOCUMENTARY
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: try.magellantv.... It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: www.magellantv...
Kings and Generals 3d animated historical documentary series on modern warfare continues with a video on the German naval raiding vessels which attacked Australia, New Zealand and other Allied territories in the Pacific Ocean during the early portions of World War II. This episode focuses on the exploits of Orion, Komet, Pinguin, and Kormoran, explaining how the Kriegsmarine's vessels attacked the targets in the Pacific Ocean, especially Nauru and its phosphate facilities.
Cold War channel: / @thecoldwartv
Modern Warfare series: • Modern Warfare
Winter War: • Winter War 1939-1940 -...
Russo-Japanese War - Battle of Khalkhin Gol 1939: • Battle of Khalkhin Gol...
Battle of Hong Kong 1941: • Battle of Hong Kong 19...
Battle of Greece: • Battle of Greece
Battle of Stalingrad: • Battle of Stalingrad 1...
Battle of Kursk: • Battle of Kursk 1943 -...
Battle of the Bulge: • Battle of the Bulge 19...
Support us on Patreon: / kingsandgenerals or Paypal: paypal.me/kings... or by joining the youtube membership: / @kingsandgenerals We are grateful to our patrons and sponsors, who made this video possible: docs.google.co...
The video was made by Leif Sick, while the script was developed by Ivan Moran. The video was narrated by Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & / @gameworldnarratives )
✔ Merch store ► teespring.com/...
✔ Patreon ► / kingsandgenerals
✔ Podcast ► www.kingsandgen...
✔ PayPal ► paypal.me/kings...
✔ Twitter ► / kingsgenerals
✔ Facebook ► / kingsgenerals
✔ Instagram ► / kings_generals
Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsou...
#Documentary #WorldWar #Raiders
Modern Warfare videos are not RUclips's favorite, for some reason, so any likes and shares and comments are appreciated!
Uh. One would think World War 2 out of anything would be wildly promoted by the algorithm.
Ah that's why i barely seen this thing
Start doing polls in you community tab, it boosts your channel. See The Spiffing Brits vid on it if you don't believe me ;)
*Hi kings and generals.* Make video on first and second anglo sikh war
Hello, so far, there is not any broke out fire or conflict in the space yet ?
For all the people wondering why there are so many Norwegian ships in the pacific: At the time of the Second World War Norway had the fourth largest merchant marine in the world.
After the invasion of Norway, many of those ships would serve as transport/supply etc. ships for the allies
nice tip hegemon
Thanks for the knowledge! I certainly learned something today.
they had the fourth largest merchant fleet despite many lost during WW1 but the true worth of the fleet was that they had replaced their loses then with modern tankers, the Norwegian merchant fleet accounted for only 7% of world tonnage but also 18% of the world tanker tonnage
They importing phospate in nauru.
Interesting, thanks!
I love how kings and generals choose uncommon subjects that are rarely found on other channels, i really enjoyed this one and waiting for the next interesting video
couple days ago this was the subject of drachinifel's channel but yea this is one of the fun things seeing the less known parts
Check out Drachinifel, he has a quite similar on the same topic
@@NathanDudani a new drydock also just dropped praise the english man
Sydney: If you are really Straat Malakka, then give us your secret signal
Kormoran: Oh I'll show you a secret signal.
That Australian captain was napping pretty hard to come within 900 meters (which he absolutely never should have done until the German ship hove to) and then swing around to a broadside without ordering battle stations on a ship he considered suspicious. Did the sailors have something better to do?
-HOLY SHI
@Darrell Parfitt The Australians were too busy throwing shrimps on the barbie lol
@@darrellparfitt5908 in Australia, a cop doesn't approach a suspicious car with guns cocked ready to fire, having said that, the captain's first thought was probably: this is my lucky day, second thought : oh shit.
@@stevej3483
To be fair, an Australian cop is not in a war zone (except for Mad Max lol). A competent military officer would definitely have arms ready, although not necesarily pointing at a suspicious person.
What a gift, on my birthday! My grandfather was supposed to serve on the HMAS Sydney during that fateful clash with the Kormoran but he had to have surgery in Melbourne. I remember him saying the captain of the Sydney had made grave mistakes, but sadly I was too young to ask him more before he died. R. I.P, Chief Petty Officer Jack Todd. We miss you.
The Australian navy was very forgiving, after losing 650 sailors, they still saved the lifeboats full of Germans who killed their countrymen.
@@shakazulu84 if you have ethics you won't let you're standard drop even if you want revenge
@@abusuleymantariq2137 The Australians truly held the standard there. Can't say the same throughout the atrocities committed by the worse offenders in that horrible war.
This is amazing. I had a similar experience with the allied invasion of Italy, my grandfather drove troop landing craft I don't know the name of his ship sadly
@@shakazulu84 Any army will usually try to capture enemy soldiers to interrogate them for intelligence and also as a bargaining chip.... The enemy usually has some of your guys.
14:55 “Hunting enemy whaling fleets.”
The 3rd Reich was saving the whales before any western nation.
Including the endangered species 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨
@Four Names
Yeah, why?
@@kiuk_kiks hello from the US, friend!
@@eyesofstatic9641
Hello, I’m in the UK.
@@gequitz The last of the gilded neck Landwhales!
Holy crap I finally learned something completely new from WW2
Samw
World War 2 was a massive war. I believe there are are still things we haven't heard of.
You'll learn so many more, especially the things happening in far off areas that are not usually covered by Historians and the Media.
As a history and particularly modern history fan I myself find myself finding things out that I never knew
Australian Royal Navy: Identify yourselves!
The German raider Penguin: NUUT NUUT! >:|
The last thing it's victims heard.
And here's the thing: there was a raider called the Pinguin!
Mess with the noot noot, you’ll get the shoot shoot.
I gotta up my Patreon man, you guys put out more content than most cable channels
We appreciate your support!
@@KingsandGenerals I too will simp for you uwu
@@KingsandGenerals onlyfans next
@@jemand7488 Kings and Generals Bath Water
Damn the Kriegsmarine really knew how to play Among Us
SUSSSYYY
Guys Germany was next to Poland’s dead body he sus
- France
-Pirates of the Caribbean-
*_Piraten des Pazifiks_*
*Den-den, de-de-den-den, de-de-den-den de-de-den...*
*des, not der, then you've got it right
@@MisunderstoodArtist1 Hey! You're that guy that I see on examples of CVs, Emails, etc.
@@td9250 Has he got a job now?
@@garrysekelli6776 nope, that was the theme song for the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise.
@@comradekenobi6908 YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS
Germany: sands 6 ships into 3 oceans to attack British ships, 1 ship mines the harbor in New Zealand, sinks 1 ship
New Zealand: bans *all* trade.
Seems quite effective to me
Umm, when did New Zealand "ban all trade"?
@@shanemcdowall Listen to what they say at 5:04
One man shoots people - New Zealand bans guns
One man shoots people - Australia bans guns
Very effective. If tyranny and socialism are the goals.
@@bocefusmurica4340 classic american comment. Hope the kevlar school backpacks this new season are cheap and high quality
"That must be the best pirate i´ve ever seen"
So it would seem
We can afford to give Jack sparrow a early head start.
"Yack Sbarrrrro"
The HMAS Sydney is a pretty famous ship here - and it’s wreckage was only recently discovered, which was big news. Hats off to the German crews and their human treatment of POWs, that’s something which Australia can be proud of in some instances - after ww2 we got our first Italian restaurants thanks to Italian prisoners who didn’t want to leave.
The Kormoran: Call the ambulance! Call the ambulance!
*Reveals gun and raises Kreigsmarine flag*
"But not for me"
LMAO !
Forgotten fact: Another German raider named Atlantis managed to sank or captured 22 ships with a combined of 144,384 GRT, second only to Pinguin.
When it comes to Pacific Theatre, one of the most impactful yet barely told elsewhere during the war was when they managed to ambush and sunk British cargo ship Automedon at Nicobar Islands. Atlantis itself disguised as Dutch ship. They managed to get the most precious treasure of all, her secret cargo.
It contains top confidential communications contains Winston Churchill and British Forces at the Far East along with its high secret intelligence regarding Japanese Navy development and entire British Far East forces including its RAF, their naval strength and notes on Singapore's defense.
This secret cargo then sent to Japan and perhaps one of the most important factors behind Japanese "Blitzkrieg" during early stages of Pacific War. It also linked to attack on Pearl Harbour and perhaps the Fall of Singapore.
However, she was sunk by HMS Devonshire on November 22nd 1941 at South Atlantic, its crew were saved by various submarines from German and Italian.
When Fritz, Hans, and Reiss translated the sea shanties to German, this happened.
Juvi juvi, HAHAHA
*sings Runescape Sea Shanty 2 in German*
Germany has actually a lot of shanties like „Wir lagen vor Madagaskar“
@@LanChrissTV Which, fun fact, is about the Russian. If you think about it, you quickly realize that it was the Russians who had the Plage (actually Typhoid Fever), and the people of Madagaskar didn’t let them on to land, not the other way around.
Reiss means chief in turkish
"Detmers ordered the Kriegsmarine flag to be raised and to reveal the guns and anti-aircraft cannons...."
Me: Oh no, shit's about to go down!
It wasn't covered in the video, but the Australian ship didn't have men in the turrets, so when Detmers gave the order to decamouflage, the Kormoran used its AA guns to "rake" the decks and prevent people from getting to their posts in the turrets.
@@user-xu2pi6vx7o that's clever!
I got hyped when it ran up the Kriegsmarine flag.
After that he is captured and become POW.
The HMAS Sydney was and still is a big deal here. That boat was the Aegis Cruiser of its day. To loose it so early in the war, off our coast and to a simple raider was a massive blow. Kinda like the Hood or Prince of Wales was to the British.
@@Anaris10 mooooooooooooooooo
Events like this are why I absolutely love history. The whole thing sounds like a Clive Cussler novel, and yet it really happened. Great job showing off this bit of history. I'd never even heard about this until today, so it's great that you brought it up.
Never knew they sunk so many ships in the Pacific, amazing. All I ever read about was the German raiders in the Atlantic.
Me too. It's almost a Mandela effect for me.
Compared to U-Boats and captial ships of the Kriegsmarine, the Hilfskreuzer or auxiliary cruisers were the most successful vessels of the Kriegsmarine in terms of purpose, costs, and the amount that were pillaged or sunk.
Side note: The program was initially not very popular within the hierarchy of the Kriegsmarine since they were heavily concentrated in huge capital ships. It was only later in the war due to the successes of the first batch of auxiliary cruisers did the Kriegsmarine then approved for a second batch of ships. Even Hitler showed much support for the Hilskreuzers.
I don't get why German Navy was so obsessed with capital ships, kinda unrealistic for Germany's situation.
@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 Prestige. It's all political, pride and ego. You won't impress chics with corollas.
@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 In that era (and today, to a slightly lesser degree), capital ships were the symbol of a nation's power and prosperity. Not to mention that most of them were former Imperial Navy personnel who remembered when they were the second-largest navy on Earth.
@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 at the early stages of the war these capital ships were unsinkable too
@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 to everything already said i want to add that hitlers plan included the invasion of britain, which would inevitable lead to a clash with the royal navy. germany would have needed something to battle the british dreadnoughts to make the invasion possible, hilfskreuzer wouldnt be of much value there...
The Kormoran - HMAS Sydney fight REALLY deserved going into more detail than what it got. At the start of the battle, the Sydney didn't have men in the turrets, so the Kormoran used its anti-aircraft guns to prevent the crew from manning the Sydney's secondary guns. Throughout the fight, the Sydney essentially missed all but one of its shots and that ONE shot that connected, hit Kormoran in the engine room, knocking it offline while igniting its fuel. Being a civilian vessel, Kormoran didn't have backup engine rooms and when that failed, Kormoran lost firefighting capability. Without engines, Kormoran eventually ground to a halt, while the seriously damaged and ablaze Sydney managed to limp away at a speed of about 1 knot. Detmers eventually gave the order to abandon ship when the fire, which was now out of control, started reaching the mine hold. Not long after the ship was abandoned, the mine hold exploded sending the ship to the depths.
This battle is the only case in modern history where a civilian ship goes toe to toe with a war ship and essentially wins.
Side note, there's a visual inaccuracy on the Kormoran. In the video it is shown as having two guns and an above water torpedo launcher, on either side. This is incorrect, the Kormoran actually had 3 guns on either side and an additional 2 underwater torpedo tubes, one on each side, in a V shape. Still an awesome video and the best animated description of that battle I've seen to date. Good Job!
@@francistaylor1822 No, it actually was a civilian ship. It used to serve as a merchant vessel, before it was taken by the navy and converted into a merchant raider.
@@francistaylor1822 I didn't say the ship was a civilian ship while serving in the navy.
I said it was a civilian ship, dragged into the war and converted into a raider, instead of being a dedicated warship, purpose built to serve as one.
During my year of work and travel in Australia I (a German) was in the naval museum in Perth and it was the first time that I heard about the sinking of the HMAS Sydney and the German raiding in the pacific. Of course everyone is aware that raiding happened during the second world war but until then I figured it would have mainly been in the Atlantic. This video shows well how much damage was caused elsewhere with surprisingly little ressources.
And for everyone who is confused why Nauru was mentioned this often in this video should read about its history because there are some very interesting stories about this island.
Hope you enjoyed the year! The museum in Fremantle is amazing for any fan of maritime history.
I'm Australian and I never knew that there were German raiders in Australian waters during WWII. Also, it's kind of spooky how in both WWI and WWII there was a duel between a HMAS Sydney and a German raider in the Indian ocean. The SMS Emden in WWI was sunk by the HMAS Sydney (launched in 1912) off the Cocos islands, while the Komorant sank a different HMAS Sydney (launched in 1934) near Shark Bay in WWII.
@@freedombro If that happens, there'll be a duel between the HMAS Sydney and a Chinese ship.
That's a spooky revenge
I'm surprised you never heard of this engagement given it was one of our more memorable events of WW2, like how Gallipoli was for us in WW1.
@@sargesacker2599 I've never heard about it either don't know anyone that does. The only thing most people here know about Aussies in WW2 is Kokoda and Tobruk
@@sargesacker2599 I'm also surprised, but now I know ;)
Empire of Japan: I can't believe that worked!
Nazi Germany: Yeah, Art of War, "fight the enemy where they aren't." After all these years, that finally just clicked.
more like it pays off to be a criminal
is this battleship movie reference?
And this is after Drachnifel’s video on German merchant raiders
Double the joy
History channels at 3am:
this is a normal history video actually
The history channels at 3 AM are pretty much about ancient aliens building UFOS for Germany
No kings and generals are USA based
It will be morning for them
Best time to watch
Damn, beat me by two hours.
I'm sure, something got mixed up here, because it would be quite a weird for the KOMET to go from the pacific to the atlantic and then to the galapagos islands, right? And the ORION is shown in the atlantic, when the voice over still talks about it beeing in the indian ocean. Aside from that well made!
this caught my attention as well.
So much detailed for the unsung operations of Nazi Germany during WW2 ...
Kings & Generals is one of the best History channel in RUclips..
Thank you Kings and Generals with an excellent historical presentation. I remember suggesting this subject when you did another exceptional video on the SMS Emden in the First World War, which had a remarkable battle with the then HMAS Sydney. You replied you would look into it and then you delivered. You are fantastic!
Storstad: Enemy in sight!
Pinguin: Wololooooo
Passat: ...
Ships are blue
wololooo
Ships are red
Storstad: Enemy in sight!
Pinguin: NOOT NOOT.
Passat: wut
I never knew about this part of the war. Nice video, keep it up
British Navy: we rule the waves in the South Pacific
Germany: **uno reverse card**
It’s interesting but in our maritime museum in Geraldton they paint a different picture of how HMAS Sydney and Kormoran met. The Sydney was approach from the North returning from Indonesia. It also did not head south to port, but North westerly where it sank.
Not sure which version is more accurate. But it was an epic battle either way. The speed at which the kormoran changed into a warship was incredible.
This is why I love this channel I’d never heard of these ships or there mission before, really interesting stuff
Erich Raeder fit his name, Admiral of Raiders.
Also author of Raeder´s Digest.
@@comradekenobi6908 Nice Clone Wars reference.
@@kenfu9334 actually it means Wheel, tire would be translated as “Reifen“
Thank you for bringing up such interesting videos! I was kind of surprised to find these theme here on youtube. My german grandfather was one of the officers serving on one of those ships and told me about what happened when i was a kid.This video reminds me of the stories he told me...about the fear, about the fight, about hunting,about death, about decisions to make and about friendship and respect...
Could the mines in Finding Nemo have been one of these that the Germans laid?
I mean there's a submarine in the area so who knows
uboats
@@gamedominatorxennongdm7956 those are Japanese
You've just covered another obscure narrative of the World War 2 era. Man, you're truly the best historical documentary channel there is. As soon as I get a solid salary you're definitely first on my Patreon list.
These Pirates of the Caribbean sequels keep getting weirder.
This was some of the most interesting WWII content I've seen in recent years. Great topic, which I have completely missed in the last 25 years of my interest in WWII. Thank you for this eye-opening video.
Imagine you are a sailor in the 1940s and your ship gets captured by a ship of nazi pirates named 'penguin' :/
At least its not PengWing.,.
Haha
the ship's horn must sound like Noot Noot!
@@nomoregoodlife1255 They just radio "Ok. We surrender." And then the other ship comes and peacefully takes over the ship. Needless to say. Unlike other branches of the military, the navies are usually very chivalrious and respect each other. For example, when Grau killed Prat, he sent his personal belongings to his wife and wrote a letter praising how he fought to the bitter end.
@@korosuke1788 oh so thats why 600 captured sailors were taken care very well
These type of topics that are lightly touched on in popular history are my favorite
Sydney: please show us your secret signal to prove your identity
Kormoran: Screw it! Feuer Frei!!!!
An important note overlooked in this video. When the raider Atlantis captured the Automedon in the Indian Ocean they captured Top Secret documents from the Military staff of Singapore complaining how weak the Singapore defenses actually were. They handed these papers over to the Japanese. It may have been a deciding factor in getting Japan to enter WW2
I love these stories of maritime daring and acts of high seas chivalry... Echoes of a bygone age.
@@SimonAshworthWood
The civilians weren’t attacked. They were captured, the ship sunk, and they weren’t harmed.
Disrupting the supply lines of your opponent is a good strategy.
@@SimonAshworthWood First of all, none of the attacks were "false flag", since the raiders would systematically reveal their true colors before engaging (as not doing so would be a war crime).
Secondly, the raiders explicitly avoided attacking civilian vessels or, when they did, they merely took them onboard and saw them off safely whenever they could.
As a matter of fact, the operational history of German commerce raiders shows that they caused relatively few casualties even amongst enemy combatants, since they would usually capture the crew rather than sink the ship unless absolutely necessary.
To sum it up, you have no idea what you're talking about. Maybe read up on the matter before trying to sound controversial.
This is my first RUclips comment in several years, and that alone is a huge signal from me that I appreciate your guys' work. Keep it up and see you in the next video!
Drachinifel recently uploaded a video about the armed merchant cruisers. Perfect timing
Very suspicious as well
I'm an Australian and our education system does not shy away from our involvement in WWI and WWII, yet I never knew any of this very interesting stuff until seeing this video!
Australia : Germany is in Europe mate
Germany : how about a few gifts?
Thank you, I love it when I find new content about 20th century conflicts I never managed to find before. Well done!
HMAS Passat: I used to be Australian but now I'm a German
*KMS Passat
We have all heard about the Kriegsmarine targeting shipping in the Atlantic during the war. But I had no idea that the war arrived in the Pacific and Indian oceans as early as 1940. This video opened my eyes to how quickly the conflict spread throughout the world. As an Australian, I knew about the sinking of HMAS Sydney but this video helped put the events in context. Thankyou for taking the time to educate your audience on all the topics you cover, it really is a pleasure to watch.
I like that Paradox's map style. Keep up the good work! 👍
Thank you for this. My grandfather was on the Kormoran and I'm always interested in hearing different accounts of the ships activities.
Iam always amazed by this ww2 stories every time you learn something more interesting
16 years iv studied this war and never once heard of these ships and their deeds. This is why I love this channel.
British: Build their empire by Pirating
Nazi Germany: What I am going to do is a pro gamer move
@Вхламинго You mean looting half the world?
@Вхламинго you mean conquering the 3rd world. British empire took land that was inhabited by people stuck in the Stone Age lmao
@@photon812 I really don't understand it when people criticise Britain's expansion/colonialism in particular. I'm not saying expansion/colonialism is a good thing, but it was the order of the day back then, and the British empire just so happened to be one of the most talented civilisations that emerged. I'm African by the way, but I'm objective about history.
@@beno1129 no for example is the conquest of the mangols and romans the same conquest the British did
The answer is no
Conquering 20% of the world is cool but if can't conquer your neighbours than its pointless to call yourself an empire of conquest especially when you know most of what the British conquered are places that have 200 to 300 years difference in term of technology
@@salahddinebensebane8429 Still, the fact that Britain was able to advance its tech 200 years ahead of the rest of the world is impressive. My point is that most civilisations who had that tech advantage back then would have acted the same as Britain/the West.
Amazing! Detmers what a hero! He needs a film dedicated to his ships escapades. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing story. A few German ships far away from home could do so much damage.
I hope these content producers live to see a significant portion of the potential of this channel. These are the types of content that gain views slowly, but forever.
I never even realized the Germans were fighting around Australia. Fascinating stuff.
Simply incredible content , i knew of the german raiders but never knew how effective they were .
Britania: rules the waves
E. Raeder and his 6 frankenstein ships around the 3 oceans: *say whut?*
Insanely effective compain, this should be taught in history lessons as one of the most brilliant strategical and tactical desisions ever!
extremely great documentary, we need more videos like this, they are just terrific, little known events like this are just insane to watch especially the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand ones, as not much is known about they’re story during ww2, i highly recommended a video on the Battle of Prachuap Khri Khan where soldiers from Thailand defended an airfield 2 days against overwhelming numbers of Japanese troops, that would be a fantastic and interesting documentary for people. Keep up the good work yous are truely the best history channel on youtube!
To the 645 deaths of the Cruiser, "Sydney," rest in peace. You have fought very gallantly.
Do a bit of research - your ignorance is showing.
HMAS Sydney had one of the most experienced and celebrated crews in the allies because of their actions in the Med. Admiral Cunningham RN nicknamed her "my stormy petrel" because of them. She was instrumental in maintaining the Tobruk garrison so had a strategic outcome in the war.
For this final engagement though she was commanded by a Captain who was on his first command at sea having been a career staff officer. A horrendous mistake clearly.
@Albert Strauss um , just as a not , the reality of the Italian army of ww2 is different from the stereotype we have in mind today , considering Rommel blamed Italian command ( which bar for a few exceptions was quite terrible ) for bad Performance while unter his command they performed quite well , it should be noted that the majority of the Africa corps was made up of Italians
Outstanding facts of the Kriegsmarine adventures around the world in WW2...Graf Spee would be a great episode. Also the Marlon Brando & Yul Brenner movie "Morituni" is excellent!
I’ve always been interested in this history topic from WW2! Some of the most interesting stories came from the German commerce raiders! Like for example the stories of A.Graf Spee and Kormoran with their legendary commanders and crews! Germany’s navy in WW2 may not have been as prominent as the imperial German navy in WW1 in terms of size, but it was still of a considerable size with it being the fifth largest in the world at the start of WW2.
if you liked theese, you should research for the story sms möwe (e.g. the yt-channel "the great war" has a special about it). its from wwi but its the best story about a raider i heard so far.
I have heard the story of the Möwe and it was really interesting to learn about. They also had a special on the SMS Emden which was another famous raider of the Great War until she was defeated by HMAS Sydney off Australia. Definitely a great story! The irony is that the Germans actually got revenge for the Emden in WW2 by sinking the second HMAS Sydney. The battle between Kormoran and Sydney was just legendary!
@@stevenmoore4612 yeah agreed. just wanted to point out that wwi has some interesting raider stories as well :)
One fine video. I love hearing about unusual military units. It's just so interesting. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
You guys have upped your output recently without loss to quality. Just promise me that if any networks pick you up, the studio stays closed to outside influence.
Great video! I watched it twice and shared it on my social media.
Great video as always (I'm in the half of it). One thing I would suggest: follow international codes for countries. Often British lands are shown as "BR" (e.g. when you put Fiji), what is really confusing. Please stay with GB or UK instead, as normally used
Thanks again!
Makes sense
Fiji was trying to copy the merchant raider's tactics by flying a false Brazilian flag and pretending to be neutral lol
Possibly your best documentary yet!
keep calm as your ship is being anschlussed
The memorial to HMAS Sydney sits on top of a hill in the middle of Geraldton (400kms south of shark bay) where the Sydney last made port. You can see it anywhere in town and from the memorial, there is a bronze statue of a widow eternally looking out to see. Always a very sombre and sobering location to visit, a very well done memorial for those men who gave their lives for Australia.
I've been to the memorial to HMAS Sydney in Geraldton and the museum in Denham (nearest town to the site of its sinking).
Just wanted to flex tbh.
HMAS Sydney wasn't found until 2008.
Сool
So was that right that all hands were lost?
@@Monkey_SK yes. If any sailors made it off the ship they were also lost at sea. Pretty sure the Navy had to interview German survivors of the Kormoran to find out what actually happened to the Sydney.
I drove along the HMAS Sydney II Memorial Avenue in Carnarvon a few times, where the road was lined with 645 Palm Trees. At the Carnarvon Fascine (Waterfront) are memorials to the Sydney and HSK Kormoran.
Super happy this video exists as the topic is a bit forgotten
We finally know where Atlantis is, it's in the Indian Ocean.
Incrdible, one of my favourites channels. Love u so much from Canarian islands, Spain.
Graphics are so cool 👌
Fascinating video of a conflict I had never heard of before.
We are waiting for the Battle of Pleven. Pleven is a very important war that changed the course of history. Good luck mate
Siege of Plevna, 1877 AD??
@@nickcitron2369 most likely
@@nickcitron2369 👍
I’ve literally never heard of this battle lol
The Kormoran has really drawn my interest. Such an interesting career for a raider.
Imagine being the pride of the Australian Navy being sunk by a bloody civilian vessel turned warship...
Kings & Generals is just awesome. Right on spot wherever the topic
Wold be cool if they tell the campaign of Caligula against the sea.
That'd be a good April Fool's
@@ghostwriterj9421 this history is quite funny.
@@ghostwriterj9421 but, it would be a way of insulting the army, for some historians.
what they do? Is it when they stab the ocean?
@@mustard4762 he ordered his arm to attack the ocean, with swords, shields, horses, so when they failed, Caligula order to then search for shells in the beach, and put all in their helmets.
Watching Kings and Generals reminds me that we know more about war than we know about peace
What a coincidence. The Australian ship that sunk the Emden in WW1 was also named Sydney
So guess the Emden had its revenge
This was a great video to release on my birthday, thanks.
Damm I had no idea this ever happened and I live in Aus
There is some good books about it
A Similar campaign was conducted in 1914-1918 War, The German surface raiders used float planes to spot and cut transmitter cables, They also acted as motherships for small torpedo boats.
Man I wish we heard more about this thing in Aus. Never gets mentioned since I think we brush over our failures too quickly. Very interesting!
Wow I had no idea the Germans mined New Zealand. Everything I've learnt about the war has had so little focus on what happened around my home country, so it's surprising to see things going on around there. Watching the Germans zip around the Pacific and sink ships willy-nilly was almost infuriating haha.
Amazing video as always!
Germany being a master trolling even in he pacific lol
HMAS Sydney was by far the most famous in the RAN at the time, she had sunk Italian cruisers and had been known by Admiral Cunningham as "my stormy petrel" (a fore bearer of doom). He crew was probably one of the most experienced of allied ships, her captain however - his first sea command after being posted to a desk for a decade.
"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical"
- Blaise Pascal
very good quote, especially watching the treaty of versailles !!!!
Keep these coming Kings and Generals. Modern wars that we have never heard before :D
Were these German raiders resupplied by the Japanese in the Caroline islands?
That's a question I have too. Where are the re-supply ships getting the supplies?
@@illerac84 Japanese supplied them
@@historicallegends3702
But prior to late '41, how would Japan avoid conflict with the Australians and British if they're providing supplies to a combatant?
@@illerac84 Quietly.
@@HarrDarr
I suppose so, but you'd think with their own plans for expansion in the Pacific, they'd not want the Germans getting the blood of their potential enemies up.
Perfect timing! Drachinifel (naval historian at large) just posted a video about the Hilfskruzers