Hunting the Bismarck - The Mighty HMS Hood - Extra History - Part 2

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  • Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024

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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  7 лет назад +861

    The HMS Hood and her escort plow towards the Bismarck... and a destiny that will shake Great Britain to its core.
    New players! Download World of Warships and use the code EXTRA1 for free goodies: cpm.wargaming.net/i3v7c6uu/?pub_id=2017_Video_2

    • @nephileonardo4822
      @nephileonardo4822 7 лет назад +16

      Extra Credits this your best series ever.....awesome job, you guys have good quality animations!

    • @invalidusername6809
      @invalidusername6809 7 лет назад +4

      Extra Credits I love this series so far. Looking forwards to more

    • @plenkman
      @plenkman 7 лет назад +7

      are you seriously not mentioning your 1 millionth milestone?

    • @thomassugg3422
      @thomassugg3422 7 лет назад +8

      Extra Credits My great great uncle was on the Hood.

    • @acewithanat4350
      @acewithanat4350 7 лет назад

      AWWWWWWWWWWW Damn thinga about to get hot next episode

  • @SovietWomble
    @SovietWomble 3 года назад +924

    8:51 - Fuck, can you even imagine that? You're a sailor lifting a searing hot German shell, that moments before was sitting in one of the turret ammunition wheelhouses aboard an enemy battleship. It was handled by German petty-officers, rode their ammunition lift, was pushed into the turret, and flew 10+ kilometres through the air to your deck. And might blow you to pieces in an instant.

    • @anonymousgiraff5536
      @anonymousgiraff5536 3 года назад +32

      Are you just binge watching history RUclips dude

    • @jacksonnoel821
      @jacksonnoel821 3 года назад +18

      The sailors where not to keen about being blown to hell, that day

    • @112mirai
      @112mirai 3 года назад +8

      Did not expect u here

    • @AugustStephenson397
      @AugustStephenson397 3 года назад +17

      @SovietWomble In war, there is a fine and blurry line between foolishness and bravery. All that matters is that the job is done. A similar situation occurred in the Pacific Theater. An IJN dive-bomber dropped an aerial bomb on the deck of the USS Enterprise. The bomb bounced off the deck, bounced off the ship’s island, and came to a stop on the flight deck without detonating. After a few seconds of stunned silence waiting for the bomb to explode, two damage control-men rolled the bomb off the flight deck at the ship’s rear.

    • @spacecats2185
      @spacecats2185 3 года назад +1

      Seeing u here is a suprise to me lol

  • @brytonmassie
    @brytonmassie 5 лет назад +2194

    2:47
    Crew: Captain a German ship is approaching!
    Captain: How are you sure it's German?
    Crew: It looks angry.

  • @MsAnnoyingComment
    @MsAnnoyingComment 5 лет назад +2259

    That visual of blood coming out of the communications pipe is absolutely horrifying.

    • @Mave242
      @Mave242 5 лет назад +42

      well yes...but who confirms that? same for the shell that lands into the POW..in front of the Sailor? i dont think that had been happen.

    • @GQ1123ja
      @GQ1123ja 5 лет назад +9

      My same thoughts

    • @Aelvir114
      @Aelvir114 5 лет назад +139

      Mave242 it’s most likely memoirs from one of the survivors

    • @chadpodell
      @chadpodell 5 лет назад +16

      Rip people he get brutaly killed by a shell

    • @danieloctovianus388
      @danieloctovianus388 5 лет назад +103

      @@Mave242 wait, who confirms that? That visual blood coming out from the pipes and the shell that hit the POW are from the Prince of wales ship though and many of the crews are still alive

  • @warbacca1017
    @warbacca1017 5 лет назад +607

    "Let me turn it over to Wargamings military expert."
    Enter *HARD* British

    • @cocotaveras8975
      @cocotaveras8975 4 года назад +4

      WarBacca 101 Brexit? 🇬🇧

    • @bloodpawwolf3199
      @bloodpawwolf3199 11 месяцев назад +4

      I mean, his section is about the british navy. What did you expect?

  • @justinl2009
    @justinl2009 7 лет назад +1289

    Imagine that you were the captain of The Prince of Wales.
    "Hello?"
    "Hello?"
    "Hello?!"
    *blood drips down the voice pipe on to the navigation charts*

    • @TheHamburgerFella
      @TheHamburgerFella 4 года назад +134

      "Well, I suppose that's an answer."
      *Canned Laughter*

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 4 года назад +85

      The captain was actually one of the only men on the bridge to live.
      The navigator had to take command because he was a senior surviving officer

    • @somerandomguy___
      @somerandomguy___ 4 года назад +79

      thats something strait out of a horror story

    • @Random_Furryyy
      @Random_Furryyy 3 года назад +11

      STOP LEAKING YOUR KETCHUP BILLY

    • @Mayank-mf7xr
      @Mayank-mf7xr 3 года назад +35

      All the memes aside, that is very disturbing. Not even horror movies can match that gravity and despair.

  • @gregorygee4675
    @gregorygee4675 7 лет назад +1445

    James should be writing screenplays, this slideshow is more gripping and terrifying than some war movies I've watched.

    • @Ouvii
      @Ouvii 7 лет назад +61

      Yeah, stuff like this and the pearl harbor museum in Honolulu really blow all the other stuff out of the water.

    • @spindash64
      @spindash64 7 лет назад +45

      I think it's Party because said movies so often try too hard to be action flicks, or guts and glory types of tales, rather than simply showing what happened, and letting the viewers see it for themselves

    • @MrEnvisioner
      @MrEnvisioner 7 лет назад +21

      oh man! "blow all the other stuff out of the water." I see what you did there...regardless of whether you intended it or not. Mwahahaha!

    • @Ouvii
      @Ouvii 7 лет назад +19

      MrEnvisioner i typed it, realized the joke, erased it, and then decided it was too good to let it go after all.

    • @Aldowyn
      @Aldowyn 7 лет назад +29

      I think Robert Rath (a freelancer who writes a lot about the historical context of games - you might remember his column critical intel on the Escapist) is writing most of this series.

  • @fortie6902
    @fortie6902 5 лет назад +797

    Bismarck: Oh you’re approaching me?
    The Allies: I can’t shell the shit out of you without getting closer.

    • @rbck8826
      @rbck8826 4 года назад +9

      JOJO is AMAZING

    • @hdskipper9878
      @hdskipper9878 4 года назад +2

      Is that a jojo reference?

    • @eclipsedninja1346
      @eclipsedninja1346 4 года назад +2

      @@hdskipper9878 you know that a JoJo's reference

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 3 года назад +22

      Bismarck: Ho ho ho! Then come as close as you like.

    • @Mayank-mf7xr
      @Mayank-mf7xr 3 года назад +1

      I love jojo.

  • @noobking111
    @noobking111 7 лет назад +1806

    3 out of 1,000.... could you imagine winning that lottery? would you even want too? max respect for those that served in WW2

    • @Ryukachoo
      @Ryukachoo 7 лет назад +196

      Zachary Rosch
      three out of 1,420

    • @dernwine
      @dernwine 7 лет назад +127

      That's a 1 in 473 chance of survival.

    • @TheTrueAdept
      @TheTrueAdept 7 лет назад +49

      Wait until you read about the later stages of the Pacific, the fighting is so intense that this period became the only time that the USN was in danger of loosing it's combat capabilities.

    • @lawrencemeadonia7500
      @lawrencemeadonia7500 7 лет назад +25

      Zachary Rosch
      The sad part is that this would happen again, except the sailors would be deliberately allowed to drown.

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 7 лет назад +128

      What about the two guys who just picked up a live 15 inch shell, in the middle of a full scale naval battle, carried it outside and chucked it over the side?

  • @lebkuchenmann7663
    @lebkuchenmann7663 5 лет назад +2286

    *Bismarck sinks Hood *
    This enraged Churchill, who punished him severely.

  • @Xalerdane
    @Xalerdane 6 лет назад +1411

    “Your mistake was blowing up that ship. That was their FAVORITE ship.”

    • @andreasbalfanz8511
      @andreasbalfanz8511 3 года назад +27

      True

    • @keylacerros8122
      @keylacerros8122 3 года назад +27

      But they wouldn't have gotten it's location if those cruisers were sunk before they could send bismarcks location

    • @keylacerros8122
      @keylacerros8122 3 года назад +8

      That ain't real in the movie battleship they need hela men to lift a shell

    • @damonculbert5853
      @damonculbert5853 3 года назад +52

      The Hood found the Bismarck on that fatal day
      The Bismarck started firin' fifteen miles away
      "We gotta sink the Bismarck" was the battle sound
      But when the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Hood went down. ( johnny horton sink the Bismarck)

    • @hawlitakerful
      @hawlitakerful 3 года назад +2

      @@keylacerros8122 that might be the only reasonable thing happening in this movie

  • @CherokeeFlutist59
    @CherokeeFlutist59 5 лет назад +1383

    "Gentlemen. It's come to my attention that the Hood has been lost with great deal of men. I want all ships in the Atlantic to follow this message to the letter:"
    *SINK THE BISMARCK*

  • @ferbthe2gadgetguy
    @ferbthe2gadgetguy 7 лет назад +800

    I want to really credit Scott and the other artists on these new amazing artworks like how better their artworks got since the Punic wars and the uses of gif. as well.
    Also credits to Wargaming on sponsoring Exra Credits and pays them to teach us a lesson about World War 2 rather than pick up a book(well books are great but videos are greater)

    • @ferbthe2gadgetguy
      @ferbthe2gadgetguy 7 лет назад +2

      Andrés The Royal Marine I'm not saying books are bad but all I think is that some visual aid is a tinsy winsy better

    • @Thraim.
      @Thraim. 7 лет назад +4

      Did someone say Scott? Pretty sure someone said Scott.
      Update your webcomic Scott.

    • @xegion4924
      @xegion4924 7 лет назад

      It's probably that one of there artists left and they now have a new one.

    • @dbrokensoul
      @dbrokensoul 7 лет назад +9

      Also, more people are more likely to watch a video than reading books. The video also may makes some watchers to get interested in history who in the end will picks up books.
      To summarize:
      Video have more audience than book -> Video increases interest in history -> more people picking up history books.

    • @ferbthe2gadgetguy
      @ferbthe2gadgetguy 7 лет назад

      mrbenz19 exactly.

  • @WargamingEurope
    @WargamingEurope 7 лет назад +1881

    Aaaaaand we are live!

    • @dinoalis496
      @dinoalis496 7 лет назад +6

      Hello :D

    • @ferbthe2gadgetguy
      @ferbthe2gadgetguy 7 лет назад +71

      Wargaming Europe *claps*
      You're a good company making good games and paying good people teaching good history.

    • @conorcrowley6256
      @conorcrowley6256 7 лет назад +37

      you have to admire a company that goes out of its way to twice possibly 3 times to inform people on the reason their games are so exciting

    • @evanuphil
      @evanuphil 7 лет назад +19

      I'm super enjoying this series, as well as the Battle of Kursk series you sponsored earlier. Thanks so much for sponsoring it! I hope to see more in the future!

    • @jroden06
      @jroden06 7 лет назад +19

      Wargaming Europe thank you SO MUCH for supporting this amazing series! Spreading word through the office to check out your new game and the new Extra History episodes!

  • @whyno5616
    @whyno5616 Год назад +46

    Even years later, the end still gives me shivers. All ships turning the guns to Europe to hunt the Bismark. While Churchill gives a few words drenched in rage.

  • @geetarz1
    @geetarz1 2 года назад +107

    7:35 The Hood taking one last mighty swing even as she slipped under the waves… the bravery and determination of those men was incredible

    • @Helena-me6mp
      @Helena-me6mp 2 года назад +2

      it was probably just ammunition exploding, just a single survivor heard a shot, i dont think a wounded sailor jumping off an exploding ship is a real source.

    • @geetarz1
      @geetarz1 2 года назад +9

      @@Helena-me6mp it was reported by several sources, notably the closest Kreigsmarine gunnery officer who was rescued the same day and “emphatically stated” that the forward turrets were firing under control even after her back was broken… she sunk in 3 minutes, so the reports hold true. The Admiralty recorded no abnormality, and accepted that the forward turrets returned fire. RUclips won’t let me link to the official ‘secret’ report, but its now publicly accessible. So you can read what actually happened 👍

    • @Helena-me6mp
      @Helena-me6mp 2 года назад

      @@geetarz1 and where should i read it? Idk where

  • @LikeTheBuffalo
    @LikeTheBuffalo 7 лет назад +381

    I like how this video was produced and released near the anniversary date of these events. I would like to see this become a trend with this series. It adds another layer of fascination to realize that this was taking place around this time of year over 70 years ago.

    • @chadoftoons
      @chadoftoons 7 лет назад

      There would be alot of waiting then would it not?

    • @undeadwill5912
      @undeadwill5912 7 лет назад +2

      LikeTheBuffalo I wanna be an architect

    • @LikeTheBuffalo
      @LikeTheBuffalo 7 лет назад +1

      Undead Will Sarah-Lynn? ... Sarah-Lynn? ... ... ... Sarah-Lynn?

    • @JoshuaRoberts333
      @JoshuaRoberts333 7 лет назад

      Why is it always the sneezing one?

    • @rashkavar
      @rashkavar 7 лет назад +5

      It'd just mean they'd have to pick their topics carefully. Ever picked up a "this day in history" book? Pretty much every day is the anniversary of something noteworthy by now.
      Personally, I don't feel they should do this - holding to it would cut them off from a lot of older history where we don't have a minute-by-minute account of events, as well as events that took place over several months or years. Besides, if you like that gimmick, as mentioned there's plenty of books that cater exactly to it.

  • @Binidj
    @Binidj 7 лет назад +415

    I knew it was coming but I still got a shiver when you actually said "sink the Bismark."

  • @Bladeofwar94
    @Bladeofwar94 7 лет назад +560

    I can see why history teachers love teaching about wars. They are full of passion, struggle, ideological fights, and the core of the human spirit. Wars show us what men really are when they are faced with their final hours.

    • @halozaf97
      @halozaf97 7 лет назад +21

      Don't glorify wars. Period.

    • @yordlejay6820
      @yordlejay6820 7 лет назад +10

      zaf Raz we're not glorifying the wars. we're glorifying the battles and soldiers

    • @Bladeofwar94
      @Bladeofwar94 7 лет назад +46

      We glorify the men and women who gave their lives for a cause. We glorify the movements who moved their people to revolution against tyranny. We glorify those who had the courage to fight for what they felt was unjust. We don't glorify death, but those involved in the war.

    • @Sabrowsky
      @Sabrowsky 7 лет назад +8

      its also because wars are when stuff happens, I mean, its interesting for you to read about peacetime politics but after a while it gets stactic, wars are when history takes 360 degree turns and stuff changes for hundreds, if not thousands of years

    • @udenszirnis1644
      @udenszirnis1644 7 лет назад +1

      Bladeofwar94 you can also guess why history teachers never tell a word about ww2 in Europe. No seriously, history course in 12th class in europe ends in the 30s, leaving the rest to ''oh they will figure it out''.

  • @panzerdragon1121
    @panzerdragon1121 6 лет назад +423

    The Bismarck started firing, 15 Miles away. "We have to sink the Bismarck!" Was the battle sound, but when the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Hood went down.

    • @josharko111
      @josharko111 5 лет назад +29

      "We've got to sink the Bismark, we've gotta cut her down!"
      -Bobby Horton

    • @dexsterkevin80
      @dexsterkevin80 5 лет назад +20

      Hit the decks a runnin' boys and turn those guns around

    • @protorandom9097
      @protorandom9097 5 лет назад +8

      Avenge the fallen' Hood! There can be no more common ground!

    • @rocekth
      @rocekth 5 лет назад +15

      Churchill told the people Put Evry ship a sail because out there I know she's gotta be

    • @callmebayve9619
      @callmebayve9619 5 лет назад +9

      we gotta sink the bismark to the bottom of the sea

  • @lohwentao707
    @lohwentao707 5 лет назад +1032

    Bismarck: Sinks 1 battleship
    England Navy: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @BatteredWalrus
    @BatteredWalrus 7 лет назад +420

    ...... I'm at a loss for words, I knew the destruction of HMS Hood was devastating, but the fact that only 3 people survived.... dear god

    • @RexWort
      @RexWort 7 лет назад +42

      Orlando Ford
      It bad enough many burn alive and were stuck inside the ship
      But get suck under water as the ship sinks....
      That plain out unfair

    • @HoppouChan
      @HoppouChan 7 лет назад +14

      ...or get into the water, just to freeze to death

    • @BatteredWalrus
      @BatteredWalrus 7 лет назад +2

      Anchovy it must have been terrifying

    • @HoppouChan
      @HoppouChan 7 лет назад +31

      I don't know what would be more terrifying - drowning inside the ship with no chance to get out or slowly freeze to death while waiting for someone to rescue you

    • @BatteredWalrus
      @BatteredWalrus 7 лет назад +7

      Anchovy either way it's a horrible way to go

  • @PencilSticks
    @PencilSticks 7 лет назад +841

    For the record, the chances of you being one the those 3 sailors is just over 0.2%

  • @despacito_boi4484
    @despacito_boi4484 4 года назад +299

    The last part has the same energy as “Avengers, assemble!”.

    • @B-enjoyer
      @B-enjoyer 3 года назад +1

      the USA is not in the war tho

    • @despacito_boi4484
      @despacito_boi4484 3 года назад +12

      @@B-enjoyer I didn’t say anything about the US? I was talking about the ships.

    • @B-enjoyer
      @B-enjoyer 3 года назад +3

      @@despacito_boi4484 the Avenger torpedo bomber

    • @despacito_boi4484
      @despacito_boi4484 3 года назад +4

      @@B-enjoyer I’m talking about marvel

    • @B-enjoyer
      @B-enjoyer 3 года назад +2

      @@despacito_boi4484oh

  • @Blizzic
    @Blizzic 6 лет назад +1640

    So is this a movie yet because if not why

  • @wackypacky6917
    @wackypacky6917 4 года назад +165

    7:42 That man was a survivor named Ted Briggs. He passed away in 2008.

    • @unidentifiednobodyabsolute4753
      @unidentifiednobodyabsolute4753 3 года назад +12

      God bless his soul

    • @timothytimothy4854
      @timothytimothy4854 3 года назад +1

      Him under

    • @senorincredible
      @senorincredible 2 года назад +1

      My grandad, who served in the Navy for about a decade starting in 1944, had the opportunity to meet Mr Briggs years later. He said he was a quiet but friendly and understated man.

  • @p.f.886
    @p.f.886 5 лет назад +462

    6:36 Bismark: I sawed this boat in half!
    sorry, I had to.

  • @sgtwolf0053
    @sgtwolf0053 7 лет назад +80

    Bodies flying down from the sky, blood slipping out of the voice tubes, three out of a thousand crew members surviving.
    I actually got chills from hearing those, that's very unusual. Now I'm even more interested in what happens next, keep up the good work!

    • @iochness8236
      @iochness8236 2 года назад

      The way they did the silluote of body's falling from the side of the ship

  • @martinconway8174
    @martinconway8174 7 лет назад +2305

    Sink the Bismarck
    Sink the Bismarck!
    SINK THE BISMARCK!

    • @Shadeius
      @Shadeius 7 лет назад +179

      Bismarck is OP pls nerf!

    • @winstonchurchill5519
      @winstonchurchill5519 7 лет назад +224

      We shall sink the Bismarck , whatever the cost may be, we shall sink the Bismarck on the beaches, we shall sink the Bismarck on the landing grounds, we shall sink the Bismarck in the fields and in the streets, we shall sink the Bismarck in the hills; we shall never stop sinking the Bismarck.

    • @BooDoug187
      @BooDoug187 7 лет назад +19

      What... Pink the... Mermark? I'm sorry I got some water in my ear I don't think I heard you correctly...

    • @ThemSensay
      @ThemSensay 7 лет назад +11

      Martin Conway Blow the fuck out of the Nazi ship!

    • @martinconway8174
      @martinconway8174 7 лет назад +4

      Gotta be sure right?

  • @windwulfboi
    @windwulfboi 7 лет назад +46

    "Bleak horror gives way to determined rage"
    Wow, that was moving. I applaud the writer of this episode.

  • @prince_nocturne
    @prince_nocturne 7 лет назад +113

    Fun fact: John Pertwee, who played the 3rd Doctor on Doctor Who, served on the HMS Hood, but was transferred off of the ship for officer training very shortly before this, her final mission. He was transferred so soon before it was sunk, that he had to call his family to let them know he wasn't actually ON the ship at the time.

  • @dallasrover5515
    @dallasrover5515 2 года назад +31

    I swear I've watched this a thousand times and those last words always give me chills. Literal goosebumps. "Sink the Bismarck. Sink the Bismarck. Sink the Bismarck."

  • @andrewphilos
    @andrewphilos 7 лет назад +87

    This may be macabre, but this video really helps me understand the inspiration behind the game "Battleship."

    • @ferbthe2gadgetguy
      @ferbthe2gadgetguy 7 лет назад +13

      Andrew Weber ships completely unaware of their position uses blind luck not to get sunk and try to sink the other ships.
      Huh.

    • @Lightscribe225
      @Lightscribe225 7 лет назад +7

      ferbthe2gadgetguy And bracketing means a ship is doomed

  • @joinmarch76
    @joinmarch76 7 лет назад +96

    For six long days and weary nights, they tried to find her trail
    Churchill told the people: "Put ev'ry ship a'sail! 'Cause somewhere on that ocean, I know she's gotta be! We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea!"

    • @teamcybr8375
      @teamcybr8375 6 лет назад +6

      I CAN HEAR THE JAUNTY NOTES INSIDE MY SKULL

  • @TheoHiggins
    @TheoHiggins 4 года назад +25

    This is the one extra history season I can rewatch over and over and never tire of it.
    It's so engaging its like a work of fiction.

  • @thehuman2861
    @thehuman2861 5 лет назад +208

    2:47 did anyone noticed the angry face of Bismarck

  • @SultanOfAwesomeness
    @SultanOfAwesomeness 7 лет назад +800

    >ADM1RAL_H0LLAND: Good Luck and Fair Seas!
    >ADM1RAL_H0LLAND: [Detonation]
    [Heavy Damage]
    [Engine incapacitated]
    [Speed Reduced]
    >B1SMARCK: [Devastating Strike]
    >B1SMARCK: that's why you don't show broadside noob

    • @Andreych95
      @Andreych95 6 лет назад +39

      Sultan Better use some holy oils to please the machine spirit :v

    • @rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462
      @rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462 6 лет назад +31

      [You have been disconnected from the server, B1SMARCK. Please reboot the game and rejoin the server.]

    • @mop-ark8987
      @mop-ark8987 6 лет назад +8

      B1SMARCK- one RNAC ban on record. *info*

    • @theskitsdump7728
      @theskitsdump7728 6 лет назад +26

      (B1SMARK has eliminated H00D with fifteen inch guns)

    • @rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462
      @rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462 6 лет назад +23

      [H00D has been forcibly kicked from the server.]

  • @Jin-qx9pt
    @Jin-qx9pt 7 лет назад +352

    The world chat is heavy with this one message:
    The [Bismarck] field boss is in the Pacific!
    This feels like the setup to some REALLY intense raid in an MMO.

    • @RKNGL
      @RKNGL 7 лет назад +75

      James Goldsworthy *Atlantic

    • @heart0fthedrag0n
      @heart0fthedrag0n 7 лет назад +26

      Ultimate world boss of the WWII expansion.

    • @Jin-qx9pt
      @Jin-qx9pt 7 лет назад +23

      Corrupted Archangel shhh it's all the same body of water if you go far enough...

    • @franzluggin398
      @franzluggin398 7 лет назад +18

      +James Goldsworthy So by that logic, Bismarck was in Lake Constance?

    • @pokemonduck
      @pokemonduck 7 лет назад +7

      By that logic every place is everywhere

  • @FinalLugiaGuardian
    @FinalLugiaGuardian 7 лет назад +46

    Question. Has anybody ever sent a submarine down to HMS Hood's wreck, perhaps to recover some vital parts of the ship?
    Also, the name of the Hood's crew member who was pulled underwater, his name was Ted Briggs (and he only passed away in 2008).

    • @lpkinger7574
      @lpkinger7574 5 лет назад +3

      Jes the bell was recovered

    • @freshfish7529
      @freshfish7529 2 года назад

      They can’t recover anything else. The ships a protected war grave

    • @texasarbiter8454
      @texasarbiter8454 2 года назад +4

      Yes. That's how we know the Hood was actually blown into 3 pieces not 2

  • @sgtspiffywiffy5799
    @sgtspiffywiffy5799 3 года назад +21

    10:18 Could you imagine the fear of the crew of the Bismarck if the Royal Navy broadcast the order without incription
    "To all able Royal Navy ships in and near the Atlantic, Sink the Bismarck"

  • @sailor_guy9841
    @sailor_guy9841 4 года назад +32

    Man,listening to the story of sinking of HMS hood really give me goosebumps, and I feel bad for the Captain holland he will die with the Ship who he loves the most and Navigating officer Leech he has experienced Hell on earth
    Respects from India
    🇮🇳❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

    • @genghiskhan.2265
      @genghiskhan.2265 3 года назад

      India and Britain don’t go well
      If you know what I mean

  • @jellybean358
    @jellybean358 7 лет назад +50

    9:02 now that's some balls of steel. Can you imagine just being like "fuck it, no time to wait, lets go toss this overboard ourselves..."

    • @CaptmagiKono
      @CaptmagiKono 7 лет назад +17

      Better than having balls filled with Shrapnel and high explosives

    • @firer2017
      @firer2017 6 лет назад +2

      It's not just that it was next to their feet, it was next to the turret magazine! That's even more terrifying.

    • @Camden-bn7eh
      @Camden-bn7eh 6 лет назад +1

      Jellybean what did ya expect? I mean what if the shell went off? Then there would be trouble. So they went and threw it over before the shell would have any chance of going off

  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  7 лет назад +318

    Looking for the Articles of Confederation? Never fear, that series will continue every Saturday as usual! This extra series is just that: an extra episode of Extra History every (extra) week! It will not interfere with our regular Saturday release schedule.

    • @Corran109
      @Corran109 7 лет назад +6

      Where does it say anything about 2 weeks?

    • @adamdailey6675
      @adamdailey6675 7 лет назад

      What gave you the idea to start making history episodes.

    • @Smithington_
      @Smithington_ 7 лет назад +2

      Adam Dailey. They got sponsored. Watch their Roman episode.

    • @imperatorodaenathus9329
      @imperatorodaenathus9329 7 лет назад

      +Adam Dailey It was partially due to the History of Rome Podcast. (We know this because the EC said so in the Prequal to the Gracchi episodes.) That's about as far as I know.

    • @extrahistory
      @extrahistory  7 лет назад +24

      Our very first Extra History series was sponsored by Creative Assembly, the game studio behind Total War: Rome II. The resulting Punic Wars series (ruclips.net/p/PLhyKYa0YJ_5BQmw4cp7mmwtyEc4tBMUhX) turned out to be wildly popular but required all the additional costs and time of a second production pipeline on top of Extra Credits, so to this day we continue to fund its production through our Patreon! www.patreon.com/ExtraCredits
      Coincidentally enough, our foray into history videos came about because of video games.
      --Belinda

  • @maxsimeck902
    @maxsimeck902 6 лет назад +69

    Holy shit, source on the bleeding speaking tubes?

  • @k1tsun386
    @k1tsun386 5 лет назад +132

    Hood: *enters denmark strait*
    *Sabaton - Bismarck starts playing*
    Hood: why do i hear boss music?

    • @diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754
      @diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754 4 года назад +3

      *Johnny Horton intensifies*

    • @simoncarrillo7378
      @simoncarrillo7378 2 года назад +1

      Pride of a nation
      A beast made of steel
      Bismarck in motion
      King of the ocean
      He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
      To lead the war machine
      To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
      The terror of the seas
      The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine

  • @comradebear2095
    @comradebear2095 5 лет назад +48

    Bismarck destroy the HMS Hood
    Hood continues with half a ship
    Bismarck : AM I A JOKE TO YOU!!!

  • @SecondSince
    @SecondSince 7 лет назад +331

    Why does Wargaming with is millions upon millions not give it's employees better quality microphones? :/

    • @6038am
      @6038am 7 лет назад +34

      They do, for some reason The Challenger just use a shitty one. Look at what the NA team is doing, they know how to do good stuff.

    • @tomaszmazurek64
      @tomaszmazurek64 7 лет назад +23

      The mic is probably ok-ish - the problem to my ears is the recording room. It is much easier to get a decent mic than to sound treat a room - not that this is super hard or expensive, but it requires a bit of work and uglifying one of your rooms with diffuser panels on the walls and ceiling and bass traps in the corners. My guess is he probably got an ok-ish mic but recorded in some small room in his house and it shows (or, rather, sounds).

    • @MrSam1er
      @MrSam1er 7 лет назад +11

      It's not even a bad microphone, the audio file was just badly compressed. The size was maybe to large and they did not lose time finding a clever way to transmit it, so they over-compressed it.

    • @tomaszmazurek64
      @tomaszmazurek64 7 лет назад +15

      It is also possible they used some heavy handed processing to remove the room sound or noise, which often leaves artefacts similar to bad compression.

    • @TheKiroshi
      @TheKiroshi 7 лет назад +10

      I don't think this probable volunteer work is exactly part of the companies policies..

  • @StickyFingers115
    @StickyFingers115 5 лет назад +32

    “SINK THE BISMARCK, SINK THE BISMARCK, SINK THE BISMARCK!” Chills my body HARD!!!

  • @winghungyuen2726
    @winghungyuen2726 7 лет назад +162

    You forgot to mention how Ernst Lindermann, captain of the Bismarck said, "I'm not letting my ship get shot out from under my arse."

    • @mikeliu2552
      @mikeliu2552 6 лет назад +7

      Yeah kriegsmarine officers rarely surrendered, and often committed suicide

    • @alamoemperor3845
      @alamoemperor3845 6 лет назад +3

      Mike Liu well, in the end he sank his own ship, refusing the allies a destinct victory

    • @Azraeltheangelofdeath
      @Azraeltheangelofdeath 6 лет назад +18

      Actually that is completely incorrect, Just because they are German Naval officers doesn't mean anything, and yes that quote is completely true as the original quote was "Ich lasse mir doch nicht mein Schiff unter dem Arsch wegschießen. Feuererlaubnis" Which was his response in frustration to the Kreigsmarine Admiral Günther Lütjens refusal to give orders to return fire at british warships, since if the Bismarck was damaged they would have to return to port and the mission would be a failure

    • @Azraeltheangelofdeath
      @Azraeltheangelofdeath 6 лет назад +9

      Basically "I will not let my ship be shot out from under my Ass, Open Fire", like I said he was extremely frustrated by the Admiral's lack of action to protect not only the captain's ship but also Prinz Eugene

    • @panzerwafflez7228
      @panzerwafflez7228 6 лет назад +2

      Oh shut up Marry. Stop making random things up.

  • @claddid1619
    @claddid1619 5 лет назад +98

    "I'm bout' to end the HMS Hoods whole career." -Bismarck

  • @donviglone7707
    @donviglone7707 5 лет назад +43

    Bismarck: First blood, Devastating strike
    Hood: Detonation

    • @DuckyGoose74
      @DuckyGoose74 5 лет назад

      and then bismarck came under focus fire

  • @ItsmeInternetStranger
    @ItsmeInternetStranger 7 лет назад +195

    The 24th of may? Hey the battle happened on my Birthday :D
    ....
    That's not happy D:

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 7 лет назад +39

      Mournful birthday to you,
      Mournful birthday to you.
      Mournful birthday, dear Miyamoto Fan;
      Mournful birthday to you.

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 7 лет назад +7

      Now you need is violin music

    • @cdkumquat4953
      @cdkumquat4953 7 лет назад +1

      My father's birthday as well.

    • @ItsmeInternetStranger
      @ItsmeInternetStranger 7 лет назад +3

      I never thought you'd find me, son.

    • @addadu8031
      @addadu8031 7 лет назад +3

      Dunn dunn dunn...?

  • @Kraigon42
    @Kraigon42 7 лет назад +10

    First, fantastic art at 2:50. I love the menacing face hidden in the ship.
    Second, while I can't help but notice a few of the liberties taken in the name of drama (most notably the perspective of the man who drowns), this is exactly why I watch this series so fervently: the drama brings the history alive without going full Russel Crowe.
    In short, you guys are fantastic.

    • @dreadpiratedan4664
      @dreadpiratedan4664 2 года назад

      the Bismarck looks like a Imperial Star Destroyer in that art

  • @filipafklinteberg3311
    @filipafklinteberg3311 7 лет назад +197

    Now we finnaly know where the hood at... It's at the bottom of the ocean!

    • @jackobyte1143
      @jackobyte1143 7 лет назад

      Filip af Klinteberg my god I think he's on to something

    • @augustuscrow1799
      @augustuscrow1799 6 лет назад

      Ian McClure you don't happen to be related to the very good actor Doug McClure

    • @rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462
      @rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462 6 лет назад

      Now we finally know where an irritating person at.. It's been soaked by Godot's coffee!

    • @_stalker_43
      @_stalker_43 5 лет назад

      DMX would be proud

    • @a.t.t.g8359
      @a.t.t.g8359 5 лет назад

      too soon man

  • @Soundwave3591
    @Soundwave3591 5 лет назад +6

    9:18 The Bismarck didn't follow for a simple reason: Admiral Lutgens was ordered not to.
    so to speak, at least. Contrary to what one might think, the Germans weren't stupid (most of the time...) they knew their fleet was no match for the Royal Navy, and indeed, the Bismarck had been ordered to AVOID facing British Warships unless absolutely necessary. The Denmark Strait was "Necessary" as, well, they needed to get past the British to carry out their main objective: convoy raiding. But she was, generally, meant to avoid British battlefleets and focus on merchant shipping.
    So while sinking PoW might have made for a tactical victory, it was against the strategic goal of convoy raiding, which was more crucial to the war effort. There was also the matter of the British Cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk, which were still close by and, while no match for the Bismarck one-on-one, could still make a nuisance of themselves, especially considering Bismarck was already damaged.
    on a side note, Hitler actually said after Bismarck had been sunk that she should have finished off Prince of Wales, if for nothing more than the propaganda victory.

  • @asneecrabbier3900
    @asneecrabbier3900 5 лет назад +105

    the english seeing the bismarck:
    in awe at the size of this lad

    • @farmerned6
      @farmerned6 5 лет назад

      Except Hood was Longer than Bismark?,
      and they were a 44,000t treaty Battleship and a 47,000t "super" battlecruiser, taking on a 50,000t modern full-fat battleship and a 18,000t Heavy cruiser, in weight of Shot the RN had advantage,

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 5 лет назад +1

      Absolute unit!

  • @Fusbrodah
    @Fusbrodah 7 лет назад +6

    You guys are some of the best story tellers I've ever heard. The descriptions of the destruction are actually kinda shocking and really make each salvo hit feel like a disaster on it's own.

  • @oweneglinton806
    @oweneglinton806 7 лет назад +55

    My great grandfather, Percy, actually served on the PoW as a signalman.

    • @Lee-rx4vz
      @Lee-rx4vz 7 лет назад

      Owen Eglinton did he survive?

    • @Camden-bn7eh
      @Camden-bn7eh 6 лет назад +1

      Owen Eglinton yeah did he survive after it sank being attacked by Japanese bombers? Was he on the PoW when the PoW and Hood engaged the Bismarck and Prince Eugen

    • @kiddo6393
      @kiddo6393 6 лет назад

      Owen Eglinton tell him to teach you to signal " I AM A POLE"

    • @willbrown3694
      @willbrown3694 6 лет назад +1

      Camden 4545 ah, so he was part of task force X that went to Singapore?

  • @jajurvonhohenzollern5542
    @jajurvonhohenzollern5542 7 лет назад +83

    fun fact : Lütjens was still trying
    to avoid the combat with the British ships, following orders from the
    High Command. Müllenheim-Rechberg, in his book, "Battleship Bismarck, A Survivor's Story, says that he heard Captain Lindemann say: "I just won't let my ship be shot out from under my ass...... Permission to fire!"

  • @doapin6240
    @doapin6240 5 лет назад +51

    *a steam of blood is coming out of the pipe*
    Now I can’t sleep

  • @Nckolas20
    @Nckolas20 6 лет назад +5

    Yoo I got chills when you mentioned body parts raining from the sky, the screams of the crew and blood trickling out of pipes. Such descriptive scenes would be fantastically horrifying in a movie

  • @Edax_Royeaux
    @Edax_Royeaux 7 лет назад +30

    It has been disputed whether or not the Hood was struck in the deck. Some say Bismarck managed to punch through the Hood's thick armor belt at an odd angle as a result of her turn. On the wreak of the Hood, her rudder is still turned to port, she never completed her turn.
    Also, another side note, the Bismarck did not return fire against the Hood and Prince of Wales for a considerable amount of time. I wonder if the RN crews thought that to be eerie.

    • @1993Crag
      @1993Crag 7 лет назад +3

      Most reliable seem to give the shot as coming in just above Hoods belt and engaging its turtle back upper plate. The angle of fall wasn't enough to enable a deck shot to do much.

    • @chrishopwood6938
      @chrishopwood6938 5 лет назад

      The shot that sunk the hood was 1 in milion shot.

    • @aquila4460
      @aquila4460 2 года назад +1

      Actually there is a pretty good by drachinifel that argues, at least for the layman that I am, pretty convincingly that the shot managed to hit the trough of the wake, and so hit below the armour belt with enough force to penetrate, passing directly into the magazine.

  • @keeganfirecloak4695
    @keeganfirecloak4695 5 лет назад +26

    That ending! My god you can make a movie from this!

    • @MrFreakHeavy
      @MrFreakHeavy 5 лет назад +3

      That would be a rad movie, I swear. "The Hunt."

    • @keeganfirecloak4695
      @keeganfirecloak4695 5 лет назад +1

      machinegun I like your idea, my friend.

    • @Madjo-qj2ge
      @Madjo-qj2ge 5 лет назад +1

      well,this story is Opening/Prologue of Chinese Shipfu Game Azur Lane

  • @jamesjackson5895
    @jamesjackson5895 6 лет назад +509

    My grandfather was one of those 3 survivors of the hood

  • @Crabdoestuff30
    @Crabdoestuff30 6 лет назад +2

    No matter how many times I watch this series, those ending words from Churchill never cease to give me chills

  • @Erudaft
    @Erudaft 7 лет назад +5

    Christ, that was the most tense, gripping extra credits episode ever! As a brit we focus more on the battle of the skies in history classes, with the battle of the atlantic being more about U-boats vs convoys. I never realised how badly the survival effort of the war rested on one nazi supership.
    Well done Extra Credits. Continue to be awesome!

  • @BlankPicketSign
    @BlankPicketSign 7 лет назад +206

    SINK THE BISMARCK!!! SINK THE BISMARCK!!! SINK THE BISMARCK!!!

    • @Gilhelmi
      @Gilhelmi 7 лет назад +8

      I imagine that the order was not shouted.
      I believe it was given in a calm, stern voice. The kind filled with the righteous anger of nations. A monotone that could kill if directed at you. It is a terrifying tone, one that makes all who hear it follow it completely, or tremble with fear.

    • @smitty2085
      @smitty2085 7 лет назад +6

      Sink the bismark. Sink the bismark. Sink. The. Bismark

    • @Berkpolat121
      @Berkpolat121 6 лет назад +2

      Bismarck*

    • @kwanteikkhow230
      @kwanteikkhow230 6 лет назад +3

      It is an order with the full might of the British Empire behind it. It contains the rage of empires. The war was business, this was personal.

    • @rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462
      @rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462 6 лет назад +1

      *_Sink the Bismarck._*

  • @Paragoth
    @Paragoth 7 лет назад +23

    I was debating watching this, because I know the general history of the Bismark, but thank you for adding such detail. I'm glad I've got a reason to watch the series.
    One critique I will make, in the first episode (and I understand the dramatic nature of story telling), we were given the notion that Britain was a lone bastion of democracy in Europe against an oncoming Nazi tide. While I get that is a very common notion, I don't think it's very accurate. Yes, the Bismark was a terrifying ship to have running around in Atlantic trade routes, but Britain also comprised a full third of world trade at this time. While the support of the US Lend-Lease program should not be under estimated, I do think that Britain was in a better position than most give them credit for.
    I definitely understand why Britain is going to be portrayed without that light, it gives the story drama and stakes, but again I feel it obscures historical fact. Like, that the British, in a fit of paranoia, caused a massive famine in India to support the war effort. They could do that because they were able to maintain their trade routes. The Second World War was a messy affair, but I think we can get across the triumph of the Allies by acknowledging this history and pointing out the lessons it taught the west. The US started ramping down its eugenics program in the aftermath of the war, Britain and the rest of Europe decolonize. Those are huge impacts that the Nazi project instilled in the world. Their insidiousness showed the west where it was going, and we have tried to correct course from that.

    • @NatalieCostello-w2z
      @NatalieCostello-w2z 5 лет назад

      Gee thank you for all of that information that I totally read

  • @fireshark142
    @fireshark142 4 года назад +6

    10:43 This gave me chills, I can just imagine the fury and determination in that order

  • @Nolo122
    @Nolo122 7 лет назад +183

    "About to take on the largest and dangerous warships." The Japanese would beg to differ.

    • @AVGyerra22
      @AVGyerra22 4 года назад +19

      As if the Japanese ships did anything worth noting

    • @laurarobertson2287
      @laurarobertson2287 4 года назад +3

      @@AVGyerra22 I agree

    • @ethanniedorowski6020
      @ethanniedorowski6020 4 года назад +9

      @@AVGyerra22 17 bombs 16 torpedoes .... that is something

    • @crilbusfumperdink3823
      @crilbusfumperdink3823 4 года назад

      Ethan Niedorowski lol

    • @Yayaloy9
      @Yayaloy9 4 года назад +2

      @@ethanniedorowski6020 1000 planes+ about 4 subs with 2 latest modern torpedoes from Britain against Tirpitz

  • @tommykarrick9130
    @tommykarrick9130 7 лет назад +16

    The end of this episode in a nutshell
    "Top 10 Anime Battles"

  • @aleckbataque7855
    @aleckbataque7855 7 лет назад +70

    Yes! Finally I've been waiting for this

  • @mathewdeering
    @mathewdeering 6 лет назад +5

    The way these pieces are constructed is beautiful and simple in what is effectively just a slideshow. The last sequence really got me.
    SINK THE BISMARCK. SINK THE BISMARCK. SINK THE BISMARCK.
    I got tingles.

  • @jessicabresler2275
    @jessicabresler2275 Год назад +2

    I have to say one of my favourite parts of ExtraHistory is how they make events into a compelling story while maintaining the factual integrity of the event. They even do 'LIES' episodes when they have to gloss over certain topics etc.

  • @battlefield_hackers_exposed
    @battlefield_hackers_exposed Год назад +1

    Interesting how such a minimalistic style of story telling can be so engaging. Rewatching this after years, holds up very very well

  • @Master13961
    @Master13961 7 лет назад +22

    When you're so strong that the rest of the world has to 1 V All you

  • @TheEmperorGulcasa
    @TheEmperorGulcasa 7 лет назад +18

    Ironically, other than as symbols, these battleships didn't prove that important. They were so expensive to repair and such a loss to get damaged, they were usually kept in dock and not used. The Yamato and mushashi remained in port much of the war for example. Meanwhile, the new carriers proved to be deadly and dominated naval warfare in the eastern front.

    • @nastrael
      @nastrael 7 лет назад +6

      TheEmperorGulcasa The Pacific* the Eastern Front was Eastern Europe. Regardless, Battleships were still very useful, if only in a supporting role. They're giant floating gun platforms and were extremely handy in that capacity when supporting ground forces. Almost every amphibious landing during the war was supported by battleship guns.

    • @Winters004
      @Winters004 7 лет назад +5

      This was mostly a failure of doctrine and bad timing than anything else. The Germans started off the war before their navy was actually ready and had no proper naval air arm to support their fleets. Japan went all in on the decisive battle doctrine and saved their biggest ships for that rainy day that never came.
      Meanwhile, on the Allied side, battleships were still being used constantly to protect carriers from planes and other enemy surface ships. A lot of people forget that the US learned from Pearl Harbor and turned every single warship they had into a floating AA battery. Hell, the Iowas were still being consistently deployed well into the 90s.

    • @TheEmperorGulcasa
      @TheEmperorGulcasa 7 лет назад

      My bad about terminology. That said, what I meant was more the flagship vessels like the Bismarck and the Yamato. Big showpieces that weren't really that practical due to the risk should they be lost. Also, that the attitude going into the war was that Battleships were the decisive factor in the war, but the carrier ended up being the decisive factor in the Japanes end of the war. Once their air power was crippled after Midway, their vaunted battleships ended up being relatively inconsequential. The battleships, while powerful, just couldn't replace air superiority.

    • @toransilverman
      @toransilverman 7 лет назад

      That's true. The thing is, a lot of capital ship building was based on doctrines developed during WWI. No one, not even the Japanese, really considered aircraft a major factor in fleet battles. Its just funny that the Japanese were the ones to start the whole Air Superiority thing during Pearl Harbor. Which, in turn, had America invest heavily into aircraft and carriers.
      As for the Yamato-class ships, they became show pieces due to a combination of their operating costs and politics. By the time they were actually deployed in combat, it was too late and they did not have the oil reserves or air support to support the Yamato in regular combat.

    • @VRichardsn
      @VRichardsn 7 лет назад +2

      There is this "Battleships were useless" idea running around. It is not so.
      "Military history, when superficially studied, will furnish arguments in support of any theory." - von Schellendorf
      The problem with claiming that there was no need for battleships in World War II is that doing so betrays a very shallow understanding of the limitations on carrier aviation in the era.
      World War II carrier aircraft:
      -COULD NOT OPERATE AT NIGHT
      -COULD NOT OPERATE IN BAD WEATHER
      This is a serious restriction. For nearly half of every 24 hour period, carriers of the era simply could not function. Carrier aircraft would have been helpless to save the convoy and turn back Scharnhorst in the Battle of North Cape, due to sea state and a driving blizzard. But HMS Duke of York had no such limitations. Carrier aircraft could not
      have held Savo Island and protected the vulnerable beachhead and airfield from bombardment, because the Japanese surface forces conducted their attacks at night. But USS South Dakota and USS Washington could, as they demonstrated in the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. And it was not aircraft carriers that held Surigao Strait in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
      There are plenty of examples in World War II where the old dinosaurs proved indispensable.

  • @13thnite
    @13thnite 7 лет назад +4

    It's an interesting approach to change up your formula with how you tell the facts. This episode definitely more felt like you were telling a story then just explaining past facts and events. Either way another great episode!

  • @pieguy6992
    @pieguy6992 5 лет назад +2

    It's amazing that Extra can really put into perspective the sheer magnitude of 3 words without actually ever giving any reference points.

  • @Littaly
    @Littaly 7 лет назад +3

    Damn. I've been watching a good chunk of your content since this series started, and I've always thought you've done a good job at scripting them, trying to put some emotion and narration into the retelling of the historic accounts. But this was something else. You actually had me on the edge of my seat, I felt a lot more emotion than I normally do at these sorts of things. Kudos to whoever scripted and animated it, and Dan for the clear and comprehensible but still engaged narration.

  • @HurricaneHunter03
    @HurricaneHunter03 6 лет назад +20

    The Destruction of a National renowned Ship and her most of her crew creates rage across the British Empire, now with one major goal: Sink the Bismark

  • @jackthedragonkiller5097
    @jackthedragonkiller5097 4 года назад +6

    HMS Hood: *Exists*
    Bismarck: I’m bout to end this mans whole career

  • @Nyghtking
    @Nyghtking 7 лет назад +58

    WW1 was when the gates of hell were opened, WW2 was as we stepped through those now opened gates, and WW3 will be a hell of our own making we will be forced to bare witness to.

  • @gamingbunny4660
    @gamingbunny4660 5 лет назад +15

    8:16 I kind jumped heh and chills when he said bang -3-

  • @captainspire4859
    @captainspire4859 8 месяцев назад +1

    "Sink the Bismarck, Sink the Bismarck, Sink the Bismarck" Every since time i here that it sends shivers threw my bodies ive watched this video several times over the years and every time i get shivers

  • @entaronatu
    @entaronatu 7 лет назад +5

    The story telling in this is amazing. I'm not much of a war history fan myself but this series I've found really engaging. Keep it up 😄

  • @letthou5540
    @letthou5540 5 лет назад +11

    I mean imagine someone just yeeted your most priced posession into the ocean, no wonder Britain was mad lmao

  • @dinoalis496
    @dinoalis496 7 лет назад +31

    Just saw the first part 3 min ago and saw the 2nd one was out
    Thank you!

  • @Aelvir114
    @Aelvir114 5 лет назад +5

    7:35 Pretty badass of Hood, to never stop firing even as she goes under.

  • @CEngelbrecht
    @CEngelbrecht Год назад +1

    Referencing the eye witness account from the stricken Hood by Ordinary Signalman Ted Briggs (1923-2008), the last of only three survivors from the Hood. The other two were Able Seaman Robert Tilburn (1921-1995), and Midshipman William John Dundas (1923-1965). Before that one lucky shell from the Bismarck, Hood's crew had been 1418 souls.
    To his dying day, Ted Briggs kept showing up for TV interviews every time a new hour documentary was being produced about the hunt for the Bismarck. After watching a couple of them, you ended up feeling you knew him.
    This is a really good video.

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Год назад +1

      I think you mean Mr Briggs was invited to take part in the programme, rather than the idea that he "kept showing up for TV interviews every time a new hour documentary was being produced".

    • @CEngelbrecht
      @CEngelbrecht Год назад

      @@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      This is what I mean, yeah. He was always invited, and he always agreed.

  • @MarcieParcie
    @MarcieParcie 7 лет назад +36

    wow. shit got dark.

  • @dernwine
    @dernwine 7 лет назад +6

    I love this, so glad your covering one of the less well known but nailbiting moments of the war.
    I really hope one day your patreon or sponsors enable you to do other stories from WWII, maybe North Africa, or Burma, or maybe the Chinese theater, or the Finish Front the options are endless.

    • @Camden-bn7eh
      @Camden-bn7eh 6 лет назад

      dernwine if they are gonna mention North Africa, they better mention the Free French because they helped the British defeat the Axis forces

  • @noraahmed5956
    @noraahmed5956 3 года назад +7

    9:42: One of them has to Ted Briggs.

  • @shadowpod13
    @shadowpod13 7 лет назад

    I really like how you talk about how they fire, then look at their stop watches and time it and wait for a while to see where they are and all that. It really adds to it and changes it from the way we would expect it to be as if it was just a gun on the sea. But with this we get to understand that it takes TIME for the shells to get where they are going. You also put us right into the situation with how little we know and how little we can tell from the tech of the time. Thank you very much.

  • @TheRotundRider
    @TheRotundRider 6 лет назад +1

    I first read about the Hood and Bismark when I was 8 years old. I loved it, and it hooked me forever more on the stories and advances of WW2. This was the start down the road of loving any and all things historical.
    And now over 30 years later, I've found this site and am binging on it. =)

  • @PavelKahun
    @PavelKahun 7 лет назад +8

    I noticed that there were few duds from those shells that hit. Perchance, do you know if ammunition for the Bismark was manufactured in one of the occupied nations??
    I know that at Malta, there is 250 kg bomb dropped on it during the battle for Malta, from JU-87 into a historic cathedral, that was manufactured in Czechoslovakia and it was on purpose sabotaged. Some poor soul risked his/hers life removing the fuse, and it saved hundreds of people and the historic building.

  • @mperor87
    @mperor87 7 лет назад +5

    You have become true artists at telling stories, I was glued at the screen the whole time. Keep it up!

  • @denoizewan7999
    @denoizewan7999 5 лет назад +36

    *He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
    To lead the warmachine
    To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
    The terror of the seas
    The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine*

    • @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s
      @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s 3 года назад +1

      *THE TERROR OF THE SEAS THE BISMARCK AND THE KRIEGSMARINE!*

  • @ValkyrieTiara
    @ValkyrieTiara 7 лет назад

    I don't really have words, but I'll try. This is one of the greatest, most dramatic tellings of anything I've ever heard. I keep thinking to myself "Good lord this should be a movie" but...I honestly don't think any movie would be as good as this ten minute video. The art, directing, and reading are incredible. You NAILED IT. Thank you for this.

  • @tummywubs5071
    @tummywubs5071 6 лет назад +4

    A salute to all those lost on the hood and all other naval vessels. Rest in peace you brave men.