Thanks! I had not known that when the Bremen continued on to New York, that the captain had been ostensibly disobeying orders to deliver his passengers to safety in the US before the whole drama with the Bremen's run for the Axis afterward. My respect for him skyrocketed after learning that.
Great vid. Excellent book "Shadow Voyage" on this. Ironical that Bremen survived all this only to be burned and destroyed by an angry 14yo crew boy just 16 months later.
Thank you for so many details I had never heard of before! Goes to show that when you think you know it all, somebody else comes along and lets you know there is always more to know. Very well done.
I strongly suspect that the seaplane catapult had another purpose. Knowing the Germans and their clandestine rearmament program going on even in the 1920s, they fully intended that Bremen could be used as a merchant raider in the event of war, and having a seaplane catapult would give it useful reconnaissance capabilities both for finding targets of opportunity and avoiding warships trying to find it at sea.
A great story about a wonderful ship. The boy set her on fire?? OMG !! What a tragedy. Thanks for the bonus video BOB. I really enjoy your channel and am excited to see a new post.
I was having Deja vu with this video I was like has Big old Boats (which I call Bob) uploaded a Bremen video and I had to look through and then I found it - for a moment I was doubting myself 😂
@16:35 I was SO ready for guitars and Nicko McBrain on drums to kick in. Then I remembered what channel I was watching. This is boats. That is planes. :P
If the German supervisor hadn't of beat the 15-year old deck hand the ship would not have been set on fire and history might have turned out differently . What happened to the German supervisor , was he punished too or did they only punish the deck hand ?
Bremen and Europa were perhaps nearly identical in silhouette to the untrained eye. NDL gave AG Weser and Blohm & Voss the specifications they required and the shipyards designed it accordingly. They were vastly different when it came to their engineering spaces. NDL intended Bremen and Europa to enter service in tandem. But a devastating fire nearly destroyed Europa during construction and delayed her entry into service. Bremen and Europa also carried the highest average passenger loads in the first half of the 1930s. They were after all the newest superliners in service with direct service to Western Europe. The drop in passengers had more to do with the Great Depression. Take as an example, when Europa departed New York in 1935 at near capacity (close to 1,914). While the brand new Normandie also about the depart for the return maiden voyage only had about 1,491 passengers. Note this would be one of Normandie’s highest passengers loads during her short career. Although it was inflated by returning guests who were invited by CGT for the initial maiden voyage from France.
I love that there are people like you just making awesome videos. I loved this one. Your content is super cool, and the production and music are solid. Keep it up! Thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤
If hitler was only accepted Academy of Fine Arts Vienna instead of being twice rejected this video would have no Chapter 2 "The Gathering Storm." The Butterfly Effect?
Idk how long it takes you to write the copy for your narratives, but this episode seems especially evocative. Thank you so much for the time you put into making these. LOVE!! 💕
Brother i very much enjoy all your videos. But in the end, this time you said " Be nice to people...unless they are Nazis". The problem with saying this in todays world is that anyone can be easily labeled a Nazi. If someone has a different view point in politics, religion, personal preferences, society seems to think its fine to label antone a Nazi if they do not agree with you on certain issues. And so while I personally believe you meant the original Hitlers Nazis whennyou said to not be nice to them, in todays world people tend to believe everyrjing they hear, and if a certain media labels a politician a NAZI, people blindly believe without doing any reserch. These politicians are people with families that also become targets of that NAZI label. Thank you for your work. I enhoy learning from your videos about many great Big Old Boats Take
@sal-my1id i know, and i realize he meant it as a joke, bit unfortunatly there are too many people who are simple minded and will believe anything they hear, especially if they hear it on the news or from their favorite politician who is a rival of another politician. The term is " Mud Slinging" when politicians say things to make the other one look bad in order to limit the amount of voters voting for the opposition.
Exactly! The Weimar Republic's degenerate policies, economic failures, & horrible treatment of its citizenry were directly responsible, and precisely what spawned the groundswell backlash that gave birth to the NSDAP.
Thanks! I had not known that when the Bremen continued on to New York, that the captain had been ostensibly disobeying orders to deliver his passengers to safety in the US before the whole drama with the Bremen's run for the Axis afterward. My respect for him skyrocketed after learning that.
Great vid. Excellent book "Shadow Voyage" on this. Ironical that Bremen survived all this only to be burned and destroyed by an angry 14yo crew boy just 16 months later.
Bro ANOTHER vid dropped for Christmas week, thanks for your hard work I love your channel!
Thanks! And you’re welcome.
@@zackzittel7683you didn’t make the vid don’t take credit that’s just pathetic
Setting fire to an entire oceanliner to spite your supervisor is wild.
I was wondering if the kid was just a scapegoat in that political environment
Awesome post! Danke.
Thank you for so many details I had never heard of before! Goes to show that when you think you know it all, somebody else comes along and lets you know there is always more to know. Very well done.
Babe, wake up, another big old boats video dropped!!
Truth!!!
I strongly suspect that the seaplane catapult had another purpose. Knowing the Germans and their clandestine rearmament program going on even in the 1920s, they fully intended that Bremen could be used as a merchant raider in the event of war, and having a seaplane catapult would give it useful reconnaissance capabilities both for finding targets of opportunity and avoiding warships trying to find it at sea.
Merry Christmas B.O.B fam
A great story about a wonderful ship. The boy set her on fire?? OMG !! What a tragedy. Thanks for the bonus video BOB. I really enjoy your channel and am excited to see a new post.
I was having Deja vu with this video I was like has Big old Boats (which I call Bob) uploaded a Bremen video and I had to look through and then I found it - for a moment I was doubting myself 😂
Excellent reporting! Very informative and entertaining!
Happy Holidays from Canada...
Walter Schmidt was actually 14 when the Bremen caught fire and was 15 when executed.
Another excellent video ! Thank you.
@16:35 I was SO ready for guitars and Nicko McBrain on drums to kick in.
Then I remembered what channel I was watching.
This is boats. That is planes. :P
For those that don't get the reference:
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Happy holidays!😊
Thank you for the amazing videos.
My favorite channel about big old boats made a video about my favorite big old boat. Neat.
The SS Bremen escaped from New York way before Kurt Russell did.
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Excellent video as always.
Thanks for the history
What if you did a video on the SS Laurentic
I wonder what would happen if the S.S. Bremen wasn't allowed to leave New York city?
Thank you. It was very interesting. And World Of Warships is a fantastic game
If the German supervisor hadn't of beat the 15-year old deck hand the ship would not have been set on fire and history might have turned out differently . What happened to the German supervisor , was he punished too or did they only punish the deck hand ?
Tell us about Europa.
Shouldn't the plate edges face aft?
Wake up mateys another Big Old Boats video dropped!
I've listened to you for years now, but You sound like you have a cold, my friend. Do take care.
Bremen and Europa were perhaps nearly identical in silhouette to the untrained eye. NDL gave AG Weser and Blohm & Voss the specifications they required and the shipyards designed it accordingly. They were vastly different when it came to their engineering spaces.
NDL intended Bremen and Europa to enter service in tandem. But a devastating fire nearly destroyed Europa during construction and delayed her entry into service.
Bremen and Europa also carried the highest average passenger loads in the first half of the 1930s. They were after all the newest superliners in service with direct service to Western Europe. The drop in passengers had more to do with the Great Depression. Take as an example, when Europa departed New York in 1935 at near capacity (close to 1,914). While the brand new Normandie also about the depart for the return maiden voyage only had about 1,491 passengers. Note this would be one of Normandie’s highest passengers loads during her short career. Although it was inflated by returning guests who were invited by CGT for the initial maiden voyage from France.
I love that there are people like you just making awesome videos. I loved this one. Your content is super cool, and the production and music are solid. Keep it up! Thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤
All these wars… what an incredible waste. Thank you for your stories.
Wait, didn't you make a video about the Bremen 3 years before?
Yeah, I noticed that too.
yes he has! on Patreon he says this is an updated version :)
It’s apparently an updated reboot
What an interesting story ! THANK YOU...
If hitler was only accepted Academy of Fine Arts Vienna instead of being twice rejected this video would have no Chapter 2 "The Gathering Storm." The Butterfly Effect?
Love that outro
Thanks for the very interesting story
Idk how long it takes you to write the copy for your narratives, but this episode seems especially evocative. Thank you so much for the time you put into making these. LOVE!! 💕
didnt he already make a video on the bremen?
It was SS Europa, I believe
Yep, 3 years back but this one is longer by 7 minutes.
@@kckc4955 ahhh I see, I got so confused then
yes! on Patreon he says it's an updated version.
Thank you so much! 🎉
👍👍👍
Wonder what happened to the airplane it carried?
Yes it's definitely a metaphor for the destruction wrought on progress by the all consuming lust for power of fascism
Nohtzi? 😂😂
You’re getting lazy on us bro? This video is pretty much an exact copy of one from 2-3 years ago just a different title. Don’t do that to us man.
Brother i very much enjoy all your videos. But in the end, this time you said " Be nice to people...unless they are Nazis". The problem with saying this in todays world is that anyone can be easily labeled a Nazi. If someone has a different view point in politics, religion, personal preferences, society seems to think its fine to label antone a Nazi if they do not agree with you on certain issues.
And so while I personally believe you meant the original Hitlers Nazis whennyou said to not be nice to them, in todays world people tend to believe everyrjing they hear, and if a certain media labels a politician a NAZI, people blindly believe without doing any reserch. These politicians are people with families that also become targets of that NAZI label.
Thank you for your work. I enhoy learning from your videos about many great Big Old Boats
Take
its not that serious lol
@sal-my1id i know, and i realize he meant it as a joke, bit unfortunatly there are too many people who are simple minded and will believe anything they hear, especially if they hear it on the news or from their favorite politician who is a rival of another politician.
The term is " Mud Slinging" when politicians say things to make the other one look bad in order to limit the amount of voters voting for the opposition.
Im not reading all of that
Enjoy your channel but disappointed you're plugging sea-battle games. Haven't your ship histories taught you about wars' disasterous outcomes?
Is it OK to be mean to communists as well?
No, because communism is based 💪
Or a commie
You're defending Weimar German era?! Wtf is wrong with you?! lol Do some research. Wtf.
Exactly! The Weimar Republic's degenerate policies, economic failures, & horrible treatment of its citizenry were directly responsible, and precisely what spawned the groundswell backlash that gave birth to the NSDAP.
@@Necron-ez2ccget a life