Admiral Rozhestvensky doesn't get portrayed in a very fair way here. He was pretty much the only sane and competent man in the entire fleet, so he had many, MANY good reasons to throw his binoculars overboard. He was also very pessimistic (and realistic) about their chances right from the beginning.
And after the war was over, he took full responsibility at the Court Martial even though he was knocked unconscious at the beginning of the battle and his second in command was the one who surrendered. It was his testemony that made the Czar commute all the death sentences of the junior officers that were found guilty of dereliction of duty.
Drachinifel's longer and more in-depth explanation of this mess (including part 2 about the Battle of Tsushima) remains one of the most dumbfoundingly entertaining pieces of documentation on YT.
@untruelie2640 Or as Rozesvinsky (or however you spell it, something Slavic) called her, "the lecherous slut." When captured by the Japanese he asked if the Kamchatka still sailed. Upon hearing that it sank, he sighed in relief, laid back down on the stretcher, and thanked God that it was at the bottom of the ocean. He would die of a heart attack four years later, I can only imagine somebody offhandedly said the word "Kamchatka" and he had a stress-induced heart attack.
Now it’s done for humor but during the Dogger Bank incident Adm Rozzy was not saying keep it up he was shouting at the top of his lungs stop shooting you idiots.
Good reaction. I feel like this is one of those historical events that, if a halfway accurate movie or series was made about it, NOBODY would believe it.
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Admiral Rozhestvensky doesn't get portrayed in a very fair way here. He was pretty much the only sane and competent man in the entire fleet, so he had many, MANY good reasons to throw his binoculars overboard. He was also very pessimistic (and realistic) about their chances right from the beginning.
The poor man almost *welcomed* capture by the Japanese.
That makes the story even funnier!
Just one competent leader surrounded by idiots.
Sounds like a 90s comedy
@@justinbuergi9867
The fact that this HASN'T been made into a dark comedy a la Death of Stalin is a travesty.
And after the war was over, he took full responsibility at the Court Martial even though he was knocked unconscious at the beginning of the battle and his second in command was the one who surrendered. It was his testemony that made the Czar commute all the death sentences of the junior officers that were found guilty of dereliction of duty.
Drachinifel's longer and more in-depth explanation of this mess (including part 2 about the Battle of Tsushima) remains one of the most dumbfoundingly entertaining pieces of documentation on YT.
KAMTCHATKAAAAAA!!!
For sure. Watch the Drachnifel version Ryan, it's so much greater then BlueJays short and quick one.
@untruelie2640
Or as Rozesvinsky (or however you spell it, something Slavic) called her, "the lecherous slut." When captured by the Japanese he asked if the Kamchatka still sailed. Upon hearing that it sank, he sighed in relief, laid back down on the stretcher, and thanked God that it was at the bottom of the ocean.
He would die of a heart attack four years later, I can only imagine somebody offhandedly said the word "Kamchatka" and he had a stress-induced heart attack.
This might be where the ~17% literacy rate of Russia in 1910 comes into play.
That and a majority of the population of the Russian Empire didn’t actually speak Russian.
Also, most of the peasant crew had never been on the open ocean before.
@@TheGallantDrake
Some of them literally didn’t know the ocean existed.
It should be noted that, at the time, the actually experienced Russian Naval personnel were in the Black Sea Fleet.
If I recall, they wanted to send the experienced personnel by rail to Port Arthur, but hadn’t counted on losing the land war so fast.
Yeah, the Russians considered the Black Sea to be more important than the Baltic.
We must remeber that in 2023 russia is loosing a naval war agaunst ukraine who doesnt have a navy...
Imagine being a central Asian peasant who’s never seen the ocean getting roped into this mess.
Now it’s done for humor but during the Dogger Bank incident Adm Rozzy was not saying keep it up he was shouting at the top of his lungs stop shooting you idiots.
"Russia, you do this to yourself." And they show no signs of stopping their incompetence.
Please watch Drachinifels long version, it's even more hilarious.
Emperor brain: put sailor in boat and boat go! Point and shoot guns! What is training for?
Good reaction.
I feel like this is one of those historical events that, if a halfway accurate movie or series was made about it, NOBODY would believe it.
This is honestly one of my favorite videos on RUclips.
Big fan of incorporating History Matters! The art is unique and charming...and the visual gags are second to none
Please watch Drachinifel’s videos on the same voyage, they are even more hilarious.
Something tell me the Russian don’t like bringing up this war in history class.
And to this day, Russia is doing stupid stuff militarily.
Was this your first reaction to a BlueJay video?
I was hoping and waiting for you to react to this
Great Video !
Yeeeeees this is everything i ever wanted
As much success Russia has had on land since the Great War, it’s navy hasn’t been able to share in that success.
Not a big fan of Sam O'Nella, but I love BlueJay.
YES YES YEEEEEES
Sam O'Nella posted a new video in his vlog channel