"I am a Pole" The Legend of Piorun
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While the legend of the KMS Bismarcks final days have been studied and re-told time and time again, much emphasis has always been placed on the exploits of Arc Royal and Force H.
But while the British have basked in the glory of sinking the pride of the Kriegsmarine a small, lesser-known tale of heroic badassery was about to unfold. The legend of the Polish Destroyer Piorun, a crew who took the 1v1 me challenge a little too personally.
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Hey soo Hood never had a sister ship she was the only ship of the Admiral class completed Renown’s sister ship was the Repulse
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@@TheRiskyBrothers if I remember correctly, he did shit on wargaming a tad on a earlier video before
That's fair, what changed your mind?
>Appears out of nowhere
>Engages ramming speed
>Pulls a fake and transmits a single message
>”I am a Pole”
>Opens fire expending literally anything that can be used as a ballistic projectile
>Refuses orders to leave until it has to due to lack of fuel
Sounds about right for Poland…
And that's why we like Poland.
Best part is where "light AA guns" were able to hit the Bismarck. By that, they mean machine guns.
They got to within machine gun range of the Bismarck. Maaaaad lads.
The more I learn about Poland's military history, the more I respect those mad fucking lads
With each day Passing, my respect for Poland only grows.
@@Minox_ Same! Poland Is Awesome!
The Bismarck never hit the Piorun because the captain couldn’t pronounce its name to order his gunners to aim at it.
Lindenman and Lütjens were having a Stroke everytime they even attepmpted saying Piorun's captain name
and neither can LazerPig... like, the severity of his mispronunciation is at the level of someone who has a questionable level of literacy... he's literally like, saying the syllables out of order... embarrassing lmao but oh well who cares
@@ByzantineDarkwraith if you keep misprouncing in different ways, then by the monkeys hitting typewriters effect, you gotta get it accidentally right some time
@@ByzantineDarkwraith I was thinking that. Shouldn't it be something like pee-oh-run?
@@CallanElliott that'd work well
Bismarck: *Built to terrorize allied shipping*
ORP Piorun: “Fuck that and fuck you”
This comment should be pinned
Poles are just built different, they aint afraid of no big scary germans after what they did to Poland and its people.
Rodney in the background, getting the belt: "Oh, you're fucked."
@@eshinnightrunner6290 *Looks at Warsaw Uprising* Yeah, that seems about right.
Kurka wodna!
Stary pryk!
Bismarck! (slaps his ass)
Wypchać się sianem!
(Plays trumpet after throwing trash)
Bismarck: "Is that ... a lone destroyer?"
Piorun: *Demonic Polish Screaming*
No demonic connection to Poland..Mother Mary was officially coronated to be a Queen of Poland in XVII century and Jesus Christ coronated as King of Poland in 2016..God is ruling Poland!!!
Hunger for revenge.
The Bismarck's body was killed by the brits
The Bismarck's spirit was killed by a pole
You break their bodies!
We go after their souls!
Where was the pole inserted?
@@emberthecatgirl8796 you remind me of an ex
@@kikidevine694 Up the exhaust port, all the way to the combustion chamber
@@emberthecatgirl8796 You are a genius
winston churchill: "Harrass the Bismarck"
Crew of the Piorun: "This looks like a job for me."
Piorun to the other destroyers: "so everybody, just follow me"
Piorun to the commanding British admirals:”cause we need a little controversy.”
“You mean charge at bismark, scream I AM POLE, and fire at point blank range? Sold”
Piorun "Hold my beer"
"Follow your Heart" *the crew of the Piorun* "You got it boss"
Bismarck: No British Ship can defeat me!
Piorun: I AM A POLE!
Is tThA a LoTr ReFerEnCe .
Sly tho , good one .
🤣
Also see: Swordfish.
@@piotrmiler234 I'm no british
I AM NO BRITISH
Sadly Ordinary Seaman Richard Polanski who was the last surviving crew member of ORP Piorun who served during the hunt for Bismarck passed away on December 17, 2022 at the age of 101. Piorun, and this sliver of history has now went from being in living memory to the history books. But it’s certainly a tale which will never be forgotten.
Respects to his memory.
May he rest in peace in Davy Jones locker.
Thank you for that note and for using the proper nouns correctly.
That’s not sadly, man lived to be 101
@@elcaponeholyemperorofnj1169he probably was happy to go.
7:16
"She remained based"
No truer words spoken.
BASED and boatpilled
Excellent work
“War is based”
-Sun Tzu
Between this and the battle of Leyte Gulf, I'm partly convinced that in order to be part of a Destroyer crew for the Allies you had to be at least slightly insane.
A bunch of British destroyer captains support that notion.
"Slightly "???
You either have to be insane, or you are later going to be called “mad” after the battle.
@@jamzee_ some of the sloop and corvette captains were nuts too. Look up the HMAS Yarra from WW2.
Insanity scales inversely with size of the ship. Talk to the seamen of fast attack boats. They're basically motorbiking all day and the best place to sleep is on top of the torpedos.
The angry, defiant, metal embodiment of POLAND IS NOT YET LOST
Someone remind Putin of that.
"So long as there is one Pole..."
-the only country in history (that I know of) to ever die for 150 years, rise again, die again, and rise yet again
@@ladywaffle2210Poland is the living embodiment of “I DIDN’T HEAR NO BELL”.
Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła!
@@Tmccreight25GamingPoland will NEVER perish. Greetings and love from Portugal.
Ah, Poland. The country that enlisted a literal bear into an artillery unit, and later promoted him to corporal for his service in the Italian campaign.
Wojtek had just the right spirit to fight in the polish army.
Americans have right to bear arms
We have right to arm bears
We got so jealous of that, that our Marines in Korea would find a race horse to carry the recoilless rifle rounds for them during the Battle of Nevada Hills. God bless you, Sergeant Reckless.
I will never stop laughing at the thought of a PFC who missed promotion watching the goddamn BEAR get a 2nd stripe😂
Wojtek the only Artillery OR I can name without checking!
I fucking love stories of small ships taking on behemoth of ships on nothing more than courage and spite. “I am a Pole”
John Paul Jones must have been reincarnated as a Pole.
The Poles during WW2, and in general, are courageous beyond belief.
_John Pole Jones_
Size of Fight in the dog...
@@VindicAlpha Check out Battle of Fuengirola - It's the wonderful description on how the stuff revolves around us XD
This is the equivalent of trowing rocks at a tank ahahha
I never get tired of LazerPig's impersonation of Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Lazer Pighill
He really was the British Nixon, huh?
It's so accurate!
@@Sky_Guy Shouldn't that be the other way around?
I know imagine lazerpig looking like a younger Winston Churchill 🤣
I'm not even a pole and when you said "I am a pole" it brought a tear to my eye
Well everyone loves a good underdog story. Especially if that story involves pissing of Nazis
Everyone is a little Polish at heart.
I’m deeply entertained by the thought of a polish destroyer treating a battle against one of the most feared Battleships like a CoD search and destroy lobby: hot micing, ignoring its teammates, and just pestering the fucking thing for hours until it was forced to log off because it had school in the morning
As Pol I have one faver to as plis write Polish not "polish" speciali in thouse kind of staf
@@AWRUK84 "ass pole"
And he leaves with "You're fucking lucky i have to leave!"
@@bustfree6812 ooo you one of thouse sory it should be as! Forgive me for fire up your dreams
Yo, Polish here, about the name, yes "piorun" is synonymous both with "thunderbolt" and "lighting", but the former is more commonly used, because we have another word in Polish for the latter, "błyskawica", in short:
Piorun = Thunderbolt
Błyskawica = Lighting
Blyskawica was also another ship of the free polish navy at the time.
Still very, very frightening.
@@cranky_grizzly Galileo, Galileo
@@bryonslatten3147 Figaro~~
@@szczesliwekomunikacjeladow383 magnifico
In an alternate universe the Piorun's crew, overcome by battle-lust, rammed the vessel alongside the Bismark and boarded her, ultimately capturing her as a prize in spite of numerical inferiority. She would then serve out the rest of the war as the ORP Zemsta, flagship of the Free Polish Navy.
Someone should make this a story. Seeing the Nazi Swastika be overtaken by the Polish flag... WHY DIDN'T THIS HAPPEN IRL?!
@@siralcatraz9049 The Nazis had accomplices with a big Red flag who somehow managed to end the war as an "Ally".
@@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908 they managed that because after WW2 the other allies were done with war so they allowed Stalin to do what he pleased
Want.
this actually made me tear up a bit in pure joy :D
I'm not going to lie, I actually shed a couple of tears at the idea of the Piorun signaling I AM A POLE and unloading its guns with the burning fury held only by a Pole post-1939, all in the face of imminent death.
Reminds me of those "ugh boys never cry" memes. The damn Poles got a tear from these dry eyes of mine.
Thank you. Our grandpas were true heroes. Stupid that we have fought and destroyed Europe in the past...
I am a Pole! Three salvos for the honor of Poland!
They may be far from home, they may be massively outgunned, but they never, ever forgot what they fought for. Glory to Poland, and the brave men and women who fought so hard
If you truly wish to cry, hear the final words of Poland's army command against the Russian and German invasion. Still brings a tear to my eyes when talking about it.
Same my friend.
Reminds of the "Poland is not yet lost" radio broadcast. At every turn, the Poles refused to go down without a fight.
I can tell you one more amazing true story. It's a story of Polish submarine ORP "Orzeł" (Eagle). At the start of WWII on 31.08.1939 "Orzeł" was interned in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, Lithuanians disarmed the ship, but Poles managed to keep 1 torpedo, simulating jammmed loading mechanism, it was low on fuel and maps were confiscated. Yet they managed to escape, then raided German tanker for fuel, then went through Danish Straits, without maps! Ship's navigator drawn map of Baltic from his memory! They escaped to UK. We had amazing, brilliant sailors at that time. I love my Poland. Poland is not a land, Poland is in hearts and souls of Poles, nobody can take it from us!
Nie w Klajpedzie a w Talinie stolicy Estoni Moze zanim cos napiszesz warto by zapoznac sie z historia
@@tomaszlipiec4391 Po co ten sarkazm, wystarczyło sprostować mondrusiu.
@@lm157 Absolutnie nie bylo tu sarkazmu szanowny panie Poprostu napisalem zeby na drugi raz zapoznal sie pan z faktami aby unikac "glupiej" wpadki Jesli pana urazilem to serdecznie przepraszam Absolutnie nie bylo to moim celem Nie mam w zwyczaju kogos obrazac lub sie wymadrzac Tylko mocno mnie zaskoczylo ze pan zle zinterpretowal powszechnie znane fakty dotyczace ORP Orzel Pozdrawiam serdecznie z wyrazami szacunku TL
This comment deserves more upvotes and this should get a video too!
Fuck Cadia broke before the Gaurd did.
The poles didn't break, full stop.
Force H: "Now remember, you are to shadow the Bismarck, and not to actively- Piorun, what are you doing. PIORUN, WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"
Piorun: "I AM A POLE!!!" *Fires every gun it has at Bismarck*
Bismarck: "Vat iz zis deztroyah doink?!"
4th Fleet: "Your guess is as good as mine!"
Piorun: *UNTRANSLATABLE ANGRY POLISH NOISES*
The last part got me.
UNTRANSLATABLE noises=all versions of "kurwa" at once
Zajebiscie kurwa! 😉
Poles are built different
the original leroy jenkins
I heard of this ship once, in a drachinifel video about the free navies of WW2, but I didn't know how hilarious it really was until this video (my sides were absolutely torn with all the laughing that I did while watching), the Piorun and her crew were some true badasses and it's nice to see a video where their story is told in full.
This is exaggerated somewhat, but in an unexpected way. The British destroyer flotilla harassing the Bismarck was all doing much the same, Piorun just a little more so over the top
I always mentioned Piorun every single time someone said the bismarck was the best thing in WW2. how the bismarck could not land a shot even though piorun was there for a lon long time. and the idea of a destroyer dancing in front of a battleship with all the guns firing, never failed to enlighten me.
@@andrewreynolds4949 The British were being boring and by-the-book about it, the Polish just decided it'd be much more cathartic if they took their copy of the said book and used it to repeatedly bludgeon the enemy while shouting obscenities.
And I for one support that kind of outside-the-box thinking.
@@saintcynicism2654 It may be by the book but if you call what the British destroyers were doing "boring" your life must be incredibly thrilling
i heard of it in drachinfels video on the hunt for the bismarck so i’ll have to watch that one
We had a pretty interesting naming convention for destroyers:
ORP Błyskawica - Lightning
ORP Piorun - Thunderbolt
ORP Grom - Thunder
ORP Burza - Tempest/Storm
ORP Orkan - Windstorm (European windstorm)
ORP Wicher - Gale
About to begin construction when the Germans invaded there were also ORP Huragan (hurricane) and an earlier ORP Orkan (according to Wikipedia. I haven’t been able to find much else on them).
Great naming tradition!
@@andrewreynolds4949 Construction of these Grom-class destroyers was started in 1939 and and they were never finished.
I guess it's a good thing Poland never needed so many destroyers that they'd eventually run out of bad weather and just call them things like "ORP Łagodna bryza" or "ORP Pochmurny Dzień".
Technically Błyskawica = lightning Flash. Piorun comprises of Blyskawica and Grzmot. Grom = Thunderbolt. This is because English doesn't have separate names for the visual flash and sonic boom of the lightning.
I like to imagine the crews of the USS Johnston and the Piorun have formed their own special part of heaven reserved for both the batshit crazy yet unbelievably based
I don't believe that special part of Heaven was created by the crews of those two ships. Rather, it was created by the crazy brave soldiers/sailors throughout human history (including, among many others, John Paul Jones), and the crews of these two ships are merely joining the proud and honorable ranks of those who came before.
It's just "...crews of Johnston and Piorun..." Ship names are proper nouns.
Add HMS Glowworm and Samuel B Roberts to that too
@@mojrimibnharb4584No one cares?
@@ohitsrusher842 Only the better people do.
I can only imagine the panic of friendly destroyers and the terror experienced by the crew of the Bismarck when both are seeing a small torpedo boat just aggressively repeating "I am a Pole" whilst firing on all cylinders.
A Leroy Jenkins move like 60 or so years before some madlad got the tactic named after him.
"LEEEROOOOOYYY JENKINNNS" or should i said
"IIIII AAMMM A POLLEEEEEEEEE"
They surely remembered defense of Westerplatte and thought "these crazy fuckers will board us and blow up the ship for what we did to Gdansk"
"Hello! My name is Piorun! You occupied my fatherland. PREPARE TO DIE!"
@@Ealsante Captain: "It's just a destroyer" Exec Officer: "No, sir. It appears to be a POLISH Destroyer!" Captain: "RUN AWAY!"
It’s better than Leroy, they got away with it and left the fear of Poland in their hearts
Piorun's captain, probably:
Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword!!!
40K reference?
also
Cadia Stands
Poland is not yet lost
That would go to the HMS glowworm actually, given that it literally rammed the Admiral Hipper.
Poland broke before the Polish Army
"Ready up boys, we're going for a boarding action!"
FIX BAYONETS
All of WW2 is filled with stories of Polish madmen finding every way to insult, inconvenience and annoy the enemy. And it's almost always both either hilarious, epic or sad, or a mix of those 3.
Bring up the story of Wojtek the beer drinking, cigarette smoking, saluting and marching along Bear some time, please.
Can't wait for the sequel when they throw bottles and insult Russian troops after they crossed the border when they got Ukraine but had room for more
during operation market garden polish soldiers forced into german penal squad under death threats were doing some stuff on AA or a cannon emplacement - not really important
those squads usually did logistics work like filling sandbags or planting mines
and they heard polish paratroopers that dropped with allies cursing one of those shitty drops
kurwas flying everywhere
so...
they grab weapons and kill germans, they call their kinsmen and surrender with will to switch jackets and go fight germans
this is pretty much where their story ends because only source died in 95...
what i do know is that they gave intel on every location where they were doing work but that's it and wasn't really helpful since market garen fell on it's ass
Wojtek is awesome.
I particularly like that he lived out his retirement in a Scottish Zoo, and former squadmates would give him Cigarettes and beer through the bars, and the Zoo Keepers hated it.
@@MajesticDemonLord
I mean, I can’t really fault the Keepers here, but I don’t want to face a Bear on Nicotine withdrawal, so…
Ah the artillery carrying bear!? That guy was awesome. Makes Winnie the Pooh look like a little b****.
Piorun actually sounds like Perun, the Slavic equivalent to Thor. So finding it in Valhalla would be appropriate.
Same ethymology for both words.
This is exactly it. Perun is the Old Polish. Piorun is the modern, a bit evolved noun. It's exactly the same word, given a thousand years or so of language developement.
Yes valhalla is polish religion so it fits
@@secretname2670exactly
Not only Slavic, the Lithuanian god Perkunas is related as well. So perhaps, Balto-Slavic?
my boy got sponsored :,) I'm proud of you
Bout damn time!
With a bloody long ad too. Imagine how much wine he bought with that.
It is said that in the Klingon underworld of Gre'thor, Dishonored warriors must board the barge of the dead and face cunning serpents, the guardian of the afterlife Fek'lhr, and an angry Polish destroyer that keeps getting in somehow.
I bet even Kahless himself wouldn't even dare to mess with it.
Going up against a much larger foe with nothing to your advantage but anger and huge balls, all while singing song's is a very klingon thing to do tbf
That is why during the Klingon federation war, Polish crewed starships were never engaged by Klingons.
The Polish are honorable warriors.
"why do you keep coming down here you're supposed to be in sto-vo-kor"
"you can't hide the Bismarck from us we know it's down here"
9:45 I love how “four battleships” technically includes HMS Victory.
And one of the aircraft is a TIE fighter
And two of the Battleships are American Designs.
Lets not forget the cruise ship, I mean imagine you're a passenger and all of the sudden the captain announces that there had been a slight change in plans and that they would now be hunting the Bismarck
@@MrOil-qy3vv "Dear passengers, on your left and right, you might see... uh nothing at this moment, but if you DO see something big and scary that looks like a battleship please let us know immediately."
@@MrOil-qy3vv
imagine if like, the cruise ship just unfolds this massive deck gun
Not gonna lie I got a little emotional at 11:50.
Either this is the most inspirational story I've ever heard or I forgot my meds again.
Glad I wasn't the only one.
"I am a Pole."
German Warship, go fuck yourself!
I forgot my meds again too, crying in bed right now
As my maternal grandmother was Polish, I'm always proud when I hear of Polish bravery. Or stupidity. Or stupid bravery. 🇵🇱
Don't forget our brave stupidity.
Hey as 100% polish yank. I not only acknowledge that summary of sheer dumb bravery. I bathe in the shadow of great titans. Only to set a fire in the face of a giant boot stomping on my head. Fool I have you right where I want you. Biting at your ankle. Only to watch you slip and fall on my bleeding smiling corpse. I am a pole. You know why the poles hate the Germans and the Russians. Because every time you decide to kill each other. You fight through Poland. F you both.
There's a method in it. You had to be stupid enough to become a Hussar for example, mind that they never retreat. There was a Battle of Hodow, June 11, 1694 , it's a long post, copy of oficial info on Wikipedia, but this story is just insane and it's true:
" The first clash took place in the fields near the village of Hodów, where the Polish cavalry attacked the Tatar vanguard, numbering about 500-600 horses. The Poles captured two mirzas (commanders). After this clash, the Poles, realizing that the main forces of the enemy were yet to come and that they had no chance against the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Tatars, withdrew to the village of Hodów. There, the armored (pancerni) and hussars dismounted from their horses and used caravans, koblen, fences, tables, barrels and the like for defense. The attacks of the Tatars, on foot and with the help of firearms, were repulsed by about 300 armored and 100 hussars for five to six hours. When the ammunition ran out, the defenders fired Tatar arrows inserted into the barrels instead of bullets. According to various estimates, there were 25,000 to 70,000 Tatars, but King Jan III Sobieski gave 40,000 in an interview with Mikołaj Złotnicki, which would give a force ratio of 100: 1.
Unable to defeat the defenders, the Tatars sent Lipki, i.e. Polish Tatars, demanding surrender. The Poles refused, so due to significant losses, the Tatars retreated to Kamieniec Podolski, which they occupied at that time. Thanks to the effective defense, the further Tatar invasion was stopped.
Most of the defenders were wounded in the battle, and several dozen were killed, including a dozen banner comrades (banner was a base cavalry unit at that time). Konstanty Zahorowski, the commander of one of the hussars, died of his wounds three days after the battle. Mikołaj Tyszkowski was taken captive by the Tatars and later bought from it"
We still have it down inside us, it's put to sleep during peace time, but try to attack us and you'll face it with full force. Poland is a European empire's grave, like Afghanistan in Asia.
She's not worth attacking as she becomes your eternal pain in the arse 😀
Peace brothers ✌☮
As my world military tactics/ world history teacher said Poland is bravery stupidity and dear god what the fuck all rolled into one
It's called heroic insanity, or something like that. Heroic stupidity? The Polish people had and still have a lot of it. The Russians are attacking? Hold my beer!
“I am a Pole” has raw energy, shows so much inner rage
13:20 ah yes, the HMS “there’s no kill like overkill” Rodney. Exactly the sort of move I’d expect of a ship that supposedly shot a panzer with a 16 in shell.
Panzer that was on the receiving end was promptly vaporised on the spot, you can find photos of it
@@howardxu8050 If so, PLEASE link an image. I so definitely want to see the remains of that poor poor tank
@@truegamer7245 I hope RUclips allows me to link this. I had to remove the obvious URL, but it isn't hard to guess what it should be.
r/DestroyedTanks/comments/ix1oab/panzer_4_after_being_hit_by_a_shell_from_the_hms/
@@subtlewhatssubtle well I'll be damned, thank you!
@@subtlewhatssubtle That appears to be a scuttled tank, from what the comments suggest.
11:35
Māori: *tries to hail Piorun*
Piorun: “repeat please”
I understood that reference :D
"Repeat Please" peels off
Repeat please .
I'm crying
Can we just appreciate just how INSANE the crew here was? And I don't just mean the mad lad Leeroy Jenkins charge at the Bismarck, firing all guns while screaming "I am a Pole!" over and over again.
I mean the fact that her crew, if the reports are true, are standing on the deck, hurling insults and trash and firing pistols at the ship, and even bringing up instruments to sing their national anthem.
All this...while the ship is maneuvering to avoid Bismarck's fire. all while the Bismarck is shooting at them.
...just how absolutely 'no fucks given' mad lad do you have to be in order to be singing and playing an instrument while a 50K+ ton behemoth of a warship is raining 15 inch shells and whatever else it can down upon you? Or is the answer just 'Polish', the same boys who fought off 40 to 1 odds for three whole days, and a few hundred years before that led the largest cavalry charge in history?
The Polish have a history with winning against odds from 3:2 up to 4:1 and of loosing at even odds.
>just how absolutely 'no fucks given' mad lad do you have to be in order to be singing and playing an instrument while a 50K+ ton behemoth of a warship is raining 15 inch shells and whatever else it can down upon you?
People in this part of the world don't care about the odds and we're just insane enough to do anything for our beloved nations. The Polish take that a step farther than the rest of us, and that's why in Romania we are proud to be a sister nation to Poland against both the threats from the west and the east.
@@thetechguychannel We are eternally greatful to Romania for safekeeping 4 tons of our gold reserves and returning it to us straight after war (whole 4 tons, not a gram of gold missing) and also for allowing us to escape to France and fooling Germans about it. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
this 40:1 (batte of Wizna) is false numbers were 60:1 deathtoll 40:1
Men were built different then. And they were PIIIIISED.
12:00 Bismarck: You’re not running away? You’re coming towards me?
Prion: I can’t tell you I am a Pole unless I get close!
F*cking jojo I cat
Ah yes, the Prion. The misfolded brain protein with 100% case fatality rate, yes that thing killed the Bismarck xd
@@RuosongGaois really hard to fight back if you have brain injuries.
No wonder Bismarck fell.
@@ultraguardiansev465 I mean, you're not wrong.
Bismarck: "I am the strongest battleship on the planet! I can defeat anything-"
Piorun: "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
"Start salvo from all guns"
HOLD MY WODKA
"I can do this all day."
The ship most deserving of the quote, from the European *country* most deserving of it.
That whole "We are poles!" sounds totally like the Polish, as according to my dad who's father was part of General Anders' army. I heard similar stories with the RAF getting frustrated with polish air fighters who, upon seeing the Germans, would immediately break formation to charge at them. Not that I can blame them, obviously, they lost their homeland to them and then it was taken by the USSR. If I was them, effectively having no homeland anymore, I'd be pissed too!
I love this.
It reminds me of an account I read in a book about the airwar where a Pole in a Mustang, While over Germany on a long range escort mission got into a dogfight with a 109 and had exhausted his ammunition. He had an opportunity to break it off and make a clean escape. Instead he knew the Jerry didn't know he was out and he figured he'd just run the bastard out of fuel and get him that way.
It worked and the German had to bail out.
I used something similar in warthunder air battles. When im out of ammo, if I'm fast enough I'll loiter behind and enemy plane and follow them as they manoeuvre. Some teammate usually shows up and gets a clean shot on him after some time of this
Pretty certain it was a P-47. Read it in Robert Johnson's book. Which I read as an adolescent, a long time ago.
I just realized how much this channel has grown. Congrats Lazer.
Thank
@@LazerPig I would love to see your analytics, must be crazy rn
You should make an account on rumble. Expand content to other platforms, who knows how long RUclips will keep going.
@@lukesanderson7608 episode 2 of lazerpig loses his shit about how people found his channel
@@AUsernameWeShallMarchToKiev Plot twist: This time the algorithm actually got it right and all the new guys just stumbled over the Horton 229 video after searching for "Hitler/Göring gay love fanfic"
Shut up! I don't have a problem!
Piorun: "HQ SAYS HARRASS?!!"
Mauri: "SHADOW and Harrass."
Piorun: "Ok you Shadow I Harrass!"
Marui: "No that's not what they-"
Piorun: *Initiaties maximum harrass* "I AM POLE!!!"
*faint hardbass gets louder and louder*
German sailor: 'what's that?'
The prion: ANUU CHEEKI BREEKI DAMKE!
Māori btw
@@martijnvangelder1902
It's ruskies, not Poles.
I literally spit my coffee out 🤣💀
Gotta love such angry and explosive rage...
Honestly, found out i have Polish ancestors last year and this story made me smile with no end
Mixed German and Polish ancestry here. I am slightly conflicted, but I can't help but hand it to the Poles here
Wanna see something funny? Google "polish thermopylae"
You get 6 answers.
SIX.
Let that sink in.
USS Johnston: Ah a worthy foe, OUR BATTLE SHALL BE LEGENDARY
More likely they'll become drinking buddies
@@kostakatsoulis2922 Oh yeah Piorun and Taffy 3 would have been best buds
@@the_real_ch3 I still love Drach's video on Taffy 3. "Did they retreat? Of course they didn't."
@@MrKeserian that and his videos about the 2nd Pacific Squadron are my favorite Drach vids
i imagen the docked piorun crew angry as all hell. Why Captain ? There are no F...... germans here xD
Piorun was manned by some of the bravest men in history. Hats off to these Mad Lads.
Also quite possibly the drunkest.
@@smeghead765 Polish people before communism wasnt alcoholic. The russians bring vodka to destroy the people and steer them easly
To clarify “piorun” and “błyskawica” mean lightning and “grom” or “grzmot” mean thunder, from what I know. Piorun is also pronounced “p-yo-roon”, p-yo like saying “pew” but “oh” instead of “w” and roon like “RuneScape”.
Sounds like the word Piorun is based in Perun, the Slavic god of lightning, thunder, war, etc.
@@happydemon3038 Interesting, with many Slavic things it looks like it they stick to more ancient things sometimes.
They have 2 words for it
And how's blyskawica pronounced I usually pronounce it like Blysvica
@@happydemon3038 beat me to it! And then of course the Finnish "Perkele" is supposedly a distant cognate which... Not really seeing how but that's what I'm told.
Nailed it 👌
Prion: Drives cows (and humans) insane
Piorun: Drives Bismarck insane.
So, since you asked:
Piorun = Thunderbolt
Błyskawica = Lightning
Grom = Thunder
It might come in handy if you ever cover anything tied to the Polish military in the future as those words are often used in names of weapons, vehicles, or formations.
Thank you
honestly. Piorun and Blyskawica is very very frightening
All three were names of Polish destroyers in WW2. Blyskawica exists to this day, as a museum in Gdynia.
@@Soarin-Ancient in see what you did there.:)
piorun, błyskawica and grom have pretty much the same general meaning - a lightning
In common use, piorun seems to be more about discharge itself, as a weather phenomenon, błyskawica more about flash of light associated with it (because of "błysk" which means "flash"), and grom is older word.... there is also another word "grzmot", which is noun for sound that lightning makes.
"[Piorun] was based" - LazerPig, 2022
Also, Renown wasn't Hood's sister ship. She was the name ship of a class of two, the other being Repulse, while Hood was the sole built vessel of the Admiral class, the rest being cancelled due to the Washington Naval Treaty.
Edit: I am the dumb, the other Admirals were canceled in favor of the G3s, which were in turn canceled due to the treaty.
The remaining Admirals were cancelled before WW1 even ended...The Naval Treaty burried the G3 class
More like cousin ships... You can definitely see the family resemblance between Hood and the Renown class.
HMS Renown was probably as close to a sister as Hood ever had.
+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ."
Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn't say they Outright got Buried, but Rather, Mostly got Buried with the N3 Battleships, which alot of their Designs of both G3's & N3's being used in what was called the "Cut Down G3" otherwise known as Nelson & Rodney
of course she was based, she was part of the j, k and n-class batch
Piorun: fuck you! If the British didn’t tell me to retreat I would have killed you!
Bismarck: please stop…
British: Piorun! Retreat now!
Piorun: Well, I'm gonna ignore that
Piorun: *IF GOD HAD WANTED YOU TO LIVE HE WOULDNT HAVE CREATED ME*
This sound like if ORP Piorun getting Isekai to world of Azur Lane as a male ship and meet Bismarck
The story of Piorun is a good example of why one does not piss off a Pole.
"because it's a hole."
Man/pig sir I live near Clydebank and they haven't been shook like that since March 1941. Also the blitz helps explain part of that after that particular attack there was little left standing. Most of the place was rebuilt in the 50s and 60s in that glorious time of absolutely shite "social" architecture and town planning.
It's funny, just a few weeks ago I was telling someone just how much of a hole Clydebank and Dalmuir is.. It looks like it needs a other blitz to sort out the shite they built after the last one.
I’ve known about this ship for about a year now. It was always quickly said. But the fact that the Bismarck missed makes me lmao
The bigger they are the harder they fall
They are to small for turbolasers, launch the tie fighters
Piorun actually managed to start a fire on Bismarck's deck, meaning at least by that metric, Piorun won
@@autiovaa5255 idk if you get trolled this hard and don't even hit the enemy with a AA shell I think the destroyer still gets the win lmao 😂
I always thought it disappointing that this story wasn't "and then the Polish destroyer did the solo charge against the enemy battleship, dropped torpedoes and sank Bismarck single-handedly while screaming I AM A POLE on the radio", because how legendary would THAT have been?
My crazy theory: They probably did hit it with torps but the british loaded the warheads with a non-exploding substance in case the crazy Poles decided to do sometning insane. So Bismarck survived to be sunk by British forces.
@@dariuszrutkowski420 That's the British for you
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 jesse what the fuck are you talking about
@@dariuszrutkowski420 >the crazy poles decided to do smth insane
Typical pole behaviour
It's still legendary.
Hello, during WW2 Polish Navy had several destroyers. Their names are : Piorun (Thunderbolt), Błyskawica(Lightning), Grom (Thunder), Burza (Storm), Wicher (Gale Wind) and Orkan (Orcan, Hurricane). We also had other ships - minelayer Gryf(Gryphon), cruisers Conrad (ex D44 Danae) and Dragon (ex D46 Dragon), submarines Orzeł(Eegle), Sęp(Vulture), Żbik(Wildcat), Ryś (Lynx), Wilk(Wolf), Sokół(Falcon) and Dzik( Boar). I hope my answer was helpful :)
Mieliśmy krążowniki? No chyba nie bardzo
Mad lad Polish exploits are my favourite stories from WW2. They did so much awe inspiring stuff, fuelled by nothing but hatred and a need for revenge.
And then the powers that be threw them under a red bus :(
@@mrpalaces You saw that a lot in the second half of the century.
@@mrpalaces and they continued to do madlad shit against the Soviet puppet government throughout the soviet era along with German deserters, jewish freedom fighters, and the Polish underground.
@@Sh1tbagActual 🇩🇪🤝🇵🇱 "fuck the commies"
Stories like Piorun, the 303 squadron, the Anders' Army with madlads like the 22nd Logistics that had a brown bear carrying artillery shells, etc. make me proud as F to be Polish.
Hello there,as to the translation of "piorun" it would be thunderbolt and not just thunder nor thunderstorm, there was another ship ORP Burza, whose name is literally thunder, of the Wicher class, meaning storm, as in the wind and not the clouds and so on. Also there is another polish ship from this time ORP błyskawica, that also stands for thunderbolt, that you can visit as it is a musem in Gdynia war port.
Also, the pronouncation of Piorun in english would sound like:
Pyohroon
Burza means “storm” no?
@@averagedemographic8933 yes it does as well
No, Burza is not Thunder, Burza is Storm or Thunderstorm. Piorun is Lightning.
Grzmot = Thunder.
EDIT: Oh god I'm dumb, look below. Piorun is Thunderbolt.
@@bezimienny_andzej6425 looks like we are really trying to use every word thunder related for military things xD
"The prion has earned its rightful place in stovakor" love this channel
the bismarck died from piorun disease
This is one of the most Warhammer stories in all of human history. Sit down and appreciate its awesomeness.
I disagree, the most Warhammer story from polish piece of history is Battle of Somossierra (Napoleon’s campaign in Spain) According to a legend I’ve heared - before almost suicidal cavalry charge the polish commander said: “Just rhythmic dogsons, the Imperator is looking”.
I think most Warhammer Polish battle is battle of Wizna at the beginning of WW2. 700ish soldiers in fortified position held back 40k Germans for a few days untill they quite literally run out of ammo. Germans had one tank for every two Poles in that battle.
Somewhere in a dark bar the Piorun sits, lamenting it’s fate. Forgotten in all but its homeland. In walks in HMCS Haida, a ship sharing a similar story. The Haida sits next to the Piorun and says, “the brave like us, hardly ever get recognized for it”
The Piorun says back, “you didn’t take on the Bismarck single-handedly”
Haida replies, “and you aren’t a train buster and honorary Texan.”
With that Haida orders another round and both drink happily into the night.
*USS Enterprise suddenly appears*
I tip my hat to you, one incredibly lucky vengeful warship to another.
@James Burdian Honestly, mate!
the Enterprise was murdered by those whom she defended.
Advanced allied ships: *too scared to engage the Bismarck."
Chad poles on a single destroyer: "Let's go, bitch! Let's go right the fuck now!"
USS Johnston to Piorun: "you could say I am somewhat a fan"
"Well just wanna say that I'm a huge fan"
We're good friends actually. Ole Johnny. I will say though. I'm better.
Just found your channel through this video. What a powerful story. When the entire Atlantic Fleet was so terrified of Bismark, one tiny Polish Destroyer said 'hold my Żywiec' and got in her face , and stayed there for hours, making Bismark waste most of her shells with no hits scored. Imagine the damage Bismark could have done if she hadn't wasted her ammo trying to hit Piorun, even as damaged as she was. This should be a far more known story than it is. Thank you for sharing this, in your unique storytelling method.
14:53
That's ORP Błyskawica. She's still afloat and one can visit her in Gdynia (If the cameraman at14:35 was to look behind him, he would see Błyskawica less than 20 meters away)
She is also known for some exploits, like infiltrating a german-controlled harbour along with another destroyer.
Blyskawica also singlehandedly defended the town where she was built from a German blitz
@@andrewreynolds4949 Ah yes, the air raid of Cowes. That's gotta be one of the craziest actions on this side of the world.
It is worth mentioning it occured while Błyskawica was undergoing a retrofit, and was completely disarmed. They had to carry ammo for her AA guns with boats, and douse said guns with buckets of water, as they were glowing red.
The polish navy had balls, that's to be certain
I've never heard this story, it's awesome. Had me tearing up a bit when you said "I am a Pole" and I'm not even Polish.
I am a pole
This story is another in the long line of stories which basically end in “Poles are mad B*****ds” and as someone who has Polish Ancestry i like it
If my memory served, during the Haitian revolution, Polish regiments brought by the French were told they were suppressing a prisoner's rebellion. When they found out what was actually going on, the Poles proceeded to switch sides, helping the slaves fight for their freedom.
Poles are fucking based
In the battle of britain a Polish pilot in a Hurricane got into a dogfight with a Bf109. after some time, the pole damaged the 109´s engine and followed it to the ground. The Messerschmitt still tried to escape, at low alt, but the Pole wouldn´t let go. After he had no ammo, he made a maneuver to bypass the 109 and attacked him head on. Aparrently the german Pilot wanted to evade the Pole, but at no altitude he crashed into the ground and died.
So, what did we learn?
The Japanese make suicide attacks and die. The poles make suicide attacks and survive
Pour one out for the grey ranks. I am an eagle scout and I admit great admiration and respect for those brave boys and girls who did not go quietly into the night
As a half Pole whose Polish dad fought in World War 2 - thank you for this - it brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye. xx
Just curious, what’s the other half? I have a Polish father as well.
@@davemccage7918 Cornish -Kernow is Cornwall in the Cornish language hence Kernowpolski 🙂
How did the Piorun not sink having to haul around the crew's massive steel balls?
The Thunderbolt decided to ignore buoyancy just this once.
XDDDD
The ship's own brass balls provided the necessary boyancy.
simple they lost the weight from the low fuel and all the shells being fired
simple. Those steel balls are so massive that they create enough gravity to lift the ship up.
What?! Like 2 days ago you had 3000 subscribers and now it's almost 50.000 and you've got yourself a sponsorship? Awesome to see that you finally get the attention you deserve!
Yeah it’s honestly a really surprising rise for him, going from barely known person who shits on military “reformers” to getting a sponsorship, even if it is only from wargaming.
there were a couple of days in a row LazerPig got over 1000 subscribers for each of those days. I thought I just did not remember the last days subscribers count, but it repeated multiple times. There was a day I think he got 1500 in a single day.
I will pay for a single video sponsorship to simply say "WG needs a carrier free mode"
The algorithm smiles upon this one
LOL i found This Channel like a week ago and thought it had like 300k of subs wasn’t really paying attention XD
I'm polish and I would say that the best translation for "piorun" would be a thunderbolt. Though it can mean both. Lightning would translate to "błyskawica", which is also a name of another polish destroyer. Cheers!
Yes! I've spent ages scrolling to find this! And that makes a lot of sense. Congratulations on having one of the best underdogs of the war. I would love to go see her some day
Considering the fact that a number of Klingon moves and strategies are to "get close and harass/heckle the enemy with a constant assault", I would safely say that the Piorun does in fact sail with the Black Fleet in Sto'Vo'Kor
My grandfather on my dads side was on this ship during this battle, we even have pictures aswell and it’s cool to see this ship get more fame
Is it named the thundor or the lightning
Luke, get back here and answer black diamond's question immediately. We need to know.
@@outsider344 I’m almost 70% sure it’s the lightning I’ll ask my dad in a while to be sure but yes I’m sure that’s what it is
@@outsider344 he also served on another ship before this and was sank and revived bad oil burns on his back from said sinking
@@luke88martin your father is a brave hero and a good man. I salute him! And his magnificent ship!
So, I’m Pennsylvanian Deutsch. I had family fight on both sides of the war. I have a lot of pride for my people and culture. But I have the utmost respect for the Polish. Like, absolute utmost respect. God bless you Poland
May God bless you, man. And all your loved ones.
Bismarck: Ho? Your approaching me?
Piorun: I cant kick your ass without getting closer.
I AM A POLE! Much love from America 🇺🇸 🇵🇱
Fast forward to March 2022,
Poland, to Russia, as they enact article 5: "I am a Pole"
NATO: NOOOOO!!!! WHY'D YOU PRESS THE BUTTON, POLAND?!?!?!
Polska: Jestem Hardkorem
I imagine NATO is doing everything it can to try and keep Poland from actively deploying in the Ukraine conflict.
"Ruskie onuce, macie, kurwa przejebane!"
@@ebrim5013 well if the 2 polish people who might died to russian missles today (facts may be different in the future). It's getting real hard.
NATO: "Oh my God they just went in."
As a history nerd from Poland. I approve of this video.
I also love the way you pronounce "Piorun".
Oh and Piorun means thunderbolt and błyskawica means lightning but two words are basically interchangeble
Polish lessons with a Red Panda
@@darthdoggo7324 jeszcze kurwa jak.
a no jeszcze jak
Piorun sounds like a slavic god (Perun in ukrainian)
@@inframar-morte I wonder if there is a relationship with Poland being Slavic? What is Perun god of?
HMS Maori: okay, we just need to shadow and harass the bismarck, no need to enga-
ORP Piorun: LEEEERRRROOOOOOOOOOY JENKIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNSSSS!!!!
Acept , this story ended good for everyone involved other than big german B .
Poles literally Leeroy Jenkins'd one of the biggest ships in the Atlantic...and LIVED!
“We give you permission to board the Bismarck.”
“Marek… *get the rifles.* “
.... so we could fix bayonets.
I have heard that the only part of this story that isn't true is the part about flashing "I am a Pole" to the Bismark. Since the Piorun was flying a Polish flag, it shouldn't have needed to anyway. But when the ship returned to port, the Royal Navy and BBC journalists that interviewed the crew were horrified to learn that the Piorun was actually flashing "kurwa" at the Bismark over and over again. Since that detail would have made the whole story unpublishable, the message was changed to "I am a Pole".
...What does that mean exactly? I assume some type of expiative.
@@mrbuttocks6772 it is used as fuck
genearlly its an swear word too advanced for english definition
@@mrbuttocks6772 literally, it means whore, but it's use is dependent on the situation
That has got to be the best WoW sponsorship bit I've seen. Yes ORP Piorun is credited with saving the town of Clydebank during the Blitz (The AA guns that had been assigned to protect the town had been sent down to London). She was fired all her weapons until she ran out of ammunition, making the Luftwaffe's aim to be poorer. The memorial is across from the town hall in Solidarity Plaza.
One of my managers has a wife who's a polish. When I told him this he said that that was the most polish thing possible.
11:20 i love how the music just goes faster as the choas unfolds
Edvard Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King from "Peer Gynt"
The quality, the history, the singing. Top-tier video once more. So glad you've been sponsored mate! These vids always make me laugh and help me learn stuff which is nice i guess.
This actually reminded me of the story of US destroyers with support from some escort carriers had fought and driven off a fleet of Japanese heavy cruisers and battleships including one of the Yamato class Battleships during this one massive battle.
The Battle off Samar, my favourite ever naval battle
Thats uss Johnson. She basically did this x3 and her captain has officially the larges balls in human history. She aint make it, but man that guy was epic. Dafernechel (totally misspelled) covers the entire fight, not unlike laserpig with good detail.
@@Bagheera2 and the Sammy B
this story sounds incredibly unbelievable and wouldn't expect anything less from the poles
Something about eastern Europeans not having a death wish, but just not caring about it, leaves me with a tear in my eye
|*cough*| central |*cough*| (or slavic)
@@fraskf6765 that's why its central. basically a melting pot of cultures. However Poland is wildly recognised as a Slavic country, most of the population consider them selves as slaves, our folklore is Slavic and even language is just a branch of from ''old Slavic'' so describing Poland as Slavic is not incorrect. and isn't rus and slavic culture one and the same?
Central Europa by geography and west in cultural meaning.
@@czescwaszejpamiecizonierze7427 Did you mean "Slavs", not "slaves"?
@@gniewomirbartoszewski6835 and yet in the depth of our serduszka we know it is not tak do końca. A mogło być tak pięknie 😉
The Piorun pulling a Tien from DBZ abridged on the Bismark. Seriously though I'm shocked I've never heard of this, what a story.
"F*ck power levels, and F*UCK YOU!"
@@MandoWookie Training Day levels of gangsta for sure.
@@prbrase I had to go and watch that scene again. Makes me want to go back and watch OG Dragonball again, back when other characters actually had stuff to do, other than be speed bumps.
@@MandoWookie True. Even Krillin won in the end.
Im a Pole and its Thunderbolt. the name Lightning is reserved to a diffrent Polish destroyer "Błyskawica" wich is on display in the port of Gdynia. i visited it, it's a nice ship
Not gonna lie. I teared up quite a bit listening to this story. And I'm not even Polish. Bless 'em.
I love how when Lazer Pig isn't mocking World of Warships/Tanks he's fleecing them for sponsorship cash.
Well played LP.
I had heard of a single polish ship going against Bismarck, but never with that level of detail!
I learned something today and I was entertained while it happened.
Great work
Pure, unfettered, incandescent, clarity of purpose Polish rage.
Destroyer captains are a different breed.
I found your channel literally yesterday. Now, you've got your first sponsorship. Here's to low-tier youtube.
* top tier RUclips
Sewage Tier RUclips
Septic tank tier
@@LazerPig isn't that what pigs kinda like?
Found your account by accident, and I don't regret subbing to this great piece of content creation. 👍
Same here, great discovery :D
This video hits a little differently now. A lot of good warriors are headed to Valhalla.
"Russian warship, Go fuck yourself."
Some news: the ship they said that phrase to is gone now, either struck by Ukrainian missile or ammo explosion...
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 I still love how the Russians prefer admitting incompetence over giving credit to Ukraine
Oh did it ever
Piorun survived the war, changed the spelling of his name, and proceeded to post hour-long slideshow presentations to RUclips which are *more engaging and humorous than they have any right to be.*
He’s not fooling anyone! His russo-polish relationship analysis is too spot on to come from a foreigner!