Sink The Bismarck 10 of 10

[igorfly21]

I'm sorry, so sorry. Please accept my apology

[igorfly21]

Nazis, go fuck yourself ..We should throw a nuke bomb on that Fucking Berlin next time...

[sonbuhitsunei]

@igorfly21 you really should get a better education...simply being in the armed forces does not have a single thing to do with being a member of the Nazi party. Many in the armed forces weren't even there by choice - for many, it was mandatory - if you didn't, worse than you can think could happen to you, or your family. My Grandmother's father was one of them - he wasn't even German, or Nazi - he was Estonian, and hated Germans and Russians-but was forced to join when they fled.

[Dreez76]

Men who wants to wage war, should wage war themselves and not send young men to die in their place.

[TitanicBismarck1987]

RIP To the Crews of Both Bismarck and Hood.

[igorfly21]

Long Live the Royal Navy....Die Fucking nazis

[IRememberTheOldDays]

@igorfly21 the DeutscheMarine had NOTHING to do with Nazi policy and were notoriously anti the dictatorial regime. They were just a tool of Hitler's government and they would have had way of saying no! Learn your facts before you open your mouth you fuck-wit !

[starlionblue]

It makes my skin crawl how cruelly and coldly the Brit talks about the Bismarck having to be sunk. I wonder how he would feel if a German had talked about the Hood in the same manner? Also, interestingly, was there any proof that the ship was scuttled? I've never heard anyone search for any evidence of that.

[gandhicakes]

@starlionblue Robert Ballard's book mentions evidence that the Bismarck was scuttled not sunk outright. Ballard himself states that Bismarck could have floated for days had the British ceased fire and left her.

Bismarck threatened the convoys that kept Britain fighting and had sunk the pride of the Royal Navy. If Bismarck had made it to France and been used with the Tirpitz the war could have taken a very different turn.

[add996]

Excellent upload, fascinating documentary. I raise a glass to those brave men who fought on both sides!!!

[allanguo99]

Bismark suck

[slash1reader]

Did the Germans have any u boats in the area? Oh! There were.

[slash1reader]

Did the Germans have any u boats in the area?

[666crazytrain1]

R.I.P to all the Bismarck and H.M.S Hood crew!

[carlogwapo1234]

if only germany have much time to build there navy the tides of war will favor nazi they got the bismarck and the tirpitz and i know at the time nazi is also much bigger battleship than the bismarck and much more powerful

[23456789Alexis]

So, even if they wanted to, they couldn't transfer Bismarck's crew & onto Tirpitz?.

[TheAdolfo1960]

Este barco era indestructible!! Está muy entero!!!! Hay una versión que dice que los Ingleses le tiraron con todo lo que tenían y no lo pudieron hundir, por eso los Alemanes -por miedo a que tomen el barco- abrieron las compuertas para que se hundiera. QUE BARCO!!!!!!!!

[gyreenedoc]

@TheAdolfo1960 sí, lo que es un barco que fue ...... pero todos los barcos de guerra de su clase estaban muy abiertos que les dio la estabilidad cuando se disparaban los cañones grandes. alemanes se hundió su

mal buques dañados (su llamada "scuttling") soplando para arriba.

[devenII7]

HMS HOOD RIP.

[wupperkind1]

Too many good young men died on the HMS Hood and the Bismarck. This whole bloody war cost europe as a whole too many lives that could have been used much more wisely.

Never forget, always remember. Unity and peace are the keys to our future, not divergence and war.

Rest in peace, whoever you were, from whichever country you came from. Your sons and daughters will do better as peaceful members our europe.

Never again.

[notsureyou]

No U-Boat captain would EVER have fired on these British waships if they were rescueing German sailors. They would have known that there was no german ship nearby that could have rescued them (survivors of the Bismack)

[rjc071]

@beastatlay "Silly twat." LOL. Look in the mirror to find the silly twat. As for U-Boat attack, there has never I mean never been any written evidence to suggest that Captain Martin received that news. Verbal, but no written evidence. And, we're not talking allied seamen. We're talking about 700+ German sailors left behind. You're a fucking idiot with your comments. Circumstantial evidence has always pointed to Martin leaving them behind on purpose. But we may never know for sure. Ciao

[rjc071]

@AnteyPL You missed it. "Battleship without crew is harmless junk." LOL. A comment worthy of such a "brilliant mind."

You simply don't understand. I don't wonder if you can read or not, because if you could, you'd understand that if Captain Martin had purposely left German sailors in the water to die, then Captain Martin, under Royal Navy regulations would be guilty of murder. Did he commit murder? We may never know.

But one thing that is certain: you don't have a bloody clue!!. Ciao.

[beastatlay]

@rjc071

Where in RN Fighting Instructions does it say that leaving sailors in the water is "murder"? Nowhere, you silly twat. You just made it up. RN ships were, in fact, strictly instructed to leave *their own men* in the water, and not to pick up survivors, where there was threat of U-boat attack - German submarines had sunk British ships picking up survivors in both world wars (HMS Hogue, Cressy, Patroclus, etc.). The vast majority of seamen left to die in the water were Allied, not German.

[rjc071]

That's what I can't stand about the Brits...they lost the Hood in battle, and they took it upon themselves to let Captain Martin "get even." Then they celebrated the "great victory."

If all the Brits could have had Ted Briggs attitude, well, then, I could respect the Brits for their actions, but the Brits are pretty devilish. Enough said!

[AnteyPL]

@rjc071

.... sure, but it's a proper way to deal with Germans.

[rjc071]

@AnteyPL There is no honor in dealing that way with Germans or anyone else. If Captain Martin left survivors in the water on purpose, then he's guilty of murder.

[AnteyPL]

@rjc071

Perhaps you missed it, but it was precisely the point - kill the Germans. Battleship without crew is harmless junk.

[SuperQuiller]

@rjc071 What the hell do you know?

[SuperQuiller]

@rjc071 Yes, I agree. From you is enough said. Be quiet now.

[gallant1987]

that was a good history lesson thanks now I know more about my american history I always thought my americans sunk her but I was wrong

[theawesome02]

very sad story..all british ship that involved in the sinking of bismarck were sunk,,,

[iroscoe]

@theawesome02 You mean a very untrue story .

[wilmanric1]

Ark Royal was sunk by a U-Boat, not by airpower.

[TK2008BEST]

Sooo stupid... just a few cheap aeroplanes could sink a monster like Bismack or Hood and 2000 men dead. Ships of that age were in fact too weak.

[starlionblue]

If things were reversed and the Germans were "avenging" the Bismarck, the ugly Brits would be howling "war crimes" if the Hood were limping home and attacked by the Kriegsmarine until she was sunk. I am blown away by how callous they felt about the Bismarck considering she was technically defeated before the last salvo. There are still rumors that they didn't really sink her but the scuttling charges may have done the job too.

[iroscoe]

@starlionblue What have our lack of good looks got to do with anything pretty boy?....

[wilmanric1]

@starlionblue That's simply not true. An enemy ship is attacked until she is either sunk or strikes her colours. No one "lets a ship go" because she is damaged. If anything, that's when you press your advantage. Your point is hollow.

[higfny]

@starlionblue you dont have any clue about what you are talking about. A ship will be attacked if she doesnt strike her colours.The only attack on a defenseless ship done by the allies was the Laconia incident, where US bombers attacked a U-boat rescuing survivors. If you need more info on the "ugly brits", check out survival rates for german pow in british captivity (lower than expected in civilian life), or Adm, Cunningham who after Cape Matapan garanteed safe passage to rescue survivors

[glynamus]

who sank bismarck? the royal navy did hands down. they turned it into a burning sinking hulk.  enough said. r.i.p. bruno rzonca bismarck survivour, you was a good friend to sit with me, drink with me and talk to me about the worst day of your life as you put it..............peace is the answer not war..

[Cityj0hn]

Amazing integrity do those have who can rescue and care for their enemy

[GamingLeeLee]

ahh that bismarck crewman stated things brilliantly, both sides could have sunk the ship, if those scuttling charges went off then they would have done at the same time as the torpedos struck the hull ... so its not really possible to determine who did it :S

[Mueiwark]

I can't imagine what it must have been like to abandon ship when hundreds of rounds still impacted the ship.. How can you survive that..

[yamsid]

At least in a Canadian prison camp they were better off than most POWs worldwide. Probably not great but they weren't starved or brutalized. Except some escapees that encountered a Grizzly bear and turned themselves in.

[yamsid]

For whatever reason Scharnhorst and Gneisenau made no attempt to rescue the 900 men left in the water after HMS Glorious was sunk and most of them died. Also, although I'm not English, I think that anyone who believes the Royal Navy needs numerical superiority to fight courageously should Google HMS Acasta, Glowworm or Rawalpindi.

[starlionblue]

@yamsid Big deal, the British didn't take aboard any sailors from the Bismarck after she'd been sunk. Even a man who had lost BOTH his arms was ignored and the BRITISH sailor who jumped over to save him was court-martialed!

[TK2008BEST]

@starlionblue British ships left immidiately because there was a u-boat alarm...

[superpim100]

Many People say the Bismarck was the Strongest ship,

but it is the USS Iowa

PS: Rest in Peace Hood And Bismarck Crew

[JazzJaRa]

The crew of the Bismarck abandoned the ship and scuttled it. There was a german Submarine. 116 men survived - the HMS Dorsetshire rescued 68 men , the HMS Maori 25 men, the german U-74 3 men and the weather Ship "Sachsenwald" 2 men.

RIP to all fallen sailors and soldiers of every nation who fought in the WW2.

from Germany

[gamesbok]

The last ever Battleship - Battleship action.

[brutussmithicus]

@gamesbok apart from leyte gulf (the biggest battleship duel of the war), north cape, guadalcanal, ....

[gamesbok]

@brutussmithicus None of which actually include Battleship on Battleship action.

[brutussmithicus]

@gamesbok Yamashiro sunk by 6 US battleships @ Leyte Gulf. Scharnhors sunk by Duke of York @ North Cape. Kirishima sunk by Washington & South Dakota @ Guadalcanal.

[gamesbok]

@brutussmithicus Kirishima (霧島?) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's fourth Kongō -class battlecruiser.

'German Battle Cruiser Scharnhorst. '

At the battle of Surigao Strait on October 25, 1944, Krishima came under attack and was sunk by U.S. naval forces with all hands lost, receiving four hits from destroyer torpedoes

[brutussmithicus]

@gamesbok Oh dear, you don't give up do you. Any distiction between battleships & battlecruisers was meaningless by 1941. Most BC's were up-armoured & few could do more then 28kn by then. All new BS's could do at least 28kn.

Kirishima was classed as a battleship by IJN & USN after re-construction. And she wasn't at Suriago Strait, she was sunk by US battleships @ Guadalcanal. The IJN BS sunk @ Suriago was Yamashiro, she was damaged by torpedo hits but sailed on & confronted the US battleships

[gamesbok]

@brutussmithicus Alright, OK, but I will insist that Scharnhorst was a battlecruser. She was specifically designed as such, operated as such,, and I think her combat record, compared with say Bismarck ('Cannot sink this ship with gunfire') proves my point.

[yamsid]

@brutussmithicus Hi, you may have seen it but there is a documentary somewhere on the net (darned if I can remember the name) that unites survivors of Kirishima and Washington. Like most "armchair admirals" I can only imagine and hope never to experience 14 and 16 inch guns firing point blank in the night but the memories of those Japanese and American sailors are worth hearing.

[Sokar2488]

Wait a minute. HMS Ark Royal was sunk by an U-boat, HMS Hermes was sunk by airplanes

[Sokar2488]

The Bismarck sank, doesn't matter who sank it, whether scuttled by her crew or sunk by torpedoes.

[Lachausis]

Are there any records of German sailors saved by U-boats?

[lordchickenhawk]

These ancient mariners from both sides form a last generation of chivalrous "men of honour". Mutual respect, even in the mutually murderous intent of war... Their attitude... so different from the mutual contempt of our "modern" conflict in the Middle East. I can't see any our generation being filmed as so respectfull or regretfull 50 years from now, regardless of who "wins", regardless of race, religion or nationality. Something special will be lost to our world when the last of these pass.

[wapdink]

would have been a good documentary if the yanks hadn't made it.

[oiljerk]

Well it seems you guys weren't smart enough to make one of you're own, so someone had to do it.

[baskovich]

war sucks.....

[snowboredsnj]

it does make for some good tv thou.

[hagesenjin]

I really appreciate you putting all 10 parts of this. I truly enjoyed it. As to the discussions about who did what... I guess it's up o the naval traditions of one's country. There were plenty of unintended horrors inflicted in all naval engagements. People look at these monstrosities as single units... and often fail to see the hundreds of people who serve on them.

[HelmutVillam]

Regardless of whether the Germans scuttled the ship or not, the Bismarck was a flaming hulk, Nelson and KGV had tore it to shreds. I cant imagine the havoc and terror of it on board.

[yukonnahanni]

please , no, , UMBRAGE WITH EACH OTHER.. BUT , POINT OF HISTORY, THE BRITS , WERE TRYING TO PICK UP SURVIVORS , WHEN THEY WERE RADIO'ED THAT GERMAN SHIPS WERE APPROACHING ..

If it was a Walt Disney world, hey, everyone would have let the Brits finish picking up the survivors , but , reality was not so , it hurt , those British Seamen, to have to haul aboard who, they could , & then ,. have to leave the other survivors !!!~ Dont blame the Brits!! they saved as many as they could

[logancody07]

Will someone explain to me why a commander who knows he's going to lose his ship because it's badly damaged and hopelessly outnumbered doesn't just fire off a few rounds to save face put the crew over the side, run up a white flag and scuttle the ship therby avoiding all that unnecessary carnage.

[G777GUN]

Never give your ship up to your enemy.

[EvilFingers]

Im just curious to find out...but has anyone ever thought that the U-Boat Sighting during the Rescue Efforts after the sinking of the Bismarck was a Hoax committed by a British Sailor and as a Resentment towards the Bismarck Crew for the sinking of the Hood?

[iroscoe]

No or why bother picking up any survivors at all,or are you trying to say that U-74 wasn't in the area? . Say what you mean if you want to accuse people of war crimes cite some evidence to back it up rather than make snide insinuations .

[EvilFingers]

Why dont you relax, if I knew that U 74 was in the area after the sinking, I would not have posted the question.

And upon doing more research, U74 wasnt the only boat in the vicinity, U556 was also near by and heading back to Base in France after an attack on a convoy.

As for your insinuation comment, who said anything about War Crimes, because a War Crime was ever Committed from either side.

[iroscoe]

Im perfectly relaxed,if you knew the answer to the question why put it out there unless you were trying to say something without saying something .

[EvilFingers]

Like I said...if I knew the answer, "I would not have posted the question"

[spookespook]

EvilFingers, I think that a lot of people have wondered that and I think a lot believe it. But I think it's going to be like 'Who Sank the Bismarck?' Royal Navy or her own crew? It will be a question that will never have a definitive answer. However, I do have relatives over in England and here also and I DO know how resentful they can be and how unforgiving they can be. They are all about revenge.

[spookespook]

Youtube cut me off but what I want to say is that I'm not saying that the Bismarck's men were purposly left in the water because personally I don't believe that. I'm just saying, I know how resentive the British can be. So I will just leave it at that!

Sorry if I offended anyone by saying this.

[herbdell]

@spookespook

I Agree with you besides they wanted revenge because of the HMS Hood & they had to outnumber the Bismarck to sink it...not so honorable and again quantity against quality... don't you think.

[iroscoe]

Honorable?,it was a war not a medieval joust,the fate of nations was at stake .

[Picard578]

@herbdell true

[EvilFingers]

Have you watched Expedition Bismarck by James Cameron which is the last known documentary on the Bismarck.

Near the end of the program, videos from the ROV were taken below Bismarck's Waterline which clearly shows torpedo hits on both sides of the ship's Outer Hull, but no damage to the Inner Hull, which proves that the crew did sink their own ship.

[spookespook]

Yes I've seen it, it's my fav documenatry on the Bismarck. I think a lot of people now believe the Bismarck was scuttled but it's still a debate and always will be, at least with the British who will always refuse that the Bismarck was scuttled. They want the credit and will take it no matter what some movie director says about the subject even though he was there and saw the damage for himself!!

[gamesbok]

@EvilFingers Except the U-Boat, U97 I think, was actually there, although it had no torpedos left.

[easye1989]

Long live KMG Bismarck and long live HMS Hood! Both fought with valor!

[johnmcluskey]

The whole battle was very sad with the amount of casulties on both sides. Most were young men and never knew what was going to happen to them..

We all know a lot of work went into locating the Germans, but I still think it was the HMS Rodney that blew the Bismark apart. Even one on one I still think the Rodney was unstoppable on that morning and the ship never got the credit it deserves.

[gamesbok]

@johnmcluskey 'Cannot sink this ship with gunfire' Bismark was skuttled.

[vladimir2366fa]

the movies is excellent, thanks you !!

all "Sink The Bismarck" 1~10

[jfkreincarnated]

Palin 2012

[dave86silv83]

I think the Dorsetshire's captain was right to set sail because if a U-boat torpedoed the ship then no one would have survived. But that would have to be a devastating descision. 115 survivors are better than none.

[jjjazzycraig]

you are not able to make such an ignorant statement...these men...all both sides will be judged by only God...and damn your soul for speaking of that which you know not nor experienced.

[RMSTitanic87]

jjjazzycraig good point only god could Judge them lets prey he gives Bismarck's Crew and Hood's Crew Peace. They deserve it. I hope God saw them as soldiers fighting for there country.

[RMSTitanic87]

I feel sorry for both the British and for the Germans. It is really sad to what happened to both Hood and Bismarck.

[Gbrltr]

The British would have picked up the survivors, but the U-boat that was ordered to recover the Bismark's logbooks was sighted and so the rescue had to abandoned. If they had stayed away those men would have been rescued. The U boat had no torpedoes left so it could do nothing anyway. You'd think they could have figured out what would happen if they were seen in area.

[cmquank]

There is your "Royal Nay", what a gay way of fighting, 16 to 1 thats no match. And they even able if sinking the Bismark, the captain gave the order to scuttle and abandon the ship, he sank her own ship!

[Andaroly]

either she sank or she would be delivered on a silver plater to the british. her shell, her superior radar, and her intelligence. The captain made a wise decision

[TorraAlta]

It was War and the Bismarck had to be sunk. Whether 16-1 is fair or not is irrelevant. It should be viewed as a great compliment and symbol of respect for the Bismarck, that the Royal Navy sent 16 ships against her.

[iroscoe]

It was a war not a playground punch up .

[Alegoven]

like Rammstein's song: "in beinfall untergehen". in this way the Bismarck was sunk

[Alegoven]

esto es pura basura

[DeadfoursMetal]

2100 dead. Good. Why the hell would the British even rescue those Germans?? Man, I would have let them all drown like the dogs they are.

[f16134]

Hail to the Bush baby :P You should really check for some pills to reduce agression in your blood. Peace :)

[lostinlifeforever9]

you obviously just plain don't get it do you.

[lanclover1945]

To stop a ship to pick up survivors in a war zone would be a crazy thing to do, a friend of mine father was in ww2 escorting convoys, and he said if you stopped to pick up your own men, ie merchant navy personel you could be on a charge for endangering your ship and its crew.....was is hell.

[chaingangcharlie]

I don't recall the Bismarck stopped to check for survivors from the Hood.

[RMSTitanic87]

2100 dead. Good? There not a damn thing good about it. I would have do every thing in my power to rescue them.

[N20TO]

The Germans should've waited until the Tirpitz was ready. Imagine Bismarck and the Tirpitz side by side in the same unit.

[RayPall]

@N20TO Even this team wouldn't able to face aircraft carriers and air strikes. Sinking of Price of Wales and Pearl Harbor strike proved, that era of battleships were over and era of carriers and naval aircraft begun.

[spyda2002]

@N20TO

air power changes every thing later in the war

[gandhicakes]

@spyda2002 You got that right. HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse would be the next tragic lessons to the Royal Navy.

[YamatoTitanic]

Rest in peace Ted Briggs. The last survivor of the Hood.

Rest in peace to HMS Hood and Bismarck and there crew.

[MidwayCastaway]

@YamatoTitanic Amen bro.

[fuhmeregan]

Don't fuck with the Queen. pms, etc., - she always gets the last trump card. =)

[YamatoTitanic]

My heart goese out to those poor young sailors on Bismarck. Many who were still Kids.

Same goes for the Hood.

[AlbertaGamer]

Only the Hood deserves respect. The Bismarck was part of an evil force that would have ended the world as you know it if the Nazis had won the war.

[YamatoTitanic]

both sides deserve respect regardless if Bismarck was built by the Nazis her were were no Nazis Loonies but were Honorable German Sailor!

[MURPHinator200]

i agree with u

[AnteyPL]

@YamatoTitanic

Pity your heart doesn't go to few million children in Eastern Europe murdered by Germans and - thanks in part to Bismarck's protection.

[AnteyPL]

@YamatoTitanic

Pity your heart doesn't go to few million children in Eastern Europe murdered by Germans and - thanks in part to Bismarck's protection.

And note difference between emotional attitude of British sailor and cold-blooded, almost proud behaviour of his German counterparts.

[Sammyoak]

Rest in peace To the crews of Bismarck and Hood.

[bercik1964]

I'll tell You what - leaving 700 seamen in water because of some (probably unexisting) u-boot was a war crime. There is huge difference between revenge and a cold blooded murder. I don't believe that any german u-boot commander would ever fire a topedo against ship which just undertake german sailors. Very shaming for british navy. Shame on You.

[motofox69]

you have to be kidding. I dont think we have to remind you, the germans did things a 100 times worse than that, and on purpose.

[Number7smokesForEver]

The S.S. yes, the Kriegsmarine, no.

Cheers.

[zepsterboy]

bercik1964. Like your navy or any other wouldnt have done the same if there was a u-boat alert. It was not done out of revenge. Grow up bercik. There is no shame, only pride for the royal navy that comes from people who visit from all over the world. I should know, i live in Portsmouth, Britain's naval capital. The Hood and Bismarck are the two most famous warships in the world and to honour those dead on both ships, both navies and learn the lessons of war for the future. PEACE OUT.

[Grazydine]

That's just plain sad. I feel sad for both sides. I don't think any of those young men wanted to be killing each other. I wish the next time a war comes about, all the young people say no and tell the people responsible "You fight it yourselves were going home"

[BrotherRon1]

Bismarck sunk 66 years ago today.

War is evil and stupid. Warmongers are evil.

Peace - Brother Ron

[tutor4011]

learnt alot all 10 thanks mate.

[kingtiger88]

welcome glad you enjoyed

[72BajaBug]

Bismar(c)k, my bad.

[72BajaBug]

You should watch "Schlachtschiff Bismark" It's an awesome video.

[72BajaBug]

00:09 - 00:25 Thats just creepy compared to what it was.

[rawkon91]

very nice video thanks! 5/5 good series hope u keep up the good stuff cheers !