A case can be made that the British Nelson class battle ships were the most powerful at that time as they were armed with 16 inch guns as opposed to the Bismark which had 15 inch guns.
May 24, 1941, 05:55: Bismarck opens fire...06:00: a 38 cm armour-piercing shell hits Hood's rear ammuniton magazine, detonating 123 short tons of cordite propellant. 06:03: Hood is gone. That must be the world record for sinking a ship...I wonder if it is in the Guiness Book of Records...
@nazgulero Part of the problem, and I hate to say it because of my British heritage, was that instead of turning to deliver a broadside as soon as they were in range, the captain decided to close the distance and only use the forward guns. Had the Hood's commander ordered a turn to deliver broadsides as soon as she was within range, and ordered the Prince of Wales to do the same there could very well have been a different outcome.
@smartman114 Good comment. In addition, Bismarck was probably lucky to score that one devastating hit. In all, more than 3,600 sailors died on both ships. That is the sad part.
@nazgulero Possibly, but by not turning, the Hood also made a much easier target. Personally, I have always found that ranging a shot is the hardest part of shooting. Putting a shell in line with the target is the easy part, and had the Hood been turned, ranging would have had to have been much more precise, giving the Hood more time to put more shells downrange with double the ranging input. As for the sailors, no one in their right mind could argue with you that that is the sad part.
The last bomb hit at 08:06 in the vicinity of Turret II, likely penetrating the armored deck near the ammunition magazines located in the forward section of the ship. And gone.
@Lasstpak Good post. That was even faster, with the only difference being that when the Kates hit, Arizona was a stationary target, pretty much a sitting duck. The memorial at Pearl Harbor is on my list of places to visit...
The real amazing thing about how famous the Hood and Bismark have become is what a waste of money they both were. The Bismark like the WW 1 german Battlecruisers was an excellent shipbut only sailed on one war cruise The Hood looked good but like all the British battlecruisers except Tiger was a flawed design. The Hood only other major action was the British treachery of Bombarding their French allies Navy a disgraceful incident.
@cryteeek fuck you man bismarck might of been a floating fortress but the english fuckin owned the germans and sure bismarck took down hood big deal wats ur fuckin problem is this wat u do all day just msn people telling them and their country is shit you fuckin nazi i was trying to just make a point
We have to remember that bismarck lasted around 200 hours on water before she sunk. Hood was the fucking pride of the britsh navy she had been around for years the best ship was hood by far she lasted longer and the british will always rule when it comes to sea power because we inprovise. Bismarck ended up having a worst death than hood she was absolutely abliterated......
@1907DALE The Hood wasen't even engaged in a single battle you fucking idiot. In its first ever battle it sunk like a bag of garbage. The Mighty Hood still is today is the biggest naval joke ever. hahahaa XD
Btw Bismarck destroyed Hood in less than 1 hour so just face it little faggot. Bismarck > Hood oh and btw, German navy > Royal or should I say Shit Navy haha, fucking idiot !
@fulfulfulfulful The Italian Battleships were not only a match for the Bismark but led much more useful carreers. The German 15" was actually an Ansaldo design for the Italian ships as the Germans no longer had the capacity to produce a 15' cannon hence the 11" on the Scharnhorst class. The Hood was never a good design a 30 year old Battlecruiser and like the British battlecruisers at Jutland it was no match for the Germans. The Hoods long narrow hull was too stressed and it snapped easily.
WWII was a hell of a war. Should of been the war to end all wars, the perfect mix if you think of it on a just paper sense. Yamato, Bismarck, Panzer tanks, B52s, Erwin Rommel. Just the list goes on.
@kentzaca Hood was a Battlecruiser, designated as BC. They were meant as fast, heavy warships. More firepower than a Heavy Cruiser, designated CA, but not as heavily armed as a Battleship, designated BB. More armor would not have made HMS Hood a battleship. Nothing could have. She was what she was, simple as that.
@o3941 the only thing lacking was the deck armour, the british tried to close the gap between the ships so the germans couldn't have used sloping fire..... check ur facts
@kentzaca Yes, HMS Hood did have thin deck armor. However, she was scheduled for refits, but the German surface threat was too great to be left unchecked, thus a total refit was unavailable until Brittan could produce more ships such as the King George class. Also, I never commented on the British tactics in this engagement, so why you are... attempting to reprimand me on that is irrelevant
@o3941 yeah the only reason it was brought up is because i proves my point, yes i agree the ship was due for a refit, but that was to have the deck armour strengthened
@o3941 Yes you are right armoured deck on Hood was only 51mm thick on Bismark it was120mm thick and yes she was due for refit she was built 20years before Bismark she was old lady , I wonder what would the outcome be if Bismark had met North Carolina with 406mm guns against Bismarck and turrets of 406mm thick against Bismark 360mm thick as she was commissioned 1941 they were all out of date ww2
@o3941 Agreed. I also think that this particular engagement is beside the point. RN wanted to keep Bismark from escaping into the Atlantic, and Hood was in the area. It had no business in a stand-off slugfest with Bismark, but you work with the boats you have, if the crews are brave enough. And Brit sailors were. Also note that, in the end, the RN's experience won out. They refueled whenever they could, just because. Bismark didn't, so they sank. All respect to the lost RN and KM sailors.
@SuperGregSA Hood and Prince of Wales were sent out very specifically from Scapa Flow to block them off in the Denmark Strait. If they had planned it correctly, they would have 'Crossed the T' but were a little slower than expected so ended up disadvantaged. Maybe a little more luck and Hood would not have sunk so early in the battle.
@sthill1993 ... comments like this we do have also in germany, when really old folks discuss the 2.war. " IF only german soldiers had gotten winter cloth and proper food in stalingrad, then ... "a.s.o. As we use to say (at home) "Haett der Hund nicht geschissen, haett' er'n Hasen gekriegt" ( "..if the dog hadn't done his poo-poo, he surely had caught the rabbit ..."). :-)
@nalvojo In wars they are very common. It is true though. Truth be told is probably is inevitable that Bismarck would have sunk HMS Hood. BUT not so early and so dramatically.
die bismark wurde ja als sie versenkt wurde, extrem oft getroffen, und nur der treffer der das ruder zerstörte bzw beschädigte war der grund warum sie dann gesunken ist, wäre der treffer nicht gewesen, häte die bismark die schlacht, in der sie sank, gewonnen
@AceAviations2 it could have been a different result as well if the germans didn't gain the upper hand by pure luck (they had the broad side of the ship while the british only had there front armaments)
My dad served on Hood until his transfer to HMS Kylemore, just a month before Hood's sinking. He lost many good friends. Six months later, Kylemore met her fate too, at the hands of German Dorniers, & my dad was one of only 8 survivors. He was awarded the DSM for courageous conduct during & after the sinking. The medal was pinned on his chest by Lord Mountbatten.
@speakswahilidammit Incredible story ! Those WWII battleships were incredible, I wish they would have saved a few of them, and turned them into naval museums. Imagine being able to set foot on Hood, Bismarck, Yamato...
@nazgulero The Iowa class battleships are still around. All four of them. They are also museum ships. And, should they be needed, they can be reactivated for active duty, most likely for heavy artillery support, or, in the off chance, pure decimation of almost any existing surface vessel. Almost all modern warships are so lightly armored that one of the Iowa's 16 inch shells will cripple and sink them.
@o3941 Good stuff. I remember Missouri and Wisconsin being used during the first Gulf War. Yamato had 18 inch shells, but I guess at that point it wouldn't matter. Being struck by a 16 or 18 inch armor-piercing shell, you are toast either way. I wonder why the German gunners apparently were a lot more accurate than the British - did they have better range finders ?
@nazgulero I am not certain, but I would feel safe betting on the German ships having better range finders. My reason being they had more modern ships, albeit Prince Eugan wasn't as modern. On the other hand, the British did not have all 18 main cannons working for the entire battle. As stated in this video, HMS Prince of Whales had new turrets, which jammed, which would lead me to suspect that the less accurate fire from the British has something to do with less then 100% fighting capacity.
@o3941 I think you are right. The stereoscopic optical range finders on the Bismarck were very advanced. I looked through a Zeiss-made optical Flak rangefinder once, it is quite stunning what they could produce even 70 years ago.
@o3941 German ship Bismark had very good range finders but her radar was no good British radar was far superior only for them to be shelled at night by the British.. Bismark had many design faults her stern was weak it fell of on sinking and tirpitz had hers strengthened also her secondary batteries could not cope with slow moving planes only quicker more modern planes the design of here armoured belt was not good also but her sailors were exellent
@nazgulero Sorry . yamoto was built to accept 18 inch gunfire here turrets were 650 mm thick . bismarks t urrets were only 360mm . thick also main belt armour was only315mm thick yamotos was 410mm thick also armoured deck was only 120mm on bismark. on yamoto was230mm thick and no range finders were not better but British radar was definitely superior and they were able to continue shelling bismark at night another design fault of bismark radar
@o3941 Yes you are right they are Museum pieces please keep them that way because 16inch shells have a range of approx 20 25 miles modern war ships can reach hundreds of miles British mark 45 destroyers so technically advanced keep them as Museum pieces you would loose a lot of crew in a modern war we all need to remember our losses
@Plexpara when Bismarck was Totally fucked their was NO Navy other than the Royal Navy there was No airforce involved in its destruction only the R Navy Air Arm, and all it took do Fuck Bismarck was one Biplane with one Torpedo,, the rest is natural justice !
@Plexpara If the Nazi s did scuttle the Bismarck they Fucked that up too, as the Bismarck after being hit by brit torpedoes turned Turtle, and took hours to sink, so much for German engineering know how, at least when the Graff Spree, committed Hari kari the Kraut Cpt had it done efficiently.
@notsureyou Your wrong Bismark, went down Belly Up ! so much for efficient scuttling ! and she took hours, and in doing so became target practice for the R N Guns, she did how ever right herself before hitting the sea bed, I would suggest their was No power, to any pumps, as according to the stokers survivors, after experiencing a second explosion they clambered out in the Dark, to meet a topside engulfed in Flames, and bereft of any hands,
when she did sink she rolled over to port and then sank, only after being shelled into uselessness.
she didnt go belly up and then continue to be fired upon by the British (as your comment implies)
You do not need explosives to scuttle a ship, they are part of it. as are reversing pumps, opening the sea valves, opening water tight doors, basically allowing progressive flooding to do what it does best.
Amount of shells shot at Bismarck: Rodney 380 16inch: KGV 339 14inch: Norfolk 527 8inch: Dorsetshire 254 8inch: secondary guns from Rodney 716 6inch: secondary from KGV 660 5.2inch.
So a total of 2,876 shells.
She was under fire from 08:47-10:15 (nearly an hour and a half). after 45 min Rodney closed to about 3.5km due to Bismarcks guns been silenced. So for nearly ANOTHER 45 min Bismarck was hammered again and again (target practice for the British) and still refused to die.
how many hit is anyones guess, though if Rodney had many misses from 3.5km at a target miving at 7 knots, then her gunnery officer def needs a severe talking to. Estimates of heavy shell (16 and 14inch) hits is about 80, and estimates of total shells that hit bismarck range from 200-400.
@notsureyou read the reports of Prof Grove who examined the video returns from the UMVs he counted 600 shell holes in her superstructure and 1 unexploded torpedo found on the top deck
@notsureyou Yes she was an amazing battle ship and she had also a good crew, she would have played Havoc on Merchant ships, had she been allowed to make the open Atlantic, her destruction saved many civilian and naval lives, ! it is regretful the RN did not save as many survivors, as it may have been possible to do.
Scuttling procedure was called "Maßnahme 5" (measure 5). The crew was well trained to scuttle their ship by opening the hatches and detonating the cooling water tubes.
Engineer Gehrhard Junack detonated the basis of the starboard turbine, the detonation of the port side turbine failed.. This happened at nearly the same time when the last torpedo of HMS Dorsetshire was fired.
This story is well known since 50 years, but the German witnesses do not count.
Hood was a battleCRUISER, not a battleSHIP. Battlecruisers weren't made to go toe 2 toe with ships like Bismarck. They were cruiser-killers and fast raiders armed with battleship weaponry with cruiser armor. They have glass jaws, but can deliver a powerful punch.
Hood was over rated. I mean c'mon it couldn't even make a hit on Prince Eugene during the whole fight. Atleast POW got some hits on Bismarck before being molested and forced to withdraw
why did Lutgens later release Prinz Eugen to operate Bismarck alone?....Lindemann may have retained the cruiser and not made the mistakes of Lutgens thus not losing Bismarck?...or maybe both would've been lost....the Royal Navy got far less than was expected of Hood
or better yet, why wasnt bismarck released leaving the british following prinz eugen, which then following bismrcks tactic to break contact could have sailed to brest alot faster and may have evaded contact
@notsureyou Because Bismarck was losing too much oil at that point. What the "Dogfights" video doesn't explain is that Bismarck was continually reducing speed to keep the seawater from flooding the damaged oil tanks (that's why the British were able to close in). Prinz Eugen was detached to continue sea raiding.
I've only recently read exactly how critical the oil loss was. If she had had the transfer valves (later fitted to tirpiz) the situation wouldnt have been so bad, had Bismarck refuled when PE did again the situation would not have been so bad.
This stuff is unbelievable...you can hardly believe what happend during these wars...I can picture all generals and hitler at a table just listening to radios oph what is happening at sea...haha RIP Bismarck/Hood ...and everyone else!
wie bei die superstadt germania festgestellt worden ist durch alber speer,das diese baubar ist ,sind auch die superschiffe ,wie hindenburg oder moltke baubar,wir müssen als erstes versuchsmodelle bauen!
gesten wurde wiede vertieft r gezeigt gas hitler aus dem führerbunker geflüchtet sei und das kann auch noch besiesen werden .es ist mölich das hitler mit der vermisten junkers ju 390 nach japan geflogen ist !, es kann aber auch die neue ubootklasse von walter gewesen sein ,ganz genau weis es immer noch keiner es gibt noch viel zu tun .junkers 390 mit 8 motoren wurde auch gplant.
@jmdf103 His orders were not to engage enemy ships, especially Battle cruisers. Bismark's task was to disrupt allied convoy shipping. I would say Admiral Lutjens made many critical errors and that Lindemann was the superior thinker.
I have only one thing to say, the radar was invented by the Poles and all the types of radar used by the British was mass produced in China and the were shipped from Walmart to Britain, I guess they had free shipping those days too.
Also as a 2nd; so much shite on youtub about this. kudos to you for uploading this without some added music et al. Have to love the lads in the gunnery knowing they are at 45 degrees and still loading and sending one off before the ship goes under. I fear/wonder if the younger generation have this patriotism/land lust.
Also as a 2nd; so much shite on youtub about this. kudos to you for uploading this without some added music et al. Have to love the lads in the gunnery knowing they are at 45 degrees and still loading and sending one off before the ship goes under. I fear/wonder if the younger generation have this patriotism/land lust.
Thanks for uploading, It is crazy how even in the recent century these battle were fought! Odd looking back - If it weren't for this; that rattled churchill; and Pearl. We might all be sprekn the deutsch - excuse the spelling!
Looks like nothing changed from the days of mary rose et al. I do enjoy civilisation 4!
Just read Churchill's memoirs. I think he knows best, and the way he talks about Bismarck and later Tirpitz, he gives them huge respect. They are undoubtedly the strongest BBs in the world, and if they were to unite - the Home Fleet would have to concentrate all of its modern BBs in Scapa Flow to look after them. After the crippling, Bismarck stood no chance, but make no mistake, even Churchill admits Rodney with 16inch guns had no chance against Bismarck. The sinking in 1941 had huge importance
@amare1cro You are right! It was Churchill himself who gave the famous order: "Sink the Bismarck!" He knew that if Bismarck reached the Occupied French coast then the Atlantic control was in deep trouble because Bismarck (and later Tirpitz) by himself could deliver a lot of damage on Royal Navy and Convoys which were vital for UK to keep on surviving and fighting.
When it comes to who had the better ship I've been surprised the pride of the US Navy, the battleship USS Maryland, along with the North Carolina, South Dakota and Iowa Class facing off against the Bismarck are rarley mentioned
Ein abgeworfener Torpedo traf das Steueruder der Bismark und beschädigte es so das sie nicht mehr zu lenken war. Das war letzendlich ausschlaggebend für den Untergang. Aber du hast schon recht. Die gesamte Britische Flotte musste auslaufen um die Bismark zu stellen. Ich weiss nicht genau was die Briten verloren haben. Aber das waren horende Versuste die die Briten hinnehmen musten.
Vieleicht wäre "enola gay" früher geflogen nur dann hätte ganz Europa was davon abbekommen. Das war, glaube ich, der einzige Grund warum wir davon verschont blieben.
Die paar Bunkerschützen haben mehrere tausend Amis erledigt.
Mit den Panzern und Truppen wäre die gesamte amerikansiche Armee erledigt gewesen.
Sollen wir froh sein das dem nicht so war. Der nächste Schritt wäre gewesen das nicht die Japaner "enola gay" abbekommen hätten sonder Berlin. Das wäre der Supergau für uns deutschen gewesen.
Hätten die Generäle Adolf Hitler rechtzeitig abgesetzt (worüber sie nachdachten) wären die Amerikaner alle an der Küste Frankreichs verreckt. Die Generäle hatten Hitler drauf hingewiesen das eine Invasion über Frankreich kurz bevor stand. Die Generäle wussten das die Amis über Frankreich kommen, sogar fast auf den Tag genau und wollten Truppen und Panzer dort abstellen. Hilter ignorierte das.
ohnehin hatten England und Russland Glück, dass Hitler nichtmal den werten Herrn der Luftwaffe abgesetzt hat, der hat einfach nichts auf die Reihe bekommen (ansonsten hätte die Englische Armee schon in den ersten 11 Kriegsmonaten an der franz. Küste dezimiert werden könnnen)
aber der rasche FrankreichSieg hat Hitler ein zu großes Selbstvertrauen verpasst.
@Blingtossing says men for usa? ed gain and lots murders...weed,slut and land of playboys?niggers and hiphop? what shit:D world's stupidest people coming of u.s.a...little finland vs. ussr....and there we are ;D so fuck you and usa
@Blingtossing im drink energy drink....we fight winter war alone and usa needed +6 lands for winning germany :DDDD we fight +60 planes and ussr +1600 planes..respect for finland. kiitos 1939-1945
"...not have the industrial capability to do that.. have you any idea witch giant masses of material where send to the east. Nazi Germany has also had over 700 Submarins. If they produced more planes instead of tanks for the eastfront the allied Bomber would have had more bad experiences like this one: watch?v=E-8CQp2_BLc
@Rick2010100 and over 740 german uboats were sunk in WW2 happy time was short time german bombers were crap .US sherman tanks were destroying modern soviet MBT in 67 and 73 israeli arab wars only german tanks left were in museums. LOL
@Rick2010100 PE sunk after the test 2 older US built heavy cruisers Pensacola and Salt Lake city were closer to the blast survived were towed across the pacific, studied then towed out to sea and sunk in naval gunfire test by boms, shell fire and torpedos so learn your history before making ignorant statements. USS Saratoga was right near the second explosion had better fighting record then any kriegsmarine ship was torpedoed and hit by 5 kamikazes during the war.
The TV was invented by Manfred from Ardenne. Philo Farnsworth was a good pioneer in TV science but with average effort. (Transmitting some unsharp stamp size pictures in exploding machines) As he recognised that the germans in 1936 watched the Olympics from Berlin live in their TV´s he gets an alcoholican and stopped his TV research. After he gets dry, he made a succesfull career as atomic physican.
I think actually the US need the germans troops more instead of the less german oil, because the arsonists where a little bit over motivated and the fires where gone out of control.
The Brazilians now have found very huge amounts of oil, I'm curious what kind of trouble would be now invented in the Pentagon. The WMD story wouldent work again.
@Rick2010100 US built over 2.700 Liberty ships plus hundreds of Victory and C3 cargo ships 500 T2 Oil tankers over 35.000 4 engine bombers, germany could not build 1 good bomber in WW2 Do not embarass yourself and try to compare US war production to never happened german soviet joint war production. When you can build and send to sea in 7 days a cargo ship as US did then talk build over 3000 of the best bomber in WW2 the B29 over 50.000 tanks,
Every country that has SS-N-22 or aqivalent rockets is able to destroy a carrier from distances of 100 miles or more. The reaction time is less than 30 sec.. No carrier is actual able to defence this kind of highspeed (Mach 3) weapons effectivly. By a simultaneous attack of multiple rockets - the carier is definatly jam or sunk. B.t.w. Iran has this kind of weapons.
The US can only impress themself and some 3rd world states with their carriers.
@Rick2010100 iran WOW in 1988 the US navy destroued the iranian navy in 1 afternoon in 2010 it would take 4 minutes to destroy the iranian navy You are just jealous because germany never could build 1 aircraft carrier in WW2 US built over 160 carriers. DEGaulle is piece of shit took years to build had to use US built catapults the reactor is badly designed and ships props had to be replaced because of faultty engineering. AS I said the US navy could destroy the next 20 biggest navies in 1battle
The classification of US carriers interests no one outside the US. I have just checked the french carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91) - the carrier uses nuclear power and uses his planes 24h a day.
B.t.w. Germany uses atomic power plats since 1960 and is behind Toshiba the worlds largest exporter/builder of them. The nuclear fission was invented in Germany by Otto Hahn and for that he has became the nobeprice. Be shure it is easy for the germany industrie to build a nuclear propellet ship.
@Rick2010100 When there is trouble in the world no one asks send the U212 or send the german navy or any euro navy. No they say where is nearest US carrier. 1 US Nimitz class carrier is more powerful then the entire german navy since they had navy, get over your jealousy of US Navy
You are right, bad boy, eevn the mighty Hood was larger.
LeutnantRackow 3 days ago
Bismarck as the largest warship ever to float? I wanted to say BULLSHIT but i realised it's history channel. Does YAMATO mean nothing to them?
BadBoy1986PL 3 days ago
A case can be made that the British Nelson class battle ships were the most powerful at that time as they were armed with 16 inch guns as opposed to the Bismark which had 15 inch guns.
Steve17010 3 weeks ago
Damn, this was right the style, nazis were sinking ships. Total fucked up Hood.
MadGuyMunich 3 weeks ago
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Rest In Peace Bismarck and your crew, you will always remain the pride of our navy.
GermanMilitaryPower 3 weeks ago
I will not have my ship, shot out from under my ass
Jakethesnake1281 3 weeks ago
@Jakethesnake1281 But he did ! and it Sunk !
Some would say Karma !!
keirfree 3 weeks ago
@Jakethesnake1281 German translation: Ich laß mir doch nicht mein Schiff unterm Arsch wegschießen...
Just for the record.
nazgulero 3 weeks ago
hitler ist zuletzt in feuerland gesehen worden,nach´weisist sein original taschentuch was auf history ofters zu sehen ist.
ollenhauer1 1 month ago
Why did such great nations like the British and Germans always battled vs. each other? Always somebody else took advantage out of it....
Maggo309 1 month ago
@Maggo309 Its a Kraut thing,,,,, !! they want to get above their station
keirfree 3 weeks ago
I can see ur real mature coming on here telling everyone their shit fucking unbelievable
1907DALE 1 month ago
@cryteeek what are u on about u cunt i aint some fucking kid fuck off
1907DALE 1 month ago
May 24, 1941, 05:55: Bismarck opens fire...06:00: a 38 cm armour-piercing shell hits Hood's rear ammuniton magazine, detonating 123 short tons of cordite propellant. 06:03: Hood is gone. That must be the world record for sinking a ship...I wonder if it is in the Guiness Book of Records...
nazgulero 1 month ago 6
@nazgulero Part of the problem, and I hate to say it because of my British heritage, was that instead of turning to deliver a broadside as soon as they were in range, the captain decided to close the distance and only use the forward guns. Had the Hood's commander ordered a turn to deliver broadsides as soon as she was within range, and ordered the Prince of Wales to do the same there could very well have been a different outcome.
smartman114 1 month ago
@smartman114 Good comment. In addition, Bismarck was probably lucky to score that one devastating hit. In all, more than 3,600 sailors died on both ships. That is the sad part.
nazgulero 1 month ago
@nazgulero Possibly, but by not turning, the Hood also made a much easier target. Personally, I have always found that ranging a shot is the hardest part of shooting. Putting a shell in line with the target is the easy part, and had the Hood been turned, ranging would have had to have been much more precise, giving the Hood more time to put more shells downrange with double the ranging input. As for the sailors, no one in their right mind could argue with you that that is the sad part.
smartman114 1 month ago
@nazgulero
Kates vs Arizona
8:00 First bombs hit.
The last bomb hit at 08:06 in the vicinity of Turret II, likely penetrating the armored deck near the ammunition magazines located in the forward section of the ship. And gone.
Lasstpak 3 weeks ago
@Lasstpak Good post. That was even faster, with the only difference being that when the Kates hit, Arizona was a stationary target, pretty much a sitting duck. The memorial at Pearl Harbor is on my list of places to visit...
nazgulero 3 weeks ago
@nazgulero Thank you. :) And true, Bismark was truly a ,Ship vs Ship in battle, record.
Lasstpak 3 weeks ago
The real amazing thing about how famous the Hood and Bismark have become is what a waste of money they both were. The Bismark like the WW 1 german Battlecruisers was an excellent shipbut only sailed on one war cruise The Hood looked good but like all the British battlecruisers except Tiger was a flawed design. The Hood only other major action was the British treachery of Bombarding their French allies Navy a disgraceful incident.
scottduncan44 1 month ago
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keirfree 1 month ago
may all those brave men rest in peace.
i know a guy who was moved to a different ship about a year before it was sunk
to bad
Joseph2435747 2 months ago
@cryteeek and also i was talking about the hoods that had been around for years back to 1915 dickhead
1907DALE 2 months ago
@cryteeek fuck you man bismarck might of been a floating fortress but the english fuckin owned the germans and sure bismarck took down hood big deal wats ur fuckin problem is this wat u do all day just msn people telling them and their country is shit you fuckin nazi i was trying to just make a point
1907DALE 2 months ago
@1907DALE make a point ? your point is fucking invalid. are you fucking retarded kid ?? haha im not gonna waste my time with you, lol faggot XD
cryteeek 1 month ago
We have to remember that bismarck lasted around 200 hours on water before she sunk. Hood was the fucking pride of the britsh navy she had been around for years the best ship was hood by far she lasted longer and the british will always rule when it comes to sea power because we inprovise. Bismarck ended up having a worst death than hood she was absolutely abliterated......
1907DALE 2 months ago
@1907DALE The Hood wasen't even engaged in a single battle you fucking idiot. In its first ever battle it sunk like a bag of garbage. The Mighty Hood still is today is the biggest naval joke ever. hahahaa XD
Btw Bismarck destroyed Hood in less than 1 hour so just face it little faggot. Bismarck > Hood oh and btw, German navy > Royal or should I say Shit Navy haha, fucking idiot !
cryteeek 2 months ago
Fuckin germans.... They beat us at sea then at football the english ruled the the world at one point.. Long live hood
1907DALE 2 months ago
@1907DALE yes, youre doubtless right - we are also good in nose picking
nalvojo 2 months ago
Good Job, Germans, very good Job.
MegaGojira3000 2 months ago
bismarck, best ship ever made.
fulfulfulfulful 3 months ago 22
@fulfulfulfulful Indeed. She sunk only because Odin desired it to him. Há Há Há.
miguelmouta 2 months ago
@fulfulfulfulful The Italian Battleships were not only a match for the Bismark but led much more useful carreers. The German 15" was actually an Ansaldo design for the Italian ships as the Germans no longer had the capacity to produce a 15' cannon hence the 11" on the Scharnhorst class. The Hood was never a good design a 30 year old Battlecruiser and like the British battlecruisers at Jutland it was no match for the Germans. The Hoods long narrow hull was too stressed and it snapped easily.
scottduncan44 1 month ago
@fulfulfulfulful then how Come it did Not survive its Maiden Voyage ??? why
how come within days of leaving its Home port it was Disabled by a Single Air dropped Torpedo,, then Sunk Twat !!
keirfree 3 weeks ago
So much of ''Mighty hood'', beautiful explosion, that turret blown off like on a tank.
It was a great battle - In which was clearly seen the engagement between Axis and Allied battleships.
m4mihulja 3 months ago
That...was respect..
Teckomatorp 4 months ago
This is prime example of not to believe everything you see on tv
SPECMECH 4 months ago
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CSnakeV 4 months ago
Hood was OWNED
KatiushaVN4 4 months ago
WWII was a hell of a war. Should of been the war to end all wars, the perfect mix if you think of it on a just paper sense. Yamato, Bismarck, Panzer tanks, B52s, Erwin Rommel. Just the list goes on.
SpraxIAKS 5 months ago
@SpraxIAKS B-52s? I think you're thinking B-17's and B-29's. And they said WWI would be the "end all" war.
o3941 5 months ago
@o3941 Yeah I meant B17, errors happen.
SpraxIAKS 5 months ago
If only the HMS Hood would have had armor added, to make it a real battleship!
kentzaca 6 months ago
@kentzaca Hood was a Battlecruiser, designated as BC. They were meant as fast, heavy warships. More firepower than a Heavy Cruiser, designated CA, but not as heavily armed as a Battleship, designated BB. More armor would not have made HMS Hood a battleship. Nothing could have. She was what she was, simple as that.
o3941 5 months ago
@o3941 the only thing lacking was the deck armour, the british tried to close the gap between the ships so the germans couldn't have used sloping fire..... check ur facts
kentzaca 5 months ago
@kentzaca Yes, HMS Hood did have thin deck armor. However, she was scheduled for refits, but the German surface threat was too great to be left unchecked, thus a total refit was unavailable until Brittan could produce more ships such as the King George class. Also, I never commented on the British tactics in this engagement, so why you are... attempting to reprimand me on that is irrelevant
o3941 5 months ago
@o3941 yeah the only reason it was brought up is because i proves my point, yes i agree the ship was due for a refit, but that was to have the deck armour strengthened
kentzaca 5 months ago
@o3941 Yes you are right armoured deck on Hood was only 51mm thick on Bismark it was120mm thick and yes she was due for refit she was built 20years before Bismark she was old lady , I wonder what would the outcome be if Bismark had met North Carolina with 406mm guns against Bismarck and turrets of 406mm thick against Bismark 360mm thick as she was commissioned 1941 they were all out of date ww2
motorguzzi100 4 months ago
@o3941 Agreed. I also think that this particular engagement is beside the point. RN wanted to keep Bismark from escaping into the Atlantic, and Hood was in the area. It had no business in a stand-off slugfest with Bismark, but you work with the boats you have, if the crews are brave enough. And Brit sailors were. Also note that, in the end, the RN's experience won out. They refueled whenever they could, just because. Bismark didn't, so they sank. All respect to the lost RN and KM sailors.
SuperGregSA 3 months ago
@SuperGregSA Hood and Prince of Wales were sent out very specifically from Scapa Flow to block them off in the Denmark Strait. If they had planned it correctly, they would have 'Crossed the T' but were a little slower than expected so ended up disadvantaged. Maybe a little more luck and Hood would not have sunk so early in the battle.
sthill1993 3 months ago
@sthill1993 ... comments like this we do have also in germany, when really old folks discuss the 2.war. " IF only german soldiers had gotten winter cloth and proper food in stalingrad, then ... "a.s.o. As we use to say (at home) "Haett der Hund nicht geschissen, haett' er'n Hasen gekriegt" ( "..if the dog hadn't done his poo-poo, he surely had caught the rabbit ..."). :-)
nalvojo 2 months ago
@nalvojo In wars they are very common. It is true though. Truth be told is probably is inevitable that Bismarck would have sunk HMS Hood. BUT not so early and so dramatically.
sthill1993 2 months ago
wasn't the Hood really outdated compared to the Bismarck
kinkergooo 6 months ago
@kinkergooo yes she was very out of date and in bad need of a re-fit
stonehartfloydfan 5 months ago
06:36 ships shouldn't do that
MUTLYMAX8 6 months ago
die bismark wurde ja als sie versenkt wurde, extrem oft getroffen, und nur der treffer der das ruder zerstörte bzw beschädigte war der grund warum sie dann gesunken ist, wäre der treffer nicht gewesen, häte die bismark die schlacht, in der sie sank, gewonnen
HAKUNAMATATAGAMING 7 months ago
From what I know, the British made several blunders here that I'll list
1. sending the Prince of Whales, an untested battleship
2. Sending the Hood, an outdated warship, and the fact that it was a battlecruiser, not a battleship
3. Not sending more ships, as the Bismarck was very powerful, as they sent everything they had to sink it after the Hood was sunk
AceAviations2 7 months ago
@AceAviations2 I am sure that with those many 18 Summers you have lived, coupled with your knowledge of Naval tactics mid 20th Century
Many on here will be, amazed !
A Credit to your country no doubt !
keirfree 7 months ago
@AceAviations2 it could have been a different result as well if the germans didn't gain the upper hand by pure luck (they had the broad side of the ship while the british only had there front armaments)
kentzaca 5 months ago
My dad served on Hood until his transfer to HMS Kylemore, just a month before Hood's sinking. He lost many good friends. Six months later, Kylemore met her fate too, at the hands of German Dorniers, & my dad was one of only 8 survivors. He was awarded the DSM for courageous conduct during & after the sinking. The medal was pinned on his chest by Lord Mountbatten.
speakswahilidammit 7 months ago
@speakswahilidammit Incredible story ! Those WWII battleships were incredible, I wish they would have saved a few of them, and turned them into naval museums. Imagine being able to set foot on Hood, Bismarck, Yamato...
Glad your dad survived...
nazgulero 6 months ago
@nazgulero The Iowa class battleships are still around. All four of them. They are also museum ships. And, should they be needed, they can be reactivated for active duty, most likely for heavy artillery support, or, in the off chance, pure decimation of almost any existing surface vessel. Almost all modern warships are so lightly armored that one of the Iowa's 16 inch shells will cripple and sink them.
o3941 5 months ago
@o3941 Good stuff. I remember Missouri and Wisconsin being used during the first Gulf War. Yamato had 18 inch shells, but I guess at that point it wouldn't matter. Being struck by a 16 or 18 inch armor-piercing shell, you are toast either way. I wonder why the German gunners apparently were a lot more accurate than the British - did they have better range finders ?
nazgulero 5 months ago
@nazgulero I am not certain, but I would feel safe betting on the German ships having better range finders. My reason being they had more modern ships, albeit Prince Eugan wasn't as modern. On the other hand, the British did not have all 18 main cannons working for the entire battle. As stated in this video, HMS Prince of Whales had new turrets, which jammed, which would lead me to suspect that the less accurate fire from the British has something to do with less then 100% fighting capacity.
o3941 5 months ago
@o3941 I think you are right. The stereoscopic optical range finders on the Bismarck were very advanced. I looked through a Zeiss-made optical Flak rangefinder once, it is quite stunning what they could produce even 70 years ago.
nazgulero 5 months ago
@o3941 German ship Bismark had very good range finders but her radar was no good British radar was far superior only for them to be shelled at night by the British.. Bismark had many design faults her stern was weak it fell of on sinking and tirpitz had hers strengthened also her secondary batteries could not cope with slow moving planes only quicker more modern planes the design of here armoured belt was not good also but her sailors were exellent
motorguzzi100 4 months ago
@nazgulero yes they had. And also the could reload faster because they had anouther construction of the guns
paulabo123 4 months ago
@nazgulero Sorry . yamoto was built to accept 18 inch gunfire here turrets were 650 mm thick . bismarks t urrets were only 360mm . thick also main belt armour was only315mm thick yamotos was 410mm thick also armoured deck was only 120mm on bismark. on yamoto was230mm thick and no range finders were not better but British radar was definitely superior and they were able to continue shelling bismark at night another design fault of bismark radar
motorguzzi100 4 months ago
@o3941 Yes you are right they are Museum pieces please keep them that way because 16inch shells have a range of approx 20 25 miles modern war ships can reach hundreds of miles British mark 45 destroyers so technically advanced keep them as Museum pieces you would loose a lot of crew in a modern war we all need to remember our losses
motorguzzi100 4 months ago
Britain has the best navy in the world not the biggest but the best trained and i'm not just being patriotic we actually do
ANTONYTHEBHOY 7 months ago
@ANTONYTHEBHOY Shootings on ground running submarines dident prove your arguments.
Rick2010100 7 months ago
@Rick2010100 We have the best trained in every enviroment and i wasnt arguing :/
ANTONYTHEBHOY 7 months ago
@ANTONYTHEBHOY Of course you are correct what ever our size was/is the RN lays the Standard, all others try to emulate.
Do not take shit from anyone on the Issue !
keirfree 7 months ago
Ich hätte die Bismarck gerne mal live gesehen... :/
Dubst3p4live 7 months ago
... the german tactic is simple. Put shells on the target :D:D
Adler133792 8 months ago
@Adler133792 Pity, the Kreigsmarine, was not informed of that Tactic, as the RN sunk Bismarck, Graf Spee, Tirpitz, P E, all on their primary Voyages,
Hood was sunk 25 Years after she was Launched Bismarck, did it Last 25 Days ? after Launch ,
Maybe some one forgot to tell, the Luftwaffe not to Bomb the UK either,
removed from Brit skies by May 1941,
PS Tirpitz, decided a land Weather Station was a target, and shelled it accordingly ! it did Not Sink the Weather Station
Simple
keirfree 8 months ago
Hood was defeated by Bismarck, and Bismarck was defeated by biplanes....
bicepius 8 months ago
@bicepius Funny how things work isn't it?
...Wasn't that smart leaving her unguarded.
SpraxIAKS 5 months ago
Hood got pwned
kellytm3 8 months ago
70 years ago today, R.I.P. gallant and brave men of the Hood
MColeProductions 8 months ago 4
@MColeProductions Honour and Respect to all brave seamen who have done their job - survived or dead, all should be honoured for their job.
Rick2010100 8 months ago
bismarck is best.
allies need 6 more ships and the air force to destroy the bismarck.at least the germans lets sink the bismarck by them self.
Plexpara 8 months ago
@Plexpara when Bismarck was Totally fucked their was NO Navy other than the Royal Navy there was No airforce involved in its destruction only the R Navy Air Arm, and all it took do Fuck Bismarck was one Biplane with one Torpedo,, the rest is natural justice !
Now Naff off and STFU
keirfree 8 months ago
@keirfree:
what is that?a answer?
if you know nothing about that history just close your dirty cocksucking mouth.
the allis attack the bismarck with 50 from that air force idiots.and a lot of ships.at least the german comandant give order to sink the bismarck.
and now cry again because you fuckers dont do it.
Plexpara 8 months ago
@Plexpara If the Nazi s did scuttle the Bismarck they Fucked that up too, as the Bismarck after being hit by brit torpedoes turned Turtle, and took hours to sink, so much for German engineering know how, at least when the Graff Spree, committed Hari kari the Kraut Cpt had it done efficiently.
keirfree 8 months ago
@keirfree
the difference is that with the GS they had HOURS to do it, and they were not under fire.
part of the scuttling is reveseing the pumps which are reducing flooding, not simply planting explosives.
and no Bismarck took hours to be sunk. She didnt turn turtle and then take hours to sink.
notsureyou 8 months ago
@notsureyou Your wrong Bismark, went down Belly Up ! so much for efficient scuttling ! and she took hours, and in doing so became target practice for the R N Guns, she did how ever right herself before hitting the sea bed, I would suggest their was No power, to any pumps, as according to the stokers survivors, after experiencing a second explosion they clambered out in the Dark, to meet a topside engulfed in Flames, and bereft of any hands,
it has been estimated she took 600 shell hits
keirfree 8 months ago
@keirfree
when she did sink she rolled over to port and then sank, only after being shelled into uselessness.
she didnt go belly up and then continue to be fired upon by the British (as your comment implies)
You do not need explosives to scuttle a ship, they are part of it. as are reversing pumps, opening the sea valves, opening water tight doors, basically allowing progressive flooding to do what it does best.
notsureyou 8 months ago
Amount of shells shot at Bismarck: Rodney 380 16inch: KGV 339 14inch: Norfolk 527 8inch: Dorsetshire 254 8inch: secondary guns from Rodney 716 6inch: secondary from KGV 660 5.2inch.
So a total of 2,876 shells.
She was under fire from 08:47-10:15 (nearly an hour and a half). after 45 min Rodney closed to about 3.5km due to Bismarcks guns been silenced. So for nearly ANOTHER 45 min Bismarck was hammered again and again (target practice for the British) and still refused to die.
notsureyou 8 months ago
how many hit is anyones guess, though if Rodney had many misses from 3.5km at a target miving at 7 knots, then her gunnery officer def needs a severe talking to. Estimates of heavy shell (16 and 14inch) hits is about 80, and estimates of total shells that hit bismarck range from 200-400.
notsureyou 8 months ago
@notsureyou read the reports of Prof Grove who examined the video returns from the UMVs he counted 600 shell holes in her superstructure and 1 unexploded torpedo found on the top deck
keirfree 8 months ago
@keirfree
but how much superstructure wasnt there? so thats at least 600 hits (though i couldnt find the report that you are quoting)
though very few hits were observed in the hull (that which is visible above the mud).
I think its pretty amazing that any ship would still be floating after recieving such a pounding.
notsureyou 8 months ago
@notsureyou Yes she was an amazing battle ship and she had also a good crew, she would have played Havoc on Merchant ships, had she been allowed to make the open Atlantic, her destruction saved many civilian and naval lives, ! it is regretful the RN did not save as many survivors, as it may have been possible to do.
keirfree 8 months ago
@notsureyou
Scuttling procedure was called "Maßnahme 5" (measure 5). The crew was well trained to scuttle their ship by opening the hatches and detonating the cooling water tubes.
Engineer Gehrhard Junack detonated the basis of the starboard turbine, the detonation of the port side turbine failed.. This happened at nearly the same time when the last torpedo of HMS Dorsetshire was fired.
This story is well known since 50 years, but the German witnesses do not count.
So what.
robinhood48 8 months ago
@robinhood48 then why did she not sink straight away ?
was the scuttling party killed before any serious damage was enabled ,and why did she flood the way she did and belly up ?
now as a the Good Brit you are,!! would you trust a Kraut witness ?
keirfree 8 months ago
in memory to ted
ollenhauer1 8 months ago
All the Bismarck class battleships are sunk. How many Iowa class are?
prodos8 9 months ago
@prodos8 If you mean how many ships are in the Iowa class there's four...Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Jersey I believe.....
hitmantv41 9 months ago
Hood was a battleCRUISER, not a battleSHIP. Battlecruisers weren't made to go toe 2 toe with ships like Bismarck. They were cruiser-killers and fast raiders armed with battleship weaponry with cruiser armor. They have glass jaws, but can deliver a powerful punch.
camvolcano 9 months ago
Hood was over rated. I mean c'mon it couldn't even make a hit on Prince Eugene during the whole fight. Atleast POW got some hits on Bismarck before being molested and forced to withdraw
shadiest213 10 months ago 2
Iowa vs Hood vs Yamato vs Bismark.
1st Iowa
2nd Yamato
3rd Bismark
4th Hood
USSWISCONSIN64 10 months ago
GO HOOD!
misterpeaky 10 months ago
GO BISMARCK
MegaKlenk 11 months ago
is that the same song going on when hood gets hit as when the cracken destroys the first ship in pirates of the carribean?
KingOCleveland 11 months ago
top sekret ju 490 8 mot. streng geheim,geheime reichssache,hitler fley to japan or agentienen.in feuerland ss komando bild UFO!!
ollenhauer1 11 months ago
I'm happy, that this war is over and that UK und Germany are friendly neigbors now.
TheTutoria 11 months ago
why did Lutgens later release Prinz Eugen to operate Bismarck alone?....Lindemann may have retained the cruiser and not made the mistakes of Lutgens thus not losing Bismarck?...or maybe both would've been lost....the Royal Navy got far less than was expected of Hood
rascalferret 11 months ago
@rascalferret
or better yet, why wasnt bismarck released leaving the british following prinz eugen, which then following bismrcks tactic to break contact could have sailed to brest alot faster and may have evaded contact
notsureyou 11 months ago
@notsureyou Because Bismarck was losing too much oil at that point. What the "Dogfights" video doesn't explain is that Bismarck was continually reducing speed to keep the seawater from flooding the damaged oil tanks (that's why the British were able to close in). Prinz Eugen was detached to continue sea raiding.
WannabeWRX 8 months ago
@WannabeWRX
I've only recently read exactly how critical the oil loss was. If she had had the transfer valves (later fitted to tirpiz) the situation wouldnt have been so bad, had Bismarck refuled when PE did again the situation would not have been so bad.
notsureyou 8 months ago
HMS Hood sinks in the North Atlantic and later the same year the HMS Prince of Wales would sink in the far east.
ArchMadman 11 months ago
@ArchMadman
the real irony is that the POW was disabled after a torpedo hit to the rear...........
notsureyou 11 months ago
how many English ships and aircraft were used to Bismarck to
sink.1 to 1, no chance for england.would be the Tirpitz with the Atlantic would have been in England assumed the lights !!!!!
heikst71 11 months ago
Shame these mighty gun boats are obsolete now.
StinkyGreenBud 11 months ago
This stuff is unbelievable...you can hardly believe what happend during these wars...I can picture all generals and hitler at a table just listening to radios oph what is happening at sea...haha RIP Bismarck/Hood ...and everyone else!
sheemsheem 1 year ago
wie bei die superstadt germania festgestellt worden ist durch alber speer,das diese baubar ist ,sind auch die superschiffe ,wie hindenburg oder moltke baubar,wir müssen als erstes versuchsmodelle bauen!
ollenhauer1 1 year ago
hiler wolte auch die ganz grosssen h44 ,60,90 cm bauen,das marineamt hatte hitler geteuscht das diese superschiffe nicht baubar seien.
ollenhauer1 1 year ago
gesten wurde wiede vertieft r gezeigt gas hitler aus dem führerbunker geflüchtet sei und das kann auch noch besiesen werden .es ist mölich das hitler mit der vermisten junkers ju 390 nach japan geflogen ist !, es kann aber auch die neue ubootklasse von walter gewesen sein ,ganz genau weis es immer noch keiner es gibt noch viel zu tun .junkers 390 mit 8 motoren wurde auch gplant.
ollenhauer1 1 year ago
What i love about History channel is, America tells me of my homelands history...
boyrichboy 1 year ago
grates duell of the wold
ollenhauer1 1 year ago
In Erinnerung An das Schönste schiff DIe Bismark und ihrer Besatzung
60 jahre auf heimat kurs doch sie wird nie mehr nach hause kommen =((
SunddenStrike17 1 year ago 17
in mermory to ted briggs to
ollenhauer1 1 year ago 11
No Yammatoto
glenbecerra1 7 months ago
The Germans...did kick as..here...The Hms Hood was blown in half.....A
glenbecerra1 7 months ago
why did lutjens hold fire for so long?
jmdf103 1 year ago
@jmdf103 His orders were not to engage enemy ships, especially Battle cruisers. Bismark's task was to disrupt allied convoy shipping. I would say Admiral Lutjens made many critical errors and that Lindemann was the superior thinker.
zastavia 11 months ago
Because he didn't have any guts.
deepcosmiclove 11 months ago
Go to the ground, hood!
Go fast and directly!
derralf03 1 year ago
I have only one thing to say, the radar was invented by the Poles and all the types of radar used by the British was mass produced in China and the were shipped from Walmart to Britain, I guess they had free shipping those days too.
vnck25 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Also as a 2nd; so much shite on youtub about this. kudos to you for uploading this without some added music et al. Have to love the lads in the gunnery knowing they are at 45 degrees and still loading and sending one off before the ship goes under. I fear/wonder if the younger generation have this patriotism/land lust.
pmurphy1985 1 year ago
Also as a 2nd; so much shite on youtub about this. kudos to you for uploading this without some added music et al. Have to love the lads in the gunnery knowing they are at 45 degrees and still loading and sending one off before the ship goes under. I fear/wonder if the younger generation have this patriotism/land lust.
pmurphy1985 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading, It is crazy how even in the recent century these battle were fought! Odd looking back - If it weren't for this; that rattled churchill; and Pearl. We might all be sprekn the deutsch - excuse the spelling!
Looks like nothing changed from the days of mary rose et al. I do enjoy civilisation 4!
pmurphy1985 1 year ago
Bismark is just legendary she took many ships and this this 2 v 1 took 1 down and the other run away xD!
max4ever23 1 year ago
she took over 500 shells........god bless all the sailors who died in that dreadful battle.
R.I.P
bearhaulin120 1 year ago
Just read Churchill's memoirs. I think he knows best, and the way he talks about Bismarck and later Tirpitz, he gives them huge respect. They are undoubtedly the strongest BBs in the world, and if they were to unite - the Home Fleet would have to concentrate all of its modern BBs in Scapa Flow to look after them. After the crippling, Bismarck stood no chance, but make no mistake, even Churchill admits Rodney with 16inch guns had no chance against Bismarck. The sinking in 1941 had huge importance
amare1cro 1 year ago
@amare1cro You are right! It was Churchill himself who gave the famous order: "Sink the Bismarck!" He knew that if Bismarck reached the Occupied French coast then the Atlantic control was in deep trouble because Bismarck (and later Tirpitz) by himself could deliver a lot of damage on Royal Navy and Convoys which were vital for UK to keep on surviving and fighting.
jcinacio75 1 year ago
in memory of hood and ted brigs,so god menn
ollenhauer1 1 year ago
When it comes to who had the better ship I've been surprised the pride of the US Navy, the battleship USS Maryland, along with the North Carolina, South Dakota and Iowa Class facing off against the Bismarck are rarley mentioned
snakes3425 1 year ago
@snakes3425 Simplle they where never there !
Fuckwit!
keirfree 1 year ago
@snakes3425 WOW, that's alot of ships against one just fk off
max4ever23 1 year ago
@peepertii i dont know that the fuck your saying so just go to your bed and masturbate
The1990smile 1 year ago
Den vollen Film in deutsch gibt es zzt. bei N24.
mediencenter.n24.de
und Bismarck suchen
Rick2010100 1 year ago
what episode is this on modern marvels
philipstephenbird 1 year ago
Die vollendeste Verwirrung dessen hat sicher einen getroffen...
88DEbyC 1 year ago
Hmm..
Wir haben Raketenantrieb erfunden, wir haben das MG erfunden, wir hatten den besten Panzer und die beste Marine...
Hitler hat nur alles dämlich verpulvert, was ein Glück für Europa war.
Übrigens: Die Bismarck wurde zwar von einem "Biplane" versenkt
Aber das war, während sie mit 76 !!!!! kleinen und großen Kampfschiffen der Englischen Navy im Gefecht war.
Davon hat sie 54 übrigens versenkt, 10 noch während sie selbst gesunken ist.
Also von wegen große Englische Seemacht.
Sandmann1193 1 year ago
@Sandmann1193
Ein abgeworfener Torpedo traf das Steueruder der Bismark und beschädigte es so das sie nicht mehr zu lenken war. Das war letzendlich ausschlaggebend für den Untergang. Aber du hast schon recht. Die gesamte Britische Flotte musste auslaufen um die Bismark zu stellen. Ich weiss nicht genau was die Briten verloren haben. Aber das waren horende Versuste die die Briten hinnehmen musten.
danchoxp 1 year ago
@danchoxp
Naja, die Quelle ist mein Schulgeschichtsbuch
und eine sehr ähnliche "Das Buch Hitler", recht interessante Biografie von seinem Hauskammerdiener, historisch höchst interessant.
Das Buch ist eigtl. ein Bericht den der Kammerdiener in der Gefangenschaft für Stalin schreiben musste.
Naja, jedenfalls war die Bismarck schon einsame Spitze
Da geht mir die USS Enterprise echt am Allerwertesten vorbei.
Sandmann1193 1 year ago
Vieleicht wäre "enola gay" früher geflogen nur dann hätte ganz Europa was davon abbekommen. Das war, glaube ich, der einzige Grund warum wir davon verschont blieben.
danchoxp 1 year ago
Die paar Bunkerschützen haben mehrere tausend Amis erledigt.
Mit den Panzern und Truppen wäre die gesamte amerikansiche Armee erledigt gewesen.
Sollen wir froh sein das dem nicht so war. Der nächste Schritt wäre gewesen das nicht die Japaner "enola gay" abbekommen hätten sonder Berlin. Das wäre der Supergau für uns deutschen gewesen.
danchoxp 1 year ago
Hätten die Generäle Adolf Hitler rechtzeitig abgesetzt (worüber sie nachdachten) wären die Amerikaner alle an der Küste Frankreichs verreckt. Die Generäle hatten Hitler drauf hingewiesen das eine Invasion über Frankreich kurz bevor stand. Die Generäle wussten das die Amis über Frankreich kommen, sogar fast auf den Tag genau und wollten Truppen und Panzer dort abstellen. Hilter ignorierte das.
danchoxp 1 year ago
@danchoxp
ohnehin hatten England und Russland Glück, dass Hitler nichtmal den werten Herrn der Luftwaffe abgesetzt hat, der hat einfach nichts auf die Reihe bekommen (ansonsten hätte die Englische Armee schon in den ersten 11 Kriegsmonaten an der franz. Küste dezimiert werden könnnen)
aber der rasche FrankreichSieg hat Hitler ein zu großes Selbstvertrauen verpasst.
Sandmann1193 1 year ago
usa is shit, sieg finland!
peepertti 1 year ago
@peepertti All Finland have is a bottle og vodka and a knife...
Blingtossing 1 year ago
@Blingtossing I agree
keirfree 1 year ago
@Blingtossing
Bottle of vodka and some knifes were sufficient to kick the Russians out of Finland 1940.
robinhood48 1 year ago
@Blingtossing says men for usa? ed gain and lots murders...weed,slut and land of playboys?niggers and hiphop? what shit:D world's stupidest people coming of u.s.a...little finland vs. ussr....and there we are ;D so fuck you and usa
peepertti 1 year ago
@peepertti Take some English courses Peeperti.
I bet you're drunk right now.
Blingtossing 1 year ago
@Blingtossing im drink energy drink....we fight winter war alone and usa needed +6 lands for winning germany :DDDD we fight +60 planes and ussr +1600 planes..respect for finland. kiitos 1939-1945
peepertti 1 year ago
@peepertti sober up and get over your finnish depression when does the sun come out? april
jers59 1 year ago
Whats happen if some of the 50.000 US tanks meet a Tiger tank can you see here: watch?v=9IFEux4No7c
Rick2010100 1 year ago
"...not have the industrial capability to do that.. have you any idea witch giant masses of material where send to the east. Nazi Germany has also had over 700 Submarins. If they produced more planes instead of tanks for the eastfront the allied Bomber would have had more bad experiences like this one: watch?v=E-8CQp2_BLc
Rick2010100 1 year ago
@Rick2010100 and over 740 german uboats were sunk in WW2 happy time was short time german bombers were crap .US sherman tanks were destroying modern soviet MBT in 67 and 73 israeli arab wars only german tanks left were in museums. LOL
jers59 1 year ago
@jers59 The heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen survived 2 atomic bombs successfully. Your HQ US ships*PMSL* sunk in this test at bikini immediately.
USS Saratoga (CV-3) sunk by "Baker". The "low" quality H.C.P.E. was at the end selfsunk, because of to much radioactivity the ship became useless.
Rick2010100 1 year ago
@Rick2010100 PE sunk after the test 2 older US built heavy cruisers Pensacola and Salt Lake city were closer to the blast survived were towed across the pacific, studied then towed out to sea and sunk in naval gunfire test by boms, shell fire and torpedos so learn your history before making ignorant statements. USS Saratoga was right near the second explosion had better fighting record then any kriegsmarine ship was torpedoed and hit by 5 kamikazes during the war.
jers59 1 year ago
The TV was invented by Manfred from Ardenne. Philo Farnsworth was a good pioneer in TV science but with average effort. (Transmitting some unsharp stamp size pictures in exploding machines) As he recognised that the germans in 1936 watched the Olympics from Berlin live in their TV´s he gets an alcoholican and stopped his TV research. After he gets dry, he made a succesfull career as atomic physican.
Rick2010100 1 year ago
cool.
biloxipilot 1 year ago
I think actually the US need the germans troops more instead of the less german oil, because the arsonists where a little bit over motivated and the fires where gone out of control.
Rick2010100 1 year ago
The Brazilians now have found very huge amounts of oil, I'm curious what kind of trouble would be now invented in the Pentagon. The WMD story wouldent work again.
Rick2010100 1 year ago
@Rick2010100 hope they find oil in germany so we can send the Rhode Island national guard to invade germany and take it.
jers59 1 year ago
@Rick2010100 US built over 2.700 Liberty ships plus hundreds of Victory and C3 cargo ships 500 T2 Oil tankers over 35.000 4 engine bombers, germany could not build 1 good bomber in WW2 Do not embarass yourself and try to compare US war production to never happened german soviet joint war production. When you can build and send to sea in 7 days a cargo ship as US did then talk build over 3000 of the best bomber in WW2 the B29 over 50.000 tanks,
jers59 1 year ago
Every country that has SS-N-22 or aqivalent rockets is able to destroy a carrier from distances of 100 miles or more. The reaction time is less than 30 sec.. No carrier is actual able to defence this kind of highspeed (Mach 3) weapons effectivly. By a simultaneous attack of multiple rockets - the carier is definatly jam or sunk. B.t.w. Iran has this kind of weapons.
The US can only impress themself and some 3rd world states with their carriers.
Rick2010100 1 year ago
@Rick2010100 iran WOW in 1988 the US navy destroued the iranian navy in 1 afternoon in 2010 it would take 4 minutes to destroy the iranian navy You are just jealous because germany never could build 1 aircraft carrier in WW2 US built over 160 carriers. DEGaulle is piece of shit took years to build had to use US built catapults the reactor is badly designed and ships props had to be replaced because of faultty engineering. AS I said the US navy could destroy the next 20 biggest navies in 1battle
jers59 1 year ago
The classification of US carriers interests no one outside the US. I have just checked the french carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91) - the carrier uses nuclear power and uses his planes 24h a day.
B.t.w. Germany uses atomic power plats since 1960 and is behind Toshiba the worlds largest exporter/builder of them. The nuclear fission was invented in Germany by Otto Hahn and for that he has became the nobeprice. Be shure it is easy for the germany industrie to build a nuclear propellet ship.
Rick2010100 1 year ago
@Rick2010100 When there is trouble in the world no one asks send the U212 or send the german navy or any euro navy. No they say where is nearest US carrier. 1 US Nimitz class carrier is more powerful then the entire german navy since they had navy, get over your jealousy of US Navy