@niicccllas Who does not? Anyway this was in April & the worst loss of the old aircraft carrier HMS Glorious did not happen until 2 months later in June. That was a foul up that has never been fully explained but her 2 escorting destroyers fought hard and literally went down fighting. The German Admiral & his officers saluted them as a mark of respect.
Even in its darkest days, the RN had never been in danger of losing control of the surface of the sea. The Kreigsmarine and the Italian navy's surface ship only caused nuisance, never serious trouble. The Japanese navy was a different proposition but it was too far to threaten the Atlantic ocean.
my grandfather served on hms penelope in ww2 she was on the malta convoys aswell as many other battles but at one stage they nearly lost malta and that would have been a big blow in the med but the hms penelope and other ships kept the island fighting the penelope even towed the breconshire into malta while being bombed my granda said it was hell in the med he lost many of his friends and his ship was sunk in 1944 415 people died only 206 survived
I know what you mean. The 1942 and early 43 were indeed very trying years for the RN in the Med. But the reality is the Italians were never able to lose their deep sense of inferiority agst the RN. Even while the Luftwaffe was severely pressuring the RN, the Italians were never brave to take advantage of that.
@jrobertsoneff First, what's under the *nose*? Norway is farther away from UK than Germany. And Norway certainly ain't part of UK. Second, the Germans landed an army all right and they took Norway but at what cost to the Navy? The Kriegsmarine lost HALF of its destroyers, half of its heavy cruisers, suffered damage to half of its pocket battleships, both of its battlecruisers. After the Norway campaign, the RN had a much easier time as the German navy ceased to be a threat for a long time.
But before Trafalgar Nelson had fought a stiff battle smashing the Dano-Norwegian fleet in the Battle of Copenhagen. In the Second Battle of Copenhagen six years on so many civilians were killed by Nelson's successor, that in 1940, German anti-British propaganda used this to some effect to get the Danes on their side.
the swedish air sodliers stand open shoot and kill and show no mercy to the soviet if the whould attack finland
loppan109 1 year ago
Typical propaganda, they forgot to mention there own losses.
niicccllas 1 year ago
@niicccllas Who does not? Anyway this was in April & the worst loss of the old aircraft carrier HMS Glorious did not happen until 2 months later in June. That was a foul up that has never been fully explained but her 2 escorting destroyers fought hard and literally went down fighting. The German Admiral & his officers saluted them as a mark of respect.
freebeerfordworkers 1 year ago
@niicccllas it makes sense not to mention your own losses when it is done to improve moral of the british people.
pramboy09 1 year ago
Even in its darkest days, the RN had never been in danger of losing control of the surface of the sea. The Kreigsmarine and the Italian navy's surface ship only caused nuisance, never serious trouble. The Japanese navy was a different proposition but it was too far to threaten the Atlantic ocean.
trent8002003 3 years ago
my grandfather served on hms penelope in ww2 she was on the malta convoys aswell as many other battles but at one stage they nearly lost malta and that would have been a big blow in the med but the hms penelope and other ships kept the island fighting the penelope even towed the breconshire into malta while being bombed my granda said it was hell in the med he lost many of his friends and his ship was sunk in 1944 415 people died only 206 survived
carsieplg 2 years ago
I know what you mean. The 1942 and early 43 were indeed very trying years for the RN in the Med. But the reality is the Italians were never able to lose their deep sense of inferiority agst the RN. Even while the Luftwaffe was severely pressuring the RN, the Italians were never brave to take advantage of that.
trent8002003 2 years ago
@carsieplg i remember reading about the penelope, the crew renamed her HMS Pepperpot after the amount of holes in her.
pramboy09 1 year ago
@trent8002003 The the germans landed an army in norway under the nose of the RN Which was much bigger.
jrobertsoneff 1 year ago
@jrobertsoneff First, what's under the *nose*? Norway is farther away from UK than Germany. And Norway certainly ain't part of UK. Second, the Germans landed an army all right and they took Norway but at what cost to the Navy? The Kriegsmarine lost HALF of its destroyers, half of its heavy cruisers, suffered damage to half of its pocket battleships, both of its battlecruisers. After the Norway campaign, the RN had a much easier time as the German navy ceased to be a threat for a long time.
trent8002003 1 year ago
good vid
27288 3 years ago
But before Trafalgar Nelson had fought a stiff battle smashing the Dano-Norwegian fleet in the Battle of Copenhagen. In the Second Battle of Copenhagen six years on so many civilians were killed by Nelson's successor, that in 1940, German anti-British propaganda used this to some effect to get the Danes on their side.
olivenstein 3 years ago
Olivenstein....shouldn't you be teaching history someplace? Or writing a book?
skoblinI 3 years ago 2
It's funny that in ones middle age (just turned 40), one discovers a new interest!
olivenstein 3 years ago
@olivenstein Is it right that names ending son are viking names?
jrobertsoneff 1 year ago
Nelson (and Collingwood) won at Trafalgar; but a French sharpshooter did finish him off there....
olivenstein 3 years ago