World War I: Battle Of The Falkland Islands 1/4

Britannia no longer rules the waves as the Royal Navy suffers shattering defeats, the worst being at Coronel, off the Chilean coast.

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[davidrodgersNJ]

Actually, the British navy kept the main German fleet bottled up in harbor for the entire war. The allied blockade crippled the German economy and was instrumental in winning the war.

[TowerHamletsNeil]

How could the US Navy be "Nearly as big" as the Royal Navy if the German navy was the second largest and operated far fewer battleships than the Royal Navy? the US Navy only overtook the Royal Navy in size around 1942 when the inability of the UK to produce more ships (due to the uboat attacks) and the loss of several powerful ships (repulse, renown, hood) meant the US who was at peace could outbuilt us..

[acr08807]

@nomadnametab Prince Albert was just as big an asshole as the Kaiser ever was. They were both imperialists.

[Laneperk1]

@yerpaljesus obviously the English empire and time travailing soviets made a deal that's why the English won that battle they simply forgot to put that in the history books

[Keef19661]

willhelm II - moron!!

[nomadnametab]

still wonder if kaiser bill had turned out to be such an ass hole if prince albert had lived to instill in him more self-discipline and his own benevolence and just plain humanity? had albert lived to 1880 even, and helped raise his grandson this whole crap may have been avoided.

[yerpaljesus]

1:27 It looks like a mig 15 diving.

[Fatallica1985]

i'm really amazed by old germany not this gay version now.

[davidrodgersNJ]

@BadlanderOutsider Which is exactly my point.

[BadlanderOutsider]

@davidrodgersNJ

This. Germany could use it's Submarine fleet to great effect, but it's High Seas Fleet, the main arm of it's naval power, couldn't break through the blockade (despite arguably winning the Battle of Jutland).

[davidrodgersNJ]

@chloe7829 Well, if the German fleet had freedom of the seas, how do you explain the British blockade of Germany that brought the Germans to the brink of starvation at war's end?

[chloe7829]

@davidrodgersNJ Of course they did involve the main units of the Hochsee Flotte. I could name you the names of the ships. The ships that come to mind at first were /Seydlitz and Derfflinger of the first Aufklaerungs Geschwader. I believe it was Luetzow that was to be scuttled on the way home. The Kaiser class ships were also involved. I don't have time right now to go into my library.

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