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USS Prinz Eugen: The Kriegsmarine's Last Major Warship
In early 1945, the Kriegsmarine, Germany's navy, faced overwhelming challenges. Most of its larger surface vessels had been sunk, but some cruisers like the Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen remained operational. After previous adventures, including traversing the Atlantic with the Bismarck and braving the English Channel, the Prinz Eugen found itself in the Baltic Sea. Its mission was to bombard ...
The Explosive Demise of HMS Queen Mary
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In this video, we delve into the dramatic and tragic events of the Battle of Jutland, focusing on the British battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary. On May 31, 1916, at approximately 3:50 PM, the German First Scouting Group opened fire on the British First and Second Battlecruiser Squadrons. The British fleet, led by Admiral Beatty, included HMS Lion, Princess Royal, Queen Mary, Tiger, New Zealand, and ...
Three Weird and Wacky German Warships
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Upon the creation of the German Empire in 1871, the various states incorporated into the empire brought their histories, cultures, armies, industries, and, crucially, their navies. The newly formed empire, under Prussian leadership, needed to protect its trade and lengthy coastline. Although Prussia had never been known as a seafaring nation, it rapidly developed its naval capabilities, produci...
Churchill and the art of Seizing a Battleship(s)
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In the lead-up to World War I, British shipyards were constructing several foreign battleships. The Ottoman Empire had two nearly complete ships: the Reshadieh and the ex-Rio de Janeiro, renamed Sultan Osman I. Chile also had two battleships in the works: the Almirante Latorre, nearing completion, and the Almirante Cochrane, still in early stages. In August 1914, Winston Churchill, then First L...
The Black Sea Russian Battleship DISASTER You Haven't Heard of
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In this video, we delve into the history of the Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Mariia, a formidable battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, built in the 1910s. Part of a class similar to the Baltic Fleet's Gangut-class, the Imperatritsa Mariia was armed with 12 305 mm (12-inch) guns and boasted a top speed of 21 knots, making her a powerful force in the Black Sea. The story...
HMS Erebus: The Longest Serving Big Gun Royal Navy Monitor
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HMS Erebus, a monitor of the Royal Navy, had a unique and storied career spanning two world wars and numerous conflicts. Commissioned in September 1916, Erebus was designed as a response to the disappointing performance of earlier monitors like Marshal Ney. Armed with powerful 15-inch guns, she participated in significant naval operations during World War I, including the bombardments of Ostend...
Death in Port: The Last Stand of the Kriegsmarine
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As World War II neared its end in Europe, the German military faced dire straits, especially the Kriegsmarine’s surface fleet. With most of their larger ships already sunk, the remaining vessels found themselves in varying states of operational readiness. This video delves into the final days and fates of three notable ships: the battleship Gneisenau, the heavy cruiser Lutzow, and the light cru...
SMS Von Der Tann: The First German Battlecruiser
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Dive into the history of SMS Von der Tann, Germany's pioneering battlecruiser, in this detailed exploration of naval innovation and warfare. Commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in September 1910, Von der Tann marked a significant evolution in naval design, boasting superior armor and armament compared to her British contemporaries. Equipped with eight 28-centimeter guns, she was more heavily ...
Three Weird and Wacky British Warships
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Welcome to our latest video, where we dive into some of the Royal Navy's most unique and specialized ships from World War I. The Royal Navy, thanks to its material wealth and strategic necessities, was able to create vessels for very specific purposes, resulting in some truly unusual designs. Today, we explore three fascinating categories: the monitors, the Courageous-class battlecruisers, and ...
How an Obsolete German Battleship Helped to Start World War Two
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How an Obsolete German Battleship Helped to Start World War Two
Kiel 1945: The Graveyard of the Kriegsmarine
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Kiel 1945: The Graveyard of the Kriegsmarine
Important History Channel Trailer
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Important History Channel Trailer
The CATASTROPHIC Destruction of HMS Indefatigable at Jutland
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The CATASTROPHIC Destruction of HMS Indefatigable at Jutland
HMS Belfast: Ship's Don't Bend That Way!
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HMS Belfast: Ship's Don't Bend That Way!
RN Gorizia: The Only Zara Class Cruiser That Didn't Explode
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RN Gorizia: The Only Zara Class Cruiser That Didn't Explode
Scrapping HMS Warspite: Stubborn Until the Last
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Scrapping HMS Warspite: Stubborn Until the Last
Russia's Strange "Torpedo Battleship" Design With 84 Torpedoes!
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Russia's Strange "Torpedo Battleship" Design With 84 Torpedoes!
Operation Juno: How German Battleships Sank a Royal Navy Carrier By Gunfire
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Operation Juno: How German Battleships Sank a Royal Navy Carrier By Gunfire
Death of the 'Pocket Battleship' Admiral Scheer: Buried in Kiel?
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Death of the 'Pocket Battleship' Admiral Scheer: Buried in Kiel?
HMS Invincible: The DISASTROUS Loss of the World's First Battlecruiser
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HMS Invincible: The DISASTROUS Loss of the World's First Battlecruiser
Scuttling the Admiral Graf Spee: Twilight of a Steel god
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Scuttling the Admiral Graf Spee: Twilight of a Steel god
Channel Update: Demonetization, Channel Memberships, and More!
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Channel Update: Demonetization, Channel Memberships, and More!
HMS General Wolfe: A Tiny Ship With the LARGEST Gun in Royal Navy Service Ever
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HMS General Wolfe: A Tiny Ship With the LARGEST Gun in Royal Navy Service Ever
HMS Furious: The Royal Navy's Battlecarrier?
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HMS Furious: The Royal Navy's Battlecarrier?
HMS Warspite: The Near Catastrophic Guided Bomb hit to the Grand old Lady
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HMS Warspite: The Near Catastrophic Guided Bomb hit to the Grand old Lady
USS Smith: How to use the Wake of a Battleship to put out a Fire
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USS Smith: How to use the Wake of a Battleship to put out a Fire
HMS Roberts: The Last Big Gun Royal Navy Ship
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HMS Roberts: The Last Big Gun Royal Navy Ship
USS Wyoming: The Chesapeake Raider
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USS Wyoming: The Chesapeake Raider
British Battlecruisers: How to Explode at Jutland
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British Battlecruisers: How to Explode at Jutland

Комментарии

  • @jiggsborah7041
    @jiggsborah7041 Час назад

    I really liked this Warship as a kid. Always there in the thick of it all and it was beautiful as well. It's a great pity that it wasn't preserved as a museum piece I would have certainly taken the time to see it.

  • @devobronc
    @devobronc 4 часа назад

    USS? Correction?

  • @warhawk4494
    @warhawk4494 5 часов назад

    It's all good man. Best of luck with your degree. Just get a useful one and not a pointless one in woke African back hair basket weaving and interpretive papa new guinea butt flute music. Hahahahahahahahhaha

    • @ImportantHistory
      @ImportantHistory 4 часа назад

      No I’ve got a useful one, accounting. I’m specialized in business tax. I do have a minor in history though, so technically I will have a history degree lol.

  • @ahseaton8353
    @ahseaton8353 5 часов назад

    Does not delivering a battleship count as seizing?

  • @ROBERTNABORNEY-jx5il
    @ROBERTNABORNEY-jx5il 6 часов назад

    8-15 One of the 3 ships modified to mount a 18 inch gun in a limited traverse mounting pointing to starboard.

  • @ROBERTNABORNEY-jx5il
    @ROBERTNABORNEY-jx5il 6 часов назад

    The14 inch guns were from Bethlehem Steel in US and were supposed to be for a Greek battlecruiser being built in Germany. That was obviously not going to happen so the guns and mountings were sold to Britain. Because of the gun's origin, the four ships were originally given names of famous American Civil War officers, but the US protested this violated its neutrality so they were renamed

  • @PurpleRhymesWithOrange
    @PurpleRhymesWithOrange 7 часов назад

    By all means focus on your education. Wednesday videos are better because there is always more going on over the weekend than in the middle of the week.

    • @ImportantHistory
      @ImportantHistory 6 часов назад

      That’s kind of my thought process. In my RUclips feed, there are probably 20+ channels that upload that day.

  • @hmmjedi
    @hmmjedi 7 часов назад

    Best of luck with University... and as to the day choose what is best for yourself I am happy either Wednesday or Saturday...

  • @mikus4242
    @mikus4242 7 часов назад

    Study hard!

  • @ironiczombie2530
    @ironiczombie2530 9 часов назад

    Good luck this upcoming semester! And i agree with Wednesday

  • @PHDarren
    @PHDarren 10 часов назад

    Thumbnail is HMS Centurion isn't it, when it was a target ship before being converted into an Anson-a-like.

    • @ImportantHistory
      @ImportantHistory 10 часов назад

      Yep! It was handy because I’m working on another weird British ship video.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 11 часов назад

    Wednesday is good. And we'll be here, focus on your degree!

  • @PHDarren
    @PHDarren 12 часов назад

    Quality over quantity. 👍👍

  • @ImportantHistory
    @ImportantHistory 12 часов назад

    Thank you all for your support, it really means a lot! Hopefully you'll understand.

  • @duckstar347
    @duckstar347 День назад

    You say at 7:20 that the Nürnberg received 105mm guns. I would like to know when they have been added and even if, because i couldn't find any information that it really had them. Btw very great informative Video!!

    • @ImportantHistory
      @ImportantHistory 19 часов назад

      Oh boy, I might have misspoken there. Upon looking again, I think on Karlsruhe (out of all the light cruisers), received 105mm guns. Nürberg did receive additional 88mm guns throughout her career in various refits. Sorry about any confusion!

  • @admiralrover74
    @admiralrover74 День назад

    Don't ever ever let Wargaming or the "World Of Warships" Devs know about this...

    • @ImportantHistory
      @ImportantHistory День назад

      Oh boy I’m sure they know, with Kitakami in the game again, this isn’t that crazy.

  • @frasermitchell9183
    @frasermitchell9183 День назад

    My grandfather served on the Dreadnought so never went to Jutland, but a friend who he had trained with at Portsmouth was sent to join the Queen Mary, and did not survive her sinking. I remember my grandmother saying all the lower deck thought Beatty was reckless. The saying was that battlecruisers were "eggshells armed with sledghammers" !

  • @wintersbattleofbands1144
    @wintersbattleofbands1144 День назад

    "Their slow speeds and poor handling caused them to be hated by their crews, due to their poor seakeeping (keeping water out)." So which was it? You switched subjects mid sentence. Did you mean "and due to their poor seakeeping?' I'm betting you did (hopefully). Proofread your scripts.

    • @ImportantHistory
      @ImportantHistory День назад

      Yes, I did. My scripts are proofread. However, I made a mistake while recording and didn’t catch it till it was too late. Mistakes happen.

  • @raywhitehead730
    @raywhitehead730 День назад

    When the British lost the Queen Mary, they still had 98% of the fleet left. Today the Royal Navy can only muster about 25 combat ships in total.

  • @ontheroad_again
    @ontheroad_again День назад

    Great informative video. Your voice is good, The vocal fry is unnecessary.

    • @ImportantHistory
      @ImportantHistory День назад

      Well thanks. I know I didn’t say it in this video, but I’m working on the vocal fry. It’s very common for younger generations (such as myself) to speak with it. It’s not an easy process to change how you naturally speak.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 День назад

    Cool!

  • @allanfifield8256
    @allanfifield8256 День назад

    The Soviets did themselves no favor with this piece of junk.

  • @722redtree
    @722redtree День назад

    SMS Hessen, a pre-dreadnought battleship. renamed TSEL when taken over by the Soviets....

  • @ThePrader
    @ThePrader День назад

    Churchill did his job. Remember, this was the guy that created the SOE, the SAS, MI-5, MI-6 and all the crazy weird and special warfare stuff in WWII. Sneaky dude.

  • @shrek_428
    @shrek_428 2 дня назад

    Panzerschiff, the ultimate conclusion to the problem of being restricted to a pre-Dreadnought sized ship with pre-Dreadnought sized weapons.

  • @McDonnellDouglass
    @McDonnellDouglass 2 дня назад

    W

  • @Ezkaton
    @Ezkaton 2 дня назад

    I am amazed by the abundance of pictures of the Kriegsmarine that exist! Thank you for sharing both the pictures and the video.

  • @paulanerpaulchen8281
    @paulanerpaulchen8281 2 дня назад

    Schon traurig, waren einst schöne stolze Schiffe. 😪

  • @eugeneblue299
    @eugeneblue299 2 дня назад

    Poor ending

  • @user-mu8ho3tt7p
    @user-mu8ho3tt7p 2 дня назад

    Great , nice vid!! Keep it up!!!

  • @stevenwestswanson9263
    @stevenwestswanson9263 2 дня назад

    Amazing video!