Hearted Youtube comments on Drachinifel (@Drachinifel) channel.

  1. A quote attributed to a German officer during World War II shows the persistence of the Army’s ambivalence towards doctrine: “One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.”
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  2. Interestingly the bombarment of the Aland islands by Plumridge led to the first ever Victoria Cross being awarded to Charles Davis Lucas who picked up a shell that had landed on his ship and hurled it overboard before it exploded. He got made a lieutenant on the spot.
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  3. It says so much about Drach, that after 80 years of "What happened?", my first thought was "I'm glad we will finally be able to put this one to bed"..
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  4. Lee is largely overlooked by military history, perhaps because he had no interest in self-promotion and PR. He just wanted to solve technical problems and shoot the enemy at every opportunity.
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  5. Lt Frank Lupo departed one of the light carriers with no ordnance but constantly buzzed the enemy ships, rolling on it's side as he passed and shooting at the bridge with his .45 sidearm. That's either incredibly heroic or he was really pissed
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  6. Dönitz is very jealous of your 50k subs.
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  7. Fun Fact: The "Schleswig-Holstein" was not just the last german Pre-Dreadnaught to be build, but also the last german battleship in operation. She was sunk as a block ship in 1945 and later refloated by the Soviets who used her as a stationary target ship until 1966.
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  8. If people knew how many times I tried to pronounce HMS Engadine correctly and still failed....
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  9. Best use of tax payers money and warships ever.
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  10. 1 hour and ~45min long and not a single advertisment hats off to you!
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  11. Had a family friend on the JOHNSTON. At the beginning of the battle, Capt. Evans called for the diesel and fuel oils to be mixed to provide more power to the engines. The Engineering officer protested as that would foul the engines and make them harder to clean. Evan’s response was “I don’t expect to be alive in 3 hours...”
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  12. You should pitch this as a movie, a two parter, the voyage there, then the battle, if you included Russian, British and Japanese actors, directors and producers, it could be bigger than Ben Hur, proving truth is a better story line than fiction, because no one would have believed this actually happened. The box of binoculars alone would be worth the admission to watch him throwing them in 3D.
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  13. A bit of film trivia. The actor who played the captain of the Prince of Wales in the film Sink The Bismarck, Esmond Knight, was a gunnery offices aboard the Prince of Wales and saw Hood explode. Just after that he was wounded by shrapnel which resulted in the permanent lose of sight in one eye but he received a series of treatments from Dr Vincent Nesfield designed to restore sight to his remaining eye. The treatment was a great success, restoring much of Knight's sight in that eye.
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  14. I’m choosing to take the title literally, Nelson now canonically transforms into a frigate
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  15. The Empire of Japan would like to thank the US bureau of ordnance for their assistance in their early war effort
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  16. "they hadn't yet invented the Machine Spirit" Sad Techpriest noises
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  17. So that admiral throwing the chickens overboard actually has a funny component you didn't mention. It was a Roman sacred ritual to feed the Sacred chickens before a battle, analyse the behaviour and thus give the omens(would the gods favour them) for the coming fight. So when the chickens refused to eat anything (possibly due to seasickness), the priest declared the omens bad. Claudius, wanting a big win to boost his career, is said to have declared: "if they won't eat, then let them drink" and promptly threw the chickens in the seawater. Needless to say, yeah he lost.
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  18. I had a run in with Capt. Seaquist shortly after the accident in Turret 2. We had just pulled into port and I was standing guard making sure curious onlookers didn't try to get into the turret. I heard some people on the electrical decks, I was on the powder flats at the time. They started coming down the ladder and I let out a wrathful challenge of WHO THE F___ ARE YOU with the intent of stomping a mudhole in someone's rear. He barked right back I am Captain Seaquist and I am in charge of this investigation. I apologized and let him know I was on guard duty, he nodded and said carry on.
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  19. Already looking forward to The History of Naval Provisions - Why is the rum always gone?
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  20. >At naval academy >Top student, absolutely rocking it despite working class upbringing >Coordinates with his classmates to help struggling students to spite the staff >Everyone passes. 0 dropouts due to his help Thats why He’s called King folks
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  21. The fact that Warspite's captain is narrated by The Mighty Jingles makes me appreciate this video so much more. Stellar job, Drach!
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  22. The pictures taken of the Franklin as she burned and after the fact are some of the most raw and powerful pictures of a ship in distress. It's amazing that she survived, it's a testament to the crews dedication and training. Plus the fact that the Essex class was ridiculously tough and built extremely well.
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  23. "slow clap for the Muppet that designed the indefatigable" sent me into a laughing crying coughing fit. well done Drach 👏
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  24. Those 3 survivors from the Hood, it just shows how horrific the loss of a ship can be, almost all or nothing. RIP brave men.
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  25. Having worked in the forging/heat treat industry for a few years, allow me to summarize the work environment: Hot, Noisy, and Dirty. My office was located between the furnaces and the press. I didn't have to look up to know when a 25 ton ingot was on its way to the press, I could easily feel the radiant heat of the ingot (30 feet away and through the wall) as it went by. I shudder to think how much radiant heat would be coming off of a 100 ton battleship armor plate...
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  26. "Armed with nothing but a cake and 27 candles." Awh. 😞
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  27. When Queen Elizabeth toured the ship in the 80s or 90s, she was shown some cannons that had British markings on them. Obviously they'd been captured in battle and used to replace damaged American ones. The Queen however turned to an aide and said in jest "We must do something about these foreign arms sales now shouldn't we." I've always found that story funny.
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  28. TONIGHT Hammond flashes an older code in front of the Germans, James rigs up the explosives on HMS Campbeltown and I ram the ship on the dry docks. Truly the greatest raid of all
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  29. Hope that guy who spliced Duke of York's radar back together got a medal.
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  30. “... the Americans are known for having a lot of guns” You astonish me, sir. I don’t believe that I had ever heard this before.
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  31. Meanwhile in WoWS: Damage control party in British ships has enough materials to make a new warship
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  32. I just love how French built both the best and the worst treaty compliant cruiser in the interwar period.
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  33. "There are literally two- to three-inch books ... that discuss this subject." Of course, the best of these books are face-hardened for their first 250 pages or so, while the remaining pages are optimized for ductility. This was a beautifully researched and constructed video, BTW.
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  34. Blimey this video lasted longer than the Russian fleet at the battle of Tsushima!
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  35. Can't explain why, but the phrase "Burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp" comes to mind.
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  36. I am 85 years old and had a brother who was 14 years older than I. He was a platoon Sergeant who landed on Omaha beach with his platoon. He told me that as he stood on the foredeck of the troop ship that he was on, he could look just past the bow of the ship to the right and see the front of the Texas s it bombarded the shore. He said that it was very comforting. He also said that if he hadn't had the responsibility of his younger men he would have been tempted to hide behind wreckage. Omaha was hell.
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  37. Imagine celebrating your birthday with sind french officers and then getting the order to blow up the guys who just gifted you a nice cake.
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  38. My dad served as the Aerographers Mate aboard BB-60 (USS Alabama) and recalled that he was one of the few weathermen whose forecast called for a typhoon. He was later called before Adm. Halsey to explain how his forecast predicted a typhoon, whereas the majority of forecasts did not. My dad also recalled how he was experiencing spray from the high waves even though his station and quarters were at the very top of the superstructure. Today, one can still climb up to his cabin at the top of Alabama; it was a real thrill for me to do so!
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  39. Before this video: how did these navy guys manage to shoot at eachother so much and miss so often? After this video: wow it's a miracle any shell ever hit the target
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  40. How do you identify "quality content" on Youtube? You endure 30 brutal minutes of watching this painful episode of your countries' history. And you can't wait for part 2. Well done Drach. Thanks.
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  41. I was leafing through the James Cameron book at work and a co-worker said "Hey! That's my barber." We looked into it and sure enough, the fellow who's non battle station job on the Bismarck was cutting hair, survived the sinking, moved to Toronto and was still cutting hair as of the late 80's.
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  42. Recently uncovered footage of a boarding action by British forces aboard USS Constitution(Colorized)
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  43. The Z-Plan always makes me think of the Military History Visualised line of "Assuming your opponent will remain passive is no plan at all, it's just a day-dream." The Z-Plan relied ENTIRELY on the Royal Navy just sitting back, drinking tea and doing nothing instead of forming an actual response, which given what the Royal Navy did in the the 1900's and 1910's, is just complete wishful thinking.
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  44. The be clear, the two squads of Beuforts and Hudsons weren't circling the airfield out of confusion for ½ an hour. It was merely a gesture of proper British politeness. "You first sir." "No after you." "I insist you go first." "No sir definitely you must lead." Etc... until they started running out of fuel.
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  45. USS 2nd Amendment Rights also had a disadvantage, as it was not allowed to dock in California or New York as it was considered a high capacity assault vessel. Seriously though - hilarious and brilliant video
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  46. Hilarious... 'Water doesn't count towards displacement' Uses water as armour
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  47. In the future can you give a trigger warning before a story where cheese is harmed. Some of us are Wisconsinites.
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  48. US Navy: We need you to go on a show of force mission around the world. US Sailor: So basically you are paying me to get smashed in every major port in the world? US Navy: Well yes, but no....
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  49. I did not see this coming... praise the Emperor!
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  50. Another unintended efect of these designs: the ships became perfect examples and inspiration for Steampunk and anime!
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