When you max out the tech tree and immediately lose the game

Just spam fighters and naval bombers over the english channel so you can naval invade, works in hoi4

S C H N O R K E L

Who would win: Highly advanced submarines which only need to go above water to refuel every so often, firing highly advanced torpedos, automatically going for the loudest thing around. Or 2 pipes and a very bright flashlight

Wow the technology back then was very impressive.

I got a counter to you’re counter of my counter that was countering your counter that was set to counter my counter

Who would win: A promising strategy with high technology that dumbfounded the allied countries Or Low tide

Germany: "We've got just a weapon for you, English!" Britain: "We've got a counter for it." Germany: "We've got just a weapon for you, English!" Britain: "We've got a counter for it" Germany: "We've got just a weapon for you, English!" Britain: "We've got a counter for it" Germany: "We've got just a weapon for you, English!" Britain: "Alright just stop."

You censored the swastika: 0:30 Uncensored swastika: 1:18 CONSISTENCY EASTORY!

Too much Hearts of Iron 4...

The comic script and the funny drawings hide underneath a very deep understanding of WW II. Usually when I am watching a new historic channel for the first time I pay special attention to try and find common myths in order to gauge the capabilities of the creator, but with this one I could find no weakness. Bravo. Subscribed.

thumbs up for the battleships > Destroyers >submarines... no other youteber has ever pointed this out, its so good to learn new things

This makes me remember a book about WW1's flying machines. There it explained how any tiny tecnological advantage could have serious consequencies, like a system that made machineguns fire through the propellers at the right time and gave the pilots a higher kill score, or a tiny modification that made a plane more maneurable, or allowed it to rise/lower faster. Or a stronger engine that allowed them to actually carry guns, as their only purpose at the time was as reconnosaince, and pilots would be issued rifles as their only defence. One german plane was even forced to land as allied ones literally pushed it down to the ground. They were clunky machines that no one knew how to pilot, and were seen by the higher ups as tanks were seen in WW2: something new they didn't understand. Any new invention could give such superiority, but only for a short time until it was countered by tactics or some other tecnology. This is evolution at it's finest.

Minor historical inaccuracy, the Polish had begun attempting to crack Enigma before the war even started they had seized a machine and sent it too Britain allowing them to join (and later continue after poland fell) effort. Later the British had captured an encrypter from a Uboat allowing them to succesfully decrypt the code

Honestly this is fascinating. It just goes to show that you can spend hundreds of hours learning about WWII and still only scratch the surface.

Essentially: One Side: We have a new Weapon. Other Side: We have a counter. One Side: Now we have a better new weapon Other Side: Now we have a better counter. And Repeat

The Germans did not as much "chose" to wage a submarine war as they were forced to. Building a fleet could take a decade, building a fleet capable of overpowering the Royal Navy would last even more. And of course, the British, who already had enough shipyards to build a big fleet, would have kept increasing their navy while Germany was building its. Germany simply could not hope to win a naval arms race with England so the submarine blockade (and the air attack that failed during the Battle of Britain) were its only shots.

"To bring down the British Empire" *shows a tiny part of the empire as well as a completely different country.*

fun fact about the type 21 after the war a brewery in frankfurt bought some unused hulls and now cider is made in them.

Awesome, thank you very much this explained to me the Atlantic war and the German plan , keep up the good work

What an extraordinary brief history of the Battle of the Atlantic! Congratulations!

how does this have only 1k views

Fantastic video, detailed and informative but not too draining. Hope you can make more of such videos in addition to your other ones. The script of the videos is very quick and smooth.

0:56 I want to make a version of rock, paper, scissors were it's battleship, destroyer, submarine.

This series will forever join my favorites Playlist

The "special operations" you said the British used to get their hands on the enigma machine were actually copies constructed by the Poles and gifted to the British (and French) in 1938. The Poles had already broken the Enigma technology prior to the start of the War, using the skills of several brilliant Polish mathematicians, and had been listening to German communications until the Germans added some extra complexity to the machines (adding two extra rotors, which would necessitate 10 times the manpower of deciphering on the part of the Poles) which the Poles simply lacked the funds to overcome. The British worked off of the initial Polish breakthrough. To quote Gordon Welchman (who would become the head of the project to overcome German Army and Airforce Enigma ciphers): "Hut 6 Ultra would never have gotten off the ground if we had not learned from the Poles, in the nick of time, the details both of the German military version of the commercial Enigma machine, and of the operating procedures that were in use." Seems like you could have given a small reference to the Poles right there, given how critical they were to the Allied efforts to overcome the Enigma cypher, and how their tremendous role in this piece of WWII history is constantly overlooked for seemingly no apparent reason other than to attribute "single-handed" credit to the British for accomplishing what was in reality, a joint Allied effort.

This is soooo great, I've learned so much new, thank you, please keep the content up!

Thank you for making this video. I learned so much from it.

Love how you said Schnorkel

I like how he said "allies got there act together and in acted the convoy system" more like the American's finally listened to the British and in acted the convoy system

Great series! I look foward to the next episode

thank you for producing quality content like this.

this series is wonderful and I am eager to see the fourth section regarding british plans. Is there going to be a fourth episode in the series?

Enigma was given by Poland after losing to Germany and USSR in 1939.

I freakin' love this channel. Period.

Keep on uploading, great content : D

So the allied scientists were in charge of alien autopsies after the invasion? 2:05

I'm disappointed nobody got the XCOM reference around 2:02

Great, great analysis. I love the end, drawing conclusions of why this submarine warfare was just inneficient. Excelent work.

This is really interesting and well animated. Subed without any further thought. keep it up.

Enigma wasn't decrypted by British. It was decrypted by polish cryptoanalysts before war. Turing only upgraded their work when Germans upgraded their Enigmas.

This is a really amazing presentation! Thank you for contributing historical narratives that have been lacking in the present History Channel! Seems that channel has shifted to pointless shows like Ice Road Truckers -_- . Again, this is great! I look forward to seeing more videos!

Great vid, can't wait for the next episode in the series

Nice animation and a very enjoyable way of narrating, great video

It's scary how well war fuels technological innovation. The battles for the Atlantic are a prime example of this.

Amazing to think that the Germans planned to overwhelm the Royal navy. The song "rule Britannia" had it's 200 yr birthday in 1940, should've been a clue.

Dude these videos are wonderful. I subscribed and added this chanel to the adblock free list. Good job !

Your vids are simple briliant and the animations are just awesome. :-)

Das Elektroboot XD

0:56 "And the British lacked destroyers which could fill that role" How? The Royal Navy had more destroyers than anyone in the world. What COULD be the case and what you would be more accurate in saying is that perhaps the Home Fleet lacked destroyers and/or the British were spread out across the entire globe to the point that the amount of destroyers they could dedicate to fighting the U-Boats would be inadequate. But that's a very different picture than painting a picture where the Royal navy didn't have more destroyers than anyone in the war, which is the reality.

Awesome content ! Can’t wait to watch the others 2 !

This is a great video and I love the series!

Basically a constant "No u." contest.

2:03 (XCOM) Commander! we Have A New “Autopsy” Its Called The “Magnetic Mine Autopsy”

Excellent video!!! I didnt know all that stuff!!! Well done mate

Found your channel via WWII, Indy & Co. Like you style. Subbed today!

I don't know why but I laugh so hard on : Nein!!! Where are you going?!

"a kingdom for some tea" lmfao

Love your channel mate.

You have done great research well done

Enigma! Polish guys broke the Enigma for the British. Just saying. WW2 was fascinating. As for U-Boots, I didn't realize how much of an issue resurfacing was. It's always stated in history books, but never explained.

this whole war was: counter counter counter hey now we have a counter their just countering everything XD

this series is insane i am so glad i found this

Loving your videos, keep it up! Hope that youll get more views

4:05 how many times do I have to repeat? Poles broke the enigma code.

The polish man broke the enigna code

Fantastic video. Very well done!

please keeping making these

Has no one mentioned SUBscribe at the end?!

its polish who decrypted enigma not british

Very epic videos you make, keep up the good work!

thank you for this great review and illustrations! keep going you are one of my favorite channels! kind regards from switzerland (where we really neutral?) ;-)

War technology is of course important to win a war; and Your summary is excellent. Resources of any kind are also important, and many documentaries are there about just that ... but You need something immaterial to win a war, but that is not "heroism" which German were best at in their propaganda ... they would have needed a just sake, and that they were lacking completely. Longing for hegemony (of any kind) AKA power is not sufficient, and has never been sufficient for any great power. In WWII, Germany completely failed (and never intended) to give the occupied zones anything good, instead there was purest exploitation and rape, especially on the Eastern front. Any empire based on violent power only will fall. Sooner or later. And so, the fall of the Nazi Reich was just a matter of time.

Germany: I have a cunning plan. British Emp: As cunning as a fox, who's just appointed professor of cunning?

Thanks, I've really learned a lot from this video!

Amazing and well done video!!!

"""Snorkle""" was adopted

To win the battle of the atlantic, the germans had to sink allied shipping. The allies only had to prevent that shipping from being lost. The allies could use air power to force the submarines to travel submerged, where they were too slow to get into position against convoys. Escort carriers were the real game changer as they extended air cover for the entire length of the trip. A submarine that could travel as fast as a merchant ship while submerged would have been enormously helpful, but was never developed.

Please more videos. Its too interesting to watch them :))

That ships-sunk graphic is pretty impressive, and helps quickly communicate the trends in submarine and anti-submarine operations.

Please make an episode on Japan.

Mein fruher, there is a problem. I spelled führer wrong in the video.

Good content! Keep it up!

Awesome vid - thanks!

Hitler from 1939: *travels on a time machine* *Watches this video* Hitler: interesting

"Schnorchel" xD

This is such a good series please finish it!

That was a pretty in depth (charge) lesson in ww2 submarine warfare! (Pardon the pun) Nice video!

For anyone wondering, the Enigma was cracked by a bunch of code breakers in Bletchley Park, one man named Alan Turing is credited for heading the team and was treated horribly by his country after the war, ending his own life in 54'

This is kind of how it went for German tech in general: 1. Do a really unusual, really specific thing really, really well, 2. completely roll over the Allies with it for about a year, 3. Allies figure out some kind of spam that counters it for pennies.

fantastic video !

Very good video, please continue the series.

" *Blockade* " me in hoi4: *sends paratroopers and makes uk surrender*

all hail computer science, all hail Turring LOL

I love these, please make more

Very very informative :)

Every naval power could pretty much crack small naval messages sent by there opponents simply using the brute force method. Cryptography doesn't guarantee your password/message won't be cracked just means it takes more time for someone to crack it. Each ring in the enigma machine just buys more time. The Germans thought it would be impossible for someone do all that computation which is correct. So the British created a turning machine (Precurser To Modern Computers) to do the same computation it would take a human to do in a fraction of the time.

the dutch plan: be neutral ok t hat didn't work plan b: fight them with your 100 year old army with cannons older then the generals controling the army and not get one of your cities carpetbombed well thats a fail lets just surrender guys this happend in 2 days

Really well done....enjoyed it....Thanks.

cant wait for part 3 and 4!!!