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Fredrik Knudsen

Fredrik Knudsen

2 роки тому

In the early 1900s, an experiment with submarine technology precipitates one of the most absurd events in naval history.
Patreon: / fredrikknudsen
Twitter: / fredintheknud
Music by Ryan Probert: / probecomposer
Graphics and Animation by Christopher "Arcaxon" Malouin-Monjaraz: / arcaxon
Violin by Anna Olsson: / annaolssonmusic
Saxophone by Naomi Sullivan: / naomisullivan9
Vocals by Rachel Nicholas: / _rachnicholas
Illustrations by DerEineSchwarzeRabe: / d_e_s_r

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@Narishiva
@Narishiva 2 роки тому
"A man aboard a ship who had seen M2 that morning casually asked if it was normal for submarines to dive backwards. He was told that it was not." Jesus Christ.
@DxBlack
@DxBlack 2 роки тому
This WWI Bruh moment brought to you by the letter K.
@Aaron-hf5or
@Aaron-hf5or 2 роки тому
That’s one of the best parts of the whole movie.
@MCdouchbag
@MCdouchbag 2 роки тому
@@Aaron-hf5or Genuine question, no secondary meaning behind it: are you Romanian?
@jamessales9047
@jamessales9047 7 днів тому
@@MCdouchbagcount
@TheMaskedArcanum
@TheMaskedArcanum 2 роки тому
K22: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" The Inflexible: Read ✓
@facepalm5134
@facepalm5134 2 роки тому
I call this "The very Inflexible"
@RamzaBeowulf
@RamzaBeowulf 2 роки тому
Operation: Tiger
@treehann
@treehann 2 роки тому
Back then “hell” was a much harsher swear, too
@dante666jt
@dante666jt 2 роки тому
Vibin
@LockeRobsta
@LockeRobsta 2 роки тому
Everyone's got that friend.
@thomasjackson4059
@thomasjackson4059 Рік тому
My great grandfather died in this tragedy. He was on k-17. His name was Thomas Jackson and his diary is in the Portsmouth naval museum. The part of the diary I have is mostly about his time in the Dardenelles. My grandfather, also called Thomas Jackson served in the navy (HMS Edinburgh WW2) and never found out what happened to his father apart from he died. Just wanted to say thank you for sharing this.
@dylanogg347
@dylanogg347 Рік тому
My heart goes out to you and your family mate. I hope this video gave you some comfort.
@silentotaku8
@silentotaku8 Рік тому
I thank you and your family for their service and sacrifices. Cheers!
@thomasjackson4059
@thomasjackson4059 Рік тому
@@silentotaku8 I thank you but I have never served. I’m proud to come from a family that served their country for generations and it’s them and countless others that deserve our thanks.
@silentotaku8
@silentotaku8 Рік тому
@@thomasjackson4059 I respect your modesty friend! I raise a mug in your honor and wish you a wonderful rest of the year, skål! (Cheers!)
@dylanogg347
@dylanogg347 Рік тому
@@silentotaku8 Cheers all round.
@dumbino7745
@dumbino7745 Рік тому
for those wondering why there aren't any new uploads, don't worry he's working on a video about EVE Online that's gonna be over five hours, which is why its taking so long to make. seeing how an hour long vid about an officially documented event like this one took him about 4 months to make, a five hour long one about an ongoing subject with a bunch of vague/untrustworthy info taking over a year is to be expected.
@anujpartihar
@anujpartihar Рік тому
Oh sweet! Looking forward to it.
@NellyLikesPirates
@NellyLikesPirates Рік тому
thank you!
@clfleishman
@clfleishman Рік тому
Thanks
@Oubliettine
@Oubliettine Рік тому
I’ve never been so excited for a UKposts comeback. The Eve online rabbit hole will definitely take you on through the looking glass.
@fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName
@fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName Рік тому
Excellent. I was worried.
@therealdoc
@therealdoc 2 роки тому
"It surely can't get any worse." "Surely it can't get ANY worse." "SURELY, IT CANNOT GET ANY WORSE." "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"
@Narusasu98
@Narusasu98 2 роки тому
Perfect summary
@SMAXZO
@SMAXZO 2 роки тому
"What's the worse that could-" *after the massive pileup* "You just had to say it..."
@bastiangalaz4580
@bastiangalaz4580 2 роки тому
What a shitfest
@jettythesunfish
@jettythesunfish 2 роки тому
Murphy's Law, my friend.
@johnalbert7526
@johnalbert7526 2 роки тому
Holy clusterfuck that I had never even heard of before ! It was like watching 10 episodes of the Three Stooges all at once.
@The_Andyman
@The_Andyman 2 роки тому
The whole disaster is just one big, “but wait, it gets worse!”
@TheGreenKnight500
@TheGreenKnight500 2 роки тому
It's like a massive highway pileup but in slow motion and more lives at stake.
@Benhardyfan
@Benhardyfan 2 роки тому
For real. Two submarines sinking with no survivors, even way after the battle. This is fucked
@Titanium
@Titanium 2 роки тому
I felt a bit of relief every time those animations showed the subs and ships narrowly missing each other... just for it to zoom back out and show MORE subs and ships racing directly towards each other. And it just kept happening.
@javsandarts
@javsandarts 2 роки тому
The first part is a big Fisher: But what if I do anywaaaay?
@Calvin_Coolage
@Calvin_Coolage 2 роки тому
At least the Kamchatka wasn't present.
@notdoneyet1361
@notdoneyet1361 Рік тому
The description of K6 finding no survivors in the water after K4 broke in half and sunk gave me chills. Imagine being the captain of K6, still reeling from the crash and processing what just happened, suddenly realizing that the whole crew is dead and he is responsible.
@BigPuddin
@BigPuddin Рік тому
It wasn't even his fault, but I imagine he had an awful case of survivor's guilt after that and blamed himself for the accident. What an awful clusterfuck.
@Nero_Karel
@Nero_Karel Рік тому
@@BigPuddin I dunno about that - obviously the poor visibility relieves him to some degree, but the lights on a ship are colour-coded by direction specifically so something like this usually wouldn't happen to a competent captain
@stevemc01
@stevemc01 7 місяців тому
Remember that the lights were pretty scheisse to begin with, being dim and shuttered, so maybe it took him a bit of time to realize what light it was. @@Nero_Karel
@drrisen-9442
@drrisen-9442 7 місяців тому
@@stevemc01Seconding this. The design of the lights was extremely subpar for emergencies due to their directional nature. This was essentially a Swiss cheese model disaster, too many holes lined up.
@bradenhagen7977
@bradenhagen7977 6 місяців тому
@@Nero_Karel they were also shuttered so you would be able to see it from the impact angle.
@JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal
@JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal 8 місяців тому
Its been 2 years since fredrik went insane studying eve online.
@RaffieFaffie
@RaffieFaffie 6 місяців тому
wut
@calzoneyyy
@calzoneyyy 5 місяців тому
he’s finally free from it
@SivakAurak
@SivakAurak 2 роки тому
"Desperately, he gave the order to turn to starboard..." Me, having watched Cost of Concordia: "I know where this is headed"
@theR1ch
@theR1ch 2 роки тому
Vada a bordo, cazzo!
@ivannintendo
@ivannintendo 2 роки тому
I see my fellow culturemen
@murpium
@murpium 2 роки тому
“He cocks up at the worst possible moment”
@jimraynor9839
@jimraynor9839 2 роки тому
"Wait, I've seen this trick before!"
@TaurusOxford
@TaurusOxford 2 роки тому
No Schetinos on board these boats/subs, thank God.
@cultistsash
@cultistsash 2 роки тому
"Want to hear about some UKpostsrs?" "Sure Fred." "Want to hear about the Deep Blue AI?" "Sure Fred." "Want to hear about the Battle of May Island?" "Anything goes, Fred."
@sneezebiscuits7239
@sneezebiscuits7239 2 роки тому
"Yes, chef." "Yes, chef."
@NotAGoodUsername360
@NotAGoodUsername360 2 роки тому
Shitshow of any kind: **exists** Fredrik: It's free real estate
@IceFire1800
@IceFire1800 2 роки тому
Fred, the master of diverse topics
@JoelCarli
@JoelCarli 2 роки тому
"Oh by the way, I play hurdy gurdy"
@ScrawnyTreeDemon
@ScrawnyTreeDemon 2 роки тому
We love a well-learned king~
@gregotox
@gregotox Рік тому
I love it when people with last names like "Fisher" end up with titles like "Sea lord".
@buggibii
@buggibii Рік тому
"He believed that if a ship could move and shoot fast enough, it wouldn't need defense." manses was using video game logic.
@XXXTENTAClON227
@XXXTENTAClON227 Рік тому
Bro went for the glass cannon build
@helenhomunculus5044
@helenhomunculus5044 Рік тому
​@@XXXTENTAClON227 da shin akuma ship
@pleasedontwastefood
@pleasedontwastefood 2 роки тому
"Ooof that was a close near-collision, I'm glad those guys made it through." Fredrik Knudsen: "But wait; there's more!"
@EmmanQuinones5234
@EmmanQuinones5234 2 роки тому
Your pfp describes the whole video perfectly. *Pain.* Especially when K6 bisected K4. That was just....yeah...
@docdave15
@docdave15 2 роки тому
Watchers: F**K!
@ekathe85
@ekathe85 2 роки тому
"But this would not last"
@michaelcarmona7838
@michaelcarmona7838 2 роки тому
Imagine being a survivor of this massacre. You’ve just gone through one of the most insane and hellish experiences of your life, witnessing your crew die around you, only to be told that you can never talk about it. And not only that, but you then have to watch silently for years as these machines which you know are faulty and dangerous are casually used to kill more of your fellow sailors just because the high command doesn’t want to admit it made a mistake.
@thehermit8618
@thehermit8618 2 роки тому
They say one of the few things that can match the size of human stupidity is human arrogance
@emmettbattle5728
@emmettbattle5728 2 роки тому
unimaginable and eternal horror, back then you had no resources to heal from that
@AchedSphinx
@AchedSphinx 2 роки тому
the nine survivors saw their crew mates get disintegrated into pools of bloody water. i think i'd go crazy after seeing something like that.
@nesano4735
@nesano4735 2 роки тому
Sounds a lot like modern-day companies.
@Titanium
@Titanium 2 роки тому
And what do they do with these deathtraps instead of dismantling them immediately? They slap ridiculous modifications on them and continue their use. "Put a big fuckin gun on it" *sinks, entire crew dies* "Now put a plane on it." *sinks, entire crew dies*
@spaceyote7174
@spaceyote7174 10 місяців тому
What's wild to me is that despite how much ocean the submarines could have covered and how they all kept changing course, their paths *still* kept intersecting perfectly by sheer chance
@masonaleman
@masonaleman 9 місяців тому
That has to be some of the worst luck in the history of man.
@helmaschine1885
@helmaschine1885 2 роки тому
44:45 this to me has to be the worst part. One of the last ships barging through helpless overboard men and lifeboats, sucking some into its propellers. All because of bad visibility and communication. Tragic and absolutely horrific
@pawesomepal7827
@pawesomepal7827 2 роки тому
I've never been more stressed watching ovals narrowly miss each other.
@Stray7
@Stray7 2 роки тому
And, horribly, NOT missing each other...
@paulgaither
@paulgaither 2 роки тому
Watch Historia Civilis, and you can get emotionality attached to occasionally spinning squares and rectangles.
@DnBastard
@DnBastard 2 роки тому
Ngl I almost cried watching the ovals plough straight through the dots
@celery8059
@celery8059 2 роки тому
RIGHT IM SWEATING
@That_One_Xatu
@That_One_Xatu 2 роки тому
I can't believe 104 dots were killed by THEIR OWN FLEET of ovals. Holy shit. I hope someone got fired for that blunder.
@blockrocka225
@blockrocka225 2 роки тому
This is the naval equivalent of when you’re carrying a load of loose laundry and you drop a sock but when you bend down to pick it up three more articles fall and so on and so on until you’re forced to just drop the lot and throw everything back together again. Except people died.
@skeetsmcgrew3282
@skeetsmcgrew3282 2 роки тому
You dont know my laundry room. RIP Horatio from apartment 3C, you will be missed
@BloodfelX
@BloodfelX 2 роки тому
"Except people died." Nearly as many as at the Pentagon in the September 11th attacks at that. (102 deaths in the May Island incident, 125 at the Pentagon in the September 11th attacks)
@hairyheartsmith8513
@hairyheartsmith8513 2 роки тому
Life hack #833: Put a towel on top of the dryer and put laundry on top of that. Pick the towel up by it's corners. Button up shirts can work too.
@zerwif
@zerwif 2 роки тому
Now the sock needs a giant gun or a plane.
@junkbotbionicle6217
@junkbotbionicle6217 11 місяців тому
It's a real shame this didn't perform as well as his videos about lolcows or videogame scams. I loved the visuals, and his enthusiasm about this event really sells it.
@aydon1276
@aydon1276 11 місяців тому
Because videos about lolcows are better. Other people have covered this better and in less time
@junkbotbionicle6217
@junkbotbionicle6217 11 місяців тому
@@aydon1276 why are they better?
@Kyle_Riel
@Kyle_Riel 11 місяців тому
Not nearly as many people want to hear about awful horrible war attrocities
@hurt6145
@hurt6145 10 місяців тому
@@aydon1276 'They aren't
@GittingGud1
@GittingGud1 9 місяців тому
@@aydon1276 Thanks for your highly subjective opinion.
@teenybun5249
@teenybun5249 9 місяців тому
I never knew how important the Navaho Code Talkers where until watching this and seeing how hard communication really was. Speed and making sure your enemy couldn't understand you must have been a nightmare.
@Bartnuschler
@Bartnuschler 2 роки тому
"Smashing the Periscope with a hammer" What a wild time to be alive
@erikrungemadsen2081
@erikrungemadsen2081 2 роки тому
Early air combat was pilots throwing bricks at each others propellers, and firing pistols and sawed of shootguns at each other.
@8bitorgy
@8bitorgy 2 роки тому
Maybe the most ironic thing you can say about WW1.
@deusexaethera
@deusexaethera 2 роки тому
It's such an absurdly British tactic, too. "I say old chap, submarines are unsporting!"
@foof811
@foof811 2 роки тому
It was like Submarine Polo
@aggrogator4045
@aggrogator4045 2 роки тому
WW1 truly was a GREAT War 😎
@Ana_Ng
@Ana_Ng 2 роки тому
it took me a while to realise this wasn't a bunch of backstory leading up to the battle of may island, this WAS the battle
@FoshuV
@FoshuV 2 роки тому
Yeah same XD Probably why the monument puts the biggest quotation marks around the word Battle.
@riftvallance2087
@riftvallance2087 2 роки тому
I was kind of expecting the germans to show up during the mess and just kill everybody.
@VolkColopatrion
@VolkColopatrion 2 роки тому
"Battle"
@DrCruel
@DrCruel 2 роки тому
The British Navy decisively battled with the Stupidity Empire. Stupidity won.
@naiknaik8812
@naiknaik8812 2 роки тому
Thought therebwas gonna be redemption but ended just depressed
@ScottMaxwell_UK
@ScottMaxwell_UK Рік тому
I was on the dive team you mentioned at the start who discovered the final resting place of the wrecks after the Battle of May Island. From my back porch I can see the site from here. This was an engineering disaster, not a naval one. "Too many damn holes", as one account goes. Worth noting as you mention in the last few minutes - nuclear powered submarines, including the V-boats where I served in the Royal Navy, are also steam powered. They just don't need coal. Right idea, wrong time. Respect to those who served upon these widow makers.
@ricya1982
@ricya1982 Рік тому
This is why I always come back to vids I watch, even years later. Sometimes, the people involved, who are unknown or not popular, show up and share some extra/specific info. I LOVE knowing slightly more than others on various things. ^_^
@EmoLozer500
@EmoLozer500 Рік тому
The engineering wouldn't have been so disastrous if not for naval leaders demanding these ships be created to their exact specifications. Seemingly misunderstanding how these ships would work in practice, and regardless of the concerns many engineers raised. This is not how to spark competent innovation. Often they would simply replace concenered engineers with others who would do it, and were deterred from asking questions. Essentially telling engineers to just get it done, and figure it out somehow. They made these decisions without any understanding of how these ideas would be implemented, or their functionality at sea. Due to the nature of the war, wanting to gain an advantage quickly. These projects were rushed aswell, to a point where serious design flaws were not noticed until it was far too late. The ones that were noticed only had superficial fixes. They did not keep many well working ships from previous years British crews knew how to navigate well as back ups, preferring to scrap them in order to start a new. The technicalities weren't being considered heavily enough by naval leaders, and they were too stubborn to see how unreasonable their demands actually were. The navy also disregarded opinions of skilled sailors telling them these ships were unmanageable, and there were too many issues with the limitations of communication technology at that time. I'm not saying the engineering isn't at fault, but the navy also played a key role in how this tragedy came about. They are both responsible for what happened to those ships, and the crews aboard them. This was a disastrous blunder by the navy as naval leaders continuously made poor, ill informed decisions. Stuck by them despite the obvious, and severe problems. Then once something truly horrifying happened, costing the lives of many. They tried to cover it up rather than take any accountability, or confront the families of those who needlessly died. Their actions were not innocent in this. The navy had many many opportunities to prevent such an incident, but they opted to ignore them. Utterly cruel, and embarrassing behavior.
@CruelestChris
@CruelestChris Рік тому
These subs weren't running on coal, they were running on heavy fuel oil. The problem was the preheaters needed to make it a liquid before it could be used. And the problems here weren't anything to do with engineering, they were to do with violations of proper procedure and driving a squadron of large vessels into an approaching fleet without any idea if it knew they were coming. Without that, this was a minor collision with two casualties.
@NeODeLeuX
@NeODeLeuX Рік тому
@@EmoLozer500 ^This You can't fault an engineer if he's forced to design something against their judgement because someone higher on the command chain forced them to do so. As a Geological Engineer, the times I've heard stories of colleagues who had to leave good paying jobs in the Geotechnical/Civil engineering field because the one putting the cash tried to force them to build something against regulations/plain proven science facts that would go against the structure integrity and therefore the lives of the people using such structure is too damn high to not be concerning. Most of the times is exactly as you said, first you raise the issue to your boss and then they either ask for other options that can cut corners while still being legally "safe enough" or they just straight up force you to retire and then find someone willing to do the job/dirty their hands for a quick buck. It's actually sickening how some people play with other people's safety/lives just to save some money because they made a bad investment/didn't care from the start.
@CruelestChris
@CruelestChris 7 місяців тому
@@chonchjohnch No, what's being said is that the "steam" part isn't the problem, it's that the power source was boilers burning heavy fuel oil. That was what caused all the issues.
@ThatSkiFreak
@ThatSkiFreak 9 місяців тому
with names like "the fearless" and "the inflexible" this really sounds like some kind of ancient myth
@riograndedosulball248
@riograndedosulball248 2 роки тому
The amount of anxiety this is giving me is horrid, when I think "oh okay, now it's gotta end right?" Another ship appears and it keeps getting worse
@giuseppetiso531
@giuseppetiso531 2 роки тому
Knudson: HOWEVER...
@timbusfahrer3172
@timbusfahrer3172 2 роки тому
"Oh man i sure got lucky that this Destroyer missed me and didn't cut me into ribbo... wait is that 5 more of them?"
@BloodfelX
@BloodfelX 2 роки тому
Its like a trainwreck spanning multiple tracks and dozens of trains... except depending on the severity of the crash the trains will sink into the earth killing literally everyone aboard.
@DarknessInferno15
@DarknessInferno15 2 роки тому
The saddest part of this whole affair is that the men aboard these submarines and ships were very talented sailors. Their quick actions stopped what could have easily been a much greater loss of life. But they were sealed in death traps; ticking time bombs. They were sent to their death by their incompetent superior officers, plain and simple.
@LeastSaneBRDMain
@LeastSaneBRDMain 2 роки тому
It's not just incompetence, it's pure hubris. Their higher ups refused to adapt to the changing times and the true methodology of warfare. Their refusal to break from their "one fleet" ideology, make death traps that were borderline impossible at the time and to an extent even today, and even after such a harrowing disaster, they refused to admit their defeat and would rather cover up their obvious mistakes then actually be punished for it. If I even heard about this at the time, I would make sure EVERYONE knows about this; these men should have been held accountable while they were alive, and those who died should have had their loved ones told about what happened.
@Zebo12345678
@Zebo12345678 2 роки тому
Absolutely. Some of those maneuvers were intensely skilled, but there is only so much that skill can do for you in those conditions. There was no reason for such a horrific tragedy like this. None whatsoever.
@MrPooleish
@MrPooleish 2 роки тому
"This could have been worse" is a haunting thought
@MarkoArillius
@MarkoArillius 2 роки тому
That and that none of the surviving sailors shot their admirals.
@legateelizabeth
@legateelizabeth 2 роки тому
I think that's basically the entire First World War, especially for the British (at least in our cultural memory). "Brave men sent to death by incompetent superiors."
@trash-heap3989
@trash-heap3989 Рік тому
I absolutely "loved" this, the research, script, animation and music all work so well together bringing us a haunting history dive into a disaster of arrogance, poor design, incompetence, communication problems, and a little bit of bad luck, all spilling into a cauldron of terrible weather conditions to bring about one the worst disasters in naval history. Great work! Truly amazing work to everyone involved.
@zeriel9148
@zeriel9148 7 місяців тому
I think the main takeaway I get from this is that night-time naval missions before radar were fucking suicidal. Even just going back and forth in the mist could result in death with no ability to know where other ships were. Something that just would never happen after this era.
@sugarkane1571
@sugarkane1571 6 місяців тому
My other takeaway from this is that most suffering of workers/soldiers come from the disconnected hubris of upper management. The unfortunate fact of war is that human lives are a resource to use and take away, but these admirals are so far removed from the war that they gamble away lives like a playboy just for the sake of proving they’re right. I’m not a war buff, but I think it’s also a huge mentality of the Great War, just throwing people at a barbed wall like a subtraction game, while the aristocrats of countries lie in comfort since “die” is a 3 letter word.
@hiddenshadow2105
@hiddenshadow2105 2 роки тому
My thoughts through the battle "Please, everybody, JUST STOP MOVING, PLEASE!"
@Zombiewizard
@Zombiewizard 2 роки тому
especially at 41:21
@Kobold1650
@Kobold1650 2 роки тому
Pretty much, had an old naval Leutenent Comander talk about CBDR ( we are on track to crash in layman) and he said the only thing you can do that is pretty much fool proof is slow down or stop.
@hiddenshadow2105
@hiddenshadow2105 2 роки тому
@@Zombiewizard And then at 43:54 5th battle squadron arrived.
@lyravain6304
@lyravain6304 2 роки тому
@@hiddenshadow2105 Insert Avatar narrator voice: "Everything was going to hell and then the 5th battle squadron showed up"
@hiddenshadow2105
@hiddenshadow2105 2 роки тому
@@lyravain6304 Exactly.
@jonathanwerner3664
@jonathanwerner3664 2 роки тому
Imagine being cold in the water, stunned by the shock of the accident. The relief from seeing friendly ships, only to be sucked into propeller of your countrymen's ships. What a brutal way to go
@Narusasu98
@Narusasu98 2 роки тому
This was truly atrocious to hear
@VickMcbread
@VickMcbread 2 роки тому
fuuuuk dude
@Siddingsby
@Siddingsby 2 роки тому
During WW2, on more than one occasion, Allied ships not only ran over friendly sailors but also dropped depth charges into the water with them to try and sink enemy submarines.
@Wildstar40
@Wildstar40 2 роки тому
And since the Admiralty decided to bury this incident and keep it a secret tells me they lied to the families of those who died in this incident about how they died. That's a lot of lying and that lying successfully added another fucked up kink in this story. Sorry for swearing but seriously there are no other words.
@CruelestChris
@CruelestChris 2 роки тому
@@Wildstar40 The death reports given to families in the two World Wars very rarely reflected what actually happened to their loved ones. It was seen as being kinder to report that they died quickly and doing something brave. See for example the letters scene in _Memphis Belle_ . All of those letters are real.
@MoonDreamofA
@MoonDreamofA Рік тому
I don't think I've ever felt sick when hearing how personnel -of any disaster- died. I think it feels so awful because of just how much of a perfect storm everything was. Imagine being on one of the boats that sailed through the survivors, and learning later that you mowed through a bunch of your own comrades. I almost hope they never learned of what happened since they didn't mean to harm anyone.
@BaldingClamydia
@BaldingClamydia 5 місяців тому
Give your music editor a raise. They're doing a great job! All of the ambient sounds and the way the music speeds up as the tension increases show someone who really knows what they're doing :D
@karlt.joyful5969
@karlt.joyful5969 2 роки тому
A deadly "battle" where not a single shot was fired and the enemy, hubris and poor choices, clearly won.
@arciks11
@arciks11 2 роки тому
Not unheard of. during WW2 Germany lost to itself in an Aircraft/Ship engagement where both German sides confused each other for enemy.
@SteffenBauer
@SteffenBauer 2 роки тому
depends if flares count
@arciks11
@arciks11 2 роки тому
@Rafael Enriquez Thanks for the name of it. I only remembered the rough outline from Qxir's video on it.
@docdave15
@docdave15 2 роки тому
It's almost like a real life Twilight zone episode.
@PaP384
@PaP384 2 роки тому
@@arciks11 the royal navy also accidentally shot at each other during the chase of the Bismarck
@jimbones8795
@jimbones8795 2 роки тому
that play-by-play was one of the most stressful things i've ever listened to
@hariman7727
@hariman7727 2 роки тому
The use of music and sound effects in this video elevates the tension of this seaborn tragedy so much.
@CountJoe1
@CountJoe1 2 роки тому
when those destroyers were encroaching on the survivors in the watermy mouth was agape in disbelief and anticipation of the horrifying event that was to come.
@mainman5390
@mainman5390 6 місяців тому
LETS GO FOR THE THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY FREDRICK LESS GOOOOO🥳🎉🎉
@alexstransky8143
@alexstransky8143 2 роки тому
I don't know why but now I want Fredrik Knudsen to just voice more war documentaries just cause his voice has that feeling of tension that is perfect for them.
@Questionable_Content
@Questionable_Content 2 роки тому
Some fisherman: "So is it normal for submarines to dive backwards?" The royal navy: "WHAT⁉️"
@JustKrin
@JustKrin 2 роки тому
"Did you say *BACKWARDS* ??!!"
@ShroudedWolf51
@ShroudedWolf51 2 роки тому
Well... British. So, "....I beg your pardon?"
@collinwood6573
@collinwood6573 2 роки тому
"well, normally submarines... wait.. did you say backwards!?"
@speedenforcer918
@speedenforcer918 2 роки тому
(spits out their tea)
@Sigh95
@Sigh95 2 роки тому
I absolutely love how the memorial places quotations around “Battle”
@phoebe5
@phoebe5 2 роки тому
In a battle between Britain and Britain, britain lost
@BloodfelX
@BloodfelX 2 роки тому
@@phoebe5 The history of Britain, in one sentence.
@ElementVoidX
@ElementVoidX 2 роки тому
the battle of the Superiors ego and the sub mariners lives....
@peppermorrison
@peppermorrison Рік тому
Never have I wailed "NO" so repeatedly
@kittykattzee
@kittykattzee Рік тому
Holy crap this needs a movie. Seriously, the suspense and the horror is insane.
@LordVarkson
@LordVarkson 2 роки тому
"The Australia, The New Zealand, The Indomitable and The Inflexible" This sounds like a bit in a comedy act, not a retelling of history.
@Peaceful3arth
@Peaceful3arth 2 роки тому
An Australia, a New Zealand, an Indomitable, and an inflexible sail into fog...
@bobskywalker2707
@bobskywalker2707 2 роки тому
New Zealand’s captain wore Maori war gear during the battle for good luck.
@AGrayPhantom
@AGrayPhantom 2 роки тому
The word "arrogance" seems to pop up a lot in The Great War.
@eddedmonds5753
@eddedmonds5753 2 роки тому
It really was so critical. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series on WW1 goes into it in fantastic detail. Politics and arrogance abound.
@qwellen7521
@qwellen7521 2 роки тому
@@eddedmonds5753 “just run at the machine gun nest, it’s going to work at some point”
@claytonreeves150
@claytonreeves150 2 роки тому
The only thing to match human ingenuity is human arrogance, after all.
@neolancer005
@neolancer005 2 роки тому
A lot of Europe's generals were around the end of rank and file combat and were members of the upper class
@volodymyrbilyk555
@volodymyrbilyk555 2 роки тому
That's what's it was all about
@praisekek8606
@praisekek8606 9 місяців тому
Please come back Fredrik I miss your uploads
@Fionalah
@Fionalah 9 місяців тому
This was a great series. I wonder where he went?
@crystalkami5166
@crystalkami5166 9 місяців тому
@@Fionalah he's still working on his latest video, which hopefully should be out sometime by the end of this year. Unfortunately, he decided to do a video on a subject that's everchanging and constantly evolving, so the script just kept getting longer as new events began to unfold. I think once it's out, it'll be one of his best works yet, and hopefully he'll return to a more normal schedule.
@TroubleToby3040
@TroubleToby3040 9 місяців тому
@@crystalkami5166 Listen, I don't pay him a dime and his content is excellent so he can do what he wants... But what the f@#k are YOU doing? Are you paid to apologize for this guy? Do you have issues of your own that might be a more reasonable use of your time? It doesn't take two years to make a 100-million-dollar epic film! Do you foresee him being able to release something that undeniably justifies TWO YEARS without content? No. Nothing could do that. Obviously. Also, why not just sneak a couple of real quickie videos in while apologizing for the unjustifiable wait? Right? It's free to me, so fine, but this amount of delay CAN'T be legitimate.
@crystalkami5166
@crystalkami5166 9 місяців тому
@@TroubleToby3040 nah man, I'm just a fan who likes to keep up with his work. It's purely courtesy to tell people what's going on with the next video when they're out of the loop. iirc he sneaks stuff on his patreon and will post stuff about it on his twitter but when the subject he's doing this time (EVE Online) is such a fickle and everchanging one you'd understand the extreme delays. This is a five hour long video we're talking about, covering one of the most complex, rich, and interesting video game histories of all time, it's going to take a while. Take a chill pill and just wait.
@panged
@panged 5 місяців тому
ok he did
@DLTA64
@DLTA64 Рік тому
for anybody wondering: his next video will be about EVE Online, and (according to his twitter) it will be out in August
@bradtolch
@bradtolch Рік тому
Tyvm. I don't use twitter and was about to ask what happened to his channel.
@shitbuttpoopfuck8664
@shitbuttpoopfuck8664 2 роки тому
Few things inspire more dread than hearing Fredrick Knudsen say "however".
@diegorincon4673
@diegorincon4673 2 роки тому
Good lord. You shits going down when he says that.
@mysteriousknowledgetexts9809
@mysteriousknowledgetexts9809 2 роки тому
THE ILLUMINATI / CIA CREATE AN UNDETECTABLE MIND CONTROL SLAVE BOOK. (walk in the rain) on my channel :)
@ShermTank7272
@ShermTank7272 2 роки тому
@@mysteriousknowledgetexts9809 Joke's on you, I can't read
@Blisterdude123
@Blisterdude123 2 роки тому
@@ShermTank7272 Jokes on you, they probably can't even spell.
@torchthe62nd63
@torchthe62nd63 2 роки тому
I have said "Are you FUCKING kidding me!" at least 16 times and I'm only like, halfway in. Holy shit what a trainwreck. I feel absolutely horrible for everyone who lost their lives in this disaster.
@artbk
@artbk 2 роки тому
What were your total?
@maruku4445
@maruku4445 2 роки тому
Hey! Trains can't go in water. Only ships and subs do. More like a shipwreck.
@bigbeefscorcho
@bigbeefscorcho 2 роки тому
I just keep saying “oh god no, oh god NO”
@TheAceLewis
@TheAceLewis 2 роки тому
“Dude what the fuck?” Was mine.
@kodikrumrey9060
@kodikrumrey9060 2 роки тому
How many times can a ship decide to steer port side to evade collision. Only to be met by chaos.
@Fuck_off2_1519_
@Fuck_off2_1519_ Рік тому
It's been a year daddy, I really really miss u 😭
@velho3942
@velho3942 Рік тому
Ok pimp, time to post a new 3 hour video that I can listen to a dozen times while working.
@portgax
@portgax Рік тому
He's working on a 6 hour long one
@Severalangrybees
@Severalangrybees 2 роки тому
"What the hell are you doing?" Shouted the man who had just moments prior done PRECISELY the same thing
@v3ck1n
@v3ck1n 2 роки тому
Just tag me next time bro
@ericstevens8138
@ericstevens8138 2 роки тому
You know how road rage is fam
@lingricen8077
@lingricen8077 Рік тому
If you shouted that at me, then I would have no choice but to continue what I was doing *insouciantly*
@Kroggnagch
@Kroggnagch Рік тому
Lol I thought that exact same thing
@Aerotides
@Aerotides Рік тому
What the HELL are WE doing ? Just does not have the same punch tbh
@abysmal-mourning
@abysmal-mourning 2 роки тому
I would’ve laughed harder at the “is it usual for submarines to dive backwards?” if 60 men hadn’t died
@t.y2974
@t.y2974 2 роки тому
With the buildup and the horror of the previous shit, I felt a chill of terror and horrific realization when he said that
@johnr797
@johnr797 2 роки тому
Harder?
@Chopstewie
@Chopstewie 2 роки тому
God, 60 lives just burnt away for the sake of avoiding embarrassment.
@Intestine_Ballin-ism
@Intestine_Ballin-ism 2 роки тому
NIGHT AND LOVE
@abysmal-mourning
@abysmal-mourning 2 роки тому
@@Intestine_Ballin-ism YES!! you have a great taste in music my good sir
@Livingontheweb
@Livingontheweb Рік тому
Showed up made banger after banger disappeared without a trace. Based.
@coryfusting9294
@coryfusting9294 Рік тому
He turned into an owl and talks to other animals on twitch
@Treyman-yi7ei
@Treyman-yi7ei Рік тому
Tbf he's left a lot of traces he gives consistent updates on his Patreon
@hardyworld
@hardyworld 2 роки тому
I found this documentary fascinating and I've now watched it 4 times over the last 9 months (why does this not have more views?). Production was excellent and it has a great script. I look forward to more content like this from this team.
@MangaManiac16
@MangaManiac16 2 роки тому
Even though this is just 2D shapes and dots on a black background, I couldn't help but be absolutely horrified and aghast when the ships plowed straight through the men in the water, and seeing the other ship torn in half... the terror those poor men suffered, what a terrible way to die, and yet they weren't even properly honored because the higher ups were to proud to admit their fault.
@MasterSanders
@MasterSanders 2 роки тому
Leaves more to the imagination, which in turn makes it scarier.
@BlueMoonSamurai
@BlueMoonSamurai 2 роки тому
I know! I was groaning and saying "Oh my god!" throughout the entire video.
@cadencressman
@cadencressman 2 роки тому
I literally kept yelling OH NO everytime one of them was about to hit the other lol
@harker-san6903
@harker-san6903 2 роки тому
I got terrible chills
@emeryltekutsu4357
@emeryltekutsu4357 2 роки тому
I know. Just knowing that the dots were people, even with such simple drawings it was horrific.
@callusklaus2413
@callusklaus2413 2 роки тому
"Dismantled for her metal" was the only good thing that happened in this story, jesus
@asneakylawngnome5792
@asneakylawngnome5792 2 роки тому
Imagine having to be the guy to clean and salvage the turbines the men fell into..oh god..
@thetwilightzone2403
@thetwilightzone2403 2 роки тому
@@asneakylawngnome5792 he probably had PTSD after looking at those turbines.
@lukk4123
@lukk4123 2 роки тому
@@asneakylawngnome5792 Probably felt similar to the guys cleaning up tank crew remains out of the damaged tanks. Horrible.
@jamesanthony3691
@jamesanthony3691 Рік тому
This was an Excellent mostly forgotten historical documentary. I have watched thousands of history documentaries & this is on of the best I’ve watched. Simple but very detailed & entertaining. I don’t know if you still make videos like this anymore but sure hope you do more.
@saltt1
@saltt1 Рік тому
We all miss you Fredrik Knudsen hopefully your hiatus comes to an end and we can get more rabbit hole videos!
@swapsplat
@swapsplat 9 місяців тому
Jesus... It's been 2 years since you uploaded... C'mon man!
@yoswayd5520
@yoswayd5520 2 роки тому
The moral here is simple: if you’re going to make a mistake make sure it’s a huge one so you can keep your job
@Blackferret66
@Blackferret66 2 роки тому
@T teg Egg Too big to fail.
@brairag5744
@brairag5744 2 роки тому
If you're going to F something up, do it so badly they put your name in the history book.
@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide
@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide 2 роки тому
Corollary: If you're high enough to make a huge mistake, there is none above you to fire you.
@noahmcintosh7540
@noahmcintosh7540 2 роки тому
Ego >> Everything
@BloodfelX
@BloodfelX 2 роки тому
If you're doing something wrong, just keep telling everyone you're doing the right thing. -Might as well be a quote by Matt Hancock, current Secretary of State for Health and Social Care for the UK; still in government nearing 4 months after being declared to have acted unlawfully by a High Court judge in regard to contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds. EDIT: Deleted a duplicate post that somehow occurred.
@thegrimcritic5494
@thegrimcritic5494 2 роки тому
The instant he mentioned that the British thought steam engines would work for submarines I knew some next-level bullshit was about to go down.
@squ1dd13
@squ1dd13 2 роки тому
“chugga chugga boom drown”
@d.aardent9382
@d.aardent9382 2 роки тому
Ehhh im no engineer but that sounds pretty messed up idea.
@josharmstrong8813
@josharmstrong8813 2 роки тому
@@d.aardent9382 it seems forever go down in history as one of those instantly recognisable bad ideas like the steam powered aircraft and the nuclear powered train Oh and that nuclear-powered bomber the Americans tried making that one time
@carlwinslo
@carlwinslo 2 роки тому
they woulda been better off ramming them like they did everyone else
@mwaters421
@mwaters421 2 роки тому
Unreal
@anthonyhughes8026
@anthonyhughes8026 Рік тому
That was straight up incredible. Unnerving, well-narrated, well scored, brilliantly scripted. More importantly, I had no idea about this forgotten bit of history. Those poor men-like hell on Earth. I discovered you on The Official Podcast. Bravo, liked and subbed. Thank you.
@gowdsake7103
@gowdsake7103 5 місяців тому
Yet submarines are boats not ships
@WorldsWorstBoy
@WorldsWorstBoy Рік тому
We miss you
@floatinghamstick
@floatinghamstick 2 роки тому
Imagine casually asking if it was normal for a submarine to dive backwards and being told no.
@KlaxontheImpailr
@KlaxontheImpailr 2 роки тому
Did he mean diving while going in reverse or diving stern first?
@joshuadickinson4614
@joshuadickinson4614 2 роки тому
@@KlaxontheImpailr Presumably the latter.
@matchaia
@matchaia 2 роки тому
It almost feels fake, the amount of times you had to report that a ship was steering away from another ship ONLY to put it on a crash course with the next ship behind it... 😬
@Xtoff
@Xtoff 2 роки тому
It’s like if the power cut to a nightclub then from the darkness someone yells “FUCKIN RUN!”. Big lumbering drunks running in every which way and after time people crash there’s a long pause as their drunk brain tries to process what happened.
@nooneinparticular3370
@nooneinparticular3370 2 роки тому
It's one of those things that, were you to see it in a movie, you'd think it's ridiculously exaggerated for cheap drama. And yet it happened...
@joshuamiller8235
@joshuamiller8235 2 роки тому
@@nooneinparticular3370 This definitely needs a movie adaptation IMO. It would pay respect to all those sailors that died that didn't get the respect they deserved from their country at the time.
@joshuamiller8235
@joshuamiller8235 2 роки тому
A chain reaction
@jamesballew5001
@jamesballew5001 Рік тому
You make the absolute best videos of this kind. I hope to see some more of your amazing work soon, it is greatly missed.
@G4rfield
@G4rfield Рік тому
So do I :( but he regularly streams on twitch if you’re willing to listen for a few hours! :)
@NovianLeVanMusic
@NovianLeVanMusic Рік тому
Hope you return, and I hope all is well! 2023 is around the corner!
@Aliamus_
@Aliamus_ 2 роки тому
The very definition of a clusterfuck, this was painful to listen to, can't even begin to imagine what it could have been to live it.
@vangobango7627
@vangobango7627 2 роки тому
I would argue the only reason it's called a "battle" is to sound more dignified than the series of unfortunate events it truly was
@Aliamus_
@Aliamus_ 2 роки тому
@@vangobango7627 agreed
@leftovernoise
@leftovernoise 2 роки тому
I have never been so intensely enthralled by a couple of black and white lines slowly moving past each other. Amazing work!
@obodobear
@obodobear 2 роки тому
Not funny shut up
@Arvidus89
@Arvidus89 2 роки тому
Sometimes some abstract demonstrations and your imagination is more than enough to give a terryfying image.
@jacobstallard2678
@jacobstallard2678 2 роки тому
Now that could be a YT channel. Just some dude who loves naval battles and is willing to go through them frame by frame with black/white visuals overlayed.
@burkhardtniec3653
@burkhardtniec3653 2 роки тому
@@jacobstallard2678 try drachinifel
@BoneTea
@BoneTea 2 роки тому
@@Arvidus89 Look up "the first metal of honor ever recorded" if you have never seen it before.
@brandonmerideth481
@brandonmerideth481 2 роки тому
Great video as always! Narration is professional grade, depth of information is excellent, and pictures and graphics are terrific for visualizing what you are discussing. Keep up the amazing work!!
@G4rfield
@G4rfield 10 місяців тому
Really miss you man. This channel is my favorite by far. I've watched every vid you've put out like 3 times now & I have yet to find another channel similar in content & quality. Hope the vid is still coming out relatively soon.
@g1sbi
@g1sbi 2 роки тому
Man, it’s one thing to die in war, but dying in such a needless way is so depressing.
@Armadill0h
@Armadill0h 2 роки тому
It’s really all needless
@Ramsonpwndz
@Ramsonpwndz 2 роки тому
"dying in such a needless way" WW1 In a nutshell
@dragonsword7370
@dragonsword7370 2 роки тому
Operation tiger I think it was called. When the allies in ww2 were field dressing the d-day beach landing in the English southern coast. The flotilla of men cargo ships and men in Higgins landing boats were mistaken for an enemy landing force and shot at. Many numbers were killed and injured. It was buried because it was a week before June 6th and for secrecy.
@LuizAlexPhoenix
@LuizAlexPhoenix 2 роки тому
The whole war was needless, the main leaders were all fucking cousins, since they all shared Victoria as their grandma.
@Sillimant_
@Sillimant_ 2 роки тому
dying in war is already pointless. you die for the politicians, who refuse to talk like normal people until thousands are needlessly killed
@ArtForSwans
@ArtForSwans 2 роки тому
I'm 18 minutes in but I wanted to comment on the fact that the British Royal Navy probably advanced submarine development by showing exactly how *not* to build a submarine. Like they practically invented new ways for stuff to go wrong.
@doctorsnakeeater1997
@doctorsnakeeater1997 2 роки тому
Its like Onision helping literature class since English teachers use his books as examples on how *not* to write a story.
@katevgrady
@katevgrady 2 роки тому
Yeah cuz see I had thought it would probably be good for subs to dive into the ground nose first but thanks to the British navy I now know that's not good
@gabriel.b9036
@gabriel.b9036 2 роки тому
@Astolfo Desu What makes you think British Submarines were any better than German ones?
@CruelestChris
@CruelestChris Рік тому
The thing is most of what's in the early part of the video not only isn't true but is the complete opposite of the truth. The British started the war with the largest submarine fleet in the world (76 compared to Germany's 28, including 16 long-range patrol subs), pioneered diesel submarines, and by the end of the war had the first hunter-killer submarines in service. Fischer was actually a proponent of submarines. The issue with the K Class was that they were literally the only solution to a demand for a surface speed of 21 knots: even at the end of the war the fastest subs with diesel engines (British J Class) could only manage 19.
@huejanus1333
@huejanus1333 Рік тому
Its been a year daddy. I really really miss you
@xargon666
@xargon666 6 місяців тому
I know that nobody is obligated to create content, in fact it's absurd to expect someone to go on, creating content forever. But life is absurd, as absurd as my demands, and I demand that Frekrik Knudsen create more of these documentary videos. I defy anyone to name a finer author, truly I do.
@analogmoz
@analogmoz 6 місяців тому
_Out of Position_ by Kyell Gold is, perhaps, a finer author of the style.
@jahlovegoogle9644
@jahlovegoogle9644 6 місяців тому
He is obligated if he's still taking Patreon money with no warning right
@nelsondfg211
@nelsondfg211 6 місяців тому
I heard that he is working on a big video about eve online
@CRITICALHITRU
@CRITICALHITRU 6 місяців тому
Ladies ang gentlemen. We gottem.
@Loup-mx7yt
@Loup-mx7yt 2 роки тому
Someone: does something reasonable Narrator: *However*
@zealousjay1993
@zealousjay1993 2 роки тому
🤣🤣🤣
@informitas0117
@informitas0117 2 роки тому
The k12 plowed into k14 which was rapidly followed by sharks with bees in their mouths and the Martians landing their flying saucer on k22. After some time the meteor struck.
@zealousjay1993
@zealousjay1993 2 роки тому
@@informitas0117 🤣🤣🤣 sounds accurate
@tombkings6279
@tombkings6279 2 роки тому
Narrator: "you have no power here I control how your story starts and ends."
@gracekelley2907
@gracekelley2907 2 роки тому
@@informitas0117 And then, the fire nation attacked.
@DavidBrocekArt
@DavidBrocekArt 2 роки тому
German soldier: "Look, British Navy, let's attack them!" German Captain: "Let's just wait a little bit to see what happens..."
@dante666jt
@dante666jt 2 роки тому
Lol Royal Navy my ass
@HUNTERCOPELR
@HUNTERCOPELR 2 роки тому
Yes lol Royal Navy my ass! 👌🏻
@AverageAlien
@AverageAlien 2 роки тому
@@dante666jt yeah not like Britain was known for clapping every other country with its navy
@riftvallance2087
@riftvallance2087 2 роки тому
I'm picturing in my head the captain saying "no no just wait this is gonna be good " But in a silly German voice.
@villainx91
@villainx91 2 роки тому
What if they didnt notice and just heard a ton of breaking and lights and their just like "you hear that?"
@Jakewubadub
@Jakewubadub Рік тому
I can't wait for the next video dude. Ive watched this a few times now I think you would do really well with multiple hour long narrations. 5 hours are gonna pass by so quickly 😪
@Nakla
@Nakla 11 місяців тому
It's crazy that the distance between each upload got longer and longer and now it's almost 2 years since the last Video came out.
@partyinthecloudkingdom
@partyinthecloudkingdom 2 роки тому
the screening destroyers sweeping over the men fleeing k-17 sounded terrifying, honestly. i cant imagine how any of those 9 men coped with living after that, the survivors guilt must have been intense
@RobinTheBot
@RobinTheBot 2 роки тому
If this wasn't kept secret for so long we could have asked them.
@uzen
@uzen 2 роки тому
The idea of running a steam engine in a submarine is one of the scariest things I can imagine.
@YBPaladin
@YBPaladin 2 роки тому
Like what about monoxide poisoning? Wouldn't that be a problem?
@CruelestChris
@CruelestChris 2 роки тому
@@YBPaladin The steam engine was for running the sub on the surface, these were submersibles, not submarines. U-boats did the same thing but with a diesel engine. They had batteries for running underwater, but the demands for ventilation and cooling meant it was a time-consuming process to prepare the steam engine for a dive (shut it down, close off all the ventilators, etc).
@VHSo_o
@VHSo_o 2 роки тому
@@YBPaladin Luckily, as this takes place in 1918, carbon monoxide had not been invented yet
@xxXBig_BenXxx
@xxXBig_BenXxx 2 роки тому
@@YBPaladin nah, steam is just hot water. Idk about Diesel Engines though, ig that since they use batteries while they're underwater, they only run the generators while on the surface, so that the exhaust can be vented outside the ship
@paynepersons6147
@paynepersons6147 2 роки тому
Aren’t most nuclear reactors just steam engines that use nuclear energy to heat the water instead of burning coal? Like the ones used on submarines.
@MsDboyy
@MsDboyy 9 місяців тому
Dude it’s been 2 years since you’ve posted a new video 🤷‍♂️ And to those of us who didn’t like the topic of this video it has felt even longer lol
@bru4773
@bru4773 8 місяців тому
His next video is about Eve Online, and its like 6 hours long, so it took him a while to research and put together. Most of the video is done, he's just waiting on his animator to finish up the animations at this point.
@dubsthelegacy
@dubsthelegacy 7 місяців тому
I miss this series 😢
@Lonech
@Lonech 5 місяців тому
well you're in luck! :) get ready to lose 6 horus of your life
@sultanexuma2157
@sultanexuma2157 2 роки тому
"Damn the K-class really sucks" *But what if we added a big gun?*
@roberte2945
@roberte2945 2 роки тому
Or a plane!?
@beesong2450
@beesong2450 2 роки тому
It added a new feature lmao
@johnr797
@johnr797 2 роки тому
Haha jk *unless...*
@bigmanshad
@bigmanshad 2 роки тому
Great idea! What else could possibly go wrong?
@cumulushalo576
@cumulushalo576 2 роки тому
@@roberte2945 Crewman: What's the plane for? Captain: So I can escape. I mean... search for u-boats. 😏
@TheLiosoul
@TheLiosoul 2 роки тому
Germany: "Great job sinking an entire fleet on your own!" U-boats: "Huh?"
@michaelkolano8686
@michaelkolano8686 2 роки тому
Uh.. yeah! It was a one in a million shot, but we me managed to pull it off!
@owendrungle
@owendrungle Рік тому
Considering you've raked in over 80k on patreon since the last upload, I'm expecting this Eve video to be worth 80k lmfao
@NerpTheCat
@NerpTheCat 11 місяців тому
w math
@bru4773
@bru4773 8 місяців тому
Its 6 hours long, so there's that. And his patrons have been getting regular updates of his progress - any of them that were frustrated with his progress unsubbed long ago.
@ptrd4111
@ptrd4111 Рік тому
I really hope you do more videos like this. The editing and music is just perfect
@Lutyrannus
@Lutyrannus Рік тому
He's been working on a HUGE six-hour one for the last year and a half
@spiritus2475
@spiritus2475 2 роки тому
It's called a battle, and they literally didn't engage in a single enemy. And the worst part is, a battle is still an appropriate thing to call it.
@NotAGoodUsername360
@NotAGoodUsername360 2 роки тому
Well they never identified the two unknown ships that set the dominoes off, maybe it WAS an enemy?
@zaleost
@zaleost 2 роки тому
@@NotAGoodUsername360 One would think that if these ships were then they would have tried to engage the subs or that something else nearby would have been targeted, but it seems nothing like that was reported. It could have just been a pair of the mine sweeping ships went off course and didn't realise where they were or they might have been fishing ships or something. I suppose the key problem is that if they didn't find the answer at the time, there is little we can do now to find it either with any level of certainty.
@Jack_Woods
@Jack_Woods 2 роки тому
Here on the internet we call it The Bruh Moment Incident
@DonVigaDeFierro
@DonVigaDeFierro 2 роки тому
It's referred to as a "Battle" in a tone of mockery.
@huleyn135
@huleyn135 2 роки тому
@@NotAGoodUsername360 Wikipedia says the two unknown ships were British minesweepers. Because of wartime secrecy, the minesweepers were not informed of this exercise, and had no idea about this. And the exercise navy had no idea about the minesweepers either.
@isaacjones6323
@isaacjones6323 2 роки тому
5 minutes in: oh this seems interesting 20 minutes in: haha this is gonna be wild 35 minutes in: damn this is going terribly 45 minutes in: holy shit this is hell god has abandoned us
@thesaltyspoon7483
@thesaltyspoon7483 2 роки тому
Very true
@knightsoftarot6794
@knightsoftarot6794 2 роки тому
That's the magic of Fredrik Knudsen for ya
@bgarbled
@bgarbled 5 місяців тому
So well done... not since watching U571 have I felt such excitement over naval history... thank you! Great job The unfathomable bravery of these men and men like them (and all they sacrificed for their families and other men who didn't deserve what they gave) should NEVER be forgotten.. thank you again
@radioactivepotato2068
@radioactivepotato2068 10 місяців тому
I'd give my left Knudsen for a new video. I'm stuck watching the Collyer brothers, once a month for sustenance.
@nintendonut11
@nintendonut11 2 роки тому
I am Enraged that it took over SEVENTY YEARS for a memorial to be created for them. Thank you for putting all of their names at the end, that means more than can be said in words.
@Jay22222
@Jay22222 2 роки тому
Except for perhaps.. The words at the end of the video. You know, the words with their names.
@matthewharper7333
@matthewharper7333 2 роки тому
@@Jay22222 Oh Jack, leave Kelsey alone- they are Enraged with a capital E about a naval mishap that happened over 70 years ago. Actaully it was a 103 years ago- but neverless... why would anyone have an emotional connection with this?
@DreamTraveller1
@DreamTraveller1 2 роки тому
@@matthewharper7333 Heaven forbid that someone criticises an institution for sweeping a tragedy under the rug to save face, and heaven forbid similarly that anyone has an emotional reaction to aforesaid tragedy, which took over 100 lives through misfortune and the incompetence of those at the top of the chain.
@MPSmaruj
@MPSmaruj 2 роки тому
@@matthewharper7333 "Why would anyone have an emotional connection with this?" Well, perhaps because it was due to mistakes and arrogance of people in command and, in case you haven't noticed, the ones in command today in most if not all places where decisions weigh on life or death of others are also people. It's almost as if documentary about human flaws leading to massive amounts of easily preventable deaths 100 years ago may have some significance to us. It might be a shocking revelation to you, but mankind has not dramatically changed in the span of such a massively long time. Sarcasm over.
@matthewharper7333
@matthewharper7333 2 роки тому
@@MPSmaruj The majority of the mishaps were caused by poor military doctrine regarding new weapon platforms and fleet movement. The military is inherently dangerous. Even without enemy fire, men and equipment are pressed into unsafe situations that can, and will, cause death. In this case, 3 floatillas are moving close to one another at night and with limited visiablity due to fog. Communications, apperantly, are also limited. A strange equipment malfuntion, the steering jammed on one of the subs, began a series of accidents. Upper level brass are arrogent and closed minded- but they have to be because of the very nature of command. They hear so many ideas about how things should be run from so many people promoting their own agenda that a decision has to be made and the commander has to be resolute. Things may go well and the results are ignored (for example, we don't hear about the movements of southern fleet in the video. They were sailing in the same weather but arrived at point without an accident) or lauded as a hero. Things may go poorly, such as this event or countless others (like Gen Haig, a few years earlier who thought machine guns were ineffective and had 20,000 of 60,000 men killed in a few min's when he ordered a frontal attack on the German lines. He would go on to rack up a 260,000 deaths of his own troops before relieved of command). While it's easy to crap on these bad decisions- a poor decision is still better than an irresolute officer. For example, look at Gen Elphonstone, whose weak and irresolute character lead to the complete failure of the British army in Afganistan. Or, Gen McCellan who could have, arguably, ended the American Civil War in 1862 if he had counter-attacked Lee. My points are- the military is a very dangerous occupation. Even in peacetime or not under enemy fire. Those in command don't have a way to see the future and decisions are mostly made in the dark. There are always compeating ideas and there is really no way of telling which one is the best. Because the men who make these decisions are responsible for them, they tend to go with their own ideas. "Make you own mistakes- not someone else's." To be resolute is better than not to be. The Battle of May Island was a series of accidents caused by bad luck, bad communications, and bad doctrine.
@thisisfeedy5919
@thisisfeedy5919 2 роки тому
I just imagine the German fleet watching this unfold from the distance and the observer deck guy going to his superior and saying: 'Günther, you're not going to believe this shit.'
@siennahartle9069
@siennahartle9069 2 роки тому
“Should we destroy them?” “Nah they seem to be doing a pretty good job of it themselves.” “I feel lazy we don’t even have to do anything!”
@NGorso1
@NGorso1 2 роки тому
@@siennahartle9069 "we couldn't do it better ourselves"
@WhiteThunder121
@WhiteThunder121 2 роки тому
"Never distract your enemy when hes making a mistake." - Günther probably
@Kingkool-uo1ew
@Kingkool-uo1ew 2 роки тому
“i wish we brought the lawn chairs and popcorn.”
@Martmeisterpaladin
@Martmeisterpaladin 2 роки тому
Apparently, one of the main factors that led to the end of the First World War was the Imperial German Navy going on strike.
@imadequate3376
@imadequate3376 Рік тому
We hope you are well Fredrik Love your videos.
@tailsmaniac1
@tailsmaniac1 9 місяців тому
To everyone wondering about Fred, his last Patreon update date is 6/30/23 aka last Friday. He's still active, just SUPER DUPER busy
@analogmoz
@analogmoz 9 місяців тому
doing
@bockskarr6626
@bockskarr6626 9 місяців тому
Copium. He's just laughing to the bank
@20deepini
@20deepini 9 місяців тому
Busy with what? Obviously not this content
@dogshake
@dogshake 9 місяців тому
@@20deepinia 5 hour video about EVE online. So yes, this content.
@Rehunauris
@Rehunauris 9 місяців тому
@@dogshake Do people watch that stuff?
@alexanderholzer7392
@alexanderholzer7392 2 роки тому
Imagine losing your son, husband, or brother in something this idiotic and pointless.
@jacobmaria2749
@jacobmaria2749 2 роки тому
They didn't die for their country, they died by their country. I don't mean that their country killed them, which it definitely looks like, but from an existential standpoint the only thing you can really say for certain is that they died off the coast of their country.
@creativecredence850
@creativecredence850 2 роки тому
and not only have you lost them, the government is so embarrassed that they refuse to acknowledge that your relative is lost for the rest of your life.
@gabrielrobinson1279
@gabrielrobinson1279 2 роки тому
Sub: *Already dives backward sometimes* Admiralty: *G U N*
@CarrotConsumer
@CarrotConsumer 2 роки тому
"Sir, these ships are terrible." Admiralty: "Put a big gun on it lol."
@gabrielrobinson1279
@gabrielrobinson1279 2 роки тому
@@CarrotConsumer "Sir, it's gotten worse" Admiralty : "You're right... Put a plane on some of them instead so they can't dive"
@joaogomes9405
@joaogomes9405 2 роки тому
Ship too heavy to work properly? Put big gun. Still no work? Put plane hangar.
@CruelestChris
@CruelestChris 2 роки тому
@@CarrotConsumer I've said this elsewhere, but Fred got that wrong. The M class weren't K class refits, they are a novel design. Most obviously, they didn't have a steam engine.
@joaogomes9405
@joaogomes9405 2 роки тому
@@CruelestChris that somehow makes it worse. Because not only did they get one submarine obscenely wrong, they got two
@JustHereForTheDialogue
@JustHereForTheDialogue Рік тому
I hate waiting for your vids but it’s always such a banger when it finally comes out. Hoping you have something currently in the works.
@sirsneakybeaky
@sirsneakybeaky Рік тому
Someone needs to become this dude patron so he can hire 1-3 people to assist with research. This channel is so good. I wish to see morr
@Arcaxon
@Arcaxon 2 роки тому
I've made all of the animations you see in the video! The video had me doing research on each specific boat so I could represent them as accuratly as possible and lots of questions to Fred about if the movement I had just animated was correct. There is a wealth of WIP stuff and scrapped content which we might utilize for a future mistakes video. This video also was the first time I created a poster out of the Designs within the show(Will be on sale later). This video uses the most graphics and animations of any episode so far with 32 minutes and 48 seconds of animation over the entire 1 hour run time of this video. I really do hope you all enjoy the video; as usual Fred, Ryan and I worked hard on the video!
@J.Skyler
@J.Skyler 2 роки тому
thanks for making the episode that much better!
@waveee
@waveee 2 роки тому
Great job
@ninmgen4240
@ninmgen4240 2 роки тому
Sweet profile Pic!
@SanctusBacchus
@SanctusBacchus 2 роки тому
@UCTarQzfJsGBVYHIn8Tap0NQ it was probably private and made public. Or he is a witch
@trosinesss
@trosinesss 2 роки тому
You’re a god
@WanjiJibei
@WanjiJibei 2 роки тому
This takes “a series of unfortunate events” to a whole nother level
@yelloweyeball
@yelloweyeball 2 роки тому
Lemony Snicket wrote this battle.
@coryfusting9294
@coryfusting9294 10 місяців тому
So this video has been a pretty good hold-over for 24 months now. :) Surprised to even write that but thems the breaks sometimes. This channel had a pretty solid run for about 4 years or so, no shame. It's not my business if the new video drops or not at this point.
@HasanBabasi
@HasanBabasi Рік тому
Where are you. I miss you.
@austinwallett5140
@austinwallett5140 Рік тому
He's making a video on the history of EVE Online. Supposedly it's going to be 5+ hours long.
@HasanBabasi
@HasanBabasi Рік тому
@@austinwallett5140 holy shit that would be awesome
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