This has always been a quality channel but this episode has taken it all to a new level. Fantastic research and editing. Honestly if mainstream so called 'History Channels' could be half as good then I might start watching TV again.
Thank you for producing this three part series, AC. It really is extraordinary to hear the sailors tell the story in their own words. What men they were, they must nearly be all gone now by now. RIP. 0:46 'It must have been about 11 o'clock, because the rum bugle went... but we didn't get it!"
That last bit with the 16 year old seaman from Liverpool giving his life belt to another older guy who couldn't swim even though he couldnt swim either is really touching
I dove her and the HMS Prince of Wales in 2013, as part of a multi week live aboard expedition to explore the USA, British, and Japanese wrecks in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea off of Malaysia . As a technical diver and WW II history buff, these dives were very special to me, giving me a personal connection with their place in history that occurred so long ago. On the dive's technical level, utilizing mixed gas closed circuit rebreathers and underwater propulsion vehicles, we were able to explore a great deal of the Repulse in particular. these were fantastic and enjoyable dives, but at the same time the realization of all the lives lost was very sad and sobering. as a side note, we saw first hand what terrible damage the locals have done, salvaging the wrecks for metal to sell with zero regard for the fact that they are war graves and it is both legally and morally wrong to harm the wrecks. this i am sure continues to this day. very disgusting.
Nearly 80 years ago, to the day. What courage and discipline these Matalots had! Escaping a sinking Battlecruiser....man o man! Hats off to these men and to this channel for posting this amazing footage! thanks!
Some of the most harrowing accounts you could wish to hear. Amazing to think that so many men stood in an orderly line waiting to try to get out of the sinking ship, and probably realising that they were not going to make it. Such bravery is beyond words
Fascinating video of the well presented Sailors being interviewed. They all spoke in reserved and quiet fashion, young men of steel who had been through a supreme test. They did the Royal Navy proud. Well done Jack Tar.
My Father was a Shipwright on HMS Repulse, he told me he had built the Alter for the Chapel, but later cut his thumb off at the middle joint when using a circular saw and was put ashore in Plymouth just before the Ship sailed. He spent some time in Bermuda and retired as a CPO Shipwright F.J. Harris. I would probably not be writing this if he had not lost his thumb.
Still remember this as part of my country’s history on WW2 in the Pacific. With the loss of Force Z there was no hope for naval bombardment against the Japanese in Malaya and Singapore.
Thankyou for posting this. I first heard of this channel from the armoured vs unarmoured video on Drachinifel's chanel. The 1st hand recounts really put things into perspective. I believe this sort of history is very important and the brave men involved deserve rememberance. Thankyou again for putting this together
Just came across this by chance, my dad was on HMS repulse when it was sunk, ironically he died on the 10th December 2010, the same date the ship sank. He would have been 100 on the 29th November if he had still been alive.
Dad served aboard HMS Repulse passed away 1995 aged 75 always spoke highly of Captain Tennant & his crew mates : Became a good friend of a Royal Marine from Prince of Wales while a POW of Japanese on Sumatra for 3 & 1/2 years : Brave men all RIP
Great uncle survived the sinking of Repulse and continued fighting the Japanese till end of war. He cherished his picture of the crew under the forward Guns.passed away mid 80s. He never forgot his crew mates of Repulse.
Listening to these young fellas talk and watching their faces as they spoke, it seems hard to imagine what they and their shipmates were forced by the circumstances of war to endure.
This is a tremendous piece of work. Hats off for superb editing, research and production. This episode of the war has always fascinated me, and this has to be the most vivid account to date, mind you, O'Dowd Gallagher's written account also takes some beating.
Bluffing and posturing was a large part of empire maintenance. Sometimes bluffing and aggressive patrolling with impressive looking weapons was not enough by itself
Thank you. Splendid trio of videos on one of the outstanding engagements of the second world war. Such brave men, victims as always to the folly of war.
So refreshing to see footage that's relevant to the subject matter and I can imagine how much work must go into this. You should be working on the telly!
In spite of the fact that I am an American and I know that the Brits (and the Aussies) loathed us I still have very real respect for the commonwealth soldiers. I am always glad to see documentaries concentrating on the efforts of the common wealth soldiers, their efforts were tremendous.
The British and Australians never disliked the Americans, then or now. But it was hard not to be jealous of the industrial power of the USA. Their lads were also very brave. An old English sailor told me once his destroyer fished an Avenger crew from the sea near Okinawa and (later) the US aircraft carrier made Ice cream for his entire ship. He was just a kid and enjoyed his treat!
I just love it when a Rating piped up at the end of the vid and said, "Listen up! Are we down-hearted?". And ALL the men cried, "NO!". You can't keep those men down. They went to new ships and then on to win the war in the Pacific!
They would have had air cover if the aircraft carrier had not run aground. Just shows you that you have to keep ahead of the game when it comes to design and development. Allied intelligence had no idea of how advanced the Japanese were.
Twin Lewis guns as AA in 1941? Good lord. You may has well just use harsh language against the Japanese bombers. It wasn't as if the Royal Navy hadn't learnt about air attacks in the Med earlier on in 1941. It was criminal how poor the Repulse was in anti aircraft armament.
There were a lot of ships woefully underarmed against aircraft in 1941 (especially all those WWI vintage ships), but that changed fast. At least for those who survived until 1942.
When Warspite limped into Pearl Harbor on her way to Puget Sound for repairs (Summer ‘41), the crew’s observation of the USN ships, particularly USS California, was why they seemed to completely lack AA protection. So if the RN were woefully armed, imagine the Americans at Hawaii.
@@TeardropSidemarker drach made a good video about that issue, well the old ww1 standards like california are nearly at the end of their life at 41, and with us not in the war and congress not giving them enough money, they thought that it would be a waste to refit the old ships. They thought they get the newer bbs out there befor they enter a war and the old get scraped befor then, well the pearl happens - and everything changed
I used to think Capt. Tom Phillips was reckless and vainglorious in the handling of his command that day but now that I know a bit more I believe, confronted with the shambolic chaos that was the higher airfield
RIP all members of the greatest generation ,thanks from this senior Canuck. Three of my uncles served with the Canadian army in WW2 in Europe. They all managed to survive. If you didn't fight most of us would be speaking German or Japanese today.
without air support, the Battle Cruisers and Battleships have to have really ramped up AA placements covering everything. But from what I've read about Repulse and the other Ships. There was insufficient AA protections and the ships turned into easy pickings. In other words folks, the OLD SCHOOL NAVY once again didn't evolve with the oncoming new Navy Tactics. Battleships were sitting ducks and a few aircraft could decimate a massively expensive capital ship in minutes.
They hit fast hit hard , hind sight you can say we should have done this or that ,there is some sort of Japanese graph says things like one soldier for one tank like a trade off but 2 aircraft for a fighting ship is a good trade too
Im amazed in the relaxed way these Heroes in my eyes explains in a way thats not for the want of the glory, These days people would make a youtube channel from srories like this, lol.... It why im no fan of seeing something like brexhit after all these brave souls fought along side Europe, I always think of the President who said, How our differences wouldnt matter if we faced a hostile enemy from out of space, Summit like that, I cant remember what President said it, Thatchers buddy lol.... But its true, Countries shouldnt be at war when we are all on the same planet, After all we all human beings with similar wants .... Will this planet ever be at peace, There is always some sort of war even after all those lifes perished, Nobody learns from past mistakes, An that there is the reason there will always be some war going on, Plus war is profit, Arms should not be sold from country to country, Period, But yeah will this planet ever see total peace world wide?? R.I.P, All those brave souls lost during WW2......✌
Great video ! Have you any information about why there are so little actual photos of this battle, allthough there was several reporters on the ships ? There was admiralty press officer with camera and Daily Express and Columbia Broadcasting Systems reporters also. POW survivor Geoffrey Brooke in his book says that he was seen photo in Singapore with showed POW bottom uppwards, so there should been other photos too but are they still classified or what ? Repulse make no mistakes in this battle. Great Ship with Big Heart, Great Matelots, Great Captain.
Such stories make me break out in sweat ... (one of the Fulmars over HMS Illustrious as it was being attacked by Stukas had a film camera. The Fulmar crashed into the sea ...) I very much suspect Repulse sank too fast for any photo plates or film reels to be safely stowed on a lifeboat. As for other photos taken from the destroyers (mainly Electra), that sounds intriguing. Again, it may well be a matter of the surviving evidence going down with the ship in the Battle of the Java Sea, or destroyed in the fall of Singapore.
Superb video. Just finished reading Rising Sun, Falling Skies by Jeffrey Cox (highly recommended) and wanted to know more about Force Z. Liked and subbed.
So would I’ve right in saying that only two of the RNs capital losses where from enemy ship action? All the rest were from subs and aircraft. Oh yeah, marvellous video. Again. It’s a real buzz to see an Armoured Carriers video is ready to watch. Good on ya, cobber!
@@MartinMcAvoy OK, so Courageous was a sub as were The Ark, Barham and Royal Oak. Force Z was aircraft obviously and that leaves Hood and Glorious to enemy ships. Who have I missed? (I’m not cheating as this is from memory:)
@@geordiedog1749 Sorry, I misread your post. Technically, large aircraft carriers were only classed as capital ships after 1942. So, Hood was the only Brit capital ship sunk by gunfire. RN battleships & battlecruisers seemed to be a bit safer for their crews (usually!) than cruisers or destroyers, which had horrendous losses, especially in the early part of WW2. Wiki has a good list at 'List of Royal Navy losses in World War II'
@@MartinMcAvoy Yeah, cruiser losses were shocking. Speaking of which i incidentally just read HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean which is about a cruiser. Don’t know if you be read it but I was utterly astounded as to how good it was (and completely different to his other books) Bloody depressing though. Anyway, I did not know that carriers only got the capital ship upgrade post ‘42. That in itself tells you a lot!
@@geordiedog1749 Thanks. The wiki article makes the book look a great read. 'The book uses a set of events to paint moving portrayals of the crew and the human aspects of the war. Maclean's heroes are not especially motivated by ideals, they rarely excel at more than one task and they are overcome by a respectable enemy. It is their resilience that pushes these seamen to acts of heroism.' It should have been made into a film by the same company that produced 'The Dambusters' but somehow, the project failed. I suppose it would be hard to beat 'The Cruel Sea'. I read Monsarrat's novel when I was about fourteen and never quite recovered. That's why I try to listen to the sailors speaking in these videos. The least we can do is remember them.
Nothing wrong with the commentary, but John Mills wasn't there nor was Noel Coward. Funny too, fancy going through the whole war with bi-planes. You can imagine the feeling in the South Pacific when Singapore fell.
Unfortunately, surviving directly related footage amounts to only a few minutes at best for most of these events. I use all I can find. To illustrate the full video, however, I need to find related training films, newsreels, old movies and - as a last resort - even modern CGI.
So? I wasn't aware that education was a factor in bravery - as can be seen from all these interviews, which represent a cross section of prewar British society. What a pointless observation.
Very enjoyable series. Some japanese gentlemen created a very accurate animation of the battle: ua-cam.com/video/Crt7g3UmaT0/v-deo.html (No translation sadly)
Churchill had nothing to do with the manner in which Phillips used Force Z on the last mission. Moreover, had Phillips encountered Ozawa's cruiser squadron and destroyed it in a night action. The armchair critics would have been praising his brilliance. At one point, he was within five miles of Ozawa's cruisers, by the way. Retrospective judgements are always the easiest.
@@PaulfromChicago Churchill sent Force Z in the hope that it would deter Japanese aggression. He didn't by the way, have any input into Phillips' final operation.
Actually most British military initiatives were incredibly stupid. I'm not sure in reviewing history that any one of them were ever good. About the only good British military outcomes were when the opposing nation just made a bigger mistaken initiative then the British.
sorry but the Battle of the Atlantic was fought by British military leaders learning better tactics as it went along. The Dunkirk Evacuation was a masterpiece of improvisation The Battle of Britain was led by professionals like Dowding as opposed to Goering, the amateur.
This has always been a quality channel but this episode has taken it all to a new level. Fantastic research and editing. Honestly if mainstream so called 'History Channels' could be half as good then I might start watching TV again.
Dont bother, people like armoured carriers and kings and generals have raised the standard so high that the idiots on history cannot catch up now
Agreed great piece of history..
Thank you for producing this three part series, AC. It really is extraordinary to hear the sailors tell the story in their own words. What men they were, they must nearly be all gone now by now. RIP.
0:46 'It must have been about 11 o'clock, because the rum bugle went... but we didn't get it!"
That last bit with the 16 year old seaman from Liverpool giving his life belt to another older guy who couldn't swim even though he couldnt swim either is really touching
I dove her and the HMS Prince of Wales in 2013, as part of a multi week live aboard expedition to explore the USA, British, and Japanese wrecks in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea off of Malaysia . As a technical diver and WW II history buff, these dives were very special to me, giving me a personal connection with their place in history that occurred so long ago. On the dive's technical level, utilizing mixed gas closed circuit rebreathers and underwater propulsion vehicles, we were able to explore a great deal of the Repulse in particular. these were fantastic and enjoyable dives, but at the same time the realization of all the lives lost was very sad and sobering.
as a side note, we saw first hand what terrible damage the locals have done, salvaging the wrecks for metal to sell with zero regard for the fact that they are war graves and it is both legally and morally wrong to harm the wrecks. this i am sure continues to this day. very disgusting.
These witness accounts with fitting footage brings it a lot closer than what I read or have seen about the event before. Great work.
This is one of the best one's you have put up to date ... Brilliant footage
Nearly 80 years ago, to the day. What courage and discipline these Matalots had! Escaping a sinking Battlecruiser....man o man! Hats off to these men and to this channel for posting this amazing footage! thanks!
Some of the most harrowing accounts you could wish to hear. Amazing to think that so many men stood in an orderly line waiting to try to get out of the sinking ship, and probably realising that they were not going to make it. Such bravery is beyond words
Fascinating video of the well presented Sailors being interviewed. They all spoke in reserved and quiet fashion, young men of steel who had been through a supreme test. They did the Royal Navy proud. Well done Jack Tar.
@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe They owned it! Lock, stock and barrel. Whenever I listen to these men, I know what being a proud, honorable man can be!!
Wow, I just noticed now after coming back that there is a plenty of IWM testimonies listed. Amazing, thank you so much for sharing.
My Father was a Shipwright on HMS Repulse, he told me he had built the Alter for the Chapel, but later cut his thumb off at the middle joint when using a circular saw and was put ashore in Plymouth just before the Ship sailed. He spent some time in Bermuda and retired as a CPO Shipwright F.J. Harris. I would probably not be writing this if he had not lost his thumb.
Truly well put together video. I'm so glad this channel covered this topic so indepth, a rare treat! In thier own Words indeed #1.
PS my second time through series 👍
Still remember this as part of my country’s history on WW2 in the Pacific. With the loss of Force Z there was no hope for naval bombardment against the Japanese in Malaya and Singapore.
Many in America don't realize all the things the Brits had to go thru before we entered. Hats off to them for holding on.
It was December 10, 1941.
Thankyou for posting this. I first heard of this channel from the armoured vs unarmoured video on Drachinifel's chanel. The 1st hand recounts really put things into perspective. I believe this sort of history is very important and the brave men involved deserve rememberance. Thankyou again for putting this together
Just came across this by chance, my dad was on HMS repulse when it was sunk, ironically he died on the 10th December 2010, the same date the ship sank. He would have been 100 on the 29th November if he had still been alive.
Dad served aboard HMS Repulse passed away 1995 aged 75 always spoke highly of Captain Tennant & his crew mates : Became a good friend of a Royal Marine from Prince of Wales while a POW of Japanese on Sumatra for 3 & 1/2 years : Brave men all RIP
Great uncle survived the sinking of Repulse and continued fighting the Japanese till end of war. He cherished his picture of the crew under the forward Guns.passed away mid 80s. He never forgot his crew mates of Repulse.
Well handled ship. No chance against so many co ordinated attacks. The Captain did a heroic job. !
Listening to these young fellas talk and watching their faces as they spoke, it seems hard to imagine what they and their shipmates were forced by the circumstances of war to endure.
This is a tremendous piece of work. Hats off for superb editing, research and production. This episode of the war has always fascinated me, and this has to be the most vivid account to date, mind you, O'Dowd Gallagher's written account also takes some beating.
Bluffing and posturing was a large part of empire maintenance. Sometimes bluffing and aggressive patrolling with impressive looking weapons was not enough by itself
Great footage, great editing. Keep up the good work ...!
Thank you. Splendid trio of videos on one of the outstanding engagements of the second world war. Such brave men, victims as always to the folly of war.
So refreshing to see footage that's relevant to the subject matter and I can imagine how much work must go into this. You should be working on the telly!
In spite of the fact that I am an American and I know that the Brits (and the Aussies) loathed us I still have very real respect for the commonwealth soldiers. I am always glad to see documentaries concentrating on the efforts of the common wealth soldiers, their efforts were tremendous.
We don't hate you, but the ones we don't like are the loudest & most obnoxious.
Same as everywhere, I suppose
The British and Australians never disliked the Americans, then or now. But it was hard not to be jealous of the industrial power of the USA. Their lads were also very brave. An old English sailor told me once his destroyer fished an Avenger crew from the sea near Okinawa and (later) the US aircraft carrier made Ice cream for his entire ship. He was just a kid and enjoyed his treat!
I feel like I was right there on the ship with these interviews and the movie goes along with the dialogue so realistic it was I had nightmares !
By Jove Mr Armoured Carriers sir...I do believe you have got it all sorted out!
I just love it when a Rating piped up at the end of the vid and said, "Listen up! Are we down-hearted?".
And ALL the men cried, "NO!".
You can't keep those men down.
They went to new ships and then on to win the war in the Pacific!
They would have had air cover if the aircraft carrier had not run aground. Just shows you that you have to keep ahead of the game when it comes to design and development. Allied intelligence had no idea of how advanced the Japanese were.
Great video listening to these personal accounts
Twin Lewis guns as AA in 1941? Good lord. You may has well just use harsh language against the Japanese bombers.
It wasn't as if the Royal Navy hadn't learnt about air attacks in the Med earlier on in 1941.
It was criminal how poor the Repulse was in anti aircraft armament.
There were a lot of ships woefully underarmed against aircraft in 1941 (especially all those WWI vintage ships), but that changed fast. At least for those who survived until 1942.
When Warspite limped into Pearl Harbor on her way to Puget Sound for repairs (Summer ‘41), the crew’s observation of the USN ships, particularly USS California, was why they seemed to completely lack AA protection.
So if the RN were woefully armed, imagine the Americans at Hawaii.
@@TeardropSidemarker drach made a good video about that issue, well the old ww1 standards like california are nearly at the end of their life at 41, and with us not in the war and congress not giving them enough money, they thought that it would be a waste to refit the old ships. They thought they get the newer bbs out there befor they enter a war and the old get scraped befor then, well the pearl happens - and everything changed
I used to think Capt. Tom Phillips was reckless and vainglorious in the handling of his command that day but now that I know a bit more I believe, confronted with the shambolic chaos that was the higher airfield
Excellent again thank you
RIP all members of the greatest generation ,thanks from this senior Canuck. Three of my uncles served with the Canadian army in WW2 in Europe. They all managed to survive. If you didn't fight most of us would be speaking German or Japanese today.
without air support, the Battle Cruisers and Battleships have to have really ramped up AA placements covering everything. But from what I've read about Repulse and the other Ships. There was insufficient AA protections and the ships turned into easy pickings.
In other words folks, the OLD SCHOOL NAVY once again didn't evolve with the oncoming new Navy Tactics. Battleships were sitting ducks and a few aircraft could decimate a massively expensive capital ship in minutes.
They hit fast hit hard , hind sight you can say we should have done this or that ,there is some sort of Japanese graph says things like one soldier for one tank like a trade off but 2 aircraft for a fighting ship is a good trade too
Barham, Hood, Prince of Wales, Royal Oak and Repulse our lost WW2 capital ships, so many memories, so many died.
My grandfather was in Singapore training machine guns when she sank he was very lucky to have missed her being sank
Im amazed in the relaxed way these Heroes in my eyes explains in a way thats not for the want of the glory, These days people would make a youtube channel from srories like this, lol....
It why im no fan of seeing something like brexhit after all these brave souls fought along side Europe, I always think of the President who said, How our differences wouldnt matter if we faced a hostile enemy from out of space, Summit like that, I cant remember what President said it, Thatchers buddy lol....
But its true, Countries shouldnt be at war when we are all on the same planet, After all we all human beings with similar wants ....
Will this planet ever be at peace, There is always some sort of war even after all those lifes perished, Nobody learns from past mistakes, An that there is the reason there will always be some war going on, Plus war is profit, Arms should not be sold from country to country, Period, But yeah will this planet ever see total peace world wide??
R.I.P, All those brave souls lost during WW2......✌
I wonder how many times those men have relived that event, knowing that their oppos didn't make it.
God bless ❤.
Thank you for your service
Great video ! Have you any information about why there are so little actual photos of this battle, allthough there was several reporters on the ships ? There was admiralty press officer with camera and Daily Express and Columbia Broadcasting Systems reporters also. POW survivor Geoffrey Brooke in his book says that he was seen photo in Singapore with showed POW bottom uppwards, so there should been other photos too but are they still classified or what ? Repulse make no mistakes in this battle. Great Ship with Big Heart, Great Matelots, Great Captain.
Such stories make me break out in sweat ... (one of the Fulmars over HMS Illustrious as it was being attacked by Stukas had a film camera. The Fulmar crashed into the sea ...)
I very much suspect Repulse sank too fast for any photo plates or film reels to be safely stowed on a lifeboat.
As for other photos taken from the destroyers (mainly Electra), that sounds intriguing. Again, it may well be a matter of the surviving evidence going down with the ship in the Battle of the Java Sea, or destroyed in the fall of Singapore.
"Dunkirk Joe" handled repulse like a destroyer
Posh public school (private if you’re not British).
@@flyingphobiahelp And your point is? Hope you are not trying to traduce the memory of Captain Tennant with a cheap shot?
@@DrivermanO absolutely not! Hats off to him for dodging so many torpedoes
Repulse doing some "torpedo beats"
I love this channel
Superb video. Just finished reading Rising Sun, Falling Skies by Jeffrey Cox (highly recommended) and wanted to know more about Force Z. Liked and subbed.
2 much needed battleships sacrificed for no gain whatever, after what we did to the bismark, which had no air cover - they learned nothing!
These Common boys are a pleasure to hear instead of that STUFFY ARISTOCRAT in pt.1,pt.2
All young fellas
So would I’ve right in saying that only two of the RNs capital losses where from enemy ship action? All the rest were from subs and aircraft.
Oh yeah, marvellous video. Again. It’s a real buzz to see an Armoured Carriers video is ready to watch. Good on ya, cobber!
And HMS Hood, of course....
@@MartinMcAvoy OK, so Courageous was a sub as were The Ark, Barham and Royal Oak. Force Z was aircraft obviously and that leaves Hood and Glorious to enemy ships. Who have I missed? (I’m not cheating as this is from memory:)
@@geordiedog1749 Sorry, I misread your post. Technically, large aircraft carriers were only classed as capital ships after 1942. So, Hood was the only Brit capital ship sunk by gunfire. RN battleships & battlecruisers seemed to be a bit safer for their crews (usually!) than cruisers or destroyers, which had horrendous losses, especially in the early part of WW2. Wiki has a good list at 'List of Royal Navy losses in World War II'
@@MartinMcAvoy Yeah, cruiser losses were shocking. Speaking of which i incidentally just read HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean which is about a cruiser. Don’t know if you be read it but I was utterly astounded as to how good it was (and completely different to his other books) Bloody depressing though.
Anyway, I did not know that carriers only got the capital ship upgrade post ‘42. That in itself tells you a lot!
@@geordiedog1749 Thanks. The wiki article makes the book look a great read.
'The book uses a set of events to paint moving portrayals of the crew and the human aspects of the war. Maclean's heroes are not especially motivated by ideals, they rarely excel at more than one task and they are overcome by a respectable enemy. It is their resilience that pushes these seamen to acts of heroism.'
It should have been made into a film by the same company that produced 'The Dambusters' but somehow, the project failed. I suppose it would be hard to beat 'The Cruel Sea'. I read Monsarrat's novel when I was about fourteen and never quite recovered. That's why I try to listen to the sailors speaking in these videos. The least we can do is remember them.
brave guys
Nothing wrong with the commentary, but John Mills wasn't there nor was Noel Coward. Funny too, fancy going through the whole war with bi-planes.
You can imagine the feeling in the South Pacific when Singapore fell.
Unfortunately, surviving directly related footage amounts to only a few minutes at best for most of these events. I use all I can find. To illustrate the full video, however, I need to find related training films, newsreels, old movies and - as a last resort - even modern CGI.
The Navy made the same errors in the Falklands war.
What do you mean?
HMS Sheffield and Coventry were used as bait when they met their fate, it wasn't anyone error.
Where can one find the cutaway poster of Repulse?
I found the one I inserted here: www.navalanalyses.com/2016/10/infographics-22-hms-repulse.html
what movie are some of the film clips from?
Most are from newsreels. Others are from the likes of "Sailor of the King", "Cruel Sea" and "In Which We Serve".
@@ArmouredCarriers And the 'Yangtse Incident' 😉
That Richard Poole officer… What an accent 😀.. Can anyone correctly identify it? It sounds very well educated.. around 4:22
So? I wasn't aware that education was a factor in bravery - as can be seen from all these interviews, which represent a cross section of prewar British society. What a pointless observation.
@@DrivermanO Did I write anything about him not being brave?
Public school English circa 1941.
@@conradwood6700ditto through the 80s
What is the classical piece used in the intro?
Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Very enjoyable series. Some japanese gentlemen created a very accurate animation of the battle: ua-cam.com/video/Crt7g3UmaT0/v-deo.html (No translation sadly)
What was Churchill thinking by sending the two ships northward without air cover?
Churchill was permanently shambolic when playing 1SL, in both World Wars. A cavalry officer never should have put anywhere near Admiralty.
Churchill had nothing to do with the manner in which Phillips used Force Z on the last mission. Moreover, had Phillips encountered Ozawa's cruiser squadron and destroyed it in a night action. The armchair critics would have been praising his brilliance. At one point, he was within five miles of Ozawa's cruisers, by the way.
Retrospective judgements are always the easiest.
@@PaulfromChicago Churchill sent Force Z in the hope that it would deter Japanese aggression. He didn't by the way, have any input into Phillips' final operation.
Actually most British military initiatives were incredibly stupid. I'm not sure in reviewing history that any one of them were ever good. About the only good British military outcomes were when the opposing nation just made a bigger mistaken initiative then the British.
sorry but the Battle of the Atlantic was fought by British military leaders learning better tactics as it went along. The Dunkirk Evacuation was a masterpiece of improvisation The Battle of Britain was led by professionals like Dowding as opposed to Goering, the amateur.
Britain still had many of its colonies, which it called to arms and they all answered to fight them DAM NAZIS!!! God Bless all these veterans!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Seems like the anti torpedo belt failed spectacularly?
Japanese torpedoes were much larger than ours and so too powerful for Repulse's WW1 defenses to cope with - and five hits on one side, as well.
It was WW1 vintage, and designed for much lighter weight warheads. And battlecruisers, being narrow, rarely had effective torpedo belts.
@@ArmouredCarriers Ah yes! Pesky physics again,,
Repulse had not received as extensive upgrade as Renown.
@@richardcutts196 That would explain it. Ta.
THEN AMERICA CAME! Love the old Vids
The wrong ships in the wrong time at the wrong place.
Dommage c'en anglais.
Japan attack malayan 1942
1st
Great video