Hunting a Pocket Battleship

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    On December 13th, 1939, the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee arrived at the estuary of the River Plate with the aim of hunting down British merchant ships. However, these plans were doomed to fail as the ship became the target of a British squadron under the command of Commodore Henry Harwood. The lone German ship was better armed and armored than any of the British cruisers, but the squadron had the advantage of numbers: 3 vs 1. Knowing that they would be badly damaged, the British forces, still commenced their attack. Who would win and why did the Germans end up scuttling the Graf Spee?
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    00:00 British cargo liner is off South Africa
    00:26 The Doric Star is stalked by a heavy cruiser
    01:39 Captain William Stubbs and his crew surrender
    03:14 British Commodore Henry Harwood orders to start the hunt
    04:54 The British squadron detects Graf Spee
    06:10 Battle of the River Plate begins
    08:10 Captain Bell’s ship is on the brink of destruction
    09:55 World of Warships
    10:52 Graf Spee keeps pushing on
    12:30 Richard Jennings tries to save Exeter!
    15:13 Captain Bell decides to ram Graf Spee
    16:44 Graf Spee enters the port of Montevideo
    17:41 Captain Langsdorff decides to scuttle the heavy cruiser
    18:22 The British forces win the battle!
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  • @Yarnhub
    @Yarnhub  2 місяці тому +220

    Download World of Warships today wo.ws/49FEVlP and join the naval battle! Register now using code YARNHUB and receive a huge starter pack including 500 Doubloons, 1,000,000 Credits, 7 days Premium Account time, and a free ship!

    • @Playlost
      @Playlost 2 місяці тому +10

      War thunder better😂

    • @CheeseandBreadAssociation
      @CheeseandBreadAssociation 2 місяці тому +1

      Ok 👍

    • @ChadTanker
      @ChadTanker 2 місяці тому +5

      ​@@Playlost no warthunder isnt better. Firstly tgis was the real thing not some pixels with ghostshell code.
      Secondly naval mode sucks.

    • @tankerthewarengineer3018
      @tankerthewarengineer3018 2 місяці тому +3

      ​​​@@PlaylostNo it's Battlestations Pacific because it has better AI planes than player controlled planes
      And easy magazine hits plus you can hit with torpedoes with every good aim with planes
      You should look at game because it's always 10 times better than War Thunder

    • @samborambobo
      @samborambobo 2 місяці тому

      *DO A VIDEO ABOUT THE HUMAN TUGBOAT* Charles Jackson French.

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 2 місяці тому +2480

    If I have a nickel every time a "Graf Spee" went down near South America after being chased by several Royal Navy ships from a commerce raiding operation, I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

    • @shawnna1398
      @shawnna1398 2 місяці тому +35

      Who are you Judah from shiloh and bros when he says “if I had a nickel for every time I was thrown out today” yadayada

    • @KLUCZESIA
      @KLUCZESIA 2 місяці тому +182

      @@shawnna1398 did you not have a childhood?

    • @DRAGO_23703
      @DRAGO_23703 2 місяці тому +121

      you're kinda right there in ww1 admiral von spee (the namesake for the graf spee) with his east asia squadron commences raids throughout pacific seas until the British intercepted him at the Falkland islands resulting in his death and the complete annihilation of his squadron same goes for this all events in south American seas.

    • @stevemc01
      @stevemc01 2 місяці тому +53

      @@KLUCZESIA
      ”DOOOOOMED”
      - Doofenschmirtz

    • @turtletipper1851
      @turtletipper1851 2 місяці тому +27

      @@shawnna1398 have you never heard of Dr Doofenschmirtz from Phineas and Ferb?

  • @TTPlayz-wn4xy
    @TTPlayz-wn4xy 2 місяці тому +1640

    THANK YOU SO MUCH YARNHUB I AM SO HAPPY THIS IS FINALLY HERE, My great grandfather served on HMNZS Achilles and was one of the sailors aboard who was wounded in the Battle of the River plate. This is very special to me so thank you Yarnhub team.

    • @par6749
      @par6749 2 місяці тому +18

      nice

    • @Henry_Faulkner
      @Henry_Faulkner 2 місяці тому +15

      It’s all coming together

    • @cheesed8752
      @cheesed8752 2 місяці тому +31

      I love seeing People talk about they're ancestors ❤

    • @mikehall5815
      @mikehall5815 2 місяці тому +15

      You should be very proud of your great grandfather. That awesome. Thanks for sharing that.

    • @TTPlayz-wn4xy
      @TTPlayz-wn4xy 2 місяці тому +12

      @@mikehall5815 Isn't all happy though. he got transferred to HMS Grafton a month after the Battle of the River Plate and died after Grafton was Torpedoed

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 2 місяці тому +631

    Fun Fact: Commodore Harwood in the 1930's had taught at the Naval College in Britain and his specialty was on the best ways to take on a Pocket Battleship like the Graf Spee. So he was the perfect person to take on the German ship.

    • @asianbandit4054
      @asianbandit4054 2 місяці тому +29

      Thats probably why he got the posting. Gonna delve into the deepweb archives and find out.

    • @brokenbridge6316
      @brokenbridge6316 2 місяці тому +3

      @@asianbandit4054---Good luck

    • @brisancomstock9366
      @brisancomstock9366 2 місяці тому

      they have classes for that???

    • @devintariel3769
      @devintariel3769 2 місяці тому +2

      Wow reminds me of the security experts on 9/11 that warned about the exact thing happening. Same with Peal Harbor but Mitchell wasn't there.

    • @daviddunsby3617
      @daviddunsby3617 2 місяці тому

      He should have been demoted, the captain of Exeter should have been knighted and awarded the VC along with his crew.

  • @ucnamnguyen6191
    @ucnamnguyen6191 2 місяці тому +680

    I love the part where at the end of the video the Luger pistol was actually a naval model and not the normal, shows how much attention to detail they put in there. 18:02

    • @D4rkn3ss2000
      @D4rkn3ss2000 2 місяці тому +9

      How do you diferenciate them?

    • @holaamego2723
      @holaamego2723 2 місяці тому +38

      ​@@D4rkn3ss2000
      Longer barrel is the difference I see I could be wrong

    • @istillusezune82
      @istillusezune82 2 місяці тому +35

      @@D4rkn3ss2000Longer barrel and an elevated rear sight (it can toggle between 100/200m distance).

    • @joshwagstaff13
      @joshwagstaff13 2 місяці тому +2

      Yet at the same time, it seems to lack the detail of Achilles flying the NZ flag from the head of the mainmast

    • @ArenBerberian
      @ArenBerberian 2 місяці тому +10

      @@joshwagstaff13 Ship was still HMS at this point and didnt transfer to NZ till 1941.

  • @jimmywrangles
    @jimmywrangles 2 місяці тому +798

    Seriously with this level of animation, you guys should be making movies.

    • @derkaiser420
      @derkaiser420 2 місяці тому

      Yarnhub is by far my favorite history animation channel on UA-cam. His team has come so far from where they first started.

    • @Stella-gm7bo
      @Stella-gm7bo 2 місяці тому +22

      You can even see the texture on the skin it’s crazy!

    • @tankradiooperator
      @tankradiooperator 2 місяці тому +18

      They actually did make one with Sabaton! Unfortunately it isn’t available to stream right now

    • @ContainsInvalid
      @ContainsInvalid 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@tankradiooperator Was it "The First Soldier" or am I mistaken?

    • @MuhammadTayyab-us9ck
      @MuhammadTayyab-us9ck 2 місяці тому +6

      @@ContainsInvalid "The War to End all Wars" I guess

  • @ShubhayooBanerjee
    @ShubhayooBanerjee 2 місяці тому +373

    The animations of the shell flying and coming so close to each other is on whole another level!

    • @whyjnot420
      @whyjnot420 2 місяці тому +9

      I thought that was a great way to show the relative sizes without resorting to some type of statistics screen.
      The juxtaposition of the pistol shot with the explosions of the scuttling charges was great way of animating that part of what happened without pissing off yt.

    • @ShubhayooBanerjee
      @ShubhayooBanerjee 2 місяці тому +5

      @@whyjnot420 I was just thinking about it...the gunshot signified the simultaneous demise of the Spee and Langford...it is like the Spee was so close to him that its downfall is what killed Langford internally....such a nice addition

    • @whyjnot420
      @whyjnot420 2 місяці тому +5

      @yooBanerjee Also it is little details like these which show that the people who made the video put some proper thought into it.
      edit: I also got a chuckle out of the subscriber push on the shell.

    • @ShubhayooBanerjee
      @ShubhayooBanerjee 2 місяці тому

      @@whyjnot420 Yarnhub's videos have always been top notch because of these little insights
      PS: I like the new usename you gave me....might consider changing this one to it

    • @TheEDFLegacy
      @TheEDFLegacy 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@whyjnot420 It was cheeky and I loved it. 😅

  • @user-ps1km7rq5w
    @user-ps1km7rq5w 2 місяці тому +336

    That " There's the fvcking Scheer" along with that accent got me crackling

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 2 місяці тому +12

      Now that's Royal Navying.

    • @jwrockets
      @jwrockets 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Briselance Let me guess. "Sharpe" fan?

    • @devintariel3769
      @devintariel3769 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@jwrocketsYou lost the King's colour's sir!

    • @jamiestewart48
      @jamiestewart48 2 місяці тому +3

      @@devintariel3769 The Scher fired at us, and I turned tucked tail and ran, as is my style, sir! My cousin at Horseguards will hear of it!

    • @devintariel3769
      @devintariel3769 2 місяці тому

      @@jamiestewart48 Cockalorum

  • @michellever9785
    @michellever9785 2 місяці тому +166

    Hello Yarnhub. I am a retired Royal Canadian navy Petty Officer. I had the chance to visit Montevideo in 1995 and 1997 during OP Unitas. I knew the story of the GRAF SPEE and got to see the plaque atop the mast. What a sight !!!

  • @salvebale4020
    @salvebale4020 2 місяці тому +199

    the Achilles ended up playing herself in the movie "battle of river plate" in the 50s

    • @NCMA29
      @NCMA29 2 місяці тому +5

      As did HMS CUMBERLAND, though at the time of the film she had no guns, thus looking quite toothless as the support for Harwood's squadron.

  • @HeinzGuderian_
    @HeinzGuderian_ 2 місяці тому +122

    Langsdorff was a true gentleman. He rescued, treated according to int'l rules, and transferred every enemy merchantman was responsible for.

    • @realhorrorshow8547
      @realhorrorshow8547 Місяць тому +5

      Let's not kid ourselves that failing to go to murderous extremes made serving the Nazi state a noble endeavour. It was not. It is ironic that Langsdorff's reputation derives mostly from a British film.

    • @5peciesunkn0wn
      @5peciesunkn0wn Місяць тому

      @@realhorrorshow8547 the navy was the one branch that resisted the vast majority of the nazi bullshit.

    • @cylac12
      @cylac12 Місяць тому +6

      many scources claim that the reichsmarine was not as devout as the rest of the nazi party. Still, Langsdorff chose to save as many of his men as he could be refusing battle, makes him a good captain in my opinion

    • @kasimirromanoff7996
      @kasimirromanoff7996 Місяць тому

      ​@@realhorrorshow8547es waren nicht alle so menschenfreunde wie der brische bommber harris oder stalin !

    • @marksprague1280
      @marksprague1280 Місяць тому +3

      ​​@@realhorrorshow8547I have a friend who was in the US military in occupied Germany after the war. He often had former officers of the REGULAR German military and their families to dinner. He wouldn't let an SS member in the door. He considered one a professional, the other a thug.

  • @devilishhh8015
    @devilishhh8015 2 місяці тому +59

    They even named a street in Ajax in honor of Langsdorf, but renamed it only few years ago. What a shame, he gaves his live and spared the ones of his and the enemy ships. A true hero

  • @Sneaky_Jesus
    @Sneaky_Jesus 2 місяці тому +281

    This video it felt like i was watching an epic boss fight, but now for real the seriousness in the face/voice of the sailers and capitans rly maked me feeled like the battle was happening live action right in the front of my very eyes, but is sad that in the end the capitan had to abandon Graf Spee and that in the end he went down with his shit a few day later.
    I am not jokeing the Yarnhub videos are becomening more and more like movie clips, great job to the YarnHub team.

    • @Mika-ph6ku
      @Mika-ph6ku 2 місяці тому +8

      Damn, that must have been a very intense shit...

    • @optimusgaming8629
      @optimusgaming8629 2 місяці тому +4

      @@Mika-ph6ku😂

    • @baileyfamily3412
      @baileyfamily3412 Місяць тому

      @@Mika-ph6kuYES THAT HAD TO BE A BIG ONE 😂😂😂😂

  • @johnfisher9692
    @johnfisher9692 2 місяці тому +73

    Excellent quality video
    Langsdorff fought a clean war according to thr rules of the sea and tried to cause as little death amongst his captured ships as he could.
    He was under order to avoid battle with hostile warships and only entered battle with Harwood because he misidentified the enemy as a light cruiser and two destroyers rather than a small heavy cruiser and two light cruisers.

  • @ShubhayooBanerjee
    @ShubhayooBanerjee 2 місяці тому +186

    The German commentary really makes this video alive

  • @boringhistorylive
    @boringhistorylive 2 місяці тому +83

    “Mad lad fireing a massive Canon”

  • @MTTT1234
    @MTTT1234 2 місяці тому +44

    The animation quality at this point is nearly rivaling some big Hollywood blockbusters. Give it another year and we will not be able to tell if it is animation or you decided to hire real actors.
    And your decisions to dub the German speakers with real German makes it only all the more immersed realistic.
    Great work Yarnhub. I salute you to your amazing work and all the dedication you all put into these amazing videos.

  • @chrisblore6385
    @chrisblore6385 2 місяці тому +64

    You make the greatest real life stories. I’m watching them everyday.
    And you must never change the narrator. His voice is perfect at telling the story.

  • @JasonMcCord-qk3yb
    @JasonMcCord-qk3yb 2 місяці тому +48

    This is one of my favorite WW2 Naval stories/battles. I first learned of the ‘Battle of the River plate’ in the early 80’s when I was 10 years old. The story of this battle, and the subsequent going’s-on in Uruguay, have been the subject of study for me, in the decades since. I feel like you really did this story true justice! Thank you for bringing it to life for all of us! I always saw Captain Langsdorff as a bit of a tragic figure, caught between his duty, and his honor.

    • @joaquinordoqui111
      @joaquinordoqui111 2 місяці тому

      I'm from Montevideo, Uruguay and actual stupid president wanted to convert the Graf Spee eagle into a "peace pigeon", of course him and a designed famous sculptor in charge of doing it got critized and had to decline their plans -_-

  • @kennethhanks6712
    @kennethhanks6712 2 місяці тому +29

    Supposedly a primary reason Langsdorff accepted battle with Harwoods' force was that he mis-identified the light cruisers as destroyers and when he realized his mistake it was too late to disengage.

    • @2003AudiS3
      @2003AudiS3 2 місяці тому +1

      Are light cruisers more dangerous than destroyers?

    • @Idkwhattoput151
      @Idkwhattoput151 2 місяці тому +6

      @@2003AudiS3yes.

    • @thefourhorsemints7873
      @thefourhorsemints7873 2 місяці тому

      Speed helps against larger ships and Torpedos affect weight differently.

    • @kennethhanks6712
      @kennethhanks6712 2 місяці тому +11

      ​@2003AudiS3 In this case yes. In general British destroyers were armed with 4 to 6 4.7" guns while the Ajax and Achilles were armed with 4 double turrets of 6" guns, which would still not generally be ship killers against Graf Spee they would do far more damage against her superstructure, etc than destroyers weapons. Also the cruisers had torpedoes just as destroyers.
      An additional important consideration was that the light cruisers could absorb far more of the Spees punishment and still be effective than smaller and lightly constructed and protected destroyers.

    • @robruss62
      @robruss62 2 місяці тому +1

      Langsdorf also seemed to think that Hardwoods bold rush was to keep him off a convoy over the horizon and also to drive him onto the 15 inch guns of a British battleship or battlecruiser that might be coming up from his rear.

  • @lukluke2461
    @lukluke2461 2 місяці тому +32

    From a 2D animation to a full 3d animation beyond the graphics of a brand new game, is astonishing. I am very impressed. You deserve it.

  • @elsantigamer4334
    @elsantigamer4334 2 місяці тому +69

    I live in bahía blanca city at the south of buenos Aires state and here was a restaurant owned and managed by a graf spee sailor with a cool painting of the ship in the outside wall. It seems that many beterans of that battle found a new way to live in argentina. Great video as always please keep that voice actors

    • @josepelujan965
      @josepelujan965 Місяць тому +2

      hi! what is the name of the restaurant? I'd like to visit it! pls

    • @matiasflores9819
      @matiasflores9819 Місяць тому

      Oh yeah, Riber plate little equip.

    • @elsantigamer4334
      @elsantigamer4334 День тому

      @@josepelujan965 sorry i said that it "was" it means that it does not exists anymore, however my dad saw it when he was a child and he said that it was beutiful

  • @MrShipBuff
    @MrShipBuff 2 місяці тому +12

    No wonder that WWII was home to the greatest generation, everyone who served and everyone who lived in Europe during WWII, no matter what side they were on, had to go through Hell and back to even have a chance of survival. The courage of these men and women are beyond words.

    • @johns9652
      @johns9652 Місяць тому +2

      I look back at history, and the "keep a stiff upper lip" attitude of Londoners during the bombings and V2 rocket attacks, and then I look at the current generation, who wants to fight over what bathroom to use, and their safe spaces, and I just want to cry. Western civilization truly seems to be going the way of Rome. "Hard men make good times, good times make soft men, soft men make hard times:". I've seen this quote dozens of times in the last few years, not sure of the origin, but it seems to be more and more true every day.

  • @pokefan-ix7sh
    @pokefan-ix7sh 2 місяці тому +15

    Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class "Panzerschiff", nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after World War I Admiral Maximilian von Spee, commander of the East Asia Squadron who fought the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands, where he was killed in action. She was laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven in October 1932 and completed by January 1936. The ship was nominally under the 10,000 long tons limitation on warship size imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, though with a full load displacement of 16,020 long tons, she significantly exceeded it. Armed with six 28 cm guns in two triple gun turrets, Admiral Graf Spee and her sisters were designed to outgun any cruiser fast enough to catch them. Their top speed of 28 knots left only a few capital ships in the Anglo-French navies fast enough and powerful enough to sink them.
    The ship conducted five non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1938 and participated in the Coronation Review of King George VI in May 1937. Admiral Graf Spee was deployed to the South Atlantic in the weeks before the outbreak of World War II, to be positioned in merchant sea lanes once war was declared. Between September and December 1939, the warship sank nine vessels totaling 50,089 gross register tons, before being confronted by three British cruisers at the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December. Admiral Graf Spee inflicted heavy damage on the British ships, but she too was damaged and was forced to put into port at Montevideo, Uruguay. Convinced by false reports of superior British naval forces gathering, Hans Langsdorff, commander of the ship, ordered the vessel to be scuttled. The ship was partially broken up in situ, though part of the ship remained visible above the surface of the water for years.

  • @JollyDangerClips
    @JollyDangerClips 2 місяці тому +7

    I feel like all Exeters' crews should be awarded, even for the lowest award available back then. To keep on charging with a burning ship with only 1 gun operational and no communication line is an incredible feat in itself.
    I also can't help but to pity Captain Langsdorff, dude doesn't deserve the blame with how little of an option he got. Even if the British reinforcement is a decoy, he wouldn't know this and scuttling was possibly his best option anyway.

    • @RKNGL
      @RKNGL 2 місяці тому

      He was doomed either way. The fuel purification failure meant the ship couldn’t flee with or without British reinforcements. His suicide was likely expected in the form of going down with the ship. His survival was likely viewed as cowardice by German High command, so his death was the only thing that’d even partially satisfy them.

  • @speedandpower56
    @speedandpower56 2 місяці тому +39

    I read about this when I was in the imperial war museum once because they had a section about spies in war and this story was included

  • @manuelyanez1511
    @manuelyanez1511 2 місяці тому +47

    There´s an importan lack of details in this, my favorite naval battle of all. First of all, Cptn. Hans Langsdorff banner "Stop Wireless of we open Fire". That´s very important because those who disobey this order where later congratulate by Langsdorff iteself. Secondly, Cptn Langsdorff and Cptn. Stubbs had a very honorably and almost friendly relation during imprisionment of Stubbs aboard the Graff Spee. The dead count it´s important for both sides. The Exceter ended up as a wreck and was in no condition to another, even little skirmish. The damages on Ajax where important too. There´s a lot of detals missing in this amazing story. With all, and as usual "I love the way you guys tell this amazing stories". I said all this thing because I belived people need to know the whole story from all sides. Thank you very much.

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 2 місяці тому +1

      There's already a whole movie dedicated to this if you want that much detail.

    • @manuelyanez1511
      @manuelyanez1511 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@@WALTERBROADDUS I´m not looking for details.... I know the details. I want´s everyone else to know the details as good as I do. What is the name of that movie?? The one made by Hollywood back in the 50´s?? War winners USSually like to tell the story according to their insterest... without important details.

    • @robruss62
      @robruss62 2 місяці тому

      ​​@@manuelyanez1511 1956 British movie Battle of the River Plate/Pursuit of the Graf Spee is generally excellent, and turns up a lot on UA-cam. The special effects can be a jarring limitation for some viewers; filmed in luscious vista vision, with US heavy cruiser Salem as Graf Spee, British cruisers Sheffield and Jamaica (both equally famous cruisers in their own right) as Ajax and Exeter, and Achilles (though by this time serving the Indian Navy as Delhi) playing herself, there is a huge disconnect between live action shots of ships steaming and firing, and of a big model of Salem/Graf Spee being pummeled. However despite this the acting is superb, the writing is great, and it's pretty accurate to many parts of the battle within the roughly 40 minute middle part of the film (though Bell's classic line is sanitized to "the scheer's on our port beam").
      Anthony Quayle as Harwood and John Gregson as Bell are especially good, as are Ian Hunter and the ever imposing Jack Gwillim as Captains of Ajax and Achilles (all four actors incidentally being combat veterans), but Peter Finch is an understated scene stealer as Langsdorf, who comes through as an honorable and respected figure.
      No two hour movie could incorporate every aspect of the action, but for it's time, and on a British (not Hollywood) budget it holds up as a classic.
      If modern writers wouldn''t wreck the script with anti war or post colonial or woke guilt, or if cinematographers wouldn't mess it up with sombre tinged lighting, or if the CGI wasn't as garrish as the 1950's effects were limited, and if modern actors with out of place working class diction and sombre introspection didn't turn the clipped accented steely nerved British commanding officers into brooding clowns and Langsdorf into a raving Nazi, the movie would definitely deserve a big budget remake on a grander scale.

    • @frankmitchell3594
      @frankmitchell3594 2 місяці тому +1

      @@manuelyanez1511 The name of the movie is 'The Battle of the River Plate'. It's occasionally shown on British daytime TV.

    • @manuelyanez1511
      @manuelyanez1511 2 місяці тому

      @@frankmitchell3594 Again... told by winner, USS ship used, rigth after WWII without easy access to all truth.... sound like hollywood to me.... far away from the truth...

  • @derkaiser420
    @derkaiser420 2 місяці тому +33

    Yarnhub has a new video! Brilliant as usual sir. The British Navy never know how to surrender. Going into certain death they fight until the end. I have never seen anyone do a video on this largely unknown battle. I appreciate it. Keep up the Navy videos.

  • @FRIEND_711
    @FRIEND_711 2 місяці тому +17

    Another absolutely lovely video.
    Shows the bravery of the British sailors and even Cpt.Langsdorff and the crew of the Graf Spee.
    I do feel bad for the Captain, he followed his orders, protected his crew and took the ultimate responsibility as the captain of the ship.
    I do hope people will start seeing Langsdorff in a more positive light, he was seen as a coward for doing what was right, and now people tend to dismiss him since he's a captain in the Nazi navy.
    Even though things are more complicated then how people want to make it so cut and dry.

    • @dallassukerkin6878
      @dallassukerkin6878 2 місяці тому +5

      There are those of us with an interest in the history of naval warfare who, even tho' we might be English and, therefore, Langsdorff being the enemy in our eyes, consider him nonetheless to be an honourable one. He was a German fighting in the navy of his country, not a Nazi, and he followed the rules of commerce raiding as punctiliously as could be under the circumstances.
      I have refought this battle a few times over the years, using table-top rules and, am proud to say, that I sank the Graf Spee with some incredibly close range gunfire :) I want to say I was a 100 yds off her stern at one point but I might be exaggerating there :D The Exeter, Achillies and Ajax and Graf Spee sailed in my bedroom in Airfix model form for many years :)

  • @kiliclimber2001
    @kiliclimber2001 2 місяці тому +17

    Finally, a non-Hollywood portrayal of this famed epic war event. And graphics were outstanding. Good work and thank you..! One thing....for future reference, ensure that the ship's gun director range finder(s) turn with the guns as they bear. Otherwise the guns are firing blind.

  • @elmoelmo242
    @elmoelmo242 2 місяці тому +81

    "There's the fucking Scheer!" lol

    • @CaptainM792
      @CaptainM792 2 місяці тому +1

      6:32

    • @AngryBird000
      @AngryBird000 2 місяці тому +5

      I mean the Admiral Scheer ship had more successes for a surface commerce raider compared to their battleships...

    • @darin271
      @darin271 2 місяці тому +1

      Deutschland, Admiral Graf Spee, and Admiral Sheer were all Deutschland class cruisers. Hard to tell one from another especially at 7 miles away.

    • @esasuonborai2593
      @esasuonborai2593 2 місяці тому

      "It's the Graf spee!"

    • @kevispi2166
      @kevispi2166 2 місяці тому

      I love that clip

  • @AppleHistoryGuy
    @AppleHistoryGuy 2 місяці тому +10

    I would love it if Yarnhub did a video on the Monchy 9 of Newfoundland. 9 men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment positioned at Monchy-le-Preux during the Battle of Arras in 1917 hid behind shrubbery and defended the town from a German force anywhere from 200 - 300 men strong for 11 hours to prevent a German break through. I think it is a very cool and very underrated battle that sounds like the plot of a movie.

  • @CrimsonMaverick07
    @CrimsonMaverick07 2 місяці тому +10

    Oh I have been waiting so long for this story to be animated, I am Uruguayan and since I was a child I was always curious about the story of Admiral Graf Spee it was this one in particular that brought out my curiosity and set me on the path to learn about the history of WWII.
    Although the Admiral's story is longer and full of details, the work they did with this video is phenomenal, thank you very much yarnhub for animating it.

  • @khoipham8303
    @khoipham8303 2 місяці тому +8

    I can see the Donnager battle in The Expanse taking slight inspiration from the Battle of the River Plate. A larger capital ship, ambushed by smaller ships, defeated, and scuttled to avoid internment. Despite their defeat, the crews fought with bravery. May they rest in peace.

    • @mdiciaccio87
      @mdiciaccio87 2 місяці тому +1

      Sort of? The Donnager was ambushed by ships with superior tech

  • @S1su
    @S1su 2 місяці тому +19

    The quality seems to get better and better in every single video. I dont know how you manage 🤯

  • @DaRo-gf7rn
    @DaRo-gf7rn 2 місяці тому +21

    This is gonna be 100% good, for sure.

  • @felexl32
    @felexl32 2 місяці тому +24

    the quality just keeps getting better it obivously is the best animation on youtube

  • @hybridwolf66
    @hybridwolf66 2 місяці тому +20

    I can't repeat enough, best channel on YT! Content is always interesting, very well done, and historically accurate. The Like/Subscribe on the shell was masterful. Thanks again for you channel!

  • @Hixarian
    @Hixarian 2 місяці тому +3

    As an Uruguayan the history of the Graf Spee and the circumstances of its scuttling has always been part of our modern history and myth. Great video!

  • @ELCADAROSA
    @ELCADAROSA 2 місяці тому +9

    Another great example of Yarnhub's videography and storytelling.
    Placing the video of the scuttling of the Graf Spee ahead of Capt. Langsdorff's suicide might make more sense, especially to those not familiar with the history, but another "Well done" to the Yarnhub staff.

  • @lukenathanricardo4463
    @lukenathanricardo4463 2 місяці тому +19

    Ganda guys! Love to see Jutland or Dogger Bank up next!

  • @oliverhughes610
    @oliverhughes610 2 місяці тому +15

    I do enjoy that in the excitement, they forgot what ship they were pursuing - 'it's the fucking Scheer' when of course they knew it was the Graf Spee.
    Another great video, lads.

  • @TraustiGeir
    @TraustiGeir 2 місяці тому +9

    So, let me get this straight: All this time, due to loss of communications, Exeter was fighting Graf Spee on it's own...and scored a critical hit?!
    Absolute legends.

  • @msredfox
    @msredfox 2 місяці тому +20

    And another truly epic upload! You guys honestly deserve a spot on the history channel or something, your work is by far the best when it comes to animated war history, bravo, Yarnhub!

  • @YeEpIkAiYeI
    @YeEpIkAiYeI Місяць тому +2

    Honestly, it's almost unreal for me I can touch one of the 150 mm cannons from that massive and beautiful ship.
    The Graf Spee is one of the best anechdotes here in Uruguay.

  • @benanimates3348
    @benanimates3348 2 місяці тому +7

    Bro how do the 3D people look like REAL people

  • @Timmy575
    @Timmy575 2 місяці тому +24

    I like that Yarn hub is making trailer for there new videos

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 місяці тому +11

    The animation is so good! These genuinely look like video game cutscenes

  • @NJbro31
    @NJbro31 2 місяці тому +10

    I love that this channel talks abt less known parts and stories of all major wars. Keep it up,Yarnhub.

  • @buntysinghal1487
    @buntysinghal1487 2 місяці тому +5

    Amazing work by tge Yarnhub and his team. A historically accurate depiction of a great battle with amazing graphics. Wow. Thank you for making my day❤.

  • @brookeshenfield7156
    @brookeshenfield7156 2 місяці тому +3

    This is very well done! More naval battles, please!

  • @annettefoun7980
    @annettefoun7980 2 місяці тому +6

    This man needs a show on Netflix for this amazing work.

  • @donrosal9655
    @donrosal9655 2 місяці тому +6

    Please do not ever never ever stop doing this kind of content "specially the animation" until I'm alive. Damn! Your recent contents are masterpieces.

  • @Yulia_Nice_and_Single
    @Yulia_Nice_and_Single 2 місяці тому +62

    I like that Yarn hub is making trailer for there new videos.

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 2 місяці тому +2

      Trailers*(what trailers?)
      YarnHub*
      Their*
      Newer videos*
      Also bot.

    • @Burrahoy
      @Burrahoy 2 місяці тому +1

      I hate these kinds of bots who is clicking on them?

  • @berendhuibers600
    @berendhuibers600 2 місяці тому +5

    Absolutly amazing quality animations! Good job guys! Keep up the good work!❤

  • @OreoKiller_
    @OreoKiller_ 2 місяці тому +3

    This animation is so good. It went from some south park lookin stuff to bad 3d to good 3d to gmod looking stuff and now this perfection

  • @caligraham7798
    @caligraham7798 2 місяці тому +12

    God damn ive watched this 5 times now. Its so good

  • @dbach1025
    @dbach1025 2 місяці тому +4

    Imagine the confidence of a US shell bouncing off the hull of a ship. You were literally created for one thing....to destroy enemy craft. Yarnhub has again out done themselves. Fantastic job , guys.

  • @marcorocchi6758
    @marcorocchi6758 2 місяці тому +8

    Damn fire trailer

  • @BSNickel
    @BSNickel 2 місяці тому +5

    Your animation has just been getting better. Wow. I'm blown back.

  • @csbanki
    @csbanki 2 місяці тому +1

    This story shows great virtues on both sides.
    I'm amazed by the strategy and communication of the British and also the German engineering and bravery to take on multiple enemies at once (which was pretty common for them throughout the war).

  • @azathothsuzuki4434
    @azathothsuzuki4434 2 місяці тому +5

    how do you make these?

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  2 місяці тому +5

      It’s lots of work with a team of professionals. Research. Modelling. Characters uniforms then animation and rendering in unreal engine

  • @JoelSchn
    @JoelSchn 2 місяці тому +3

    Thanks for hearting my comment it means a lot for me

  • @superspider64
    @superspider64 2 місяці тому +4

    8:50 God that's such a good sequence

  • @pyxlated_void4719
    @pyxlated_void4719 2 місяці тому +3

    Dude, congrats to yarnhub. I have watched this channel grow, I may not be one of their original followers but I have been around them long enough to see the massive change of quality in their videos. Seriously, Thank you yarnhub! You guys should be making movies, this is absolutely amazing!!

  • @louiswest2279
    @louiswest2279 2 місяці тому +3

    Epic.

  • @falkeholz1459
    @falkeholz1459 2 місяці тому +3

    I swear 50% of vids he does on the Brits it’s just them ramming the Germans with boats, tanks and planes

  • @You2ube1239
    @You2ube1239 Місяць тому +2

    By now this is like movie quality
    Now it even has voices! 👍

  • @SonalRamAchar
    @SonalRamAchar 2 місяці тому +9

    Keep up the good work and amazing animations! Really I mean it! The animation and story perspective gets better each video. I hope you guys get 1 million subs before April!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @pebborino9087
    @pebborino9087 2 місяці тому +3

    Awesome

  • @nicholasdutoit4318
    @nicholasdutoit4318 2 місяці тому +3

    B17 vid now

  • @Tundraviper41
    @Tundraviper41 2 місяці тому +1

    pocket battleships/ Panzerschiff revolved around the concept of Outgun what you could outrun, but outrun what you could not outgun. When Designed, Graff Spee had an electrically welded hull, Which improved armor durability since a single hit would not not cause something like riveted armor plating to buckle at the rivet joints

  • @cameronnewton7053
    @cameronnewton7053 2 місяці тому +2

    This is part of the reason i love ww2 history so much, and have so much admiration for the royal navy.
    " Oh whats that, we only have one turret and no fire control or communications?"
    "Guess i'll just have to stick my head out the turret and use the old mk1 eyeball" he was quite litterally playing a game of battleship.... With a real warship.
    And then only slightly later
    " So you're telling me we're listing, on fire, have no communications and are running the ship through a human chain. We have no guns, torpedos, or any way to attack the gemans apart from harsh langauge?"
    " Guess we'll just have to ram the bastards!"
    Talk about balls of steel.

  • @jordanleeM93
    @jordanleeM93 Місяць тому +3

    This is what UA-cam was made for

  • @EliteFuller
    @EliteFuller 2 місяці тому +3

    respect all ww2 veterans

  • @elguilloteguillenguillotin4155
    @elguilloteguillenguillotin4155 2 місяці тому +4

    Greetings from Uruguay 🇺🇾 Montevideo... where all the surviving sailors of the Graf spee came moments before the destruction of the ship.
    Till today, the Graf Spee is a Uruguayan National Treasure.. its remains are still under our coast.. decomposing no to many meters below... and some parts like the Nazi Eagle are on a museum here.

  • @bargale69
    @bargale69 2 місяці тому +7

    Awesome video!!! Thanks for share. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

  • @dovetonsturdee7033
    @dovetonsturdee7033 2 місяці тому +3

    I very small point, and not a criticism at all. Doric Star was rather more elegant in appearance than the ship in your animation, and her 4 inch gun was mounted aft.

  • @charliefoxtrott1048
    @charliefoxtrott1048 2 місяці тому +3

    Thank you for some fond memories watching the movie about this as a kid together with my late dad. Thank you sooo much!

  • @ferallion3546
    @ferallion3546 2 місяці тому +3

    Great video. Your work just keeps improving. Thank you for all the hard work you do.
    Light cruisers with their rapid fire main guns were something you didn't want to come under fire from. The amount of disruption and damage they could cause were significant.

  • @user-mt1ne9vg5r
    @user-mt1ne9vg5r Місяць тому +3

    なんて言ってるかわからない…w

  • @ThatOneRandomBacon1010
    @ThatOneRandomBacon1010 2 місяці тому +12

    I liked my own comment lol

    • @Altaccnt1
      @Altaccnt1 Місяць тому

      Ok bro we get it. everyone does that you don’t need to

  • @andrewmanley7896
    @andrewmanley7896 2 місяці тому +2

    Yarnhub, your graphics, and story telling are outstanding. Keep up the great work with the facts of history. Well done!...

  • @wyvern_wolf2821
    @wyvern_wolf2821 Місяць тому +2

    Gotta admit, the moment Bell starts sending orders via runner's, and those runners get more runners to better spread those orders and connect the ship. That's the best part of this video for me.

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  Місяць тому +1

      My favorite bit too

  • @user-kr7yh8vw9m
    @user-kr7yh8vw9m 2 місяці тому +1

    Well done Yarnhub, well done. Today you exceeded my expectations as always. I really loved every single aspect of your video: the action, the voice acting, the exposition and the suspense. I felt like i was watching a real war movie and witnessing a very exciting boss battle. As a history buff you always know when to provide us with exceptional, fully detailed content and for that you have my most sincere gratitude🎉.

  • @M1A2-Abrams-Main-Battle-Tank
    @M1A2-Abrams-Main-Battle-Tank 2 місяці тому +1

    the fact that you pay attention to details as small as what someone says down to the exact wording, like "There's the fucking scheer!" you deserve much more then what you get. keep making awesome videos!

  • @javierpatag3609
    @javierpatag3609 2 місяці тому +1

    My golly, the quality of your animation is insanely good. Well done! Such tangible improvement! Bravo.

  • @subhamax
    @subhamax Місяць тому +1

    I had read about this battle when I was a kid. Now I relive it visually. Awesome graphics and presentation. Please keep up the good work and continue posting such wonderful historical battles. Will show my kid also

  • @ww2lover-td6hz
    @ww2lover-td6hz 2 місяці тому +6

    OH MY LORDY LORDY YARNHUB IS BACK IN ACTION GUYS why did i hear FUCKING SHEER

  • @BigDog34051
    @BigDog34051 2 місяці тому +4

    Love the content so much, I immediately watch your videos as soon as they come out, absolutely fantastic animations, please keep it up😁

  • @Spartan902
    @Spartan902 2 місяці тому +2

    Every time I listen and watch one of your posts I get goosebumps, such is your talent at bringing these events to life. I know this story and have been waiting for you to do it. Well done guys! Just brilliant.👍😎🇦🇺

  • @WalterRivolta-uu4ji
    @WalterRivolta-uu4ji Місяць тому +2

    Falto mencionar que el Graf fue undido para que los aliados no accedan a toda la nueva ingenieria constructiva y de deteccion que llevaba... por ejemplo la tecnica de soldadura del casco ya que fue el primer barco sin remaches... o su sistema de deteccion y apuntado. Exelente recreacion 👏👍

    • @julioalbertoherrera1339
      @julioalbertoherrera1339 Місяць тому

      La ingeniería alemana...ah eran buenos tiempos.

    • @WalterRivolta-uu4ji
      @WalterRivolta-uu4ji Місяць тому

      @@julioalbertoherrera1339 y si... pero hoy en dia Alemania es un titere mas de estados unidos...👍... y menos mal que Uruguay no convirtio la gloriosa aguila del G Spee en paloma como querian 😂

  • @jonathansteadman7935
    @jonathansteadman7935 2 місяці тому +3

    Excellent depiction of the action of the River Plate, although i can't help seeing Lansdorf as Peter Finch, having seen the film so many times. Once again, the animation is spectacular.

  • @FIFA-marruecos
    @FIFA-marruecos 20 днів тому

    Thank you for making this video! I am Uruguayan and I have never seen a channel that made an animation of the "battle of the Río de la Plata" outside of Uruguayan territorial waters and the graf spee made repairs here

  • @timothyorion2214
    @timothyorion2214 Місяць тому

    14:22 "Fire!!!" gave me chills. And excellent storytelling: overlaying the explosion of the scuttling charges with the pistol blast = ship and captain in their joint final moments.

  • @shawnna1398
    @shawnna1398 2 місяці тому +4

    Even the movie nimona dint have animated graphics this good

  • @luukvst1032
    @luukvst1032 2 місяці тому +2

    Slight error! HMS Ajax had 2x4 torpedo launchers and not 2x5

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  2 місяці тому

      Yes, we realised that too late to fix it.

  • @birb1589
    @birb1589 2 місяці тому +4

    Man i remember when yarnhub was the only voice actor

  • @user-np9kr7gu2v
    @user-np9kr7gu2v 2 місяці тому +6

    This is going to be great, so far one of the bests projects yoy ever made ❤️ it would be nice if you did the USS Massachusetts vs Jean Bart at Operarion Torch

  • @KurdistanLazo
    @KurdistanLazo 27 днів тому

    To think you went from 2D videos to full on movie scaled videos like this, it’s insane! It’s literally movies every upload now