Channel Dash by Battleship Scharnhorst & Gneisenau 1942 Animated

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  • The Channel Dash of 1942, also known as Operation Cerberus, was a daring and successful naval operation by the German Navy during World War II. The operation involved the evacuation of three powerful German warships, the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, from their base in Brest, France, to Germany.
    The Channel Dash was a significant achievement for the Germans, as it allowed them to avoid being trapped in Brest by the British Royal Navy. The operation began on February 11, 1942, when the German ships slipped out of the harbor and made their way through the English Channel, with the support of Luftwaffe bombers and fighters.
    In conclusion, the Channel Dash of 1942 was a significant event in the history of World War II. It demonstrated the effectiveness of German naval tactics and equipment, and had important psychological effects on both the German and British militaries. The operation also had significant strategic implications, as it allowed the Germans to reposition their naval assets and better defend against the British blockade.
    Animation, Directed and Produced by: The Warline
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  • @kevin9392
    @kevin9392 Рік тому +142

    I was already very familiar with this operation so I actually came here to check the quality of the video and find out if it was worth subscribing. Let's just say I was so pleased with the quality, I watched it to the very end despite knowing the entire story already. Subscriber count: +1

  • @derekweiland1857
    @derekweiland1857 2 роки тому +349

    This channel has 600 subscribers? it should be in the millions range. What an incredibly well put together video.

    • @TheWarline
      @TheWarline  2 роки тому +25

      Thank you

    • @tfs203
      @tfs203 Рік тому +7

      No Kidding!

    • @wardasz
      @wardasz Рік тому +6

      Probably cose there are other, older and vastly popular (and in some aspect better) videos about those topics. About Channel Dash specificly there are great videos by Operation Room and BuzBattles. Btw, this one look suspiciously symilar to Buz's one.

    • @onlythewise1
      @onlythewise1 Рік тому

      why illegals don't care about gringo

    • @emretasdemir8028
      @emretasdemir8028 Рік тому +1

      Yes, very high effort videos

  • @dwaynehicks6838
    @dwaynehicks6838 Рік тому +36

    Just been recommended by histograph channel , good video.

    • @ChaosMongrel
      @ChaosMongrel Рік тому +1

      Same here! Found this channel that way too. Made sure to subscribe. Looking forward to future videos!

  • @viesturslevada8554
    @viesturslevada8554 Рік тому +63

    Here to make a shoutout to Historigraph for showing Your channel. Much respect for You and Your work! Very enjoyable and a wonderful job done! Instant subscriber.

  • @ronnelson7828
    @ronnelson7828 Рік тому +31

    The British submarine Sealy-un!?! It's Sea-Lion!

    • @wahwahweewa
      @wahwahweewa Рік тому +3

      Ya, and Boulogne isn't Bologna either!

    • @NeedlessPedantics
      @NeedlessPedantics Рік тому +2

      Tee-Pits...no it's pronounced Tur-puhts

    • @AndrewGivens
      @AndrewGivens Рік тому +3

      Wow, boys - calm down.
      -
      Here to add to these pronunciation critiques: quality video, presenting a very accessible explanation of this thrilling wartime episode. Good script and graphics.

    • @Muesli711
      @Muesli711 5 місяців тому

      Frisian was another one

    • @davefb
      @davefb 3 місяці тому

      AI innit.

  • @tfs203
    @tfs203 Рік тому +10

    This channel needs far more exposure + appreciation!

  • @legallyblind393
    @legallyblind393 2 роки тому +37

    Your back! I’m so glad. I hope you do get more recognition.

    • @TheWarline
      @TheWarline  2 роки тому +4

      thank you for your support..

  • @davidasher8718
    @davidasher8718 4 місяці тому +3

    This is terrific. The channel dash was always one of my favorite world war maneuvers

  • @MALITH666
    @MALITH666 Рік тому +55

    I love this mission. It was so bold, mad and straight to the point. Plus succeeded.

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 Рік тому

      Indeed. A successful strategic calamity for the Germans, effectively signalling the end of their surface fleet as a relevant factor in the war.

    • @MALITH666
      @MALITH666 Рік тому +2

      @@dovetonsturdee7033 It was ending anyway. Germany was running out of fuel therefore Naval fleet was always on the clock. Plus US comiting to carriers fully broke/changed Naval warfare and rendered all these fleets useless.

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 Рік тому +7

      @@MALITH666 'Plus US comiting to carriers fully broke/changed Naval warfare and rendered all these fleets useless.' Really? Perhaps you might explain the importance of US carriers in the naval war against Germany?

    • @MALITH666
      @MALITH666 Рік тому

      @@dovetonsturdee7033 They didnt have to. Its a case of 'even if Germany managed to have a surface fleet'.
      American partners, the British, succesfully did that with their fleet air arm. Which is the prelude for the this mission. 1940 aircrafts were far too great deterrent than the biggest battleship.

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 Рік тому +1

      @@MALITH666 Which German warships, or come to that Italian warships, were either sunk, or even crippled, by Fleet Air Arm aircraft?

  • @TheInternetBanana
    @TheInternetBanana Рік тому +22

    I love the video but I spotted that your map may be more recent because of the coastline of the Netherlands. Keep up the good work!

  • @jonathonparker1532
    @jonathonparker1532 8 місяців тому +5

    I love the history of battleships. Respect for all the captains regardless of nation or reasoning. Absolutely amazing marvels of war technology.

  • @noahj.1232
    @noahj.1232 Рік тому +17

    Wonderful graphics and narration. Please continue making videos! You will get the recognition you deserve soon.

  • @ethanchang6417
    @ethanchang6417 Рік тому +11

    So happy I found this channel by accident, keep up the good work! Can’t wait to watch more of your videos!

  • @tbnrwarriorkzx7552
    @tbnrwarriorkzx7552 Рік тому +2

    This is the most underrated channel ever, good luck man, earned a sub :)

  • @Docwilson91
    @Docwilson91 Рік тому +9

    Found this channel by accident, but I’m glad I did. Great story telling and animation.

  • @luxin6235
    @luxin6235 Рік тому +10

    Came here from historiograph!

  • @marksingleton7199
    @marksingleton7199 Рік тому +4

    I was reading a biography of Nelson in shop where Commander Fanning came in. Happy to see some one interested in Naval History he offered his copies of Nelsons letters for me to read. I was told after he left that he had been awarded the D.S.C. Commander Fanning returned with a huge book and I asked about his medal. He said that he had been a navigator whilst chasing the Prince Eugene and Gneisenau and that the government had dished out some medals and his name was pulled out of hat to recieve a medal.
    When you think of the responsibility of of these young men, I feel very humble.

    • @freebeerfordworkers
      @freebeerfordworkers 8 місяців тому +1

      No disrespect to him and there's no doubt he deserved it but he was telling the truth. I met a man who saw out the war as a mess waiter with a regiment in Italy. It was not a high flying job but in his position he saw and heard just about everything. He said after major battle they got a list of decorations to be awarded and in one case they passed the job to a Major who awarded himself the D S O.

    • @marksingleton7199
      @marksingleton7199 8 місяців тому +1

      @@freebeerfordworkers I understand. Yet he navigated a flotilla of ships and therefore had thousands of lives to look after.
      One of those very young men who took on huge responsibility.
      I respect them all.

    • @kulturfreund6631
      @kulturfreund6631 4 місяці тому

      Hi there,
      just to be precise: The name of the ship was >Prinz Eugen< .

  • @Tomtiedom12
    @Tomtiedom12 Рік тому +2

    Historiograph brought me here. Excellent channel, you're looking at some serious growth in the near future. High quality video.

  • @ethical3429
    @ethical3429 Рік тому +8

    Incredible content. waiting impatiently for more.(thanks historygraph)

  • @Memeo.
    @Memeo. Рік тому +1

    Wow this channel deserves atleast 100k subs with content like this

  • @charlesfrancis6925
    @charlesfrancis6925 7 місяців тому +4

    What a good coordination and plan by the kriegmarine and the Luftwaffe, their dedication is commendable!

  • @TheWarline
    @TheWarline  Рік тому +14

    Also check this out:-
    Das Reich Division vs French Resistance ww2 - ua-cam.com/video/uqUV-9zpzSg/v-deo.html
    Sinking of the Shinano by the USS Archerfish Submarine 1944 Animated - ua-cam.com/video/YdViIPbdbDs/v-deo.html
    The Sinking of Blucher - ua-cam.com/video/hlBkym_Ky6E/v-deo.html
    Sinking of Yamato Battleship - ua-cam.com/video/T2M2noNx3OI/v-deo.html
    The Saint Nazaire Raid - ua-cam.com/video/dyjeRWWbUns/v-deo.html
    The Wake Island 1941 - ua-cam.com/video/Xiy02U0zg0k/v-deo.html

  • @HoH
    @HoH Рік тому +3

    This was really good, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

  • @hisdadjames4876
    @hisdadjames4876 Рік тому

    Thanks for drawing our attention to this excellent account of the Channel dash👍

  • @novacolonel5287
    @novacolonel5287 Рік тому +12

    Lovely narration and animation, and I honestly applaud your approach of butchering French, English and German city and ship names alike.

    • @kulturfreund6631
      @kulturfreund6631 4 місяці тому

      I actually think the pronunciation was quite good. Except maybe for the city of Wilhelmshaven, which sounded like "Wilhelmshown". I suppose this is an artificial computer generated voice. Maybe it's programmed or follows the name "Copenhagen" as a role model, which in Danish is written "København" and pronounced "Koebenhown".
      The V in Wilhelmshaven (literally: Williamsport /Williamshaven) is pronounced as F.
      Side note:
      The V in German and Dutch words and names of Germanic origin is pronounced as F .
      Examples: Vater (father), Vogel (bird), vier (four), vorbei (over, past), Volk (people, the people, folk), Hannover (Hanover), von Bismarck, van Beethoven, Amstelveen (Dutch town), Bremerhaven (coastal city, port of Bremen) ...
      Whereas the V in German words of Latin/Romance origin is pronounced as V.
      Like: Variation (variation), violett (violet), Vibration, Viktor/Viktoria (personal names), Vakanz (vacancy), Lavendel (lavender) etc.

  • @koppo9172
    @koppo9172 3 місяці тому

    What a great video. This chanell will blow up for sure

  • @danieltraverso3940
    @danieltraverso3940 11 місяців тому

    Your last 2 videos, phenomenal. You've found your mix.
    Keep up the good work.

    • @TheWarline
      @TheWarline  11 місяців тому

      Thank you very much!

  • @chkoha6462
    @chkoha6462 Рік тому +1

    Came here by recommendation.good video,hats off

  • @FiveSkitsAtFreddys
    @FiveSkitsAtFreddys 9 місяців тому +1

    Amazing video, always so interesting to see the Ugly Sisters in action.

  • @matthewbatchelor5084
    @matthewbatchelor5084 2 роки тому +1

    Great Video, best one I’ve seen on the channel dash

  • @Sunsdeath
    @Sunsdeath Рік тому

    Bro this channel is so underrated 8.5k views only? It should be more.

  • @moistmike4150
    @moistmike4150 Рік тому +5

    Wow! That WW2 must've been terrifying for all those involved. I'm just glad no one got hurt.

    • @melangellatc1718
      @melangellatc1718 5 місяців тому +1

      Nope, no casualties during the whole war!

  • @Barwasser
    @Barwasser Рік тому +1

    wow this is some high-quality stuff!

  • @STRAYGAMING
    @STRAYGAMING Рік тому +3

    Very good video loved the detail and style

  • @mikepowell2776
    @mikepowell2776 Рік тому +9

    Excellent, detailed exposition with good, simple and clear graphics. Information is mainly accurate as well. My only criticism is that some of the translations are a little too direct and need to be corrected into English idiom. Good to hear a non-transAtlantic accent and a clear voice. I look forward to the next one.

    • @Ansset0
      @Ansset0 Рік тому

      Info should not be mainly accurate. Either it is or not. In second case one should not spread it having a YT channel.

  • @R.U.1.2.
    @R.U.1.2. Рік тому

    Well done and informative, thank-you.

  • @lievenmoelants
    @lievenmoelants Рік тому +3

    great graphics, and well told 😊

  • @hjones3056
    @hjones3056 Рік тому +1

    Very well animated

  • @bencebenyo6788
    @bencebenyo6788 Рік тому +1

    Nicely done Warline! Altough to be frank your map about the Dutch coastline is not just "more recent" as somebody has already pointed out but also incorrect regardless of the time it is set. Because the dijk which separates the Ijjselmeer from the North see was already built by the beginning of the war but the Markerwaarddijk which separates the Ijjselmeer and the Markermeer was not. But the point is the Markermeer is shown as a body of water on your map but the Ijjselmeer is not. This is a clear mistake whatever time the map is based on. I know it sounds harsh but to be honest I really loved your work and your video. It is great that you have put this together. I just wanted to help you with you later contents. Keep up the good work!

    • @TheWarline
      @TheWarline  Рік тому +2

      Hi, thank you for your feedback.

    • @TermiteUSA
      @TermiteUSA Рік тому

      The coastline look level of details of all the countries were the same. The maps were adequate to show ship movements imo.

    • @bencebenyo6788
      @bencebenyo6788 Рік тому

      @@TermiteUSA Nobody said it wasnt decent enough for its purpose. But still a map is a map and it should be correct otherwise people get confused and with mistakes like this its harder to locate the exact location of the story.

  • @AllthingsWW2
    @AllthingsWW2 Рік тому +1

    This is fantastic!

  • @deejj9766
    @deejj9766 Рік тому +1

    Awesome vid looking forward to the next one

  • @johnnymartinjohansen
    @johnnymartinjohansen Рік тому

    What an interesting channel! Thanks for your efforts :)

  • @lostdrathen4254
    @lostdrathen4254 Рік тому +1

    Now this is great content

  • @49metal
    @49metal Рік тому

    Great production!

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ Рік тому +2

    Great video! I have no doubt this channel will take off like a rocket quickly!👍🙏😎

  • @chel3SEY
    @chel3SEY Рік тому

    Really excellent presentation.

  • @AndrewBuell
    @AndrewBuell Рік тому

    Historigragh sent me. Excellent work

  • @moiyamoyam5761
    @moiyamoyam5761 Рік тому

    Great details!! Kudos!

  • @PaulP999
    @PaulP999 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for this, like others I had read a fair bit about it BUT your maps etc put the words in a better perspective - for example, I hadn't taken on board just how far along they were when first found nor how much luck played a part (HMS Sealion/recon Spits etc).

    • @TheWarline
      @TheWarline  4 місяці тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @PaulP999
      @PaulP999 4 місяці тому

      @@TheWarlineI always wondered why the St Margarets Bay 14" guns didn't seem to play a part, at least one was in place by end of 1940 and the other somewhere around the Dash itself..?

    • @TheWarline
      @TheWarline  4 місяці тому

      In 1940 two 14-inch cross-channel guns were installed near St. Margaret's at Cliffe.
      These guns were named 'Winnie' and 'Pooh'.
      The four shown in the video is an mistake.

    • @PaulP999
      @PaulP999 4 місяці тому

      @@TheWarline You may not be mistaken, I have strong recollections 9.2" guns were on the coast, ex-navy ones which had no ship to go on (though I think Drac mentioned plans for a "super cruiser" with 9.2" guns..). I wouldn't bet proper money on it however (the 9.2" coastal guns, not the super cruiser). My favoured author said Pooh was installed in Feb '41 so could have been around for the Dash but later on two 15" were also mounted. They and the 14" guns had duels with German heavy coast guns it is claimed, along with some railway guns of similar calibre. Anyway, today I have enjoyed two of your videos and expect I will enjoy some others no doubt.

  • @chrisst8922
    @chrisst8922 Рік тому +1

    A couple of years later it would just have been another trip for 617 Squadron and their Tallboys.

  • @casperborumandersen1458
    @casperborumandersen1458 4 місяці тому

    This video reminds me almost to mutch about the operation room video about the dash through the channel

  • @parthin
    @parthin Рік тому +17

    Prinz Eugen was a lucky ship that survived the war. It was destroyed in a post-war atomic bomb test.

    • @mattg432
      @mattg432 5 місяців тому

      Two nuclear bombs, and Prinz Eugen is still partially above water.

    • @swervsplatt9672
      @swervsplatt9672 4 місяці тому

      No, it wasn't, because nukes don't exist.

    • @swervsplatt9672
      @swervsplatt9672 4 місяці тому

      I don't care what you memorized from school, or what you watched on TV. Because that's all you have for proof.

  • @fitt4393
    @fitt4393 8 місяців тому

    Awesome animation and subscribed.

  • @springerk2007
    @springerk2007 10 місяців тому

    Can’t wait for part 2!

  • @rocha7686
    @rocha7686 Рік тому +1

    Keep 'em comin!

  • @michaelreifenstein2114
    @michaelreifenstein2114 Рік тому +1

    Heinz Knoke in his book, I flew for the Führer, described the operation from his position flying cover for part of the dash.
    The Germans were able to.maintain silence until swordfish appeared, them the typical Luftwaffe radio chaos ensued with everybody talking all over each other.
    He seemed to feel German pilots were a bit excitable when in combat.

  • @moistmike4150
    @moistmike4150 Рік тому +13

    Kenneth Campbell and his 3 crewmen perished in the attack on Gneisenau, but he and his crew's bravery put Gneisenau out of action for many months in which it might have wreaked havoc on British convoys. God bless the brave men of the RAF and RNAF.

    • @kalebjames1953
      @kalebjames1953 9 місяців тому +2

      every goddamn pilot/crew was a knucklehead within that airforce

    • @Muesli711
      @Muesli711 5 місяців тому +2

      He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions.

  • @ondrejdobrota7344
    @ondrejdobrota7344 Рік тому

    Best video I ever seen.

  • @dreadgod81
    @dreadgod81 Рік тому

    Why is the closed captioning text so wildly different from the spoken audio? In some parts, it's literally describing details never covered by the narrator.

  • @change_your_oil_regularly4287

    Quality work 👍 👏

  • @thomasthurman7840
    @thomasthurman7840 Рік тому +6

    Poor Prinz Eugen... Survived the entire war only to die to a nuclear blast

  • @randied603
    @randied603 Рік тому

    Listening to the operation being narrated got me anxious.

  • @AliaAsten
    @AliaAsten Рік тому +1

    Also came in by a recommendation. Maybe you'll get a lot of new subscribers now :)

  • @NYCamper62
    @NYCamper62 Рік тому

    There was also some electronic / radio deception conducted just prior to the dash.

  • @johnwalsh7256
    @johnwalsh7256 Рік тому

    Great detail

  • @JavaIsAwesome
    @JavaIsAwesome 8 місяців тому

    ah dats why Prinz Eugene called the Lucky Ship through-out the end of war.

  • @jamesmuller3807
    @jamesmuller3807 Рік тому +1

    Could have sworn some fella named Galland played an active role in the dash.

  • @tejupagi5663
    @tejupagi5663 8 місяців тому

    Well told...

  • @johngordonmeade361
    @johngordonmeade361 Рік тому

    Excellent.

  • @johnthompson4067
    @johnthompson4067 5 місяців тому +1

    I read someplace that, after the Gneiseau was badly damaged by bombing in Kiel in early 1942, it was planned to not only replace her bow but lengthen it. Would this have allowed her to carry eight 15 inch guns? I assume that she could not do so in her original design.

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 4 місяці тому

      No. Her nine eleven inch in three turrets were to have been replaced by six fifteen inch in three twin turrets.

  • @yashkalkar223
    @yashkalkar223 Рік тому

    Great content dude I landed here due too historiograph.

  • @pbssandman9985
    @pbssandman9985 Рік тому

    which island is being illustrated when you claim that Tirpiz was in the Baltic Sea at 4:40?

  • @GearGuardianGaming
    @GearGuardianGaming Рік тому

    Ok so a minor correction:
    Victorious renown and repulse didnt battle bismarck. That was suffolk, norfolk, rodney and i think sheffield or dorsetshire, along with king george V.l

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 Рік тому +1

      Victorious, or, at least, her aircraft, did. Repulse was with King George V (not VI) initially, but withdrew due to lack of fuel Renown stayed with Ark Royal, as the whereabouts of Prinz Eugen were unknown.

  • @studentjohn35
    @studentjohn35 Рік тому +1

    Operation Cerberus was just about the only time in the entire war that German ships proceeded at sea with proper air cover. Perhaps their freinds in japan talked some sense into them.

  • @qzwxecrv0192837465
    @qzwxecrv0192837465 Рік тому +2

    Radio silence. Had the fighters been able to call back position, the Germans might possible have been stopped at the choke point. Well done Britain

  • @tigerland4328
    @tigerland4328 4 місяці тому

    Good video i enjoyed it 👍 however a few mistakes in the wording. its not "the HMS Hood" or "The bomber command" its just "HMS hood" and "bomber command". Also the official name of the navy of the UK is "the Royal navy" not "the British navy"

  • @RoboticDragon
    @RoboticDragon 8 місяців тому

    I betcha Otto never misses an opportunity to tell people he is a celiac.

  • @albertoroma2244
    @albertoroma2244 Рік тому

    Great cideo! Subbed!

  • @jamesoliver6625
    @jamesoliver6625 Рік тому +1

    To not include Rodney in the graphic regarding sinking Bismarck is criminal.

  • @canerguener8664
    @canerguener8664 8 місяців тому

    Great.
    Mostly unknown stuff ,even in Germany

  • @normanwells2755
    @normanwells2755 8 місяців тому

    0:12 Who were considered the Allies in March of 1941?

  • @Squeeonline
    @Squeeonline Рік тому +1

    The more I watch this video, the more I'm convinced it's read by a bot, who's reading a script with typos in. Clearly at one point the narrator says "petrol line", rather than "Patrol line" which left me very confused.

  • @williaml.
    @williaml. Рік тому +2

    Came from historigraph, great content indeed !

  • @ukmediawarrior
    @ukmediawarrior 7 місяців тому

    It seems there is some debate over whether you pronounce the 'G' in Gneisenau. I have always been taught it was a silent G by professors I learned under for Modern History, but some channels on YT seem to believe you do say the G making it an awkward word to speak.

  • @MrMalvolio29
    @MrMalvolio29 9 місяців тому +2

    I’ve always heard the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau referred to as “Pocket Battleships,” not as “battlecruisers.” In fact, when HMS Glorious was sunk by the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, the message it sent out specifically identified the two capital ships attacking it as “PBs,” which was the abbreviation the Royal Navy used for German pocket battleships. I had always understood that, though lighter than a regular battleship, the pocket battleship still had more armour than the typical fast battlecruiser (such as the HMS Hood). Could you please clarify this terminological confusion? Doesn’t a pocket battleship also have a bit more firepower than a typical battlecruiser, which sacrifices armour and a few guns in the secondary battery usually in return for markedly increased speed? I guess I’m simply wondering *how* the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau survived *so* much battle damage from torpedoes, naval guns, aircraft bombs, and mines without sinking, whereas the most celebrated battlecruiser in the world, the HMS Hood, was sunk quickly by **ONE* direct hit from one of Bismarck’s naval guns…to be followed in short order to the bottom of the sea by the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, part of the foolishly small Force Z sent with nearly no air cover to “intimidate the Japanese” and defend Singapore. Instead, the kido butai had little difficulty locating the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the Repulse; launched their torpedo and dive bombers; and easily sunk both warships.
    This is my point: a pocket battleship *does* sacrifice *some* armour to *seem* to comply with the Washington Naval Treaty, but in fact these warships were still perfectly well defended enough to operate in formations with slower ships in relative safety, and, more importantly, to form part of a naval battle line, and be able to depend on its armour to offer it a good deal of protection as it exchanged shots with enemy warships.
    The same cannot be said of the standard battlecruiser, whose greatest assets were its speed and maneuverability.

    • @fightingdreamer123
      @fightingdreamer123 8 місяців тому +1

      "pocket battleship" referred to the much smaller KMS Deutschland and KMS Graf Spee, equipped with smaller guns (only 6, 11 inch guns) and lighter armor, as well as being much smaller to the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, which were very much comparable to the HMS Hood in size. Pocket Battleships have far less firepower and armor than battlecruisers, and were only employed by the Germans during the interwar period to skirt treaty limitations on their ships.
      Think of battlecruisers as battleships with less armor and higher speeds. Pocket Battleships are smaller and weaker in every way--their like bite-sized candy.

    • @MrMalvolio29
      @MrMalvolio29 8 місяців тому

      @@fightingdreamer123 , this was not how the Royal Navy categorized the Scharnhorst or Gneisenau. When those ships were spotted, HMS Glorious Used the abbreviations P/Bs, in the message sent to the Admiralty. I appreciate your response, though. Thank you.

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 7 місяців тому

      @@MrMalvolio29 Glorious had more pressing matters concerning her than whether she was being attacked by Deutschlands or Scharnhorsts.
      The Scharnhorsts were definitely called battleships by the German navy.

    • @RocketHarry865
      @RocketHarry865 4 місяці тому

      @@fightingdreamer123The Germans never used the term Pocket Battleship. They used Panzerschiffe which means armored ship. In terms of concept the Panzerschiffe were closer to the armoured cruisers of the pre-dreadnought era

    • @dalek3086
      @dalek3086 4 місяці тому

      Deutschland was renamed Lutzow - before the Norwegian campaign. Renamed by Hitler as he did not want a warship called Deutschland to be sunk. In the German Navy, Deutschland / later Lutzow was classified as panzerschiff / armoured ship , this could be translated as armoured cruiser. Some newspapers of the time called the Deutschland a pocket battleship.

  • @taikosultanz6243
    @taikosultanz6243 Рік тому

    Nice

  • @bruh5361
    @bruh5361 8 місяців тому

    Great video, but you should work on your sense of direction. You confused East for West and vice versa several times in the video. Otherwise, it's fantastic!

    • @TheWarline
      @TheWarline  8 місяців тому

      Thanks for the tips!

  • @BaldurGunnarsson
    @BaldurGunnarsson Рік тому

    The ships didn't "weigh" around 32 thousand tons. Their displacement was around 32 thousand tons.

  • @thomaslinton5765
    @thomaslinton5765 Рік тому +1

    Channel Dash by BattleshipS Scharnhorst & Gneisenau

  • @peterjarvis9367
    @peterjarvis9367 Рік тому +4

    The account is good, but does not mention that Bletchley Park had decrypted the co-ordinates of the swept channel past Terschelling, which enabled the RAF to drop mines into the swept channel and thus damage both battlecruisers. Scharnhorst took months to repair and my recollection is that Gneisenau was bombed while on a floating dock at Kiel so that she was never used again in anger.
    I defer to better information.

  • @looinrims
    @looinrims Рік тому +4

    “Both of these were battlecruisers”
    Oh boy you just caused a firestorm

    • @Cobra-King3
      @Cobra-King3 Рік тому

      I rather call them Undergunned Battleships, but Also agree with the term Battlectuiser

    • @alphamaccao5224
      @alphamaccao5224 Рік тому

      Nah, they are battlecruisers in role and usage.

    • @hannesromhild8532
      @hannesromhild8532 Рік тому

      @@alphamaccao5224 Not at all. The intend was to counter the Dunkerque class. That makes them Battleships.

  • @nico.bruhwiler1280
    @nico.bruhwiler1280 10 місяців тому

    Un super document sans doute ! Cela dis c’est fatigant avec le décodeur en français ! Pourquoi on a pas la version en français pourquoi ?!?!?!

  • @kahlila4347
    @kahlila4347 8 місяців тому

    some people cant let go the loss of things like hms hood

  • @crisespinoza1979
    @crisespinoza1979 Рік тому +1

    Such a dash that made the British look very incompetent. "Fotune favors the bold". It certainly did so her

  • @JoeOvercoat
    @JoeOvercoat Рік тому

    Dig the detail described herein.

  • @abizard5899
    @abizard5899 9 місяців тому

    biar usaha dlm negara benua lancar ada nya pelabuhan besar....

  • @donaldboyer8182
    @donaldboyer8182 2 місяці тому

    I would not want to have to stand in front Churchill and tell the bad news. Nor would I want to be any of the major figures in this.

  • @spencerderosier6649
    @spencerderosier6649 Рік тому +41

    Scharnhorst and her sister had battleship armor. Even thicker than the French dunkerque class. (Which were proclaimed battleships.) But their guns were vastly inferior to battleships by WWII. Some would say this makes them a propriety class. Others say that since they were meant to murder cruisers and run from battleships. This makes their roll that of battlecruisers. And therefore battlecrusiers they are..... In Truth, At the end of the day you can call them whenever you want.

    • @michaeld.uchiha9084
      @michaeld.uchiha9084 Рік тому +5

      Germany just called them Battleships because germany never run the name battlecruiser.
      In Germany a battlecruiser like ship is named a Großkreuzer (Big Cruiser).
      It was planned to make a retrofit on the Scharnhorst class with 3×2 380mm guns.
      Never happend because the war started to early and not as planned 1949.

    • @tomriley5790
      @tomriley5790 Рік тому +2

      They were fast battleships, just with relatively small guns.

    • @tomriley5790
      @tomriley5790 Рік тому +1

      @@michaeld.uchiha9084 Germany had loads of battlecruisers, up until Jutland anyway...

    • @535phobos
      @535phobos Рік тому +2

      @@tomriley5790 Well, they werent officially called Battlecruisers. For fiscal reasons. They were Big Cruisers (Große Kreuzer), just like the Armored Cruisers before. On the same note, officially Germany didnt have Battleships (Schlachtschiffe) until, well, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau came around. All before were Ships of the Line (Linienschiffe, Pre-Dread) or Big Ships of the Line (Großlinienschiffe, Dreadnoughts, so Nassau to Bayern)
      Inoffically the crew etc still called them Battleships /-cruisers, cause thats what they were.

    • @hannesromhild8532
      @hannesromhild8532 Рік тому +2

      Even thicker then the Dunkerque does not mean much. The Twins had a really strong Beltarmour with a decent Turtleback as backup. The Gund are also not too bad. They really performed quite well for the caliber. Penetration and range clearly make them capital ship guns.
      The mission profile for the Twins also was not cruiser killing but to oppose the Dunkerques. That makes them Battleships and they are classified as such.

  • @anthonyiocca5683
    @anthonyiocca5683 Рік тому +1

    That German task force cruised the English Channel taunting the Brits to do something about it…

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 Рік тому

      By which I assume you mean that the three German heavy ships fled back to Germany under a massive air umbrella, abandoned any future possibility of operating in the Atlantic, and thus played almost no part in the rest of the war,
      Admiral Raeder declared the Dash a major strategic reversal. He was correct.

    • @anthonyiocca5683
      @anthonyiocca5683 Рік тому

      @@dovetonsturdee7033 A risky dash, torpedos and mines made it to risky…

  • @vermicelledecheval5219
    @vermicelledecheval5219 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for this video. A well made operation by the germans. Still I wonder why they rappatriated these ships being useful enough to cut convoys from America to England... Then making them nearly idol and useless between the north sea and Scandinavia along with the Tirpitz...
    Maybe they were so harrassed by the brits they could have somewhat lost their real purposes and drop the case...