Worth noting that Muller didn't just have Emden repaired and re-provisioned at Diego Garcia, he also had the ship REPAINTED, the absolute balls on this guy
Historigraph misses a lot of details, or gets things wrong. For example, in the battle between Sydney and Emden, Sydney stayed out of Emden's range for a good portion of the battle. There are also many of Historigraph's videos where they just get things wrong.
@@briansaville8037not mentioning doesn’t mean it’s wrong though, or would you like to have absolute every detail? If so, we can start with the whole life of the crews, all the specification of ships and all the information about the nearby regions. You have to set boundaries somewhere and he simply thought that your nitpick wasn’t relevant enough to be put into the video.
The audacity to just sail to an enemy outpost to get some maintenance done... and then being lucky enough that the whole war was not yet communicated to that island.
The story of the Emden crew members who had been ashore destroying the radio equipment, who were left stranded on Direction Island, and their amazing journey back to Germany is well worth telling. Thanks for another great video.
@@julonkrutor4649 The Great War channel did a video on it, close to the 100th anniversary of the events: ua-cam.com/video/51FXgQOoppw/v-deo.htmlsi=DV_bDVRwvzD6UbfY
I would love movies about german perspective at these ships. Like new movies, about ships like the kormoran, Emden, the channel dash, or the German cruiser from battle of the river Plate. There are tons of movies about the allies and soviet perspective for wars, but Not alot from the german perspective.
There have been several films about Emden and her crew during and after the sinking: How We Beat the Emden (1915) Our Emden (1926) Kreuzer Emden (1932) The Exploits of the Emden (1928) Die Männer der Emden (2012)
Fun fact: The Iron Cross the Emden was awarded for its action was later always carried by its successors of the same name (another light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, a light cruiser of the Kriegsmarine and two frigates of the current German Navy). Unfortunately the upcoming corvette named Emden will apparently not carry that Iron Cross anymore from what I read as it has been sent to Australia in 2013.
What do you mean it has been sent to Australia? The corvette is not yet done and sits in docks. As far as I know (from officers on the ship) they're quite keen to honor the Emdens history as it's part of the German naval tradition.
@@SgTQuadratEnteIf you search for "Deutsche Marine: Von Kaiser Wilhelm II. gestiftetes Eisernes Kreuz des Kleinen Kreuzers SMS EMDEN am Brückenhaus der Fregatte EMDEN" on Google you should be able to see a photo where the photographer states the Iron Cross was handed over in 2013 and if you google "Korvette „Emden“ getauft: „Es war ein bewegender Tag!“" you should be able to find an article that states that the new Emden won't carry it.
Fun fact: Kaiser Wilhelm was so impressed by the exploits of the Emden, that he awarded a very special (and weird) honour to all crew members: they were granted the right to add "Emden" to their last name.
"In March 1921, the government of Prussia decreed that Prussian former crew members and relatives of those serving aboard the ship during World War I were allowed to add the heritable suffix "-Emden" to their last names as recognition for their service." Very impressive of the Kaiser to do so a whole three years after abdication. But whatever, you get your internet points with lies or sloppy information.
@@Mika-ph6ku The Kaiser had abdicated by then and the Prussian kingdom no longer existed, being replaced by the Free State of Prussia. It's not a big mistake I feel.
Worth to note in Emden's last battle in which Emden managed to actually damage Sydney: while Sydney had the 6" armament that is now usually asociated with light cruisers, Emden had just 4" guns - which is the same gun size as mere destroyers, with far less range (not just power). And _still_ managed to get first blood and hit Sydney's fire control with the first salvo (which _almost_ took her guns out of the game). Hadn't Sydney's crew managed to find the range anyways, Emden would have got away _again_ to stir even more trouble. "Chaos" and "rampage" are indeed the words for her.
There are still gun battles between ships...but these will be fought between smaller ships now, so in best case between small patrol vessels, so smaller than vessels, which carry anti ship missiles. There have been few in last decades. But yes, between big ships, very unlikely. This is now history.
@@Nobodyisperfect-us6pk it's not about gun battles. It is about a sea raider. With the ability of aircraft to fly long distance. Satellites and other abilities, the ability to hide in the vastness of the ocean no longer exists.
One of the ships the Emden sank was carrying much treasured soap. The company that Emden raided later made a ad with the saying 'Our soap is so popular its even used on the Emden', or something to that effect.
This gave such nostalgic vibes. This made me go to like 2014 or 2016 when I watched the documentary about the daring escape/adventure of the Emden’s crew that got stranded in keeling island after that raid. Hope it does get covered although it’s not strictly naval stuff
Around 1970 I read a book about the exploits of Captain Muller and the Emden. I don't know when book was published and interestingly it never gave full dates for the events listed. At yhe time I figured it took place during WWI, but it was decades before I could confirm that, as there was no resources that I could access to confirm that. The story of this ship, it's brave crew and it's Captain have stayed with me all these years. I still have that book, however, it is in storage with a couple of thousand others, otherwise I would happily reread it today.
Thank you for making and publishing this video. I like that you shine a light on these kinds of engagements with your channel's coverage because they seem to languish in terms of popular historical discussion.
While the High Seas Fleet may have underperformed during the first world war, the determined German overseas squadrons and cruisers would all perform with impressive skill and chivalry. They were the unsung heroes of the Imperial German Navy
@@MajinOthinus The High seas fleet may have scored well at Jutland, but they were nearly inconsequential on the wider war. They failed to break the naval blockade, they failed to score a decisive victory, they retreated from numerically inferior forces at Scarborough, and they retreated from the Grand fleet in 1917 without offering battle. Yes they traded well in the single major battle, but massively underperformed considering its capabilities.
The reason the Emden thought she was safe to send a landing party ashore was the fact that the only response to the distress signal the telegraph station sent out came from HMS London, which was patrolling several hours further away. That "British" convoy was the troopships and horse transports carrying ANZAC, escorted by Australian and Japanese cruisers. Emden was unaware of their presence because they were keeping radio silent.
At the Island: "So, uh, you stocking up on artillery ammo?" "Yeah, intern tripped and threw some over board, why else would we need new ammo?" "Uhuh...any particular reason you got cannon damage on your battle ship?" "Nahh, just some minor scratches, don't worry about it, who would shoot at us anyway? It's not like we're at war with anyone am I right?"
@@blizzardwizzard8572 It was a joke on how anytime the British aren't at the top of their game someone goes on a rampage The Germans, Japanese, Italians, basically both World Wars prove that anytime the British get involved, whatever problems are occurring will soon be put to an end once they lock in.
Found it interesting that I've been to half the ports this ship had been to with the US Navy. Tsingtao in '86 (different spelling now) as part of a 3 ship diplomatic port visit. Diego Garcia in '79 for emergency ship repair. And Penang in '91 on the way to the Persian Gulf.
This ship added its name to our local vocabulary (pronounced in slightly different way) . That was its effect. Malayalam language has a word coined after this ship.
There actually a German movie about the ship and the crew: Die Männer der Emden. Most of the movie however covers the breathtaking escape of the 50 men, who neither died or were captured by the British/Australians. They captured a small ship and set sail for Tsingtao, before being informed in Dutch Indonesia, that the colony fell to the Japanese. They continue their odyssey by sailing towards the ottoman held Arabia, where they live through multiple adventures, as the Arabian tribes have taken up arms against the Ottomans. Eventually they arrive on a trainstation and were taken to Constantinople and in June 1915 arrived in Berlin, where they were applauded as heroes. Their odyssey nearly got even longer, as they just missed the Gallipoli landings.
right, the captain of the Sydney made the serious mistake with going too close to the Kormoran. normally the Kormoran would have been no match for the cruiser.
I have some machetes made from the hull of the Emden, I have always wondered how that engagement went and the lead up to it thanks, Love your channel/show👍
Captain Müller was a full Captain (KzS), not a Lieutenant Commander or the German equivalent of Korvettenkapitän. Your rank photo at 0:47 is actually correct for Kapitän zur See though.
While commanding the ship he was still Korvettenkapitän. It's important in this case to keep in mind when exactly a historical figure received their promotion.
A very clever divide and conquer strategy on the part of admiral sheer. Allowing him to hurt the allied shipping in the region with detached emden, while rest of the squadron when after Royal Navy forces in the area. Bet that Emdens success would inspire the rampage of the Graf spee upon allied shipping in a similar part of the world during the first months of WW2
Hard to remember how new and rare wireless was in 1914. Imagine how different Shackleton's story would have been had they been carrying a radio transmitter.
Fun fact: The same convoy that sunk the emden later almost blocked their way back to germany by attacking gallipoli. There was a huge Odyssee the crew had on the way back.
@@virgolaniakean8001 There is a great although german documentary on it. Its called something like "Unter Kaiserlichem Banner - Teil 1". It might have english subtitles in some uploads.
Anyone find it crazy how army generals are miles away in safety issueing orders while naval captains can get seriously injured and still man the helm. Respect to them.
Loved the video @histroigraph! Can't wait for the next video man! I remember The Mighty Jingles talking about the SMS Emden when Wargaming added her to the German Tech Tree for World of Warships back in 2018. As he said about Von Müller while Recounting a Book about The Imperial German Navy in World War One that he had gotten as a Christmas Present, "The Man had Balls of Steel". Let me know what you think about this and I'll catch you in your next video man!
I wonder if things would've been worse for British Shipping in the Indian Ocean if their had been a few more German Light Cruisers raiding it at this time.
This is what the Anglo-Australian fleets were concerned about and something von Spee bad considered. However pre-war exercises has shown that they could not secure enough coal to support the whole squadron. They did release three ships to carry out this raiding career - Emden & the auxiliaries Cormoran & Prinz Eitel Friedrich but the other two were far from successful with the former interning at Guam and the latter quitting the theatre.
The problem for the Imperial German Navy was the supply of those ships. It was obvious that they couldn’t hold their asian colonies in China, the Pacific and Guiney, so friendly ports were hard to find.
@@marsultor6131 the German Admiralstab were aware of this and signalled von Spee he had full discretion to organise his squadron as he willed without interference. They did, however advise him that Chile would be a good bet and was of a friendly disposition and that if he made for there then they could organise supply ships.
The Emden is the reason each following marine ship with the same name in the german navy could wear the iron cross and the ancestors could use the noble title from Emden
The captain, the crew and even the ship itself were all awarded the iron cross for their actions. Since then, there have been 5 more ships in various German Navies that have been named not only after the city of Emden but also after this ship. Each of them was and is allowed to wear the iron cross on or in front of the bridge to honor the exploits of the original light cruiser Emden. A Königsberg-class cruiser (1916) scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919, a unique light cruiser (1925) that was scrapped in 1949, a Köln-class frigate (1961) that was withdrawn in 1983, a Bremen-class frigate (1983) that was withdrawn in 2013 and a Braunschweig-class corvette (2023) that is in active service.
You could alao make a Video abou the sister ship of the SMS Embden, the SMS Dresden how did not earn her fame from battle but by running and hiding from the British navy after the rest of Spees fleet was destroyed, tge british realy qanted that ship dead. Or about the SMS Seeadler which to my nolage was the last sailong ship sucessfully used in war.
What a different outcome when history repeated itself and the next HMAS Sydney encountered the surface raider Komoran in 1941....one of the greatest tragedies in Australian naval history. Regarding the SMS Emden, the photographs taken of it after the engagement show graphically how it was pounded by Sydney into scrap metal....
Emden managed 16 hits (and to be fair, the first one, who disabled Syney's fire control, should have been enough for her to escape): Sydney needed over a hundred hits (out of almost 700 rounds fired) to finally pummel Emden.
@@Gapsx1eGewehr let's be fair where fairness is deserved, the Emden crew fumbled in forgetting they had left hoisted their godamn batte flag once beached and not answering (due to battle damage) a couple messages of, basically, "well, are you gonna strike your colours, or what?". Sydney can't be held at fault for going all "[shrug] Ah, well. Open fire again, then" on them. Two broadsides and regretably 20 German sailors later, they tore the flag in a hurry and Sydney stopped lobbing shells and sending a medical team instead. Quoting another famous Australian, "Such is life".
@@notfeedynotlazy it’s less that they forgot and more that they’d just gotten their asses handed to them in rapid fire combat and they were still reeling from jt
Awesome video! As an Aussie, I’m sad you referred to our ship as ‘British’. Our Navy was only 3 years old, but it was definitely an Australian ship of the RAN, as opposed to, say, the New Zealanders who funded at least one ship in the RN. I realise the captain was British and that we formed part of the forces of the British empire (eg, HMAS Australia spent some of the war stationed in England), but she was definitely Australian :)
Forgive me if I have, but I don't think I did? I referred to the convoy as British, but Sydney was referred to as Australian: "At 9.40am Emden opened fire on the approaching Sydney , and the two shops began to steam north, trading blows. Emden’s third salvo was accurate and scored hits, destroying Sydney’s fire control stations and starting a small fire. The Australians hit back, with larger 6inch shells soon crashing into the sea around Emden."
@@historigraph but would I be right in saying it was an ANZAC convoy, escorted by the RAN? (I believe there was also an RN ship which left before this battle). This was the ANZAC troop convoy travelling to Gallipoli so it’s of mythological importance to Australian identity :) I appreciate the difference between the RAN and the RN was subtle at that time, but it’s still important for us because it was the first war we fought as Australians instead of as Brits. I was also looking at what looks like a British flag when you’re talking about the Sydney (although I will admit, apparently the RAN used the British white ensign all the way up till Vietnam (!) when we finally got our own).
the fact that the germans would take prisoners and put them to a safe place even with the french revengeism, but the british while obviously the germans unable to attack and beached just savagly attacked them. cleary shows who the good guys were. {dont bring up mustard gas as the french and russians also used it}
@@Sceptonic I mean they have solid reasons for it. They have 3 major ports. Crimea which is disputed and can't have any heavy ships due to Bosphorus straits. Saint petersberg regulated by NATO and vladivostok. Their only actual naval base. They have no advantage having a big and powerful navy lol
Thanks for this video, i never knew about the kriegsmarine doing her best during WW1. Makes me wonder what else i don't know about that war, that presumably was "just actually a European" war.
Worth noting that Muller didn't just have Emden repaired and re-provisioned at Diego Garcia, he also had the ship REPAINTED, the absolute balls on this guy
Historigraph misses a lot of details, or gets things wrong. For example, in the battle between Sydney and Emden, Sydney stayed out of Emden's range for a good portion of the battle. There are also many of Historigraph's videos where they just get things wrong.
@@briansaville8037you can't fit all details in a ten-minute video. And that detail you mentioned doesn't really have any impact on the story at all.
@@briansaville8037not mentioning doesn’t mean it’s wrong though, or would you like to have absolute every detail? If so, we can start with the whole life of the crews, all the specification of ships and all the information about the nearby regions. You have to set boundaries somewhere and he simply thought that your nitpick wasn’t relevant enough to be put into the video.
@@BeedrillYanyanhe gets A LOT outright wrong, especially when it changes the narrative
@@BeedrillYanyan Solution is to not limit yourself to 10min
The audacity to just sail to an enemy outpost to get some maintenance done... and then being lucky enough that the whole war was not yet communicated to that island.
And now that same island is the most controversial place in the world
Ah, Diego Garcia, I had completely missed out on that juicy little detail.
I didn't know they stayed for two weeks. I heard of this story before.
What a badass Commander
Smart money says the CO on Diego Garcia and the person responsible for communication there were all sacked for incompetence.
@@krisgordon3116 Can't blame incompetence if they were never informed about the war. Thats an error on part of someone higher in government/military.
The story of the Emden crew members who had been ashore destroying the radio equipment, who were left stranded on Direction Island, and their amazing journey back to Germany is well worth telling.
Thanks for another great video.
Do tell...
@@julonkrutor4649 The Great War channel did a video on it, close to the 100th anniversary of the events:
ua-cam.com/video/51FXgQOoppw/v-deo.htmlsi=DV_bDVRwvzD6UbfY
There is a German documentary about their journey too. It’s actually really good
If a full movie was made about the Emden and her crew, people would call the movie fictional due to how unrealistic the story would be.
There is a German movie about the story of the Emden's landing crew. "Die Männer der Emden", although I can't find it available anywhere to watch.
I would love movies about german perspective at these ships. Like new movies, about ships like the kormoran, Emden, the channel dash, or the German cruiser from battle of the river Plate. There are tons of movies about the allies and soviet perspective for wars, but Not alot from the german perspective.
There have been several films about Emden and her crew during and after the sinking:
How We Beat the Emden (1915)
Our Emden (1926)
Kreuzer Emden (1932)
The Exploits of the Emden (1928)
Die Männer der Emden (2012)
@@simonstock4448 Thanks I'll be sure to look those up.
А ведь капитан Эмдена, мог действовать ещё хитрее. Тогда результат был бы ещё более фантастическим.
You should do a follow-on video on the escape of Emden's landing party.
100% this ^^
There is a cool movie about their journey home.
@@mrk131324 Do you know what movie is this?
@@maisonraider4593 "Die Männer der Emden"
@@silist001 I cant find it with english subs, but thanks bro!
Fun fact: The Iron Cross the Emden was awarded for its action was later always carried by its successors of the same name (another light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, a light cruiser of the Kriegsmarine and two frigates of the current German Navy). Unfortunately the upcoming corvette named Emden will apparently not carry that Iron Cross anymore from what I read as it has been sent to Australia in 2013.
The German government views the Iron Cross in disdain, and Imperial Germany is equated to Nazi Germany
What do you mean it has been sent to Australia? The corvette is not yet done and sits in docks. As far as I know (from officers on the ship) they're quite keen to honor the Emdens history as it's part of the German naval tradition.
@@SgTQuadratEnte I think he means the cross will be sent, like maybe as sorry for clapping Australian shipping?
That is sad.
@@SgTQuadratEnteIf you search for "Deutsche Marine: Von Kaiser Wilhelm II. gestiftetes Eisernes Kreuz des Kleinen Kreuzers SMS EMDEN am Brückenhaus der Fregatte EMDEN" on Google you should be able to see a photo where the photographer states the Iron Cross was handed over in 2013 and if you google "Korvette „Emden“ getauft: „Es war ein bewegender Tag!“" you should be able to find an article that states that the new Emden won't carry it.
The story of some Emden crew managing to escape back to Germany via Arabia was even more intriguing.
Fun fact:
Kaiser Wilhelm was so impressed by the exploits of the Emden, that he awarded a very special (and weird) honour to all crew members:
they were granted the right to add "Emden" to their last name.
Albercht von Emden i like it :D
"In March 1921, the government of Prussia decreed that Prussian former crew members and relatives of those serving aboard the ship during World War I were allowed to add the heritable suffix "-Emden" to their last names as recognition for their service."
Very impressive of the Kaiser to do so a whole three years after abdication. But whatever, you get your internet points with lies or sloppy information.
@@Azhiniyou don't have to be an ass to correct some misinformation.
@@Azhini Where are the lies and sloppy information you literally stated the very same thing op did...
@@Mika-ph6ku The Kaiser had abdicated by then and the Prussian kingdom no longer existed, being replaced by the Free State of Prussia. It's not a big mistake I feel.
Worth to note in Emden's last battle in which Emden managed to actually damage Sydney: while Sydney had the 6" armament that is now usually asociated with light cruisers, Emden had just 4" guns - which is the same gun size as mere destroyers, with far less range (not just power). And _still_ managed to get first blood and hit Sydney's fire control with the first salvo (which _almost_ took her guns out of the game). Hadn't Sydney's crew managed to find the range anyways, Emden would have got away _again_ to stir even more trouble. "Chaos" and "rampage" are indeed the words for her.
An interesting form of sea battles we will probably never see again.
The German - British alliance within NATO has robbed us of many potential iconic future battles... *sigh
also technology, but yeah ;D
Don't tempt us
@@samsonsoturian6013 German or British?
There are still gun battles between ships...but these will be fought between smaller ships now, so in best case between small patrol vessels, so smaller than vessels, which carry anti ship missiles. There have been few in last decades.
But yes, between big ships, very unlikely. This is now history.
@@Nobodyisperfect-us6pk it's not about gun battles. It is about a sea raider. With the ability of aircraft to fly long distance. Satellites and other abilities, the ability to hide in the vastness of the ocean no longer exists.
One of the ships the Emden sank was carrying much treasured soap. The company that Emden raided later made a ad with the saying 'Our soap is so popular its even used on the Emden', or something to that effect.
Sheer audacity often leads to fascinating stories.
Awesome Video! I live in the City of Emden and we're still very proud about this ship and her crew.
Greetings from East Frisia, Emden. :)
Amazing video like always. In my opinion the story of the Emden is one of the most interesting stories in naval history, so I’m glad it got covered.
This gave such nostalgic vibes. This made me go to like 2014 or 2016 when I watched the documentary about the daring escape/adventure of the Emden’s crew that got stranded in keeling island after that raid. Hope it does get covered although it’s not strictly naval stuff
he's covered land battles before
Around 1970 I read a book about the exploits of Captain Muller and the Emden.
I don't know when book was published and interestingly it never gave full dates for the events listed.
At yhe time I figured it took place during WWI, but it was decades before I could confirm that, as there was no resources that I could access to confirm that.
The story of this ship, it's brave crew and it's Captain have stayed with me all these years.
I still have that book, however, it is in storage with a couple of thousand others, otherwise I would happily reread it today.
Thank you for making and publishing this video. I like that you shine a light on these kinds of engagements with your channel's coverage because they seem to languish in terms of popular historical discussion.
While the High Seas Fleet may have underperformed during the first world war, the determined German overseas squadrons and cruisers would all perform with impressive skill and chivalry. They were the unsung heroes of the Imperial German Navy
It didn't underperform though? In the one large engagement of the war, they scored well in excess of the RN.
@@MajinOthinus The High seas fleet may have scored well at Jutland, but they were nearly inconsequential on the wider war. They failed to break the naval blockade, they failed to score a decisive victory, they retreated from numerically inferior forces at Scarborough, and they retreated from the Grand fleet in 1917 without offering battle. Yes they traded well in the single major battle, but massively underperformed considering its capabilities.
@@ISAF_Ace No, not defeating a superior foe is not underperforming. The High Seas fleet in fact massively overperformed.
@@MajinOthinus it’s not that they failed to defeat them, they failed to even dent the grand fleet.
@@ISAF_Ace Tell that to Queen Mary, Indefatigable and Invincible.
I was born in Emden, and it’s so strange to hear the name mentioned over and over in the video. Nice video!
The reason the Emden thought she was safe to send a landing party ashore was the fact that the only response to the distress signal the telegraph station sent out came from HMS London, which was patrolling several hours further away.
That "British" convoy was the troopships and horse transports carrying ANZAC, escorted by Australian and Japanese cruisers. Emden was unaware of their presence because they were keeping radio silent.
HMS Minotaur - the London was at Portland at the time 👍🏻
@@jerijerod14 I'm going to have to reread that book... my memory is slipping.
ship literally had plot armour for 3 months
Thank you. Always a pleasure when you drop a video.
All respect to Emden, but hats off to that French Captain.
Shoes?
@@meldamolegs too
100% need a second video about the Emden's landing crew, their story is just as crazy and heroic as their ship's.
At the Island:
"So, uh, you stocking up on artillery ammo?"
"Yeah, intern tripped and threw some over board, why else would we need new ammo?"
"Uhuh...any particular reason you got cannon damage on your battle ship?"
"Nahh, just some minor scratches, don't worry about it, who would shoot at us anyway? It's not like we're at war with anyone am I right?"
With the end of Emden, another legend was born. That of the Royal Australian Navy
"Why are the British ships so on people's ass when it comes to their Navy?"
German ships the second theyre left unattended:
Ive got no idea what you could possibly mean by that. Do you british people and their opinion or in what way do the ships do anything.
@@blizzardwizzard8572 It was a joke on how anytime the British aren't at the top of their game someone goes on a rampage
The Germans, Japanese, Italians, basically both World Wars prove that anytime the British get involved, whatever problems are occurring will soon be put to an end once they lock in.
What are you on? You make no sense!
Hell yeah, thanks for the video, you do great work!
It’s 12am where I live and I don’t think I’m going to sleep
12:00 noon here in Virginia
Same
Found it interesting that I've been to half the ports this ship had been to with the US Navy. Tsingtao in '86 (different spelling now) as part of a 3 ship diplomatic port visit. Diego Garcia in '79 for emergency ship repair. And Penang in '91 on the way to the Persian Gulf.
Greetings from Penang!
This ship added its name to our local vocabulary (pronounced in slightly different way) . That was its effect. Malayalam language has a word coined after this ship.
The Russian cruiser zhemchuck was actually a survivor battle of Tsushima.
well done. Another great vid
The Mousquet's anchor is on display at the Penang Museum.
Man This Adeventure Of The Emden Needs A Movie.
There actually a German movie about the ship and the crew: Die Männer der Emden. Most of the movie however covers the breathtaking escape of the 50 men, who neither died or were captured by the British/Australians. They captured a small ship and set sail for Tsingtao, before being informed in Dutch Indonesia, that the colony fell to the Japanese. They continue their odyssey by sailing towards the ottoman held Arabia, where they live through multiple adventures, as the Arabian tribes have taken up arms against the Ottomans. Eventually they arrive on a trainstation and were taken to Constantinople and in June 1915 arrived in Berlin, where they were applauded as heroes. Their odyssey nearly got even longer, as they just missed the Gallipoli landings.
I believe it was HMAS Sydney, that was sunk by a German commerce raider later in ww2
right, the captain of the Sydney made the serious mistake with going too close to the Kormoran. normally the Kormoran would have been no match for the cruiser.
Before Graf Spee there was Emden, pretty fitting that she was named after her ancestor's squadron admiral
I have some machetes made from the hull of the Emden, I have always wondered how that engagement went and the lead up to it thanks, Love your channel/show👍
Captain Müller was a full Captain (KzS), not a Lieutenant Commander or the German equivalent of Korvettenkapitän. Your rank photo at 0:47 is actually correct for Kapitän zur See though.
While commanding the ship he was still Korvettenkapitän. It's important in this case to keep in mind when exactly a historical figure received their promotion.
A very clever divide and conquer strategy on the part of admiral sheer. Allowing him to hurt the allied shipping in the region with detached emden, while rest of the squadron when after Royal Navy forces in the area.
Bet that Emdens success would inspire the rampage of the Graf spee upon allied shipping in a similar part of the world during the first months of WW2
Hard to remember how new and rare wireless was in 1914. Imagine how different Shackleton's story would have been had they been carrying a radio transmitter.
Fun fact: The same convoy that sunk the emden later almost blocked their way back to germany by attacking gallipoli. There was a huge Odyssee the crew had on the way back.
And the story of their journey home should be the next story he might tell.
@@virgolaniakean8001 There is a great although german documentary on it. Its called something like "Unter Kaiserlichem Banner - Teil 1". It might have english subtitles in some uploads.
thank you
Anyone find it crazy how army generals are miles away in safety issueing orders while naval captains can get seriously injured and still man the helm. Respect to them.
Amazing video!(sorry for the unoriginal comment, just trying to make my recommendations better)
I can perfectly picture the entire mission to the soundtrack of the tank game in Eii Sports II
Loved the video @histroigraph! Can't wait for the next video man! I remember The Mighty Jingles talking about the SMS Emden when Wargaming added her to the German Tech Tree for World of Warships back in 2018. As he said about Von Müller while Recounting a Book about The Imperial German Navy in World War One that he had gotten as a Christmas Present, "The Man had Balls of Steel".
Let me know what you think about this and I'll catch you in your next video man!
The picture at 1:53 is a spoiler for germans as it has "Vernichtung" (destruction) written on it
I wonder if things would've been worse for British Shipping in the Indian Ocean if their had been a few more German Light Cruisers raiding it at this time.
imagine if Spree went this way
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This is what the Anglo-Australian fleets were concerned about and something von Spee bad considered.
However pre-war exercises has shown that they could not secure enough coal to support the whole squadron. They did release three ships to carry out this raiding career - Emden & the auxiliaries Cormoran & Prinz Eitel Friedrich but the other two were far from successful with the former interning at Guam and the latter quitting the theatre.
The problem for the Imperial German Navy was the supply of those ships. It was obvious that they couldn’t hold their asian colonies in China, the Pacific and Guiney, so friendly ports were hard to find.
@@marsultor6131 the German Admiralstab were aware of this and signalled von Spee he had full discretion to organise his squadron as he willed without interference. They did, however advise him that Chile would be a good bet and was of a friendly disposition and that if he made for there then they could organise supply ships.
I can’t unsee RTW3 ship models ☠️
The Emden is the reason each following marine ship with the same name in the german navy could wear the iron cross and the ancestors could use the noble title from Emden
The crazy thing is that the death of Emden is only half the story
The captain, the crew and even the ship itself were all awarded the iron cross for their actions.
Since then, there have been 5 more ships in various German Navies that have been named not only after the city of Emden but also after this ship. Each of them was and is allowed to wear the iron cross on or in front of the bridge to honor the exploits of the original light cruiser Emden. A Königsberg-class cruiser (1916) scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919, a unique light cruiser (1925) that was scrapped in 1949, a Köln-class frigate (1961) that was withdrawn in 1983, a Bremen-class frigate (1983) that was withdrawn in 2013 and a Braunschweig-class corvette (2023) that is in active service.
You should make more videos similar to the Falklands War around that time period
The poor zhemchug survived sailing with the kamchatka just to die at anchor
Seems there was a mini-blitzkrieg at sea too
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It’s very cleaver how they remained undetected until they were deep into enemy territory
Madman Captain. Crazy.
When war was fought between gentlemen.
have to give credit to the French destroyer, she put up a fight despite being heavily outgunned and battered…
How did they rearm? I imagine German shells and torpedoes would be quite difficult to get their hands on.
Is this the "Swan of the East"?
You could alao make a Video abou the sister ship of the SMS Embden, the SMS Dresden how did not earn her fame from battle but by running and hiding from the British navy after the rest of Spees fleet was destroyed, tge british realy qanted that ship dead. Or about the SMS Seeadler which to my nolage was the last sailong ship sucessfully used in war.
Wonder if this is where.the expression 'mullered' comes from?
As far as I understand crew members were allowed to have the name Emden affixed to their family name?
pretty badass if i do say so myself
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The Italians were snitching.
WWWHHHAAATTTT i didnt know germany had force in india at that time :O
everything i learned about ww1 was just about german france border
Wow!
What da hell is a polar bear doing in Arlington Texas? ❌
What da hell is a German cruiser doing in bay of Bengal, British Raj? ✅
Cheeky. Very cheeky.
What music do you use at 3:03?
"we do a little trolling"
137 of the crew were lost or 157? the british narrator definetly says 157 but the subtitles say 137. i know its not a big deal i was just wondering
What a different outcome when history repeated itself and the next HMAS Sydney encountered the surface raider Komoran in 1941....one of the greatest tragedies in Australian naval history. Regarding the SMS Emden, the photographs taken of it after the engagement show graphically how it was pounded by Sydney into scrap metal....
Emden managed 16 hits (and to be fair, the first one, who disabled Syney's fire control, should have been enough for her to escape): Sydney needed over a hundred hits (out of almost 700 rounds fired) to finally pummel Emden.
@@notfeedynotlazynot to mention the abhorrent continuous shelling of Emden’s beached hulk “just in case she decides to fight back”
@@Gapsx1eGewehr let's be fair where fairness is deserved, the Emden crew fumbled in forgetting they had left hoisted their godamn batte flag once beached and not answering (due to battle damage) a couple messages of, basically, "well, are you gonna strike your colours, or what?". Sydney can't be held at fault for going all "[shrug] Ah, well. Open fire again, then" on them. Two broadsides and regretably 20 German sailors later, they tore the flag in a hurry and Sydney stopped lobbing shells and sending a medical team instead. Quoting another famous Australian, "Such is life".
@@notfeedynotlazy it’s less that they forgot and more that they’d just gotten their asses handed to them in rapid fire combat and they were still reeling from jt
@@Gapsx1eGewehr No, they _really_ forgot (because said ass-whooping). IRL combat tends to make people forget the little details.
The most successful raider in history?
John Madden
Rubbish
Why isn’t there a movie about this?
Or even a series that isn’t a documentary?
Because there is a movie, but doesn't seem to be a good one: "Männer der Emden"
@@axelboltz3077it’s older and cheesy but a nice watch if you’ve got time to kill. The version uploaded here to YT is immensely low qualiru
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Awesome video! As an Aussie, I’m sad you referred to our ship as ‘British’. Our Navy was only 3 years old, but it was definitely an Australian ship of the RAN, as opposed to, say, the New Zealanders who funded at least one ship in the RN. I realise the captain was British and that we formed part of the forces of the British empire (eg, HMAS Australia spent some of the war stationed in England), but she was definitely Australian :)
Forgive me if I have, but I don't think I did? I referred to the convoy as British, but Sydney was referred to as Australian:
"At 9.40am Emden opened fire on the approaching Sydney , and the two shops began to steam north, trading blows. Emden’s third salvo was accurate and scored hits, destroying Sydney’s fire control stations and starting a small fire. The Australians hit back, with larger 6inch shells soon crashing into the sea around Emden."
@@historigraph You've got the British flag at 5:54, probably what they're referring to?
@@historigraph but would I be right in saying it was an ANZAC convoy, escorted by the RAN? (I believe there was also an RN ship which left before this battle). This was the ANZAC troop convoy travelling to Gallipoli so it’s of mythological importance to Australian identity :) I appreciate the difference between the RAN and the RN was subtle at that time, but it’s still important for us because it was the first war we fought as Australians instead of as Brits.
I was also looking at what looks like a British flag when you’re talking about the Sydney (although I will admit, apparently the RAN used the British white ensign all the way up till Vietnam (!) when we finally got our own).
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the fact that the germans would take prisoners and put them to a safe place even with the french revengeism, but the british while obviously the germans unable to attack and beached just savagly attacked them. cleary shows who the good guys were. {dont bring up mustard gas as the french and russians also used it}
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so sad the ship was going too far and got anhiliated
Doom Slayer: The Ship
Oh! That's the war thunder ship that sucks ass
How can you do a video about the Emden and not mention the odyssey of the standed landing party back to germany
_Finally! Some good fucking video!_
Based Emden
I absolutely love y’all’s Great War content,
While I favor the ships of WWII, there is something stunning about the high seas of the first war.
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lol the russian navy has a long and storied history of being all around awful.
And it continues to this day
@@Sceptonic I mean they have solid reasons for it. They have 3 major ports. Crimea which is disputed and can't have any heavy ships due to Bosphorus straits. Saint petersberg regulated by NATO and vladivostok. Their only actual naval base. They have no advantage having a big and powerful navy lol
Finally a video that isnt just fanboying the anglophones
Finally? You don't watch many videos, do you?
@@davidhoward4715 wat? All his videos are just di*kriding the brits and yanks in wwii
@@davidhoward4715 I watch all the historigraph videos. If you did too, you would have noticed a tendency
i love your videos. slight correction its pronounced Chingtao not tsing tao.
The German is Tsingtau
Thanks for this video, i never knew about the kriegsmarine doing her best during WW1. Makes me wonder what else i don't know about that war, that presumably was "just actually a European" war.
YOU UTTER FOOL! GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD!
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Anyone here who has not lost count of its victims?
The Emden caused the death of military personell. The capturing of all the merchantmen took not a single life.
@@ulrichbirowicz74 I meant the ships, not the people on board.
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