Germany Loses Battle to No One | Tales From the Bottle
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"Operation Wikinger (English: “Viking”) was a sortie into the North Sea by German World War II destroyers (1st Destroyer Flotilla) of the Kriegsmarine, in February 1940. During this operation, poor inter-service communication and cooperation between the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe and inexperience resulted in the loss of two German ships, despite the lack of Allied forces, through friendly fire bombing and German or British mines."
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poor communications? the kriegsmarine and the luftwaffe didnt realy talk at all.
Comical German accent that doesn't offend me at all and in fact I find it funny as well
do the Battle of Karánsebes next
@@eaglepeakalpha sorry but it might actualy never have happened.
@@eaglepeakalpha or with better words: it might be more interesting to aks if there even was an even larger than a brawl.
Just what I wanted: important historical events read in a condescending Irish accent
Yeah, it sounds much better in a sarcastic Canadian accent.
Nothing says condescending like animating the German destroyers steaming into battle backwards 6:01
I love it too.
I like your comment but it's at 420 rn so Imma just leave it be
@CreamnCoffee2 where are you from? Beacuse I'd say 99% of Americans will hear the Irish accent. Even though it is fairly light
The Virgin Titanic: Takes on iceberg and loses.
The Chad Olympic: Takes on U-Boat and wins.
I think the Titanic sinking on her first cruise is the closest you can get for an example where a fucking ship dies a virgin.
@@mouhaahaahaa why so toxic?
@@mouhaahaahaa The chad Rickford Morningstar: makes an unoriginal but fairly good joke
The virgin skog mose: cannot make a joke, only angry comment "projecting insecurities maybe?"
@JOHN JOHN Unfortunately it's not considered nice calling somebody a retard just for making a joke, especially not because Mr.Morningstar didn't even insult someone with it.
@@mouhaahaahaa joke stealer.
I love how the Wikipedia article says that the English commanders during the operation were "not present" and that the British strength was "none"
because its true
@@sebbog 😐
Technically the truth
Pretty embarrassing worst than current Russia Putin army😊😅😂🎉
The most effective aryan navy, truly suberb
"Poor communication" is quite understatement. There was rivalry between the heads of Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine. Moreover airplanes and ships had absolutely different radios, operating at different wavelengths, crews couldn't contact each other even if they wanted.
So its just poor communication with extra detail?
To prevent the enemy from spying I hope?
bruh Japan had the same exact issue between their navy and army, they were basically each other's worse enemy
they had light signals which could have been used for communication, at least according to my knowledge they should have had.
@@mouse8669 I would say it's NO communication ... with extra detail ...
Ahh we lost some destroyers, but on the other hand, one of our bombers had a successful bombing run.... Oh...
..scheiße!
Ja, scheiße, gell?
Damn
XD
@@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial Sheesh I love you
Germany is 0-2 right now
Third times the charm they promise
Louis 2-2
Momma Oof nah it’s 2-1
Unbiased History 4-4 if you include Prussia
Louis that’s why we are now friends
"We won and we lost."
"Against who?"
"Ourselves."
Deep
" if he shoots back he's a Brit if he doesn't shoot back he's a disciplined Brit! " Lol 🤣
Depending on how you read the title it can sound like an embarrassing story or grammatically illiterate propaganda
It's more like propaganda because the Germans were outsmarted, not incompetent.
Unus Annus approved.
Richard Hruby he mean: Germany Loses battleS Battles to no one.
Meaning: Germany Loses no Battles.
@@philiphoyle no, I mean grammatically illiterate. Technically it is correct but it doesn't sound right when read aloud. A more apt description would be poorly worded but no one seems to care about how I worded it
i was like wtf they lost a couple o timmes in late war XD
History channel: The nazis ware the most efficient military force in the history of the world, their war machines ware as precise as their soldiers ware ruthless.
Nazis: * Yakety Sax plays on the background *
Were*
The History Channel: PAWN STARS ALL NEW EPISODE TODAY FOLLOWED BY THAT ONE HUNTING SHOW
Well yeah. The only one who could defeat Germany so clearly is Germany.
You spelled were wrong. Ware is something else.
Ware ware Nazi.
I think this type of scenario is referred to as *"The Fog Of War."* Which is basically when combatants can't determine who the friendlies are and aren't, and with poor communication, end up attacking their own side.
I'd believe, "fog of war" is more broad and general term which simly implies lack of information about enemy's whereabouts.
When it becomes a contributing factor to a friendly fire it's rather classified as... oh, surprisingly as "friendly fire".
@@user-vo8ss2bm3p Yeah, I wrote that comment a year ago, I have since been corrected. Thanks!
This is what happens when you give untrained teenagers weapons, and has happened multiple times in military history lmao
Damn I need some sleep, I legit thought you said “Frog of War.”
@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 hahhaa
“By comical, I mean humorous to me, and annoying to everyone else”
Subscribing just for that lol.
The pilot had his HUD off that’s why he didn’t see the Friendly Fire indicator
Shouldve gotten reverse friendly fire by then tbh
@@lil_vault_boy4201 used the "no u" card
f/noobs
*Betrayal, lost the lead.* in Halo 3 announcer voice
FRIENDLY FIRE WON'T BE TOLERATED!
Titanic: sunk by Iceberg
The other Titanic: sinks submarine
Ironic.
Olympic, with her other sister, the submarine decided against Olympics foes action and sunk her instead
Some sibling rivalry
Ironically the other Titanic, (Not the Olympic, I'm talking about the Britannic) also sunk, but of a mine
@@nickrustyson8124 my mistake, I had seen from different sources that she had been struck by a torpedo.
"If you thought the Germans were incapable of commenting war crimes, well...I've got bad news for you" this right here earned my sub
"If you're surprised by the idea the Germany might commit war crimes in WW2", I have some bad news for you."
That cracked me up.
Others call it a broken treaty. They called it an unlocked achievement.
I love how the destroyers were all drawn pretty well, but were animated as sailing backwards.
Sounds about right.
They had propellers drawn on the bow too lmao
If Benny hill has taught me anything, it's that you can sneak up on an enemy by approaching backwards so they think you're actually running away.
NATO's woke-puke milifairy forces will travel in a spritely diagonal direction and be easily destroyed with enemy loudspeakers spouting "mean words". 😂
@@MAGGOT_VOMIT what?
I’m like 90% sure those ships are drawn backwards, the propeller on the bow instead of the stern...
👍😂yeah, it's like watching some of the animations in reverse
Bow thrusters
@@cjonh808 this makes sense
Maybe thats why it exploded
Those were flying dreadnaughts
3:17 that eagle is like “gross, I stepped in some shit.”
In previous wars, from before the 19th century, many troops were lost due to illness and other misfortunates without ever seeing combat.
During the later war (WW2), following D-Day, as the Allies moved into France, Belgium and The Netherlands, and were on the verge of entering Germany, there were quite a few 'friendly fire' incidents.
However, a certain USAAF light bomber unit became so notorious for bombing liberated towns and their own troops, they were dubbed the American
Luftwaffe.
This man is the man I needed in my life. He is no longer just Qxir, he is now Uncle Qxir
Seems kinda sus lmao
@@marcus8414 him saying daddy qxir would be more SUS
Uncle Q
This man just adopted an uncle
Hail Uncle Qxir!
Germany: We've won but at what cost
*like counter now:* 69
Me: I know what I must do, but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it.
Well yes, but actually no 🤷🏼♂️
"I don't even know why I brought it up at all" Ah yes, this is the content I crave
Probably one of the most meaningful and memorable moments in this channel. This illustrated how dung rolling downhill can be fast and get incredibly big. Thank you for the perspective and rip for all that got hit.
What's worse than a godly enemy? A bad ally (aka anyone that doesn't do their jobs correctly)
*Germany looks at Italy*
@@inxendere *Poland stares at France and Britain*
A u s t r i a H u n g a r y
*C Z E C H O S L O V A K I A*
Santacruiser R O M A N I A
8:24 that k/d ratio tho
NOTHING wins everything once more
he got 23 nukes in one match! 😮
Crazy tale from the bottle recommendation: HitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot that made it all through Canada and the Netherlands. Once he made it to the USA though, he was destroyed. Kinda funny, kinda expected, overall weird and up your alley I think
"And by comical, I mean humorous to me, and annoying to everyone else" You, sir, just described a good 45-70% of my sense of humor
They forgot to turn off friendly fire. What a rookie mistake!
3:06
Was...animating them sailing _backwards_ intended?
It was all part of a deception plan to confuse the Royal Navy
Had the same question, it would be wierd to be a joke as he didn't acknowlegde it as such
Edit: I think he just mistook the back of the ship for the front
@@KnightandDay33 Moon goose-step lol
Ships can go backwards, just saying
Youre a frickin legend! Love to have a beer sometime.....thus letting our two very thirsty nations collide hahaha. Poignant side note at the end too....hats of to ya bro x
Just found your channel today. Have been binge-watching Tales From the Bottle. Even once I finish watching these, there is still so much great content to be seen.
A ww2 story that doesn’t mention hitler? How strange
Nice; Qxir can tell Mr. Godwin to fuck off. He don't need any "laws" from that guy.
It is strange, anything that works out this catastrophically for the Nazis usually starts with a personal order from the Fuhrer.
How was pe?
Good, *Hollow* or bad?
@@johnladuke6475 Citadel?
Who's Hitler?
"Zon't worry, Hans. I'm shootin ze plane to zee if itsh friendly, yah ?"
"Oh ! But ze friendly fire is on. Zis is a real life war !"
".............Mey ghod"
Scheiße
You mean FF is on?
@@alexl572 Yeah, yer right. This what I get for watching Qxir while drunk.
He forgot you onlu fir 100 rounds if friendly, all of them if enemy
All human death from another human is in a way a friendly fire incident and the opponent is laughing beyond the skies at our incompetnce.
As an optimistic nihilist, I appreciate the world views expressed here. The ending monologue was both extremely peaceful and highly depressing.
"Autotune german voice"
GeRmAn EnGiNeErInG.
lots of such incidents happened, for example, Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commander of the U.S. II Corps, recalled that his column was attacked by American A-36s in Sicily. The tanks lit yellow smoke flares to identify themselves to their own aircraft but the attacks continued, forcing the column to return fire which resulted in the downing of one aircraft. A parachuting pilot from the downed A-36 was brought before Bradley. 'You stupid sonofabitch!!' Bradley fumed. 'Didn't you see our yellow recognition signals!?' The pilot replied 'Oh, is that what that was?'.
A minesweeping flotilla of Royal Navy ships came under fire near Le Havre. At about noon on 27 August, HMS Britomart, Salamander, Hussar and Jason came under rocket and cannon attacks by Hawker Typhoon aircraft of No. 263 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF. HMS Britomart and HMS Hussar took direct hits and were sunk. HMS Salamander had her stern blown off and sustained heavy damage. HMS Jason was raked by machine gun fire, killing and wounding several of her crew. Two of the accompanying trawlers were also hit. The total loss of life was 117 sailors killed and 153 wounded. The attack had continued despite the attempts by the ships to signal that they were friendly and radio requests by the commander of the aircraft for clarification of his target. In the aftermath the surviving sailors were told to keep quiet about the attack. The subsequent court of enquiry identified the fault as lying with the Navy, which had requested the attack on what they thought were enemy vessels entering or leaving Le Havre, and three RN officers were put before a court martial. The commander of Jason and his crew were decorated for their part in rescuing their comrades. At the time reporting of the incident was suppressed with information not fully released until 1994
And the worst one by far was during the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign in May-September 1942, around 1,700 Japanese troops died out of a total 10,000 Japanese soldiers who fell ill with disease when their own biological weapons attack intended for Chinese civilians and soldiers rebounded on their own forces.
There's another involving poor old Omar Bradley, when Lancaster bombers were pressed into service to provide aerial artillery at the sharp end of "Operation Cobra", the attempt to break out from the D-day beaches. Of course, a Lanky bomber is an ASTONISHINGLY blunt instrument, and they dropped their bombs short. Omar Bradley, who was commanding the unit at the front said "Oh shit (and remember, Omar was a nice bloke who didn't usually swear), not another short drop?" Yes, he said ANOTHER short drop. There had been one the day before that had killed 30. This one was worse. Much, much worse. Approximately 250 soldiers had been killed by "friendly" bombs. Omar, when he found out the truth was, to use his own words, "Suddenly violently sick, to the point I was nearly relived of duty".
L japs
Yep every military has had their own moments.
Today with all the NATO MiliFairy Forces going full leftist-woke-puke, they can be easily destroyed with loudspeakers spouting "mean words". 😂
Japanese after using millions of Chinese citizens and non-combatants for experimentation and vivisection: teehee :)
Japenese after getting bombed: Um, that was really mean :'((( You need to give us a whole bunch of money
There’s also one on one of the Aleutian Islands. Americans and Canadians landed but the Japanese had already left and it was foggy. The Americans and Canadians landed on opposite sides of the island so when they saw each other they started shooting
It's not often you get a full report of the battle from both sides.
Boat captains- "We were attacked by 20 aircraft and managed to shoot down 5!"
Pilots- "We managed to sink four ships!"
And that's how command learned that their troops exaggerated their battles.
An interesting bit of history and yet another great post. Thank you!
The beginning part saying you are your worst enemy is true.
I agree 100%
Almost every single bad situation I've been in has been my fault and had I just been different it would have never happened.
Stay true to others and to yourself.
Self reflection can help you a whole lot.
And so did i
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the dumbest one of all !!
@@JTA1961 LOL. So true.
Also nothing matters, buy Qxirs merch.
Sadly self accountability is a dying art
Why are the destroyers traveling BACKWARDS
*That* is your main concern is this story of a shit show?
Hey, in this story, ANYTHING that doesn't make sense sounds possible. Maybe they got stuck in reverse and just went for it anyway. 🤪
and the propeller is on the front of the ship at 6:44
Daniel Hellerup Jesus christ it only gets worse
@@gnomeemporer873 maybe he was thinking they were layed out similar to a cargo ship? definitely noticed that straight away though, didn't ruin the vid at all but it was distracting
I dunno why I enjoy ur "Doom & Gloom" topics so much, but when you do them & add ur artwork along w/ other forms of ur sense of humor, You create another Masterpiece!!!!!
LOL, I'm so glad I subscribed to your channel. I love the way you narrate. such a great sense of humor
The ending is really depressing.
Nothing "depressing" about dead nazis.
Blame ALL of it on Adolf Hitler. He literally drove all of his people and military into madness and self-destruction, quite literally, one way or another. The 60 million who died during WWII have but a few madmen to blame. How easily we follow those who are quite mad into madness and destruction.
LaoTzusGymShoes
The nazis where a political faction . These where German troops deployed because nazis had control of the military
@@christiniakollar8397 Their intention was to blow up unarmed merchant ships and they got karma. Call them what you want, it's a funny story considering these people would not have given a shit about lighting up civilian boats or watching people drown in the cold waters.
Also did you just post the "they were just following orders" meme unironically?
@@jonseon5952 they were just following orders only doesnt count when it's acutely obvious that what they're doing pays no attention to the value of human life. A majority of all people, including the nazis and affiliates were primarily concerned with what the best way of minimizing losses is while achieving their long time goal.
Or I could be wrong, and murder is generally bad no matter the result, in which case we could dive into the exploits of the enola gay.
Aw, thanks for the life-affirming bit at the end, I'll feel much better as I jump under the next bus.
Brilliant, as always!
OMG! I never heard this one. BTW, fantastic story telling. And the cartoons just rounded the whole thing out. Loved it!
You didn't had to be so realistic at the end :'( I'm crying now
I wasn't prepared for that 🤣🤣
When he said "Like and subscribe, buy my T-shirts, follow me on Twitter" I had tears in my eyes. But no way am I ever going to Twitter.
Did he just say Kriegsmarine kind of right?
Im impressed.
Kriegsmari was good, the ne on the other hand tho...
To rule the seven seas and lead the Kriegsmarine!!!
Martin Totti sabaton moment
Not really though
Jan how is it not a sabaton moment?
Your voice and snark are so delightful and these videos are informative entertainment at it's finest.
From comedy gold to tears in one monologue with piano accompaniment. Bless you Qxir.
qxir one of the only channels i wouldnt mind milking the videos to 10 minutes for the ad revenue yet he caps it just shy at 9:52. a true renaissance man
I laughed at the wiki of the battle. Then felt bad for laughing at the deaths of 600 humans. Then Qxir comes in and kicks me in the gut.
Well played. Great video. Hints of Exurb1a at the end there.
Don’t feel bad, they were nazis.
Right? 😂🤣
To be fair, they were nazis. They probably deserved it.
Jeez, your ending monologue was even more depressing that then battle description that preceded it. Very impressive!!
Love this dudes videos, the honesty that could get him demonetized such as drug references(not in this video), and his sense of the value of a human life whether the "Good guys" or "Bad guys", i watch a lot of semi-educational videos but this bloke's outlook on shit is unrivaled
That ending was the most beautifully poetic and elegant CZcamsr segue I've ever seen 🥺
Talking about friendly fire let’s talk about the Alaskan island campaign the US showed up to retake a few islands that the Japanese just left after visiting them
@@martkbanjoboy8853 Actually blame the people in charge
Those were canadians vs us marines so still enemies
@@LTPottenger The apologies must have been more viscous than the fighting.
@@mechtechpotato4249 legend says canadians are still apologising to this day.
6:29
pure feckin chaos
The ending was beautiful, thank you, Qxir, very cool!
lol thanks for the monologue at the end, now im going to get lunch with a frowning face... and a tee-shirt
Normal Viewer you did follow on Twitter, right?
bpdp379 I did indeed
Normal Viewer I just read that in Qxir’s accent....is that weird?
bpdp379 I wrote it in Qxir’s voice lol
Normal Viewer hahahaha
0:29 ok but seriously though, it's pretty fucking liberating-yeah, I have to live with myself, but I'm the easiest person for me to change, so if it's my fault I can do something about it
I think this is your masterpiece of a video. It was hilarious. Thank you so much
Just found your site very very good I have to say I know some of it is a little bit dark but sometimes we need to know no what really happens answering the questions no afraid to ask please carry on your good work I will remain a loyal fan
Do a video of the joint US-Canadian invasion of the Aleutian Islands in WW2
What a shit-show it was
As a german your accent in hilarious!
Funny
Ääh lustig.
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation..bunches and bunches of thumbs up.
Thanks so much Mr. Happy.
Bravo! if the ending monologue was original. A few get memorized with a statue's until it gets burned or ripped down during a peaceful protest.
“Mildly annoyed demonstrators”
A good tales from the bottle would be about the 1876 grave robbery attempt of Lincolns corpse
They might have lost some ships, but they bombed the enemy into oblivion! I count that as a win.
That ending was well said.
Great video brother.
those destroyers keep moving backwards
Going backwards was their least of their problems. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Do you know how long it takes to turn a ship around, more than hour that ship is heavy
Oh that was deep
I sink slow too...
I found this video soul crushing, so thank you for finishing on a light note...
ive just binge watched like 5 of your videos and theyre great but this one had me laughing so hard i realized you definitely earned my sub!!
Can you cover the William D. Porter next, Qxir?
That ship had all sorts of misfortune befall it, the most notable of which was they nearly sunk a battleship that was carrying FDR on board to a secret meeting with the other Allied leaders all because of a torpedo training exercise gone wrong.
Says he will say German words with German accent,
Lso doesn't say w's like a v
Was
@@stevenbartel5008 ich verstehs auch nicht
Sooo uplifting. Thank you.
At the end. It gets deep...buy my t-shirts 😂 love this guy!
I just wanted to let you know I really enjoyed your stories and your animation. Somebody them are quite entertaining. Keep up the great work.
I really loved the tone of this video. So up beat and pleasant.
man I love this channel and your accent, keep up the stories they are very interesting ...
thanks for the ending, just what is needed now!!
I didn't expect the feels at the end
At 8:01 we know why they were (the destroyers) we’re traveling backwards if you look at the bow of the ship underwater there’s propellers ON THE BOW
...had this guy ever seen a ship before?
Dude, it's so funny to her you pronounce German words. I'm dying right now😂😂. Love your videos.
Greetings from Germany 👋🏻
I love your work qxir fricken amazing bro
3:09 why r the destroyers moving backwards?
At 6:44 you can also see that the screws are mounted to what should be the bow of the destroyer. In other words Qxir is big dum.
Because of superior German engineering
@@kasdanasal dumb*
This was the most heartless touching outro I've ever witnessed
I would have to comment , especially the German Navy was the least Nazi they where the most independent and remote service by nature) and would actually follow the rules on commerce Raiding early on. The Admiral Graf Spee, it's Captain Hans Langsdorff being a particular example. They would actually warn the ship, allow it time to evacuate and inform or intern the crew/passengers.
Langsdorff in particular was notable, in he made the decision to save his crew and not give the Nazi's the satisfaction of using him.
It is generally unfair to paint every German in the Armed Forces as either potential War Criminal's or Nazi's, they simply weren't.
In the end of the war, Everyone was erring towards incompetent, Criminal, or just idiotic Rhetoric. On the off chance you found one that wasn't any of those...well he was lost in the wave of the former
Wow, loved the poetic finish, I'm gonna write it down. Thank you.
Great video, Qxir!
Just as I was checking you uploaded, all is well in the universe
Austria has a fun similar incident from back when muskets were a thing..where austrian forces attacked (you guessed it) austrian forces.
it was quite a success.
Just found your channel and can't stop watching
Oh boy, they didnt understand the therm: german Ingenieurskunst
Deutsche unterwasserbomben sind so gut, sie können sogar deutsche schiffe kaputt machen
@@stevenbartel5008 der wahre grund wieso wir den krieg verloren haben
Good stuff mate. IIRC USA also lost a battle against itself like this when (supposedly) fighting Japan, so maybe you wanna cover that as well? Would be awesome.
I dig your little speech at the end of the video...very thought provoking.
You tell some great stories. I also enjoy your sarcastic humor. Thanks!