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Thanks for the great work, i think an episode about south east asia might be interesting. I.e. Srivijaya empire millitary expedition in east africa or the Demak sultanate against the portugese in Malacca.
@@NoForceRRK Russian nuclear reactors are notoriously unsafe and prone to radiation leak. those Soviet engineers had no safety culture to speak of, and the hundreds of dead sailors plus the four nuclear powered Soviet submarines which sank from engine and/or coolant failure is their testament to naval "greatness"
@@offchance789 any surface fleet attempting to fight against the Russians will be sunk in minutes. Why? Nuclear missiles. Now you have a dilemma: will you shoot back at Russian cities with nuclear weapons? The Russians were hitting strictly military targets so hitting back against civilian targets might be seens as "overreacting". If you want to hit strictly military targets, that won't be easy since there isn't much of Russian surface fleet to speak of.
*Japan in 1860:* A self-isolated feudal society effectively trapped in the 15th century. *Japan in 1910:* A modern superpower with the military wherewithal to smash Russia. Say what you like about the Japanese, but that's a frankly incredible commitment to self-improvement.
1853: US Navy forces the Japanese to end their isolation in hope of turning Japan into a future colony. 1941: The Japanese cripples the US Navy in a surprise air raid as well as capturing virtually ALL US Asian territories. It's probably the craziest revenge arc in world history.
Grymbaldknight, Hmm all they did was buy the ships from the best naval power in the world. There is nothing remotely incredible about that. Their single victory here was meaningless as nothing much was gained for them.They are still begging for the Russians to give them back their islands till this day.
Its always fascinating to see where the titans of World War II started out. General George S Patton for example was a cavalry officer who was part of a raid sent into Mexico by the U.S. Cavalry to capture Pancho Villa
Many of Rozhestvensky’s sailors were Poles, one of them was Jerzy Wolkowicki, who protested Admiral Nebogatov’s surrender choosing to fight till the end. Wokowicki becomes a kind of Russian national hero of that time celebrated in national newspapers and political rallies. He becomes a general in the Polish Army after 1918. This episode saved his life in Katyn Massacre where he was recognized as Tsushima hero and spared by the Soviets in 1940. He died at 100 as a Polish political immigrant in London in 1983.
I never heard that. I question if there were language barriers (Polish vs. Russian speaking) between the crewman which may have led to confusion in battle? Inability to give (or comprehend) orders is doubtless a major problem in a battle. Could that have been an issue in this battle? Plus, Poles and Russians have had a long enmity between each other and I question if Polish crewmen may have simply decided they were not going to risk themselves "fighting for Russia" once the Japanese began gaining the upper hand at Tsushima. Has there ever been an investigation into this possibility? Just a thought.
@@STEELWOLVESS In 1905 it has been roughly 100 years since the partition of Poland so due the Tzars efforts in russification of Poles language wasn't an issue as all were thought ryssian in schools instead of polish. Bout the case of being loyal... they were the russian soliders drafted or not. Losing this would not make any difference for the Poles.
@emosh73 Yes, that's what he means. However, during the wars, some Poles often formed units fighting on the side of the enemies of the occupiers, for example, they fought on the side of France, Turkey, and Hungary during this time, when there was an opportunity to fight against Russia, Austria or the Reich. Someone said: An enemy of an enemy is a friend. I have nothing to do with their task. They didn't have much choice on duty in russian ship in far east, and tzar know it.
Going straight to Vladivostok with like 26 ships secretly is like trying to sneak into your house to not wake anyone up while drunk with glass vases everywhere, 3 dogs, and a loudspeaker
Rozhestvensky had nothing more to do. It was impossible for ships and crew to steam back to Baltic. It was too dangerous to steam around Japan because lack of coal. Port arthur had fallen already. The only port where they may able to get rest was Vladivostok. Still its harbour woulnt be able to take all ships and repairs would take for few years because of lack of repairing power.
@@evgenylaptev2534 He could have sent slow transports home and steam full-speed with battleships and cruisers. He could have repainted the ships, or hung a fake "British" flag, to confuse the Japanese. Instead he crawled at 9 knots like a sitting duck.
@@arkadiytseytlin6645 Its good to tell what he should or must do when you know aftermath :) He had own reasons for doing how he did. He was wrong, but there nothng can do now.
Fun fact: Two of the ships who fought at Tsushima (one on each side) are actually still around today. One is the Japanese battleship Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flagship during the battle. After the war and her eventual decommissioning, she was preserved as a museum ship. From her moorings, she watched Imperial Japan descend into fascism and fanaticism, then suffer for it when they attacked the USA. After World War 2, Japan nearly forgot about Mikasa until the 1950s when an American published an article reminding people she existed. With help from many people (including American Pacific naval commander Chester Nimitz who led the USN to victory over Japan), Mikasa was restored and preserved. She's currently living out a comfortable retirement as a museum ship. The Russian protected cruiser Aurora is most famous for her role in the 1917 Russian Revolution, yet twelve years before that she was one of the few Russian warships that escaped the disaster at Tsushima and the subsequent Japanese pursuit. She's since survived World War 2 and the collapse of the Soviet Union that wouldn't have existed without the revolution she helped cause. She too is enjoying retirement as a museum ship from her moorings in St. Petersburg. Mikasa is the only surviving pre-Dreadnought battleship (meaning a warship built between 1880 and the launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1905) while Aurora is one of the last pre-Dreadnought protected cruisers remaining. If you're ever in Japan or Russia, try to set aside a day to pay them a visit. You won't regret it. *EDIT* Corrected mistake about Aurora being the only surviving pre-Dreadnought cruiser, as she isn't.
MattCellaneous The term "Pre-Dreadnought" refers specifically to warships built in 1880-1905, before the launch of HMS Dreadnought revolutionized warship design. So USS Constitution, HMS Warrior, and other older ships don't count as pre-Dreadnoughts. You're right about Olympia, though. Aurora isn't the only surviving pre-Dreadnought cruiser. (They're even both protected cruisers!)
I toured "Mikasa" when I lived in Japan. I have been to Russia, but I was unable to see Aurora since my itinerary didn't include St. Petersburg. I hope to change that someday.
Fun fact: US Fleet Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Togo met once in a party. Nimitz took great inspiration from Togo and studied his Naval tactic. Main reason why Nimitz was so sympathetic towards IJN Mikasa because it was Togo's flagship. Japan even constructed a replica of Togo's Residencial garden at Nimitz' family hotel, to symbolize peace between US and Japan and the eternal friendship between their 2 naval commanders.
You are not just making videos, you are making history interesting. I honestly believe your videos should be used in schools, instead of these boring teachers. I mean, I would have been much more interested in history if I would have watched your videos back then when I was in school. Good job, keep it up!
I was expecting them to mention the Russia blunder of firing at the British ships at the North Sea. What a brilliant strategy of the Russian commander.
I had phenomenal history teachers, so much so that I became an Anthropologist (which is just a glorified historian). Still, as great as my teachers were, these video would add another dimension to the classroom as the technology and presentation are superb.
The thing is, that history isn't just about wars and tactics. While it is interesting, you have to teach way more stuff and maybe half of your class isn't into military history at all and would yawn at the sight of this topic.
It’s amazing how absolute this battle and the war was! That a nation that just 30 years before was nothing but another backwater in East Asia, would become a world power on par with Britain, Germany, France, and Russia. It’s also impressive to see how the Japanese blended their ancient traditions and customs with the modern era of technological advancements!
@@toshiyam2853 Tactics are not the only thing taught in naval academies. Logistics, gunnery, and implementation of new technologies are also an important aspect of naval warfare. The Japanese ships were equiped with far more advanced cannons than their Russian adversary.
Hello from Japan. You’re good video. These days we can go inside of Mikasa battleship, it’s now a museum in Yokosuka City harbor. Many exhibits about Admiral Togo, Tsushima battle, and Great Japanese Imperial Navy.
The story of how it became a museum is also quite interesting and it got really close to falling into disrepair and being scrapped several times, in the end it was saved by an English businessman who had a fondness for the ship.
@Aidan Champeau-Annoye Mikasa from Shingeki no Kyojin is named after this specific battleship. There is believe that series which have character named after famous military ship is granted succes in Japan.
That was very good episode today.... but i can't believe you did not mention Dogger Bank incident - one of most "funny" battles in history. And also this delayed Russian Baltic Fleet even more and they lost any maintenance support on the way to far east....
fun fact : The famous t cross tactics that admiral Togo use is come from undefeated shogun Takeda Shingen's cavalry tactics(1521~1573). Togo was also samurai before meiji restoration.
The tactic is called the kuruma gakari formation, it was used in a battle called kawanakjima which started in 1553 to 1564, its tactuc were a rotation manouver style think of it as a snake it slither and turns but doesnt go backward, its what togo did he never reversed nore stopped but made smooth turning.
That's honestly absolutely insane to think about. Togo started his military career training to fight in a completely medieval form of warfare, but by the time he reached the middle of his life, he was at the head of a fleet made up of one of the most advanced and sophisticated war machines in the world at the time fighting in a completely new and alien form of warfare. Its easy to forget that there was only 40 years between the Russo-Japanese War and the final days of the Shogunate.
Fun fact: During the battle of Tsushima, Isoroku Yamamoto (the future grand admiral of the Japanese navy) got heavily injured. He lost his middle and index finger on his left hand and carried many other scars ; he served on the armored cruiser Nisshin which was one of the Giuseppe Garibaldi class armored cruiser.
Another fun fact, both the Giuseppe Garibaldi class cruisers Japan purchased from Italy and used in the Russo-Japanese war were sunk during WWII. The Nisshin used as a target ship for the Yamato in 1942, and the Kasuga, used as floating barracks, was bombed by the Americans in july 1945.
I like the precise presentation of the Russo Japanese naval battles. My grandfather was a Japanese Army Lieutenant who was a communicator officer for General Nogi at the Battle of Port Arthur. He was wounded during the battle and somehow survived. He said that the fighting for the 203 meter hill was terrible. I have a photo of him in his Japanese Army Uniform.
@@usssimshullnumberdd-4095 I have two grandfathers that fought in the Russo Japanese War and one was born in 1884 and the other in 1885. My father fought in WWII in the US Army and I was born a few years after WWII. My great grandfathers were born before the end of the Tokugawa Period.
Thank you so much for the video, my great grandad was a Russian sailor serving at the port Arthur in 1904-1905 on one of the battle ships...this video turns me to tears!!
it is amazing how Russia's geography is both its strength and weakness. its vast cold lands made it hard for Germany to invade, but the same thing makes it hard to have a good naval ports.
@@johnwayne8494 Yes, but that IS my point. Russia's real advantage is it's galactic size. Even Russia's population is not much. But it is near impossible to fully invade Russia because it goes on forever.
Actually its the opposite for Germany, take a look at a topographical map and youll find there's a huge accessible plain across northern europe straight to moscow
@@jannethart Russia's western border is mostly flat, except for some rivers. The eastern border doesn't have much value and quite a few obstacles. Napoleon got to Moscow without losing a battle, technically (if you want to call Borodino a tactical "win"). The Poles occupied Moscow for 2 years. Charles XII pushed in to central Ukraine with terrible logistics and a small force. Germany humiliated the Russian Empire in WW1, getting to within 100 miles of St. Petersburg. Germany in W2 got to within 15 miles of Moscow.
The music, the graphics, the in depth explaination of things like tactics, the research and of course the narration. All A+. Best channel of its kind and it isnt even close.
Are you also going to create a material on this battle? Will you be a little more specific on both fleets' maneuvers during the battle itself, possibly even animating it like in your video on the Battle of Jutland? I'm trying to make something out of detailed maps of the clash, but animation would just be easier to understand :)
Fun fact on the french president Félix Faure (4 minute mark of the vid). He would die after a "meeting" with his mistress, leading french politician Georges Clemenceau to say "Il voulait être César, il ne fut que Pompée". He wanted to be Caesar, he only was Pompey (Pompée in french meaning blown).
@@Edax_Royeaux As a blowjob. He was getting a blowjob from his mistress and he suffered and stroke and died. People would later call his mistress "Pompe funèbre" (death care business in french)
@@papazoulou9326 Still sounds like a compliment. There are way worse ways of going out. Such as being penetrated 23 times by 60 men on the Ides of March.
@@Edax_Royeaux (Good one) There are indeed worse ways of going out. However, Faure was in office at the time (Imagine Bill Clinton dying while getting the blowjojb from Monica L.) and since Clemenceau really didn't like him, one last way to ridicule him.
Important note: "Mikasa", Admiral Togo's flagship in this battle, is the only Pre-Dreadnought battleship to have survived to this very day, and now serves as a museum ship.
It’s also the only Imperial Japanese warship that hasn’t been sunk or scrapped (the last WWII-era Japanese warship was the destroyer Yukikaze, which ended up in Nationalist China as a war prize, then got kicked over to Taiwan for obvious reasons where she remained an active warship until the 1970s).
Built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness. Days after the end of the war, Mikasa's magazine accidentally exploded and sank the ship. She was salvaged and her repairs took over two years to complete. Well worth the tour if you are ever near Yokosuka.
The world's most forgotten game changing war. The first modern, decisive defeat of a Western Power by an Eastern. The victory that really kicked off WWII era Imperial Japan. This is covered so little by other channels of your type, and this is what really sets you guys above and beyond the others. Awesome job.
It probably got skipped for time reasons but the Baltic sea fleet's trip to the Yellow Sea was also fraught with problems which delayed their arrival and got Russia in diplomatic trouble with Britain to the point of almost getting declared war upon. Due to fear of Japanese torpedo boats they opened fire on a group of British fishing boats at Dogger Bank in what's known as the Dogger Bank incident. In the chaos they also fired upon their own ships and only the remarkably poor quality of the gunnery involved saw to it that only 3 of the fishermen died along with 2 of the Russians. One of the Russian Battleships reportedly firing 500 shells and missing with every single one.
Great info! It's crazy because Dogger Bank is next to Britain, and Russian fleet would think Japanese sent a couple torpedo boats all the way around the globe to an area where there is no Japanese base. They must had imagined that Britain supported this "Japanese torpedo force" since there is no other way for the boats to operate. Given this level of mistrust and animosity, I suspect Britain would've allowed Russia to use the Suez anyways...
Don't forget that the fleet turned into a Zoo somewhere outside western Africa after the crew had lost all hope and decided to buy a bunch of exotic animals. "Naval blunders" is a great book.
@@nomooon What could help understand thaht burst of imagination on the Russian side is the fact that the crews were reportedly heavily drunk at that time. As if this whole situation couldn't get any more "Russian"
I don't know why, but I remember almost all details of the Kings and General's videos I've seen. In fact I know what, they are so well explained and illustrated that it get stuck in long-term memory.
Fun fact. The Russian Baltic fleet fired upon British ships in the North Sea. That's why the Russians had to sail around Africa instead of the Suez Cannal and were exshausted when the battle begin. I bet thats why u didn't show the Russians passing through the Suez Cannal, right???
Yes, the incident in question was Russian ships opening fire on British fishing boats in the North Sea. The Russians issued a formal diplomatic apology and paid reparations to the families of the civillians killed - but that had nothing to do with them not crossing the Suez Canal. Great Britiain was an ally of Japan, an alliance meant to curb the rising Russian influence in the Far East. While the British performed no outright acts of war, they used all the tools in their power to weaken the Russians through other means - notably influencing the Egyptian (de-facto a British puppet state at this point) khediv to deny the Russians passage through the Suez canal. Another notable road block was the refusal of the Ottoman sultan to grant the Russian Black Sea fleet passage through the Bosphorus en route to the war in the Far East. The Black Sea fleet was the only Russian naval force of any size left intact by the end of the war, since it was unable to leave the Black Sea at all.
Just wanted to say keep up the good work K&G, you're really the only CC's that consistently drop documentaries on different points in history. You guys are much appreciated.
Damn, you absolutely have outdone yourselves with this one. I'm stunned. I guess I can add a fun fact: Polish emissaries led by Józef Piłsudski were negotiating to form a Polish Legion in the Japanese Army as well as support in arms for Poles in Europe to open a second front there.
The journey of the Second Pacific Squadron deserves its own video. A video detailing it's comedy of errors - Mistaking fishing boats as destroyers, almost losing a battleship to imaginary boarders, accidentally shooting up their cruiser Aurora, losing to fishing boats and almost starting a war with Britain. The captain of the supply ship Kamchatka apparently being a drunkard, hallucinating hostile destroyers throughout the entire journey. Not having a global port network = having to buy coal from freighters and having crew suffer fumes. Acquiring exotic pets in Africa, then having said pets go out of control. Attempting target practice off Madagascar, only to shoot up the ship towing the targets, Aurora. The admiral suffering a mental breakdown. would be entertaining.
I recall reading "The Fleet That Had To Die" many years ago. Dealt with Tsushima and the long traverse of the Baltic squadron to the Pacific. One thing I recall was the statement that during the journey there was not one Russian sailor killed in that incredibly long journey....and that had to be due to some fairly" good seamanship." As long as one doesn't count the British fishermen killed, I guess. Probably some good luck as well. Particularly with shooting up the Aurora. But I guess during the actual battle that seamanship.....and good luck.....dissipated. Like smoke from the ships funnels.
I really enjoyed this video. I dont want to start praising your new type of video, because i stuttered 20 min not knowing what to say: its literally breathtaking. Everything is enjoyable and catchy. Good job and thank you for this!
This is visually fantastic, much more immersive than usual! I particularly liked the combined display of both land and naval forces, it makes the video feel like it's describing more of a campaign than just a battle.
Great video! Keep it up with the modern naval stuff. It's so often overlooked. It would be brilliant if you could cover Jutland or Midway at some point.
There is something wrong in the detection part. That Japanese scout ship discovered the Russian fleet in far more south to Tsushima strait. That was the tactic designed by 秋山真之, who completely set up the battles of Port Arthur and Tsushima. He divided the Tsushima Strait into 7 areas, spreading many scout ships in the first and second areas, making desicive battle in the third area, and then keeping eliminating the whole Russian fleet in the next 4 areas. After detecting the Russian fleet, the Japanese united navy actually went south to combat with the Russian fleet, and a famous 180° sharp turn was made by the Japanese fleet to make the T pependicular tactic, which let the Russian commander felt Japanese crazy, because during this turn the Japanese ships cannot counter attack due to the declining center of gravity, but this sharp turn almost meant a static target to the Russian fleet. This happened when the distance between both was 6000 meters. Japanese won the gambling, as the Russian fleet did not sunk any Japanese ships during the sharp turn. Then the T was successfully made, the result determined.
I really like how you marked countries using different colors but still kept the physical geography (rivers, forest but no mountains?). It makes the map a lot more visually attractive.
Seeing this naval battle presented in this manner was truly unique. I hope this channel produces more video's on more naval battles. Because I think these video's could do quite nicely. My thanks to those who made this video a reality.
I just feel devastated about the lives of young Russian men who were told to sail months and months from Europe, far away from their family, moms and dads, not knowing they will die even before reaching their destination. Nearly 5000 spirits of men lingering in the sea thousands of miles away from home. This is so damn sad.
They were fighting over land that were essentially not theirs in the first place. It was Chinese territory. They were fighting to become the bigger bully, which Japan eventually succeeded.
@@parrotbrand2782 Japan and Russia fought over the Korean Peninsula. Japan never accepted that the Korean Peninsula would become a base for the Russian Navy. Just as Kennedy did not accept that Cuba would become a Soviet missile base.
I love your Podcast BTW, 5 stars from me! (The Music and Narration is awesome, especially how they are balanced and how clear David is, props to David and all the team!)
Junior Officer Isoroku Yamamoto was onboard armoured cruiser Nisshin during the Battle of Tsushima. He would go on to plan the attack on Pearl Harbour 36 years later as Admiral of the Japanese Navy
To point out, he was really against attacking the US, but couldn't disobey superiors. He knew the war would be lost if Japan failed to deal a decisive blow from the onset (which they failed, and also got rekt at Midway, which is ironic seeing as how Japan was desperate for a decisive battle which would decide the war)
The cruiser Aurora survived the battle of Tsushima, then was temporarily interned in the Philippines before returning to Saint Petersburg. Legend has it that crew members fired the first shot from the Aurora front turret towards the Hermitage where the then government was in meeting, hence starting the second 1917 revolution. You can still visit Aurora in Saint Petersburg. (Long queue, annoying security guard, but there's a public toilet outside in case the queue is just too long.) Sergei Eisenstein made a famous movie about this legend.
The Japanese flagship, Mikasa, is still around too! She's the only pre-dreadnought battleship still floating, even. They have her as a museum ship in Yokosuka.
One of the legends associated with the Aurora is that when the Russian fleet fired on the British fishing fleet in the north sea the indiscriminate firing also hit Russian ships. In the confused and chaotic 'night-battle' when the Russian fleet mistook the small fishing boats for a flotilla of torpedo boats bearing down on them they opened fire in all directions. One of the misdirected shells hit the Aurora killing the ship's priest. That was, of course, seen as a deeply disturbing omen that 'god had deserted their cause' and that the Aurora was a cursed ship from that moment on. So, the myth was further strengthened when it managed to survive Tsushima and ended up being moored in the Neva where it played a part in the overthrow of the Tsar - seemingly the ship was 'cursed' to play an important role in major events. Despite popular belief, the cruiser did not in fact fire on the Winter Palace but instead fired a blank to signal the start of the revolution and the mutiny of the sailors of Kronstadt. The palace was apparently bombarded, but by the guns of the Peter & Paul fortress, and then only for a short while. The small Tsarist forces had evacuated the palace in the dark and the Bolsheviks occupied it with barely a shot fired. The stirring and dramatic imagery of the 'storming' is more to do with Sergei Eisenstein's film which was made 10 years later and carefully constructed the image of the events.
@Luis Complete and utter bullshit. Although I wouldn't expect less from communist zombies, blinded enough by their rotten and hideous ideology to spit such nonsense. Mao like his cousins, Stalin, Hitler, Mustafa and many others was a felonious dictator, a lunatic and a genocider. His "cultural revolution" was a pure genocide and a straight forward crime against Humanity with more than 50M innocent dead lives, triggering the worse famine and the worst imprisoning and terrorist system in mankind's history. You should be ashamed of praising him, but well, one's words reveal one's quality as well. Lemkin as well as any sane, educated person and strong believer in Humanity would spit straight into your face. And no, your short-sighted and criminal "cultural revolutions" are always doomed to fail in the long-term and there are many and recent examples of it. Because you believe in an ideology of barbarism that disregards history, you view life as Markov chain and spit on the past. But History will always be coming back to get to on you, to condemn you and your rotten beliefs, to sentence you among its darkest pages as well as to give justice to every single victim of your barbarism.
@@LuisAldamiz Mao almost destroyed China so much so that China was 50 years behind. It was Deng that opened the country and capitalist reforms that enabled China to get where we are now. I can guarantee you that most chinese will never credit Mao for where we are today
Again! Kings and generals with the great work and huge step up. I can feel the change as I was one of the first to notice this channel I was one of the first subscribers. Great improving. Keep up the great work. 👌🏻💪🏻
This video should be used in school instead of boring texts. I love World history. Recentry, there are great youtubers like you who provide amazing visualized historical videos. For example, EmperorTigerstar is my favorite channel. Very nice. We need more channel like this. cheers from Japan.
Thank you Kings and Generals for your hard work! I can tell from the awesome graphics and mechanics and research in this vid that it took a lot of time, energy and patience . Well done!
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Ottoman Battles pleas
Thanks for the great work, i think an episode about south east asia might be interesting. I.e. Srivijaya empire millitary expedition in east africa or the Demak sultanate against the portugese in Malacca.
Pls do czechoslovak only naval battle against Russia
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Ironic the Russians are using "Z" as a symbol of the war as the Japanese see the "Z flag" as an emblem signifying their victory at Tsushima.
Another part of Russia's eternal quest for more warm water ports.
The irony is that they've always been horrendous at naval warfare. Should they just give up?
@@ivanlagrossemoule Today their navy is one of the best since its mostly nuclear : D
@@NoForceRRK Russian nuclear reactors are notoriously unsafe and prone to radiation leak. those Soviet engineers had no safety culture to speak of, and the hundreds of dead sailors plus the four nuclear powered Soviet submarines which sank from engine and/or coolant failure is their testament to naval "greatness"
Could you blame them? Having no warm water ports means they are isolated from marintime trade in the winter.
@@offchance789 any surface fleet attempting to fight against the Russians will be sunk in minutes. Why?
Nuclear missiles.
Now you have a dilemma: will you shoot back at Russian cities with nuclear weapons? The Russians were hitting strictly military targets so hitting back against civilian targets might be seens as "overreacting". If you want to hit strictly military targets, that won't be easy since there isn't much of Russian surface fleet to speak of.
*Japan in 1860:* A self-isolated feudal society effectively trapped in the 15th century.
*Japan in 1910:* A modern superpower with the military wherewithal to smash Russia.
Say what you like about the Japanese, but that's a frankly incredible commitment to self-improvement.
Considering what happened next to them, was the logical move.
Meiji restoration
@You Mom is Green great? they got their ass kicked by Mothra
1853: US Navy forces the Japanese to end their isolation in hope of turning Japan into a future colony.
1941: The Japanese cripples the US Navy in a surprise air raid as well as capturing virtually ALL US Asian territories.
It's probably the craziest revenge arc in world history.
Grymbaldknight, Hmm all they did was buy the ships from the best naval power in the world. There is nothing remotely incredible about that. Their single victory here was meaningless as nothing much was gained for them.They are still begging for the Russians to give them back their islands till this day.
When History Channel failed us, we got Kings and Generals...
Thank you!
Ohh we still have quality content on History Channel, like Big Foot, Aliens building pyramids, and Hitler escaping to Argentina.... ohh crap.
@@Chepicoro Only the last one is plausible.
When History Channel became, The Ancient Aliens network!
And 100 other channels
During this battle, one of the ensign trainee onboard the Japanese cruiser Nisshin was a young man named Isoroku Yamamoto.
Its always fascinating to see where the titans of World War II started out. General George S Patton for example was a cavalry officer who was part of a raid sent into Mexico by the U.S. Cavalry to capture Pancho Villa
And on Russian side it was Ivan S. Yumashev, who commanded the fleet which conquered Kuril Islands in 1945.
@@wrudn
No one cares.
@@wrudn Wrong on all accounts. Yumashev first served the Russian navy in 1912, and he was tasked with invading Chongjin, in North Korea.
While among the Tsarist fleet was another young man name Alexander Kolchak who will be a ww1 veteran and to meet his demise at the Russian civil war.
Many of Rozhestvensky’s sailors were Poles, one of them was Jerzy Wolkowicki, who protested Admiral Nebogatov’s surrender choosing to fight till the end. Wokowicki becomes a kind of Russian national hero of that time celebrated in national newspapers and political rallies. He becomes a general in the Polish Army after 1918. This episode saved his life in Katyn Massacre where he was recognized as Tsushima hero and spared by the Soviets in 1940. He died at 100 as a Polish political immigrant in London in 1983.
Wow!
I never heard that. I question if there were language barriers (Polish vs. Russian speaking) between the crewman which may have led to confusion in battle? Inability to give (or comprehend) orders is doubtless a major problem in a battle. Could that have been an issue in this battle? Plus, Poles and Russians have had a long enmity between each other and I question if Polish crewmen may have simply decided they were not going to risk themselves "fighting for Russia" once the Japanese began gaining the upper hand at Tsushima. Has there ever been an investigation into this possibility? Just a thought.
@@STEELWOLVESS In 1905 it has been roughly 100 years since the partition of Poland so due the Tzars efforts in russification of Poles language wasn't an issue as all were thought ryssian in schools instead of polish. Bout the case of being loyal... they were the russian soliders drafted or not. Losing this would not make any difference for the Poles.
@@sagatlike3393 This defeat brought Russia closer to collapse thanks to which Poland regained independence. Still think it makes no difference?
@emosh73 Yes, that's what he means. However, during the wars, some Poles often formed units fighting on the side of the enemies of the occupiers, for example, they fought on the side of France, Turkey, and Hungary during this time, when there was an opportunity to fight against Russia, Austria or the Reich.
Someone said: An enemy of an enemy is a friend.
I have nothing to do with their task. They didn't have much choice on duty in russian ship in far east, and tzar know it.
Going straight to Vladivostok with like 26 ships secretly is like trying to sneak into your house to not wake anyone up while drunk with glass vases everywhere, 3 dogs, and a loudspeaker
Japan's navy laid a massive sea mine trap that the rookie Russian Baltic fleet sailed right into.
and they tour around the world to get to the battle
Rozhestvensky had nothing more to do. It was impossible for ships and crew to steam back to Baltic. It was too dangerous to steam around Japan because lack of coal. Port arthur had fallen already. The only port where they may able to get rest was Vladivostok. Still its harbour woulnt be able to take all ships and repairs would take for few years because of lack of repairing power.
@@evgenylaptev2534 He could have sent slow transports home and steam full-speed with battleships and cruisers. He could have repainted the ships, or hung a fake "British" flag, to confuse the Japanese. Instead he crawled at 9 knots like a sitting duck.
@@arkadiytseytlin6645 Its good to tell what he should or must do when you know aftermath :) He had own reasons for doing how he did. He was wrong, but there nothng can do now.
Fun fact: Two of the ships who fought at Tsushima (one on each side) are actually still around today.
One is the Japanese battleship Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flagship during the battle. After the war and her eventual decommissioning, she was preserved as a museum ship. From her moorings, she watched Imperial Japan descend into fascism and fanaticism, then suffer for it when they attacked the USA. After World War 2, Japan nearly forgot about Mikasa until the 1950s when an American published an article reminding people she existed. With help from many people (including American Pacific naval commander Chester Nimitz who led the USN to victory over Japan), Mikasa was restored and preserved. She's currently living out a comfortable retirement as a museum ship.
The Russian protected cruiser Aurora is most famous for her role in the 1917 Russian Revolution, yet twelve years before that she was one of the few Russian warships that escaped the disaster at Tsushima and the subsequent Japanese pursuit. She's since survived World War 2 and the collapse of the Soviet Union that wouldn't have existed without the revolution she helped cause. She too is enjoying retirement as a museum ship from her moorings in St. Petersburg.
Mikasa is the only surviving pre-Dreadnought battleship (meaning a warship built between 1880 and the launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1905) while Aurora is one of the last pre-Dreadnought protected cruisers remaining. If you're ever in Japan or Russia, try to set aside a day to pay them a visit. You won't regret it.
*EDIT* Corrected mistake about Aurora being the only surviving pre-Dreadnought cruiser, as she isn't.
MattCellaneous The term "Pre-Dreadnought" refers specifically to warships built in 1880-1905, before the launch of HMS Dreadnought revolutionized warship design. So USS Constitution, HMS Warrior, and other older ships don't count as pre-Dreadnoughts.
You're right about Olympia, though. Aurora isn't the only surviving pre-Dreadnought cruiser. (They're even both protected cruisers!)
I toured "Mikasa" when I lived in Japan. I have been to Russia, but I was unable to see Aurora since my itinerary didn't include St. Petersburg. I hope to change that someday.
Fun fact: US Fleet Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Togo met once in a party. Nimitz took great inspiration from Togo and studied his Naval tactic.
Main reason why Nimitz was so sympathetic towards IJN Mikasa because it was Togo's flagship.
Japan even constructed a replica of Togo's Residencial garden at Nimitz' family hotel, to symbolize peace between US and Japan and the eternal friendship between their 2 naval commanders.
Yeah we all know that
Did you just assume the ship's gender?
You are not just making videos, you are making history interesting. I honestly believe your videos should be used in schools, instead of these boring teachers. I mean, I would have been much more interested in history if I would have watched your videos back then when I was in school.
Good job, keep it up!
I had such good history teachers!
May be you have boring teachers in your country.
I was expecting them to mention the Russia blunder of firing at the British ships at the North Sea. What a brilliant strategy of the Russian commander.
I had phenomenal history teachers, so much so that I became an Anthropologist (which is just a glorified historian). Still, as great as my teachers were, these video would add another dimension to the classroom as the technology and presentation are superb.
The thing is, that history isn't just about wars and tactics. While it is interesting, you have to teach way more stuff and maybe half of your class isn't into military history at all and would yawn at the sight of this topic.
When Tōgō Heihachirō was a schoolkid he was popular with his teachers.
He always knew to cross his Ts.
Oh my
Except there are not Ts in japanese. #funatparties
@@yaldabaoth2 There are still things to cross in Japanese.
boooooo
@@yaldabaoth2 Fine, he crossed his, す,も,せ,け,お,ず,ぱ,ば,だ,ざ,,ぜ,を,れ,ゃ,や,ち,た,か andあs
It’s amazing how absolute this battle and the war was! That a nation that just 30 years before was nothing but another backwater in East Asia, would become a world power on par with Britain, Germany, France, and Russia. It’s also impressive to see how the Japanese blended their ancient traditions and customs with the modern era of technological advancements!
Technically, those ships used by the Japanese were built in British shipyards, and their naval officers went to British naval academies.
Wouldn't go that far, If they had fought with the British or German fleets the Japanese fleet wouldn't of stood a chance. Still impressive though.
@@tristan3801 The naval officer who planned the operation of this battle also referred to the old Japanese naval tactics.
@@toshiyam2853 Tactics are not the only thing taught in naval academies. Logistics, gunnery, and implementation of new technologies are also an important aspect of naval warfare. The Japanese ships were equiped with far more advanced cannons than their Russian adversary.
@@tristan3801 Yup ... The Japanese bought the best kit around, but they used it well.
Hello from Japan. You’re good video. These days we can go inside of Mikasa battleship, it’s now a museum in Yokosuka City harbor. Many exhibits about Admiral Togo, Tsushima battle, and Great Japanese Imperial Navy.
I need to visit!
The story of how it became a museum is also quite interesting and it got really close to falling into disrepair and being scrapped several times, in the end it was saved by an English businessman who had a fondness for the ship.
Mi Kasa es su Casa
@Aidan Champeau-Annoye Mikasa from Shingeki no Kyojin is named after this specific battleship. There is believe that series which have character named after famous military ship is granted succes in Japan.
@@yichenwang1600 That attitude is why Japan removed South-Korea from their white-list...
Wow, the huge step up in animation from your previous videos is simply amazing. Absolutely stunning, well done!
Thank you very much! :-)
That was very good episode today.... but i can't believe you did not mention Dogger Bank incident - one of most "funny" battles in history. And also this delayed Russian Baltic Fleet even more and they lost any maintenance support on the way to far east....
omg, it's lambert! :D Haven't seen you since I used to play Iron Armada.
Kings and Generals how did you animate it? Was it unity?
No, it was Maya 3D
“Stop, no, you can’t take that. We were gonna build a railroad through here to try to get some warm water.”
Napoleon I Bonaparte and that made the bill wurtz reference inevitable
xD i understood that reference :v
*The Russians wouldn't get any "warm water" ports until over half-a-century later in Cuba and Vietnam.*
@@Suite_annamite Oh no, how did they powered their russian saunas ?
and then they downgraded to a fuckton... did i say downgrade?
fun fact : The famous t cross tactics that admiral Togo use is come from undefeated shogun Takeda Shingen's cavalry tactics(1521~1573). Togo was also samurai before meiji restoration.
The tactic is called the kuruma gakari formation, it was used in a battle called kawanakjima which started in 1553 to 1564, its tactuc were a rotation manouver style think of it as a snake it slither and turns but doesnt go backward, its what togo did he never reversed nore stopped but made smooth turning.
That's honestly absolutely insane to think about. Togo started his military career training to fight in a completely medieval form of warfare, but by the time he reached the middle of his life, he was at the head of a fleet made up of one of the most advanced and sophisticated war machines in the world at the time fighting in a completely new and alien form of warfare.
Its easy to forget that there was only 40 years between the Russo-Japanese War and the final days of the Shogunate.
When was Takeda Shogun?
Takeda wasn’t shogun
@@sonedsu Shingen Takeda was the one warlord that made Nobunaga Oda scared.
Is this were the Ghost of Tsushima sequel is gonna take place.
@J - LB
"I am no longer Samurai. Now I am ADMIRAL jin Sekai. We will fight the Mongol Russians at sea!"
No.
Yes
Bruh its 700+ years gap 🤣
Oh shit its gonna lit
Fun fact: During the battle of Tsushima, Isoroku Yamamoto (the future grand admiral of the Japanese navy) got heavily injured. He lost his middle and index finger on his left hand and carried many other scars ; he served on the armored cruiser Nisshin which was one of the Giuseppe Garibaldi class armored cruiser.
Another fun fact, both the Giuseppe Garibaldi class cruisers Japan purchased from Italy and used in the Russo-Japanese war were sunk during WWII. The Nisshin used as a target ship for the Yamato in 1942, and the Kasuga, used as floating barracks, was bombed by the Americans in july 1945.
If he lost one additional finger, Yamamoto would have been medically discharged from the Imperial Navy.
Beautiful 3D animation and the water looks amazing, since the first video the animation and the quality is everytime better :-)
I like the precise presentation of the Russo Japanese naval battles. My grandfather was a Japanese Army Lieutenant who was a communicator officer for General Nogi at the Battle of Port Arthur. He was wounded during the battle and somehow survived. He said that the fighting for the 203 meter hill was terrible. I have a photo of him in his Japanese Army Uniform.
That's amazing
Did he acknowledge Japan's war crimes?
@@bananian this isnt ww2 genius
Do you mean *great* grandfather or no?
@@usssimshullnumberdd-4095 I have two grandfathers that fought in the Russo Japanese War and one was born in 1884 and the other in 1885. My father fought in WWII in the US Army and I was born a few years after WWII. My great grandfathers were born before the end of the Tokugawa Period.
Thank you so much for the video, my great grandad was a Russian sailor serving at the port Arthur in 1904-1905 on one of the battle ships...this video turns me to tears!!
Peace !
Animations are getting incredible. Keep up up the good work!
Thank you very much, more on the way!
Haven't missed a single video from K&G.
Same here, perhaps the best history channel on CZcams. Always putting out reliably good content week in and week out.
@@DZ-yk2ew true
Haven't missed a single british tank
Erwin Rommel hi desert fox
Yup.Sundays have become more exciting.
it is amazing how Russia's geography is both its strength and weakness. its vast cold lands made it hard for Germany to invade, but the same thing makes it hard to have a good naval ports.
@@johnwayne8494 Wrong. If Russia was the size of France, they would have lost with laughable ease.
@@johnwayne8494 Yes, but that IS my point. Russia's real advantage is it's galactic size. Even Russia's population is not much. But it is near impossible to fully invade Russia because it goes on forever.
Actually its the opposite for Germany, take a look at a topographical map and youll find there's a huge accessible plain across northern europe straight to moscow
@@jannethart Russia's western border is mostly flat, except for some rivers. The eastern border doesn't have much value and quite a few obstacles.
Napoleon got to Moscow without losing a battle, technically (if you want to call Borodino a tactical "win"). The Poles occupied Moscow for 2 years. Charles XII pushed in to central Ukraine with terrible logistics and a small force. Germany humiliated the Russian Empire in WW1, getting to within 100 miles of St. Petersburg. Germany in W2 got to within 15 miles of Moscow.
@@hajime2k to add to that, mongol tatars colonized moscow for 300 years
The music, the graphics, the in depth explaination of things like tactics, the research and of course the narration. All A+.
Best channel of its kind and it isnt even close.
You've beaten me to this one! Superb as always.
Thank you, my friend!
Ahh yes your doing one too!!!
Are you also going to create a material on this battle? Will you be a little more specific on both fleets' maneuvers during the battle itself, possibly even animating it like in your video on the Battle of Jutland? I'm trying to make something out of detailed maps of the clash, but animation would just be easier to understand :)
Fun fact on the french president Félix Faure (4 minute mark of the vid). He would die after a "meeting" with his mistress, leading french politician Georges Clemenceau to say "Il voulait être César, il ne fut que Pompée". He wanted to be Caesar, he only was Pompey (Pompée in french meaning blown).
Blown as in (of a vehicle or its engine) provided with a turbocharger? So Clemenceau was complimenting his virility or something?
@@Edax_Royeaux As a blowjob. He was getting a blowjob from his mistress and he suffered and stroke and died. People would later call his mistress "Pompe funèbre" (death care business in french)
@@papazoulou9326 Still sounds like a compliment. There are way worse ways of going out. Such as being penetrated 23 times by 60 men on the Ides of March.
@@Edax_Royeaux (Good one) There are indeed worse ways of going out. However, Faure was in office at the time (Imagine Bill Clinton dying while getting the blowjojb from Monica L.) and since Clemenceau really didn't like him, one last way to ridicule him.
Important note: "Mikasa", Admiral Togo's flagship in this battle, is the only Pre-Dreadnought battleship to have survived to this very day, and now serves as a museum ship.
I have it in world of warships and I’d love to actually go to Japan to see the beast.
It’s also the only Imperial Japanese warship that hasn’t been sunk or scrapped (the last WWII-era Japanese warship was the destroyer Yukikaze, which ended up in Nationalist China as a war prize, then got kicked over to Taiwan for obvious reasons where she remained an active warship until the 1970s).
Built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness.
Days after the end of the war, Mikasa's magazine accidentally exploded and sank the ship. She was salvaged and her repairs took over two years to complete.
Well worth the tour if you are ever near Yokosuka.
クオリティたっかｗ
当事国なんだから日本人もこれぐらいのビデオ作って欲しい。
そう言ってる暇があったら 君こそこういうのを越え得るのを作らないと、日本人として！
The world's most forgotten game changing war. The first modern, decisive defeat of a Western Power by an Eastern. The victory that really kicked off WWII era Imperial Japan. This is covered so little by other channels of your type, and this is what really sets you guys above and beyond the others. Awesome job.
It probably got skipped for time reasons but the Baltic sea fleet's trip to the Yellow Sea was also fraught with problems which delayed their arrival and got Russia in diplomatic trouble with Britain to the point of almost getting declared war upon.
Due to fear of Japanese torpedo boats they opened fire on a group of British fishing boats at Dogger Bank in what's known as the Dogger Bank incident. In the chaos they also fired upon their own ships and only the remarkably poor quality of the gunnery involved saw to it that only 3 of the fishermen died along with 2 of the Russians. One of the Russian Battleships reportedly firing 500 shells and missing with every single one.
I wonder why this was not on the video
MuchoDank like it was said at the end of the video, it hard to include everything in a short video
Great info! It's crazy because Dogger Bank is next to Britain, and Russian fleet would think Japanese sent a couple torpedo boats all the way around the globe to an area where there is no Japanese base. They must had imagined that Britain supported this "Japanese torpedo force" since there is no other way for the boats to operate. Given this level of mistrust and animosity, I suspect Britain would've allowed Russia to use the Suez anyways...
Don't forget that the fleet turned into a Zoo somewhere outside western Africa after the crew had lost all hope and decided to buy a bunch of exotic animals.
"Naval blunders" is a great book.
@@nomooon What could help understand thaht burst of imagination on the Russian side is the fact that the crews were reportedly heavily drunk at that time. As if this whole situation couldn't get any more "Russian"
I don't know why, but I remember almost all details of the Kings and General's videos I've seen.
In fact I know what, they are so well explained and illustrated that it get stuck in long-term memory.
What a great video. I love all of the work you all put into these. The maps are spectacular! Keep it up guys!
You guys have become the best war documentary channel on CZcams! The most wide ranging subjects and the most regular uploads. Thank you
Fun fact. The Russian Baltic fleet fired upon British ships in the North Sea. That's why the Russians had to sail around Africa instead of the Suez Cannal and were exshausted when the battle begin. I bet thats why u didn't show the Russians passing through the Suez Cannal, right???
Yes, the incident in question was Russian ships opening fire on British fishing boats in the North Sea. The Russians issued a formal diplomatic apology and paid reparations to the families of the civillians killed - but that had nothing to do with them not crossing the Suez Canal.
Great Britiain was an ally of Japan, an alliance meant to curb the rising Russian influence in the Far East. While the British performed no outright acts of war, they used all the tools in their power to weaken the Russians through other means - notably influencing the Egyptian (de-facto a British puppet state at this point) khediv to deny the Russians passage through the Suez canal. Another notable road block was the refusal of the Ottoman sultan to grant the Russian Black Sea fleet passage through the Bosphorus en route to the war in the Far East. The Black Sea fleet was the only Russian naval force of any size left intact by the end of the war, since it was unable to leave the Black Sea at all.
@Tarık Mengüç they thought that they are japanese torpedo boats kek
@@szymonm2980 Yes, pretty much. A gunman made a mistake.
@Tarık Mengüç Yup, in the North Sea. Careless, naive people who don't see enemies sneaking everywhere are not promoted in Russian military forces. ;)
Passing at the most southern tip of Africa.. that's a lot of lost time! Going old school
The combination of Tactics, History & Motivations behind conflicts is simply mind blowing.... This channel is Amazing!
Just wanted to say keep up the good work K&G, you're really the only CC's that consistently drop documentaries on different points in history. You guys are much appreciated.
Damn, you absolutely have outdone yourselves with this one. I'm stunned.
I guess I can add a fun fact: Polish emissaries led by Józef Piłsudski were negotiating to form a Polish Legion in the Japanese Army as well as support in arms for Poles in Europe to open a second front there.
Didn't know about that! Thank you!
Imperator Augustus lol
Imperator Augustus XD
Imperator Augustus Any proof for that?
Poles, the original weaboos.
The journey of the Second Pacific Squadron deserves its own video. A video detailing it's comedy of errors -
Mistaking fishing boats as destroyers, almost losing a battleship to imaginary boarders, accidentally shooting up their cruiser Aurora, losing to fishing boats and almost starting a war with Britain. The captain of the supply ship Kamchatka apparently being a drunkard, hallucinating hostile destroyers throughout the entire journey. Not having a global port network = having to buy coal from freighters and having crew suffer fumes. Acquiring exotic pets in Africa, then having said pets go out of control. Attempting target practice off Madagascar, only to shoot up the ship towing the targets, Aurora. The admiral suffering a mental breakdown.
would be entertaining.
Yeah, need to make a video about that.
Please make a video!
Kings and Generals already been done
Potential History did a video about it
I recall reading "The Fleet That Had To Die" many years ago. Dealt with Tsushima and the long traverse of the Baltic squadron to the Pacific. One thing I recall was the statement that during the journey there was not one Russian sailor killed in that incredibly long journey....and that had to be due to some fairly" good seamanship." As long as one doesn't count the British fishermen killed, I guess. Probably some good luck as well. Particularly with shooting up the Aurora. But I guess during the actual battle that seamanship.....and good luck.....dissipated. Like smoke from the ships funnels.
I really enjoyed this video. I dont want to start praising your new type of video, because i stuttered 20 min not knowing what to say: its literally breathtaking. Everything is enjoyable and catchy. Good job and thank you for this!
Again, I am impressed with the accuracy of Japanese pronunciations by this channel. Thanks for your hard work and great content!
This is visually fantastic, much more immersive than usual! I particularly liked the combined display of both land and naval forces, it makes the video feel like it's describing more of a campaign than just a battle.
Kings and Generals. Now in 3D!
Funny how all u brilliant documentary makers on youtube just popped out of nowhere at the same time.. Love it! Thank you so much😍😍😍😍😍👍
Great video! Keep it up with the modern naval stuff. It's so often overlooked.
It would be brilliant if you could cover Jutland or Midway at some point.
There is something wrong in the detection part. That Japanese scout ship discovered the Russian fleet in far more south to Tsushima strait. That was the tactic designed by 秋山真之, who completely set up the battles of Port Arthur and Tsushima. He divided the Tsushima Strait into 7 areas, spreading many scout ships in the first and second areas, making desicive battle in the third area, and then keeping eliminating the whole Russian fleet in the next 4 areas. After detecting the Russian fleet, the Japanese united navy actually went south to combat with the Russian fleet, and a famous 180° sharp turn was made by the Japanese fleet to make the T pependicular tactic, which let the Russian commander felt Japanese crazy, because during this turn the Japanese ships cannot counter attack due to the declining center of gravity, but this sharp turn almost meant a static target to the Russian fleet. This happened when the distance between both was 6000 meters. Japanese won the gambling, as the Russian fleet did not sunk any Japanese ships during the sharp turn. Then the T was successfully made, the result determined.
I really like how you marked countries using different colors but still kept the physical geography (rivers, forest but no mountains?). It makes the map a lot more visually attractive.
This style of visual aid is really awesome, improved the already good video a lot! Guess I have to watch some more of those...
Incredibly well done! Thank you for putting in the time and effort on these new videos.
Thanks for watching!
wow this is truly well-done! Much appreciation for all the effort put into it!
Thank you very much for watching!
Greetings and love to Japan from Croatia🇭🇷🎌🇯🇵 TENNO HEIKA BANZAI!
Excellent battle animations, yours are the best I've seen. Thank you.
Excellent synopsis of the battle. And equally excellent condensed visual
Seeing this naval battle presented in this manner was truly unique. I hope this channel produces more video's on more naval battles. Because I think these video's could do quite nicely. My thanks to those who made this video a reality.
I just feel devastated about the lives of young Russian men who were told to sail months and months from Europe, far away from their family, moms and dads, not knowing they will die even before reaching their destination. Nearly 5000 spirits of men lingering in the sea thousands of miles away from home. This is so damn sad.
It was over kill. But typical of Japanese back then. No reason to want to wipe them out
@@manwithnoname691 No reason to want to wipe them out when the two nations are at war and Russia stole Japan’s hard-fought conquest?
They were fighting over land that were essentially not theirs in the first place. It was Chinese territory. They were fighting to become the bigger bully, which Japan eventually succeeded.
@@parrotbrand2782 Japan and Russia fought over the Korean Peninsula. Japan never accepted that the Korean Peninsula would become a base for the Russian Navy. Just as Kennedy did not accept that Cuba would become a Soviet missile base.
@@toshiyam2853
Port Arthur was Chinese land
Great video with detailed analysis of the battles and the geopolitical situation at the time.
It’s why I’m a Patreon!
I like that you put effort into making the animations. This was awesome!
I love your Podcast BTW, 5 stars from me! (The Music and Narration is awesome, especially how they are balanced and how clear David is, props to David and all the team!)
Thank you, my friend, means the world!
This is my favorite conflict! Thanks for covering it.
Thanks for watching! Consider listening to our podcast!
Superb animation. Your video quality is on a new level now.
The new animations are incredible, always look forward to watching the new episodes.
Thank you very much!
Y'all's ability to continually up your production value is astonishing. Great job and keep it up!
Thank you! Our podcast expands on the topic, consider listening to it. :-)
I've already subscribed XD. Was thrilled when I saw that. @@KingsandGenerals
We appreciate it!
Junior Officer Isoroku Yamamoto was onboard armoured cruiser Nisshin during the Battle of Tsushima. He would go on to plan the attack on Pearl Harbour 36 years later as Admiral of the Japanese Navy
To point out, he was really against attacking the US, but couldn't disobey superiors. He knew the war would be lost if Japan failed to deal a decisive blow from the onset (which they failed, and also got rekt at Midway, which is ironic seeing as how Japan was desperate for a decisive battle which would decide the war)
The battle of the modern period you have very good and high quality. Keep going, K&G!
this was great! really brings history to life. well done!
production quality out the wazoo on this one, holy hell, well done!
Thank you very much! Consider listening to the podcast, it expands on the topic!
The cruiser Aurora survived the battle of Tsushima, then was temporarily interned in the Philippines before returning to Saint Petersburg. Legend has it that crew members fired the first shot from the Aurora front turret towards the Hermitage where the then government was in meeting, hence starting the second 1917 revolution.
You can still visit Aurora in Saint Petersburg. (Long queue, annoying security guard, but there's a public toilet outside in case the queue is just too long.)
Sergei Eisenstein made a famous movie about this legend.
The Japanese flagship, Mikasa, is still around too! She's the only pre-dreadnought battleship still floating, even. They have her as a museum ship in Yokosuka.
One of the legends associated with the Aurora is that when the Russian fleet fired on the British fishing fleet in the north sea the indiscriminate firing also hit Russian ships. In the confused and chaotic 'night-battle' when the Russian fleet mistook the small fishing boats for a flotilla of torpedo boats bearing down on them they opened fire in all directions. One of the misdirected shells hit the Aurora killing the ship's priest. That was, of course, seen as a deeply disturbing omen that 'god had deserted their cause' and that the Aurora was a cursed ship from that moment on. So, the myth was further strengthened when it managed to survive Tsushima and ended up being moored in the Neva where it played a part in the overthrow of the Tsar - seemingly the ship was 'cursed' to play an important role in major events. Despite popular belief, the cruiser did not in fact fire on the Winter Palace but instead fired a blank to signal the start of the revolution and the mutiny of the sailors of Kronstadt. The palace was apparently bombarded, but by the guns of the Peter & Paul fortress, and then only for a short while. The small Tsarist forces had evacuated the palace in the dark and the Bolsheviks occupied it with barely a shot fired. The stirring and dramatic imagery of the 'storming' is more to do with Sergei Eisenstein's film which was made 10 years later and carefully constructed the image of the events.
Love the video. Well animated and explained. I'd love to see one on the Battle of Jutland, or the Bismarck.
In love with the voice....so informative and interesting
Who would win? A continent-stretching superpower with tons of resources and manpower or *sOme bUshidO bOys*
@@LuisAldamiz no wonder libtards always owning conservatives
@WB
1 for memes sake
2 well liberals are usualy those who opened for new ideas right? while conservatives not
@Luis Complete and utter bullshit. Although I wouldn't expect less from communist zombies, blinded enough by their rotten and hideous ideology to spit such nonsense.
Mao like his cousins, Stalin, Hitler, Mustafa and many others was a felonious dictator, a lunatic and a genocider. His "cultural revolution" was a pure genocide and a straight forward crime against Humanity with more than 50M innocent dead lives, triggering the worse famine and the worst imprisoning and terrorist system in mankind's history. You should be ashamed of praising him, but well, one's words reveal one's quality as well.
Lemkin as well as any sane, educated person and strong believer in Humanity would spit straight into your face.
And no, your short-sighted and criminal "cultural revolutions" are always doomed to fail in the long-term and there are many and recent examples of it. Because you believe in an ideology of barbarism that disregards history, you view life as Markov chain and spit on the past. But History will always be coming back to get to on you, to condemn you and your rotten beliefs, to sentence you among its darkest pages as well as to give justice to every single victim of your barbarism.
I wouldn't call late Tsarist Russia a "super power".
@@LuisAldamiz Mao almost destroyed China so much so that China was 50 years behind. It was Deng that opened the country and capitalist reforms that enabled China to get where we are now. I can guarantee you that most chinese will never credit Mao for where we are today
The videos look awesome! Could you do some more modern battles?
LOVE THE 3D FORMAT! Narration superb as always!
Thanks! More on the way!
Thank you first time I understand the whole catalogue of manoeuvres of both fleets thank you great work.
Again! Kings and generals with the great work and huge step up. I can feel the change as I was one of the first to notice this channel I was one of the first subscribers. Great improving. Keep up the great work. 👌🏻💪🏻
Thanks for watching!
Could you guys make videos like this today? It’s beautiful.
wooahh, i m grateful to find this video. Keep up the good work !
THIS IS AMAZING QUALITY!
Simply best History channel around CZcams Much love
Thank you very much! :-)
i see you changed your profile picture again for the christmas season!
Most interesting history and battle
Very well narrated
Thanks for sharing!
Nicely done...love the graphics
This video should be used in school instead of boring texts. I love World history. Recentry, there are great youtubers like you who provide amazing visualized historical videos. For example, EmperorTigerstar is my favorite channel. Very nice. We need more channel like this. cheers from Japan.
Thanks, more on the way!
Great video!
Wow what a detailed analysis and information 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Really liked this video, I learned something new. Thanks!
This channel's innovation is next level
Thank you very much :-)
Great videos, great animations, and Great Kings and Generals!!!
Thank you very much! :-)
I had no idea how closely tied was naval battle to the ground fighting. Excellent episode!
Thanks for watching!
getting better... awsome work!!!
Up til today japan is the most technological advance nation
Thank you Kings and Generals for your hard work! I can tell from the awesome graphics and mechanics and research in this vid that it took a lot of time, energy and patience . Well done!
Thank you very much, good sir :-)
keep going .... What you do is beautiful and creative 👍👍💪
phenomenal video. Thank you very much
We need more naval battles from you guys with these animations: Leyte Gulf, Jutland, River Plate, Dodger Bank, do them all!
Will consider!
That was a great video! Thank you very much for producing and posting it!
Your videos are top quality. Love it!
Perfect animation. Kudos Kings and Generals!!
Thanks for watching!
This is your best video yet
Thank you very much! Consider listening to the podcast, it expands on the topic!
Thanks a lot for covering the subject. Always wondered in what state the Russian fleet reached the battlefield.
Great video with a wonderful presentation