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Hey Guys, WarGaming asked me to make them a video. So I decided the best way was to showcase my favourite ships and the absolutely insane stories associated with them... also Tirpitz because she's my favourite.
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[@AnimarchyHistory]

Play World of Warships PC for free: wo.ws/3TZmd05 - Invite code: PCBATTLE World of Warships Legends (PlayStation/Xbox): wo.ws/3Sdc2pA - Invite code: CONSOLEBATTLE Using the invite code grants you a starter pack that contains: • 3 premium ships: Charleston, Mikasa, and Aurora • 20 Hunter Camouflage • 7 Days Warships Premium Account Hey Guys, WarGaming asked me to make them a video. So I decided the best way was to showcase my favourite ships and the absolutely insane stories associated with them... also Tirpitz because she's my favourite. Support the channel on Patreon! www.patreon.com/Animarchy

[@irinashidou9524]

Why are you willingly not mentioning the games massive grind and paywall?

[@Glamrock993]

19:21 How could you tell that your buddy had Hood as his captain? It is just that Hood is his waifu? (I wouldn’t know if there’s some way to actually do that in World of Warships.. so yeah)

[@on3sh0t81]

If you ever feel like doing something like this again or making it a series, whether its World Of Warships or some other "Historical" game I think people would really enjoy that.

[@on3sh0t81]

@@irinashidou9524 if you don't like it don't play it its a free to play model that's how all free to play games are

[@on3sh0t81]

@@irinashidou9524 also its a fucking ad so it would make sense

[@Abrams6578]

Kinda surprised you didn't give Marblehead a mention, since she technically came back from the dead and went on a world round trip to get home, plus just needs some comfortin' in her life

[@ph89787]

Mar-Mar's Bizarre's Adventure.

[@Norbrookc]

The truly funny thing about the Barb's taking out the train was that her commander should not have been given that tour. The American Navy had a rule that sub commanders were only supposed to do three combat patrols. However, this commander was "Lucky Fluckey," who had won the Medal of Honor, and he wanted a fourth patrol... so they gave it to him.

[@hourlardnsaver362]

Another funny thing: the rocket launcher they mounted aboard Barb was the only one of its kind left on Hawaii, and it was supposed to be used for testing purposes. I can’t remember exactly how Fluckey managed to commandeer it. Guess I need to reread the book.

[@BHuang92]

​@@hourlardnsaver362 They "strategically relocated" the launcher!😅

[@sheacd1]

Fluck around, find out.

[@hourlardnsaver362]

Loved the shoutout to Barb. Her last skipper wrote an amazing book called “Thunder Below!” chronicling her war patrols under his command.

[@arandomboot598]

I read it

[@mallardtheduck1]

The best detail about the Campbeltown's raid on St. Nazaire was that the timed fuzes for the explosives clearly had a sense of comic timing... When the initial activity had died down, the captured commander of the Campbeltown was being interrogated by a German naval officer. As the officer was gloating about how "foolish" the British had been and how easy it would be to repair the damage caused by the raid, at that exact moment the explosives chose to detonate, obliterating the dock and a good number of German personnel with it. The commander reportedly quipped "We're not quite as foolish as you think!".

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Immediately after the Campbeltown exploded a German NCO burst into a room full of captured commandos screaming that he was going to shoot them all. One captured commando replied to him, “if you’re going to do so just get on with it, but please stop shouting, I have such a headache.”

[@SennaAugustus]

Their timing wasn't good, they were 4 minutes late.

[@Crazyfrog41]

@@SennaAugustus he said COMEDIC timing... Sure it was 4 minuts late for when it was supposed to go off... But it was PERFECTLY timed as a punchline for history... And nothing was really lost in those extra 4 minutes... So I would count that as a win

[@Eminentharp]

as someone who went to the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, holy shit barb and balao class submarines were deadly. SH4 is a close second to SH3 as my favorite submarine game, and I have submarine Museum Whiskey Glass that I love. "Blind Man's Bluff", a book on Cold War submarine spying efforts is such an unbelievable read

[@Theguy493]

Doolittle is the textbook example of "So crazy it has to work."

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Or to paraphrase Louis Mountbatten, “it is precisely because it is regarded as impossible, that it will work.”

[@BHuang92]

"The US Navy submarines are an incredible feat of arms!" Dutch: *Am I a joke to you?!*

[@gokbay3057]

TBF Americans also had to deal with faulty torpedoes early on. Thought yes, the Dutch submarine arm did exceedingly well.

[@hourlardnsaver362]

@@gokbay3057 IIRC, they claimed the first Japanese destroyer sunk by a submarine. I think it was Sagiri.

[@thedinabeysekera8436]

@@hourlardnsaver362 laughs in o19

[@rnukes]

Also, US submarines started with the handicap of the MK 14 torpedo can you imagine the damage they would have done with working torpedos from the start

[@hourlardnsaver362]

IJN and Japanese merchant marine cease to exist by early to mid 43.

[@bobwalsh3751]

Fun fact: my Mom's cousin (although I call her my aunt) Nancy and her husband Tim own a boat called the Bismarck. When I learned that, I told Dad, "You know what this means, right?" He answered "Sink it?" I said "No, silly! Get a slightly smaller, visibly similar boat and name her Tirpitz!"

[@Blader445]

Hello again! My great grandfather was actually able to see the Doolittle Raid, since he was a member of the oil tanker that serviced the Enterprise. He also avoided Pearl Harbor by being with the Enterprise at the time, doing practice.

[@5.56man2]

Thanks for being such a great historical youtuber! Your Hans Joachim video peaked my interest especially when you mentioned the South African P.O.W. Thanks again for everything! Btw love from South Africa at 11Pm ;)

[@fightertales]

The St. Naziare raid is one of the top tier gamer moments of WWII

[@T95_enjoyer]

I'm surprised that you didn't talk about uss Nevada that thing survived two nukes and was used as target practice by Iowa class battle ships and still didn't sink

[@jonmcgee6987]

Too bad you weren't able to get a model of H.M.S Hood. Like everyone's favorite drunken pig did when he got them to sponsor one of his videos.

[@TheDgamesD]

9:45 I genuinely think Italian submarines don’t get the credit they deserve for their time in the Atlantic, especially with the Italian Submarine aces that were there, like Carlo Decia di Cossato, or the Italian submarine Leonardo Da Vinci, I’d love to see you cover their forgotten tale in the Atlantic. Or the tale of Luigi Torrelli being one of the only ships to server under all 3 major axis nations navies during ww2 ending the war with a mixed crew of Italians, Germans, and Japanese sailors, allegedly even firing the last shots of the war at sea when she opened fire on a US PBY-5 Catalina hours before the treaty was signed.

[@hourlardnsaver362]

The Italian Navy in general seems to get far less attention than it deserves, especially compared to the Kriegsmarine.

[@charlesfollette9692]

The next one should have either the first uss laffey or the Johnston. I like this concept, maybe wargaming will sponsor some more of this stuff.

[@Norbrookc]

Johnston and the Sammy B aren't in the game, although the Fletcher (the class ship for the Johnston) is. One of the issues I think gaming companies have with putting ships like that in games is "no way we can make them as powered up as they actually were."

[@bobwalsh3751]

7:35 "In reality the pilots woulda gone" NOPE!!!!

[@willfrankunsubscribed]

If you haven't seen it, watch Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (or better still, read it). It's the first hand account by one of the Doolittle Raiders.

[@GrumpyIan]

USS Barb also had Alphonse Capone (the son of Al Capone) as a crew member and he was the one that rigged the bomb to explode the train.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

Hornet right before the Doolittle raid: “You’ve yee’d your last haw”. *proceeds to violently sting the Japanese islands*

[@chancebishop6213]

Pac man out with another banger on an upload! Much love for America 🇺🇲❤️🇦🇺

[@samwisethe5th112]

Animarchy out here keeping me entertained during work

[@khangkt1721]

You should make this a series! I like hearing more fact.

[@harryjohnson9215]

The wonderful HMS CAMPBELLTOWN American watchers : is that a old us ship? British watchers : stealth +1,000,000 RAMING SPEED Edit : the grate music from high school fleet.

[@nickthompson9697]

Doolittle was a Gee Bee pilot before the raid. Absolute madlad.

[@matthewwolfe9417]

Navy Veteran here (Greenside corpsman with a😭5th ANGLICO) but I need to see the “USS Wisconsin” the “Temper, Temper”….everyone knows that after they were hit by one of the only land launched Torpedo I have ever heard of, they returned the entire section of that pier into the base elements from the periodic table causing the another ship to pull up minutes later saying “Temper, Temper”but, do people know why no one said “maybe not every gun?” Because the well loved XO (the only time that’s been combined) rested inside of his sleeping quarters, the torpedo didn’t kill anyone but it did hit one Area….waste water treatment area that forced up all of the…human waste up to the only open valve on the ship at the time (then you had to press a button to fill the toilet) and basically hit the XO with a stream of shit comparable to a firefighters hose. (Three minutes later) “The door to the deck opens and the XO stands, covered head to toe in shit: I want every single gun pointed at those motherfuckers.”

[@Norbrookc]

Actually, it was a 155mm North Korean artillery battery, that hit the ship with one shell, wounding a couple of sailors. The captain then turned all 9 of the 16" guns at it and removed it from existence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWLCooSkZc2spNE

[@trainboi777yall6]

That is amazing

[@cheesyfromindonesia9969]

Commander Flucky (captain of the USS Barb): *serves 4 war patrols* Also Commander Flucky: "Hey U.S Navy Command, let me serve a 5th war patrol" U.S Navy Command: "Alright sure Flucky" Commander Flucky: *proceeds to kill a fucking Japanese train and his crew the first American soldiers to step foot on Japanese soil*

[@gorazdnovsak3705]

Why do you have a minimap so small. You can't see anything...

[@lastationproductions]

I love world of warships i like playing it when I need to unwind

[@johnbeauvais3159]

Not just the only Allies to land during WWII, ever. The home islands of Japan hadn’t been trod on by foreign armies in over 2,000 years. A boat full of Americans did what no great fleet in history could.

[@corrinarobinson7078]

Bugger.. after reading the title, was really hoping the William D Porter was going to be covered.

[@Sira_Kackavalj]

May I recommend going in the audio and turning on national + for the voiceover

[@Kuudere-Kun]

The WWI commander of the Hornet was from my Homestate. I would have liked if it's Waifu had been more of a Wisconsin sterotype.

[@mikedrop4421]

The launching of B-25s off a flat-top is such a Chad move.

[@kalashnikovdevil]

Animarchy, have you seen anything about Victory Belles? It's a ship girl came that just released.

[@Dietmar429]

what i find a bit ironic is that the attack on pearl harbor is primarily intended to knock out the aircraft carriers...and fail because they are not there and doolittle and his troupe with their B-25bs outsmarted a japanese aircraft carrier for a while set although it was not the goal.........

[@Edax_Royeaux]

It's ironic to attack a target that's not there?

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

The main intended target weren't aircraft carriers though but battleships. 8 of those were present, out of which 4 were damaged and 4 actually sunk (even if 2 got raised and repaired later). Too bad for the Japanese it was basically already the end of the age of battleship dominance, but they didn't know it at the time, so the targets stated in the objectives were what they were.

[@lockheedx33]

Can we get a source for that Hornet pic on the thumbnail?

[@mikemj4859]

When i see the bismarck class ship i always have to thing that they removed the torpedo protection from the ship so it could drive through the north sea baltic channel, because there was no chance that any torpedo would come near her.(Spoiler one did hit her)

[@ugotznuked]

tfw Pacman plays with smol map

[@edddoubled3534]

Graf Zeppelin for the win babyyyyyy. Still waiting on a release for the USS South Dakota though.

[@hourlardnsaver362]

I wanna see them release USS Washington.

[@theaweissinger]

The barb story was also covered by the fat electrician

[@scooterdescooter4018]

launching fish in WoW is nerve wracking in any sistuation. mostly because i exclusively play battleships.

[@Kanefan701]

this was fun and awesome.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

World of Warships isn't all that fun anymore since they added submarines. You could end up in matches with 4 Carriers, 4 Submarines, 8 Destroyers, all being hide/stealth ships leaving only 8 ships left in the roster that are surface ships that perform an active role in battle. It gets really bogged down now.

[@donovanporter4545]

Get good

[@Butter_Warrior99]

If you can’t beat em, join em.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@donovanporter4545 Getting good, doesn't increase the pace of the battle. A good CV, DD, or Sub, will slow down the battle for everybody.

[@loyalpiper]

Didn't know you were still alive.

[@Aelxi]

Oh I thought you're no longer active on yt. I liked your Napoleonic videos.

[@DarrylAdams]

I hope Pacman reads the messages as he might have an answer on the service cycle of nuclear submarines. Do they work on the three boat sets like diesel boats?

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

So, there are a few things that you didn't mention about the St. Nazaire raid that I think are worth mentioning that are all absolutely bonkers. * The first being that the _Campbeltown_ wasn't alone, but was actually part of a flotilla of 21 other ships, including sixteen motor launches, one motor torpedo boat, and a motor gun boat acting as the headquarters craft. This flotilla of madlads got within a little over 1 nautical mile into port by pretending to be Kreigsmarine vessels before they were fired upon. At this point, the skeleton crew of 75 aboard the _Campbeltown_ dropped the flag of the Kreigsmarine and brought up the fighting ensign of the Royal Navy as she steamed into port. * The charges aboard the _Campbeltown_ - about 4 tons of explosives salvaged from several torpedoes - were time delayed. While the raid was conducted in the early morning hours, the charges were intended to go off later around 9 am. However, they failed to detonate after over an hour. By this point the Nazis had assumed it was a failed attempt at a more conventional raid as they had failed to find the explosives. The Germans were rather relaxed about it, and there are even photos from the Germans of the _Campbeltown_ post-ramming. The mood was much less jovial on their side when the charges finally went off an hour and thirty minutes behind schedule, obliterating half the ship, much of the dockyard, and over two hundred Germans, several of which were inspecting the ship when it went off. * _Campbeltown_ was not the only vessel to do damage. The motor torpedo boat accompanying her fired a delayed detonation torpedo that struck the outer lock gate to the dock's submarine basin. Two days after the explosion, the torpedo, as scheduled, detonated late on the night of the 30th. Although the damage in terms of material was minimal, it was a psychological nuke. The Germans flew into such a panic, thinking another raid was afoot that they started spraying the dockyard and nearby town with gunfire, shooting not only at French civilians, but at each other. Convinced it was the work of sabotage, the Germans rounded up and imprisoned the 1,500 residents of that nearby town to a camp they established and demolished most of the houses, never learning the truth during the course of the war. * The damage done by the _Campbeltown_ explosion was so severe that the dockyard wouldn't be fully repaired until 1948, a full six years after the raid.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

I cover this in the Operation Chariot chapter of my video “The History of Tirpitz”

[@flyingfalcon8999]

What about us weirdos that don't play vidya games. Also, Hornet is best girl.

[@johnkern217]

That was a fun one, thanks 👍

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

interesting

[@aleksandarmaksic5040]

I see you are a Derpitz captain...

[@paybo3573]

I'd love to see you play USS Texas if you do this again

[@champagnegascogne9755]

Didn't the Doolittle Raid follow after the Indian Ocean Raid?

[@ageekywriter]

Well been a while since I did some WOW. Gonne put on some Animmarchy on my second screen while I sink ships.

[@DarrylAdams]

Was a great video until you brought the Durpitz into the game. You monster!

[@ISAFMobius18]

Do you play Legends at all?

[@matthewmcghin8690]

You forgot the sub that unknowingly made a false flag attack

[@funkyfreshanalog3043]

UwU

[@dermittelfinger5903]

I have to say that I am a little disappointed. I hoped for a history accurate reenacted ww2 battle or something. A simple gameplay video with some fun facts is kinda beneath you. Sorry.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

The sponsor asked for a gameplay video *shrug*

[@Edax_Royeaux]

World of Warships just isn't interested in reenacting WW2, the game does not distinguish between Axis and Allied. They few times they tried in Operations, they got rid of that pre-condition and neglected the Ops mode for years and continually nerfed it.

[@whyjnot420]

Then a couple of decades after the Doolittle Raid, the USN landed a C-130 on USS Forrestal. A fully loaded C-130. Which was then able to take off from that spot while still loaded. The details from those carrier trials are nuts.

[@pyorre2441]

To be fair, C-130 was kinda designed to land on small airfields and then take off again, and carrier is just moving small airfield.

[@whyjnot420]

@@pyorre2441 The great design of the aircraft was a third of my point.

[@Johndoe-jd]

one story I wish world of warships could implement into the game was the story of the USS Texas (bb-35) flooding herself. she could have a farther range at a cost of her health being held and when it wears out, the health is returned

[@hourlardnsaver362]

[@fegenein862]

@@hourlardnsaver362 A POWERFUL BOAT, A POWERFUL GUN, A POWERFUL AMMUNITION

[@hourlardnsaver362]

@@fegenein862 ADD TO THAT LOTS OF KRAUTS AND A PRECISE AIM

[@garrettviewegh9028]

With her cowgirl look, I’m surprised Texas isn’t in the game. She should be added, with her bold feats. Just as bold and daring as Texas itself, her design I think would evoke the Wild West. Maybe holding two six-shooters, or a double-barrel shotgun.

[@ThugShakers4Christ]

My great uncle was on the Hornet. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaves, was the first person to carrier qualify on 3 aircraft in a day, and he trained the first night flying squadron!

[@faustoescobar9183]

Well first I guess Also love how quick and to the point was the ad

[@5.56man2]

Gg on being first

[@davidgray3061]

I wonder who is better at telling History stories The Fat Election (TFE) or Animarchy

[@adenkyramud5005]

Imagine drach, TFE and pacman in a single video.

[@terribleduck4046]

YESSSS someone finally mentioning Shinano. Honestly I never knew there was supposed to be a 3rd Yamato class until I started playing Azur Lane. I rarely see anything about her, which is fair since she pretty much did nothing but still.

[@andyh3127]

I’m new to the channel, but I love how you use Azur Lane for the thumbnails of naval history videos I enjoy the thought of someone who isn’t a weeb watching and having no idea why there’s a blonde cowgirl in the thumbnail

[@Airbournjack]

"It was a dumb plan" Well yes, but that was the point kinda. The bigger issue as I recall was.. the get away boats they were provided were.... wooden pleasure craft with giant kerosene bombs on top deck.... which had to loiter under fire... if they had sealing tanks I feel like a lot more might have escaped than the what 2 that did I think?

[@S0RGEx]

She's not in WoWs sadly, but USS England's story is super interesting. Sunk 6 Japanese submarines in 12 days, was kamikazed off Okinawa, had a pretty wild time making it back to the States.

[@AnonToast]

Honestly, as absolutely bonkers the Doolittle raid is, I don't think enough people talk about what happened in the aftermath. Japan killed, per Chiang Kai-Shek, 250,000 civilians over the following month in retribution. Even if this number is a slight exaggeration (a notion I would be inclined to disagree with), there's no denying the atrocities committed as reprisals by the Japanese following the raid. I'm not bringing this up to make any particular point; honestly, the video was super entertaining, and bringing this would have been so tonally different from everything else. But I think it's an important part of the story for understanding the broader implications of the raid. Yes, it did have the (admittedly somewhat slight) strategic benefit of scaring the Japanese populace, raising American morale, and temporarily forcing Japan to reconsider US capabilities, and yes, it's really fuckin cool. But the death of 50 Japanese was used to justify the killing of thousands of Chinese civilians in the search for the pilots, motivated the mass killings of civilians, and further fanned the flames of nationalism that fueled some of the grossest crimes against humanity. It also put strain on US-Chinese relations that prevented more "Doolittle Raid-esque" shenanigans in the future, but also notably damaged the Ryuho and was a driving force behind Yamato receiving official support to attack Midway. The Doolittle Raid, like most historical events, is quite multi-facetted, and while the aftermath of the raid isn't particularly world altering for most people (the Japanese committed war crimes? Who could have forseen this), it's still important part of the story that is too often left out.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Strain on US-Chinese relations? Chiang Kai-Shek was happy about the raid because it redirected so much of the Japanese Airforce back home to defend the home islands, it gave the ROC forces a chance to breathe.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

I cover this in The History of USS Enterprise Part 1

[@AnonToast]

@@AnimarchyHistory haha i guess i gotta watch it finally. I've been procrastinating until it was all done and I have a few hours to binge em all. Sorry, didn't mean to sound like a correction or anythin! Love your videos and analyses, thanks for the great content haha

[@AnonToast]

@@Edax_Royeaux I mean somewhat? Perhaps I was too harsh in my depiction and I should have provided sources to back it up. While it is true that Chiang expressed his support of the raid in correspondence with US leaders, most notably in a message to Sec. Morgenthau that he requested be made public¹ and that he invited the airmen of the Doolittle Raid to Chongqing to dine with him before their escape into India², that is not to say that he was fully happy with the results of the raid. In communications between himself, then-Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell, and President Roosevelt, he expressed annoyance at not being more informed about the specifics of the raid and objected to it³. Historian Barbara Tuchman in her book "Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1911-1945)" writes, "He objected strenuously, fearing loss of certain airfields in Chekiang through enemy action. He was informed, however, that the mission was too far advanced for cancellation. The episode did not help to persuade him that China was being treated as an equal much less a great power," (Tuchman 1981, 444). Perhaps a better characterization of the strain that resulted is not that the US and China were on worse terms but rather that the raid led to tension between the leaders of the respective countries. The failure to hold vital infrastructure during the subsequent Japanese rampage was viewed by Chiang as an almost inevitable consequence whilst Stilwell saw it more the result of, to quote a report given to him, ". . . [a] bitched-up action." (Tuchman 484). It would be at this point that I would love to cite one of the numerous sections in Stilwell's journals where he disparages Chiang and his admittedly quite detrimental political maneuvers, though I don't presently have access to it, but suffice to say that the relationship between the Generalissimo and Stilwell was rather adversarial⁵. This coexisted with a simultaneous general annoyance with the way Chiang was conducting the war amongst US generals⁶ and an increased paranoia in Chiang that the raid would increase dissent against him⁷. This culminated in an atmosphere that I think would be fairly characterized as suspicious and somewhat tense, as though the raid and subsequent atrocities committed served to rally a dejected US and galvanize their resolve against a brutal regime (thus being successful in the aims set out by its planners), it also increased mistrust between the nations' leaders led to the loss of a quarter million lives and strategically significant territory in retribution. So yes, while there were genuine tangible benefits resulting from the raid, it would be, in my estimation, incorrect to assert that there were no long-term ill effects suffered as a result of the raid. Perhaps my characterization of exactly how relations worsened as a result of the raid (at bare minimum, i was not sufficiently specific with my description, sorry about that) but I do think it is evident that the raid was not as universally loved or mutualist in character as it is often portrayed. 1. Morgenthau Jr. Henry. "Message from Chiang Kai-shek to Sec. Morgenthau". Transcript of news report delivered on Fox Movietone News, 4 May 1943. 2. Scott, James M. "Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid that Avenged Pearl Harbor". New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. 3. Tuchman, Barbara W. "Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1911-1945)". New York: Macmillan, 1972. 5. U.S. Army War College, "Warriors and Politics: The Bitter Lesson of Stilwell in China", Shephard Jr., John E. I dont know how to cite sources with a "Report Documentation Page" with a Big 'Ol USA sticker on it. apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA517708.pdf (Accessed 2 February 2023). 6. U.S. Army War College, "Warriors and Politics: The Bitter Lesson of Stilwell in China". 7. Tuchman 1972, 484.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@AnonToast Stilwell was perhaps one of the worse Generals in the American Army, being the fatal combination of undiplomatic, caustic and a failure of a tactician. Stilwell bickered with the British Field Marshal Alan Brooke (whom called Sitwell a "hopeless crank with no vision"), the Chinese leadership, even US General Claire Lee Chennault who was helping in China. Chiang rightly called for his dismissal. Had Stilwell not been so easily defeated in the field of battle, I might have been able to take him more seriously, but it seems in all major fields Stilwell failed as a leader. His inability to work with others, lead men into victory, or even work with allies showed he had no business being a general. At least Patton had the capacity to win victories and be charming. Even if Stilwell was correct in identifying flaws in Chiang and his army, by opening insulting Chiang repeatedly, what did he achieve? Nothing positive. And Chiang was his host. And when Stilwell took command of Chinese troops in an ill-conceived campaign and blundered, he scapegoated the Chinese for his mistakes. That taints the veracity of Stilwell's opinions.

[@ronansmith9148]

You should have gone over the USS Nevada, it EARNED the title unsinkable. Hit in pearl harbor? Tis a scratch. Hit by 2 nukes post war? Unfazed. Week of naval bombardment from multiple ships, including Iowa class battleships? It's just a flesh wound.

[@jasonlazarov4340]

Love that you used the Shipgirl Quartet for the outro

[@FLJBeliever1776]

A Battleship with Torpedoes. What more could you want? A Battleship with Missiles AND Torpedoes.

[@arandomboot598]

I love that USS barb is here! I never see her anywhere.

[@tizi087]

shit one of the first vids i cant watch. I spend roughly 2500 games in WoWs like 3 or 4 years back (when CV still had multiple groups). I cant possibly watch how they slaughtered my favorite ship type and made it into a cheap flying simulator. Sry Pacman

[@DapperKitty]

Ah everyone's favorite Anarcho Capitalist is back. Also you hear that, that's the sound of wehraboos raging after, You said the Americans were better submariners than the Germans.

[@PT-zz3qf]

Came here from @lazerpig and now I wanna play azurlane again. Curses. Also cheers, take muh sub

[@tomarmadiyer2698]

That US subs put up those numbers, with the early torp failures Fun times

[@geraldapollyon655]

You should be sent to the Gulag for using the Kancolle opening as your ending song.

[@death_walker21]

thats why i love my german shipfus thicc where it counts

[@jamesscalzo3033]

Loved the video @Animarchy History! Can't wait for the next video man! Not gonna lie, I'm already thinking about how the Girls of Azur Lane would react if they saw this! Also, Is there an Iron Blood Flag available on the Shop so that Tirpitz can Represent Azur Lane with Cleveland Next Time? Also, Thoughts on the Following Additions to Azur Lane of Late... • Yorktown and Hornet's Essex-class (Type 2) Riggings. • Langley's Independence-class (Type 2) Rigging. • Hammann's Edsall-class (Type 2) Rigging. • HMS Implacable (The Naughty Nun who looks Like Glynda Goodwitch from "RWBY" in her "Shepherd of the 'Lost'" Outfit). • HMS Scylla (Royal Navy's Answer to Iron Blood's Peter Strasser and "Date A Live's" Kurumi Tokisaka). • Ting An (aka Akuma Nihume in Azur Lane). • Valerian Kubishev (aka Nazuna from VShojo in Azur Lane). As for American Battleships "Loving their Second Amendment rights" when it comes to AA..... Check out the Greater Idaho Movement and Keep in mind that the Population of each State determines how many Seats in Congress each State has. As for the North American B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber, they can Bring on the Pain Train especially when attacking Convoys in the Pacific. Between the B-25J's and their Skip Bombing 500lb Bombs and the B-25H's doing that along with firing the M4 75 millimeter/40 Caliber Cannon they are the Grandfather of the Lockheed AC-130 Gunship. Between them and the Douglas A-20C and A-20G Havoc Medium Bombers, You've got a Decent Platform for Attacking Enemy Convoys.

[@bananadane]

A group I am part of through a huge overnight rave on the hornet. We transformed about half of the ship into multiple sound stages, & rented the 3 axis airplane simulator for use during the party, and generally had a blast. Since then, I think a couple of other parties have been thrown on the hornet as well. Good folks to work with. It is federal land however, and that did cause some of our organizers pause not only for the rave related substances, but also, in addition to our huge 2000 person party that ran until dawn, a troop of boy scouts was doing an overnight stay in the bow of the ship. Apparently the ship is so big that we could be having a huge multi-level rave on one end and the boy scouts could sleep peacefully on the other

[@Shadx27]

Check out one ship that has been greatly under appreciated. USS Wichita. She was all over the world, briefly was a flagship after Washington's admiral got swept off ship, was inspected by the King of England, dodged Jean Bart's fire, took a ijn torpedo that turned out to be a dud, and was at nearly every point of the Pacific at one point or another. And one of the two times I can think of where a surface ship blasted away a carrier. Wicked Witch of the West.

[@UnicornGamingRX03]

I used Hornet from wows to further help build her in space engineers. Also recreated the screenshot of Doolittle raid.

[@coreystockdale6287]

I demand more shirtless aussie time

[@topiasr628]

Still advocating for a splitting off the video game channel from the normal channel... 🙂

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Sponsored video. They asked for a gameplay one. But historical game content that actually discusses its accuracy or is related to history stays here. Gameplay and play throughs have moved to twitch.

[@JohnE9999]

So, the labor the labor theory of value

[@SlipperyGerman]

Fun fact the dulitel raid is one of the view historical events i will never forget the date of since its the same as my birthday