Admiral Rozhestvensky doesn't get portrayed in a very fair way here. He was pretty much the only sane and competent man in the entire fleet, so he had many, MANY good reasons to throw his binoculars overboard. He was also very pessimistic (and realistic) about their chances right from the beginning.
@brigidtheirish5 ай бұрын
The poor man almost *welcomed* capture by the Japanese.
@justinbuergi98674 ай бұрын
That makes the story even funnier! Just one competent leader surrounded by idiots. Sounds like a 90s comedy
@prestonjones16533 ай бұрын
@@justinbuergi9867 The fact that this HASN'T been made into a dark comedy a la Death of Stalin is a travesty.
@phildicks472126 күн бұрын
And after the war was over, he took full responsibility at the Court Martial even though he was knocked unconscious at the beginning of the battle and his second in command was the one who surrendered. It was his testemony that made the Czar commute all the death sentences of the junior officers that were found guilty of dereliction of duty.
@FonVegen9 ай бұрын
Drachinifel's longer and more in-depth explanation of this mess (including part 2 about the Battle of Tsushima) remains one of the most dumbfoundingly entertaining pieces of documentation on YT.
@untruelie26409 ай бұрын
KAMTCHATKAAAAAA!!!
@Warmduscher18769 ай бұрын
For sure. Watch the Drachnifel version Ryan, it's so much greater then BlueJays short and quick one.
@prestonjones16533 ай бұрын
@untruelie2640 Or as Rozesvinsky (or however you spell it, something Slavic) called her, "the lecherous slut." When captured by the Japanese he asked if the Kamchatka still sailed. Upon hearing that it sank, he sighed in relief, laid back down on the stretcher, and thanked God that it was at the bottom of the ocean. He would die of a heart attack four years later, I can only imagine somebody offhandedly said the word "Kamchatka" and he had a stress-induced heart attack.
@TheGallantDrake6 ай бұрын
Imagine being a central Asian peasant who’s never seen the ocean getting roped into this mess.
@flyingeagle38989 ай бұрын
This might be where the ~17% literacy rate of Russia in 1910 comes into play.
@Isolder749 ай бұрын
That and a majority of the population of the Russian Empire didn’t actually speak Russian.
@TheGallantDrake6 ай бұрын
Also, most of the peasant crew had never been on the open ocean before.
@jonC12089 ай бұрын
We must remeber that in 2023 russia is loosing a naval war agaunst ukraine who doesnt have a navy...
@Isolder749 ай бұрын
Now it’s done for humor but during the Dogger Bank incident Adm Rozzy was not saying keep it up he was shouting at the top of his lungs stop shooting you idiots.
@Cykeys9 ай бұрын
It should be noted that, at the time, the actually experienced Russian Naval personnel were in the Black Sea Fleet.
@TheGallantDrake6 ай бұрын
If I recall, they wanted to send the experienced personnel by rail to Port Arthur, but hadn’t counted on losing the land war so fast.
@phildicks472126 күн бұрын
Yeah, the Russians considered the Black Sea to be more important than the Baltic.
@untruelie26409 ай бұрын
Please watch Drachinifels long version, it's even more hilarious.
@TheGallantDrake6 ай бұрын
Emperor brain: put sailor in boat and boat go! Point and shoot guns! What is training for?
@bthsr71134 ай бұрын
"Russia, you do this to yourself." And they show no signs of stopping their incompetence.
@MarcMagma9 ай бұрын
This is honestly one of my favorite videos on KZbin.
@7thsealord88826 күн бұрын
Good reaction. I feel like this is one of those historical events that, if a halfway accurate movie or series was made about it, NOBODY would believe it.
@4partharmony2089 ай бұрын
Big fan of incorporating History Matters! The art is unique and charming...and the visual gags are second to none
@galatheumbreon68629 ай бұрын
I was hoping and waiting for you to react to this
@Seer_Of_The_Woodlands9 ай бұрын
Great Video !
@bkjeong43027 ай бұрын
Please watch Drachinifel’s videos on the same voyage, they are even more hilarious.
@oliversherman24148 ай бұрын
Was this your first reaction to a BlueJay video?
@Grarnir9 ай бұрын
Yeeeeees this is everything i ever wanted
@nikogarcia2014 күн бұрын
Something tell me the Russian don’t like bringing up this war in history class.
@ms_scribbles9 ай бұрын
And to this day, Russia is doing stupid stuff militarily.
@comradekommandmentklaus18488 ай бұрын
As much success Russia has had on land since the Great War, it’s navy hasn’t been able to share in that success.
@diegonayahernandez68019 ай бұрын
YES YES YEEEEEES
@samrevlej93319 ай бұрын
Not a big fan of Sam O'Nella, but I love BlueJay.
@No-yp7kr9 ай бұрын
Sam O'Nella posted a new video in his vlog channel