How Did the US Navy Get So Powerful? - Evolution from the 13 Colonies to WWII

Trace the evolution of the US Navy to see how it got so powerful. Sponsored by World of Warships! Register to receive 250 doubloons, 1,000,000 Credits, Langley ship, one port slot and 3 days premium time when you use code PLAYLANGLEY2019 and click here → wo.ws/2py6Oew Also available free on Xbox and PS4. wowslegends.com
In this history documentary we explore the history of the US Navy. We begin in the colonial period of British rule where most of the coastal defenses were undertaken by jerry-rigged sloops and schooners while the Royal Navy handled the larger engagements. With the outbreak of the American Revolution however the Continental Congress was forced to create its own Continental Navy. This was composed of a small number of small frigates while the bulk of the American fleet actually consisted of privateers. The US fleet managed to score some wins at sea but it was the assistance of the French Navy which helped turn the tides of war. After the revolution, the new but bankrupt United States was forced to disband its navy. This had the effect of leaving it incredibly vulnerable. Over the following decades, the US Navy would slowly invest in rebuilding its fleet to combat threats from the Barbary Pirates and others who preyed on American shipping. The War of 1812 with the British saw the US score some early wins but saw it be utterly dominated at sea when the Royal Navy sailed in with a strong fleet that had just recently won the Battle of Trafalgar. The US Navy was expanded as a result of this embarrassment but it would be the conflict of the US Civil War which truly brought about a renaissance for American Fleet. During the conflict, the northern strategy at sea involved a blockade of the south which prompted an arms race between the Union Navy and the Confederate Navy. Ironclads and steam ships emerged from this evolutionary process and came dominate the waves. By the end of the war, the US Navy was the second largest in the world after the Royal Navy. The post war years however saw a decline in the Navy that would only be turned around with renewed conflict during the Spanish-American war. From this point on, the United States Navy was recognized as being critical to United States foreign policy. President Roosevelt would overseen it's renovation with the construction of the Great White Fleet which sailed around the world. However new technologies like the HMS Dreadnought risked making all contemporary warships obsolete. World War 1 came soon after and poured gasoline on the fire of innovation. Now the battle at sea extended to the air above the waves and the depths below it with the deployment of planes and submarines. Coming out of the First World War, the US Navy was recognized as an equal to the Royal Navy. The interwar years saw more funds poured into the American Fleet including the construction of new aircraft carriers. Word War 2 would see a massive overhaul of the US Navy as it battled the Imperial Japanese Navy across the Pacific. This conflict and the Cold War that followed solidified the power of the US Fleet and led it to become the force it is today.
I hope you enjoyed this documentary on US Navy history!
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[@InvictaHistory]

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[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Are you kidding right ? you have a few hundred ships to defend the coastlines and most are far out to sea, those that are not docked and under repair or scheduled for decommission. USA ship yards and building capacity is in sad shape compared to other countries abilities to rapidly construct many new high tech ships, in quantity. Of course massive oil tanker ships and shipping container ships are in greater demand than military ships, but still - USA has fallen behind several other nations in their ocean fairing abilities. And many USA ships still in use are very old and obsolete.

[@mousermind]

Idk why, but your choices of emphasis and pause really, REALLY bothered me on this video. I'm certainly not a first-time viewer, but it is the first time I've noticed; it felt unnatural, jarring. :l

[@bo0tsy1]

Pretty sure WWS doesn't have schooners

[@dylandog518]

The south Carolina was built at the same time as dreadnought, they never played catch up

[@jennellemarcos7167]

you forgot the world of warships blitz

[@DZ-1987]

"Astounding victory, Admiral! But... how many died?" "Just one." "Unlucky bugger..." "No, he didn't even die to a shell, the heat just got to him."

[@tiarareihmequiota6618]

Ooof imagine being that guy

[@enzop6861]

Bro imagine being the Spanish

[@maximaldinotrap]

Americans: We have a casualty Spanish: YAY Americans: He died from heat stroke Spanish: You mean it doesn't count for us?

[@wireworks4252]

@@maximaldinotrap KILL ASSIST by nature

[@michaelweiske702]

@@wireworks4252 environmental kill

[@Strothy2]

How Did the US Navy Get So Powerful? A: Money B: More Money C: ALL the Money D: Carriers...

[@americanseal7683]

Strothy2 You forgot money

[@buckeyesfan4700]

Hey that's a very smart investment

[@therandomkidplayinggames6831]

stonks

[@trololopez2437]

Enterprise

[@Captain_Brown_Beard]

Yeah cause we are fucking awesome.

[@2OO1HondaCivic]

When your own navy has the 2nd largest airforce.

[@rancorusia]

@Вук Тодић I'm having a real hard time understand this....

[@LuisRivera-rl9gl]

@Вук Тодић uhh... no one ever said it was it's own country, there's literally that many aircraft under the USN, so many that the only people who can compete with it is the same country's air force branch meaning the US has the most aircraft in total. The navy just has a little less than the airforce

[@xdem2lldeadGaming]

@Вук Тодић LMAO , dont that phrase at face value. Its just a joke xD

[@a-drewg1716]

The US has the first and 2nd largest airforces. First is the US Airforce and the 2nd largest airforce in the USN. They are considered separate airforces because they are separate air forces with separate leader ship, composed of different aircrafts, with using different tactics, and having completely different doctrines. Just like how the US Army and US Marines aren't the same they are completely separate armies (an organized military force equipped for fighting on land, though the marines also fight in the air and sea)

[@craftyyt2745]

Google: Strongest air forces 1. USAF 2. *USN* 3. ??? 4. ??? 5. ??? US: yay so don't f'ck with my navy *im looking at you japan >:(*

[@choasbiscotti3146]

Navy went from “Yes sir, I’ll bring her home at 9” to “Your daughter calls me daddy too”

[@firebird4491]

Cringe?

[@jayman4569]

Lol

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

That's fucking funny.

[@voidwalker9223]

@@firebird4491 no its not cringe. You got 2 likes while everyone else got agrees

[@firebird4491]

@@voidwalker9223 60 redditors liked his comment. You think I care about their opinions?

[@sheridan6118]

Slaps hand on table * “okay guys what if we put ARMOR over the crew and guns?” “Oh. My . God”

[@awesomesaucejr.6647]

"Why didn't we think of that before!?"

[@SusCalvin]

People keep experimenting with levels of armour and speed and gun size. Your engine can drive so much stuff forward, and you got to decide what that stuff should be. One of the losing ideas in Jutland is the UK battlecruisers that wanted to be a sort of speedy battleships with the big naval guns still on, that tried to outmanouver artillery fire.

[@craftyyt2745]

USS Iowa: *biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggg guns*

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

My god... its beautiful.

[@rast29]

Admiral Yi did it years before.

[@iv3966]

John Paul Jones: exists Royal Navy: "Thats got be the best pirate I've ever seen."

[@oldfrend]

Lord Nelson: So. It. Would. Seem.

[@v5in88]

IV What about Cochrane?

[@iowaclass5657]

V5 In Nah, John Paul Jones rolls off the tongue better. Plus, he was Scottish, which is already a bonus.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I know this is a joke but he was a very shit captain and his most major success was due to luck. Although it is very jack sparrow to win a battle on someone else's ship because your own had sunk.

[@indigohammer5732]

@@iowaclass5657 Cochrane was Scottish too.

[@RealWorldHub]

When the continental navy was mentioned, all I heard was: "John Paul Jones was a merry old soul, a merry a old soul was he, he sailed to the east and he sailed to the west, and he helped set America free."

[@abramo7700]

I thought it was "fightin' man"?

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

FUCK YEAH!

[@BlueVegasCourier]

Ah great..a johnny horton fan

[@kenneth9874]

He was a fine Scotsman that believed in liberty

[@patricks_music]

War of 1812: America; Yo this is boring and getting expensive. England: Yeah i kinda actually agree. America: How about some peace? England: Eh fine.

[@helldiverintelligencehighcom]

10 secs earlier Usa: CANADA CHILL CHILL THE FUCK OUT CANADA: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (WHITEHOUSE BURNS) EH UK: THATS MY BOY

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

Meanwhile in New Orleans: Britain: C'mon man I was playing. USA: Hippity hoppity, *points musket* get the fuck off my property. Britain: *FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-*

[@killtheheretics2915]

Yeah we lost against the Canadians but had draw with Britain

[@jasonirwin4631]

The reality was that neither the uk or the us wanted the war. The us put up with British press ganging us merchant sailors into the royal navy. Credit to the royal navy some of the sailors press ganged into the royal navy were deserters but quiet a few weren't. There was a call to go to war by some us congress but the president and other parts of congress wanted to avoid a war. The prime Minister at the time also wanted to put a end to stop us ships and forcing sailors into the royal navy preferring to work with the us to find royal navy deserters but while the letter expressing this goal was slowly making its way across the Atlantic the pro war side of congress managed to sway the president and the us invaded Canada as response to the impressment of us sailors. Also I can't find anything that says that Canadians burned DC. The us army had also mostly abandoned Washington preferring to not try and hold a city in the middle of a swamp. Don't forget the us also burn Toronto and captured new Orleans.

[@terrypennington2519]

@SupersonicSongbird true but that didn't stop the Americans from using it as a tool for propaganda....and oh boy did they

[@ghost2coast296]

someone please tell advertisers to stop using "epic" in their ads

[@aj7419]

What other word would you use to describe a simulated large scale naval battle? I'd say epic is pretty fitting given the context. Though plenty of advertisers do misuse the word as some kinda buzzword

[@512TheWolf512]

@@aj7419 just tell me it's 100 vs 100 and i'll jump right in

[@robertharris6092]

@@aj7419 since iv actualy played it a decent bit id say... a slow cumbersome slouch into battle with unrealistically useless battleships.

[@bruh4573]

What's wrong with EPIC?

[@NoobsDeSroobs]

Wait, people abusing language they do not know? This is insane. Now bears might even shit in the woods! I hate the undying trend that destroys all language over time.

[@lqla4837]

Meanwhile... on The actual History Channel: *DID ANCIENT ALIENS HELP THE U.S. NAVY GET POWERFUL?*

[@north7764]

Lqla *DID ALIENS FUND THE MODERN WORLD?*

[@kevlar3994]

*LET'S MAKE THIS HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MAN INTO A FARCE* God I fucking hate ancient aliens

[@cram4676]

More like Hitler was an actor paid by aliens and Stalin is actually an alien too that was pretending to fight the Nazis

[@netbotcl586]

@@cram4676 there is an ancient alien document that says hitler made contact with aliens , ufo crash in hamburg, nazi tech came from that and all kind of shit.

[@mikeserrano734]

Hahaha 😂

[@blokykaktus3680]

Imagine telling the members of the continental navy that at some point they will have one of the best navy’s in the world

[@jayman4569]

*suprised pikachu face*

[@randygibbons4570]

How about the best

[@EllissDee4you4me]

@@randygibbons4570 I have never understood why people is the modifier “one of the best” when it is objectively the best. This is very common in all subjects. Stating the fact that the USN is the best navy the world has ever seen does not show bias, but is simply recognizing the fact. Science language is full of this. I noticed this in school when I was told the Spanish flu was one of the worst global pandemics of the 20th century. Like no it wasn’t, it was THE worst. People think they are being fair and unbiased but it just comes off as un-genuine and wishy-washy. I wish people would step up and say what is, especially when it is a widely known fact.

[@noahs9866]

@@EllissDee4you4me I was beginning to think I was the only guy annoyed by this. It’s completely misleading and sends the wrong idea for something that should be so easy to contextualize. “One of the biggest, one of the longest, one of the best selling, one of the deadliest, etc.” Bitch I don’t see anyone else making a claim

[@almazavala5086]

Imagine telling them that their great Grandkids grandkids will have Ships made of Metal Dominating the planet with the ability to fire a cannon and wipe out a city On the opposite side of the globe

[@StivenCabrera3]

"One of the strongest" The next 10 world navies don't even compare, dude.

[@user-si9wn2pt5v]

Tbh, I do believe that the other ten powers in navy could win. America needed help from Australia and the USSR in WW2 Pacific theatre. They also needed help from Australian troops, Britain and USSR. The Americans hog credits of winning the wars. Multiple countries assisted in Vietnam, but they were barely credited in assistance.

[@user-si9wn2pt5v]

@Tmer6 Just because time has passed, the us couldn't survive war without its allies.

[@huntsman5508]

Little Did ya know That was decades ago, the US military has almost doubled in strength since.. US wasn’t as powerful in ww2 because of reasons like japan surprise attacking and destroying 18 ships. The us navy has the 2nd largest Air Force in the world right behind the US Air Force.

[@StivenCabrera3]

@@user-si9wn2pt5v America's dominance really began after WW2. WW2 just set the stage

[@McTrollenstein]

@@user-si9wn2pt5v Was that closer to the beginning of the war or towards the end? As for navy presence today. There's two countries with CATOBAR carriers. 10 American Nimitz class carriers, 1 Ford class , and 1 French one, 12 in total. To put it simply, no they wouldn't. And that's not including nuclear submarines.

[@appa609]

“The war of Jenkins’ Ear” Poor guy. I hope he got it back.

[@LedosKell]

The Dragon whelps tore it off.

[@timewellspent8137]

Ya know I don't think he did

[@GMZohar14]

I am sure Leroy got it back

[@Tigerskunk]

@@GMZohar14 Leeeeeerrrooooooy Jinkens!

[@happylittletree1727]

At least he got chicken

[@garabic8688]

American navy in 1812: *chuckles* I’m in danger American navy today: *chuckles* you’re in danger

[@nicholaspowell7029]

@HappyandAtheist you do realize that "nukes" held by nation states would most likely never be used, it is a zero sum game MAD doctrine has assured that, the only way a nuke would be used in conflict today is a rogue group or rogue nation utilizing small tactical devices for terror attacks.

[@nicholaspowell7029]

@Haroon Abdul Majeed you guys really need to do some research, stop getting all your information from movies, the nuclear missile systems of the US cannot be hacked, they can only be launched via a specific set of codes that the president has access to, there are a myriad of authentication systems that ever launched has to go through, even test launches.

[@garabic8688]

@Nicholas Powell At least you know it’s nigh impossible to hack the US nuclear codes

[@garabic8688]

@Justin 12O16E26 actually not quite. Submarines are a threat, but we have several countermeasures. While a submarine could cause damage to a US carrier, they would have to be careful because US carriers are never alone. Not to mention we have one of if not the deadliest submarine fleet. If a sub wanted to sink a us carrier, they would have to get past aircraft designed for ASW. If they aren’t detected, they’ll have to get past cruisers and destroyers that also equipped for ASW. Which it in itself is hard to do. If detected, the submarine would have to get out before being sunk. This isn’t all, there is also an attack submarine always nearby on the lookout for enemy submarines. If they somehow manage to get past these measures, then they’ll have to target and hit the carrier itself. Even if they do hit, it will be hard to sink a carrier as they have a double hull. It’s not impossible to sink, but definitely hard. In war games there were 2 instances in the past 15 or so years were a sub got close enough to cause serious damage if it was a real war. The point here is submarines aren’t guaranteed (heck no where near guaranteed) to sink a carrier

[@jailbird1133]

@HappyandAtheist yes they do. Because our navy has aircraft that destroy their ability to deploy any nukes they have.

[@Aipe97]

I'd recognize that Total War music anywhere. I really want an Empire 2.

[@TheSkogarmoar]

Aipe97 I was going to mention that as well but read the comments first. Definitely Total War music, you can’t forget it.

[@mememistres9467]

Idk why but I feel the need to march on the Knights of St. John.

[@ashtonsosnowski9201]

Im glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed this

[@DooTSweeT]

I love TW Empire, but the chances of an Empire 2 looks more and more like a fantasy every day

[@deepyamandas1192]

Its all empire and napoleon music

[@aidandahl7794]

All you need to know about the US Navy’s history.... John Paul Jones

[@yurika12]

and drinking to the foam.

[@vivacious5052]

The movie battleship is awesome

[@craftyyt2745]

**pirates of the carabian starts playing in the background**

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

That man was lunatic, but the good kind.

[@ilosttehlegs4517]

@@ultramarinescaptain3840 the true chaotic good

[@Anglomachian]

A fairly interesting aspect of the rise of ironclads was the speculation that ramming tactics might make a resurgence before the rise of larger guns that were able to penetrate the new armour.

[@InvictaHistory]

Yeah I love that brief moment where we are gonna just take the latest technology and just use it straight up bash the enemy lol

[@dumptruck1091]

@@InvictaHistory thats what some companies are doing for drone on drone combat

[@Anglomachian]

@@InvictaHistory No, Spongebob! We're not cavemen; we have technology. (proceeds to ram the Bismarck)

[@Morrigi192]

That, and the rise of torpedoes.

[@noahsawesomevids422]

@@Anglomachian lol 😂

[@AnthonyFletcher]

On land, they're cannons. On board a ship, and they become simply, "guns".

[@mydogbullwinkle]

+Anthony Fletcher The fact that you know that there's a difference leads me to believe that you already know why a ship's weapons are called _guns_ , but in case anyone is interested, here is some info behind the terms you've noted. This is what I've been able to gather in bits and pieces over the span of several years, but I'll be the first to admit that its far from being academically robust. I invite corrections to any facts that I might've gotten wrong here. _Cannon_ is a catch-all for any large-bore gunpowder-based weapon. A _gun_ , in military contexts, is a crew-operated direct-fire weapon system, and often has a smooth bore to better accommodate a variety of projectile type (ideal for loading with canister/grape shot, chain/bola shot, as well as inert/solid shot). Machine gun, shotgun (while not crew-operated, they are generally direct-fire, smooth-bored, and can accommodate a wide range of projectile types), the main armament of a tank, etc. could each be classed as a _gun_ ; a rifle, pistol, or carbine, for example, would not be referred to as guns in most English speaking militaries. In the Age of Sail, a ship's weapons were rarely borne against targets beyond point blank, and so were used in a direct-fire capacity. A howitzer is a _cannon_ , and a tank's main gun is a _cannon_ , but a tank's main gun is a _gun_ , while a howitzer is not a gun, since howitzers are used for indirect-fire. Likewise, a mortar is not a gun, since it fires projectiles at a near-vertical trajectory in order to deliver projectiles (generally bombs and shells) over wall fortifications. _Piece_ is another catch-all, one that refers to any gunpowder-based weapon system, whether that be a pistol, grenade launcher, howitzer, carronade, and so on. It has been used in English, and can be traced back virtually to the arrival of gunpowder-based weapons technology to the English speaking world. The use of the term _piece_ is often mistaken for being simply "wannabe gangsta" slang, but it is actually a technically legitimate term when referring to a gunpowder-based weapon and has been for about 500 years in things like ships manifests, captains' logs, and other official documents. There is also a widely held folk etymology that incorrectly traces it back to a corruption of "peace" from the Colt "Peace Maker" revolver that saw wide use during the 19th century.

[@hyperx72]

@@mydogbullwinkle Wait, what are Rifles and pistols called if they aren't guns?

[@mydogbullwinkle]

​@@hyperx72 If you want one word that refers collectively to both rifles and pistols, you could use _weapons_ or _small arms_ . If you want to be specific to one particular platform, you'd usually refer to them as _rifles_ , _pistols_ , carbines , etc. You can also use their designated model number, for example, _M16_ or _M4_ (Nomenclature varies by branch and country). You can refer to them by anything that they _are_ , but _gun_ in a military context refers to a class of weapon platforms that rifles and pistols do not fall under. Military operation demands clear-cut, unambiguous, and universally understood language, and so many words as used in a military context have retained the meanings they had when they were adopted (that sometimes being hundreds of years ago), while the same words may mean something different in non-military speech due to having undergone linguistic drift.

[@glennchartrand5411]

@@hyperx72 Firearms The Military, Hunters and Civilians all have slightly different definitions of "gun". Civilians call any firearm that shoots a bullet in a flat trajectory a "gun" ( This is the oldest definition ) But the Military only calls heavy weapons guns. Hunters call any firearm that isnt rifled a gun. So it all depends on who you are talking to.

[@glennchartrand5411]

@Magnus Farseer The navy calls heavy weapons "guns"

[@jeromebarry1741]

My father's father was a 20-some years old man when the U.S. declared war on Spain. As young men had done for basically ever he volunteered to serve the U.S. Army. That war was over so fast that he was still in boot camp in Florida when the U.S. decided it didn't need him anymore.

[@thomassnaza7903]

"...and a single death, due to heat stroke," RIP that guy lol

[@moblinmajorgeneral]

In all fairness, the Philippines is very hot, and the inside of a steam ship even hotter.

[@SA-5247]

*Congress swiftly passes a 2 trillion dollar budget to build 1.35 ships with portholes for comfort*

[@Crimethoughtfull]

What?? I had no idea both sides in the Civil War developed that many ironclads! I've only ever heard of the Virginia and the Monitor and so assumed they were each one-off experimental pieces...nifty!

[@ZachCremisiSky]

I know the south had the 1st nearly fully submerge sub. It only had 1 kill before it sank.

[@naverilllang]

@@ZachCremisiSky actually it killed 0 before it sank. Then they raised it and it killed 0 before it sank. Then they raised it again. This time it also killed 0 _before_ it sank, because the only kill it scored also killed itself at the same time. And that time for good. It was a little ahead of its time methinks.

[@cavedog962]

USS United States, aka the United States Ship United States. Nice job guys.

[@Zamolxes77]

Some admiral or navy naming commission board were very, very hangover that day. "What should we name the new battleship ?" "United States " - patriotic flag waves in the background clerk: "I'm sorry admiral isn't that what USS stands for ?" "Huh ? United States will be its name, I have spoken !"

[@jjcooks7401]

Zamolxes77 actually, George Washington was given a list of 10 suggestions for names of the ships: United States Constitution Constellation Perseverance President Defender Protector Congress Fortitude Liberty

[@happylittletree1727]

So in other words, we did boaty mcboatface before anyone thought up of boaty mcboatface. Nice.

[@peterwestberg9894]

It's better than USS Obama...which will never happen anyways since he detested and hated the military. But USS Trump....I can't WAIT for an aircraft carrier to be named after Trump. USS Donald Trump...mmmmm...I can feel all the leftist misery now over that one! Bwaaaa!!!!

[@hedoesdeath7667]

@@peterwestberg9894 Sounds good, also easy to pronounce.

[@TheDennys21]

Stalin: "quantity has a quality of it's own"

[@mistergameplay9766]

"Get mowed down by some German with mg42"

[@betsydierlam561]

Im pretty sure that was Lenin

[@TheDennys21]

@@betsydierlam561 whatever

[@trainman2226]

@@betsydierlam561 no it was stalin

[@Levrai10]

@@mistergameplay9766 soviets beat German tanks not because of quality but because of quantity.

[@coreylarue]

Nice vid, although slight nitpick: Wilson’s pre-US entry policy was “neutrality”, not “appeasement”. Also, while the Lusitania is cited as a reason for the US getting involved, it happened years before and Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare on neutral shipping was much more of a determining factor in US entry.

[@federalrepublicofahek3219]

*one year before

[@RetroVzqz9313]

It was the Zimmerman Telegram that clinched it

[@TheNinjaDC]

Worth noting, the US was the first country to use submarines with the use of the Turtle in the Revolutionary war.

[@orlock20]

Korea was the first to use iron armored ships. The U.S. followed that model with their first iron ships. The U.S. was also used air recon in its naval fleet using hot air balloons against the Spanish navy.

[@thebigsad5402]

@@orlock20 Although Our Iron clad ships weren't open ocean worthy.(particularly the Iron clads of the Civil war) they were only used near the shores of the US

[@sangwoohan1177]

@@orlock20 Wow are you korean how do you know about tutrtle ships?

[@orlock20]

@@sangwoohan1177 Years ago I looked up on the internet on what was the first ships to use metal armor and it was the turtle ship.

[@ronalddavis]

no it was the british because some british guy drew a sub on a cocktail napkin thus "invented" one

[@FJoeB1998]

2:19 Maine wasn’t one of the 13 colonies, the land that now makes up Maine used to be a part of Massachusetts.

[@craftyyt2745]

**your history teacher is smiling right now**

[@sebastianr1204]

Another mistake was the first plane. It was made by Lilienthal and not by the Weight brother.

[@literaldirt]

@@sebastianr1204 the Wright brothers made the first actually working powered plane

[@sebastianr1204]

@@literaldirt But not the first airplane

[@space__idklmao]

@@sebastianr1204 Lilienthal’s plane was a glorified hang glider that killed him.

[@Ace_Star_543]

Germans:*sinks the R.M.S lusitania* America:I see you have chosen death

[@alexwallex1721]

More like I gonna keep getting money off you

[@TusharSharma-cy9xo]

@@alexwallex1721 you know you dont have to be salty about usa all the time, they are the strongest and thats a fact.

[@meekmeads]

and the Zimmerman Telegram

[@dexterityisbetterthanstren8961]

@@TusharSharma-cy9xo jealousy it seems

[@ipant1056]

@@dexterityisbetterthanstren8961 how is that jealousy?

[@MegaRafaelloco]

No one: Absolutely no one: America: Invades mainland England using a wooden barge and a dozen men.

[@exsappermadman25055]

Everyone: Don't forget about 1812 sucka!.....

[@rogersmith1408]

Have to admit he had freaking Cannon Balls!!!

[@TribuneAquila]

Scotland:Starts a rebellion with 12 guys and a bagpipe.

[@exsappermadman25055]

@@TribuneAquila The bagpipe was fully loaded.....

[@samdilger4107]

America's fuckin cracked ngl

[@RomanCourier]

Invicta: After the Ancient Greek fleet, we’ll upload more modern content. Me: Imperial Roman fleet! Invicta: US NAVY 😅😅

[@InvictaHistory]

Funny enough, I believe the modern Greek navy actually owns a Trireme. The US Navy should respond with its own Corvus armed Quinquireme!

[@RomanCourier]

P.S. Supposedly many Americans will watch this video, so I’ll add that 16 km/h is about 10 mph 😉

[@RomanCourier]

@Nvmt t He covered the republican fleet in 3 parts. Highly recommended videos 👍

[@z54964380]

Carlotta Man that escalated quickly

[@keegobricks9734]

Not to be too nationalistic, but I really do think the modern US navy could probably kick ancient grecian fleet's aft.

[@LanzoYT]

Saw that World of Warships advertisement sailing from nautical-miles away.

[@cutelasscutlass876]

Lance Pena Yeah, we saw that from YAMATO RANGE.

[@huntergratzner1]

6:48 "Only three were completed." All six Humphreys frigates were finished. You forgot about USS President, USS Chesapeake, and USS Congress.

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

The USS Congress is a beautiful ship.

[@ericbales82]

Something you forgot about John Paul Jones: his ship the "Ranger" didn't have "colors" or a flag so he could've been executed as a pirate but the Netherlands created a flag for him. As far as the battle against the Serapis, the captain asked if he struck, aka surrendered. His ship was called the Bonhomme Richard, in honor of Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac... he said "I have not yet begun to fight. "

[@georgesoha4725]

“John Paul Jones” that’s why I’m here.

[@InvictaHistory]

04:52 he gets his shout out

[@androidynamit]

Absolute madlad

[@tauceti8341]

LOL at first I thought you were talking about that MMA fighter. Then I remembered the epicness of that dude going out and wreaking havoc on England ships during the revolutionary war.

[@jonrattell9075]

He was a fightin man

[@FakePale]

>John Paul Jones >John Jones >JoJo ドドドドドドドドドドドド

[@navynuke8685]

One of the strongest? Allow me to correct you. The strongest Navy in the world.

[@noobpowerXD3900]

EmperorLionflame still the strongest no one else (other than that one carrier France has) had nuclear power ships just the number of carriers we have in unmatched to date

[@markaleman4419]

Look at the US Navy numbers. The US as a much larger navy had has literally more carriers then the entire world combined.

[@markaleman4419]

Second, North Korea likely inflates there numbers, with only a 40 billion in GDP their is not chance they have the numbers they report.

[@markaleman4419]

Look up who as the best/largest navy in the world? In google

[@averageguy2451]

EmperorLionflame dude you are deluded

[@hofmeister8770]

It's amusing watching people argue about how powerful their countries navy is in the comments.

[@ilkarium4259]

Yeah

[@h84gabor6]

yes. everybody says US is the strongest by far

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

@@h84gabor6 just because the us navy is the most expensive does not in fact make it the strongest, the chinese navy has superior hypersonic missiles which can pierce the american aiges and aspis anti-missile defense and sink a whole carrier, or warship. while the american hypersonic missile development lags behind, the chinese battlegroup would win any conflict in range of their submarines

[@Stallion386]

@@kitkat47chrysalis95 You don't know that.

[@TheClassicWorld]

@@kitkat47chrysalis95 It's kind of meaningless for two reasons, unless I'm missing something: (1) the US has more ships than any other nation and (2) the US has more nukes than any other nation other than Russia. This means, the US can win any war, regardless. Of course, in terms of pure battleship tech and so on, yeah, maybe the US isn't the greatest right now, but again, with 3,000 nukes or whatever, nobody cares. Also, America is the most armed nation on Earth, with the largest stand-by army other than China (though India is big, as well). I fail to see how America could lose any 1v1 war. 10 million men, guns, 3,000 nukes, and endless ships.

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

Those old ironclads and battleships look beautiful. Even some of the wooden sail ships look great. Modern ships all look alike.

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

Hey man, they still look lovely. Just dont have any flair that's all.

[@thebigsad5402]

Mostly because they use one ship design.

[@vegetableman3911]

Modern ships look great

[@garrettwood201]

It feels a little understated just how powerful the US Navy in 1945 was. I think it was nearly 600+ ships strong, with nearly 20 Battleships and at least 26 Fleet Carriers (CV), among them the largest, most advanced warship on Earth, CVB-41 USS Midway (as of September of '45). And that's not counting Escort Carriers (CVE), which number over 100. AND no less than 200 of the best Destroyer Classes in the world (Fletcher, Gearing/Sumner). The US Navy was terrifyingly powerful. A Carrier fleet was almost untouchable by any conventional means, with every ship in the fleet boasting Early-Warning radar and Radar-Assisted AA Batteries. Carriers had just begun to become proficient with directing CAP fighters via their CV's radar. That fleet could have conquered the world, easily. It could have crushed anything else at sea, even the Royal Navy, which it nearly now dwarfed. (Fun fact, most of the Royal Navy's Carriers were American Escort Carriers.)

[@dubya85]

An absolute monster

[@Luke_Sandy_High_Ground]

The Royal Navy was actually only slightly behind the US Navy in terms of warship numbers in 1945. By May '45 they still had 28 fleet carriers, 71 escort carriers, 72 cruisers, 377 destroyers, 361 frigates, and 262 submarines not including 2500+ amphibious assault ships, a formidable force and nothing to scoff at.

[@dubya85]

@@Luke_Sandy_High_Ground those numbers you provided match exactly to US production during the war..

[@Luke_Sandy_High_Ground]

@@dubya85 um and

[@jimmy_wang_]

Lend/lease gave many ships to Britain along with some Italians either giving up their ships to Britain or scuttling them. When Britain was 'forced to sink' the Italian fleet so those ships wouldn't be used against Britain by the Germans the Italians were told to leave all the hatches open to ensure during the raid they would sink and not be used by the Germans against them. (Battle of Taranto)

[@c7552]

Snuck the Empire: Total War music in there

[@InvictaHistory]

I love dat shiiiiiit

[@urbanpope]

@@InvictaHistory Yes, epic soundtrack. Only the first Rome total war soundtrack was better.

[@twandepan]

urbanpope medieval II also

[@henreyeraser3402]

@@InvictaHistory You should have used more Empire footage to make your point, like battles. It would have been so cool.

[@Henners1991]

How do they manage to get away with it? Isn't it copyrighted?

[@parrot849]

You’ve produced one of the best overviews of the development of the USN that I’ve ever seen. I don’t have the foggiest idea what 1.1K viewers who voted thumbs down can be possibly thinking or what they could further expect from a brief summary of this subject. Again, congratulations on an outstanding video.

[@mrironhide]

American navy: I'm the strongest navy in the world Pepsi: oooooo let's see ima be hmm 6th strongest yeah sounds good 1 week later Hey Pepsi how's that navy going Meh I didn't feel like it I turned it into scrap America: reeeeeeeeee

[@jayman4569]

Lol facts

[@drsdimas_2279]

The meme is fake lmao, all of the whole Pepsi Navy thing who spreading in meme culture these days is actually a myth. The purchase agreement btween Pepsi and Soviet ex-navy assets was in the plan but never materialized because Pepsi never accepted the ridiculous idea. This is one of the reasons why I am disappointed with the current history meme culture. It mostly just misleading rumors but as it keeps getting around, people think it's true. Then what's the difference between that with propaganda

[@terrypennington2519]

Royal Navy: I raised that boy.

[@rileydinkleman1022]

Terry Pennington “but I also tried to kill that boy many times”

[@Cheese_Boi1986]

Like any old school father lol

[@williameaton9058]

The British love taking credit for things they even tried to destroy. The reality is, the US Navy made them wake up and take notice. Even we could defeat the French frigates. "We have witnessed the gloom which which that event cast over high and honorable minds. we participated in the vexation and regret, and it is the first time we have ever heard that the striking of the English flag on the high seas to any thing like an equal force should be regarded by Englishmen with complacency and satisfaction." - Times " We would gladly give up all the laurels of Detroit to have it still to say that no British frigate ever struck to an American. We have sunk our own maritime character, for with a navy that could admit of no competitition, we have suffered ourselves to be beaten in detail, by a power that we should not have allowed to send a vessel to sea." Times "The news spread a degree of gloom throughout London, which was painful to observe. The invaluable reputation of the Royal Navy was undermined with incalculable consequences. It was a calamity of twenty times its amount that might have been attened with more serious consequences to the worsted party" Times on hearing of the Guerriere's defeat “It is not merely that an English frigate has been taken, after, what we are free to confess, may be called a brave resistance, but that it has been taken by a new enemy, and enemy unaccustomed to such triumphs, and likely to be rendered insolent and confident by them. …how important this triumph is in giving a tone and character to the war. Never before in the history of the world did an English frigate strike to an American.” - Times 1812

[@rbrick3685]

Now America trains the Royal Navy. The Future is now old man

[@krashd]

@@rbrick3685 No, it doesn't.

[@matejcepel2912]

how many carriers you want ? USA : yes

[@bestamerica]

hi M C... ' yeaa keep up american make many more better aircrafts carriers

[@bestamerica]

hi M C... ' american ship have to pick up many old ships on the ocean floor, clean up and bring to dry dock shipyard

[@Commander_Boreale]

so, 12?

[@Twinkcentral]

@Hammerschlägen M And Four more on the way! USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) will be commissioned sometime in 2020. USS Enterprise (CVN-80), construction was started in the 2018-2019 timeframe, the keel will be laid down in 2020. And two more that have not been named or have any construction started.

[@randomuser5443]

The US was like, Big guns are nice, but this one seems to be Pearl Harbor resistant

[@larrybaxter6881]

"Suffice it to say..." AWWW come on, you lost steam just as you got to the greatest generation. WWII was when our grandfathers and great grandfathers were forced to accomplish by far the biggest buildup and advancement of a Navy in the entire history of the world in order to defeat Japan. You didn't quite do this chapter justice.

[@alihelmy]

This was an incredible video! good job! Looking forward to more of on the series, but also other notable navies around the world, such as the British and the Spanish

[@hansgruber788]

Royal Navy: *Sheds tear* I raised him well

[@Kman31ca]

Yeah great comment. And a lot of great truths to it as well.

[@leumas_razalas4427]

"Thanks, Dad." - The US

[@k.t.1641]

Maybe.....too well.....

[@xenotypos]

@@Kman31ca Though, in the end, Britain has mostly nothing to do with the US' rise in power. When independance was declared, it was a little colony of 3 million people, not really significant. It's the European-wide migrations of the 19th and the 20th century that made the US the first power. Before WW1, there were 90 millions of people in the US, 40-45 millions in Britain (excluding colonies), 39 millions in France (same), and 60-65 millions in Germany. Between developed/rich countries, the population makes the difference. Just after WW2, there were 150 millions of people in the US. The US made its power by itself, mainly by attracting qualified people from Europe, and later elsewhere.

[@christianh4723]

@@xenotypos Exactly. There wasn't much "raising" going on.

[@brandonlee934]

It sounds really embarrassing to be that one guy whom died from heatstroke

[@mikebronicki6978]

It got really hot in the boiler rooms. Poor man was likely shovelling coal until he died.

[@VainerCactus0]

And to think, they ALMOST had a perfect K/D ratio.

[@leonardhall7203]

Whoever his superior officer was. Probably spent the rest of his career burning the latrines.

[@joseph4301]

You can't be embarrassed if you're dead

[@50crowley]

Nah mate, he literally worked himself to death in service to his country and fellow soldier. That's freaking badass.

[@japhet2843]

USS YORKTOWN BABYYYYY only goes down after getting sunk TWICE. USS YORKTOWN: Sink me once, shame on you... Sink me twice... well, then let's talk.

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

rip to the lexington

[@maximaldinotrap]

Yorktown: 1. Got heavily damaged at ,Corral sea 2. Gets a majorly quick patch job for Midway 3. Gets hit by Japanese torpedo planes at Midway 4. Gets another quick patch up which presumably makes Japan think we had four carriers 5. GETS HIT YET AGAIN BY JAPANESE TORPEDO PLANES AT MID WAY 6. In the process of getting her ready to be hauled back for repairs a Japanese submarine sinks her and a destroyer (it was a destroyer right?)

[@AlexandrZaytsevet]

Every time you click a video about wartime naval subjects, it's a 50/50 split between World of Warships or Skillshare.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Invicta getting in on some of that dry sarcastic humour “the hip new trend that was gun boat diplomacy.”

[@indianasquatchunters]

LessCommonKnowledge Dont forget its brother “bigger army diplomacy”

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Frankbrooo or my favourite: bigger ironclad gunboat diplomacy.

[@leumas_razalas4427]

*Knock Knock* It's the United States.

[@dubspool]

With huge boats, with guns. Gunboats.

[@capeewee]

Dubspool _ Open the country

[@erichkaufmann5284]

The U.S. Navy is the most powerful navy, and second largest Air Force behind the USAF. 🇷🇺💙🇺🇸

[@rogersmith1408]

Ummm the Navy has more aircraft than the Air force, so I would Say Navy is the biggest Navy, and Air force :) Now the Air force does have some cutting edge stuff that the Navy really can't have, but In numbers alone it's all Navy

[@wingy200]

Привет из Америки мой Русский друг! A Russian/US alliance would be awesome. Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK can come too.

[@howardbaxter2514]

@@wingy200 too bad people in the media don't want it. We need to look past Cold War tensions and improve relations with Russia. We've done it before with other countries, why not Russia? Heck, we were enemies with the Germans from our founding up until the end of WWII. Now we are allies with them.

[@wingy200]

@@howardbaxter2514 We always need an enemy to justify our enormous military spending. That's how I look at it at least, and Russia makes the guns/planes/tanks that all the "bad guys" in the movies use. I'd love to give the finger to the EU and shift the balance of power away from the sycophants in Brussels. Let them keep going with their mass migration suicide until they crumble into 3rd world failed states.

[@rogersmith1408]

@Stickey Sickness wrong. look it up. Navy has more aircraft than the air force

[@cooperjoynes1574]

Great documentary! A quick summary of the development of our Navy and our country as well. Thanks for education!!

[@casparcoaster1936]

At 29 minutes, the most cogent & concise (and exciting, very entertaining & informative) description of the US Naval strategy In the US Civil war I have seen as a 60(+)yo American educated history buff in my sweet short life, many thanks!!! Now i get it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

Thank you for the mention & link/card!

[@InvictaHistory]

Yeah definitely respect what you do and found the videos on your channel super helpful. Admittedly modern history isnt my forte as seen with my latest video but thanks to your content I'll be looking to improve on the details. Feel free to reach out to my email [e-mail] and we can maybe work out a few more cross promotions

[@JakeLikesTech]

Your video was great. I saw it about a week before I saw this.

[@XR190190]

Did hear Empire : Total War ost in the background ?

[@InvictaHistory]

Yes indeed

[@Adam-oc6pq]

@@InvictaHistory love you for this

[@drsch]

Yes, he loves using copyrighted material when making videos with paid sponsorship. It's great!

[@PeterS3316]

Damn I haven’t hear anyone talk about empire total war in a while. Best total war game ever.

[@hexazalea1793]

I'm not sure if its in E:TW as well but i believe the opening is from Napoleon: total war particularly the intro for the European grand campaign.

[@9sore]

“The US navy stands as one of the strongest navies today” might want to reword that

[@9sore]

@Aniruddh ? china only has 2 aircraft carrier and one is nuclear. US has 11 strike groups. Russia only has 1 in service. Aircraft Carriers are the pride of a nation because it can single handedly execute multiple operations on land and sea at once. US: 11 Nuclear Strike Groups China: 1 Non-Nuclear, 1 Nuclear Russia: 1 Non-Nuclear US is also home to the largest Aircraft Carriers known to man. compare any other countries aircraft carriers to the Gerald R. Ford class. Fun Fact: A single US aircraft carrier is contains more aircraft than most nations. Fun Fact: A single US Aircraft Carrier can take on most nations. edit: also, the US is the only superpower in the world and the only superpower in the history of earth.

[@9sore]

@Aniruddh sorry to break it to you but that won’t happen. in their current position it isn’t possible, they don’t have all the resources compared to america. remember the gold rush when america was founded? there’s so much gold in america and that’s why they have a military to boast. China is in the asian hemisphere, meaning it’s a mess over there. look at the western continents vs the eastern/european continents. if china were to pour all their money into their navy they would stop private funds and hell would break loose in that area. Russia and Ukraine are already at war in that area and it’s a bad blooded conflict. China is near the same area so they have to be on alert about that. they have no reason to invest into a navy because of resources, oil, money, time, efficiency all play into factor. and even if they did their navy wouldn’t be as strong because they lack the technological advances. also, if you look into history, china has never really had a power in its navy. in the area of china, they don’t need a navy because they’re surrounded by land.

[@mookiestewart3776]

@Aniruddh China has no plans on creating a navy to compete with the United States . They simply don’t see a point in being a true “blue water “ navy

[@clintonjhowerton9438]

@Aniruddh Name one area

[@dmeads5663]

@I change my name every month do you always make ignorant and baseless claims?

[@sdf415]

Does anyone else just not get tired of watching this over again? For some reason I just can’t stop rewatching this every once in a while.

[@Ms.Fowlbwahhh]

I can feel the freedom flowing through my veins

[@fionafiona1146]

Sure? You should get that checked out by a medical professional.

[@henreyeraser3402]

@@fionafiona1146 RED CHINESE COMMUNIST DETECTED ON AMERICAN SOIL!

[@fionafiona1146]

Na, I try to reduce the amount of fatty and surgery drinks in my diet needing health care, as affordable as it is, is an inconvenience.

[@jonathanallard2128]

'MMMUUUURIKERHHHHHH

[@TvConfusionn]

fiona fiona Try eating more McDonalds it’ll help you

[@kaiquebustamante3091]

Fun fact, the uss constitution is stil comissioned in the us navy, thus being oficially in the navy till this day .

[@Nuke89345]

Another fun fact, as of the ships currently commissioned in the USN, Constitution is the only warship in the US Navy that has sunk an enemy warship in combat.

[@kaiquebustamante3091]

@@Nuke89345 guess i learned something New today, thank you!

[@Nuke89345]

kaique Bustamante You’re welcome.

[@TheSaneHatter]

Yes: I've actually been aboard the ship (which is now a floating museum) in Boston Harbor.

[@babalonkie]

@@TheSaneHatter I would love to see her one day but you need to sell a country to get in the USA nowadays lol. I have seen HMS Victory which is surprisingly small to expectations but i suppose back in those days people were much smaller. She too is still commissioned... but they keep her out of the water to preserve her.

[@logger22]

"Every journey begins with a single step." -Viktor Reznov

[@carlosa7598]

Glad to be a former US Navy Sailor here in Japan since April'96. Glad i was able to do training operations with many Nations. Most from in the SE Pacific including Korea, Russia and Japan.😊🗾✌️

[@a-drewg1716]

America: Makes a "eternal" alliance with France *literally 2 decades later* America and France: Goes to war

[@zxil6]

"There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests." Quote by a British diplomat in the early 20th century. (I think)

[@TheNinjaDC]

Well, to be fair, it wasn't even a real war, just a quasi war. And it was at a time when everyone was fighting France, including France.

[@camaro2390]

@@TheNinjaDC It was also a new government; the eternal alliance we made was with the French Crown. After the French Revolution, entirely new players joined the mix.

[@noticedruid4985]

@@camaro2390 yep but even still it was a hard fight in Congress you had the faction that wanted closer ties to Great Britain and the faction that wanted closer ties to France.

[@noticedruid4985]

@@zxil6 true but I feel that the English speaking world has possibly developed a permanent alliance due to our shared history, culture and ties. (Basically members of the Five-eyes). And with our faith based ties to Israel it might be really close to permanent as well. But alas only time will tell.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"Not bad, kid." - Daddy Royal Navy

[@martinxy1291]

Canada: I'm still dads favorite Australia: your just an ass kisser

[@henreyeraser3402]

@@martinxy1291 USA: You guys suck CSA: No ya'll suck Also USA: Say that again, I double dare you

[@88amona]

The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind US: I love you daddy.

[@martinxy1291]

@@henreyeraser3402 New Zealand: ......sooo yeah, Im just gonna gooo

[@anarchyandempires5452]

@@martinxy1291 hey come now, you guys did....... there's got to be something, you invaded Ju....no that's Canada, you held .....no that's Australia, you sank the Yama......no that's the USA......you build the Fire fl....nope Britain.....come now I'm sure there's got to be something, plus you exist, think of all the nations that don't get to say that!.

[@drsquishybelly806]

Man said “one of the strongest” 😂, no the strongest.

[@shadowedcypher537]

@@EmperorLionflame I'm American, yet have to say you have a point. I suppose that this comes down to two things 1. The ending of the post Cold War Pax Americana, which many of our politicians and a good chunk of the populace don't realize has happened yet. Compare that with Europe which has been under almost constant threat from something or another, and they know it. Europe has been upgrading while the U.S is producing. Only recently has the U.S started advanced research into replacements and upgrades for a modern war scenario, lack of experience has lead to disasters like the F-35 and Zumwalt. 2. The change of U.S operational objectives based on the Middle East conflicts; The Navy is able to still rely on these aging technologies because so do their enemies. Nearly every part of the U.S military development program has been preparing for desert/urban warefare against insurgents, until now. Yet this is hampered by the belief that technology from 20 years ago that was effective in one battlefield will be effective in others. Granted this has proven true at times such as the AK 47 and M16 type weapons. Furthermore similar issues apply to Russia, the country most Americans fear most, so little has been done since little has been done in Russia. The U.S is still certainly a contender though, but with circumstances as they are, only time will tell if the U.S Navy and Military at large will have a rude awakening or rise to the challenge.

[@wakandaforever2401]

@@shadowedcypher537 Although China has been beefing up their Navy, all of them are basically troop carriers or shitty patrol boats. Russia isn't really the biggest sea-faring nation either. North Korea is just like China, shitty boats that could be wiped out by a single American destroyer.

[@AethernaLuxen]

Can we admire how this comment strikes up a 500 word essay contest

[@drsquishybelly806]

Bruh I don’t even know what happened😂

[@Alexander79080]

EmperorLionflame it doesn’t matter we still have the most advanced tech and THE most powerful air force and navy in the world

[@fredsmit3481]

Great video! A lot can be learned about how to plan for the future by looking at the past.

[@axelva2635]

Someone forgot the spanish naval aid to the US against britain and the supplying done by the spanish

[@axelva2635]

Drake9Draconiangar im talking about the war of independace of the United States, when the spanish, earlier than the french supported their independance and sent supplies through the sea.

[@user-vi4tx8ys9t]

Wow. I didn’t know that

[@krashd]

Every European power helped the fledgling US overthrow us Brits - the French, the Spanish, Prussians, Dutch, Portuguese, everyone joined the queue to ferry supplies, troops or trainers. It was an opportunity to poke the British in the eye because we were capturing all of their ports and ships and so the idea of helping a small group of Brits overthrow a larger group of Brits was too good an opportunity to miss, I mean somebody had to arm and train them so that Brits could murder Brits in a giant bloody fuckfest where the only winners would be the other European powers. Except the small group of Brits turned into a huge America and the large group of Brits became even larger by turning their attention to Asia and so the other major powers now had two English-speaking enemies who would piss on their campfire at every opportunity - a true Anglo-American spit roast! Those silly little Euro-sausages!

[@jarynn8156]

Your map of the 13 colonies disturbs me. It correctly notes that Vermont was still a part of New Hampshire at the start of the Revolutionary War but shows an independent Maine that wouldn't exist for another 30 years. o.o

[@mikebronicki6978]

Jarynn, true, although a province of Massachusetts, it was still known as Maine, so the map isn't really wrong.

[@mikebronicki6978]

@Matthew Chenault I do not see "West Virginia" on the map, did I miss something?

[@jarynn8156]

@@mikebronicki6978 True except he references the map as the 13 colonies and every other area labeled on the map is a colony. And why specifically point out that province and no other state subdivisions?

[@mikebronicki6978]

@@jarynn8156 well, Maine was the only dis-continuous province of any state/colony. (Virginia's Accomack and Northampton counties excepted) The alternative would be to label it Massachusetts and that would be just as confusing no?

[@mikebronicki6978]

@Matthew Chenault no, it wasn't a state, but the western counties of Virginia remained loyal to the union throughout the war. I contend that the map accurately shows Union and Confederate borders at the war's outset.

[@T0750]

Amazing job, thank you so much. You got a new subscriber

[@kangomatocryptid86]

Fun fact about the Uss Langley (the Covered wagon) is that it was a converted Manganese ore carrier with three sister ships. The Uss Proteus, Uss Nereus both of which were lost in WW2 on the same route their last Sister the Uss Cyclops took in 1918.

[@CasusCantare]

Rest of the world: The US navy blows John Paul Jones: hold my telescope

[@SusCalvin]

I think there's some respect for the US naval armament, as soon as the USA starts to get serious about investing in ships of the line. Less so for the US Army. The powers of Europe are looking at things like the Civil War, amphibious actions on Cuba and the Philippines and the expeditions into Mexico against Pancho Villa or the hunt for Geronimo. They see a volunteer militia that forms up around a cadre of officers and instructors and then disbands. Not like the conscript armies of Europe. The UK is the exception to the conscript armies, and they at least have this core of professional troops they send on expeditionary wars to the colonies.

[@kdausu90]

You blow, bro.

[@garretphegley8796]

World's Largest standing Military, "It's just a Militia"?

[@rogersmith1408]

@@SusCalvin Was a huge issue for a very long time!! Have to admit much of those same periods of time, the army sucked! Not so true now......but ya

[@SusCalvin]

@@rogersmith1408 It depends on what you need the army for. The US Army in 1900 is this core of staff, officers and instructors that swells with volunteers when needed. It's something that hops over the border to hunt Sancho Villa, or fails to circle around a splinter of indian rebels. I don't know how the USA views full wartime economy and conscription. That's the standard in Europe, people have these humongous conscript armies up and ready to go.

[@snorp6781]

Japan: We have the strongest navy in the Pacif- *Loses first and second carrier division in 5 minutes* Japan: So, anyone want some hentai? Edit: Dear God I've started a war in the replies it's a joke people.

[@SeekerLancer]

In fairness as far as anyone knew at the time they did. Aircraft carriers hadn't yet come to define naval warfare. The United States focused its tactics around carrier combat out of necessity and as it turned out, carriers were the future and Japan's navy was stuck in the past with giant floating targets like Yamato.

[@Zamolxes77]

@@SeekerLancer Uhm yes and no. Japan was already very experienced around carrier tactics and they had more of them. Problem was a little more subtle in my opinion: support mechanism. A carrier is only as good as the planes it carries, and the planes are only as good as its pilots. Japan and Axis forces in general had an antiquated way of employing their pilots, they kept using them until they were DEAD. Allies would rotate pilots to RR, and they would become instructors for new batches of pilots, passing on the combat experience they earned. As a result, the fresh green pilots Allies churned out gradually became better and better fresh out the gates of pilot school, while Axis pilots were the exact opposite: raw barely trained recruits and a few overworked and overtaxed aces. By Midway, Japan was already approaching critical point, where they could not replenish their pilot loses fast enough, with sub par replacements, so their carriers were already functioning at reduced efficiency. Only reason for a carrier to exist is to launch planes ! Is easy to claim in hindsight that carriers were the future, but most navies already knew that by 1935, some even by 1918. Japan put emphasis on battleships because well after Midway they didn't had much left to put emphasis on. Ok I'm greatly simplifying thing here.

[@khalee95]

Japan revolutionized carrier warfare, but good leaders(very experienced) with bad decision making at destroying the targets(Pearl Harbor for instance).

[@apollomars1678]

japanese: have a treaty to bind their navy size japanese: create small efficent navy japanese: create biggest empire in world history, if you count sea water, fight against huge former colonial powers and naval powers like the britishs US: *mass produce shit and throw it at enemy, who is in war industry burdens for a decade allready US: *has to use atomic bombs on civilians, because not willing to loose actual numbers of troops in a war or fail an invasion US idiots today: "easy victory, japan should have seen it comming"

[@joshuacranmer4093]

@@apollomars1678 That's wrong on just about every level. Japan was one of the first countries to break the naval treaties, and their premier warships in World War II were far in excess of treaty limits (Yamato was twice the limit!), and they were facing battleships sized to fit the treaty limit (although the US did invoke the escalator clause in their last batch of ships). Their navy was not small, easily larger than any of the forces it would conceivable be facing (the US Pacific Fleet and the UK Eastern Fleet, let alone the Dutch or French Navies). Note that while the US and the UK had larger navies overall, they also had commitments in other naval theaters, so only the force they could bring to bear in the Pacific theater without sabotaging their other commitments should be included. Calling Japan the "biggest empire in world history" is pure and utter fantasy. In terms of land empires, Japan was smaller than the major countries it faced (China, US, UK, and eventually the Soviet Union). Sea power doesn't aid much, because you also have to stack it up against the US and UK which at the height of their power effectively controlled the entire world's oceans. I'm not sure Japanese Empire at its height would be larger than the East India Company at its height, let alone the actual Royal Navy. If you mean by "efficient" that the navy makes the most effective use of firepower out of total naval tonnage, the Japanese Navy doesn't appear to score all that well. The navy tended way too much to large capital ships, being heavily dependent on the Mahanian doctrine of a single decisive naval battle. Japanese antisubmarine efforts were laughable, resulting in the near-complete destruction of Japanese shipping by the Americans; Japan also failed to use their torpedoes to good effect, despite them being literally the best in the world. Indeed, even in the surface ship engagements that actually occurred (primarily the Battle of Surigao Strait and the Battle off Samar), the Japanese Navy was defeated, with the Battle off Samar seeing the fleet fleeing from a force made up of destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers that combined were smaller than Japan's largest battleship. And I'll just add that one Dutch warship successively evaded the Japanese capture of Java by pretending to be an island. The US held several advantages in WW2. Its immense industrial capacity--the US built a larger navy in WW2 than the rest of the world combined--is definitely a major asset, and anyone planning on taking on the US without taking that into account is an idiot. But beyond that, the US was also one of the more innovative naval countries, quickly switching its tactical plans when the old ones were sitting at the bottom of the harbor. It also generally had more aggressive and competent naval commanders, more effective damage control systems, better radar, automatic fire control, not to mention the quality of its logistical support efforts or training regimes. Unquestionably, any naval historian will tell you that Japan *starting* the Pacific War against the US is by far its greatest strategic blunder in WW2, and even some contemporary admirals in the Japanese Navy (most notably Yamamoto) recognized this.

[@janesmith4048]

I really enjoyed this video. Had to watch again and again.

[@rachaelsdaddontdrink]

I'm kind of surprised that you failed to mention The Second Barbary War in 1815. The US Navy, actually still had some presence, after fighting the UK in the War of 1812, took on, again, the Barbary States to punish them for interfering in American shipping. This was important, as it set the stage for future American 'gun boat diplomacy'...

[@InvictaHistory]

I hope this extended look at 200 years of naval history shows just how quickly warfare at sea has changed! I actually got to visit the US Naval College and will be sharing that documentary content with you all shortly which includes discussions of how wargaming helped the US Navy maintain its evolutionary edge.

[@MrFlatage]

Strongest military force on the planet? Cos you watched some Hollywood movie? Nah we all know the truth. It is weak to very weak ... Those exact words. Did you forget the entire US military must adhere to the People? And thus the US military each year judged and given a official status? Mandated by the original U.S Constitution and done each year every year before the US was even founded? Sure it is a 3 hour read. Well the introduction on How to Read the entire report which this year is a 80+ hours read. Pretty sure your video is way more fun then actually reading all of that. But weak to very weak does not mean powerfull at all.

[@za.monolit]

@@MrFlatage so you're saying the largest fleet on Earth with the most powerful class of ships and aircraft is weak very weak? Can you prove your point lmao

[@MrFlatage]

@@za.monolit Nope not saying that at all. Just referring to this years official status. I made no point either sorry. Just stating fact is all. If you never heard of the U.S Constitution well then I am not gonna prove that, lol! If you never read the U.S Constitution you just need to read it. And then read the 80+ report. And no I have no say in that at all since I did not write that report. Now you claim 'the largest fleet on Earth'? Well why does Trump want a 350+ ship Navy and let me guess you missed seeing him sign a EO in front of camera's? Maybe because his ally Russia already has over 350+ ships? So where is your evidence the US Navy has more ships then Russia at around 270 ships? Oh China has ... over 700+ now? Over twice as many as the US Navy has? Nah my 7yo called Avengers assemble and beat Captain James Kirk himself. Now at 11yo he will become a Ripper. That makes most US sailors turn around. ;-) You are probably anti American hiding behind your fake name but in the US and under the U.S Constitution the rules are the Burden of Proof. Your words, your claim become your Burden of Proof. And I am pretty sure which words the Chairman of the U.S Senate Armed Services Committee spoke were weak to very weak for the official status. Under oath ... (P.S I am not a Chairman for the U.S Senate Armed Services Committee. So take what he said up with him. I said nothing.)

[@za.monolit]

@@MrFlatage no Russia has less than 280 ships, and the China has 460 ships, the US has 490 ships, of which 270 are deployed Currently, I don't know where you found that China has 700+ ships, that's an outrageously stupid estimate, not to mention the quality of US ships is far superior to russian and don't even get me started with chinese, so if Russia and China have such better navies.. do they have lasers on their ships? no, but the US does.

[@MrFlatage]

@@allan7380 Nope it is weak to very weak. Unless people are lying under oath before US Congres and the People. And a 80+ hour read and over 2 centuries of status reports are wrong? Why do you even care if your not a U.S citizen? And the fact that you use thinking as some kinda argument means you have not served. One on one duels? Yea looks so nice in movies but real naval warfare isn't some kinda one on one deal, lol! Again my 7yo called Avengers assemble and defeated Captain James Kirk one on one. Yes he did think before acting but the act of defeat is what proves the better man ... or child. And to gain command of his own ship he needs to become a Ripper. Do you even know what that means? Sinking a entire U.S Carrier Battlegroup ... in under 10 mins. I know who is better. No thinking going on. You take command of your ship and you go out there to prove who is best. One ship takes out a entire US fleet of ships. If we had to do it one of one it would take years to finish any combat.

[@Tempestora01]

Love the "Empire - Total war" Soundtrack

[@ryanp8720]

lol time to reinstall!

[@daleslover2771]

At 13:14 that alone would make a excellent video. What preceded out of that, change the world. Excellent freaking video, good job👍👍👍

[@Nugcon]

I have a newfound fondness for those ironclad designs. They look so futuristic contrasted to the wind powered warships that they seem out of place.

[@CountArtha]

Everything from the 1860s was steampunk as f**k

[@SilvanaDil]

"One of the strongest navies?" THE strongest navy.

[@OceanHedgehog]

He said one of the strongest military forces, not one of the strongest navies.

[@SilvanaDil]

@@OceanHedgehog - Oops, he did say "military forces." BUT, he still should have said "THE," not "one of the."

[@unknownmf2599]

Turkey brought 3 days ago USA and YPG to its knees. Only the people with a warrior past and courage dare to fight. ;)

[@SilvanaDil]

@@unknownmf2599 - Turkey didn't dare do shit while a mere handful of American soldiers were in the area.

[@BigislandEJ]

@@unknownmf2599 crazy talk, if the US wanted to end Turkey, it would be done quickly.

[@Gool349]

Stunning visuals, especially the images of ships youve included is amazing and I havent seen many of them before! Great job on the research and documentation on the story of this young nations naval forces! Cheers from a german maritime (and) history enthusiast:)

[@golagiswatchingyou2966]

A nation of parasites is what the USA, can't survive without a war and nations like Germany to leach off from.

[@93SupaFly]

General Isoroku Yamamoto : "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve."

[@CunoWiederhold]

Great video! I really enjoyed it!

[@pennyfarthing7332]

Battle of Manila Bay - 1 death Admiral Yi - *Laughs in Korean*

[@SusCalvin]

You become good at things when you do them a lot. The armies of sengoku jidai are good at the things they have been doing a lot (sieges, large field battles, big conscript forces, firearms) and not as good at the things they haven't done (navy things, naval artillery).

[@josephjackson1956]

As soon as the ironclad ships came onto the scene, the defense capabilities of navies saw huge improvements

[@andyhi5565]

Imagine being that one guy who died to heat stroke

[@CountArtha]

Probably skipped too much PT ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@dano727]

Great Video ! So Informational !!!

[@violatorut2003]

Isn’t it pronounced letters of “Mark”? I know it’s spelled as “Marque” but still, it’s a hard k sound. Similar to plaque.

[@noticedruid4985]

Unless your French they pronounce it more like "Mar-keey" man it's hard to put into words unlike the English version of "Mark"

[@jjcooks7401]

NoticeDruid No they don’t. In French it’s called “lettre de marque” and it’s pronounced “mark,” same as in English.

[@k3nfr0st39]

Well I pronounce it "plack-ay..." Ok not really. It just sounds funny. English is a weird language 🙄

[@LividImp]

@@k3nfr0st39 English is a language cobbled together with other languages. That's why the rules are so inconsistent. "Marque" is lifted straight from French with no alterations, you can't even blame English for that one.

[@LividImp]

@@Joe-nq6hy Yea, you are probably right. Druid, sorry for getting so harsh with you on that.

[@omagasigma5751]

John Paul Jones a Scott who went home to raid his home town, half his crew went to the pud hahaha

[@allanirvine7304]

Very informative thanks 👌🏼

[@impudentdomain]

Albert Thayer Mahan and his book The Influence of Naval Power on History is what changed the USA attitude towards the navy. Rarely has one book had such a big influence.

[@benjamino.7475]

Ironclad battles, my steampunk senses are tingling

[@ISawABear]

13:08 Open the country Stop having it be closed.

[@PedroReiis]

YES, someone

[@rebelkommando6166]

Big boats. With guns. Gunboats.

[@dill57]

*extinction ball*

[@vincenthu9773]

Incredibly well made video

[@archmageofmetal8883]

The Empire: Total War soundtrack was a really nice touch.

[@diegonatan6301]

18:29 - Just because you are also counting sailing ships, coastal ships, and river fleets, if you count just the armored ships capable of fighting at open sea those numbers become rather less impressive from 60 ironclads you drop to something more like half a dozen. Nothing that could really make a big impression againts the French Navy for example.

[@jpok626]

I disagree. After all, it (along with other things) did intimidate the French enough to persuade them to leave Mexico, derailing their imperialistic plans in Latin America. Blockading, besieging, controlling commerce, aiding the ground attack, etc., are also vital to the strength of an efficient navy; they should not be discounted.

[@diegonatan6301]

​@@jpok626 if you think that the French got out of Mexico because of the US Navy you are at best mistaken. The US Navy wasn't even a factor in that decision, just the 16 armored frigates of France would be enough to send anything that the Americans had to the bottom pretty easily at open sea. What Napoleon really took into consideration was the fact that Maximillian couldn't muster much support from the conservatives, as they didn't like him for being a liberal, nor from the liberals, because they were too power hungry and wanted the power for themselves, they were led by Juarez after all, the guy was a stubborn hypochrite power hungry little dictator. Napoleon also knew that the US could send weapons to support their puppet in Mexico much more cheaper than the French could supply their own troops and their own puppet government. And last but not least, Napoleon wanted to end the war quickly from the start, he never wanted to occupy Mexico and that was exactly what he was forced to do, he wanted to install his puppet and leave, the french were not trying to annex parts of Mexico like... well, you understand already I think.

[@johnclement189]

US : *showing off the white fleet* British : *made a high tech battleship* US : *surprised pikachu face*

[@rbrick3685]

Hexa Dex US: *Shows it’s Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier* British: *Makes a known inferior designed ship, despite US giving them a chance to design their own CVN* US: *Surprised Pikachu face*

[@FunnyMemes-dr3se]

CANZUK I don't think Britain has that many nuclear specialists that work in the military (compared to the US), but Britain did create a non-nuclear powered aircraft carrier that is on the same level as the US' nuclear powered aircraft carriers...

[@nsms1297]

@@canzuk6621 but UK does not have the leverage to be on world politics on the level of US. USA alone has 7000 nuclear warheads.

[@carwyngriffiths]

R Bricks I might be wrong so please correct me but how is the Queen Elizabeth a known inferior design?

[@carwyngriffiths]

Funny Memes even then nuclear powered have major fucking draw backs, first is the fact more and more ports are not allowing nuclear powered vessels into their port. The price is absurd and you have to look after the carrier way after it has been decommissioned

[@brokenbridge6316]

This was a pretty informative video to watch. I liked it. But I think it might have been a little better had this video been broken down into many separate parts and talked about in detail from one conflict to the next. It would allow more details about the navy in this or that conflict to come out. But those are just my thought on this subject.

[@FredHsueh]

Looking forward to watching part 2. Is this still in the works?

[@luciusgarvous]

Great video! Would be awesome to see one on the Royal Navy. Seeing as it has always been a formidable force.

[@tlaloc6885]

Yeah, probably one of, If not, THE most powerful navy in history

[@CoreIation]

The Royal Navy was the undisputed most powerful single navy pretty much from 1763 to 1943.

[@luciusgarvous]

@@CoreIation I know. That’s why I want a video on it

[@dippidousfippidous4837]

Why is it the most powerful in the world? Answer: Money.... lots and lots of money

[@grantaum9677]

Those natives were rich!

[@verk4459]

Grant OM What?

[@Nayhan123]

Rise brother

[@adammiller3418]

no shit?

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

And in incredibly awesome sailors!!

[@c431inf]

Some of the most influential advancement in naval warfare is when we fought each other , amazing