Hunting a Pocket Battleship

[@Yarnhub]

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[@Playlost]

War thunder better😂

[@CheeseandBreadAssociation]

Ok 👍

[@ChadTanker]

​@@Playlost no warthunder isnt better. Firstly tgis was the real thing not some pixels with ghostshell code. Secondly naval mode sucks.

[@tankerthewarengineer3018]

​​​@@PlaylostNo it's Battlestations Pacific because it has better AI planes than player controlled planes And easy magazine hits plus you can hit with torpedoes with every good aim with planes You should look at game because it's always 10 times better than War Thunder

[@samborambobo]

*DO A VIDEO ABOUT THE HUMAN TUGBOAT* Charles Jackson French.

[@TheGermanKrankenwagen]

I love the part where at the end of the video the Luger pistol was actually a naval model and not the normal, shows how much attention to detail they put in there. 18:02

[@D4rkn3ss2000]

How do you diferenciate them?

[@holaamego2723]

​@@D4rkn3ss2000 Longer barrel is the difference I see I could be wrong

[@istillusezune82]

@@D4rkn3ss2000Longer barrel and an elevated rear sight (it can toggle between 100/200m distance).

[@joshwagstaff13]

Yet at the same time, it seems to lack the detail of Achilles flying the NZ flag from the head of the mainmast

[@Aren-1997]

@@joshwagstaff13 Ship was still HMS at this point and didnt transfer to NZ till 1941.

[@lukluke2461]

From a 2D animation to a full 3d animation beyond the graphics of a brand new game, is astonishing. I am very impressed. You deserve it.

[@Yarnhub]

Thank you very much !

[@nursestoyland]

Is that 10k pounds?!

[@shreysatapathy1049]

​@@nursestoylandNo, its just about 7 pounds

[@ごぼう-r5k]

NICE super chat

[@MatNichols-iz9dy]

Never knew they started at 2d

[@TTPlayz-wn4xy]

THANK YOU SO MUCH YARNHUB I AM SO HAPPY THIS IS FINALLY HERE, My great grandfather served on HMNZS Achilles and was one of the sailors aboard who was wounded in the Battle of the River plate. This is very special to me so thank you Yarnhub team.

[@par6749]

nice

[@Henry_Faulkner]

It’s all coming together

[@cheesed8752]

I love seeing People talk about they're ancestors ❤

[@mikehall5815]

You should be very proud of your great grandfather. That awesome. Thanks for sharing that.

[@TTPlayz-wn4xy]

@@mikehall5815 Isn't all happy though. he got transferred to HMS Grafton a month after the Battle of the River Plate and died after Grafton was Torpedoed

[@Hixarian]

As an Uruguayan the history of the Graf Spee and the circumstances of its scuttling has always been part of our modern history and myth. Great video!

[@ricardoassaneo7054]

He visto, con emoción el telémetro y el águila rescatada, en el puerto de Montevideo

[@ShubhayooBanerjee]

The animations of the shell flying and coming so close to each other is on whole another level!

[@whyjnot420]

I thought that was a great way to show the relative sizes without resorting to some type of statistics screen. The juxtaposition of the pistol shot with the explosions of the scuttling charges was great way of animating that part of what happened without pissing off yt.

[@ShubhayooBanerjee]

@@whyjnot420 I was just thinking about it...the gunshot signified the simultaneous demise of the Spee and Langford...it is like the Spee was so close to him that its downfall is what killed Langford internally....such a nice addition

[@whyjnot420]

@yooBanerjee Also it is little details like these which show that the people who made the video put some proper thought into it. edit: I also got a chuckle out of the subscriber push on the shell.

[@ShubhayooBanerjee]

@@whyjnot420 Yarnhub's videos have always been top notch because of these little insights PS: I like the new usename you gave me....might consider changing this one to it

[@TheEDFLegacy]

​@whyjnot420 It was cheeky and I loved it. 😅

[@MTTT1234]

The animation quality at this point is nearly rivaling some big Hollywood blockbusters. Give it another year and we will not be able to tell if it is animation or you decided to hire real actors. And your decisions to dub the German speakers with real German makes it only all the more immersed realistic. Great work Yarnhub. I salute you to your amazing work and all the dedication you all put into these amazing videos.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Fun Fact: Commodore Harwood in the 1930's had taught at the Naval College in Britain and his specialty was on the best ways to take on a Pocket Battleship like the Graf Spee. So he was the perfect person to take on the German ship.

[@asianbandit4054]

Thats probably why he got the posting. Gonna delve into the deepweb archives and find out.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@asianbandit4054---Good luck

[@brisancomstock9366]

they have classes for that???

[@devinthierault]

Wow reminds me of the security experts on 9/11 that warned about the exact thing happening. Same with Peal Harbor but Mitchell wasn't there.

[@daviddunsby3617]

He should have been demoted, the captain of Exeter should have been knighted and awarded the VC along with his crew.

[@FRIEND_711]

Another absolutely lovely video. Shows the bravery of the British sailors and even Cpt.Langsdorff and the crew of the Graf Spee. I do feel bad for the Captain, he followed his orders, protected his crew and took the ultimate responsibility as the captain of the ship. I do hope people will start seeing Langsdorff in a more positive light, he was seen as a coward for doing what was right, and now people tend to dismiss him since he's a captain in the Nazi navy. Even though things are more complicated then how people want to make it so cut and dry.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

There are those of us with an interest in the history of naval warfare who, even tho' we might be English and, therefore, Langsdorff being the enemy in our eyes, consider him nonetheless to be an honourable one. He was a German fighting in the navy of his country, not a Nazi, and he followed the rules of commerce raiding as punctiliously as could be under the circumstances. I have refought this battle a few times over the years, using table-top rules and, am proud to say, that I sank the Graf Spee with some incredibly close range gunfire :) I want to say I was a 100 yds off her stern at one point but I might be exaggerating there :D The Exeter, Achillies and Ajax and Graf Spee sailed in my bedroom in Airfix model form for many years :)

[@CanadianNavyVeteran]

Hello Yarnhub. I am a retired Royal Canadian navy Petty Officer. I had the chance to visit Montevideo in 1995 and 1997 during OP Unitas. I knew the story of the GRAF SPEE and got to see the plaque atop the mast. What a sight !!!

[@Pwraal]

240 likes no Replies? Let me fix that

[@falco5429]

Thank you for your service

[@LeonardGarcia-yn2ej]

Same Same My Friend Thank You ❤

[@VAMOSS74]

@@falco5429I Also Thank Him

[@JamesCooke-x2t]

Thank you for your service sir

[@HeinzGuderian_]

Langsdorff was a true gentleman. He rescued, treated according to int'l rules, and transferred every enemy merchantman was responsible for.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

Let's not kid ourselves that failing to go to murderous extremes made serving the Nazi state a noble endeavour. It was not. It is ironic that Langsdorff's reputation derives mostly from a British film.

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

@@realhorrorshow8547 the navy was the one branch that resisted the vast majority of the nazi bullshit.

[@cylac12]

many scources claim that the reichsmarine was not as devout as the rest of the nazi party. Still, Langsdorff chose to save as many of his men as he could be refusing battle, makes him a good captain in my opinion

[@KasimirRomanoff7996]

​@@realhorrorshow8547es waren nicht alle so menschenfreunde wie der brische bommber harris oder stalin !

[@marksprague1280]

​​@@realhorrorshow8547I have a friend who was in the US military in occupied Germany after the war. He often had former officers of the REGULAR German military and their families to dinner. He wouldn't let an SS member in the door. He considered one a professional, the other a thug.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

If I have a nickel every time a "Graf Spee" went down near South America after being chased by several Royal Navy ships from a commerce raiding operation, I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[@shawnna1398]

Who are you Judah from shiloh and bros when he says “if I had a nickel for every time I was thrown out today” yadayada

[@KLUCZESIA]

@@shawnna1398 did you not have a childhood?

[@DRAGO_23703]

you're kinda right there in ww1 admiral von spee (the namesake for the graf spee) with his east asia squadron commences raids throughout pacific seas until the British intercepted him at the Falkland islands resulting in his death and the complete annihilation of his squadron same goes for this all events in south American seas.

[@stevemc01]

@@KLUCZESIA ”DOOOOOMED” - Doofenschmirtz

[@turtletipper2004]

@@shawnna1398 have you never heard of Dr Doofenschmirtz from Phineas and Ferb?

[@crimsonmaverick7]

Oh I have been waiting so long for this story to be animated, I am Uruguayan and since I was a child I was always curious about the story of Admiral Graf Spee it was this one in particular that brought out my curiosity and set me on the path to learn about the history of WWII. Although the Admiral's story is longer and full of details, the work they did with this video is phenomenal, thank you very much yarnhub for animating it.

[@Musta-9fa]

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[@jimmywrangles]

Seriously with this level of animation, you guys should be making movies.

[@derkaiser420]

Yarnhub is by far my favorite history animation channel on KZbin. His team has come so far from where they first started.

[@Stella-gm7bo]

You can even see the texture on the skin it’s crazy!

[@tankradiooperator]

They actually did make one with Sabaton! Unfortunately it isn’t available to stream right now

[@SensouMain]

​@@tankradiooperator Was it "The First Soldier" or am I mistaken?

[@MuhammadTayyab-us9ck]

@@SensouMain "The War to End all Wars" I guess

[@Archivial]

I feel like all Exeters' crews should be awarded, even for the lowest award available back then. To keep on charging with a burning ship with only 1 gun operational and no communication line is an incredible feat in itself. I also can't help but to pity Captain Langsdorff, dude doesn't deserve the blame with how little of an option he got. Even if the British reinforcement is a decoy, he wouldn't know this and scuttling was possibly his best option anyway.

[@RKNGL]

He was doomed either way. The fuel purification failure meant the ship couldn’t flee with or without British reinforcements. His suicide was likely expected in the form of going down with the ship. His survival was likely viewed as cowardice by German High command, so his death was the only thing that’d even partially satisfy them.

[@DYLANEFRONDEROZARIOMoe]

That " There's the fvcking Scheer" along with that accent got me crackling

[@Briselance]

Now that's Royal Navying.

[@jwrockets]

@@Briselance Let me guess. "Sharpe" fan?

[@devinthierault]

​@@jwrocketsYou lost the King's colour's sir!

[@jamiestewart48]

@@devinthierault The Scher fired at us, and I turned tucked tail and ran, as is my style, sir! My cousin at Horseguards will hear of it!

[@devinthierault]

@@jamiestewart48 Cockalorum

[@NJbro31]

I love that this channel talks abt less known parts and stories of all major wars. Keep it up,Yarnhub.

[@JasonMcCord-qk3yb]

This is one of my favorite WW2 Naval stories/battles. I first learned of the ‘Battle of the River plate’ in the early 80’s when I was 10 years old. The story of this battle, and the subsequent going’s-on in Uruguay, have been the subject of study for me, in the decades since. I feel like you really did this story true justice! Thank you for bringing it to life for all of us! I always saw Captain Langsdorff as a bit of a tragic figure, caught between his duty, and his honor.

[@joaquinordoqui111]

I'm from Montevideo, Uruguay and actual stupid president wanted to convert the Graf Spee eagle into a "peace pigeon", of course him and a designed famous sculptor in charge of doing it got critized and had to decline their plans -_-

[@zaviernajwa]

. Mall

[@liwez]

14:21 Man the voice actor really outdid himself here. The animation is also amazing, it really improved since I came across this channel

[@chrisblore6385]

You make the greatest real life stories. I’m watching them everyday. And you must never change the narrator. His voice is perfect at telling the story.

[@cuba_countryball_rp]

3:21 Thank you for putting our coastal cities, the main ones. A hug from a Brazilian!

[@kennethhanks6712]

Supposedly a primary reason Langsdorff accepted battle with Harwoods' force was that he mis-identified the light cruisers as destroyers and when he realized his mistake it was too late to disengage.

[@2003AudiS3]

Are light cruisers more dangerous than destroyers?

[@Idkwhattoput151]

@@2003AudiS3yes.

[@thefourhorsemints7873]

Speed helps against larger ships and Torpedos affect weight differently.

[@kennethhanks6712]

​@2003AudiS3 In this case yes. In general British destroyers were armed with 4 to 6 4.7" guns while the Ajax and Achilles were armed with 4 double turrets of 6" guns, which would still not generally be ship killers against Graf Spee they would do far more damage against her superstructure, etc than destroyers weapons. Also the cruisers had torpedoes just as destroyers. An additional important consideration was that the light cruisers could absorb far more of the Spees punishment and still be effective than smaller and lightly constructed and protected destroyers.

[@robruss62]

Langsdorf also seemed to think that Hardwoods bold rush was to keep him off a convoy over the horizon and also to drive him onto the 15 inch guns of a British battleship or battlecruiser that might be coming up from his rear.

[@Indoor_Carrot]

The HMS Exter's crew were absolutely insane to be running around the decks shouting messages while being shelled. Madlads.

[@robothayes]

They returned to the finest traditions of the Royal Navy

[@johnfisher9692]

Excellent quality video Langsdorff fought a clean war according to thr rules of the sea and tried to cause as little death amongst his captured ships as he could. He was under order to avoid battle with hostile warships and only entered battle with Harwood because he misidentified the enemy as a light cruiser and two destroyers rather than a small heavy cruiser and two light cruisers.

[@geoffreylee5199]

The Town of Ajax Ontario has streets named after nearly everyone on board the three ships. Bell’s road is five minutes from our house.

[@galaxykinggamer5082]

Cool!

[@devilishhh8015]

They even named a street in Ajax in honor of Langsdorf, but renamed it only few years ago. What a shame, he gave his live and spared the ones of his and the enemy ships. A true hero

[@Lionheart-mg7qf]

Only issue is he’s a Nazi

[@earlworley-bd6zy]

Funny/odd you say Ajax.,One of the ships to fight Graf Spee was the HMS Ajax.

[@clintonreisig]

Political Correctness

[@WorldWalker128]

How quickly history is forgotten. Sad.

[@devilishhh8015]

​@@earlworley-bd6zyyes that's why they named the street in this specific town

[@donrosal9655]

Please do not ever never ever stop doing this kind of content "specially the animation" until I'm alive. Damn! Your recent contents are masterpieces.

[@Balkan_Thunder]

This video it felt like i was watching an epic boss fight, but now for real the seriousness in the face/voice of the sailers and capitans rly maked me feeled like the battle was happening live action right in the front of my very eyes, but is sad that in the end the capitan had to abandon Graf Spee and that in the end he went down with his shit a few day later. I am not jokeing the Yarnhub videos are becomening more and more like movie clips, great job to the YarnHub team.

[@optimusgaming8629]

@Mika-ph6ku😂

[@baileyfamily3412]

@Mika-ph6kuYES THAT HAD TO BE A BIG ONE 😂😂😂😂

[@Combatte]

the fact that you pay attention to details as small as what someone says down to the exact wording, like "There's the fucking scheer!" you deserve much more then what you get. keep making awesome videos!

[@elsantigamer4334]

I live in bahía blanca city at the south of buenos Aires state and here was a restaurant owned and managed by a graf spee sailor with a cool painting of the ship in the outside wall. It seems that many beterans of that battle found a new way to live in argentina. Great video as always please keep that voice actors

[@joseph_Lujan]

hi! what is the name of the restaurant? I'd like to visit it! pls

[@matiasmcfarlane]

Oh yeah, Riber plate little equip.

[@elsantigamer4334]

@@joseph_Lujan sorry i said that it "was" it means that it does not exists anymore, however my dad saw it when he was a child and he said that it was beutiful

[@RaquelÁlvarez-z2i]

SALTARON. LOS. ENVIDIOSOS. !!!!! LOS. MARINEROS. FALLECIDOS. FUERON. SEPULTADOS. EN. MDEO. LA. MAYORIA. QUEDARON. PRISIONEROS. Y. LUEGO. QUEDARON. A. VIVIR. EN. EL. PAIS. O. SE. TRASLADARON. A. ARG. EL. CAPITAN. DEL. BARCO. SE. SUICIDO. EN. BS. AS

[@ponkotu-iduhimitukiti-yuru]

絶望的な状況下でも、諦めず先頭に立って指揮してくれる指揮官は本当に心強い・・・

[@salvebale4020]

the Achilles ended up playing herself in the movie "battle of river plate" in the 50s

[@NCMA29]

As did HMS CUMBERLAND, though at the time of the film she had no guns, thus looking quite toothless as the support for Harwood's squadron.

[@robruss62]

Jamaica and Sheffield which played Exeter and Ajax were also members of the dream team of WWII British cruisers

[@robruss62]

@@NCMA29 one would figure since Manxman was outfitted with wooden 8 inch turrets for Sailor of the King in 1953, that they could have rigged something like that for Cumberland

[@NCMA29]

@@robruss62 I quite agree! In fact, I wonder why they didn't bother to rig something up to hide her obviously missing turrets.

[@robruss62]

@@NCMA29 in War and Remembrance one of the Forrest Sherman's was rigged out with three eight inch turrets and a few bofors mockups to play Northampton

[@Pichouette]

In 1990 & 1991, I was a US Marine assigned to a temporary unit called UNITAS. Each year we sailed into Montevideo harbor and saw the remnant of the Graf Spee standing out of the water (just a cross shaped spire). For me, being a history buff, I found it quite amazing to see even though it was not much to look at.

[@felexl32]

the quality just keeps getting better it obivously is the best animation on youtube

[@codebasher1]

Langsdorf the commander of the Spee ensured not a single life was lost from any cargo ship they attacked. In a time of all out war that is the sign of a rare spark of decency.

[@ShubhayooBanerjee]

The German commentary really makes this video alive

[@julioalbertoherrera1339]

Gut gemacht!!!

[@nightsticker5112]

Finde ich auch gut gelungen!

[@speedandpower56]

I read about this when I was in the imperial war museum once because they had a section about spies in war and this story was included

[@timothyorion2214]

14:22 "Fire!!!" gave me chills. And excellent storytelling: overlaying the explosion of the scuttling charges with the pistol blast = ship and captain in their joint final moments.

[@msredfox]

And another truly epic upload! You guys honestly deserve a spot on the history channel or something, your work is by far the best when it comes to animated war history, bravo, Yarnhub!

[@flytopusa]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, YARNHUB! I am beyond thrilled this is finally here. My great-grandfather served on HMNZS Achilles and was one of the sailors wounded in the Battle of the River Plate. This war story holds deep personal meaning for me, and I’m so grateful to the Yarnhub team for bringing it to life.

[@AppleHistoryGuy]

I would love it if Yarnhub did a video on the Monchy 9 of Newfoundland. 9 men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment positioned at Monchy-le-Preux during the Battle of Arras in 1917 hid behind shrubbery and defended the town from a German force anywhere from 200 - 300 men strong for 11 hours to prevent a German break through. I think it is a very cool and very underrated battle that sounds like the plot of a movie.

[@TheSgtbk]

I enjoyed that. My Father served on the HMNZS Achilles. Like the Exeter they also received a huge welcome home when they returned to New Zealand.

[@boringhistorylive]

“Mad lad fireing a massive Canon”

[@PHOBOS-l7z]

Massive Win, i thought The Cruiser Would be Doomed, But those Light Cruisers [I think] Helped It, Giving me Thoughts Of Hope.... Great animation And Backstory!

[@khoipham8303]

I can see the Donnager battle in The Expanse taking slight inspiration from the Battle of the River Plate. A larger capital ship, ambushed by smaller ships, defeated, and scuttled to avoid internment. Despite their defeat, the crews fought with bravery. May they rest in peace.

[@mdiciaccio87]

Sort of? The Donnager was ambushed by ships with superior tech

[@OreoKiller_]

This animation is so good. It went from some south park lookin stuff to bad 3d to good 3d to gmod looking stuff and now this perfection

[@derkaiser420]

Yarnhub has a new video! Brilliant as usual sir. The British Navy never know how to surrender. Going into certain death they fight until the end. I have never seen anyone do a video on this largely unknown battle. I appreciate it. Keep up the Navy videos.

[@doncooper6801]

Vocals of video characters don't sound authentic.

[@wyvern_wolf2821]

Gotta admit, the moment Bell starts sending orders via runner's, and those runners get more runners to better spread those orders and connect the ship. That's the best part of this video for me.

[@Yarnhub]

My favorite bit too

[@hybridwolf66]

I can't repeat enough, best channel on YT! Content is always interesting, very well done, and historically accurate. The Like/Subscribe on the shell was masterful. Thanks again for you channel!

[@ferallion3546]

Great video. Your work just keeps improving. Thank you for all the hard work you do. Light cruisers with their rapid fire main guns were something you didn't want to come under fire from. The amount of disruption and damage they could cause were significant.

[@pokefan-ix7sh]

Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class "Panzerschiff", nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after World War I Admiral Maximilian von Spee, commander of the East Asia Squadron who fought the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands, where he was killed in action. She was laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven in October 1932 and completed by January 1936. The ship was nominally under the 10,000 long tons limitation on warship size imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, though with a full load displacement of 16,020 long tons, she significantly exceeded it. Armed with six 28 cm guns in two triple gun turrets, Admiral Graf Spee and her sisters were designed to outgun any cruiser fast enough to catch them. Their top speed of 28 knots left only a few capital ships in the Anglo-French navies fast enough and powerful enough to sink them. The ship conducted five non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1938 and participated in the Coronation Review of King George VI in May 1937. Admiral Graf Spee was deployed to the South Atlantic in the weeks before the outbreak of World War II, to be positioned in merchant sea lanes once war was declared. Between September and December 1939, the warship sank nine vessels totaling 50,089 gross register tons, before being confronted by three British cruisers at the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December. Admiral Graf Spee inflicted heavy damage on the British ships, but she too was damaged and was forced to put into port at Montevideo, Uruguay. Convinced by false reports of superior British naval forces gathering, Hans Langsdorff, commander of the ship, ordered the vessel to be scuttled. The ship was partially broken up in situ, though part of the ship remained visible above the surface of the water for years.

[@rubentechera7260]

Siendo de Uruguay mi abuelo me contaba sobre esa historia , decia que su padre (mi bisabuelo ) hiban a ese puerto a subir cargamento de lana que comerciaban , dijo que ese dia al llegar al puerto vio ese gran buque de guerra , era algo nunca visto , majestuoso y aterrador por esas marcas de guerra que tenia . Toda la tripulacion esparcida y sin moral , era algo aterrador decia . Orulloso de poder escucahr esa historia y de que mi pequeño pais Uruguay tuviera grandes impactos comerciales y sin dudas estrategicos para esa gran historia de la Humanidad. Hace poco rescataron muchas cosas de ese Buque e hicieron un museo con todas las pertenecias hasta el Aguila imperial con su esvastica . Un saluod a todos lo que nos encata revivir estas batallas en nuestras mentes ♥️

[@manuelyanez1511]

There´s an importan lack of details in this, my favorite naval battle of all. First of all, Cptn. Hans Langsdorff banner "Stop Wireless of we open Fire". That´s very important because those who disobey this order where later congratulate by Langsdorff iteself. Secondly, Cptn Langsdorff and Cptn. Stubbs had a very honorably and almost friendly relation during imprisionment of Stubbs aboard the Graff Spee. The dead count it´s important for both sides. The Exceter ended up as a wreck and was in no condition to another, even little skirmish. The damages on Ajax where important too. There´s a lot of detals missing in this amazing story. With all, and as usual "I love the way you guys tell this amazing stories". I said all this thing because I belived people need to know the whole story from all sides. Thank you very much.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

There's already a whole movie dedicated to this if you want that much detail.

[@manuelyanez1511]

​@@WALTERBROADDUS I´m not looking for details.... I know the details. I want´s everyone else to know the details as good as I do. What is the name of that movie?? The one made by Hollywood back in the 50´s?? War winners USSually like to tell the story according to their insterest... without important details.

[@robruss62]

​​@@manuelyanez1511 1956 British movie Battle of the River Plate/Pursuit of the Graf Spee is generally excellent, and turns up a lot on KZbin. The special effects can be a jarring limitation for some viewers; filmed in luscious vista vision, with US heavy cruiser Salem as Graf Spee, British cruisers Sheffield and Jamaica (both equally famous cruisers in their own right) as Ajax and Exeter, and Achilles (though by this time serving the Indian Navy as Delhi) playing herself, there is a huge disconnect between live action shots of ships steaming and firing, and of a big model of Salem/Graf Spee being pummeled. However despite this the acting is superb, the writing is great, and it's pretty accurate to many parts of the battle within the roughly 40 minute middle part of the film (though Bell's classic line is sanitized to "the scheer's on our port beam"). Anthony Quayle as Harwood and John Gregson as Bell are especially good, as are Ian Hunter and the ever imposing Jack Gwillim as Captains of Ajax and Achilles (all four actors incidentally being combat veterans), but Peter Finch is an understated scene stealer as Langsdorf, who comes through as an honorable and respected figure. No two hour movie could incorporate every aspect of the action, but for it's time, and on a British (not Hollywood) budget it holds up as a classic. If modern writers wouldn''t wreck the script with anti war or post colonial or woke guilt, or if cinematographers wouldn't mess it up with sombre tinged lighting, or if the CGI wasn't as garrish as the 1950's effects were limited, and if modern actors with out of place working class diction and sombre introspection didn't turn the clipped accented steely nerved British commanding officers into brooding clowns and Langsdorf into a raving Nazi, the movie would definitely deserve a big budget remake on a grander scale.

[@frankmitchell3594]

@@manuelyanez1511 The name of the movie is 'The Battle of the River Plate'. It's occasionally shown on British daytime TV.

[@manuelyanez1511]

@@frankmitchell3594 Again... told by winner, USS ship used, rigth after WWII without easy access to all truth.... sound like hollywood to me.... far away from the truth...

[@csbanki]

This story shows great virtues on both sides. I'm amazed by the strategy and communication of the British and also the German engineering and bravery to take on multiple enemies at once (which was pretty common for them throughout the war).

[@oliversherman2414]

The animation is so good! These genuinely look like video game cutscenes

[@MrShipBuff]

No wonder that WWII was home to the greatest generation, everyone who served and everyone who lived in Europe during WWII, no matter what side they were on, had to go through Hell and back to even have a chance of survival. The courage of these men and women are beyond words.

[@johns9652]

I look back at history, and the "keep a stiff upper lip" attitude of Londoners during the bombings and V2 rocket attacks, and then I look at the current generation, who wants to fight over what bathroom to use, and their safe spaces, and I just want to cry. Western civilization truly seems to be going the way of Rome. "Hard men make good times, good times make soft men, soft men make hard times:". I've seen this quote dozens of times in the last few years, not sure of the origin, but it seems to be more and more true every day.

[@sails3538]

Of the 130,000 Americans on D day a soldier had a 0.5% survival chance for those two weeks.

[@S1su]

The quality seems to get better and better in every single video. I dont know how you manage 🤯

[@Free-Bodge79]

Surprised they could fit their massive cast iron balls in the 3 Royal Navy tubs. Respect where it's due. Bloody legendary stuff. ! 👊💛👍

[@British_Malaya]

Hello, I support your video and u make me know many things about ww2, can u make about leftenan adnan please? He is the hero is Malaysian. 🇲🇾 Thank you.

[@British_Malaya]

Sorry if I bother you

[@Yarnhub]

Thank you for the kind support!

[@British_Malaya]

@@Yarnhub no problem

[@stephenhargreaves9324]

Flank speed is an American naval term, which is not entirely the same as the RN term full speed ahead. Flank speed in the USN meaning is that any safety considerations in achieving maximum speed are to be disregarded.

[@pyxlated_void4719]

Dude, congrats to yarnhub. I have watched this channel grow, I may not be one of their original followers but I have been around them long enough to see the massive change of quality in their videos. Seriously, Thank you yarnhub! You guys should be making movies, this is absolutely amazing!!

[@subhamax]

I had read about this battle when I was a kid. Now I relive it visually. Awesome graphics and presentation. Please keep up the good work and continue posting such wonderful historical battles. Will show my kid also

[@elmoelmo242]

"There's the fucking Scheer!" lol

[@CaptainM792]

6:32

[@AngryBird000]

I mean the Admiral Scheer ship had more successes for a surface commerce raider compared to their battleships...

[@darin271]

Deutschland, Admiral Graf Spee, and Admiral Sheer were all Deutschland class cruisers. Hard to tell one from another especially at 7 miles away.

[@esasuonborai2593]

"It's the Graf spee!"

[@kevispi2166]

I love that clip

[@WalterRivolta-uu4ji]

Falto mencionar que el Graf fue undido para que los aliados no accedan a toda la nueva ingenieria constructiva y de deteccion que llevaba... por ejemplo la tecnica de soldadura del casco ya que fue el primer barco sin remaches... o su sistema de deteccion y apuntado. Exelente recreacion 👏👍

[@julioalbertoherrera1339]

La ingeniería alemana...ah eran buenos tiempos.

[@WalterRivolta-uu4ji]

@@julioalbertoherrera1339 y si... pero hoy en dia Alemania es un titere mas de estados unidos...👍... y menos mal que Uruguay no convirtio la gloriosa aguila del G Spee en paloma como querian 😂

[@MrDaniel-West1970]

Al Admiral Graf Spee lo conocian en detalle y lo habian visto en la Coronacion del Rey Jorge en Spithead , solo que NO sabían bien de los instrumentos ópticos , el telemetro y computador que era la gran ventaja, Hoy el Telémetro se puede ver en el puerto de Montevideo - Uruguay , cerca de donde esta hundido el Graf Spee.

[@annettefoun7980]

This man needs a show on Netflix for this amazing work.

[@TraustiGeir]

So, let me get this straight: All this time, due to loss of communications, Exeter was fighting Graf Spee on it's own...and scored a critical hit?! Absolute legends.

[@farmerned6]

Exeter was the only ship that could really hurt Graf Spee she was a heavy cruiser with 6x 8 inch guns, Ajax and Achilles only had 8 x 6 inch guns (GP had 8 x 5.9inch guns as its SECONDARY armament), So it made sense that Graf Spee would treat Exeter as the main threat If Cumberland had been there as well, (8 x 8 inch guns) it would have been a different story

[@oliverhughes610]

I do enjoy that in the excitement, they forgot what ship they were pursuing - 'it's the fucking Scheer' when of course they knew it was the Graf Spee. Another great video, lads.

[@Tasteful_Edits]

Never thought this was possible, but the quality advances in leaps and bounds with EVERY SINGLE VIDEO.

[@cameronnewton7053]

This is part of the reason i love ww2 history so much, and have so much admiration for the royal navy. " Oh whats that, we only have one turret and no fire control or communications?" "Guess i'll just have to stick my head out the turret and use the old mk1 eyeball" he was quite litterally playing a game of battleship.... With a real warship. And then only slightly later " So you're telling me we're listing, on fire, have no communications and are running the ship through a human chain. We have no guns, torpedos, or any way to attack the gemans apart from harsh langauge?" " Guess we'll just have to ram the bastards!" Talk about balls of steel.

[@Isaac-muntz]

Its sad that almost all of these badass battleships and heavycruisers no longer exist today, would've been cool if they were kept as museum ships after the war(both allied and axis battleships) apart from the few surviving ones today

[@callsigndd9ls897]

Looking back, it's a shame, but converting all the cruisers and battleships that survived the war into museum ships would have been impossible for purely financial reasons. Moreover, in Europe after the war, other things were more important than maintaining the huge cruiser- and battleship fleets. Their steel was more important for the reconstruction of the countries than their outdated fighting power, which no one needed anymore as the defense strategy was increasingly shifting towards aircraft, aircraft carriers, submarines and smaller combat ships. Incidentally, the USA has kept 3 battleships (USS Iowa, USS Alabama and USS Wisconsin) and the British have kept the light cruiser (HMS Belfast) from this period as museum ships.

[@kiliclimber2001]

Finally, a non-Hollywood portrayal of this famed epic war event. And graphics were outstanding. Good work and thank you..! One thing....for future reference, ensure that the ship's gun director range finder(s) turn with the guns as they bear. Otherwise the guns are firing blind.

[@thepavlogs2223]

Gracias por poner el audio en español también, es algo de agradecer ver y escuchar este tipo de videos :"). Un abrazo gigante!

[@davidrutherford6311]

Fairly certain HMS Ajax had a New Zealand crew but British officers during this engagement, so hats off for participating in one of the first naval victories of WW2.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

back then, basically the NZ Navy had just been formed and needed a ship or two. The British Govt sold or loaned this one and it was crewed by the New Zealanders.... it was done in a hurry due to the war only just having been declared. Before this, New Zealanders had to join the British Royal Navy. Believe me, every New Zealander that had access to a radio were sitting on the edge of their seats, listening in to the events more or less as they happened on their old valve LW/AM/SW radios.

[@petervon7838]

The animation is soooo good.👏👏 Honestly this chanel has the best animation I've ever seen on KZbin so far. ❤ The videos are great!❤❤

[@abymanny]

"History buffs, this is our moment! It takes serious courage to take on an opponent like the Graf Spee. Respect to those British sailors."

[@dogefyedstudios5774]

Dude.. Ya'll's level of animation has gotten so damn good! Love these videos.

[@jimbobhootenanny4440]

so the guy who completely messed up got a medal and the guy who was clearly keeping everything going got forgotten about. This is why you shouldn't fight someone else's war.

[@NCMA29]

To begin, I'd like to say that I quite enjoyed your retelling of the Battle of the River Plate. I can also appreciate the amount of trouble you went to for making this long, animated rendition of this important event. So, with that, I hope you will take the following in the spirit of constructive criticism, that you can carry forward to further excellent renderings in the future: -- Royal Navy seaman’s caps are made with the bottom half black. That means that there would be no white strip below the cap tally. - During WWII, all officers' cap badges would have had Tudor crowns, rather than St. Edward's crowns. - Officers wearing shorts would have also worn white knee socks and white shoes (never black). The shorts would have been longer too, almost down to the knees. - Generally, when at sea, neither the hands nor the officers would be saluting. - In WWII, lieutenant-commanders were considered to be junior officers, and thus did not wear any oak leaves on their cap visors. The brim would have been all black. - The executive curls were backwards on the shoulder boards. - All the four stripes of a Naval captain are of equal thickness. - There is no order of dress for officers with short sleeve shirts, long white trousers and black shoes. - Most of the officers and men would have been wearing white anti-flash hoods and gloves, not to mention helmets, when in battle. - Many of the hands would likely have been wearing overalls, which were a comfortable working rig in the RN at this time. A few things not mentioned in the video include that GRAF SPEE was firing her 5.9" guns at AJAX and ACHILLES during the battle, while keeping her 11" guns on EXETER. Also, Langsdorff was a highly honourable man, who always tried to remove the crews of the merchant ships before he sank their ships, and so save lives. He was so respected by his prisoners that they actually bought wreaths to put on the graves of the German seamen killed in the battle. Finally as an interesting fact, the town of Ajax, Ontario, in Canada is named after HMS AJAX, and many street names are named after the ships and men of the battle. It's the only example that I am aware of where a town is named after a ship, though many ships (such as EXETER) are named after towns.

[@brookeonmaui]

This is very well done! More naval battles, please!

[@Tundraviper41]

pocket battleships/ Panzerschiff revolved around the concept of Outgun what you could outrun, but outrun what you could not outgun. When Designed, Graff Spee had an electrically welded hull, Which improved armor durability since a single hit would not not cause something like riveted armor plating to buckle at the rivet joints

[@snansundernail8229]

"THERES THE FUCKING SCHEER" Was so hilarious for absolutely no reason lmao

[@tanyenhong2422]

The sound effect of the gun syncing with the ships scuttling charges was such a nice touch

[@buntysinghal1487]

Amazing work by tge Yarnhub and his team. A historically accurate depiction of a great battle with amazing graphics. Wow. Thank you for making my day❤.

[@javierpatag3609]

My golly, the quality of your animation is insanely good. Well done! Such tangible improvement! Bravo.

[@berendhuibers600]

Absolutly amazing quality animations! Good job guys! Keep up the good work!❤

[@Nick-rs5if]

The actions of the crew of HSM Exeter is one for the history books! What a tale!

[@DeadBaron]

kind of crazy how lucky the Exeter was to score that hit on the fuel system. If it hadn't, the Graf Spee could have broken away and fought far longer. Also always hated how the commander of that fleet didn't even do anything yet got promoted to Admiral.

[@soldierofwessex7616]

it wasn't likely to have broken away, although Graf Spees speed was mentioned in the video, that was only in comparison to battleships all allied ships in the area (more than 12) were faster than the Spee, and a couple of them such as HMS Renown, completely out classed her in speed firepower and armor, (although admittedly renown was still about 2 days of sailing away from the Spee at the time she was scuttled) so it is likely that the faster and more maneuverable ajax and Achilles as well as HMS Cumberland (arrived the day after the battle to replace Exeter and was a larger more powerful version of the latter) would have just shadowed the Graf Spee until the big guns arrived

[@martingonzales9259]

Still the best Short film provider up to date. You deserve my subscription

[@thinaphonpetsiri9907]

This makes what happened to Exeter’s wreck even more frustrating.

[@sessionroadtunes]

Imagine what these guys can do in a couple more years. Outstanding work!

[@andrei-rj8er]

"There's the fucking sheer open fire at her" 😂 6:28

[@Bleihagel]

6:15 What the heck, this was by far the best request to like, comment & subscribe I ever saw in a video. Aye, all done, Sir!

[@dbach1025]

Imagine the confidence of a US shell bouncing off the hull of a ship. You were literally created for one thing....to destroy enemy craft. Yarnhub has again out done themselves. Fantastic job , guys.

[@williamcostigan91]

14:20 Voice actor puts his heart and soul into that "Fire!"

[@Timmy575]

I like that Yarn hub is making trailer for there new videos

[@woutervossebeld4664]

I love the details like the water droplets on the lens at 6:00. also 7:40 has a layering issue with the fire on the front of the ship. Honestly the rate at which your quality has improved is amazing!

[@YeEpIkAiYeI]

Honestly, it's almost unreal for me I can touch one of the 150 mm cannons from that massive and beautiful ship. The Graf Spee is one of the best anechdotes here in Uruguay.

[@diannegooding8733]

Close to the reality. Good attempt. I am old enough to have known one of the crew of Ajax, one of the few who survived the shell that took out her bridge. The cat and mouse game that the British played with the Germans after the Spee docked, is fascinating. I also knew one of the ERAs , who served on Cumberland, when she exceeded her design speed. Racing to reinforce the vessels waiting for the Spee to come out of the Plate, another incredible part of the story!

[@vanallendavis7708]

huge respect to the men of the british destroyer they were heavly outmatched and still fought.

[@OryxTheMadGod3]

i really appreciate these videos having actual native speakers of the languages spoken in the videos and subtitles instead of just saying it all in english I also like that the sponsors are related to the video, something that can ruin a videos flow if not done right imo