Bismarck: How the Royal Navy Sank Hitler's Best Battleship | Full Documentary

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  @getinthevantim · 2 years ago

  Andrew Choong Han Lin is something of a star within this excellent documentary isn't he? His appreciation of the subtleties of naval architecture and the relative capabilities of the combatants is most informative and very eloquently expressed as well.

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• RO

  @Romaimperator_1 · 2 years ago

  This should win an award. it's not only informative but very dramatic and expertly written.

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• NI

  @nickjoy8868 · 2 years ago (edited)

  In the voiceovers Dan sounds like he's just been mauled by a dentist! Poor Dan. Brilliant video thanks, highly entertaining and educational, very nicely done.

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  @VickersDoorter · 1 year ago

  I recall many years ago my father would cheerfully deliver his regular quip, "Right, I'm off to sink the Bismarck". My mother would roll her eyes and we knew not to venture into the loo for the next hour.

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• FO

  @fookdatchit · 2 years ago

  Just what the world needs, quality long videos on interesting subjects. Entertaining and relaxing. Thank you very much

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• KA

  @KasFromMD · 2 years ago

  Starting to enjoy the YouTube trend toward long format.   Good to listen in the background.

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• RI

  @Ridcully9 · 2 years ago

  Gosh my Grandfather was on the Hood. He was a young Marine. He never spoke about it. He was in hospital with pneumonia when it sank. This is fascinating

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• SI

  @SimonLloydGuitar · 2 years ago

  BBC used to make programmes of this quality about 30 years ago...Those days are long gone.

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• MA

  @martinpattison1567 · 2 years ago

  My Grandfather served onboard H.M.S Hood but was reassigned just a few weeks earlier. Later he was assigned to H.M.S Hermes which was sunk by 70 or more Japanese Zero Aircraft just off the East Coast of Ceylon. (Sri Lanka) He was injured but survived. He remained in the Ocean for 5 hours and was then picked up by an American Hospital ship and taken to America. He retired from The Royal Navy in 1945. He signed up when he was just fourteen. Martin. (Thailand) This Ship would make a great video.

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• RO

  @robertkendall2410 · 2 years ago

  12 year old me, skipping lunch to read Time Life WW2 books is in heaven watching this documentary. Thank you.

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• BD

  @bdhaliwal24 · 2 years ago

  I love the understated commentary from the old sailors who were there

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• OU

  @ougentrost · 1 year ago

  My dad served on Prinz Eugen, actually even in the optical range finding unit of the turret A and B heavy 203 mm guns. I am massively proud about him and I am thankful to the Lord he served on the “lucky Prinz”, as her own crew members called their vessel. The Prinz scored the first hit on HMS Hood. And until the final station in Kopenhagen in April 1945, this most beautiful and proud ship carried him and his comrades through the horrible odds of a terrible war. Dad left us after a blessed life in 2005 with the most loving memories of his family. I miss him still badly. God bless all sailors and soldiers of all nations navies.

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