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captains it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the world's first naval cinema more your ships because the next episode of the naval legends marathon is getting started we have enough tickets for the show for everybody so be sure to invite your friends and share this video across your social networks this is the second episode of the marathon but let me remind you of what to expect so you don't miss anything we take some parts from the announcement stay on the lookout for bonus codes that will appear in each episode of the historical marathon as with the in-game daily shipments all gifts are revealed in advance each bonus code will also provide you access to a combat mission chain complete all the chains to get four containers of the new five epochs of the navy collection and one million credits want even more gifts if we manage to get the indicated number of new subscribers by the time each video is published the credits will be replaced with coal if we get the indicated number of subscribers for every episode the combat missions will bring you a total of 10 000 coal you can learn more about it on our website the link is in the description the new episode of the marathon is dedicated to our in-game ship types the world of warships armada includes more than 350 ships from the first half of the 20th century players have been fighting with fast and maneuverable destroyers controlling the seas with powerful battleships battling with cruisers and launching squadrons from the decks of aircraft carriers for five years already we'll start today's show with battleships these ships stand out for their strong armor and powerful main battery guns discover the history behind the last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship mikasa [Music] they were designed to be the best they met enemies face to face endured tragedies and enjoyed victories they went down in history due to the bravery of their crews they are the ships that deserve to be called naval [Music] legends in this episode battleship mikasa the flagship of the legendary admiral togo heihachiro [Music] there is often a mystical connection between a ship and those who serve on it a perfect example of this is the story of admiral toko heihachiro and his battleship mikasa [Music] in the late 19th century japan launched an ambitious shipbuilding program that intended to put 111 warships into service over a period of 10 years the new ships were meant to be the best in the world and remain up-to-date despite the rapid development of naval engineering mikasa became the last of four japanese battleships built under that program [Music] was built at the vickers shipyard england starting from 1899 until 1902 at the cost of 15 million yen this was equal to 6 of the japanese government budget which was 260 million yen it was a very expensive project for the country at the time japanese government leaders acknowledged that the further development of the country was only possible through the adoption of advanced foreign technologies [Music] the leading naval power in the world was great britain therefore it is hardly worth mentioning that the japanese navy was based on the british traditions and technologies [Music] england provided japan with a superb battleship equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry engines and hull the english people wondered why are we building such an advanced ship for japan it is way more advanced than any of our ships but englishmen used the experience they gained during the construction and built their next shift which was even more advanced and considerably less expensive than battleship mikasa however at the time of its construction mikasa was the most powerful ship in the world even more powerful than british warships the new battleship was worth its price tag she was one of the most advanced warships in not only japan but the whole world total displacement 15 979 tons the second among all battleships in the world of that time length over 130 meters beam about 23 meters draft almost 8 meters armament the primary armament of mikasa complied with the applicable standards of that time two twin barbette mounted mach 9 guns by the armstrong company caliber 305 millimeters medium caliber 14 qf elsewhere ordnance company guns caliber 152 millimeters 10 of these guns arranged in the common battery along the side gave mikasa a great advantage in battle secondary armament 20 elswick patton end guns caliber 76 millimeters small caliber artillery 12 hodgkiss guns caliber 47 millimeters torpedo tubes four submerged beam torpedo tubes armor has an english design it is compact in size and reliable in protecting vital parts of the ship main belt 102 to 229 millimeters upper belt 152 millimeters main turrets 203 to 254 millimeters conning tower 356 millimeters the mechanical equipment also met the highest standards of that time power plant two vicars engines and 25 belleville water tube boilers [Music] power 16 000 horsepower maximum speed 18 knots cruising range about 4 000 nautical miles at a speed of 10 knots mikasa greatly influenced both the further development of japanese naval artillery and tactics in sea battles back in those times there was a popular opinion that a huge ship equipped with powerful guns guaranteed an easy victory each shell weighed 400 kilograms the effective range amounted to over 10 kilometers the shell on the right is a high explosive shell this one on the left is an armor-piercing shell during the russo-japanese war high-explosive shells were used more often by our ships [Music] here you can see a 152 millimeter gun the gun slit was open in the beginning of a battle 10 sailors operated the gun these wheels were used to tilt the gun up or down in december 1903 togo heihachiro was appointed to command the combined fleet to the imperial japanese navy which was established that year he formed three squadrons and took the lead of the first squadron choosing mikasa as his flagship he established his headquarters on the ship which became his home for two years this is where admiral togo ate this is the ship mess the decorations were also like this when mikasa was the flagship next to the mess there is the admiral's private cabin this spacious room was for meetings held by the officers of the ship admiral togo sat at the head of the table surrounded by his officers they ate and discussed plans in this room togo heihachiro traveled a long and difficult path to become the head of the most powerful battleship of that time in the imperial japanese navy he started from the very bottom of the career ladder and rapidly moved up the ranks while constantly participating in sea battles he felt the spirit of war with every fiber of his being the future admiral of the japanese fleet studied maths at cambridge attended the royal naval academy in portsmouth and royal naval college in greenwich during his stay in britain he understood what had helped this country maintain its status as queen of the seas through naval knowledge centuries of battle experience and advanced shipbuilding technologies this this deck is about 110 years old but is still in good condition teak is a very hard type of wood and it doesn't rot as you can see this various equipment for steering the ship was mounted here these systems were used to control the propulsion system speeding up or slowing down its two shafts some of this equipment is from another ship built by the same shipyard but it's all identical to the systems that were installed on macasa this is the steering wheel the inscriptions on it are in english because macasa was built in england british standards height size and arrangement of guns were very different from those used in japan [Music] so japanese sailors were forced to eat beef and drink milk to become taller and stronger however many members of the crew couldn't eat animal products due to their religion when the navy began to insist that they eat meat and drink milk to become strong the sailors refused to do that they confined themselves to the lower deck and declared that they would not come out the sailors were removed and spent the next four years in prison and mikasa's crew was almost completely renewed that way resolutely breaking its age-old naval traditions japan was building a new navy with spartan conditions and japanese discipline the nation was building the fighting spirit of its sailors this weapon was operated by about 10 men in those times every sailor assigned to the gun would train eat and even rest here the ones on duty would sleep in these hammocks all these efforts were not in vain by the beginning of the russo-japanese war the imperial japanese navy had become a formidable power the warrior's spirit and good fortune became the decisive factors for vice admiral togo and his flagship during the russo-japanese war since its beginning mikasa was the primary target for the imperial russian navy the battle of the yellow sea the battle of tsushima each time the admiral's battleship was showered with a hail of shells but each time mikasa managed to survive with honor multiple sailors and officers lost their lives but mikasa was still proudly carrying the flag a lucky star was guiding the japanese commander-in-chief and his flagship through all the battles to victory [Music] starting with the very first battles micasso is losing officers and sailors to russian shells stood on the open bridge instead of the protected conning tower why did he do that well firstly he didn't have experience from major naval battles secondly from the open bridge he could see the ships better ready to fall in battle togo was observing the situation and giving commands and he only received light wounds in his early engagements the battle of the yellow sea was a major engagement of the russo-japanese war the russian squadron commanded by rear admiral beetgeft was trying to break through to vladivostok just like admiral turgo vietgeft preferred to stay on the open bridge and the very first shell that hit the bridge was fatal for him mikasa also sustained more hits than any other japanese ship despite this admiral togo and his officers remained on the bridge and never stepped away from it and he survived the battle of tsushima became a triumph for the japanese navy and its commander-in-chief three months later on september 5 the russo-japanese war concluded with a peace treaty the imperial japanese navy was getting ready to celebrate the victory with a grand naval parade in tokyo bay so admiral togo and his staff left the ship to report to the emperor and took all his luck with him [Music] mikasa never made it to the parade just a month after the commander's flag was taken down the battleship suffered a disaster on september 11th 1905 a fire started in her magazines and caused an explosion [Music] the battleship's brilliant career came to an end the japanese managed to lift and repair mikasa but the ship never managed to regain her glory in 1925 the battleship was taken to a custom-made dock in yokosuka where she was covered with earth and concrete up to the waterline the legendary ship became a museum [Music] the museum's opening ceremony was attended by admiral togo who passed away in 1934. admiral togo became a japanese national hero he received all of the highest merits possible orders awards honor and glory and he was put in charge of the education of hira ito the heir apparent to the emperor's throne [Music] after world war ii mikasa was in ruin all the guns in most of the systems were dismantled there were proposals to sell the battleship as scrap metal but this didn't happen then the american military arranged a dance hall on the gun deck when some young britons once saw this they wrote to japan times what is wrong with this country while england has preserved hms victory why can't the japanese do this for their ship the letter gathered a wide public response in japan and a movement began to restore mikasa and reopen it as a museum in order to restore the ship's historic image most of her elements had to be recreated and new today the exposition on board mikasa to japan's victory in the battle of tsushima and to admiral togo heihachiro they are together again the admiral and his flagship [Music] [Applause] [Music] cruisers are versatile fighters they have decent firepower as well as good speed and maneuverability characteristics these are the ships that players deploy when starting out in the game the most advanced light cruisers of the royal navy were the belfast class cruisers we'll talk about them next they were designed to be the best they met enemies face to face endured tragedies and enjoyed victories they went down in history due to the bravery of their crews they are the ships that deserve to be called naval legends [Music] in this episode cruiser belfast the keeper of the royal navy's grandeur in the beginning of the 1930s the british admiralty learned that japan had begun construction on the new mogami-class light cruisers which surpassed the british ships of the same type in london it was perceived as a challenge and required an appropriate response however to create a worthy adversary for mogami the british had to approach the limits imposed by international treaties [Music] quite a successful attempt from the japanese to create something of their own they managed to do it however the cruiser mogami encouraged other naval powers to break the provisions of the washington naval treaty [Music] in 1934 british shipyards started the construction of light cruisers later named the town class because all the ships were named after british towns the further improvement of the project led to the appearance of the two most advanced ships in the class belfast and edinburgh [Music] in comparison with other towns they had better armament and a more rational armor layout by many parameters the british cruisers were on a par with foreign ships of the same type despite the fact that they were inferior to their main rival mogami in the number of primary armament guns 12 against 15. the british tried to even the score by developing new artillery systems for main batteries they tried to install a four gun turret on belfast and edinburgh but the early trials showed that it became very tight what does this mean the turret was overcrowded making the ammunition handling and firing too inconvenient that's why they give up on the idea very quickly as a result engineers settled for triple turrets that had a distinctive feature to prevent the powder gases from affecting the shell's trajectory when all barrels fired simultaneously the middle gun was moved backwards a little the belfast's firepower was reinforced with six coaxial dual purpose artillery mounts with a caliber of four inches in general the cruiser was well armed and her bountiful artillery made up a good part of her displacement cruiser belfast was commissioned on the eve of war on august the 3rd 1939 but four months later she had to return to dock with the outbreak of world war ii great britain faced two parallel tasks one of them was habitual and the british were prepared for it the second task was uncharacteristic and unusual let's start with the latter it was the underwater war the british weren't ready for it at all german u-boats were causing lots of trouble but the british were able to sink them however the royal navy ships faced another enemy mines belfast fell prey to the most dangerous of them a new german bottom line in 1939 when a mine exploded underneath this engine room it pushed everything up to such an extent that they had to rebuild almost the entire ship [Music] when belfast hit the mine she not only received a hole in the hull but she also had her keel broken and that's a place that is almost impossible to repair it's a miracle that she remained afloat and it's a miracle that she could return to her base for repairs [Music] over the course of the modernization belfast was equipped with modern radar systems an upgraded gunfire control system and became almost a meter wider to increase her stability [Music] the specifications of cruiser belfast after the modernization of 1942 [Music] length 613 feet 6 inches beam 66 feet 3 inches draft 23 feet 4 inches total displacement 14 900 tons the power plant included 4 turbo gear parsons turbines and 4 admiralty boilers and produced 80 000 horsepower the cruiser's maximum speed reached 31 knots after the modernization armor main belt 4.5 inches decks from two to three inches a thwartship bulkheads 2.5 inches primary armament turrets were protected by armor from two to four inches thick armament primary armament twelve six-inch mark 23 guns in four turrets long-range anti-aircraft artillery 12 mark 16 cannons in coaxial mounts caliber four inches small caliber anti-aircraft artillery two vickers mark 6a eight-barrel pom-pom guns caliber 1.6 inches four single barrel and five coaxial oerlikon mounts the cruiser carried two triple tr4 torpedo launchers with a caliber of 21 inches three supermarine walrus aircraft were on board to carry out reconnaissance and fire adjustment cruising range 12 200 miles at 12 knots during the repairs the belfast's damaged power plant was completely replaced it was the same as on the other town-class cruisers the difference was in its location on the ship and the power produced according to the project the nominal output of the power plant was 82 500 horsepower but the calculation showed that the belfast's machine power should be decreased to 80 000 horsepower to work more efficiently these steam turbines are driven by the superheated steam that's generated in the boilers at 390 degrees centigrade and at 20 atmospheres this produces enough power to drive the ship weighing 14 000 tons through the water at 32 knots which is about 36 miles an hour or 58 kilometers an hour understanding the threat posed by german u-boats the british navy was constantly hunting for them [Music] to oppose enemy submarines belfast was equipped with a hydro acoustic system a load of depth charges and aircraft three walrus seaplanes were able to fight submarines apart from reconnaissance and fire adjustment tasks they could carry two normal or anti-submarine depth charges on each of their wing bomb racks and it was designed to be catapulted from between the funnels into the air and then go off and do its tasks its tasks were primarily a reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare but it was discovered very early on that actually the aircraft was very useful as a search and rescue aircraft [Music] now once the aircraft had actually finished its sortie it had to be recovered back on board on board the ship and one of the ways in which you could try and ensure that the water wasn't too rough for it to land on was for the ship to do an s maneuver which left a sort of hemisphere of smooth water onto which the aircraft could land once it landed the aircraft then had to taxi up alongside the ship and then be recovered clearly the pilot could not stop the engine until the telecast air gunner had actually hooked the the jib from the crane or the hook from the crane onto the aircraft so if you can imagine he was sitting up on top of here with the crane hook coming down towards him in a very rough sea waiting to hook it on with that propeller going around behind him a very dangerous job once it was hooked on the engine could be switched off and then the aircraft could be craned on board they wanted to do it as quickly as possible before the slick that they had created had actually dissipated and the water began to get rough again [Music] a warship is a complex system where the main function of its elements even the tiniest one is a successful accomplishment of the mission the british with their rich naval history managed to find a balance for all these elements in this military vehicle every detail on a warship from a gun to a sailor's mug was designed for victory when this ship was commissioned in august of 1939 it had a peacetime crew of 761 officers and men this was not enough to operate all four turrets so when war started the crew numbers went up to 950. they lived down here in what would look like a crowded accommodations but this was a standard format throughout the whole of the royal navy hammocks being hung up where they are above the tables this was a tradition that goes back about 300 years that they at under where they slept obviously the sailors needed feeding and this galley supplied over 2 000 meals a day it's part of the original ship and would provide meals for the sailors fish chips peas macaroni cheese jam roly-poly all these things would be cooked they sometimes during world war ii if a mine went off would cause a loud explosion underwater which would stun the fish and they would float to the surface if they could they would gather the fish up so that they would have fresh fish instead of the ones from the deep freezers since nelson's times the food ration in the british royal navy had not been diverse the food was substantial but if it remained unchanged for weeks even a small bar of chocolate or a jar of jam would be precious for any sailor however the real emporium of wonders on belfast was a ship kiosk where the sailors could purchase delicacies and everyday items we are in the naffi canteen the nafi is an organization that was invented or developed in 1921 by a team of volunteers who wanted to help the navy the army and the air force get things that they couldn't get on ship normally so things like beers sweets chocolates metal ribbons rulers pencils postcards anything that they weren't issued with and as a consequence it developed into an institution and became known by all the members of the british armed forces as the nafi the navy army air force institute which over the years of service on the ship become a great boost to the morale of the sailors there is a saying that perfectly describes military life an army marches on its stomach this rule was implicitly adhered to in the royal navy as well at action stations if they knew they were going to have a fight some the captains would um have the cooks prepare sandwiches so that they could eat where they were at their action stations whether it was by their guns or in the doctor's surgery the sick bay we have here is from the late 1950s 19 early 1960s and would have been similar to the one in 1930s during world war ii the conditions on the ship in the hospitals would be as modern as they could make it and the sailors would be better off in here normally than they would be in their own hammocks in times of war other parts of the ship especially the officers mess would be cleared of all the furniture and temporary operating tables like the one you can see behind me would have been established around the ship luckily casualties among belfast's crew were minimal during the war even after a bottom mine exploded next to her which could easily sink the ship with all her crew members only 21 people were injured and only one of them died later in hospital after repairs and modernization belfast became the flagship of the 10th cruiser squadron based at scarpa flow the main service areas for the ship were the waters of the norwegian and berent seas [Music] the two best light cruisers of the british royal navy have an interesting history belfast comes into commission hits a mine and becomes disabled for almost three years meanwhile hms edinburgh comes into service and fulfills the duties of both cruisers she scores convoys supports allied ships and fights against enemy submarines and aircraft unfortunately edinburgh was sunk with a valuable cargo of gold however belfast returns from the repair docks and takes up the torch what hadn't been accomplished by edinburgh was completed by belfast they complemented each other they were like twin sisters worthy of each other [Applause] when belfast came into service she was assigned the most important task in the royal navy which by the 20th century had already been performed for 300 years this task was to defend shipping routes and manage potential threats for transport ships as a true defender of commerce belfast escorted arctic convoys in the ussr and supported vessels carrying priceless cargo i was born in 1940 during the war and i always ever since i was a young person yeah i always wanted to join the navy and i read stories and when i was showing you to read the stories about the heroism of the russian convoys and other things on ships but i'm not sure what i was thinking about though on the convoys and about all right to say was it was rather rough it was rather cold and we survived but they never said much about it yeah i always thought i want to be i've got jordan over here i'm going to be brave like they are yeah so i do the rich history of sea battles and high qualification of british sailors were key factors for the great performance of the royal navy the british always acted in a reasonable way following thorough and elaborate plans the opportunity to display their courage and bravery was a great reward for british sailors the main task in the army or navy is fulfilling your mission no matter how many enemies you destroy sink or knock out you must fulfill your mission [Music] if german ships go peacefully by nobody will attack them but if they threaten the convoy the british despite the tremendous superiority of the germans attacked their heavy warships they did what they had to the germans were astonished and forced to retreat and the british didn't think themselves heroes they were just doing their duty a classic example of warring parties carrying out a mission was a sea battle that took place at north cape in december 1943 [Music] the german battleship scharnhorst accompanied by five destroyers was tasked with destroying a convoy that was her mission the convoy support ships including cruiser belfast were assigned a mission to defend the convoy at any cost [Music] the british attacked the enemy they didn't pause they didn't think about how to show their courage or perform heroic acts they fulfilled their duty of course they knew that the german heavy ship would destroy them but they had a mission defend the convoy and they attacked the enemy and fought for eight hours belfast and two other cruisers were chasing and attacking scharnhorst which was superior in terms of armament and armor until the main sea fleet with hms duke of york came to their raid the battle at north cape and the war for the entire atlantic ocean was won by the british the confrontation between great britain and germany during world war ii was severe however the united kingdom was the victor despite the high price they had to pay the memories of those sailors who endured the ordeal of the northern convoys are still honoured on belfast today [Music] the chapel on the ship was put here in the late 50s and 60s and is still in use the icon of admiral yushikov behind me is the connection between russia and this ship during world war ii in the arctic convoys families who have veterans from the navy that are dying have their ashes scattered sometimes from the back of the ship and they're allowed in the chapel so they can sit in peace and remember their loved ones [Applause] i joined belfast uh just after it came back off its world cruise when it came back in 62 this country wasn't going to be put into reserve but they gave it a reprieve and made it point as a flagship for home fleet by the early 1970s belfast was the only remaining british cruiser that participated in world war ii she was going to be sent to the shipbreaking yard like her fellow ships however thanks to the efforts of british veterans and those who were concerned about naval history cruiser belfast was saved and left as a memorial to the courage and bravery of british sailors today she holds pride of place at tower bridge in the heart of london i've had a very enjoyable life and i still am i'm still serving this yeah and so secretary of the association i don't think anybody can ask more than being able to do and achieve what a person wants to do and that's what i'm still doing [Music] destroyers are the fastest most maneuverable and stealthiest ship type in the game despite the fact that they don't have powerful guns or strong armor they can unleash a truly unpleasant surprise upon their enemies by ambushing them and attacking with powerful torpedoes in the next episode we're going to tell you about the last and only remaining travel class destroyer [Music] haida [Music] hamilton ontario is about 45 minutes southwest of toronto here can be found hmcs haida she's the last of the tribal class destroyers and is canada's naval legend [Music] [Music] if you had asked a canadian at the beginning of the 20th century to tell you about their country's navy which has more than 240 000 kilometers of coastline their answer would probably be no longer than this sentence at that time canada was the dominion of the british empire and the defense of its sea borders was entirely under the authority of whitehall the canadian navy didn't didn't exist until 1910 okay and then the first world war we had one old retired two old retired cruisers from the royal navy but they they did nothing he just served as uh depot ships basically a lot of it was do we even have to have a navy in the first place uh and there was a uh there was there was a big problem with all defense and actually in the 30s do we even need it and there wasn't really a goal wasn't a need seen for the canadian navy [Music] in the first half of the 1930s japan italy france and germany were reinforcing their navies with brand new destroyers carrying powerful artillery and torpedo armament of course great britain didn't want to be an outsider in this race in 1935 british engineers developed a destroyer that was able to successfully oppose the most powerful ships of this type at that time the japanese fubuki class destroyers it became known as the tribal class as soon as the royal navy received 16 tribals british dominions expressed their desire to obtain the newest destroyers as quickly as possible because the drums of the european war were already heard across the oceans canada mobilized one tenth of canada in 1939 a population of 12 million okay one we had one million men and women in uniform [Music] all of those people were volunteers all canadian combatants were volunteers so when you see those war graves in in normandy and in amsterdam in holland whatever or in italy those people were all volunteers [Music] during the war as the canadian navy grew mostly thanks to the addition of escort corvettes and frigates its area of responsibility also increased and in the end included the entire north atlantic each new ship even a modest minesweeper contributed to the combat capability of the allies at sea destroyer hyder was laid down at the end of september of 1941 at a british vickers armstrong shipyard the ship was commissioned two years later and was assigned to the metropolitan fleet [Music] specifications of destroyer hider length almost 115 meters beam more than 11 meters draft 3.96 meters total displacement 2 519 tons armament primary armament six mark 12 guns installed in three twin turrets caliber 120 millimeter mark 16 dual purpose guns in a twin mount caliber 102 millimeter anti-aircraft artillery a vickers mark 7 quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun pom-pom caliber 40 millimeter six twin oerlikon auto cannons caliber 20 millimeter mine and torpedo armament a quadruple torpedo launcher caliber 533 millimeter two mark iv mortars and the half depth charge release gear the ship carried 30 mines in reserve power plant three admiralty type boilers and two parsons geared steam turbines power 44 000 horsepower maximum speed 36 knots cruising range 5 700 miles at 15 knots [Music] haida's primary punch came from three twin 4.7 inch mounts this was very heavy firepower for a destroyer of the era they did come with a couple of advantages as a few german destroyers discovered but they also came with one significant disadvantage the elevation was limited to only about 40 degrees on these mounts in order to fix this what they did was they replaced the four sevens with twin four inch dual purpose mounts such as the ones behind me now these could elevate up to 85 degrees and thus engage aircraft as well as surface targets out to about 14 and a half kilometers from the very beginning designers of the tribal project put emphasis on reinforced artillery armament and planned to install five 120 millimeter twin turrets three on the bow and two on the aft the ship was conceived as a destroyer leader and it was intended to partially complete the objectives of a light cruiser supporting squadrons of allied destroyers defending the main forces of the fleet against enemy destroyer attacks and carrying out long-range reconnaissance and patrols one of the controversial design decisions when they're creating the tribals was that they decided to reduce the torpedo complement in favor of the gun batteries as a result the tribals were only equipped with a single quad mount for the 21 inch torpedoes and these will go about 5 miles at 45 knots the theory was that ordinarily the torpedo would be the main armament of a destroyer to sink ships but it turns out in practice hiatus kills were all done with gunfire the torpedoes were aimed from the bridge wings what would happen is once the trigger was pulled up there a signal was sent to fire this shell casing which has propellant the gases would then expand within the reservoir here push out the torpedo over the side of the ship because substantiates will go down and then off towards the target and each torpedo tube is labeled with a letter and what you do is you always fire the aft torpedo first because as the destroyer is moving you want to make sure that they don't hit each other of course having the ships are very well but they're not going to do very much without having the personnel to man them canada started off the war was basically a homeland defense force she had six destroyers a number of smaller vessels and a navy of about 1700 personnel they had great possibilities for promotion though because by the end of the war canada's navy had expanded to over 110 000 personnel and had the third largest amount of surface vessels in the world destroyer hyder began her combat career by escorting russian arctic convoys at the end of december 1943 the german battle cruiser sean horst tried to attack convoy jw 55b which was escorted by hyder among others however the destroyer did not have a chance to participate in the destruction of the german raider it was handled by her more heavyweight allies from the metropolitan fleet started the second world war canadian navy came under the control of the royal navy and they were controlled operated by basically controlled by the royal navy it wasn't until later on again as the canadian navy grew that we were looking for our own we again started became our own entity and to ourselves because of size and b because of where we were but by and large yes the canadian navy was very much treated as a colonials and second-class citizens except for again this ship um and the tribals these these were the the the the top top of the form and they bested the brits at doing the same thing in january 1944 hyder was assigned to the 10th destroyer flotilla which monitored the western part of the english channel on april 26 during a patrol her squadron discovered three german destroyers hyder and her sister ship athabascan engaged the german t29 which ended in the destruction of the latter one and a half months later roughly in the same area a battle took place in which hider made herself famous and brought glory to the entire royal canadian navy the 9th of the 9th of june 1944 saw haida partake in a rather spirited and very chaotic fight against the eighth destroyed fatilla of the german navy the eighth was a small force consisting of three destroyers two narviks a captured dutch ship and a torpedo boat whilst the tenth destroyer flotilla of which haida was apart consisted of two four ship divisions the nineteenth was mainly inexperienced vessels and the twentieth was shall say the eighteen they had been told to intercept a german force which is known to be approaching the western approaches of the english channel and sure enough and contact was made at about seven miles the german destroyers spotted the allied ships first when they became highlighted by the moonlight the germans launched 12 torpedoes but their adversaries managed to dodge them an artillery battle broke out and the allies had total fire superiority ida and huron concentrated fire on z24 and quickly achieved success almost the entire above water part of the ship was destroyed and set ablaze the enemy attempted to flee under the cover of a smokescreen the flagship z32 continued fighting against tatar and ashanti on her own and took three hits z32 turned right to put some distance between her and the allies ashanti rushed after her at this moment the damaged zh1 became visible in the dissipating smoke her artillery quickly opened fire on tata but ashanti arrived in time and torpedoed the motionless ship the torpedo explosion tore the zh1's bow away ashanti kept firing on the german destroyer at 240 zh1 exploded and sank later that night canadian destroyers were sweeping the area and stumbled across the heavily damaged z32 fleeing from them z32 was driven ashore on the eelger bats where in the morning she was finished off by british beaufighter aircraft the allies managed to destroy two german destroyers and damaged two more after the successful battle on june the 9th 1944 hyder and her allies continued to complete missions aimed at removing enemy ships from coastal waters during the fighting in the english channel haida had a couple of advantages called radar in fact she had three of them she had firstly a gunnery radar this was accurate enough to spot fall of shot both outbound and inbound much the consternation of the operators she had warning combined which is a fairly reliable radar although it was well known to the germans and so the british and canadians didn't like to use it unless contact was joined and finally she had warning surface which was a pretty reliable radar which would detect a destroyer-sized target at about nine miles all of these will prove vital in the night fighting in the english channel despite the fact that the german surface fleet was virtually non-existent by the end of june 1944 the naval war went on the more success the allies achieved in the land operations the more desperately and fiercely german submarines opposed them at sea the time-honored method of dealing with an enemy submarine will be the depth charge usually mounted on rails at the stern of the ship or maybe fired off the side with k guns the problem was that in order to hit your target you had to go directly over it which meant a that you lost contact and b you actually had to be accurate enough to do it the end replacement of it however was the squid mortar haida received her squids in the 1950s update they replaced both the depth charge rails and the aft gun now the advantage of squid was it was adjustable in range no longer did you have to ride over your target in order to sync it they were fired automatically by means of a simple electrical connection attached to the sonar system inside the ship haida has a yubo kill to recredit u971 in 1944 as haida was protecting the western approaches to the english channel during the invasion of france overall the royal canadian navy developed a reputation for asw excellence they sank about 30 u-boats and in the post-war period they became the de facto asw force for nato during world war ii the number of people in the canadian navy grew almost 70 times and in all those years canadian sailors developed their own understanding of naval service which was slightly different from the traditions of the british royal navy [Music] an interesting event in canadian naval history happened in 1949 with what are known as the canadian mutinies the word is a little bit strong for what happened not least because the captain of athabascan accidentally on purpose left his cover on top of the written list of demands from the junior sailors so he never officially saw anything this happened on a couple of ships about the same time not hideout should be noted and what it really was was more of a sit-down protest pending an airing of grievances and this came down to something of a cultural difference between north americans and people from england where north american people we tend to be a little bit more independent shall we say we'd like to know why would i have a little bit more consideration shall we say from up above instead of simply being told you're going to do this when you like it or lump it the officers were more steeped in the tradition of the royal navy the british navy which perhaps was a little bit more autocratic at the end result of this it all worked out fairly well is that the canadian navy devolved new policies which took greater concern of the requirements shall we say of the junior enlisted sailors some people in the canadian government believed that this incident was inspired by communist ideas but this opinion was completely unjustified moreover the destroyer was soon sent to southeast asia to fight against the red menace again the ship was converted to the way it is now the arm was all changed upgraded in 1951 and this is the way the ship was when i went to korea in 1952. and that's where cat uh haida became famous um when it joined what they call the train busters club this was a method of trying to destroy north koreans uh trains that ran along the coast at night and it ran at night figuring they couldn't be seen so they ran across it became a contest invented by the u.s navy to see if they could destroy these trains train buster um in the history of the train busters club there were 25 trains destroyed height is second and train busting with with two and a half haida's record has always been superb uh gunnery superb gun reactions in fact the current canadian navy trophy uh for gunnery expertise is named after hyde it's a hydra trophy for gunnery excellence [Music] during her second tour of duty in the yellow sea in 1954 haida patrolled korean shores supervising the implementation of the ceasefire treaty supported by the united nations this was the first example of what we call today a peacekeeping mission 10 years before this notion was introduced and became widely used ida reprised this role during the suez crisis of 1956 the ship retired in october 1963 because again the life of a warship is basically 20 years and again at that time the canadian navy was expanded then expanding you're building completely different types of ships and again the men that were needed on the tribals were needed to man other ships so the tribals were scrapped it was that time that a next naval person neil bruce decided that it'd be try to preserve the ship as a as canada's greatest ship and just preserve it as tribal and they were successful in that an organization was formed uh hide incorporated and they acquired the ship in from crown assets in 1964. um they bought it for us a huge sum at that time 20 thousand dollars it existed there as a museum naval uh um you know national historic site if you asked a canadian today to tell you about their country's navy which has more than 240 000 kilometers of coastline then you would definitely hear a long story full of brilliant victories and heroic names especially haida a destroyer of the royal canadian navy [Music] while helming carriers players can act as squadron commanders and pilots several types of aircraft attack aircraft bombers and torpedo bombers the heroes of the next episode are the pacific champions heavy essex class aircraft carriers representatives of the most numerous carrier series in history let's watch they were designed to be the best they met enemies face to face endured tragedies and enjoyed victories they went down in history due to the bravery of their crews they are the ships that deserve to be called naval legends [Music] in this episode the aviation of essex class aircraft carriers terror of the pacific ocean [Music] the outcome of battles in the pacific ocean during world war ii didn't depend on the primary armament of mighty battleships anymore often opposing ships didn't make a single artillery salvo and couldn't even see one another through binoculars [Music] pearl harbor the bombing of tokyo the clash of aircraft carriers in the coral sea the main characters in these operations were the carrier aviation in the first year of the war the japanese army achieved a number of significant victories and captured almost all of southeast asia while the imperial fleet was dominating in the pacific ocean [Music] imagine a small island country controls a territory 17 times bigger than its own and with a population five times greater however it's one thing to conquer it's another thing to retain it in the summer of 1942 the japanese suffered a crushing defeat in the battle of midway it's after this victory that the americans started active offensive actions japan manufactured 18 aircraft carriers over the course of the war not counting those commission before the war meanwhile the u.s economy could accommodate the construction of 150 aircraft carriers essex-class aircraft carriers became the main striking force of the u.s navy and were pivotal in the war in the pacific [Music] the air group of essex-class ships consisted of four squadrons reconnaissance bomber and torpedo bomber squadrons had 18 aircraft each the fighter squadron was reinforced and had 36 aircraft instead of 18. it was a timely decision these were the fighters who gradually started to win in the pacific skies [Music] in the early years of the war the primary aircraft of the u.s carrier aviation with the dawn plus dive bombers and the wild cat fighter planes they showed good performance but became obsolete by the beginning of 1943 and needed to be replaced modern avenger torpedo bombers were the first to appear on the flight decks and in the hangars of essex class carriers gruman tbf stroke tbn avenger torpedo bomber maximum takeoff weight 8286 kilograms engine power 1900 brake horsepower maximum speed 444 kilometers per hour armament two times m2 machine guns caliber 12.7 millimeters one times n2 machine gun in the upper turret caliber 12.7 millimeters one times m1919 machine gun in the lower turret caliber 7.62 millimeters a torpedo or bomb load up to 908 kilograms including eight times 127 millimeter hvar rockets it was a very effective airplane and a good demonstration of one of the advantages the u.s navy had over our adversary the japanese in that second world war not only could we produce more aircraft carriers but we could produce more aircraft and with the design of the folding wings as you see on the tbm avenger we were able to carry more airplanes on each ship because of that it provided extra space for us to to carry more aircraft and that way we could be we could outnumber our adversaries in combat i never got to fly one i always thought it was one of the most beautiful airplanes the navy ever built and as a youngster i used to make models of all the airplanes that they had and this is one of the prominent models that i have [Music] avengers took their rightful place on aircraft carriers while the obsolete dauntless and wild cat planes were replaced by the helldiver dive bombers and the hellcat fighter planes gruman f6f hellcat fighter plane maximum takeoff weight 6990 kilograms engine power 2250 brake horsepower maximum speed 611 kilometers per hour armament six times m2 machine guns caliber 12.7 millimeters two times 227 kilograms bombs and six times 127 millimeters hvar rockets the hellcat was the most mass-produced fighter plane of the us naval aviation during world war ii u.s engineers installed a more powerful engine than the one found on the previous model the wildcat thus improving the flight characteristics the new fighter had greater maneuverability speed as well as fuel and ammunition capacity [Music] in the last two years of the war hellcats shot down more than 5000 japanese aircraft contributing to two-thirds of all victories of the u.s carrier aviation in dogfights the f6f has one of the best ratios of victory to losses in the pacific 19 to 1. that means that for every hellcat lost 19 japanese aircraft were destroyed the helldiver was the most ambiguous plane of the essex's carrier aviation curtis sb2c helldiver scout bomber maximum takeoff weight 7553 kilograms engine power 1900 brake horsepower maximum speed 474 kilometers per hour armament two times mark two cannons caliber 20 millimeters twin mount m1919 machine gun in the upper turret caliber 7.62 millimeters total bomb load up to 908 kilograms including eight times 127 millimeter hvar rockets this aircraft wasn't easy to handle the landing gear legs of these machines would literally collapse the moment they touched the flight deck while breaking barriers failed to catch them [Music] when a hell diver was going to land all personnel were removed from the deck the explanation is quite simple this aircraft had quite poor flight characteristics especially when landing on a moving deck in addition it would often lose its ammunition which didn't add to its reliability that's why when the aircraft initially began service the u.s sailors nicknamed it the big tailed beast [Music] however helldivers had some noteworthy advantages they were fast for a bomber and were able to sustain serious damage the shortcomings were fixed in the later versions but the pilots kept their prejudice against helldivers until the end of the war [Music] the f4u corsair fighter bomber was the last to appear on essex class aircraft carriers vort f4u corsair fighter bomber maximum takeoff weight 6654 kilograms engine power 2100 brake horsepower maximum speed 721 kilometers per hour armament six times m2 machine guns caliber 12.7 millimeters two times 227 kilograms bombs and eight times 127 millimeters hvar rockets the enemy nicknamed it whistling death when the aircraft was diving it produced a sound that scared japanese soldiers to death thanks to excellent speed characteristics corsairs took the initiative in battle and became one of the best combat aircraft of world war ii and the greatest threat to the japanese army and fleet the f4u corsair played a key role in world war ii as a fighter aircraft and its gull wing design that everyone is so familiar with was necessary so that it could operate both on carriers and be effective in the air in fact it became a cornerstone of air-to-air combat in world war ii and then again in the korean war that was its primary era of effectiveness it was soon replaced by other aircraft uh into the 1950s but when it came to world war ii and korea the corsair was a main aircraft in the air-to-air combat every flight operation had difficulties for us pilots of the carrier aviation on top of combat against strong adversaries pilots had to show their skill during takeoff and landing aircraft could be sent on missions in bad weather or at night night time was a kind of a nightmare it was of course dark we only had red lights operating on the on the flight deck so that our eyes didn't dilate and on this ship it required movement of the aircraft which was rather unusual as our operations day would begin they would take half the air group put them on the flight deck at the rear fill them all with gasoline bombs and rockets and ammunition and then they would start them up and taxi forward and then they would launch them as soon as they were launched they would bring up the other half of the air group position them at the back fill them with gasoline bombs rockets and ammunition then start their engines have them taxi forward and then launch and usually just as the last one was launching the original group that went was coming back to land on board after they landed then it was necessary to taxi forward and park the airplanes along the on the side of the flight deck in a parallel position and then after everybody had recovered from the launch then all of those airplanes were moved to the rear using tractors and then they were refueled got new bombs and rockets and so forth this went on for 12 hours a day and you can imagine what a what a surface this became on the flight [Music] it was very very dangerous the people who worked here were very young men but and they did a very dangerous job and they did it did a very good job of it too air groups of essex class carriers had their baptism of fire during the raid on marcus island on august the 31st 1943 during that time the us military strategy consisted in a systematic removal of the japanese from the conquered territories the task force's aircraft were destroying japanese aviation at airfields demolishing defensive fortifications on islands and attacking the enemy fleet when it tried to interfere with the troops landing as a result of these local operations the japanese army was diminishing by the minute in the summer of 1944 during two days of battle in the philippine sea u.s pilots of aircraft carriers from task force 58 destroyed more than 90 of all japanese carrier aviation [Music] by the spring of 1945 the us fleet was reinforced with another five new essex class ships the japanese had nothing that could oppose them [Music] the u.s carrier aviation sank five battleships including both super battleships first musashi and then yamato they also sank 11 aircraft carriers 14 cruisers and many other enemy ships that's when the japanese command turned to their last resort to change the situation in the sky over the pacific ocean the spirit wind became the main enemy of the us fleet is translated from the japanese as the spirit wind meaning the wind that must crush the enemies of japan battles in the philippine sea made it obvious that the training of japanese pilots is much worse than that of their u.s counterparts apart from that the united states were producing far more aircraft in japan under these circumstances the japanese command decided to bring back the spirit wind tactics which could help them prevail over the united states at this end they recruited conscripts that could barely fly an aircraft they had a single mission take off in a plane stuffed with explosives and fly it into an enemy ship however not only inexperienced pilots participated in such attacks rear admiral arima aimed as plane of the u.s aircraft carrier franklin essex-class heavy aircraft carriers remain their main targets kamikazes could act individually in pairs or even in large squadrons during the last year of the pacific war they succeeded in damaging eight essex-class ships however it didn't have a significant influence on the balance of force not a single aircraft carrier was sunk even the seriously damaged uss franklin cv-13 and uss bunker hill cv 17 were able to get to the pearl harbor base without assistance [Music] august of 1945 the u.s carrier aviation delivered mass air strikes on the japanese territory the last ships of the once mighty imperial japanese navy were destroyed at the kure naval base [Music] u.s historians call essex class aircraft carriers pacific champions and masters of the pacific ocean pilots of the u.s carrier aviation shot down more than 9000 enemy aircraft in dogfights and almost half of them are attributed to planes launched from essex-class ships the powerful u.s economy crushed and broke the aggressive samurai spirit by the end of the war and the essex-class ships air groups made a very important contribution to the victory of the united states in the pacific ocean [Music] thank you all for watching to activate a bonus code log into the game's website see you for the next episode on september 13th the most important part come visit our celebratory stream dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the game on september 17th you

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Length: 81min 15sec (4875 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 10 2020