warspite1 -> RE: Youtube - Drachinifel on Naval History (7/7/2019 4:25:21 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Zorch I would like to recommend the many, many excellent videos produced by Drachinifel. Being British, he tends to be something of an apologist for the Royal Navy, and to subtlety nitpick other navies. Or am I just taking an American view of events? I know Warspite will have an opinion. warspite1 I don't have an opinion because I've never heard of the guy. But I would be interested to know why you feel he is an apologist and in what way he nitpicks about others. Do you have any specific examples I can watch? Watch anything involving the RN. Such as the Prince of Wales video. I'm not saying he's not good, just that he takes a very British view. warspite1 Well I just watched the PoW video and it's interesting enough as an overview of her career. I'm not really sure what the issue is in terms of him being an RN apologist though (albeit based on that one video). You would, wouldn't you? warspite1 No not at all - as my posts on these forums will confirm. I don't read history so someone can tell me their country never did anything wrong and were always the best and, and...... [>:] I didn't see a great deal wrong about that video on the PoW and no one has said what the guy has done that is so 'wrong'. I'll look at the Bismarck one you've suggested. I'm just a Yankee chauvinist, I guess. warspite1 But I genuinely don't understand. I've just watched the Bismarck video. It refers to the Iowas vs the Bismarck (and mentions the South Dakota and North Carolina classes) - all of which are compared favourably to the Bismarck (the Iowas particularly so) so I don't know what you stating you are an 'American chauvinist' means here. I think I'm missing something. Equally, he refers to the German excellent gunnery destroying the Hood and seeing off the PoW in short order. He criticises the Bismarck design in ways that have become standard (although doesn't mention the lack of DP guns) and not controversial. Please let me know what I'm missing because I didn't see in the 7 minute overview where the bias toward the RN was - and certainly didn't see why an American would have an issue with regard to the representation of 'their' ships.
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