Arcadiagt5Somewhat unsurprisingly the 12 ships of the Mutsuki class, which preceded the Fubuki (aka the “mother of modern destroyers”) were all lost in WWII, with none even surviving to 1945… #Drachinifel #FiveMinuteGuide
(There’s at least 2 just in #IronbottomSound…)
Becca"as useful as a chocolate teapot" 🤣
Time for a #drachinifel #5minuteGuide … USS Farragut
BTW, obligatory “DO YOU SEE TORPEDO BOATS?” #Drachinifel #Kamchatka
I do quite like the BBC’s History Undone channel, partly because they get #Drachinifel on fairly regularly as a guest. Here talking about Tsushima… (yes, yes, Russia Cannot Into Navy, we all know this, but what if they COULD)… https://youtu.be/EB_rSJ6e-yQ?si=a_azDlCwScsZLtBE
What if Russia had WON the Battle of Tsushima? No Pearl Harbor & a totally different WWI
#Drachinifel doesn’t ALWAYS, or even often, go THIS far back in maritime history, but it’s usually pretty interesting when he does. :) https://youtu.be/KOw7HBHEDAc?si=Vsk6aFmZji8HMBPE
Leif Ericsson's Ship - Guide 483
I do, however, think that it’s fine to massively criticise Beatty’s idiocies with the Battlecruisers leading up to and at Jutland… #Drachinifel
The #drachinifel video in question, which closes with some interesting remarks re the (relatively) aberrant nature of the Iowa’s design… https://youtu.be/CgWtnSIDyUs?si=YOwIjNjxUwSZGn1B
