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Plan Z Video Published + Updates!
🕑 Added 2019-06-24 15:48:44 +0000 UTCHello everyone!
As you can see above, the video on Plan Z has now been published after a longer than normal development time. This was mainly due to me being away during much of June, first on a work trip to Stockholm and then a holiday to Seville.
This video was for me about tying up a few loose ends, discussing some interesting things about the RN's and Kriegsmarine's preparations for World War 2 that I hadn't previously touched on. In particular the strange dance where both sides seemed to plan for a completely different war, making almost the same wrong assumptions about what would be important.
Another important point I wanted to highlight was just how safe ships in convoy were in relative terms- it was those that remained unescorted that were mauled.
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The next video is to be on the 1944/45 Siege of Budapest, as part of hungarian-themed collaboration on Hungary. This topic *may* be split into two videos, with the first (or only) one being published on 27th July.
Outside of that I have some work done towards a video on the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in 1918 and its subsequent scuttling- sadly I missed the 100th anniversary of the latter event without realising it this month.
I am also still reading up on D-Day in prep for the long-awaited series on this, and am looking for books at the moment on Greece 1940/41. I will be doing a poll to decide which topic gets priority after Budapest, so stay tuned for that!
Comments
Ah apologies for that- I will correct for the next video
Michael Rück
Hi, just a quick side note: I think I appear twice in the patreons-list at the end of your videos. I appear in the Petty Officer list (written correctly but in the wrong tier) and again in the Chief petty officer list (misspelled but in the correct tier). PS: loved the episode
Yeah I am thinking a first part covering events up until the encirclement of the city, and then a second part for events after that point might balance nicely. Thanks for the comment :)
Thank you for the update, its great to see more of your video's I really enjoy them and find them fascinating. If my two pence will make much of a difference a two part piece on the siege of Budapest would be amazing. It's a story which is overshadowed by other larger events and I feel worth being told right. Cheers, keep up the great work.
