Evolution of German Aircraft | Animated History
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Since you guys branched out the "who would win" thing to tanks, maybe you can do the same for RAF vs VVS
German went try hard on education
my grandfather actually was a ww2 hero : in one day he singlehandedly destroyed 4 fighters, 2 bombers and a stuka. easily the worst mecanic the luftwaffe ever had.
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Nice he’s must be an ace of a mechanic
Idk It sounds false, they were death machines
Cap
Fun fact, the body of the ME262 jet fighter was manufactured in my primary school. That's not a joke, the building has since been replaced, but when i was in school we were still in that old half run down building that was the exact place the planes were built. It was a concentration camp which was partially destroyed, and when the war ended the refugees needed a place to stay, so they never demolished the still standing buildings. Eventually it was turned into a school, and in the 2000s it was still standing.
"KOOL"
Wow, where was ur school?
@@phonexlegend69420Grundschule Neutraubling, KZ-Außenlager Obertraubling, near Regensburg.
Dang. That’s such amazing history, I real;y would love to see it soon.
@@TheMrGameszocker thanks, just googled it, wow!
1:54 This is exactly why I love the German language
“Enter the fucker” 💀💀💀
@@twentyfirstpilot142 nine dicker
Actually, fokker is Dutch and a Dutch surname. It literally means breeder. Anthony Fokker was from the Netherlands, before you ask yourself what Dutch is.
Anthony Fokker, who created the Fokker company, was Dutch.
19:18 I bet it would be terrifying to see a flying panzer 6 tiger
4:23 Actually incendiary bullets did not do anything either, because fires can not start in a 100 fuel environment. It was explosive rounds that could shred large areas of the zeppelin, which allowed oxygen to get in, and in turn allow fires.
I was wondering surely zein would be useless and all bullets would be able to shoot down the zeppelin easily but this makes much more sense.
Haha..and we use an oxygen bomb on them..no explosive just liquid oxygen
That’s very interesting to know, thank you Mr. Maxwell.
Actually You are wrong these did work,
@@liamanderson5703 Yes, they did work. What ultimately worked was loading alternating explosive and incendiary bullets. Explosive bullets would make the holes causing the oxygen to mix with the hydrogen and then the incendiary bullets would ignite the mixture causing the fires.
After the evolution of uniforms and tanks videos, one about aircraft is what I wanted to see next. So glad my wish came true! I hope to see the evolution of British, American, French, Japanese, Italian, Russian/Soviet aircraft in the future.
evolution of ships next
oh god i can already see the shitshow the japanese and soviet would bring. constant conflict between the army and navy with the japanese. the fact having a plane perform poorly would result in you and your whole team being purged by stalin himself... god am gonna love the shitshow this will bring.
@@lasagnaman6117 ooo yes
@keep rollin Reported for unwanted spam.
@@lasagnaman6117 It sounds like an excellent idea. However, videos on those topics would be exceptionally long considering the number of different ship types in navies and that they've existed for a much longer time than uniforms, tanks, and aircraft. It could work better if focused on one ship type (frigates, destroyers, cruisers etc.) per video, or only including vessels from the 19th century until today.
10:30 A10: who are you? That stuka: im you but older
W name
10:09 oh hey it's me :D
Can I get your autograph?
@@lsgmatt9817 sure :D
@@sturzkampfflugzueg MY GOD THANKS MY GRANPA IS A HUGE FAN OF YOU HE ALMOST LOST A LEG TO :D
@@lsgmatt9817 woa :D
Fun Fact: The BF 109 is one of the most produced fighter aircraft of all time, with the last variant used by the Spanish all the way up to the 1950s!
Albeit with the Merlin engine, turning it to a 109 with nose tumor
It's the Soviet Yak
If you mean fighter aircraft then that’s the MiG-21
@@polarbear6479 Il-2*
@@marinandrei1679 SU-3
"The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly" - Friedrich Nietzsche
And now we have satellites hehe. Literally being able to track someone’s every move without ever being able to see the object tracking you (I.E. you can’t distinguish it’s focal point). Kind of insane when you think about it.
Nietzsche was fucking based.
@@natowaveenjoyer9862 if by based your mean the lifetime equivalent of an edgy 16 yo, then ye ig.
"Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes"
@@hivaladeen4892 who is "we"?
Absolutely love this! One SLIGHT correction at 7:31 the aircraft you're depicting is a 109 G-10, the K-4 had a fully retractable tailwheel.
+1% aerodynamics.
Slight correction: only the K-4 variant had a fully retractable tailwheel; K-2 and K-6 had fixed tailwheels.
he said it's a 109
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@@conboi124 He in fact said "109 K"
I miss the Messerschmitt Me 323(Gigant-biggest cargo plane in WWII) and the Bo 105 which was a long time the multirole Helicopter of the Bundeswehr(attack, scout and cargo-is currently in usage by aerobatics).
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5:07 Germany was prohibited by the treaty of Versailles to even comission any military planes. The Weimar Republic had a tech cooperation treaty with the equally shunned Soviet Union to at least somewhat keep up with developments and when the Nazis took power they started a covert rearmament programme right off the bat, commissioning the Heinkel He-51 biplane in 1934 (like many planes of the early 30s pretty much still a WW1 design with 1930s Tech Level) which was quickly replaced by the much more advanced Messerschmitt Bf-109. So it's not true to say Germany modernized its WW1 air forces to the BF-109. Its WW1 Air forces were entirely demobilized, decommissioned and mostly destroyed in 1919.
Yeah, that part raised my eyebrows a bit as well.
Kinda wish he'd showed the planes the BF 109 competed against, would make for a more in-depth look into designs that the Luftwaffe were looking for then as well. What we got was good, but just a little bit more would've been nice
The Versailles Treaty banned Germany from having anything Aviation-related. Every single Airplane Engine had to be destroyed. If it wasn't for England and America taming France, the Versailles Treaty would even have banned anything industrious, returning Germany to the 18th Century.
16:21 Warthunder players : We know..
16:40 it translates to ´fighter of the people´
I really loved the evolution series, really pleased of all the contents! You deserve at least 10M subs.
The plane the Germans were required to turn over at the end of World War I was the Fokker D-7 not the D-4. I really enjoy your work, thanks.
Sorry if this sounds dumb but was the last comment sarcastic or not
@@bingbong7238 no
@@andrewswift2727 oh ok
The "Fokker DIV" mistake earns this channel a "Dark Skies" medal. The dreaded Pot Metal Stalhelm with Bully Beef can clusters!;) This a 1916 vintage Fokker DIV: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.IV Your illustration shows an early 1918 vintage Fokker DVII: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.VII
they turned it over to who? I didn't watch the video just headed straight to the comments 😂😂
That you didnt mention the Zeppelin Staaken R6 "Riesenflugzeug" is a bit disappointing while that is somewhat forgivable, skipping over the Junkers 88 is close to a war crime
He skipped so many aircraft including the DO335 the fastest propeller plane during the war, the me-163a, b and c versions, the me-263, the Me-262 HG I and HG II of which one prototype was documented to be produced. The Ho-229 which didn't see combat, but was still tested in test flights with one of the pilits dying in a crash. He also missed the Ju-188 and Ju-288 bombers aswell as the Ju-287 Jet bomber. The Arado-234 b and c versions all the way upto the c5 twin engine jet bomber was also missed.
@@cqpp Do 335 only had few prototypes and never saw any combat service, of course it should have had a mention in the video
@@cqpp maybe he didn't mentioned them because the lack of those planes being used maybe?
Since he also mentioned US's exported aircraft in Germany, I am disappointed with the exclusion of F-4, especially the with ICE program.
@@cqpp average war thunder player thinking they know it all
really loves the series and Im looking forward for the other nations that you will do next, I would love to see Ships in the near future !
19:33 if u didn’t know the thing that’s spinning on top is NOT a radar it is the optics for the gunner the tiger does in fact not have a radar
Actually the Eurocopter Tiger does have radar and laser detection systems it’s the. EADS’s AN/AAR 60 MILDS missile launch detection system. It is also armed with flares and chaff dispensers.
The He 111 was a great bomber when it had fighter cover. It also had a very sturdy airframe and could take a beating. They where still used on the Eastern front up until 1944. Im suprised you mention the Do 217 in stead of the Ju 88 as they Ju 88 was the most common bomber the Germans had.
217 was a good bomber but the best and most used german one was the 88. Served throughout the whole war.
Bombers are great if they have support because the Rear gunners cannot Face everywhere.
I think that since he already mentioned the JU87, there was no need to. According to what I've learnt, the JU87 and JU88 were pretty similar, both in aspect and function. Also I'm Kesselring one of the main commanders of the Luftwaffe
@@albertkesselring7768 The Ju 88 was used as level and dive bomber (latter being the same as the Ju 87) so you're right in that point. To the other parts the 88 was used tho, it is not comparible to the Ju 87 as the Ju 88 was also for example used as a heavy fighter, reconaissance aircraft and heavy night fighter. In my opinion, the Ju 88 should have also been in the video as it is not very similar to the 87 in many of its roles.
@@albertkesselring7768 cmon Albert kesselring! You of all people should know the difference between your own aircraft!! Jokes aside, the JU-88 was a proper heavy bomber. The JU-87 was something more of an early strike fighter. Look them up you’ll see a visible difference in what they look like
These episodes are my favorite, I love them, can’t wait for the next, maybe another country’s evolution of aircraft
@we will shut up
Britain i think would be good
@@bomb8149 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Oldest airforce in the world, would only be fitting.
@@averagejoe8358 I guess you could call it the oldest airforce but you could also say alll other country’s started using planes at the same time
@we will it's a bait boys don't fall for it cmon ik you're smarter than this
It may have already been mentioned, but the Fokker aircraft that stood out at the end of the was was not the D.IV (4) but the Fokker D.VII (7). It was, as you mentioned, an outstanding aircraft, and even saw combat after WWI during the Polish-Soviet war in 1919.
Love the new in-flight aircraft animation style! Good job, The Armchair Historian team!
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Long awaited, the Armchair Historian delivers once more!
New serises
@we will stfu This is just a religion thing
The fact that the german air force was able to cloak their aircrafts invinsible during D-Day is amazing. It was if they don't exist at all.
Haha, I had to think of a joke: if you See a silver plane its American, if it is black its british, if you See nothing at all its the Luftwaffe ^^
@@CptInside Luftwaffe 1944-45 be like:
Keep in mind that Germany used almost all their war machine on the Eastern front. And also many people didn't know that Germany was outnumbered even on Western front
Fun fact: There were 2 Luftwaffe planes that manage to do a strafe run in Gold or Sword Beach i think But i get the joke 😂
@@CptInside Know it already but still funny af🤣
The Luftwaffe also operated the Vietnam war F-4 Phantom. Great video as always.
Interesting. Could you give some sources?
Great work on these guys. Thank you!
The evolution of German naval vessels would be great.
Less great than a similar video about British Naval vessels of course !
@@sminkycorp Japanese Navy reigns supreme.
Mostly U boats.
@@sminkycorp as a German I can totally support that. at least since after the war our boats are rather meh.
Really enjoyed this video, thank you! Interesting facts about the German F-104G, Tornado, Eurofighter Typhoon and Eurocopter Tiger. With the Me-262, the best place for Allied fighters to shoot it down was on landing as the 262 lacked dive brakes and had to fly many miles downwind just to slow down enough to drop the landing gear and flaps. One quick note: 3:19, that's actually a Fokker D7
Amazingly well done videos. I enjoy so much the history of military development.
The former Military Airport in Memmingen has a F104G on Display. Saw it today and I gotta say: its one of the most beautiful pieces of aircraft I ever saw
Can't wait to see more of these, keep it up!
I loved this video! Cant wait for the potential evolution of Japanese aircraft!
Kamikaze pilots😳
guys your art direction goes from strength to strength as time goes on. Beautiful visuals
Being a massive fan of aviation, this was awesome to see! Thank you!
You got my favorites on the cover. Dr.I, Bf 109, and Tornado. Gotta admit though, I do love the Albatross, Fw 190, and the Me 262.
i love this new series i hope to see the other countries such as japan, USA or even Russian as aircraft are unique in their own way and seeing them fly is like a work of art
THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME IDEA!! Great video!
Oh my god, this is incredible. Go on with all these types of videos. You’re the best nowadays, continue like this!! Support from Italy 🇮🇹
Maybe we can see an Italian aircraft video too
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 would be amazing
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 yeah, the G.55 Centauro for example was the best Axis fighter of the war. For example. Our Macchi series of fighters was some of the best fighters ever made and the MC 205 was comparable to American P51 Mustang. It would be interesting to see what this channel says about the planes of those who invented aerial warfare.
3:25. That's the Fokker D.VII that was tested by the Red Baron (he didn't like it), made in large numbers, only saw 10 months of service, and was handed over to the allies. Only 44 Fokker D.IV were built, and that was in 1916.
I wonder how this mistake could be made. D.IV (D-4) and D.VII (D-7) do not look alike.
I mean knowing the armchair historian as a creator who only really goes into base-level details, it was sad to see the mistake but it wasn't surprising.
@@addylandzaat8080 roman numerals misreading…
@@yancourtemanche5183 Hmmm, if you're dyslexic you could mistake VI for IV I guess. But IV for VII? And a lot of sources use Arabic numerals.
Please continue this series!
6:52 that animation is so beautiful!
Great to see the improved animations this time on aircraft. They feel almost alive!
Always love your videos!!!! One of my most favorite history channels of all time!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!
Same
Beautifully depicted! Great job
Always loved your videos this is the greatest channel to learn history in my opinion
My favorite German aircraft was the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet a funny looking aircraft with deadly weapons but the problem was the aircraft was too hard to control which caused a lot of crashes
And that the rocket fuel dissolved its pilots
@@nzwotb2525 Not when they wore a suit to protect against it
@@adibar9066 I am talking about the fuel used in it
@@adibar9066 If the fuel touched oil on the ground it would lead to an explosion
I think you should do British aircraft next. As it literally has the oldest airforce in the world, I think it would be fitting. Edit: To all those who wanna present their air forces as the oldest, even though they were controlled by the army at the time, please stop.
@keep rollin Clicked on it once, stop fucking spamming it. Nobody click this league of legends player's link.
Wouldn't the French take the trophy on that? The Royal Flying Corps became active in 1912 while the French Army started employing aircraft in a military role in 1909.
@keep rollin ratio
@@startrekmike True, although France really only used the Air Force for experimental. They only started producing aircraft in 1914
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Great video, looking forward to your next videos❣❣
Brilliant work sir, most enjoyable.
4:39 Gotha Co Fast :D
I wish you included more on helicopters here. Ww2 gave rise to some interesting experimental helicopters that even saw very limited use.
amazing visuals and great video
My grandfather was known for taking down 16 individual Nazi aircrafts during WW2... some say he was quite possible the worst mechanic Germany ever had
Would love to see this on the Swedish Air Force since it has alot of interesting designs
french tanks next please? i think they are incredibly unique and interesting.
Somua hotchkiss and renault
They also have a pretty bad rep regarding WWII which isn't really deserved. The tanks were actually not that bad and the Germans put them to use later. The command structure and general planning OTOH...
@@kaltaron1284 yeah their tanks were pretty good
@BloxyHD In some ways. Mainly armour. Communication and tactics on the other hand...
@BloxyHD not in terms of firepower
Crazy how much work are in these Videos respect
I love the flying animation how the aircraft loosely float around at 6:15
7:50 VOLDEMORT?
As a war thunder player, i am astonished
the animations are getting better everytime
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Hey, you guys should do an "evolution of x military unit" series at some point. Like division level units. For example, my great grandfather served in the 34th infantry division in ww2, it would be super cool to see an animated history of that unit. When did they get founded? What battles did they fight in throughout history? Are there any notable medals awarded to members of that unit? Does that unit still exist in the modern military? And you could even break it out further and do other countries division level units as well.
A lot of units get created/disbanded all the time, you would be hard pressed to find a unit that has continuously existed since WW1
@@PhilipFry. There a few, but they're rare. I think the oldest unit in America is the 3rd infantry regiment which was created in 1784. There's also the 7th infantry regiment which has fought in more campaigns than any other unit and was created in 1812.
@@PhilipFry. 1st US marine division was activated In 1941 on February 1st during ww2 and is still active to this day
Do a video on the evolution of the Chinese army uniform.
The Stork was very similar to the American Piper Cubs. My great grandpa's artillery unit was scouted by a Stork briefly before they realized that it wasn't a friendly Cub overhead.
I absolutely love aviation and german history. This video is the best of both worlds.
1:54 "...Enter the fucker..."
Fokker
Oh~
@@PRIVILEGE_YELLOW now what is the reason for the "~"
Just the art makes me immediately click this, great video once again!
Great Work. Looks pretty cool.
Dude the graphics is so good
The F-104G didnt just crash because of a leak of Pilot traning it was many reasons coming together. Also a problem was that the luftwaffe just buyed all those starfighters but didnt even had hangars for all of them so most need to stay outside by every weather something as you can guess is not the best thing for a supersonic fighter
Please do more of these evolution of vehicles ,alot of us like them
Just a quick comment on the F-104, as well. The plane was designed to be a fighter interceptor. The Luftwaffe wanted to use it as a multirole plane, and almost all crashes were the result of training for low-altitude attack runs. You see, the plane was not designed for ground attack and as a result, was not very good at it. Additionally, it had an ejection system that fired downwards. At high altitudes, where fighter-interceptors dominate the skies, this isn't a problem. In an anti-armour and CAS role often operating below 5000ft, it is a bit of an issue. In short, this was not a fault with the plane, but a fault with its operator.
aww im so glad you mentioned the cute little Storch. my favourite unarmed plane.
Fantastic video in every aspect! Just wish you'd've mentioned the Ju-88 and Me-163.
Amd the arado-234's, and the ho-229's, amd the do335, and the ju288, and the the me 262 hg series, and the me263, and the me264 and the Ju287. Damnit he missed nearly more than half of everything, he even completely ignored all of east german aircraft which they got with the help of the soviet Union. The Mig-29 was even part of the United german airforce after reunification. How did he miss all of that.
@@cqpp I guess it takes a lot of effort to make all of this
If possible, could you do a video of the Swedish army uniform evolution, I know they have some history stretching back to the medieval ages which might be hard to get information about the uniforms, but it would be fun to see.
please do more of these!
Amazing content!
Would love to see a British, American and Japanese version of this..... such a interesting video
15:00 why do the clouds have legs
I clicked on this video just for the thumbnail. Wow that looks amazing.
beautiful art, thanks
Hermosísimo vídeo! Muy bellos los aparatos alemanes.
Damn i feel i wanna play this 4:04
I love this CHANNEL!!
Allies: why do I hear boss music Fredrich Von Richtofen: hahaha 80 allies go boom
Very nice. Although I think the post WW2 part of the video was a little short. The Luftwaffe had a bunch of foreign made planes like the F84F, F86K, the Fiat G.91 "Gina" etc... Also the Starfighter had many problems. Technical problems with the design itself, poor quality on some critical parts, maintenance issues, being used for things it wasn't designed for... The Alpha Jet is also worth mentioning I think, since it was another example of European cooperation (in this case a Franco-German project)
And that's only regarding West Germany. The Eastern part had it's own planes which would have interesting stories later. But as far as I understand it the video is about German made planes so that might be understandable.
@@kaltaron1284 Yeah they could have mentioned east Germany. But I get that they didn't dedicate a specific section of the video to east Germany since they simply used a bunch of MiGs Sukhois and other Soviet planes
@@jerankorak7997that's why I mentioned the Alpha Jet, which was partly German. Looking forward to more videos on cold war era jets 👍🏼
@@martinlutz5446 Which is basically the same situation as for the West using F84F, F86K or the Fiat G.91. I'm not sure if both sides produced any of those planes on license locally or just got them.
@@jerankorak7997 The Alpha Jet was developed by Germany and France, it was also to a large extent built in Germany by Dornier. Germany bought 175 of them as light attack aircrafts. If we’re talking about helicopters the Bo 105 would’ve been worth mentioning, it served amongst other roles also as an anti-tank helicopter armed with up to 6 ATGMs. Germany had 212 of them in the anti-tank version and 100 more for transportation.
Really enjoyed the video, one note though: I'm pretty confident that the plane you were speaking about from around 3:06 on is the Fokker D.VII, not D.IV (this was a pretty machine of which only 40 were produced, in 1916).
Great video! It's just a bit unfortunate that you skipped over so many aircraft that played important roles like the He51 or FW189
I love the way you mix 2D and 3D drawing and overall your artstile. Only if I could draw like that...
The Germans really loved the color yellow on their planes.
I think its because their way for identification
Love these evolution videos! Wondering if you have plans to do India, or Egypt
India has a few indigenous aircraft, but no enough to make a video on. I don't think Egypt has any.
I think most of their aircraft are US fighters given to them
Awesome video thank you
The BF-110 was actually an exceptionally competent fighter - when piloted by fighter pilots. They were capable of engaging and shooting down Hurricanes and Spitfires. It was inexplicably taken from fighter pilots and given to bomber pilots where it was hugely outclassed. Very bizarre choice.
Can you do the evolution of the British aircraft History
8:34 "enter the fucker" 😂
Man I loved this
one overlooked reasons for the late arival of the 262 was not puting bombs on it like A.H. requested but converting it from original Taildrager to nose wheel landing gear while also keeping the 4 Cannons. He 162 was only a let down because the glue used for the wooden frames started delaminating.