While the Hindenburg is the most famous and dramatic airship disaster, it wasn't the worst of the airship disasters. That goes to the helium-filled U.S. Navy scout airship USS Akron which crashed at sea where 73 out of the 76 passengers died. What other disasters in history do you want to see made into an episode on Simple History?
Fun fact: The founder of Marvel Comics, Martin Goodman, and his wife were traveling in europe in 1937. Martin wanted to ride back to America in the Hindenburg but they reached maximum occupancy. So they rode a passenger ship instead. Had the Hindenburg had 2 more seats, Marvel's legacy wouldn't have existed
There is absolutely no evidence of this being true, the earliest claim I can find is a rolling stones writer that made that up in 2012. He provides no source for this info. The stones article also says he took a plane, not a passenger ship. Yet the first transatlantic passenger flight wasn't until 1939. Sounds like pure BS to me.
@@Fullmetalseagul...Rolling Stones and SNL are full of it. RS always, always claim bob Dylan (not even his real name) is the best ever. Yeah Right! No one I know likes him over anyone.
On the final flight voyage, the Hindenburg was under its full passenger load, but was fully booked for the return journey (as many people wanted to travel to London for the crowning of George VI. Not sure where you got the information that the Hindenburg was full on the outbound flight...
My Aunties Granpa is actually 93 and witnessed the Hindenburg Dissaster himself. He told me all about it last June. He took many POW’s and lost his Brother in the War who was part of the Royal Gurkha Rifles Thank you for making this Video Simple History I will always Remeber these Veterans , German or British , Living or Dead
2017 marked the 80th anniversary of the Hindenburg Disaster. Living in NJ, my mother and I went to Lakehurst for a special ceremony. We got to see the HUGE building that housed the ship, as well as a museum with artifacts. Apparently a women who was on board the Titanic was also on board the Hindenburg, she survived both. Crazy, what luck, or unluck lol.
Who would win? The most advanced airship in the world, with a reliable design that has a safe service record, and a luxurious diner, a pressurized smoking room, and semi-cramped rooms. Or A single smoki boi.
Part of me still can't believe that we, as humans, actually said: You know what's a good idea and should even be used for war? A gigantic flying target that can blow up quite easily and is extremely slow.
German bomber zeppelins of WW1 could fly as fast as regular fighter planes of the era with the addition of being able to fly vastly higher than any plane for a bit.
for its time, these zeppelin were great war machines. They were fast as most aircraft and the English had to develop special exploding bullets to burn the ships. And the zeppelins were pretty successful and destroying british cities
Actually, zeppelins had a cruising speed of 85 miles per hour. It's cruising speed was faster than some top speeds of planes at the beginning of the war
Actually the video had quite a few errors. According to Dr. Hugo Eckeners own report (in German) stated that the us DID offer helium. The US President offered a waiver to the ban or restriction (I forget which) on helium exports to german. The Luftschiffbau Zeppelin co. turn the us down based SOLEY on cost. Again according to Dr. Ecke
comment contined: Again according to Dr. Hugo Eckeners' (the manager at Luftschiffbau Zeppelin) own report the us had nearly no fault, as all the major reasons was a combination of weather related (the thunderstorm mentioned in the video) and the crew turning too quickly (against standard orders) which caused some some hydrogen bags to leak and explode.
Could you make a video about the Horten 18? It was the first stealth bomber in the world but it never came in to the air because the war was almost lost for Germany.
I'm pretty sure the horten flying wing designs were not made with "stealth" in mind, but rather because of the aerodynamic advantages they had over conventional designs, especially the increased range due to having less drag.
"the obvious problem with airships was that they would never be fast enough and never be able to carry a useful enough bomb load" Soviets in Command And Conquer: Hold my Kirov
above 100 zepelin craheed in in ww1, and every one have like 40 soldiera, have even machine guns for hit planes, the tragedy is about your stupidity not about hinderburg
Simple history did you know that the whippet tank was exported to French farmers after the war to use as tractors? I can find the library of Congress article if you’d like.
Well, he did say it was pressurized, so none of the smoke or lighter flames would have any chance of getting out until the door opened. Even then, I don't think that would be enough to cause a problem.
Okay, listen to this: When it was a friend’s birthday, they decided to use Hydrogen filled balloons, they got too close to the candles and exploded in flames, and I saw this joke on another video and I said, “Why does everyone bother using hydrogen balloons? They’re basically small Hindenburgs.” I think I regret saying that now, lol.
All his videos are demonatised anyways since they are history videos and that is why he put up a sponsor link on Patreon since that is their only source of income from these videos.
The RU-vid moderators should get another job they’re actually good at The Hindenburg was a disaster and the unlucky passengers had the most painful death and the passengers were not nazis
The smoking room was sealed, but with what's happening in the world with people no wearing masks it would make sense someone would be stupid enough to light a cigarette or use a lighter outside of the room
I know it's a joke but here's the difference between blimps and rigid air ships. Rigid airships use a steel frame covered in a skin that houses huge gas bags that hold lifting gas Blimps don't have a skeleton and just hold the lifting gas in the balloon
Germany: we have one of the biggest civilians airships in the world. Hydrogen: hold my beer. Btw I know it's not funny to joke about this disaster. Many innocent people were killed. Lest we forget.
@John Campos no u please John Campos, understand what jokes mean. Jokes aren't insults, jokes are made to make people laugh. There are even jokes about 9/11 or even Auschwitz.
Just an idea for when your presenting prices etc and translating it to today’s money; It would be really interesting if you could mention the average salary in that year. For example, I found some old car ads which was saved by my grandfather. In a catalogue from 1954 Stockholm Auto-show, it says a new VW beetle costed 3000SEK. Translate this into today’s money, this would equal to roughly 48 000SEK. Sure it’s a massive increase, but what really opened my eyes was when I learned that the average yearly wage for my grandfathers profession was 3200SEK, which really illustrates to me how expensive cars were back in the days. So in this video where you present the ticket price of $400, it would be really interesting if you could also list the average American wage (or if you pick a common profession like factory worker in the steel industry for example). Thank you for this great channel, always looking forward to new content from you guys!
You know earlier today I was looking at the footage of the Hindenburg disaster and asked myself, hum what day was it? And when I check it’s today. What a coincidence.
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I would love to ride in a safe modern day version of the zeplin. Looking out at the blue sky in front of me and imagining a few of them in the sky makes me smile.
Do the belgian regiment "les chausseurs ardennées"next from WW2 because a group of 40 of them didnt hear that they had to retreat and faught erwin rommel and held him back for 18 days and when they were captured the germans said "where are the others" and they just said we are all like if you agree that they should do it
It was said that the flaw in the Hindenberg's construction that led to it's downfall was in its tail for the ship was not built to make sharp turns. Captain Max Pruss had ordered a sharp turn to starboard in order to line the ship up with the docking tower. This was said to have put strain on the rigging cables inside the ship, causing one of them to snap. As it shot inwards, it ripped a large hole in one of the rear hydrogen bags. Many onlookers would later report seeing a strange fluttering from the top left rear side of the ship. As the Hindenburg was traveling to Lakehurst, it is believed that her skeleton was supercharged with electricity from the passing storms. It might be possible that the airship was already electrified, long before it reached it's destination. So long as it wasn't touching the ground, the airship was insulated. But as soon as the anchors dropped down, the charge begins finding its way to the ground. A bolt of electricity shoots over the ruptured hydrogen bag, igniting the hydrogen, leading to a massive explosion. As for why the airship burned so quickly and why the fire burned a bright orange color, since hydrogen is supposed to burn clear, it is believed that the paint mixture which was used to cover the canvas of the ship might have been the final culprit.
@@zachhaywood1564 it was also supported. Y hard evidence in later documentaries. Though the true cause of the explosion is still one of debate to this day.
Fun fact: Martin Goodman, the founder of Marvel Comics, was supposed to be on the Hindenburg, but apparently missed his flight. Had he made it, we wouldn't have anything Marvel.
Similar story with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. He was supposed to be on a flight that would crash into the Twin Towers. Luckily, he had a hangover that morning, and he missed his flight by 10 minutes.
Idk why but when the music got dramatic and he talked about the crashing, i got real emotional for everyone. Imagine being there seeing people burning alive and that huge piece of work bursting into flames. Its a true tragedy.
@@Deep_Dish For fashion reasons, just like why chunks are taken out of phone screens. XD Someone obviously thought it was a pretty color and wouldn't take no for an answer.
At 5:12 It clearly shows the Empire state building. The Empire state building was originally intended to have a large airship platform near the top; however, due to winds being amplified because of the height airships were never able to dock there.
Also a lot of people think that the paint on the outside of the airship was flammable and one of the engines overheated causing the paint to ignite then causing the hygren to ignite
