In the early hours of June 26, 1940, NMS Delfinul, a Romanian submarine, set alarms blazing after the sighting of 5 large warships heading for the Port of Constanța, a major strategic target on the western shores of the Black Sea.
Romania had just joined the Nazis and attacked Soviet airfields, destroying 37 bombers in one mission. The Soviet Black Sea Fleet was now on the hunt for revenge.
Constanța was robustly defended by Romanian anti-air artillery units, a detachment of 700 German Kriegsmarine manning the powerful Tirpitz gun battery, destroyers, and gunboats along the coast, and 1,000 mines had been laid in the sea covering any point of entry.
A first wave of Soviet bombers attempted a run at Constanța but were unsuccessful. At 3:58am, the destroyer leaders Moskva and Kharkov carpeted the port with 350 shells in less than ten minutes.
With the raid in full force, a second wave of Soviet bombers descended again on the scene. It was then that pilot Horia Agarici of the Royal Romanian Air Force took to the skies in one of the most bizarre of aircraft to ever fight for the Axis side. It was a British Hawker Hurricane, and the Soviets would be forbidden from revealing what happened next…
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History Needs a Spokes Channel,
This One is off to a Good Start!
Interesting . Less known episode of WW2 . Black Sea battles are forgoten a bit.
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Oooh. What a fantastic episode. You always bring us great stories. Thank you.
Yup
Dont know the attraction with this channel and glorifying Nazis?
And once again Russia lost a ship in the Black Sea.
but u got it….not really a secret..cant belive ppl click …and belive this bull shit
wankers
Another great story I've never heard of. Ty DS.
The Nazi's against the Soviets a full year BEFORE operation Barbarosa?? When did the Hitler break the treaty with Stalin? I'm struggling here to make sense of this – (unless the Nazis were covertly supporting the Romanians??)
I think that this should be corrected to reflect that this occurred in 1941, not 1940.
One point to clarify – it wasn't an "expansion' of territory or access to anything specific , it was the reunification of the Romanian lands, taken/occupied by "friendly" neighbors.
So now there are two "Moscows" at the bottom of the sea. 🤣🤣🤣
The early Hawker Hurricane as delivered to Romania was not better than the He 112 and not better at all than the Me 109F variant used in mid 41.
It seems to me that the Russians have a disturbing proclivity to having ships with the name "Moskva" sunk early in a conflict…
Outstanding episode!!!
russians losing ships to ukraine with no navy just yesterday they lost another warship 1940 2024 russian never learn
I found it hard to decide which side to root for. Definitely NOT the NAZIS, but I've never seen Albania as anything other than Anti-Soviet. And though Stalin was a temporary ally, we're still talking about the psychotic, genocidal, murdering, criminal leader — Of The Soviet Union!
War certainly does create strange bedfellows.
Lame
So… how many flagships named Moskva were sunk in the Black Sea so far? Only two?
Wait, how did this happen twice?
how many ships named Moscwa can ''hide'' in the Black Sea bottom?….
we should make a game around it…
DAANG ANYTHING NAMED MOSCOVA SEEMS PRETTY CURSED LOL
Gee, I wonder how close the 2 Muskava's are to each other !? 🤣🤣🤣
the karkov? i guess nobody could escape from karkov.
You must mean 1941. Not 1940.
Russian Ships can go into Transformmode 😄
1940? Really? Get serious!
What goes around, comes around.
Dick move dude. Give it a title corresponding directly to what just happened with an ambiguous thumbnail to capitalize on current events to get clicks on your video….DICK MOVE.
and again they had cargo which you had donated, isn't it?
Russia must just give up on the navy thing. Too complicated keeping ships floating. Now defeated by a country that has no navy. 🤣😂
Imagine being a mechanic for Romania.. the variety of aircraft was amazing.
gotta wonder how many of those mines are still hanging out at the bottom
Germany had several Uboats in the Black Sea ! It took a lot of effort to get those boats to the Black Sea !
CRICKETS !!!!!