Youtube Channels that Pair Well with AE

[Voltreffer]

What Youtube (or other video site) channels enhance your experience of AE? I searched the forums using both internal and external search but did not find a topic for comprehensive lists. Let's share and discover new content!


For your enjoyment, here are the ones that come to mind for me:

Drachinifel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mftU ... RTw/videos

Probably the best historical naval channel on YouTube. Features regular, in-depth content on a range of topics. Covers naval history from the age of sail through WW2, although WW2 tends to feature heavily in the content. Answers questions from viewers during a weekly show called “The Drydock” (questions are asked as replies to a pinned comment on the latest video).


Greg’s Airplanes and Automobiles
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynGrI ... oSg/videos

This channel is the counterpart to Drachinifel for aircraft, albeit at a slower pace of content creation. If you want to understand (WW2) aircraft performance from an engineering perspective, look no further. Expect frequent discussions of horsepower and manifold pressure regarding altitude with charts aplenty to accompany the deep discussion.


Battleship New Jersey
https://www.youtube.com/c/BattleshipNewJersey/videos

After its decades of service, the Iowa class US battleship New Jersey is now a museum and memorial. The curator of the museum has created a fantastic channel covering many topics including naval history, naval tradition, and coverage of many technical “nuts-and-bolts” topics of the ship’s equipment. The armor belt, the ship’s radar, and everything between is covered; they have a 60k+ ton prop, and they are not afraid to use it!


WW2TV
https://www.youtube.com/c/WW2TV/videos

The strength of this channel is in the number and quality of guests who appear on the show to discuss all aspects of WW2 history. This channel is a great way to learn a lot and to find authors and resources for further inquiry into particular topics.


Battle 360 Playlist by the History Channel (story of the USS Enterprise)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... vZhnLIrbTC

This TV series originally aired on the History Channel. The founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car who happened to serve on the USS Enterprise during WW2 funded this project. After watching it, you will understand why the Enterprise was the most decorated US Navy ship of WW2 and why the name was used in Star Trek. The extensive service history of the ship also happens to give a good overview of the war in the Pacific from beginning to end.


Armoured Carriers
https://www.youtube.com/c/ArmouredCarriers/videos

This channel does an admirable job of covering the war in the Pacific from the perspective of the British Royal Navy all while showing an extensive amount of historical footage. It is an extension of the Armoured Carriers website (www.armouredcarriers.com). If you want to understand the pluses and minuses of armored flight deck carriers, look no further.


Military History Visualized
https://www.youtube.com/c/MilitaryHistory/videos

As the name implies, this channel heavily features the use of infographics and other visual aids when discussing different topics. Although the channel tends to focus on the European theater, its coverage of the Pacific war should not be missed. The video “Why Japan had NO Chance in WW2” should be the link given to every new AE player when they ask which side they should play when tackling the grand campaign for the first time. The US Navy/Japanese Navy losses videos are also interesting to compare one’s own results in AE to the historical record at a point in time.


Dr. Alexander Clarke
https://www.youtube.com/c/DrAlexanderClarke/videos

The discussions you might have with a friend if said friend was a naval historian.


Kings and Generals
https://www.youtube.com/c/KingsandGenerals/videos

This channel is producing a series on the war in the Pacific. A very good high-level overview of the war with great production values.


Montemayor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX7kat ... bVQ/videos

Although there are not as many videos here as some other channels, the channel does a good job of providing details of particular battles.


Military Aviation History
https://www.youtube.com/c/MilitaryAviat ... ory/videos

Very good coverage of many aviation topics. Although this channel does not focus exclusively on the Pacific, over the years it has produced a good stable of high-quality content.


TIK History
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheImperatorKnight/videos

Even though this channel focuses exclusively on the European theater, it still features some of the best discussions of logistics anywhere. Logistics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 17EgwUYEZ-


Mark Felton Productions
https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkFeltonProductions/videos

These tend to be shorter videos packed with insightful information. Great for sampling niche topics covering all of WW2.


Wolfpack345
https://www.youtube.com/c/Wolfpack345/videos

For casual watching/relaxing - this channel currently features a “let’s play” style campaign of Silent Hunter IV where the creator plays the fictional career of a US Navy submarine commander in the Pacific.


Bonus: PressCorps Radio
https://www.twitch.tv/presscorps

This Twitch channel streams a fictional “war radio” channel primarily for the benefit of the online game Foxhole. The music tends to be a decent option (albeit not strictly historically accurate) for playing AE and also features comic relief in the form of intermissions and fictitious commercials.

[btd64]

A lot of interesting topics. Thanks for sharing....GP

[Maallon]

Thanks for sharing these, after watching Drachinifel for a long time I am very interested to dive into the "Greg’s Airplanes and Automobiles" channel.

[Ian R]

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Dan Carlin's hardcore history series - in particular his "supernova in the east" series on the Pacific war.

As a purely audio presentation, it provides many hours of provocative listening, by which I mean it provokes you to discard truisms and other populist "history written by the victors" myths, and get down in the mud* with the historical participants. It also goes for hours and gives you something interesting to listen to whilst doing some exercise, etc.

[*literally, and morally]

It's not for everyone, though. Those who like computer game style graphics and short generalised presentations might find it beyond their range.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oErYYBNCHh4

[Ian R]

Other stuff similar to the OP list:

This guy hasn't put much out lately, but has lots of detail content and the ships of the Pacific War: Navy reviewer

https://www.youtube.com/user/navyreviewer

Also - Ed Nash.

https://www.youtube.com/c/EdNashsMilitaryMatters/videos

And, the time ghost WW2 day by day/week by week series (plural) is excellent and drills down into detail. (Some of the detail stuff is presented on Instagram)

https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldWarTwo

[OnWargaming]

Nice list, thanks to all!

[Greybriar]

Thanks for sharing all those links, Voltreffer.

[Tanaka]

ORIGINAL: Voltreffer

What Youtube (or other video site) channels enhance your experience of AE? I searched the forums using both internal and external search but did not find a topic for comprehensive lists. Let's share and discover new content!


For your enjoyment, here are the ones that come to mind for me:

Drachinifel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mftU ... RTw/videos

Probably the best historical naval channel on YouTube. Features regular, in-depth content on a range of topics. Covers naval history from the age of sail through WW2, although WW2 tends to feature heavily in the content. Answers questions from viewers during a weekly show called “The Drydock” (questions are asked as replies to a pinned comment on the latest video).


Greg’s Airplanes and Automobiles
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynGrI ... oSg/videos

This channel is the counterpart to Drachinifel for aircraft, albeit at a slower pace of content creation. If you want to understand (WW2) aircraft performance from an engineering perspective, look no further. Expect frequent discussions of horsepower and manifold pressure regarding altitude with charts aplenty to accompany the deep discussion.


Battleship New Jersey
https://www.youtube.com/c/BattleshipNewJersey/videos

After its decades of service, the Iowa class US battleship New Jersey is now a museum and memorial. The curator of the museum has created a fantastic channel covering many topics including naval history, naval tradition, and coverage of many technical “nuts-and-bolts” topics of the ship’s equipment. The armor belt, the ship’s radar, and everything between is covered; they have a 60k+ ton prop, and they are not afraid to use it!


WW2TV
https://www.youtube.com/c/WW2TV/videos

The strength of this channel is in the number and quality of guests who appear on the show to discuss all aspects of WW2 history. This channel is a great way to learn a lot and to find authors and resources for further inquiry into particular topics.


Battle 360 Playlist by the History Channel (story of the USS Enterprise)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... vZhnLIrbTC

This TV series originally aired on the History Channel. The founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car who happened to serve on the USS Enterprise during WW2 funded this project. After watching it, you will understand why the Enterprise was the most decorated US Navy ship of WW2 and why the name was used in Star Trek. The extensive service history of the ship also happens to give a good overview of the war in the Pacific from beginning to end.


Armoured Carriers
https://www.youtube.com/c/ArmouredCarriers/videos

This channel does an admirable job of covering the war in the Pacific from the perspective of the British Royal Navy all while showing an extensive amount of historical footage. It is an extension of the Armoured Carriers website (www.armouredcarriers.com). If you want to understand the pluses and minuses of armored flight deck carriers, look no further.


Military History Visualized
https://www.youtube.com/c/MilitaryHistory/videos

As the name implies, this channel heavily features the use of infographics and other visual aids when discussing different topics. Although the channel tends to focus on the European theater, its coverage of the Pacific war should not be missed. The video “Why Japan had NO Chance in WW2” should be the link given to every new AE player when they ask which side they should play when tackling the grand campaign for the first time. The US Navy/Japanese Navy losses videos are also interesting to compare one’s own results in AE to the historical record at a point in time.


Dr. Alexander Clarke
https://www.youtube.com/c/DrAlexanderClarke/videos

The discussions you might have with a friend if said friend was a naval historian.


Kings and Generals
https://www.youtube.com/c/KingsandGenerals/videos

This channel is producing a series on the war in the Pacific. A very good high-level overview of the war with great production values.


Montemayor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX7kat ... bVQ/videos

Although there are not as many videos here as some other channels, the channel does a good job of providing details of particular battles.


Military Aviation History
https://www.youtube.com/c/MilitaryAviat ... ory/videos

Very good coverage of many aviation topics. Although this channel does not focus exclusively on the Pacific, over the years it has produced a good stable of high-quality content.


TIK History
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheImperatorKnight/videos

Even though this channel focuses exclusively on the European theater, it still features some of the best discussions of logistics anywhere. Logistics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 17EgwUYEZ-


Mark Felton Productions
https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkFeltonProductions/videos

These tend to be shorter videos packed with insightful information. Great for sampling niche topics covering all of WW2.


Wolfpack345
https://www.youtube.com/c/Wolfpack345/videos

For casual watching/relaxing - this channel currently features a “let’s play” style campaign of Silent Hunter IV where the creator plays the fictional career of a US Navy submarine commander in the Pacific.


Bonus: PressCorps Radio
https://www.twitch.tv/presscorps

This Twitch channel streams a fictional “war radio” channel primarily for the benefit of the online game Foxhole. The music tends to be a decent option (albeit not strictly historically accurate) for playing AE and also features comic relief in the form of intermissions and fictitious commercials.

Great idea and great list! I enjoy many of these but several are new! Thanks for sharing!

[Alpha77]

Good channels I know most of them. Here 2 more but not specific to millitary WW2. More "alternative":

a) Hello! My name is Brandon Fisichella. I am a reenactor and independent historian who is interested in exploring military history from a social lens. On this YouTube channel you'll find a wide variety of content reflecting this interest- from film and game reviews, to event footage, and primarily documentary/lecture style educational content.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9NNB_ ... QDfnNOChwg

His last vid:
This is the Stupidest "Ambush" Attempt Ever Made | "The Patriot" Review, Part 3 (strong language) [8D]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XudqCzQMdg

b) This channel reviews historical movies:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggHoX ... iPmOxezeWA

[Fokko]

Know and follow most of the listed channels.

Would like to add one as well.

https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldWarTwo

[clamel]

Now I often check this one, mostly on perhaps a forgotten part. New Guinea/Papua battles.
Kokoda Trail, Milne Bay, Lae, first skipbombing and Wau. Good videos on the Aussie part

hypohystericalhistory

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0ws4 ... CWw/videos


and maybe this on the first Japanese advances on Malaya and Singapore

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... u9LnS10Q6o


and this also on DEI and other stuff
Historigraph
https://www.youtube.com/c/Historigraph/videos

[bbuske]

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned Strategy Gaming Dojo. He made a 13 part tutorial for the game, which is really great and easy to follow and has a Let's Play as well as a PBEM going.

Sadly, I am not allowed to post the link, but he has a playlist for the tutorial on YT.

[Ian R]

ORIGINAL: bbuske

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned Strategy Gaming Dojo. He made a 13 part tutorial for the game, which is really great and easy to follow and has a Let's Play as well as a PBEM going.

Sadly, I am not allowed to post the link, but he has a playlist for the tutorial on YT.

I'm not surprised that they have not been mentioned.

[chazz]

Anything with Johnathan Parshall.

[chazz]

Johnathan Parshall's Midway discussions.

[frontsoldaten]

The Kings and Generals Pacific War videos are excellent with great production quality.

[tolsdorff]

here is one by hw97karbine, I am not sure if it's already mentioned.

Loads of rare short WW-2 combat clips.

B-25's strafing port. Escort carriers getting shelled by japanese ships at Samar. CAS by Thunderbolt II's at Meiktila and such