Pacific Submarine Campaign - Update 1 (Patreon)

Hi everyone, 

Hope you are all well, and I hope you enjoyed the HMS Edinburgh video last week. It was a lot of fun to make, though perhaps hasn't got the same views as some other recent videos. YouTube is a fickle business! 

Today I want to give some updates on what will be the final miniseries on the channel of 2021, on the Pacific submarine campaign. 

In my last Patreon post I gave some general updates on the Videos I've been working on. Since then a couple of things have changed, namely that the 'Jutland: Actually a British Victory' video has been put on ice for a while. I wasn't  happy with how it was shaping up, so despite having a sponsor queued up for it I've pushed it into next year and am going to rebuild it from the ground up. I know this might be disappointing since its one less video this year, but I'd rather publish good content next year rather than bad content sooner. 

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So, pacific submarines! 

This series will be a pair of videos, being published in December. 

Firstly, there will be an overall look at the pacific submarine campaign as it developed 1941-45, including the personnel involved, the tactics and technology's employed and results it gained. My overall argument is that despite being very little known, Allied Submarines actually made a huge contribution to the defeat of Japan. 

This will be the longer of the two videos- the first draft of the script (which I published for gold patreons) was around 2700 words. Expected publication for it is December 14th 

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The second video in the pair will be an in-depth look at a particular submarine battle that took place as part of the wider campaign. It's going to be about 'Ramage's Rampage'- a remarkable attack on a Japanese convoy by a lone submarine in July 1944. The aim of this video is to tell one story as a representation of what the sub campaign was like on a micro level. 

Expected publication for this video is December 21st.  

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Both of these videos have first draft scripts complete, and I'm moving into 'asset creation' phase, where I spend a lot of time in photoshop to make what appears on screen, and finetune the script alongside it. 

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Munich 

Alongside the sub campaign videos, I'm using my available research time at the moment to look into the Munich agreement from 1938, for a video planned to be released in January. I'll  have more detail on that in the new year. 

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As always, any comments and feedback are appreciated, and thank you for your support :) 

Josh