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Another fantastic job presenting this portion of the Pacific War and explaining why these smaller battles were key in the rest of the war.
Another excellent installment of the series. This format, in chronological order, has given us the most comprehensive and understandable presentation of the strategic and tactical sides of this theatre's conflicts and from both sides. Simply outstanding!
ive been trying to find a documentary or series or something that shows the vietnam war like how this is its hard to understand like on a timeline what battles happened and what was the results from that its really hard to get a solid picture of just what the situation was and how it changed throughout the conflict i really think only this channel is capable of helping me understand nobody dose a better job at it than this channel this series is amazing even a condensed version covering vietnam would be amazing ima keep my fingers cross you guys will do it one day
10:00 My great grandmas first husband died here. He advanced to the rank of corporal in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Buckeye Division"). The 37th Infantry Division was first assigned to a defensive roll in Fiji in June 1942. Its first offensive assignment was the New Georgia Campaign to capture the Japanese airbase at Munda in July 1943. Cpl. Elliott was part of a night beach landing on July 5, 1943. He was moving through heavy jungle on the way to attack the airbase when he was wounded on July 7. He was awarded the Silver Star for valor and covering his men’s escape.
I believe that this battle proved that the US definitely needed to stop using cruiser sized ships in the solomons since A) most cruisers and heavier ships are in the central pacific and are in short supply in the south west pacific and B) destroyers would be a better choice, use the same ships that the Japanese have been using for the Tokyo express, it now became destroyers vs destroyers and saving the light cruisers to screen the USS Saratoga.
Halsey requested and got Anzac Squadron (TF74) from SW Pacific (MacArthur) after Battle of Kolombangara as TF74 was the last cruiser squadron south of the equator. However, HMAS Hobart had its back broken by a torpedo from I-11 which left only really HMAS Australia as the only cruiser that could be spared for the Solomons and it was soon needed for Lae invasion as a covering force. This is what probably forced Halsey's hand, and only destroyers were available.
And to think that this is literally exactly 80 years ago on July 12/13 was the battle of Kolombangara, so I guess it’s exactly the 80th anniversary of the battle.
Great video as always. However it needs to be pointed out the Japanese covering force of destroyers is mis-identified as being composed of Minazuki, Satsuki, Matsukaze and Yunagi. In fact these were the destroyer transports carrying the 1,200 reinforcement troops. The five destroyers that made up the covering force were Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Mikazuki, Kiyonami and Yugure. Yukikaze led the Japanese torpedo attack on TG 36.1, winning her first combat victory in a long and illustrious career. However on the night of 19 July, only a few days after this battle, Yugure was sunk by U.S. Marine Grumman TBF Avengers while covering another troop transport run to Kolombangara, and Kiyonami was sunk by U.S. Army B-25s while rescuing crew of Yugure, leaving only 1 survivor from among the entire combined Kiyonami and Yugure crews of 468 men.
A missed opportunity, we could have a glorious description of yukikaze, but instead we get pre war kamikaze and mutsuki class. Was wondering how the hell did old pre war destroyer win that battle
@@RaEndymion001 Ainsworth's force made the mistake of splitting into two groups. One of these, consisting of four destroyers, failed to engage any Japanese ships, and the five Japanese destroyers completely outmaneuvered the other group. It didn't help matters that Ainsworth repeated his blunder of assuming he had complete surprise when the Allied ships established radar contact, when in fact the Japanese had been aware of the Allied force for almost two hours.
What Nimitz finally realized is that the size of his cruisers was a serious disadvantage, since they became easy targets for the Japanese torpedoes. Just like at Savo island, the Japanese night fighting doctrine of relying on their torpedoes rather than their gunfire, has delivered another nighttime victory for the IJN.
@@recoil53 Yes, destroyers are cheaper, but also smaller, and therefore harder to detect during the night. While the Japanese are relying heavily on their nighttime binoculars, the US Navy are now getting better at using radar during night combat. And one famous destroyer commander will prove that Nimitz made the right call.
your right the three cruisers that were damage in battle of Kolombangara took time to repaired st louis took until November 1943 Honolulu December 1943 and Leander not until july 1945
Brilliant as always! If IJN had margin and resources to take advantage from the narrow victory, these battles might have ended differently. However this war started when these were taken from Japanese hands in the first place
Though the silver lining with this incident is it finally got the US Navy learn its lesson with the Japanese torpedoes and how to better ambush the Japanese ships (leading to the Battles of Vella Gulf and Cape St. George).
I had been enjoing every Pacific War episodes... Sometimes I loose the sense of distances in the maps...How hard is to add a "map scale"? I feel it would provide a nice touch to the whole experience ...Not sure if this had been mentioned before... Superb work nonetheless!
“Guys I have an idea, what if we use destroyers instead of cruisers, like just the destroyers, they are smaller, faster, pack a punch and more importantly, spammable” “Then why we build cruisers in the first place?”
@@issacfoster1113 yes Im actually joking, the fact that it took two years for the us to come with a an actual surface engagement strategy just after losing 1/3 of their prewar heavy cruiser force against an enemy that they considered inferior, that’s a joke on its own.
OTOH if the cruisers were able to keep track of their own destroyers and fired when they had radar contact with a ship that wasn't their own, a lot of these battle would have gone differently.
19:02 (naval base intercom) Can somebody *PLEASE* stop Jintsuu from driving her ornamental katana through Honolulu!? Thank you. I "DORIME" the poor shmuck... (swallows "Happy" pills)
As a native of the island, you'd almost wonder who you're meant to be shooting at...that is if the Japanese weren't...doing the thing that fascist Japanese soldiers do.
Is there any reason your series takes every opportunity to disparage the Aussie soldiers? You even took the time to mention that a single bren gun was lost in a previous episode when you needn't have mentioned it at all. I don't know if it's just because i am an Aussie but your constant little digs disparaging the Aussie soldiers dishonor the memory of those that fought while praising the Americans who didn't know there arse from a hole in the ground at that point in time and caused lot's of unnecessary casualties because they assumed they were superior to the Aussie officers.
I actually thought it was the other way around. He seemed to praise the Australian forces more than the U.S. troops. Maybe he is more even handed than you or I think. I have always thought MacArthur was an ass for the way he treated the Australian troops, expecting more from them than the American troops. Of course, MacArthur was a general ass(pun intended).
Yeah he definitely praises the Australian soldiers a lot more. Of course though, it seems Aussie's forget though, the US was fighting the Japanese all over the Pacific and not just New Guinea.
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Another fantastic job presenting this portion of the Pacific War and explaining why these smaller battles were key in the rest of the war.
Another excellent installment of the series. This format, in chronological order, has given us the most comprehensive and understandable presentation of the strategic and tactical sides of this theatre's conflicts and from both sides. Simply outstanding!
Might aswell get his *_punAAni_* out of your mouth 😭
This series will be used by schools in the future.
This is one of my favorite series on TH-cam. Thank you for your time and works.
This series is amazing. Keep up the good work. You guys are awesome
I'm always happy with these episodes. Its difficult to find videos on this subject that goes into depth
ive been trying to find a documentary or series or something that shows the vietnam war like how this is its hard to understand like on a timeline what battles happened and what was the results from that its really hard to get a solid picture of just what the situation was and how it changed throughout the conflict i really think only this channel is capable of helping me understand nobody dose a better job at it than this channel this series is amazing even a condensed version covering vietnam would be amazing ima keep my fingers cross you guys will do it one day
I love this. This fills in gaps in my not insignificant reading on the Pacific Theater.
One of the best series Ive ever seen ..
10:00 My great grandmas first husband died here. He advanced to the rank of corporal in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Buckeye Division").
The 37th Infantry Division was first assigned to a defensive roll in Fiji in June 1942. Its first offensive assignment was the New Georgia Campaign to capture the Japanese airbase at Munda in July 1943. Cpl. Elliott was part of a night beach landing on July 5, 1943. He was moving through heavy jungle on the way to attack the airbase when he was wounded on July 7. He was awarded the Silver Star for valor and covering his men’s escape.
Naval battles always interest me, firing a shell from 10 miles away to hit a moving target. Amazing.
An episode about naval gunnery in WWII will be very interesting
Fascinating documentary series, very much enjoy watching them.
One of my favourite treats over the weekend. Thanks K&G
I believe that this battle proved that the US definitely needed to stop using cruiser sized ships in the solomons since A) most cruisers and heavier ships are in the central pacific and are in short supply in the south west pacific and B) destroyers would be a better choice, use the same ships that the Japanese have been using for the Tokyo express, it now became destroyers vs destroyers and saving the light cruisers to screen the USS Saratoga.
Halsey requested and got Anzac Squadron (TF74) from SW Pacific (MacArthur) after Battle of Kolombangara as TF74 was the last cruiser squadron south of the equator. However, HMAS Hobart had its back broken by a torpedo from I-11 which left only really HMAS Australia as the only cruiser that could be spared for the Solomons and it was soon needed for Lae invasion as a covering force.
This is what probably forced Halsey's hand, and only destroyers were available.
@@Wayne.J makes more sense, great info!
And to think that this is literally exactly 80 years ago on July 12/13 was the battle of Kolombangara, so I guess it’s exactly the 80th anniversary of the battle.
@@thethirdjegs exactly
This is a really well done series!
Thanks very interesting and informative.
Great video as always. However it needs to be pointed out the Japanese covering force of destroyers is mis-identified as being composed of Minazuki, Satsuki, Matsukaze and Yunagi. In fact these were the destroyer transports carrying the 1,200 reinforcement troops. The five destroyers that made up the covering force were Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Mikazuki, Kiyonami and Yugure.
Yukikaze led the Japanese torpedo attack on TG 36.1, winning her first combat victory in a long and illustrious career.
However on the night of 19 July, only a few days after this battle, Yugure was sunk by U.S. Marine Grumman TBF Avengers while covering another troop transport run to Kolombangara, and Kiyonami was sunk by U.S. Army B-25s while rescuing crew of Yugure, leaving only 1 survivor from among the entire combined Kiyonami and Yugure crews of 468 men.
A missed opportunity, we could have a glorious description of yukikaze, but instead we get pre war kamikaze and mutsuki class. Was wondering how the hell did old pre war destroyer win that battle
@@RaEndymion001 Ainsworth's force made the mistake of splitting into two groups. One of these, consisting of four destroyers, failed to engage any Japanese ships, and the five Japanese destroyers completely outmaneuvered the other group.
It didn't help matters that Ainsworth repeated his blunder of assuming he had complete surprise when the Allied ships established radar contact, when in fact the Japanese had been aware of the Allied force for almost two hours.
Wonderful details!
Very well researched. Good work
Great episode!
Thanks as always for the video & keep up the good work 👍🏻
Nice work. 21 and a half minutes on stuff that normally gets a paragraph at best.
Great work as usual
Thank you for the new video.
Excellent video
The Japanese Navy still has flashes of glory
Great work!
Will you upload the first punic war for everyone at some point like the pelopponesian war? ( Also Great video)
Not sure
I hate having to wait this long for the next episode! First world problems? Probably but I love it too much!
"...would bite the dust in these waters..." LOL OK, that was a funny line.
What Nimitz finally realized is that the size of his cruisers was a serious disadvantage, since they became easy targets for the Japanese torpedoes. Just like at Savo island, the Japanese night fighting doctrine of relying on their torpedoes rather than their gunfire, has delivered another nighttime victory for the IJN.
Or that they were more expensive and he had a lot of destroyers that were cheaper.
@@recoil53 Yes, destroyers are cheaper, but also smaller, and therefore harder to detect during the night. While the Japanese are relying heavily on their nighttime binoculars, the US Navy are now getting better at using radar during night combat.
And one famous destroyer commander will prove that Nimitz made the right call.
@@wolfu597 "31 Knot Burke"
So after this battle was admiral ainsworth removed from commanding the cruiser force in the south west pacific?
The Australian forces "gallantly withdraw " while the Americans " desperately retreat"😂
Yeah, I noticed that. :)
@@markbrooks8623 Hi
Which software used for vedios editing
There’s a difference between an intentional fighting withdrawal and a unit fleeing for their lives
Important to get these thigns right :-)!
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Good thing that cruiser had a transverse bulkhead right there.
your right the three cruisers that were damage in battle of Kolombangara took time to repaired st louis took until November 1943 Honolulu December 1943 and Leander not until july 1945
Because my dad was in Burma for lots of the war, I'm sort of up with all that. Never realised just what mad savagery was going on in the Pacific.
Thanks for the video
Very Nice vídeo
Love what you guys do!
Nicely done video
Brilliant as always!
If IJN had margin and resources to take advantage from the narrow victory, these battles might have ended differently. However this war started when these were taken from Japanese hands in the first place
Also, if the IJN had not lost their airpower superiority, the mentioned battles in the video could possibly have gone in the IJN's favor.
Thanks bros
great work
Still the stories of the long range IJN torpedo attacks used with devastating effect...
Though the silver lining with this incident is it finally got the US Navy learn its lesson with the Japanese torpedoes and how to better ambush the Japanese ships (leading to the Battles of Vella Gulf and Cape St. George).
14:02 "Fire Everything!"
Could we get any videos of late 19th century japan?
Can you do the Battle of Montgisard between Baldwin IV and saladin
9min36sec "What happened in the American line?" mention 162nd, map marker indicates 1/126th. Typo?
doesn't 11:00 look like guadalcanal but inverted?
I had been enjoing every Pacific War episodes... Sometimes I loose the sense of distances in the maps...How hard is to add a "map scale"? I feel it would provide a nice touch to the whole experience ...Not sure if this had been mentioned before... Superb work nonetheless!
Today I learned there was once a man named Heathcote Hammer.
“Guys I have an idea, what if we use destroyers instead of cruisers, like just the destroyers, they are smaller, faster, pack a punch and more importantly, spammable”
“Then why we build cruisers in the first place?”
Did you not even read the infobox? Don't say your just joking now.
@@issacfoster1113 yes Im actually joking, the fact that it took two years for the us to come with a an actual surface engagement strategy just after losing 1/3 of their prewar heavy cruiser force against an enemy that they considered inferior, that’s a joke on its own.
OTOH if the cruisers were able to keep track of their own destroyers and fired when they had radar contact with a ship that wasn't their own, a lot of these battle would have gone differently.
13:47 GRIFFITH!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
The start of the decline in ships larger than a destroyer.
Triri and Marinusa don't seem to be there any more.
I fuckin love this series
Name of the background music at 10:40 ?
When the new episode of early ottoman history series came?
It's surprising how many battles the USA and Australia fought side by side.
19:02 (naval base intercom) Can somebody *PLEASE* stop Jintsuu from driving her ornamental katana through Honolulu!? Thank you.
I "DORIME" the poor shmuck... (swallows "Happy" pills)
As a native of the island, you'd almost wonder who you're meant to be shooting at...that is if the Japanese weren't...doing the thing that fascist Japanese soldiers do.
So, why not Nimitz send his submarines to control Japanese reinforcements in this restricted waters ?
America's greatest weakness in the whole campaign seems to be naval battle leadership.
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Is there any reason your series takes every opportunity to disparage the Aussie soldiers?
You even took the time to mention that a single bren gun was lost in a previous episode when you needn't have mentioned it at all. I don't know if it's just because i am an Aussie but your constant little digs disparaging the Aussie soldiers dishonor the memory of those that fought while praising the Americans who didn't know there arse from a hole in the ground at that point in time and caused lot's of unnecessary casualties because they assumed they were superior to the Aussie officers.
I actually thought it was the other way around. He seemed to praise the Australian forces more than the U.S. troops. Maybe he is more even handed than you or I think. I have always thought MacArthur was an ass for the way he treated the Australian troops, expecting more from them than the American troops. Of course, MacArthur was a general ass(pun intended).
Yeah he definitely praises the Australian soldiers a lot more. Of course though, it seems Aussie's forget though, the US was fighting the Japanese all over the Pacific and not just New Guinea.
@@McSpanklez And the Aussies were fighting in North Africa
@@williamromine5715 indeed they did. Everyone put in the effort.
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A shame you had to turn this series into a paid one.
Money grabbers
Another great video