As a young Marine serving in a small jungle camp in the hills above Subic Bay in the mid 60's I can say that my tour in the Philippines was great. The people were beautiful, kind and gracious. My best times in the Marine Corps were serving in the Philippines. Oh, and the food was awesome.
The men who flew in The Doolittle raid ! The courage !! Surely, we owe every one of them, an entire nation's gratitude. They were, THE Greatest Generation, & my Dad was part of them. He walked on to Guadalcanal on 8/7/1942, stated x 6+ weeks, & was evac'd only when taken down by Dengue Fever & Combat Fatigue, from lack of sleep. It took 2 full years to get Dad back home to Denver. He was awarded The Navy Cross, & The Purple Heart. My Dad, was the best man I ever knew, & I miss him every single day.; -----------MJL, 77 y/o
Although I was born in 1947 one of the few issues my family would speak of was the outrage the American people felt after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. I was not aware that Japan also attacked Clark field and other American Assets in the pacific theater. Five of my uncles enlisted right after these attacks. My father worked at a Steel plant in upstate NY and did not have to go on active duty, he was an enlisted Reserve because he was helping make war materials when the war started. My mother worked in a sewing factory during the war sewing uniforms It was truly a world war. Everyone pitched in.
@masoncross-omoc I dont think he was dissing anything at all. So much history is condensed into one documentary. This video could be 10 hours long and it still wouldnt have covered everything in perfect detail.
Thank you for sharing this great documentary, RIP to the everyone who lost their lives, and honor every one who served. And never forget that day, December 7 1941. GOD bless and STAY SAFE. Semper FI 86-91
My late father was at Leyte. Dad was an Army Air Corps engineer building air strips. Specifically, he operated a bulldozer. He said he saw Gen. MacArthur sometime after the landing.
My Uncle Dalton was there for almost the entire journey. In early 1942, he was a U.S. Army Master Sergeant command an anti aircraft artillery battery on the island of Corregidor. When the Rock surrendered, he was made a prisoner of war. He was forced into the Batman Death March. Many Americans and Philippines died of starvation dehydration and exhaustion during the march. Then he was put in a containmentt camp where many more died. Then he was put into a He'll Ship for transport to Japan. Many more died of heat stroke, dehydration and dysentery. When they arrived in japan, they were forced to march through the streets of Nagasaki while civilians and military beat and poked at them with sticks. At the outskirts of the city they we forced to work as slave labor in coal mines with little food, water and no medical trestment. He was in the mine when Boxcar dropped the Plutonium bomb. He weighed barely 80 lbs when rescued by American troops. IRONY * While Uncle Dalton was a prisoner, two other uncles were working at Oakridge, Tennessee enriching uranium for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. My Aunt Maggie was a Navy nurse in the Pacific on a hospital ship. She was wounded when the red cross marked ship was strafed and bombed by Japanese planes. My cousin was an infantryman fighting Japanese on the Aleutian islands. While bullet entire his fatigues he was not wounded. But, he did suffer from n frost bite as a result of having only summer clotying. My father was in the OSS in Europe and parachuted into Normandy before June 6. He traveled from France to Holland to Belgium (including Bastogne) and then on into Germany. I last saw my Uncle Dalton in 1967, after graduating from Fort Poll's Tiger land AIT (Infantry, RVN Oriented). He was still suffering from his bad treatment by the Japanese.
Your family made remarkable contributions to the war effort. But you surely mean the BATAAN Death March. To call it 'Batman' is a howler bordering on plain disrespectful.
I am Japanese. Honestly, Japan lost, but I think it's good that America won. However, what's regrettable is the decline in America's influence. If China takes over from the United States, the world would truly become unfortunate. America, please be more resolute.
Luckily, there's a hefty chunk of the federal government hellbent on maintaining Pax Americana, because it's in America's interest, so China has more obstacles than we see from the outside looking in.
You are very lucky you surrended to the US rather than the Soviets otherwise under there occupation Japan would be corrupt from communism same like North Korea but thanks to general Douglas McArthur who became your new leader made it bigger and better than it ever was the people became obsessed with him giving him the nickname of "the gental conqueror".
Warning. Do not cite this material as fact. Example: There was NO pre-invasion shelling of Guadalcanal. The first shells to land were on August 7, day of invasion. MacArthur was not Supreme Commander. Rather, he was in charge of the Army and the southern and western Pacific. Nimitz was in charge of the central theater. But there are lots of facts, so just enjoy.
There are many inaccuracies in this video. McArthur did not fly out when he left the Philippines, he left on a PT boat. To say there was nothing he could do is inaccurate, he did everything wrong. The way he tried to defend the Philippines was neglectful and maybe criminal. He disobeyed every prewar plan that was in place.
Man o man, they were the greatest generation. All my respect, fathers and grandfathers.. we got nuthin like you guys were... Mac, Chet, "Howlin Mad", Stilwell, "Blood & Guts", Brad, Spruance, Stark, Doolittle, Merrill, Ike, even Franklin... not to mention so many others on down to the grunts, jarheads, swabbies, and all the home-front people without whom it would have been impossible, and who kept the whole business on track... And while all this was going on, their other arm was fighting Italy and Germany and supplying the British and Russians...
This documentary takes some real big short cuts to over simplify events. Crucial early Australian victories in Papua at Milne Bay and the Kokoda trail are just not there. Nimitz was not part if the fleet at the Coral Sea, the Soviet declaration of war and invasion of Matchukwo was really important, and so on, and so on.
@@KangaJack-ns9gdnot. But the point of view was stated at the beginning so it's pointless to point out the things that were left out. And they left out whole heaps even from the US perspective. The documentary was decent but really more of a long winded summary of the whole thing. Leaving out Taffy three contribution at leyti is criminal in my opinion.
I was stationed on Okinawa 1970-72 Worked with surviving Japanese WWII veterans, and Okinawans, to help rebuild Okinawa's inner structure. There were many protesters who wanted the US military to leave. I witness the Koza riots, and Okinawa's freedom from the American occupation in 1972. I fell in love with Okinawa, and the people.
I really like this channel.. but you gotta have an option to mute the music. It’s ridiculously overdramatised.. don’t put music to bombing and executions . It doesn’t work. I just want the info.. cause your history and analysis is great.
The Guadalcanal Campaign was not led by McArthur. He struck a deal with Admiral King to let the Marines land at Guadalcanal. Also, the Japanese were not waiting for the Americans. They only had a small construction crew there building the airfield. The Japanese reenforced the island a few days after they realized the attack on Guadalcanal was THE Allied main attack.
Sure enough, in Australia and soon in Hawaii, it's December 7th. For me it is important, as being a What If/Alternative World History guy, while I do change history up (keeping close to reality), there are some events I kept as they are. Peral Habour is one I don't charge and most important of that.
Yeah well. Seems every country calls other countries different names. I mean look at Germany in English. In German and in Spanish. No one really cares. Is it a whatever nations location you know who gets to decide, the person talking in a documentary they made and paid for
@@Chiefwub 99% of Americans couldn't name a single UK political party, much less that it's "Labour" and not "Labor". But thank your for your high opinion of us Americans!
Command of the Guadalcanal campaign was disputed but ultimately cammand was given to Admiral Nimitz and the Navy, not McCarther. Admiral Fletcher commanded the overall expaditionary force while Admiral Turner commanded amphibius forces with Vandergrift leading the 16k ground troops. Yall should fix that, especially considering most Marines cant stand McCarther. The only time we've had to surrender was because he surrendered us then abandoned us.
The worst defeat was bataan when the soliders were running out of supplies why didn't reinforcements arrive cause that's how the japs overwhelmed and defeated the allies?🤔
Oh now I know it's because with the Navy decimated by attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, there were no ships capable of delivering reinforcements to Bataan and that's why the Japs became the first Asian country to not only suffer the largest air raid bombardment but the first to be nuked the air raid from 1942 to 5 killed 900k and the atom bombs killed 236k so it was revenge and justice for all✊🏾 including the Chinese and Koreans who were the first to suffer at there hands.
MacArthur was despised by almost all the troops under him, but he was the One who devised the island hopping Campaign in the Pacific theatre. It's true he was a prima Donna and over Estimated the defenses of the Philippines, but at that point in time, The IJA was a juggernaut that steamrolled everything in front of it. But as the fighting intensified, and their losses mounted, they couldn't Sustain their offensive attacks. Amd add in the manpower and materiel Production advantages we had it was only a matter of time till they were forced to capitulate ending the war in the Pacific and bringing the war to a close.
@BrucePerkins-mc3hp Lt. Col. Pete Ellis USMC developed the island hopping strategy in 1921. "Operations Plan 712-H: Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia" McCarther was doing what he did best, stealing credit to gain glory.
The japanese imperial army did not fear death. they were some adversary for the Americans to take on and win against. A lot of grit and determination. Documentary also included really interesting details about the australians involvement that most don't mention.
Looking at the audio levels for the History Hit in the timeline! Look at how much louder it is! Come one guys, be professional and normalize your audio using compression! Or don't, I'll fall asleep to the version without the annoying ad anyway.
Grognards will have a lot of erroneous details to bemoan, but the documentary covered the overhead view of the Pacific war adequately, and the music throughout was a bonus.
They technically were, but they were large scale theater commanders and not directly in command. It’s the same logic someone could use to say that Admiral King was in command of every American naval action during WW2. That is technically true, but really missing the picture.
@@SLYRHD as someone whose lost their brothers in Iraq, first off, can you identify anyone by name? If so who? Soldiers want civilians to see the reality of war, as a civilian it's okay you don't understand.
@@thesixth2330 my grandfather was in the battle of the bulge so I’d have a pretty good idea of it. My grandfather watched his best friends head get blown off and I’m sure he wouldn’t want that to be broadcasted to the world. You don’t have to see something to comprehend the horrors that happen in this world.
#WarStories let me know when you get real visual from both sides about 2 British General surrender in one battlefield 10th November 1945 Soerabaia city, I’m so proud we had call Hero City.any way thank for all Great War stories. that’s great treasure stories for next generation to take positiv side
Excellent...do men like these exist anymore...or are we left with those who analyze, criticize, and reap rewards they couldn't die for even in their dreams. America that was beautiful. Great people died for a real cause. Sad tho learn of Phillipine death and horrific Japenese death. But, someone had to win and tragically there were high costs.
Great documentary. Some extremely brave men, on both sides. The Japanese were regarded as some of the best soldiers. There was awesome men in every army. Along with tyrants and animals. War brings out both the best and worst in men.
In regard to WW2 and the atrocities committed by Germany….i cannot believe that we EVER agreed to work with Germany in ANY WAY since then….it breaks my heart. Whether they were ran and commanded by the most insane war monger ever, doesn’t matter to me. The countrymen knew what was happening, and did nothing to stop it. Our only regret in that war should have been we only got to destroy evil one time.
Well the children of people who committed atrocities aren’t responsible… And believe it or not not all German military (made up of many nationalities and POWs) were forced to fight. Not all of them were evil, or even knew about the atrocities. They were kept pretty hush-hush. I only saw amount of people knew and towns. It’s not like they had the Internet or phones. You’re ridiculous that you would just put a whole nation on the chopping block and the future generations. Close minded people like that should never be in charge.
The British spelling of ‘harbour’ notwithstanding, the description for this video should use the proper name of “Pearl Harbor.” Don’t bother telling me that I’m nit-picking.
MacArthur should have been court martialed for his criminal negligence for his complete mis-handling of the defense of the Philippines - especially for allowing the attack on Clark Field.
But we couldn't afford a General's Court Martial at that point, so Roosevelt decided to Award him the M.O.H., in order to silence his detractors, both in the Military and in The Congress. Bc Roosevelt knew that MacArthur was the best General officer to lead our campaign to win the War on land. And he did, by coming up with the island hopping campaign, Whereas the Navy, and by extension, Admiral King, wanted to attack every Island occupied by the Japanese. MacArthur won over Roosevelt and the Pacific theatre was split into 2 commands, the Central Pacific under MacArthur, And the Southwest Pacific Under the command of Admiral King. And it worked like a swiss watch
It was the Japanese who insisted on keeping the ""war"" going until the '70s. The Japanese holdouts usually did their "fighting" by shooting at random civilians who were tending to their livestock and whatnot.
This narrator has a bunch of his facts wrong. Some of the support A/C shown in the Doolittle Raid didn't come online unitl 1944, the HellCat was a fearsome AC but a late comer. I love WWII video's this version is slanted in very weird ways.
Where can we watch these docs without the blurred out yt censorship? Who watches a war doc then freaks out because they’re showing carnage? F the yt censors
We can’t even mention the Japanese attack on Nanking that caused the break in relations that led to Pearl Harbor. Why? Because it is called R-word of Nanking.
Absolutely great documentary. Great narrative and narrator. Even his tonal inflections add to the drama.
This is the best of the best documentary , the details of the history from Pearl harbour to Nagasaki is well documented .Brilliant
no mention of mindanao.
Very well done and informative. Thank you
Thank you USA from Philippines.
We are as your forever Ally
🤝🤝🤝
Thanks Phillipines...fighting for freedom 1898....
Dear Philippines, Pray for the United States.
My brother 👌🏻
As a young Marine serving in a small jungle camp in the hills above Subic Bay in the mid 60's I can say that my tour in the Philippines was great. The people were beautiful, kind and gracious. My best times in the Marine Corps were serving in the Philippines. Oh, and the food was awesome.
thank you fillipino brethern. love from south carolina usa
During the battle of Midway. My dad was on the USS Indianapolis up in the Aleutians.
Was he still serving at the time of the bomb transfer and when the Indianapolis was sunk?
My grandpa served in the Aleutians more often on Kodiak Island in WW2.
He was in the US Army
My father was the pay masster in the Aleutians. Served in the Army.
@@Jslowbro no. My father was off the Indy before she went down.
He served on the Indy from Feb 42- March 43.
We will always support this channel. Theyre one of the best.
Agreed
The men who flew in The Doolittle raid ! The courage !! Surely, we owe every one of them, an entire nation's gratitude. They were, THE Greatest Generation, & my Dad was part of them. He walked on to Guadalcanal on 8/7/1942, stated x 6+ weeks, & was evac'd only when taken down by Dengue Fever & Combat Fatigue, from lack of sleep. It took 2 full years to get Dad back home to Denver. He was awarded The Navy Cross, & The Purple Heart. My Dad, was the best man I ever knew, & I miss him every single day.; -----------MJL, 77 y/o
my dad beat me and mum and walked out on us when i was 7,nvr missed him a single day of my life
Calm, down, on, the, commas, man! Jesus!
Dr Doolittle was a great man
Doolittle raid speaks of the damage it deliver to Japan... very little
@@dregasp2467
Before= Untouchable Japan.
Afterwards= VERY TOUCHABLE..and we're coming.
thats not 'very little'
Good except for blurring out battle scenes. Warning messages can be used instead of doing that.
Thanks for the warning. I'm not going to bother watching this now.
If it's blurred or censored, IT DIDNT HAPPEN!
It's still the best WW2 film on you tube.
7 year old kids should be seeing body mutilation?
Will be blocked by TH-cam cause they are softer than soft
Although I was born in 1947 one of the few issues my family would speak of was the outrage the American people felt after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. I was not aware that Japan also attacked Clark field and other American Assets in the pacific theater. Five of my uncles enlisted right after these attacks. My father worked at a Steel plant in upstate NY and did not have to go on active duty, he was an enlisted Reserve because he was helping make war materials when the war started. My mother worked in a sewing factory during the war sewing uniforms It was truly a world war. Everyone pitched in.
Superb documentary........ such monumental events demand to be archived so well..........
Minus the historical inaccuracies. Excellent videography
Shut up.. ??
@masoncross-omoc I dont think he was dissing anything at all. So much history is condensed into one documentary. This video could be 10 hours long and it still wouldnt have covered everything in perfect detail.
Typical Facebook educated comment
Thank you for sharing this great documentary, RIP to the everyone who lost their lives, and honor every one who served. And never forget that day, December 7 1941. GOD bless and STAY SAFE. Semper FI 86-91
Semper Fi Marine! 02-22
Thanks to all the marines and navy members for your sacrifice . To the Army grunts thanks for your sacrifice as well - U.S. Army 2008-2012
@thatguy_seabassr1143 hi I'm with the British Royal Marines what does semper fi mean?
@@jamieknight6689 means Always Faithful
Great complilation...but WHY BLUR SO MANY SCENES? THAT'S TYRANNICAL CENSORSHIP!!!
Stop whining.
@@dr.barrycohn5461 Are you whining about him whining? Sounds like it
Ain't enough cheese for that whine
That such content is free is just incredible.
Good stuff.👏
My late father was at Leyte. Dad was an Army Air Corps engineer building air strips. Specifically, he operated a bulldozer. He said he saw Gen. MacArthur sometime after the landing.
That is absolutely incredible that all those raiders had to bail out, and the footage of the crash landing and the guys jumping out unharmed, amazing!
a good overall view. Great footage. i just watched Kings and Generals Guadalcanal campaign. over 2 hours on that alone. Animated as it is...
*Matatan 😮 Ribirin H-S*
*Another amazing documentary very well done ✅*
My Uncle Dalton was there for almost the entire journey. In early 1942, he was a U.S. Army Master Sergeant command an anti aircraft artillery battery on the island of Corregidor. When the Rock surrendered, he was made a prisoner of war. He was forced into the Batman Death March. Many Americans and Philippines died of starvation dehydration and exhaustion during the march. Then he was put in a containmentt camp where many more died. Then he was put into a He'll Ship for transport to Japan. Many more died of heat stroke, dehydration and dysentery. When they arrived in japan, they were forced to march through the streets of Nagasaki while civilians and military beat and poked at them with sticks. At the outskirts of the city they we forced to work as slave labor in coal mines with little food, water and no medical trestment. He was in the mine when Boxcar dropped the Plutonium bomb.
He weighed barely 80 lbs when rescued by American troops.
IRONY * While Uncle Dalton was a prisoner, two other uncles were working at Oakridge, Tennessee enriching uranium for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
My Aunt Maggie was a Navy nurse in the Pacific on a hospital ship. She was wounded when the red cross marked ship was strafed and bombed by Japanese planes.
My cousin was an infantryman fighting Japanese on the Aleutian islands. While bullet entire his fatigues he was not wounded. But, he did suffer from n frost bite as a result of having only summer clotying.
My father was in the OSS in Europe and parachuted into Normandy before June 6. He traveled from France to Holland to Belgium (including Bastogne) and then on into Germany.
I last saw my Uncle Dalton in 1967, after graduating from Fort Poll's Tiger land AIT (Infantry, RVN Oriented). He was still suffering from his bad treatment by the Japanese.
That's pretty damn amazing
🫡🫡🫡🫡
How old are you?
Your family made remarkable contributions to the war effort. But you surely mean the BATAAN Death March. To call it 'Batman' is a howler bordering on plain disrespectful.
I am Japanese.
Honestly, Japan lost, but I think it's good that America won.
However, what's regrettable is the decline in America's influence.
If China takes over from the United States, the world would truly become unfortunate.
America, please be more resolute.
Luckily, there's a hefty chunk of the federal government hellbent on maintaining Pax Americana, because it's in America's interest, so China has more obstacles than we see from the outside looking in.
You are very lucky you surrended to the US rather than the Soviets otherwise under there occupation Japan would be corrupt from communism same like North Korea but thanks to general Douglas McArthur who became your new leader made it bigger and better than it ever was the people became obsessed with him giving him the nickname of "the gental conqueror".
Warning. Do not cite this material as fact. Example: There was NO pre-invasion shelling of Guadalcanal. The first shells to land were on August 7, day of invasion. MacArthur was not Supreme Commander. Rather, he was in charge of the Army and the southern and western Pacific. Nimitz was in charge of the central theater. But there are lots of facts, so just enjoy.
It drove me crazy but at least they mentioned Australia…got to get the pluses where you can.
When facts are erroneously passed on , it changes history. A sad state of affairs.
they also censored things in this video.
There are many inaccuracies in this video. McArthur did not fly out when he left the Philippines, he left on a PT boat. To say there was nothing he could do is inaccurate, he did everything wrong. The way he tried to defend the Philippines was neglectful and maybe criminal. He disobeyed every prewar plan that was in place.
He also had nothing to do with Guadalcanal. He didn't think that would succeed.
And Pearl Harbor is not on Hawaii it’s on Oahu Island
BUT...HE HAD FRIENDS IN VERY HIGH PLACES 😮
@jasonbennett60 It's IN THE STATE (though not at this time) so WHAT'S YOUR BEEF ?
And Roosevelt didn’t declare war, he asked Congress to declare war.
Man o man, they were the greatest generation. All my respect, fathers and grandfathers.. we got nuthin like you guys were...
Mac, Chet, "Howlin Mad", Stilwell, "Blood & Guts", Brad, Spruance, Stark, Doolittle, Merrill, Ike, even Franklin... not to mention so many others on down to the grunts, jarheads, swabbies, and all the home-front people without whom it would have been impossible, and who kept the whole business on track...
And while all this was going on, their other arm was fighting Italy and Germany and supplying the British and Russians...
i love the video but hate how u blurred out some stuff
I feel like i watched most of this on other documentaries but some im saw was new
This documentary takes some real big short cuts to over simplify events. Crucial early Australian victories in Papua at Milne Bay and the Kokoda trail are just not there. Nimitz was not part if the fleet at the Coral Sea, the Soviet declaration of war and invasion of Matchukwo was really important, and so on, and so on.
No documentary can include everything. Just stop.
@@hockema56 Of course, everything has to be MeRiCaN, true or not.
good@@KangaJack-ns9gd
@@KangaJack-ns9gdnot. But the point of view was stated at the beginning so it's pointless to point out the things that were left out. And they left out whole heaps even from the US perspective. The documentary was decent but really more of a long winded summary of the whole thing. Leaving out Taffy three contribution at leyti is criminal in my opinion.
My father fought at Papua. American. He was a line man. How brave all our men and women were during WW2!
I was stationed on Okinawa 1970-72
Worked with surviving Japanese WWII veterans, and Okinawans,
to help rebuild Okinawa's inner structure.
There were many protesters who wanted the US military to leave.
I witness the Koza riots, and Okinawa's freedom from the American occupation in 1972.
I fell in love with Okinawa, and the people.
Lost family in the theater as they called it.We don't forget. THANKS FOR posting this.
I've enjoy this documentary awhile crocheting 😊.
The new ad system make TH-cam unwatchable
This was extremely helpful for A MARINE, of the Post World War Two Generation ❤ 1:56 Semper Fi. JOHN BARNETT revisited 7 December 2024 ❤❤
Very good, thank you!
Yay, no AI narration.
Feel like this is an old documentary
What does it matter
Most AI narration still sounds terrible and inhuman
@SharonRymer-ge2mu it's annoying
Who gives a flying f who’s talking.
& respect to all military involved
MacArthur was not in charge of the Guadalcanal campaign he was not a marine at least be accurate
One of my favorite narrators. Does it great justice.
I really like this channel.. but you gotta have an option to mute the music. It’s ridiculously overdramatised.. don’t put music to bombing and executions . It doesn’t work. I just want the info.. cause your history and analysis is great.
Never seen a WW2 documentary with blurred footage. Is that a TH-cam thing or a 2023 thing where we're all too sensitive to see what war was like ?
It’s TH-cam
Right makes it not worth watching
To be fair... Children SHOULD be able to watch this.
It’s getting rainbow
TH-cam
Amazing doco.So sad.😔
The Guadalcanal Campaign was not led by McArthur. He struck a deal with Admiral King to let the Marines land at Guadalcanal. Also, the Japanese were not waiting for the Americans. They only had a small construction crew there building the airfield. The Japanese reenforced the island a few days after they realized the attack on Guadalcanal was THE Allied main attack.
The "deal" was merely to adjust the geographic boundaries of Mac's AOR so as incorporate Guadalcanal into Nimitz'.
Sure enough, in Australia and soon in Hawaii, it's December 7th.
For me it is important, as being a What If/Alternative World History guy, while I do change history up (keeping close to reality), there are some events I kept as they are.
Peral Habour is one I don't charge and most important of that.
This channel is top quality
Thank you USA from AUSTRALIA!
We are forever Friends and Allies!
🥰
2:21:30 why is the cloud from the explosion looking like 1 of the anonakis
I was really interested in watching this, but that loud obnoxious music makes it impossible! Too bad. 😢
It's an American location therefore it should be spelled "Pearl Harbor". No one calls Keir Starmer's party "Labor" because that would be incorrect
Generally curious. How would you spell this country? Brazil or Brasil?
Brazil, hope I could help!
Yeah well. Seems every country calls other countries different names. I mean look at Germany in English. In German and in Spanish. No one really cares. Is it a whatever nations location you know who gets to decide, the person talking in a documentary they made and paid for
This the most American comment I’ve ever seen😂😂
@@Chiefwub 99% of Americans couldn't name a single UK political party, much less that it's "Labour" and not "Labor". But thank your for your high opinion of us Americans!
Command of the Guadalcanal campaign was disputed but ultimately cammand was given to Admiral Nimitz and the Navy, not McCarther. Admiral Fletcher commanded the overall expaditionary force while Admiral Turner commanded amphibius forces with Vandergrift leading the 16k ground troops. Yall should fix that, especially considering most Marines cant stand McCarther. The only time we've had to surrender was because he surrendered us then abandoned us.
The worst defeat was bataan when the soliders were running out of supplies why didn't reinforcements arrive cause that's how the japs overwhelmed and defeated the allies?🤔
Oh now I know it's because with the Navy decimated by attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, there were no ships capable of delivering reinforcements to Bataan and that's why the Japs became the first Asian country to not only suffer the largest air raid bombardment but the first to be nuked the air raid from 1942 to 5 killed 900k and the atom bombs killed 236k so it was revenge and justice for all✊🏾 including the Chinese and Koreans who were the first to suffer at there hands.
MacArthur was despised by almost all the troops under him, but he was the
One who devised the island hopping
Campaign in the Pacific theatre. It's true he was a prima Donna and over
Estimated the defenses of the Philippines, but at that point in time,
The IJA was a juggernaut that steamrolled everything in front of it. But as the fighting intensified, and their losses mounted, they couldn't
Sustain their offensive attacks. Amd add in the manpower and materiel
Production advantages we had it was only a matter of time till they were forced to capitulate ending the war in the Pacific and bringing the war to a close.
@BrucePerkins-mc3hp Lt. Col. Pete Ellis USMC developed the island hopping strategy in 1921. "Operations Plan 712-H: Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia" McCarther was doing what he did best, stealing credit to gain glory.
At least spell McArthur correctly if you are going to be an expert on the topic.
If you show this show 1:18:53 all. Don't block this flim. 1:18:41
Too bad the background music and noise is louder than the narration.
Not 100% sure but at least 90%, that is Chesty at 59:01. He is front and center and is a Lt. Col. Chesty was a silver leaf at the time.
Thanks
Fdr
Excellent coverage of the Pacific War!
So the Japanese were spotted but were brushed off right? Whoever said to ignore it, were they punished?
The wrong folks unfortunately were. Like everyone else in this war. Scapegoats abounded
This is great for bedtime 🌙
The japanese imperial army did not fear death. they were some adversary for the Americans to take on and win against. A lot of grit and determination.
Documentary also included really interesting details about the australians involvement that most don't mention.
Wow😮the resielaiants of those boys will never be duplicated
Completely outsmarted and out minuvered 😮
Great documentary
Excellant presentation . Regards .
Looking at the audio levels for the History Hit in the timeline! Look at how much louder it is! Come one guys, be professional and normalize your audio using compression! Or don't, I'll fall asleep to the version without the annoying ad anyway.
Hey Tiffany how you doing I'm not here to judge just here to admire your beauty and your intellect you're awesome
Grognards will have a lot of erroneous details to bemoan, but the documentary covered the overhead view of the Pacific war adequately, and the music throughout was a bonus.
My uncle flew a p-38 in the south pacific and became America's Ace of Aces. Major Richard Ira Bong
Quite a man
Why are there so many blurred-out scenes?
People r soft and can't look at anything slightly offensive including dead bodies
Neither Nimitz or Yamamoto were in command at Coral Sea
Frank Jack Fletcher never gets the credit he deserves.
They technically were, but they were large scale theater commanders and not directly in command.
It’s the same logic someone could use to say that Admiral King was in command of every American naval action during WW2. That is technically true, but really missing the picture.
I would really like to watch this, but the music is driving me crazy!
Good documentary, but the censorship was ridiculous. I can’t give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
very sad to see history censored for money on YT.
Yeah the original documentary wouldn’t b like that
Or it’s to show respect for the fallen and their families by not broadcasting their dead family members???
@@SLYRHD as someone whose lost their brothers in Iraq, first off, can you identify anyone by name? If so who? Soldiers want civilians to see the reality of war, as a civilian it's okay you don't understand.
@@thesixth2330 my grandfather was in the battle of the bulge so I’d have a pretty good idea of it. My grandfather watched his best friends head get blown off and I’m sure he wouldn’t want that to be broadcasted to the world. You don’t have to see something to comprehend the horrors that happen in this world.
If it wasn't censored they would risk the video being taken down.
Wonderful videos and perspective.
The voice isn’t good enough and the back music and sounds are louder!
#WarStories let me know when you get real visual from both sides about 2 British General surrender in one battlefield 10th November 1945 Soerabaia city, I’m so proud we had call Hero City.any way thank for all Great War stories. that’s great treasure stories for next generation to take positiv side
Brave and courageous men, All.
Even the Japanese?
@@OuterHeaven210of course
@@OuterHeaven210 Even the Japanese and Germans. Italians, not so much.
The Doolittle raid had one hardcore message "We can reach across the pacific, and touch your heart whenever we want."
Is the sound real or special effects?
ありがとうございました
Excellent...do men like these exist anymore...or are we left with those who analyze, criticize, and reap rewards they couldn't die for even in their dreams. America that was beautiful. Great people died for a real cause. Sad tho learn of Phillipine death and horrific Japenese death. But, someone had to win and tragically there were high costs.
MacArthur was a fiasco. I can see that even if I never fought in the Philipines.
Did this intro the short animated intro was awesome
Great documentary. Some extremely brave men, on both sides. The Japanese were regarded as some of the best soldiers. There was awesome men in every army. Along with tyrants and animals. War brings out both the best and worst in men.
In regard to WW2 and the atrocities committed by Germany….i cannot believe that we EVER agreed to work with Germany in ANY WAY since then….it breaks my heart. Whether they were ran and commanded by the most insane war monger ever, doesn’t matter to me. The countrymen knew what was happening, and did nothing to stop it. Our only regret in that war should have been we only got to destroy evil one time.
Well the children of people who committed atrocities aren’t responsible… And believe it or not not all German military (made up of many nationalities and POWs) were forced to fight. Not all of them were evil, or even knew about the atrocities. They were kept pretty hush-hush. I only saw amount of people knew and towns. It’s not like they had the Internet or phones. You’re ridiculous that you would just put a whole nation on the chopping block and the future generations. Close minded people like that should never be in charge.
The British spelling of ‘harbour’ notwithstanding, the description for this video should use the proper name of “Pearl Harbor.” Don’t bother telling me that I’m nit-picking.
You're nitpicking.
Well, that's how u spell it
You’re nit picking
English in english and a yank wants to correct? I dont think so
@@jameshay2866but is a proper noun. Like a name. It’s Pearl Harbor.
MacArthur should have been court martialed for his criminal negligence for his complete mis-handling of the defense of the Philippines - especially for allowing the attack on Clark Field.
If you were the captain of a ship, it would be named "hindsight"
But we couldn't afford a General's Court Martial at that point, so Roosevelt decided to Award him the
M.O.H., in order to silence his detractors, both in the Military and in
The Congress. Bc Roosevelt knew that
MacArthur was the best General officer to lead our campaign to win the
War on land. And he did, by coming up with the island hopping campaign,
Whereas the Navy, and by extension,
Admiral King, wanted to attack every
Island occupied by the Japanese. MacArthur won over Roosevelt and the Pacific theatre was split into 2 commands, the Central Pacific under
MacArthur, And the Southwest Pacific
Under the command of Admiral King.
And it worked like a swiss watch
They picked a fight with the wrong guy.
Thank God for our brothers in arms,from all countrys
frm japan too?
My father-in-law, who fought in the Pacific told me once in his home opinion it was one of the biggest mistakes any country made during World War II
On the thumbnail, cover the bottom part of the atomic explosion and tell me that doesn't look like a hot pocket.
We’ll put together amazing video!!!
Whats the bloody point is showing a blured out screen.
It's the TH-cam TOS. Pretty ridiculous sometimes.
How many joined to fight the japanese and ended up fighting Germany 🤔
😂😂😂😂
Probably a lot of the time depended on if you were drafted by the marines or the army 😅
403, 543, 000.
What song is at 10:05 anyone know?
It isn't a complete look though. War was happening there before PH and continued after 1945, Murica insisted on carrying on until the 70s.
It was the Japanese who insisted on keeping the ""war"" going until the '70s. The Japanese holdouts usually did their "fighting" by shooting at random civilians who were tending to their livestock and whatnot.
This narrator has a bunch of his facts wrong. Some of the support A/C shown in the Doolittle Raid didn't come online unitl 1944, the HellCat was a fearsome AC but a late comer. I love WWII video's this version is slanted in very weird ways.
My papa was at Pearl Harbor..he survived on the outside and carried the deaths with him until his death.
1:33:00 the thrilla in manilla
So much for the battle of leyte gulf...skip right on past Taffy 3
My dad was in the US Navy in world war II on a light aircraft carrier called the Hancock' that was a tough war in the Pacific
Does this have the annoying History Hit Ads? I don't mind HH just their ads. I guess I watch it and block it if one wakes me up.
All 92,000.00 are cowards afraid to die in fighting but not afraid to die without a fight
Sowwy but had to turn you guys into some Hot Pockets!!!
Guadalcanal is most definitely not MacArthur. If you can't get that right what can you?
God bless our US Marines who have shaped the Earth we live upon.
Semper Fidelis!
Semper fi, Mac!
Where can we watch these docs without the blurred out yt censorship? Who watches a war doc then freaks out because they’re showing carnage? F the yt censors
We can’t even mention the Japanese attack on Nanking that caused the break in relations that led to Pearl Harbor. Why? Because it is called R-word of Nanking.