Excellent. Great presentation, as clear as day and told like a story so it was "exciting" listening. Nimitz was brilliant masterminding the victory rammed home by those brave airmen of the U.S.. We here in the "mother country", should never forget the contributions and bravery of our Australian and New Zealand cousins in their absolute bravery fighting for us and it's so important that Aussie contributions to battles like Coral Sea should never be overlooked. Thank you.
Port Moresby was never taken with the Aussies stubborn and gutsy defense on the Kokoda. This came up on my feed and found it to be a genuinely excellent presentation. You have a new American subscriber. P.S.- as you probably know that was an excellent picture not of Adm. Fletcher but Adm. Kincaid. Adm. Nagano, not Nagumo
Not sure why but Saratoga never seems to get the credit she deserves. She was one of the three not two carriers operating in the Pacific during the Pearl Harbor attack. She was at San Diego and was not in the Atlantic as stated. She was absent from the Midway battle only due to repairs from a torpedo and refitting. She was heading out to join in the fray but arrived at Pearl the day after the battle. Her flyers went on to sink the Ryujo and she survived the war. I realize she did not take part in either Coral Sea or Midway but needed to stick up for one of my favorite ships! Thanks for your video!
In 42 there was about 5 months from May to October that all the big carrier battles that mattered in the pacific happened and Sara missed most of them. In that critical 155 day period the only contribution Sara made was in Eastern Solomon’s , a battle whose major significance was the continued attrition of the IJN air arm but had little lasting effect beyond that. Sara big claim to fame was reducing the IJN submarine torpedo stocks by serving as a pin cushion to I6 and I26. She was needed at Midway and Santa Cruz two battles where the USN had to send half repaired carriers into the fight. That was Sara’s moment, but she was in dry dock and by the time she came out of it in December 42 the first of the Essex’s were being commissioned and the cream off the IJN air arm had been killed. None of this means she was a bad ship. It just means she wasn’t as relevant as a Lexington, Yorktown, or Enterprise. She was a day late and a dollar short at the critical juncture of the pacific war. She served dutifully and honorably just like Wasp and Ranger. Not every ship is a Warspite, some are just Saratogas and that’s fine too.
@@scottl9660 Thanks for responding to the statement about why Saratoga doesn't seem to get credit however If a total of two torpedoes makes your ship a pin cushion Yorktown, Wasp, Hornet, and Lexington, were sinking pin cushions. Also I doubt the marines on Guadalcanal would agree that being damaged was her claim to fame after sinking the Ryujo since that was a key factor to the Japanese withdrawal of a major land, air and sea campaign bearing down on the island. Other interesting facts Battle stars: Hornet(4) Wasp (2) Yorktown (3) Lexington (pass) Saratoga (8) Carrier landings career: 98,549 more than any other (due to her age of course) Returned more service men home from the war than any other ship 29,204 Not arguing here just talking some WW2. Thanks! (oh she's still one of my favorites)!
There is a saying in sports “the best ability is availability”. Sara wasn’t available when she was really needed. Sara, and Lex, had those battlecruiser hulls didn’t respond well to torpedo hits due to the hull whipping.
There were actually FOUR U.S. carriers in the Pacific at the time of Pearl Harbor. You have overlooked the Light Carrier operating out of San Diego. The mystery of exactly where the three Fleet Carriers were on December 7th 1941 has never been officially explained. As one should have been on Patrol, one going to or from Patrol, & a third in Pearl Harbor undergoing a refit. The implication of this lack of conformation, implies the U.S. Navy were fully aware they were going to be attacked by the Japanese, and even knew the approximate date !!!!!!!
TY for this great presentation from the states (colcord oklahoma to be exact) i have been watching several things on your YT channel recently. much appreciated
The USS Enterprise belonged to the Yorktown Class. Since the Pacific was so vast and bases so far apart, the US relied on the theory that the best defies a strong offense. So the US carriers lacked armored flight decks to allow for larger lifts and more planes.
Midway was nothing short of a miracle. Of course all the pieces came together, but the guts and determination of the commanders and airmen is unbelievable. Perhaps desperate. I‘m still amazed they took on the entire Japanese navy and somehow pulled through.
luck is where preparation meets opportunity.Nimitz's codebreakers knew what was coming so they took a calculated risk that paid handsome dividends,It wasn't luck that whole squads of torpedo bombers that were lost and unforeseen staunch defense of Midway Atoll forced Nagumo's decisions
B-17’s scored no hits. A B26 Marauder almost hit the bridge of the Akagi before the 10:00 AM raid. Bombers hit the Mikuma and the Mogami after the flattops had been wrecked.
Midway miracles for the American would not be possible without the U.S. code breakers advantage, gained from 1930 to then, and thank God Almighty for that, folks.
Yorktown class, not Enterprise class. I know, I know, it's pedantic s. That being said, it's great hearing about the Coral Sea & Midway from an allied point of view. Great presentation Sir! 👍
A couple of small mistakes. The USS Yorktown was the lead ship of the class making the USS Enterprise and USS Hornet Yorktown class ships. You stated that the IJN should have launched the planes regardless of how they were armed. You can't launch planes while under attack. Also the planes were returning from the attack on Midway and were running out of gas. So the planes that were on deck had to be taken below deck to make room for the returning ones. My father received his carrier rating on 6/6/1942 .
The initial US dive bomber attack was made by 4 squadrons of Dauntless dive bombers, not 3. Based on your speech, you seem to indicate those 3 squadrons were from each of the 3 US carriers. Each of the US carriers had 2 dive bomber squadrons each; a scouting squadron and a bombing squadron. The scouting squadrons carried lighter weight bombs. Bombing 6 (VB-6) and Scouting 6 (VS-6) from USS Enterprise arrived at the same time as Bombing (VB-3) and Bombing 5 (VB-5) from USS Yorktown. Yorktown’s Scouting 5 (VS-5) had been replaced with USS Saratoga’s Bombing 3 (VB-3) prior to the battle due to losses at Coral Sea. USS Hornet’s dive bombing squadrons Bombing 8 and Scouting 8 (VB-8 and VS-8) did not play any part in the initial attack.
There have been three USS Astoria's. My father was a radioman aboard the second one, (CA-34 - Heavy Cruiser - 8 inch guns). He celebrated his 21st birthday aboard her during the battle of the Coral Sea. He was also present when Admiral Fletcher transferred to her from the burning Yorktown during the battle of Midway. He was off duty and asleep in his bunk when suddenly surprise attacked and finally sunk during the disastrous battle of Savo Island. The third USS Astoria (which was subsequently named in honor of the CA-34) was the CL-90. She was a light cruiser as stated.
Well done up to a point... Im on a BOM site for history buffs of this battle and at 56:14 . I salute the producer and narrator for putting together a good program on Coral Sea and Midway, but it has a lot of factual errors. Your doubt about subsequent USAAF attacks on the crippled IJN carriers are well-founded; I've never heard or read of anything like that. The narrator is clearly off base in his claim that B-17s caused a lot of damage; they never hit anything. He also says Mikuma was devastated by B-26s from Midway, which is nonsense. Perhaps the program would be of interest and some value in Australia where it originates--Coral Sea was crucially important to Australia.
Good effort. A lot of incorrect statements on the course of the battle. No dive bombers from enterprise attacked the soryu. That was all of Yorktowns dive bombers. No B17s hit ANYTHING! Except for the early PBY night attack that damaged an oiler with a torpedo, all other damage inflicted on the japanese was from SBD dive bombers. Read shattered sword by johnathon parcell to clear all that up.
America owes Austraila a huge debt or New Britain and Guadalcanal would have been lost and extended the war almost two years. Thank you men of Austraila. The only thing I take issue with is why did you allow MacArthur to stay on your soil?
![[Full] 4 ต่อ 4 Celebrity EP.922 | 10 พ.ย. 67 | one31](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zmV5HRIxIBI/mqdefault.jpg)
Excellent. Great presentation, as clear as day and told like a story so it was "exciting" listening. Nimitz was brilliant masterminding the victory rammed home by those brave airmen of the U.S.. We here in the "mother country", should never forget the contributions and bravery of our Australian and New Zealand cousins in their absolute bravery fighting for us and it's so important that Aussie contributions to battles like Coral Sea should never be overlooked. Thank you.
Did not know of Australia's contribution to the battle. Thank you for the information...
Port Moresby was never taken with the Aussies stubborn and gutsy defense on the Kokoda. This came up on my feed and found it to be a genuinely excellent presentation. You have a new American subscriber. P.S.- as you probably know that was an excellent picture not of Adm. Fletcher but Adm. Kincaid. Adm. Nagano, not Nagumo
A first class presentation.
What very brave men indeed.
My utmost gratitude to LCDR Woods for this presentation. Quite informative to hear analysis from a professional naval officer.
Not sure why but Saratoga never seems to get the credit she deserves. She was one of the three not two carriers operating in the Pacific during the Pearl Harbor attack. She was at San Diego and was not in the Atlantic as stated. She was absent from the Midway battle only due to repairs from a torpedo and refitting. She was heading out to join in the fray but arrived at Pearl the day after the battle. Her flyers went on to sink the Ryujo and she survived the war. I realize she did not take part in either Coral Sea or Midway but needed to stick up for one of my favorite ships! Thanks for your video!
In 42 there was about 5 months from May to October that all the big carrier battles that mattered in the pacific happened and Sara missed most of them.
In that critical 155 day period the only contribution Sara made was in Eastern Solomon’s , a battle whose major significance was the continued attrition of the IJN air arm but had little lasting effect beyond that.
Sara big claim to fame was reducing the IJN submarine torpedo stocks by serving as a pin cushion to I6 and I26.
She was needed at Midway and Santa Cruz two battles where the USN had to send half repaired carriers into the fight. That was Sara’s moment, but she was in dry dock and by the time she came out of it in December 42 the first of the Essex’s were being commissioned and the cream off the IJN air arm had been killed.
None of this means she was a bad ship. It just means she wasn’t as relevant as a Lexington, Yorktown, or Enterprise. She was a day late and a dollar short at the critical juncture of the pacific war. She served dutifully and honorably just like Wasp and Ranger. Not every ship is a Warspite, some are just Saratogas and that’s fine too.
@@scottl9660 Thanks for responding to the statement about why Saratoga doesn't seem to get credit however If a total of two torpedoes makes your ship a pin cushion Yorktown, Wasp, Hornet, and Lexington, were sinking pin cushions. Also I doubt the marines on Guadalcanal would agree that being damaged was her claim to fame after sinking the Ryujo since that was a key factor to the Japanese withdrawal of a major land, air and sea campaign bearing down on the island.
Other interesting facts
Battle stars: Hornet(4) Wasp (2) Yorktown (3) Lexington (pass) Saratoga (8)
Carrier landings career: 98,549 more than any other (due to her age of course)
Returned more service men home from the war than any other ship 29,204
Not arguing here just talking some WW2. Thanks!
(oh she's still one of my favorites)!
There is a saying in sports “the best ability is availability”. Sara wasn’t available when she was really needed. Sara, and Lex, had those battlecruiser hulls didn’t respond well to torpedo hits due to the hull whipping.
There were actually FOUR U.S. carriers in the Pacific at the time of Pearl Harbor. You have overlooked the Light Carrier operating out of San Diego.
The mystery of exactly where the three Fleet Carriers were on December 7th 1941 has never been officially explained. As one should have been on Patrol, one going to or from Patrol, & a third in Pearl Harbor undergoing a refit. The implication of this lack of conformation, implies the U.S. Navy were fully aware they were going to be attacked by the Japanese, and even knew the approximate date !!!!!!!
TY for this great presentation from the states (colcord oklahoma to be exact) i have been watching several things on your YT channel recently. much appreciated
The USS Enterprise belonged to the Yorktown Class. Since the Pacific was so vast and bases so far apart, the US relied on the theory that the best defies a strong offense. So the US carriers lacked armored flight decks to allow for larger lifts and more planes.
Amazing presentation. Thank you!
Midway was nothing short of a miracle. Of course all the pieces came together, but the guts and determination of the commanders and airmen is unbelievable. Perhaps desperate. I‘m still amazed they took on the entire Japanese navy and somehow pulled through.
Alot of pure chance luck was involved
luck is where preparation meets opportunity.Nimitz's codebreakers knew what was coming so they took a calculated risk that paid handsome dividends,It wasn't luck that whole squads of torpedo bombers that were lost and unforeseen staunch defense of Midway Atoll forced Nagumo's decisions
Great presentation, thank you
B-17’s scored no hits. A B26 Marauder almost hit the bridge of the Akagi before the 10:00 AM raid. Bombers hit the Mikuma and the Mogami after the flattops had been wrecked.
Midway miracles for the American would not be possible without the U.S. code breakers advantage, gained from 1930 to then, and thank God Almighty for that, folks.
Also Radar or more accurately Japanese lack of it and the attack of US Dive Bombers , Japs did not know until they were diving on them
Yorktown class, not Enterprise class. I know, I know, it's pedantic s. That being said, it's great hearing about the Coral Sea & Midway from an allied point of view. Great presentation Sir! 👍
40:45 he says B-26 but the pic was a B-17
A couple of small mistakes. The USS Yorktown was the lead ship of the class making the USS Enterprise and USS Hornet Yorktown class ships.
You stated that the IJN should have launched the planes regardless of how they were armed. You can't launch planes while under attack. Also the planes were returning from the attack on Midway and were running out of gas. So the planes that were on deck had to be taken below deck to make room for the returning ones.
My father received his carrier rating on 6/6/1942 .
An excellent story told in an excellent way.
Great presentation
what is a B-26 flying fortress? or do you mean B-17 flying fortress and B-26 martin marauder?
one correction... though Dutch Harbor was bombed, it was not invaded. Attu and Kiska, but not Unalaska Island.
The initial US dive bomber attack was made by 4 squadrons of Dauntless dive bombers, not 3. Based on your speech, you seem to indicate those 3 squadrons were from each of the 3 US carriers.
Each of the US carriers had 2 dive bomber squadrons each; a scouting squadron and a bombing squadron. The scouting squadrons carried lighter weight bombs.
Bombing 6 (VB-6) and Scouting 6 (VS-6) from USS Enterprise arrived at the same time as Bombing (VB-3) and Bombing 5 (VB-5) from USS Yorktown. Yorktown’s Scouting 5 (VS-5) had been replaced with USS Saratoga’s Bombing 3 (VB-3) prior to the battle due to losses at Coral Sea.
USS Hornet’s dive bombing squadrons Bombing 8 and Scouting 8 (VB-8 and VS-8) did not play any part in the initial attack.
USS Astoria was a light cruiser designed specially for anti-aircraft roles. She did not have the 6 inch gums seen on other light cruisers.
The Astoria was a pre-war heavy cruiser mounting nine 8-inch guns in three triple turrets.
@@warp9p659 Correct! Astoria and her sister heavy cruisers Quincy & Vincinnes were the 3 American ships sunk at Savo Island.
There have been three USS Astoria's.
My father was a radioman aboard the second one, (CA-34 - Heavy Cruiser - 8 inch guns). He celebrated his 21st birthday aboard her during the battle of the Coral Sea.
He was also present when Admiral Fletcher transferred to her from the burning Yorktown during the battle of Midway.
He was off duty and asleep in his bunk when suddenly surprise attacked and finally sunk during the disastrous battle of Savo Island.
The third USS Astoria (which was subsequently named in honor of the CA-34) was the CL-90. She was a light cruiser as stated.
Well done up to a point... Im on a BOM site for history buffs of this battle and at 56:14 . I salute the producer and narrator for putting together a good program on Coral Sea and Midway, but it has a lot of factual errors. Your doubt about subsequent USAAF attacks on the crippled IJN carriers are well-founded; I've never heard or read of anything like that. The narrator is clearly off base in his claim that B-17s caused a lot of damage; they never hit anything. He also says Mikuma was devastated by B-26s from Midway, which is nonsense.
Perhaps the program would be of interest and some value in Australia where it originates--Coral Sea was crucially important to Australia.
Good effort. A lot of incorrect statements on the course of the battle. No dive bombers from enterprise attacked the soryu. That was all of Yorktowns dive bombers. No B17s hit ANYTHING! Except for the early PBY night attack that damaged an oiler with a torpedo, all other damage inflicted on the japanese was from SBD dive bombers. Read shattered sword by johnathon parcell to clear all that up.
Interesting summary. Incredible, in just 5 minutes 3 Japanese Carriers were destroyed. Huge lost of lives and sills.
America owes Austraila a huge debt or New Britain and Guadalcanal would have been lost and extended the war almost two years. Thank you men of Austraila. The only thing I take issue with is why did you allow MacArthur to stay on your soil?
lol