My kid is all about submarines and spies now because of your videos on U-boats. As a history lover, thank you Dr. Felton for helping foster a shared passion between us.
Really enjoying this series. As an American I have not been exposed to events in Australia except as memorized by US servicemen visiting there during hostilities.
Didn't get all details correct - @6:26 he said the messages were picked up and partially decoded by the listening post at Melbourne, but nothing was done. This is incorrect, first they were picked up by a listening post in Sydney, I think EdgeCliff, and then directional finding units were engaged to try and locate the source as the operators had figured out they were enemy transmissions (as opposed to "nothing was done" per your report). You can listen to the operator who actually did this (he turned 100 this year and was interviewed on ABC Sydney radio, Richard Glover's Drive program, of which broadcast was repeated today as part of the Armistice Day rememberances) or read the Sydney listening post archived reports (I think I've seen them in the Sydney Naval Museum near The Star casino, or the National War Museum in Canberra).
True bravery was demonstrated by the rowing acumen, skill and endurance by the two Blokes from the maritime services... Dr Felton, here Newcastle we are on the edge of our seats in anticipation of the Fort Scratchley episode.... This year keeps getting better and better great narrative you never disappoint, thank you.
I visited Sydney twice in 2018 & 2019 and spent a lot of time going round that fantastic city. I was staying with my daughter who lives about a 5 minute walk from Garden Island, and RANS ships were moored opposite! I knew about this incident because I have seen the memorial plaque, but cannot remember where it is! But you should mention that Garden Island is actually now HMAS Kuttabul, renamed in 1943 in memory of the 21 ratings who were killed. Chowder Bay near Middle Head is interesting too as the home of the earlier set of defences until 1922 - as is the Middle Heads gun battery. And finally, the first shots in each world war were fired in Australia!
Thank you Dr Felton. I am a history buff, and I did not know about this attack on Australia. Your well written and Narrated documentaries are a highlight of my day.
My grandfather was stationed at middle head battery during the Sydney attack. He could see the sub but was told to hold fire because they thought the artillery shell would ricochet into the eastern suburbs, so the depth charged them!
As a child I went to the Canberra war memorial and got to climb onto and around the outside of that sub, it was outside at the time (1974) always amazed at how they were called midget submarines but are actually quite large. Thanks for all your research Dr Felton, it is great to learn the actual details of the attack.
Listening to this channel whilst working actually allows me to enjoy the office work component of my day. Thanks Mark again for doing this series. It's a part of history Australia tends to forget.
If those Japanese sailors had allowed themselves to be captured, they'd have lived out the war in relative comfort... unless they got involved in that little incident at Cowra.
@@feereel That was happening because they were no prisoners to capture. The Japanese preferred to die honorably with a banzai charge or commit suicide. They didn't know about the treatment of the POWs so they where thinking that falling into American hands will be the worst thing ever. Ironically, the opposite one in our occasion.
This story should be made into a movie. Plenty of drama and action, tragic stories on both sides, honourable behaviour in both victory and defeat. All of it ending in futility, moral ambiguity and recrimination. Great war story Mark, thanks!
Thank you! I was listening to part 1 while I was cleaning and when it finished was like where is part 2? Oh part 1 was only released a few days ago. Thanks for part 2 love this series, very interesting and entertaining.
Mark you are a tease. I am a life member of the Fort Scratchley Historical Society and I had the pleasure of meeting Major Wal Watson (retired) and now deceased who was the Battery Commander at Fort Scratchley. I have watched the first two episodes which although interesting were not what I was craving. A search of TH-cam for the channel Fortress Newcastle will provide some interesting footage of the fort. This includes the two Six inch Mark 7 guns which replied to I21. This will now be torture waiting for Episode 3.
This video has been only the second reference I have run across concerning the attack on Sydney. Great details and very well done!! If you just read the history text books here in the State, you would think that we won the pacific war all by our-self. Thank god for the Australians, New Zealanders, British and island native peoples. And let us not forget the colonial troops.
I listened keenly to part 1, which was fascinating and riveting. I was eager to listen to part 2 and I was not disappointed. Thank you for your efforts in researching and publishing/uploading these interesting and informative historical story videos.
Great video. I have studied a lot of the Pacific War and knew about this attack, but only superficially. This adds a lot of new information for me, not only about the attack, but also the role of IJN Submarines played in the early days of the war.
Awesome scope and depth in this series. I had no idea about Melbourne or Hobart. Belligerant attitudes in Australia towards local efforts are beyond belief.
The Indicator Loop system reference reminds me of a TV advert AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) put out in Australia back in the 1980's where they show a Russian submarine sailing into Sydney harbour with the excited crew taking snapshots. The message was that without AWA technology Australia defences wouldn't be up to scratch.
Thank you for reporting this piece of our history (I'm Aussie). One correction - @6:26 you said the messages were picked up and partially decoded by the listening post at Melbourne, but nothing was done. This is incorrect, first they were picked up by a listening post in Sydney, I think EdgeCliff, and then directional finding units were engaged to try and locate the source as the operators had figured out they were enemy transmissions (as opposed to "nothing was done" per your report). You can listen to the operator who actually did this (he turned 100 this year and was interviewed on ABC Sydney radio, Richard Glover's Drive program, of which broadcast was repeated today as part of the Armistice Day rememberances) or read the Sydney listening post archived reports (I think I've seen them in the Sydney Naval Museum near The Star casino, or the National War Museum in Canberra).
there was also a transmitter operating up in the Blue Mountains, i don't believe they were ever caught them. The direction finding equipment couldn't pin point it to an exact spot, just the general area.
Dr. Mark Felton a interesting fact about the midget sub that followed a Manly Ferry through the boom is still around to this day. I used to volunteer in its restoration, the people involved had looked at the timetable from that year and narrowed the vessel to 3 minutes from the time that the sub followed it through.
I remember first hearing about this particular submarine incident on history channel back around 2000-2001. Always found it interesting, I actually recorded it off the TV onto a VHS tape as well. Since Australia and the Japanese front lines were so close to each other I always wondered what kinda air/sea battles may have happened that people may have forgotten about because of it being over shadowed by more larger primary battles going on that’s not as close to the Australian coast. You would think the Australians and the Japanese would have been bumping into each other all the time along the huge north coast of Australia.
Outstanding videos!!!. This is a part of history that has been neglected!. I would like to see more of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine service!.
There’s nothing better on a Hot summers day in Canberra than to head down to the War Memorial and catch the Sub attack and G for George shows. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen them, but they never fail to impress.
Excellent! Brilliant retelling of this amazing piece of History. It is sad that Japanese youth and our own have no or little knowledge of these attacks
I was told by a veteran who was camped at Centennial Park in Sydney that the attack prompted word that the Japanese had landed! Soldiers were issued with one (1) round of live ammunition! Correction: Taylors Bay
Top stuff, and a sort of closing chapter for me....I had heard about the raid but this clarifies it. I have seen the Japanese subs in the Australian war memorial, they were outside last I visited, and quite large for midget subs. Great video , and a quality reference for anyone researching the subject....good show!!!🙂🙂🙂
It was reported to some Australian prisoners of war that the Sydney Harbour Bridge had been destroyed when the MIDDLE pylon was torpedoed. For some reason this account actually improved prisoners’ morale.........
My grandfather was an English sailor who had been in Sydney at this time. This is where he trained to become a diver. He rarely spoke much about the the war side of things as most don't, but he went into a fair bit of detail about this, as he was one the divers who had to retrieve Japanese body's, He gave a pretty gruesome account of what actually happened. So thanks to the detailed history of what led up this.
Several submarines including a U-boat operated off the Australian station and despite the dogged defence by destroyers, corvettes and aircraft inflicted a heavy loss including the hospital ship CENTAUR. All boats involved were eventually sunk.
Plenty of fanatics over some code/creed/belief cherry-pick parts of it, just the parts that let them do what they want to do. Belief is a powerful tool, capable of leading people into self-delusion and/or being abused by power-mongers.
Mark, perhaps you could do a video on why Japanese scouts were so bad at identifying Allied ships? They were notoriously poor at this task throughout the war.
The Kuttabul ended up either being salvaged or another ferry took its name as I remember taking the ferry numerous times from Mosman Bay to Circular Quay in the 70s. In fact quite a few of those Ferries were used till the mid 80s.
i seem to remember in WW1 a british submarine went into the Black Sea and one of it's torpedeos was fired in or around the harbour at Constantinople. I am sure they were searching for some big german warships that sheltered in Turkey. I believe the attack had a big effect on the locals
regarding firing the torpedoes at the U.S.S. Chicago. It is agreed that the Chicago was raising steam and had smoke and steam streaming out of the funnels. Hence the japanese assumed that it was underway and aimed their torpedoes with a certain amount of deflection, while the vessel was still moored at that point in time.
That makes better sense. I don't know how far the sub stood off to shoot, but missing a static target by 300 yards suggests IJN sent the wrong crew in.
DAd bought a huge thick book back in the 70's ( Readers digest book sale ) on WWII and in there was a story of the Sydney Harbour attacks . It still doesnt get much doco time until recently they found one of the sunk Midgets
My Father was a fire controlman on USS Chicago, and often spoke of the events of that night. He had been in a theatre when the attack started and returned to the ship on the captain's launch.
This far into the war, with catastrophe after catastrophe since December, and a lot of of the military was "taking the day off" because it was *Sunday* ?
My kid is all about submarines and spies now because of your videos on U-boats. As a history lover, thank you Dr. Felton for helping foster a shared passion between us.
Dr. Mark Felton once again blessing us with his knowledge.
As an Australian, I love hearing these stories. Thanks very much Mark for the well timed video 😊
It all very interesting given that these very few events of the war happened on our soil
@@Boxmediaphile If you were from Darwin (77 air raids) or Broome (a dozen raids) you might beg to differ.
I totally agree...but that's not how you pronounce Geelong
Thanks Dr. Felton I really needed this today, as it has been a troubling 6 days. Thank you for distracting me for a while.
I can't imagine the amount of research needed to make just one of these fine videos let alone the amount of videos he keeps putting out. 👍👍👍👍
Really enjoying this series. As an American I have not been exposed to events in Australia except as memorized by US servicemen visiting there during hostilities.
As an Aussie, who had an Uncle at war during this time, your insight to detail is impeccable DR Felton! Thanks for sharing!
Didn't get all details correct - @6:26 he said the messages were picked up and partially decoded by the listening post at Melbourne, but nothing was done. This is incorrect, first they were picked up by a listening post in Sydney, I think EdgeCliff, and then directional finding units were engaged to try and locate the source as the operators had figured out they were enemy transmissions (as opposed to "nothing was done" per your report). You can listen to the operator who actually did this (he turned 100 this year and was interviewed on ABC Sydney radio, Richard Glover's Drive program, of which broadcast was repeated today as part of the Armistice Day rememberances) or read the Sydney listening post archived reports (I think I've seen them in the Sydney Naval Museum near The Star casino, or the National War Museum in Canberra).
True bravery was demonstrated by the rowing acumen, skill and endurance by the two Blokes from the maritime services... Dr Felton, here Newcastle we are on the edge of our seats in anticipation of the Fort Scratchley episode.... This year keeps getting better and better great narrative you never disappoint, thank you.
Mark! You are so good at this you can even carry TH-cam "videos" that aren't really videos, but are instead audio only! So cool!
Gained alot of knowledge this quarantine time because of Sir Mark Felton.
And there is still a lot to watch and learn.
NB it's "a lot"
@@bnipmnaa check
A lot is a two-word phrase.
Fascinating! I had no idea. Thanks for your dedication, Mark.
I think this goes to show how unprepared Australia was for war at this stage.
I visited Sydney twice in 2018 & 2019 and spent a lot of time going round that fantastic city. I was staying with my daughter who lives about a 5 minute walk from Garden Island, and RANS ships were moored opposite! I knew about this incident because I have seen the memorial plaque, but cannot remember where it is! But you should mention that Garden Island is actually now HMAS Kuttabul, renamed in 1943 in memory of the 21 ratings who were killed. Chowder Bay near Middle Head is interesting too as the home of the earlier set of defences until 1922 - as is the Middle Heads gun battery. And finally, the first shots in each world war were fired in Australia!
Thank you Dr Felton. I am a history buff, and I did not know about this attack on Australia. Your well written and Narrated documentaries are a highlight of my day.
Thank you Dr... I live in Sydney and much appreciated this video...
My grandfather was stationed at middle head battery during the Sydney attack. He could see the sub but was told to hold fire because they thought the artillery shell would ricochet into the eastern suburbs, so the depth charged them!
Makes you wonder why they would put an artillery gun there in the first place?
As a child I went to the Canberra war memorial and got to climb onto and around the outside of that sub, it was outside at the time (1974) always amazed at how they were called midget submarines but are actually quite large. Thanks for all your research Dr Felton, it is great to learn the actual details of the attack.
I was just starting to watch a video on the coast watchers but your videos trumps all others.
Thanks Mark.
Could you give a link to the coast watchers, I have wanting to learn more about them
@@phrayzar th-cam.com/video/Znbs8_jQJI8/w-d-xo.html
@@garymckee8857 thanks Gary
@@phrayzar you're welcome.
A Doctor Felton video- another like, immediately!
Listening to this channel whilst working actually allows me to enjoy the office work component of my day.
Thanks Mark again for doing this series. It's a part of history Australia tends to forget.
Living in Sydney, I'm familiar with this story but it's great to hear it getting told wider.
Loving this series already
Thanks for another great story close to my heart ! I look forward to the third installment
If those Japanese sailors had allowed themselves to be captured, they'd have lived out the war in relative comfort... unless they got involved in that little incident at Cowra.
Very good point!! They got it wrong trying to breakout of Cowra. Every farmer shearer and rouseabout was out with a shotgun looking for them.
To have lived with such dishonour would have been unthinkable.
Perhaps but the americans rarely took prisoners
@Yar Nunya You're evidently unequanted with the Japanese mindset, especially that prevailing in the war years.
@@feereel That was happening because they were no prisoners to capture.
The Japanese preferred to die honorably with a banzai charge or commit suicide.
They didn't know about the treatment of the POWs so they where thinking that falling into American hands will be the worst thing ever.
Ironically, the opposite one in our occasion.
This story should be made into a movie. Plenty of drama and action, tragic stories on both sides, honourable behaviour in both victory and defeat. All of it ending in futility, moral ambiguity and recrimination. Great war story Mark, thanks!
Thank you! I was listening to part 1 while I was cleaning and when it finished was like where is part 2? Oh part 1 was only released a few days ago. Thanks for part 2 love this series, very interesting and entertaining.
Mark. Please do a bit of research on Jackie Moggridge. Such a fascinating life and a great war story. Keep up the great work.
Mark you are a tease. I am a life member of the Fort Scratchley Historical Society and I had the pleasure of meeting Major Wal Watson (retired) and now deceased who was the Battery Commander at Fort Scratchley. I have watched the first two episodes which although interesting were not what I was craving. A search of TH-cam for the channel Fortress Newcastle will provide some interesting footage of the fort. This includes the two Six inch Mark 7 guns which replied to I21. This will now be torture waiting for Episode 3.
Awesome as usual!
This video has been only the second reference I have run across concerning the attack on Sydney. Great details and very well done!! If you just read the history text books here in the State, you would think that we won the pacific war all by our-self. Thank god for the Australians, New Zealanders, British and island native peoples. And let us not forget the colonial troops.
lest we forget
Enjoyed this one. Thanks Mark
Mark! You are so good at this you can even carry videos that aren't really videos, but are instead audio only! So cool!
Thank you for this story. Well told, sir!
Another interesting story! Thank you for all of your work, Mark!
I listened keenly to part 1, which was fascinating and riveting. I was eager to listen to part 2 and I was not disappointed. Thank you for your efforts in researching and publishing/uploading these interesting and informative historical story videos.
Outstanding follow up Mark. Well researched and very well detailed. You've put my history teachers to shame.
Really enjoyed listening to this Mark! Good job..
Dude me an my dad both wait for every episode and locr your content boss!
Part 2, faster than I expected... Gonna lounge on the couch to enjoy this one.
I remember seeing the remains of one of these mini subs at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra as a kid .
Great video. I have studied a lot of the Pacific War and knew about this attack, but only superficially. This adds a lot of new information for me, not only about the attack, but also the role of IJN Submarines played in the early days of the war.
Guns being unable to depress enough to engage seems like a common problem on all sides
@ukkowalski kek
Amazing how many new facts and stoiries Mark turns up 80 odd years after the most documented event in history.
Awesome scope and depth in this series. I had no idea about Melbourne or Hobart.
Belligerant attitudes in Australia towards local efforts are beyond belief.
Thank you from Sydney Dr Mark, you are fantastic sir!
Once again Dr. Felton knocks it out of the park. Your channels should be required in all schools.
In just under the first minute, we get the hear about Brothels and Semen.
Now this is going to be one hell of a video. 👍👍
Dr Felton. A video on Jack Sue and the commandos of Z Force would be a great tribute to their extreme bravery.
Awesome. Thirty minutes till my next show comes out. Just enough time
The Indicator Loop system reference reminds me of a TV advert AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) put out in Australia back in the 1980's where they show a Russian submarine sailing into Sydney harbour with the excited crew taking snapshots. The message was that without AWA technology Australia defences wouldn't be up to scratch.
Very informative, Coach
top notch stuff👍
one of those 'subs' is, IIRC, still on 'display' @ The Australian War Memorial in Canberra....
Thank you for what you do Mark. Top bloke.
One of the highlight of my days is seeing these video notifications 👍🏻👍🏻
Superb! (as always) Can't wait for ep. 3!
Currently being prepared!
I remember playing on the midget sub when I was a kid in Canberra.
I'm guessing I was recommended Ep. 2 instead of Ep. 1 because it is the best episode. 👍
Thank you for reporting this piece of our history (I'm Aussie). One correction - @6:26 you said the messages were picked up and partially decoded by the listening post at Melbourne, but nothing was done. This is incorrect, first they were picked up by a listening post in Sydney, I think EdgeCliff, and then directional finding units were engaged to try and locate the source as the operators had figured out they were enemy transmissions (as opposed to "nothing was done" per your report). You can listen to the operator who actually did this (he turned 100 this year and was interviewed on ABC Sydney radio, Richard Glover's Drive program, of which broadcast was repeated today as part of the Armistice Day rememberances) or read the Sydney listening post archived reports (I think I've seen them in the Sydney Naval Museum near The Star casino, or the National War Museum in Canberra).
there was also a transmitter operating up in the Blue Mountains, i don't believe they were ever caught them. The direction finding equipment couldn't pin point it to an exact spot, just the general area.
Dr. Mark Felton a interesting fact about the midget sub that followed a Manly Ferry through the boom is still around to this day. I used to volunteer in its restoration, the people involved had looked at the timetable from that year and narrowed the vessel to 3 minutes from the time that the sub followed it through.
I remember first hearing about this particular submarine incident on history channel back around 2000-2001. Always found it interesting, I actually recorded it off the TV onto a VHS tape as well. Since Australia and the Japanese front lines were so close to each other I always wondered what kinda air/sea battles may have happened that people may have forgotten about because of it being over shadowed by more larger primary battles going on that’s not as close to the Australian coast. You would think the Australians and the Japanese would have been bumping into each other all the time along the huge north coast of Australia.
Outstanding videos!!!. This is a part of history that has been neglected!. I would like to see more of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine service!.
Excellent work Mark! 👍
There’s nothing better on a Hot summers day in Canberra than to head down to the War Memorial and catch the Sub attack and G for George shows. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen them, but they never fail to impress.
Well spoken as always.
Excellent! Brilliant retelling of this amazing piece of History. It is sad that Japanese youth and our own have no or little knowledge of these attacks
I was told by a veteran who was camped at Centennial Park in Sydney that the attack prompted word that the Japanese had landed! Soldiers were issued with one (1) round of live ammunition!
Correction: Taylors Bay
Top stuff, and a sort of closing chapter for me....I had heard about the raid but this clarifies it. I have seen the Japanese subs in the Australian war memorial, they were outside last I visited, and quite large for midget subs. Great video , and a quality reference for anyone researching the subject....good show!!!🙂🙂🙂
Great video on this subject feels like I’m playing the game we’re you sneak into the harbor and torpedos a couple ships.
It's really contemptable how Japan's leadership wasted its bravest men the way they did, falls in line with their inhuman brutality.
Great content as usual. Your pronunciation of some Aussie towns was amusing.
Mark brings you the stories no else does, God I love his channel.
It was reported to some Australian prisoners of war that the Sydney Harbour Bridge had been destroyed when the MIDDLE pylon was torpedoed. For some reason this account actually improved prisoners’ morale.........
Totally fascinating war history.
Another excellent video. Great listen with a cup of tea :)
I'm very much into submarines this is a very interesting episode and something I didn't know about!!😎🐓🐓🇬🇧
Positive comment for the TH-cam algorithm.
I love your content, please keep it coming.
🙂🙂🙂
My grandfather was an English sailor who had been in Sydney at this time. This is where he trained to become a diver. He rarely spoke much about the the war side of things as most don't, but he went into a fair bit of detail about this, as he was one the divers who had to retrieve Japanese body's, He gave a pretty gruesome account of what actually happened. So thanks to the detailed history of what led up this.
I never knew that their was a scouting mission flown over Hobart and a sub off the east cost!
Several submarines including a U-boat operated off the Australian station and despite the dogged defence by destroyers, corvettes and aircraft inflicted a heavy loss including the hospital ship CENTAUR. All boats involved were eventually sunk.
Still amazes me how imperial Japan put so much emphasis on honour, yet understood nothing about it.
correct. read about Bushido code. General Tojo obviously didn't
Plenty of fanatics over some code/creed/belief cherry-pick parts of it, just the parts that let them do what they want to do. Belief is a powerful tool, capable of leading people into self-delusion and/or being abused by power-mongers.
Excellent...A very big...Thanks
Thanks you
Mark, perhaps you could do a video on why Japanese scouts were so bad at identifying Allied ships? They were notoriously poor at this task throughout the war.
Its Sunday time to rest and enjoy the party
Japan:Hold my beer
The Kuttabul ended up either being salvaged or another ferry took its name as I remember taking the ferry numerous times from Mosman Bay to Circular Quay in the 70s. In fact quite a few of those Ferries were used till the mid 80s.
Has there ever been an instance of a torpedo attack vs a shore installation?
i seem to remember in WW1 a british submarine went into the Black Sea and one of it's torpedeos was fired in or around the harbour at Constantinople. I am sure they were searching for some big german warships that sheltered in Turkey. I believe the attack had a big effect on the locals
regarding firing the torpedoes at the U.S.S. Chicago. It is agreed that the Chicago was raising steam and had smoke and steam streaming out of the funnels. Hence the japanese assumed that it was underway and aimed their torpedoes with a certain amount of deflection, while the vessel was still moored at that point in time.
That makes better sense. I don't know how far the sub stood off to shoot, but missing a static target by 300 yards suggests IJN sent the wrong crew in.
My mother told me that she and my grandmother hid under their beds that night....They didn't live far from the harbour. God....
Mr Felton, please publish the batlle between HMAS Sidney and Cormoran cargo-modified ship! I recently heard about it and I found it very interesting!
Harry Tyrell (18:00), the surname is pronounced with the 'y' sounded as a short 'i', like in "pick".
Royal Netherlands Navy Submarine K-9? Real Sea Dog there. =D
22:30
K-9 herself had an interesting history and her remains today may occasionally be seen on the foreshore of Trial Bay, northern NSW
Australia:" Hey Japan, come on an invade. We'll take you walkabout in the outback....and let nature do its job."
Japan 1942- "Hi and welcome to 2B2T! This is called an incursion."
Seemed like Australia's first encounter with Japanese submarines was a veritable 'Keystone Cops' affair
DAd bought a huge thick book back in the 70's ( Readers digest book sale ) on WWII and in there was a story of the Sydney Harbour attacks . It still doesnt get much doco time until recently they found one of the sunk Midgets
My Father was a fire controlman on USS Chicago, and often spoke of the events of that night. He had been in a theatre when the attack started and returned to the ship on the captain's launch.
Excellent video
Sunday was a very popular day for attacks in Europe, Hawaii, and elsewhere. The commander at Pearl harbor was busy playing golf.
This is like an Australian version of 1941. This would make a hilarious parody.
This far into the war, with catastrophe after catastrophe since December, and a lot of of the military was "taking the day off" because it was *Sunday* ?
" the brothels were busy with Seamen on shoreleave"... Lol
Lots of seamen in the brothels
A bit of Aussie needed for 2 ships names . Whyalla is pronounced Why- alla but say it quickly , almost at once . Geelong is more like Ge ! - long