Japan Counterattacks in Arakan - Pacific War #75 DOCUMENTARY

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  • @magellantv
    @magellantv ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Blowing us away again with how incredible this series is! We could watch your videos all day.

    • @SHGames97
      @SHGames97 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Shout out to MagellanTV as well as Kings & Generals! Y’all are great ❤

    • @casper191985
      @casper191985 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No we couldn’t. But after a nice sleep we could watch all day long… including bathroom breaks!!!

    • @magellantv
      @magellantv ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SHGames97 Thank you, we really appreciate that!

    • @magellantv
      @magellantv ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@casper191985 Practical - we like it!

  • @joshuaburke9516
    @joshuaburke9516 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    This series may not get the views it deserves now. But at some point, every video is going to get used in a history class. Excellent work Kings and Generals! Thanks for sharing with us all.

    • @greenkoopa
      @greenkoopa ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I watch these videos with my.sons, they're 15 and 11

    • @KHN.RVA.28
      @KHN.RVA.28 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I've watched every episode. The amount I've learned Watching this series

    • @jagannon13
      @jagannon13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love the videos, too. They are excellent and awesome. However, they are way too in depth for any history class not called Operations of World War 2. Military history is a tiny piece of the pie, however exciting it may be. Every history class will have too much to say to get bogged down in the expertly researched, well told, amazing details that this series goes into. You could only find such depth here or books written about the subject.

    • @greenkoopa
      @greenkoopa ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jagannon13 you can take classes or join groups with the shared goal of learning more about a topic. They often cover the economic impact as well

    • @andsmith3780
      @andsmith3780 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Looking forward to watching them all consecutively whilst working.

  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  ปีที่แล้ว +187

    All I want for Christmas (it is Christmas somewhere, right?) is for the Pacific War videos to be getting good views.

    • @danialzidaneamarty8493
      @danialzidaneamarty8493 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It will please keep the video

    • @shinsenshogun900
      @shinsenshogun900 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Been keeping up with the series, Pearl Harbor to the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay boys!

    • @greenkoopa
      @greenkoopa ปีที่แล้ว

      The war is gonna be over by Christmas for sure

    • @chrishutton1458
      @chrishutton1458 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I like the series, but can't cope with the pronunciation!
      Wavell is more like Wave-ull

    • @chrishutton1458
      @chrishutton1458 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Auchinleck is more like All-kin-leck

  • @redaug4212
    @redaug4212 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I got you K&G. As your resident Pacific War viewer, I will never miss an episode. And it might seem like a long way, but viewership will take off once the war in the Pacific reaches the island hopping stage. I of course prefer learning more about these lesser known campaigns such as New Guinea and Burma, but the island invasions will really start to activate the normies.

    • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
      @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Can't wait for the Battles of Kohima and Imphal, the Americans will finally get to witness the Brits handing the Japanese their asses to them after so many losses 😁

  • @timberwolfe1645
    @timberwolfe1645 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    GEEZ!!!!! This channel is LITERALLY covering ALL BATTLES of JAPANESE side of WW2!!!! JUST Utterly WOW!!!!! It's a LITERAL HISTORY CHANNEL!!!
    SO WELL MADE!!!

  • @redrenegade7724
    @redrenegade7724 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This series is so good, it's criminal it doesn't have better viewership.

  • @wormisgod
    @wormisgod ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Aussie light infantry actions in New Guinea are so underrated

  • @freekashyyyk896
    @freekashyyyk896 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I haven’t missed a single episode of this series. I really enjoy almost all of your content. Wizards and warriors is great too! The only complaint I have is that the sound quality regarding the background sound effects can be distracting and bad. Other than that, the quality is amazing!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Noted, thanks!

    • @freekashyyyk896
      @freekashyyyk896 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KingsandGenerals ur welcome!

    • @KeithOlbermannn
      @KeithOlbermannn ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I hope he meant sound effects from the Wizards and Warriors channel, and not this one. The background music in this pacific war series has been perfect, absolutely do not change a thing.

    • @freekashyyyk896
      @freekashyyyk896 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KeithOlbermannn for sure, this series the background effects has been great. But theres been videos on both channels that had awful repeating sound effects that would loop on and on for minutes and made it hard to understand our glorious narrator.

  • @Maverick0451
    @Maverick0451 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Absolutely brilliant!!! This is a series I will watch and rewatch.... and rewatch again!!! Seriously, thank you for this incredible series. From the macro strategic picture to the small unit actions, you've covered the gamut.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Can't wait for this channel to finally talk about Kohima and Imphal. The Stalingrad's of the East.

  • @paintingpanzers
    @paintingpanzers ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is hands down my favourite series on TH-cam! I get so excited knowing a new video is due out!!

  • @Daleman88
    @Daleman88 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I absolutely love this series (honestly every series you have) I can’t wait until the American Island hopping starts. Keep it up K&G!!!

  • @AquaTeenHungerForce_4_Life
    @AquaTeenHungerForce_4_Life ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Growing up in Alaska exploring old WW2 bunkers was memorable and got to share the experience with my kids when I was stationed there my self 20 years later exploring those same bunkers. The furthest I made out into the chain I believe was Attu or Adak on a rescue out there.

  • @averagep3rson954
    @averagep3rson954 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never miss an episode in the Pacific war Series. Keep up the good work Kings and Generals Team.
    I like that there are less infobox in the bottom of the screen because the subtitles would cover them up.

  • @danendraabyantara2931
    @danendraabyantara2931 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Thank you kings and generals for the newest pacific upload, i can tell you that this series is gonna be a amazing history of ww2, hope this series still continued until occupation of japan where the us & japan become friends again 👍😊

    • @yuritarted984
      @yuritarted984 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@skullrevenant9573 they are a channel member they get to watch videos earlier

  • @gregquinn9429
    @gregquinn9429 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great stuff - Love the footnotes. Great to learn from your actual research and helpful active maps in contrast to some other 'Dark' channels that basically just read wiki articles while cycling through the same set of 50 random war photos.

  • @pauldarke8024
    @pauldarke8024 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent Series so far. One comment though. FM Wavell name should be pronounced "Wayvell".

  • @commoncents4145
    @commoncents4145 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing series and the narrator doesn't get enough credit. He's great to listen to

  • @Fae-Fey
    @Fae-Fey ปีที่แล้ว +7

    3:35 When the game gives your troops all the possible debuff

  • @TheMaverick231
    @TheMaverick231 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep it up, yall. People will be watching these videos for years to come.

  • @jackson857
    @jackson857 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watch every single episode of these. Since the beginning and till the end.

  • @ronjohnson6916
    @ronjohnson6916 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very good work on topics that never get enough attention.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you , K&G .
    🐺

  • @algrella2093
    @algrella2093 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always videos of the highest quality!!📖🙌🏼

  • @davidhughes8357
    @davidhughes8357 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do watch your videos all evening and most of the night. Always will. Let's go!!!

  • @guyprovencal1742
    @guyprovencal1742 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great installment. Can’t wait till the next one. Very well done Kings and Generals!!

  • @rafaelricardo3525
    @rafaelricardo3525 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Um telespectador assíduo do Brasil aqui. Desde o primeiro episódio. Sempre me impressiono com a qualidade material produzido, vocês são incríveis!

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Kings & Generals! This series has been amazing!💪🔥🙌

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "I hate Burma. It's wet, diseased, and mosquitos get everywhere."
    - some slovenly Commonwealth soldier

  • @thekingminn
    @thekingminn ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There really need to be a TV series about the Chitdits or merrill's marauders just like the SAS tv series.

    • @br0k3nman
      @br0k3nman ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would be Awesome!!!

  • @davidhughes8357
    @davidhughes8357 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm here for you and you never disappoint!

  • @talong1588
    @talong1588 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am a simple man, Kings and Generals uploads, I click immediately

  • @kenc9236
    @kenc9236 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You could make a wonderful PC wargame with this style of art and maps.

    • @aquilae1670
      @aquilae1670 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would buy it in a hartbeat.(if I had money)

  • @jeffmcdonald4225
    @jeffmcdonald4225 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A very good series. This is really well done.

  • @markusskram4181
    @markusskram4181 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have done it again another great video

  • @irishpsalteri
    @irishpsalteri ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now I can start my Tuesday.

  • @kev41hc
    @kev41hc ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks!

  • @jazh7874
    @jazh7874 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thnaks!

  • @wolfu597
    @wolfu597 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What people need to understand is that Orde Wingate was a paradox: Beloved by his men, and hated by the military elite.
    So the delay of Wingates operationl report by people like Noel Irwin is by no means a coincident.

    • @alganhar1
      @alganhar1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does not help that Irwin himself was not the most competent of commanders.... The best thing that happened to what became the 14th Army was Slim being given command.
      Another thing one really needs to realise about Wingate is the concept of deep penetration was actually part of British Doctrine, so he did not actually invent it, though he was a skilled proponent of it.
      The success of the first Chindit raid was pretty much overblown at the time, the British badly needed some good propaganda when it came to their war with Japan. Unfortunately that went to Wingates head, and he started honestly believing that deep penetration alone could defeat the Japanese. British doctrine was to use deep penetration alongside conventional forces.
      That led to Wingate making even more enemies. The man, brilliant as he was, was truly an odd bird, and had some surprising blindsides. He was the epitome of the British Eccentric, mad as a hatter, utterly brilliant, but with some pretty deep flaws as well.
      For example, while I will never doubt Wingate's ability, I do think his thinking was flawed in his belief that deep penetration tactics alone could defeat the Japanese. It was part of the answer yes, but it was not the whole answer.
      The important thing to remember though, is Wingate had so many enemies for a reason. it was not only the conservative 'Military Elite', but also more thoughtful and insightful officers who were far from stuck in the mud. He had an abrasive personality, and a habit of thinking that the only right way was his way, and being utterly objectionable to anyone who might offer even valid argument against him...... In his own way he was as deeply entrenched as the more Conservative military elite you mention, and just as wrong.

  • @br549fried4
    @br549fried4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great chapter!

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A fitting title for this video would be: "The Empire Strikes Back!"

  • @heburtheburt1107
    @heburtheburt1107 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Always excited for Tuesdays! One observation though, wouldn't it make sense for Area Armies to be 4 stars, while Armies to be 3 stars? As the Burma Area Army was under the control of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

  • @NathanPa-xo3zj
    @NathanPa-xo3zj ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Speaking of Pacific area, have you considered to take Battle of Tarakan 1942 and 1945 ( Obo 1 and Obo 2) aswell Battle of Balikpapan 1945 by Australian Division a try?

    • @HWDragonborn
      @HWDragonborn ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is still in 1943, they might cover it in the future

  • @richardstone5552
    @richardstone5552 ปีที่แล้ว

    You make amazing content

  • @stevelebreton3489
    @stevelebreton3489 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video

  • @JohnSmith-bv6nc
    @JohnSmith-bv6nc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Got here early. Thanks for the content!

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's pretty depressing that Myanmar hasn't actually gotten better as a place to live in anywhere between 1945 and now.

  • @DaFroBroforeal
    @DaFroBroforeal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good stuff.

  • @chappy4756
    @chappy4756 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why is the map of Canada white like all the other neutral countries at 8:43? Feel fairly certain there were a couple Canadians fighting for the Allies around this time. Small nitpick, overall love what you folks do, look forward to the vids every week.

  • @maximipe
    @maximipe ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Indian troops: Don't want to fight a random war for their colonizers
    UK: *Surprised pikachu face*

  • @curtiswebb8135
    @curtiswebb8135 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so badass.

  • @peterm9604
    @peterm9604 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could you please do a video on the serbian uprising against the ottomans in 1804-1817, like you did with the greeks.

  • @thehistorybox1163
    @thehistorybox1163 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cheers

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent video 📹
    The Japanese 🇯🇵 are still in control.

  • @Laharal55
    @Laharal55 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why isn't Canada blue on the map like the rest of the allies bar Russia (dark red)

  • @FOREVERLOST-k1
    @FOREVERLOST-k1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am from bangladesh.Arakan is too close to my hometown.
    By the way thanks to kings and generals.

  • @minoru-kk
    @minoru-kk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brillian as always!
    Narration: The creation of the Burma Area Army...
    Me: Oh fxxk finally IJA 15th Army had lost their varuable jungle experts

  • @maorsh430
    @maorsh430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    out of all the days you could upload you choose Tuesday?

  • @djmoh.6509
    @djmoh.6509 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Plz cover War of 1971 Liberation of Bangladesh

  • @ofi1238
    @ofi1238 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    14:30 is there a typo for "DESTROYER JUKIKAZE"?

  • @matthewjay660
    @matthewjay660 ปีที่แล้ว

    Devin! I had to define "humus." "Humus is dark, organic material that forms in soil when plant and animal matter decays." 17:34
    ⚠️🇦🇺 18:52 Does ANYBODY know IF those 3 commando Aussie units that had been operating behind enemy lines for ELEVEN MONTHS were decorated/awarded? What were these units' names? And with what were they awarded? My God, ELEVEN MONTHS!!!🎖️

  • @wolfu597
    @wolfu597 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To the Japanese, the Arakan offensive proved once again that the British and Indians were "inherently weak as soldiers".
    This attitude would come back to haunt the Japanese about one year from now.

    • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
      @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yup instead of retreating, the British and Indians began to dig in and fought back successfully.

  • @yuritarted984
    @yuritarted984 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whats the soundtrack played at the end of the video

  • @aegystierone8505
    @aegystierone8505 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The British really screwed up the huge resources of manpower afforded them in India

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really. Indians wanted to be rid of the British too and knew time was on their side.
      Besides, what's the recruitment slogan? "Fight for your new occupiers against a new occupier!"?

  • @yuritarted984
    @yuritarted984 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lets go

  • @HikerBikerMoter
    @HikerBikerMoter ปีที่แล้ว

    cool

  • @Shakeelkhan43211
    @Shakeelkhan43211 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please make a complete series videos on Russia invasion of Afghanistan 1979-1989

  • @1987MartinT
    @1987MartinT ปีที่แล้ว

    It's good that they got rid of Irwin. He may have done well elsewhere, but he was nothing but trouble for his own side in the Pacific.

  • @DoctorXProducer
    @DoctorXProducer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seems that Indian troops were better trained for desert warfare in North Africa, Iraq, etc and mountain warfare in East Africa and Italy rather than jungle warfare in Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. All that training in the North West Frontier Province really made them poorly suited to defend against the onslaught of the Japanese via SE Asia.

    • @DoctorXProducer
      @DoctorXProducer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SaiKiran-fd3gq The East African and North African campaigns of WW2...4th Indian Infantry Division (predominantly)

  • @reybladen3068
    @reybladen3068 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is the USSR red in the video? Aren't they part of the Allies already during this time.

  • @UnNuclear
    @UnNuclear ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's almost funny how incompetent the Allied command was in the CBI Theater was. I know that the mixed British-Indian army was probably one of the weakest fighting groups of the Allies, but it's still amazing that they performed as poorly as they did.

    • @extrahistory8956
      @extrahistory8956 ปีที่แล้ว

      Calling the British-Indian Armies as weak is a bit misleading. Yes, they didn't perform well during the first two years, but that is because they had been recently transferred from North Africa and the Middle East where they excelled in desert warfare. All they needed was to be properly trained in jungle warfare, which is why they will turn the tables on the Japanese three times on a row by next year.

    • @matismf
      @matismf ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@extrahistory8956 They also had the spectacularly incompetent senior British military "leadership" which had been the UK standard with few exceptions for MANY years!

  • @alxa4739
    @alxa4739 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why can't the British narrator get any British names right: Way-vell, Awk-in-lec, Ma-kay?

  • @shumyinghon
    @shumyinghon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the British hadn't figured out how to beat the enemy until Imphal n Kohima

  • @farfol9668
    @farfol9668 ปีที่แล้ว

    You forgot Khamenei
    The Devil in IRAN.

  • @Heroesbleed
    @Heroesbleed ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One aspect of the Pacific War that might be worth exploring….the industrial output levels of the US during the war. I find myself continuously wondering why the US isn’t massing naval armadas and destroying the Japanese where they lie.

    • @rogerogue7226
      @rogerogue7226 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, you don't just need to consider what they can produce, but also where that production is spent. A lot of material was going towards the European front, and if they're producing the wrong sort of ships or planes, they can't afford a massed attack. There's also potential supply problems to consider.

    • @flyingeagle3898
      @flyingeagle3898 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That happens eventually, but not until 1944, it takes till late 1943 for the US production advantage to really start kicking into high gear in the Pacific.

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because to build things, you need to build factories. And that is not just a large building. You actually need to design and build the parts that build the parts. Which also has to be designed and it all needs to be put together. Big things are even trickier, since you need very solid ground near water to build an aircraft carrier.
      America does do these things - by the end of the war, the US has built 17 Essex carriers, 9 light aircraft carriers, about 100 escort carriers, and 3000 Liberty Ships. By the end of the war, the US Navy is 70% of the world's naval strength.

    • @wmetz1869
      @wmetz1869 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You need crew. You need people. Experienced people. And this was one the reasons why japan lacked at the end of the war

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine getting fired from your job by promotion lol

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That is actually how it often happens in the military, especially when the leadership is trying to save face. People get "promoted" to the HQ type roles where they can do no harm.

  • @Wi-rsd
    @Wi-rsd ปีที่แล้ว

    The war ended and everyone returned to their homes, and we are the ones who left our country, Arakan, and you live in your country, but I have a Lord who has a judgment on the Day of the Hereafter

  • @martinlye2748
    @martinlye2748 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stalin was evil and Putin and Russia is carrying on. Love the in depth coverage.
    Slava Ukraine from a Canadian.

  • @3c30raibishwohang6
    @3c30raibishwohang6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s not British and British India have like lost that much it’s more like how undisciplined the British Indians could be during the war they were fighting a point less war tho they didn’t really care about it
    In the other side the IJA (imperial Japanese Army) were fighting to create a freaking kingdom and they were well disciplined and had high moral

  • @markbrooks8623
    @markbrooks8623 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've always tried to understand why the British army was so awful in the East. It is mind-boggling. One of the worst examples was Singapore. They weren't much better in Pacific naval engagements. A lot of the effort was carried by Australians and New Zealanders, not the British themselves.

  • @waynemcauliffe-fv5yf
    @waynemcauliffe-fv5yf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Go Australia

  • @rogerbernabeugraupera8746
    @rogerbernabeugraupera8746 ปีที่แล้ว

    did the japanese ever enter in bangladesh?

  • @jamshaidmushtaq1811
    @jamshaidmushtaq1811 ปีที่แล้ว

    "All that she wants is another millions of views" (Ace of Base)

  • @bhavinkhambhayata
    @bhavinkhambhayata ปีที่แล้ว

    If, Azad Hind Fauj have been better supported by Imperial Army then fate of Allies could have been different.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ✌️

  • @ロース-z7m
    @ロース-z7m ปีที่แล้ว

    What somehow surprised me: as the Germans in Europe, the Japanese in Asia were military superior. Even combined allied forces weren't able to stop those two aggressors at the beginning of the war. Both powers used air superiority and tanks with infantry support from the very start of the war, and the allied troops tried to counter mainly with WWI material and tactics at the beginning, and then mostly retreated or surrendered. Conclusion: WW2 only started, because other countries failed to rearm + adapt to new tactics in time (ignoring the fact you need fascists, narcissistic autocrats in the first place). This was only possible, because those countries were ignoring the threat. Even today, there are 🤡🤡 thinking you can counter narcissistic autocrats with appeasement, something didn't work in the past 🤷‍♂

  • @wnchstrman
    @wnchstrman ปีที่แล้ว

    The British were terrible, the Aussies cowards, and the Americans indecisive and infighting. Pacific theatre in 1943 was just a mess of their own making.

  • @feekalphabeet9217
    @feekalphabeet9217 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heheheheh long range penetration unit

  • @FairwayJack
    @FairwayJack ปีที่แล้ว

    like

  • @krzysztofkolodziejczyk4335
    @krzysztofkolodziejczyk4335 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe Brits would do better if they use they best men in actual regular combat instead of waisting them on this Chindits nonsense.
    BTW this is probably the best series you guys have done, but as we all know it's not always enough to get TH-cam views.

  • @andreichesler6686
    @andreichesler6686 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like 1

  • @Al-xj4vn
    @Al-xj4vn ปีที่แล้ว

    Your voice like you're eating aluminium foil

  • @tomg9557
    @tomg9557 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This series really puts into perspective why the British overemphasize the Battle of Britain in WWII histories; it was quite literally the only time they displayed any competence at all whatsoever in battle tactics or strategy.

    • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
      @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Tom G "it was quite literally the only time they displayed any competence at all whatsoever in battle tactics or strategy."
      On land there was Operation Compass in North Africa 1941, where 36,000 troops of the Western Desert Force lead by British general Richard O Connor routed an Axis army of 150,000 men, taking 133,298 prisoners, 400 tanks, 1,290 artillery guns and 500 air craft.

    • @Davethe12th
      @Davethe12th ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Battle of the Atlantic? Operation chariot? The Great Swan? Second battle of El Alamein? Battle of Matapan? Battle of Taranto? Siege of Malta? East African Campaign? Electronic warfare against the luftwaffe? and many others?

    • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
      @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Davethe12th Not to mention Bill Slims victories at the Admin Box, Kohima, Imphal, Sittang Bend and Meiktila and Mandalay.

    • @tomg9557
      @tomg9557 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Davethe12th I see a lot of strategically insignificant "successes" there, and at least one American victory that the British sure did "help" with.

    • @tomg9557
      @tomg9557 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Highlighted again that the British have an extremely small number of victories to tout, and all but one of them are strategically insignificant.

  • @mdsaidulhasan8907
    @mdsaidulhasan8907 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i think u should stop makinng video on this topic.. i mean just look at the views it got?'

    • @drewb3490
      @drewb3490 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe you should stop making stupid comments.

    • @extrahistory8956
      @extrahistory8956 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean, the whole point of the series is to provide the most detailed account of the Pacific War ever in documentary, so it makes seems that they will cover everything, even the stuff that people deem as uninteresting.

    • @mdsaidulhasan8907
      @mdsaidulhasan8907 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@extrahistory8956 there are more old historical events to cover than the recent wars

  • @TheMormonPower
    @TheMormonPower ปีที่แล้ว

    This campaign is a real sleeper 🥱 Ive gotta keep shaking my head to keep awake, and stop daydreaming. Not K&G fault, just the subject matter is terrible 😔

    • @extrahistory8956
      @extrahistory8956 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is probably the reason why most of the military campaigns of the Pacific War that took place in 1943 are rarely mentioned. There weren't nearly as many naval battles, the results were a really mixed bag in the first 6 months of the year, and the interest isn't really there among non-history fans for what was going on in Burma, China, New Guinea, the Solomon and Aleutians islands.

    • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
      @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wait for Kohima and Imphal, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.