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K&G, I'd like to point out that Established Titles is a scam that has never proven that they plant trees at all or have any claim to Scottish land that can be given for titling purposes. In fact, the Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland (who is responsible for Heraldry, tracking legitimate Scottish titles and a couple other govt issues) refuses to recognize them or their company's right to land. You're scamming people supporting this company, they're just taking people's money and printing out a fake certificate. If you want to do something like that, just go photoshop your own "Scottish Title" certificate online and print it out. It's just as valid as the one from Established Titles.
13:18 That part about them having sore feet is no joke. I've been on marches in the Marines in peace time with no one trying to kill me, and I'll be the first to say that sore feet is nothing to take lightly. I can only imagine dealing with that in a tropical and mountainous environment with people shooting at you.
I once marchrched for 6 hours with a weighted backpack (~25lbs) with no shoes. Well it's been a year and a half now, and I never recovered. I can only imagine the pain the soldiers must have felt with each step.
I've gone hiking in (alpine) mountains, and have learned that 6 hours is still doable, for me, but 8 hours makes my feet hurt bad enough to ruin the fun. And that's with a day's backpack, not a rifle and ammo and cooking gear... I cannot image what horror it would turn into if you added malaria or dysentery!
The Greatest and Forgotten battle between Australian-American vs Japanese during Pacific War. May their souls rest in peace and never forget in the name of Buna-Gona.
My father was in the 32nd division 126th regiment. I have many photos he had taken at the time. He very seldom spoke of the war. He had great respect for the Australian soldier.
Also notice they sent a group of men in to probe defences before sending a full force. Probably why Cattern was able to infiltrate behind Japanese positions as that would have been information passed back. I am interested in the different tactics Australian troops used compared to the US.
@@danielcarroll1193 American civil war was the first modern war. Railroads and mortars artillery howitzers gatling gun repeating rifles ironclads the submarine the landmine observation balloons photography
The men of the 32nd division were National Guards men, recruited from the states of Wisconsin and Michigan. And to say that they were unprepared would be an understatement. The men were not trained in the art of jungle warfare, nor equipped to tackle an opponent as determined as the Japanese. Their fire support for the the first day, consisted of only 4 3.7 inch mountain guns, which were old and worn. The worst part though, was a total lack of armored support. And yet, both Harding and his men were confident of an easy victory. "It was", according to an historian "the boldness of the uninitiated".
@@Skipper.17 The difference between the National Guards men and the Militia, is that units such as the 39th were commanded by officers who were much older than the lower ranks, but the vast majority of them had served in the Great War and some even in the Second one. Furthermore, they were defending, not attacking a heavly fortified strongpoint. The rank and file were poorly trained conscripts, but thanks to their officers inspired leadership, they achieved something no one would have expected them to. Holding back Japans jungle warfare specialist's and drawing them further and further into the mountains where hunger and disease would be their greatest allies.
@@wolfu597 what’s your point. I don’t think you now the history of the 39th and 53rd battalions and what the 39th battalion achieved with next to no help. 6-7 hundred 18 year olds holding back veteran jungle fighters. Your talking about a lack of amour support, the 39th had none. Your talking about mountain guns, the 39th had none, yet these untrained under equipped 18 year olds fought brilliantly. You talk about having Great War veterans, very few between the 2 battalions and none of them had jungle experience. You talk about have ww2 officers, again, a few but none of them had any jungle experience. The 39th had none of what you’re talking about until they were pulled out of the line, rested and re equipped then sent back into the line at Gona. MacArthur offered blamey American troops for the fight, but blamey declined stating that he was happy with the under equipped Australians because, and I quote. “ At least I know they’ll fight”.. MacArthur even noted that the Americans wouldn’t fight and sent general eichelberger to relieve regimental and battalion commanders.put sergeants in charge of battalions and corporals in charge of company. Why did he say this about the Americans. Interesting question.
@@Skipper.17 First of all, the Kokoda track is nothing more than a single lane dirt track, impassable to both vehicles and pack animals, so all form of supplies and support has to brought up by human carriers. While the land around Buna, Gona and Sananada were relatively flat, and well suited for tanks, but because of lack of available shipping, they weren't available for the first attack. In the Kokoda track campaign, the Japanese only managed to bring a handful of light artillery pieces, but their main support weapons were mortars and machine guns. While holding Isurava, the 39th received support in the form of the 2/16th AIF battalion moving up from Myola, to shore up the defense after the 53rd bolted, because their CO had been killed in an ambush. You're right that the officers didn't have any previous experience in jungle fighting, but they knew what it took to build a unit cohesion, which played a major part in how the men performed.
I was going to make the same request. This channel is head and shoulders above most, but something to scale showing distances would be so helpful. Thank you for making the request.
Yes forreal I wanted to ask them this too, we just gotta keep it up until they see it! For all of these modern war videos, it would really help putting things into perspective.
Have watched ww2 battles on all fronts but never heard the distances gained or lost! 40 yards, 100 yards gained /lost taken it amazes me. PTSD my God these men are incredible!
My grandfather joined the 32nd after this battle as a replacement. The 32nd was originally a National Guard Unit from Wisconsin that after 1939 moved to Louisiana. Although in an area where it would have been easy to conduct training in scrub areas, the division thought it would be sent to Europe and didn't conduct any of those type of exercises. The 32nd would end up being sent to Australia after Dec 7th 41 before deploying to PNG to take up a flank position to Port Moresby and then proceed over the Ghost Mountain Trail as flank protection to the Kokoda Track. Unlike the Kokoda Track with kind off did exist as a communications trail, the Ghost Mountain Trail didn't and its difficulty in traversing put such a strain on the regiments that did it that they came out the other side like they had been in combat and had to be rested before entering combat. The Ghost Mountain Trail to this day has been hiked by very few. The battle itself is quite interesting with one of the 1st uses of Defence in Depth by the Japanese which became the standard through out the rest of the Pacific campaign. A great book called the Ghost Mountain Boys is a recommended read.
The 32nd Infantry Division was definitely one of the unluckiest units in the American Armed Forces. They were the first full U.S. Army Division to be deployed overseas and the first to fight as a division anywhere in the world. They were composed of National Guardsmen from Wisconsin and Michigan, areas with temperate, cool climates, who had equipment dating back to the Great War, and they were deployed to Papua New Guinea with nothing larger than a 81mm mortar to support them. They didn't have the benefit of applying lessons learned from other units because they were among the first Americans to see combat on land: only the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal preceeded them. Hubristically MacArthur didn't pair the officers of the 32nd with their Aussie counterparts to get zeroed in, and hundreds of young Badgers and Wolverines paid the price. They were the ones that had to learn the primacy of logistics in the Pacific theater when ammo and food could only reach them by plane. They were the ones that learned that fighter-bombers, while a great asset, were no substitute for proper tube artillery, and that the 105mm howitzer was the best tool in their arsenal. They learned that nighttime, when Allied troops would normally dig in and hunker down, was the most active period for the Japanese, when they would send troops to reinforce depleted defensive positions or to harass Allied lines with probes. They learned that the greatest enemy in the jungle was malaria, not the Japanese, and that enforcing discipline with keeping sleeves on uniforms rolled down and taking aterbrine religiously would prevent half the unit being made combat ineffective through illness. Finally they learned that battalion, regimental, and division commanders needed to keep their command posts close to the frontlines, especially in the difficult terrain of the Papuan jungle, otherwise their picture of the situation would be tremendously flawed and thus impact their ability to plan operations. Eventually the men of the Red Arrow would take Buna, but the 32nd Infantry Division learned all of this the hard way: they crawled through one of the most difficult battles of the war with none of these lessons so that other Army divisions could walk then run to victory in 1945. Frankly, I don't think they get enough credit for this, and it breaks my heart that the discussion around them is always focused on their failings in those early days and not the experience gained that would payoff for them in Hollandia, Leyte, and Luzon as well as other units in other battles. They logged 654 days of combat during the war, more than any other U.S. Army Division, and made a hefty contribution to victory against the forces of Imperial Japan. "Les terribles!"
As a contra-example of the value of effective preparation, the Australian 25th Brigade were formed mostly from Sydney and Melbourne but when the decision was made to deploy them to the Middle East instead of to Southern England they were conditioned in North Queensland for months ahead of their first deployment in 1941. They were returned to that area when on militia duty in Australia before being redeployed to PNG. They would have been the most accustomed of Australia's brigades to the sort of climate they encountered there. Chalk and cheese with the kind of preparations most of the forces from both Australia and the USA would have had and affected the fighting effectiveness accordingly.
The Australian militia Choco Soldiers started their active war at Kokoda village mid year and were veterans three months later and I expect the same is about to happen to the US militia. The Chocos' were heavily criticised by Blamey and MacArthur for not single handedly stopping the Japs on the Kokoda track, as they apparently believed, as others here do, that it is a single contiguous track a battalion could defend. There are a multitude of tracks, none of which are vehicular.
@@warrenklein7817 Same deal: commanders asking too much of their men so fresh to combat with no idea about the conditions on the ground, as they're planning from headquarters dozens of miles away from the frontlines, and when those new troops don't perform to the ludicrously high standards imposed on them the generals deflect blame off of themselves onto them. A tale as old was war itself unfortunately.
Your doing a great work with making this documentary, l think no one did like this before For a long time I wanted to understand the Pacific war completely and now I'm every weak waiting for this siries!! Thanks a lot.
Brilliant as always! Especially be amazed by mentioning well-ignored Takasago Volunteers. BTW this time Japanese did not banzai charge. They knew it would be their last option.
It wasn't until the Battle of Peleliu in 1944 that the IJA finally and completely abandoned banzai charges as a defensive tactic because of their ineffectiveness. They had learned their lesson the hard way - in the Solomons, Gilberts, Marshalls and, especially, Marianas.
I knew a Tomlinson when I was in the Army. Clarence was most likely his grandfather in WWII, and another ancestor of theirs was likely General Tomlinson, who was alongside General Forrest's Cavalry on the left flank of the Confederate positions at the Battle of Shiloh.
It is an Adobe premeire error you get when the software has trouble finding the chosen image on your computer. Very frustrating for editors. I am surprised they did not catch that but they are cranking out these videos like hot cakes and on a time schedule. So I aint surprised.
It makes me feel like I'm watching Game of Thrones all over again. I get annoyed when the episode ends, wishing it a bit longer, looking forward to the next installment.
Excellent video 📹 The Japanese Army is learning. Build in depth defensive lines and make the enemy waste their best troops. No more massed banzai charges.
King & Generals, all of your work is damn amazing 🤌. Can’t get enough of any of your content. I would like to please request some form of ‘scale’ added into the Modern Warfare videos. Like a “0km--.5km--1km” kind of rolling scale added into the corner. It would just add to the insane immersion of these stories that you paint so well. If it’s possible, I know many of us would appreciate it Edit: specifically the Modern Warfare videos, since the specifics of Early Modern and earlier would be hard to gauge.
Excellent as always! Would be cool to pivot back to the CBI theatre though - weren't there millions of ground troops engaged over there with massive bombing campaigns happening simultaneously, including against Chongqing/Kunming and all over Burma?
Interesting how both sides were hampered by tensions between the army and the navy. I remember a previous video in this series where someone commented that General Marshall was one of history’s greatest babysitters. I guess having him to handle everyone and their egos was a key factor.
The reality of this battle and its high casualties is the simple fact that the allies did not have tanks available. Once the tanks showed up the Japanese were defeated almost immediately. The real question is why was it so difficult to get tanks into the battle. There were large numbers of tanks in Australia that could have easily been transported into the field within two weeks.
The problem was that they could not be easily transported in. That was why only light tanks were eventually used. It was just not possible to get heavier tanks into the area.
I thought it was the Australian 7th division but the 16 brigade fought in the middle east Greece and Crete as part of the 6th division. Divisional boundaries seem rather flexible.
It came out five minutes ago, I started watching at the moment the video dropped, and I’m just finishing up the intro.. lol Every single one of their videos are of high-quality but it’s silly to read your comment before you even would’ve had the chance to watch the video
Can you make a video on Trajan where he picked up on were Gauis Julius Caesar left off in Parthia it will be very appealing to Italians/Romans fans of Caesar 😉👌😔
Established Titles is a scam. There is no guarantee the money goes to One Tree Planted, and you definitely do not get a deed to land, or ability to enter the Scottish peerage. It is literally a gag gift.
As I have watched this series have constantly felt the Japanese should have pulled their forces out of Guadalcanal instead of sending more men there then fruitlessly throwing them at our prepared positions. Just imagine how useful they would have been defending Buna and Gona. Yes, they wanted to keep the initiative, but you have accept you've lost it when you've lost it.
Remember Guadalcanal was part of the Japanese plan to resume driving southeast towards the Allied bases at Fiji, New Caledonia, and Samoa with the end goal of cutting the supply lines to Australia and force the country to come to the negotiating table. With the Japanese bogged down in New Guinea by the Australians since late July and not realizing the Americans were going all in on Guadalcanal for several months the Japanese were probably too stubborn to realize they didn't have the men and resources for both campaigns to succeed until both were floundering. Also since the Japanese did win several battles in the Guadalcanal campaign pride may have had them feel that if they just won a last decisive battle the Americans would be forced to abandon the island, especially since the Americans had been mostly on the defensive the prior 3 months.
@@jcohasset23 pride. They needed a leader like me that doesn't allow emotions to cloud my judgement. I get what they were trying for, but sometimes you have to accept you don't have the forces you need to do some things. It was time to accept that and do a tactical retreat.
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K&G, I'd like to point out that Established Titles is a scam that has never proven that they plant trees at all or have any claim to Scottish land that can be given for titling purposes.
In fact, the Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland (who is responsible for Heraldry, tracking legitimate Scottish titles and a couple other govt issues) refuses to recognize them or their company's right to land.
You're scamming people supporting this company, they're just taking people's money and printing out a fake certificate. If you want to do something like that, just go photoshop your own "Scottish Title" certificate online and print it out. It's just as valid as the one from Established Titles.
This, right here.
Make 2nd episode of evalution of indo europe languge consist of indo iranian ,albanian , salvic
13:18 That part about them having sore feet is no joke. I've been on marches in the Marines in peace time with no one trying to kill me, and I'll be the first to say that sore feet is nothing to take lightly. I can only imagine dealing with that in a tropical and mountainous environment with people shooting at you.
I once marchrched for 6 hours with a weighted backpack (~25lbs) with no shoes. Well it's been a year and a half now, and I never recovered. I can only imagine the pain the soldiers must have felt with each step.
Not to mention the humidity, dirt, lack of ability to wash and other tropical beasties - highly likely their feet were in a horrible state.
I've gone hiking in (alpine) mountains, and have learned that 6 hours is still doable, for me, but 8 hours makes my feet hurt bad enough to ruin the fun.
And that's with a day's backpack, not a rifle and ammo and cooking gear...
I cannot image what horror it would turn into if you added malaria or dysentery!
@@MrNicoJac And don’t forget people shooting at you too!
I'm sure the humidity and mud made for some super unpleasant trench foot.
The Greatest and Forgotten battle between Australian-American vs Japanese during Pacific War. May their souls rest in peace and never forget in the name of Buna-Gona.
Souls don’t exist
@@casper191985 ugh. We are talking about a undeservedly forgotten battle and remembering the men who died.
@@casper191985 The soul is what makes you, you. Your own individuality. Plus, you can reason and make your own choices, so that means you have a soul.
@@casper191985 you are atist?
@@joycechuah6398 what does that word mean?
My father was in the 32nd division 126th regiment. I have many photos he had taken at the time. He very seldom spoke of the war. He had great respect for the Australian soldier.
A member of the “Ghost Battalion” then, I believe. Named after its AWFUL experience on the Kapa Kapa trail. He must have seen some horrible stuff
I have to say that the Australians were the real deal. Respect to them fighting close-up against a ruthless enemy. At 17:35 it is a real battle.
Also notice they sent a group of men in to probe defences before sending a full force. Probably why Cattern was able to infiltrate behind Japanese positions as that would have been information passed back.
I am interested in the different tactics Australian troops used compared to the US.
Can you please do a series on the boer war?
yes please!!
Omg yes that would be amazing!!!
They didn’t do that yet first modern war
@@danielcarroll1193 American civil war was the first modern war. Railroads and mortars artillery howitzers gatling gun repeating rifles ironclads the submarine the landmine observation balloons photography
And Zulu war
The next few weeks are going to be wild. Hope there's decent coverage of the drama between MacArthur, Harding, and Eichelberger.
The men of the 32nd division were National Guards men, recruited from the states of Wisconsin and Michigan. And to say that they were unprepared would be an understatement.
The men were not trained in the art of jungle warfare, nor equipped to tackle an opponent as determined as the Japanese. Their fire support for the the first day, consisted of only 4 3.7 inch mountain guns, which were old and worn. The worst part though, was a total lack of armored support. And yet, both Harding and his men were confident of an easy victory.
"It was", according to an historian "the boldness of the uninitiated".
That historian stumbled upon the Dunning Kruger effect, lol :')
Wasn’t it exactly the same for the 39th and 53rd Australian battalions. You didn’t hear them moaning now did you.
@@Skipper.17 The difference between the National Guards men and the Militia, is that units such as the 39th were commanded by officers who were much older than the lower ranks, but the vast majority of them had served in the Great War and some even in the Second one. Furthermore, they were defending, not attacking a heavly fortified strongpoint.
The rank and file were poorly trained conscripts, but thanks to their officers inspired leadership, they achieved something no one would have expected them to. Holding back Japans jungle warfare specialist's and drawing them further and further into the mountains where hunger and disease would be their greatest allies.
@@wolfu597 what’s your point. I don’t think you now the history of the 39th and 53rd battalions and what the 39th battalion achieved with next to no help. 6-7 hundred 18 year olds holding back veteran jungle fighters. Your talking about a lack of amour support, the 39th had none. Your talking about mountain guns, the 39th had none, yet these untrained under equipped 18 year olds fought brilliantly. You talk about having Great War veterans, very few between the 2 battalions and none of them had jungle experience. You talk about have ww2 officers, again, a few but none of them had any jungle experience.
The 39th had none of what you’re talking about until they were pulled out of the line, rested and re equipped then sent back into the line at Gona. MacArthur offered blamey American troops for the fight, but blamey declined stating that he was happy with the under equipped Australians because, and I quote. “ At least I know they’ll fight”..
MacArthur even noted that the Americans wouldn’t fight and sent general eichelberger to relieve regimental and battalion commanders.put sergeants in charge of battalions and corporals in charge of company. Why did he say this about the Americans. Interesting question.
@@Skipper.17 First of all, the Kokoda track is nothing more than a single lane dirt track, impassable to both vehicles and pack animals, so all form of supplies and support has to brought up by human carriers.
While the land around Buna, Gona and Sananada were relatively flat, and well suited for tanks, but because of lack of available shipping, they weren't available for the first attack.
In the Kokoda track campaign, the Japanese only managed to bring a handful of light artillery pieces, but their main support weapons were mortars and machine guns. While holding Isurava, the 39th received support in the form of the 2/16th AIF battalion moving up from Myola, to shore up the defense after the 53rd bolted, because their CO had been killed in an ambush.
You're right that the officers didn't have any previous experience in jungle fighting, but they knew what it took to build a unit cohesion, which played a major part in how the men performed.
The sheer guts that Catterns must've had, going behind enemy lines and digging in like that.
My grandfather was in B Company of the 1st of the 128th. It’s awesome to get an overhead view down to company level.
Brilliant. Little suggestion: could a scale be added to the maps so that we could work out more clearly the distance of the moves so well described?
I was going to make the same request. This channel is head and shoulders above most, but something to scale showing distances would be so helpful. Thank you for making the request.
Yes forreal I wanted to ask them this too, we just gotta keep it up until they see it! For all of these modern war videos, it would really help putting things into perspective.
Just finished John McManus’ chapter on Buna-Gona. Brutal for all sides involved. The US Army really was not prepared for that battle.
Excellent book series. Looking forward to the last book in his Pacific War trilogy next year.
Finally! A battle where Aussies and Americans fight alongside each other!
Have watched ww2 battles on all fronts but never heard the distances gained or lost! 40 yards, 100 yards gained /lost taken it amazes me. PTSD my God these men are incredible!
This has been an amazing series! Can't wait for next Tues. 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇯🇵
Thanks!
Yeah! It's a holiday here - Brazil 🇧🇷
Fun to kick back and watch K&G.
Have a good week
A clear example of the difference between a veteran unit and a green unit .
My grandfather joined the 32nd after this battle as a replacement. The 32nd was originally a National Guard Unit from Wisconsin that after 1939 moved to Louisiana. Although in an area where it would have been easy to conduct training in scrub areas, the division thought it would be sent to Europe and didn't conduct any of those type of exercises. The 32nd would end up being sent to Australia after Dec 7th 41 before deploying to PNG to take up a flank position to Port Moresby and then proceed over the Ghost Mountain Trail as flank protection to the Kokoda Track. Unlike the Kokoda Track with kind off did exist as a communications trail, the Ghost Mountain Trail didn't and its difficulty in traversing put such a strain on the regiments that did it that they came out the other side like they had been in combat and had to be rested before entering combat. The Ghost Mountain Trail to this day has been hiked by very few. The battle itself is quite interesting with one of the 1st uses of Defence in Depth by the Japanese which became the standard through out the rest of the Pacific campaign. A great book called the Ghost Mountain Boys is a recommended read.
Goodies
Man, this series is excellent!
what a bloody start to the battle and siege of buna-Gona
What a fierce battle
The 32nd Infantry Division was definitely one of the unluckiest units in the American Armed Forces. They were the first full U.S. Army Division to be deployed overseas and the first to fight as a division anywhere in the world. They were composed of National Guardsmen from Wisconsin and Michigan, areas with temperate, cool climates, who had equipment dating back to the Great War, and they were deployed to Papua New Guinea with nothing larger than a 81mm mortar to support them. They didn't have the benefit of applying lessons learned from other units because they were among the first Americans to see combat on land: only the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal preceeded them. Hubristically MacArthur didn't pair the officers of the 32nd with their Aussie counterparts to get zeroed in, and hundreds of young Badgers and Wolverines paid the price. They were the ones that had to learn the primacy of logistics in the Pacific theater when ammo and food could only reach them by plane. They were the ones that learned that fighter-bombers, while a great asset, were no substitute for proper tube artillery, and that the 105mm howitzer was the best tool in their arsenal. They learned that nighttime, when Allied troops would normally dig in and hunker down, was the most active period for the Japanese, when they would send troops to reinforce depleted defensive positions or to harass Allied lines with probes. They learned that the greatest enemy in the jungle was malaria, not the Japanese, and that enforcing discipline with keeping sleeves on uniforms rolled down and taking aterbrine religiously would prevent half the unit being made combat ineffective through illness. Finally they learned that battalion, regimental, and division commanders needed to keep their command posts close to the frontlines, especially in the difficult terrain of the Papuan jungle, otherwise their picture of the situation would be tremendously flawed and thus impact their ability to plan operations. Eventually the men of the Red Arrow would take Buna, but the 32nd Infantry Division learned all of this the hard way: they crawled through one of the most difficult battles of the war with none of these lessons so that other Army divisions could walk then run to victory in 1945. Frankly, I don't think they get enough credit for this, and it breaks my heart that the discussion around them is always focused on their failings in those early days and not the experience gained that would payoff for them in Hollandia, Leyte, and Luzon as well as other units in other battles. They logged 654 days of combat during the war, more than any other U.S. Army Division, and made a hefty contribution to victory against the forces of Imperial Japan. "Les terribles!"
Well said!!
As a contra-example of the value of effective preparation, the Australian 25th Brigade were formed mostly from Sydney and Melbourne but when the decision was made to deploy them to the Middle East instead of to Southern England they were conditioned in North Queensland for months ahead of their first deployment in 1941. They were returned to that area when on militia duty in Australia before being redeployed to PNG. They would have been the most accustomed of Australia's brigades to the sort of climate they encountered there. Chalk and cheese with the kind of preparations most of the forces from both Australia and the USA would have had and affected the fighting effectiveness accordingly.
The Australian militia Choco Soldiers started their active war at Kokoda village mid year and were veterans three months later and I expect the same is about to happen to the US militia. The Chocos' were heavily criticised by Blamey and MacArthur for not single handedly stopping the Japs on the Kokoda track, as they apparently believed, as others here do, that it is a single contiguous track a battalion could defend. There are a multitude of tracks, none of which are vehicular.
@@warrenklein7817 Same deal: commanders asking too much of their men so fresh to combat with no idea about the conditions on the ground, as they're planning from headquarters dozens of miles away from the frontlines, and when those new troops don't perform to the ludicrously high standards imposed on them the generals deflect blame off of themselves onto them. A tale as old was war itself unfortunately.
Your doing a great work with making this documentary, l think no one did like this before
For a long time I wanted to understand the Pacific war completely and now I'm every weak waiting for this siries!!
Thanks a lot.
These have me hooked, thanks Kings 👍
such presentation. rooted to my seat pretending I don't know what will happen
The Takasago volunteers was interesting. Seems Japan had a band of indigenous laborers to immortalise as well.
Thank you , K&G .
🐺
Brilliant as always!
Especially be amazed by mentioning well-ignored Takasago Volunteers.
BTW this time Japanese did not banzai charge. They knew it would be their last option.
It wasn't until the Battle of Peleliu in 1944 that the IJA finally and completely abandoned banzai charges as a defensive tactic because of their ineffectiveness. They had learned their lesson the hard way - in the Solomons, Gilberts, Marshalls and, especially, Marianas.
I knew a Tomlinson when I was in the Army. Clarence was most likely his grandfather in WWII, and another ancestor of theirs was likely General Tomlinson, who was alongside General Forrest's Cavalry on the left flank of the Confederate positions at the Battle of Shiloh.
Japan is such a small country, it's hard to believe they were able to come up with so many soldiers all across Asia, and the Pacific.
Japan is about the size of California, not exactly small
There's some kind of background artifact that flashes up twice at 0:29.
It says "media offline" on 10 languages.
For a sec, I thought I was crazy, lol
It is an Adobe premeire error you get when the software has trouble finding the chosen image on your computer. Very frustrating for editors. I am surprised they did not catch that but they are cranking out these videos like hot cakes and on a time schedule. So I aint surprised.
It makes me feel like I'm watching Game of Thrones all over again.
I get annoyed when the episode ends, wishing it a bit longer, looking forward to the next installment.
We need a series from Kings and Generals on the American Civil War and/or the America Revolution
Every time I see a new Pacific War documentary, I automatically click "Like" because I know it will be great!
Excellent video 📹
The Japanese Army is learning.
Build in depth defensive lines and make the enemy waste their best troops.
No more massed banzai charges.
Excellent. Brilliantly captured
King & Generals, all of your work is damn amazing 🤌. Can’t get enough of any of your content. I would like to please request some form of ‘scale’ added into the Modern Warfare videos.
Like a “0km--.5km--1km” kind of rolling scale added into the corner. It would just add to the insane immersion of these stories that you paint so well. If it’s possible, I know many of us would appreciate it
Edit: specifically the Modern Warfare videos, since the specifics of Early Modern and earlier would be hard to gauge.
This continues to be an amazing series, can't wait for each new installment.
Cheers.
1 year in and haven't missed a week! Great work team!
Excellent as always! Would be cool to pivot back to the CBI theatre though - weren't there millions of ground troops engaged over there with massive bombing campaigns happening simultaneously, including against Chongqing/Kunming and all over Burma?
Interesting how both sides were hampered by tensions between the army and the navy. I remember a previous video in this series where someone commented that General Marshall was one of history’s greatest babysitters. I guess having him to handle everyone and their egos was a key factor.
Thanks for the video
Live in the Soputa area and it's real that war relics in this area poses risk to our lives. Burning bushes us dangerous as live ammunition explodes.
Great video !
Did anyone catch that error message at 0:29?
Great video though
I had to slow the play down to step by step. The RED page says in several languages, "Media Offline".
what a slog. thank you, veterans!
Disease claimed far more men than enemy fire in the battle. Jungle fighting is the worst.
I think we will try a shot for every time rain impacts troop movements... pray for us.
Interesting
0:28 wtf was that? Media offline?
Ill be soo happy if Morotai makes a video
my internet ruined mind was not prepared to hear about the kumusi river
Nice
KOKODA CAMPAIGN LESGOOOOOOOO
Unbelievable that there was a whole battle over who stole the cakes.
I think Private Buna went AWOL
Because Buna Gona
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Nicely done video
The reality of this battle and its high casualties is the simple fact that the allies did not have tanks available. Once the tanks showed up the Japanese were defeated almost immediately. The real question is why was it so difficult to get tanks into the battle. There were large numbers of tanks in Australia that could have easily been transported into the field within two weeks.
The problem was that they could not be easily transported in. That was why only light tanks were eventually used. It was just not possible to get heavier tanks into the area.
And them the formations could only get needed supplies from one, preplanned, location.
Cant wait for Battle of Obunga.
Very nice documentary 👌 👍 👏 😀 😊 ☺ 👌
It would be nice to have distance scales.
0:29 Subliminal messaging; Media Offline!
Weird blip at 0:28
Learning that Guadalcanal wasnt the only island of death…..i couldnt imagine what it was like for either side
Pls..make docu about the 3 kingdom Korea
Armour would’ve been nice here, and a sea blockade.
Armour is about to arrive but sea still too contested.
I thought it was the Australian 7th division but the 16 brigade fought in the middle east Greece and Crete as part of the 6th division. Divisional boundaries seem rather flexible.
The red flashing frame (subliminal) says “media offline”.
Very well-researched and fine-made video this is.
It came out five minutes ago, I started watching at the moment the video dropped, and I’m just finishing up the intro.. lol
Every single one of their videos are of high-quality but it’s silly to read your comment before you even would’ve had the chance to watch the video
We need the battle of Karensebes
Why do you speak like yoda
You got a few flashes of media offline in the first 30 secs
You've uh, got some media offline in your flash frames.
Can you do a video about Edward the 1st
Wait did you not tell us the casualty number in any of this? Did I miss it? Anyway great content!
Their evil cruelty is copping a slappin`
Does anybody know the name of or have a link to the background music on this video. I am obsessed with it. Thanks!
Did anyone see the flashing red screen at 0:28
Telling someone's parents that he died in the battle of Buna-Gona sounds awkward...
Telling the parents he died from Buna-Gona more awkward
Buna-Gona-Da-Vida
I think now you should think about creating a video history of the Polish-Russian wars
The Aussies were tough!
I appreciate the Yanks and the Boys from Down Under, saving the world.
"...losing contact with neighboring units and even with themselves." How do you lose contact with yourself? : )
Can you make a video on Trajan where he picked up on were Gauis Julius Caesar left off in Parthia it will be very appealing to Italians/Romans fans of Caesar 😉👌😔
Established Titles is a scam. There is no guarantee the money goes to One Tree Planted, and you definitely do not get a deed to land, or ability to enter the Scottish peerage. It is literally a gag gift.
As I have watched this series have constantly felt the Japanese should have pulled their forces out of Guadalcanal instead of sending more men there then fruitlessly throwing them at our prepared positions. Just imagine how useful they would have been defending Buna and Gona. Yes, they wanted to keep the initiative, but you have accept you've lost it when you've lost it.
Remember Guadalcanal was part of the Japanese plan to resume driving southeast towards the Allied bases at Fiji, New Caledonia, and Samoa with the end goal of cutting the supply lines to Australia and force the country to come to the negotiating table. With the Japanese bogged down in New Guinea by the Australians since late July and not realizing the Americans were going all in on Guadalcanal for several months the Japanese were probably too stubborn to realize they didn't have the men and resources for both campaigns to succeed until both were floundering. Also since the Japanese did win several battles in the Guadalcanal campaign pride may have had them feel that if they just won a last decisive battle the Americans would be forced to abandon the island, especially since the Americans had been mostly on the defensive the prior 3 months.
@@jcohasset23 pride. They needed a leader like me that doesn't allow emotions to cloud my judgement. I get what they were trying for, but sometimes you have to accept you don't have the forces you need to do some things. It was time to accept that and do a tactical retreat.
A trapped fox is more dangerous.
thousands of seconds until the philipines liberation
first to comment.
By chance do you have Civil war - El Salvador 10 year civil war (80s)? I've searched and nothing.
🇺🇸🇦🇺🇯🇵 RIP to brave men of this battle
That is nz flag not aus
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Kokoda = Co -coda!!! NOT cock-ada
DO NOT FOLLOW THAT LINK!!!!!! It's all over the internet that ESTABLISHED TITLES is a rip off and not real! IT"S A CON!!!!
LOL K&G, no matter how you call established titles are still a SCAM. And by you letting be sponsored by them it throw a shadow of a distrust on K&G.
Established Titles is a scam.
Guys you are constantly mixing imperial system with metric system in your videos. I think you should just pick up one as standard
That's how we do it in North America. Confusing ain't it?
@@jaythompson5102 I know in which parts of the Globe Imperial system is being used, thanks,
@@valeriangelov5592 Apparently not, bud.
Thanks!