1. Check out our limited time Midway collectibles here: timeghost.tv/collectibles/ 2. This week there are three regular weekly episodes. Today's episode - the second of three is the “normal” regular one and covers everything except Midway that happens this week in 1942, and then we return to Midway tomorrow again. A big week of change this week- the situation in the Pacific changes, as does that in North Africa and on Malta. The death of Heydrich is certainly going to cause a stir as well. That's covered, as I said, in the War Against Humanity subseries. You can watch that right here: th-cam.com/play/PLsIk0qF0R1j4cwI-ZuDoBLxVEV3egWKoM.html And since Midway is going on, you may want to refresh your knowledge of the beginnings of the war between Japan and the US at pearl Harbor. You can watch our ten-part mini-series on that right here: th-cam.com/play/PLsIk0qF0R1j6ydMvoUBKj_WrnP4PtBlfk.html And please read our rules of conduct before you comment, saves everyone headaches (and loads of time): community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518
"Listen to Buck, use you nukes" failure hits Nazi Germany. The USA would not make this mistake. "Just one Year in the trenches of World War 1" was reason enough for the USA. Primary target was Rabaul and to be annihilated by 1943 now that the "Battle of Midway" had been decisive both in anticipating the attack ("There must need be a 2nd Pearl Harbor") and in executing upon this understanding at Midway Atoll.
@@truegrit1860 Midway wasn't a country either, just a small island controlled by the U.S. Thus the question rolfsuege1284 asked is reasonable, despite Malta not being a country in 1942 as rolfsuege1284 stated it was. This is especially so since Malta gained its independence from Britain in 1964, became the Republic of Malta in 1974, and joined the EU in 2004. I'm pretty sure most people outside Malta are unaware of these details. In fact Malta is now a country contrary to what your criticism of rolfsuge1284's question states. It's OK to be unaware of Malta in fact being in fact now a country. But at the same time it's needlessly harsh to criticize rolfsuege1283 for not knowing Malta wasn't yet a country in 1942. Officially the Republic of Malta, consists of the main island Malta and the smaller islands of Gozo and Comino. The country covers an area of 316 km; compared, it is about twice the size of Washington, DC, and would fit into Luxembourg eight times. www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/malta.htm. The difference between Malta and Midway is that the Battle of Midway forever ended Japanese naval superiority mainly in a matter of a few critical minutes. But the Axis failure take Malta although it took much longer and didn't end in an Allied victory on the scale of Midway arguably changed the outcome in North Africa. After all, Axis victories in North Africa and the Pacific area both featured many triumphs by often vastly numerically inferior but much better prepared and led forces.
midway, sevastopol and rommel all happening almost at the same timespan. its just amaze me how the timing of those events are so close togather. and we are about to see the schwerer gustav in action
@@Mynx31 This was supposed to highlight the strategic Fallacy of the Germans in operation Barbarossa, but it also applies to Japan. The other way around is kinda accurate to the allied operations everywhere, they knew the enemy but not themselves. They knew the strategic weaknesses of the Germans but had little idea as to how they could exploit it. Though as the war progressed they quickly realised their strength lied in numbers.
@@douglasturner6153 Not at all. It is a military maxim that has been proven true countless times. Failure usually follows on the heels of underestimating an opponent.
@@lycaonpictus9662 Unless they had been killed or wounded, they must have had mixed feelings. And in effect, Rommel was denying a command presence to the rest of the Afrika Korps.
@@stevekaczynski3793 Very true. Even if they had been killed or wounded, there should have been men within that unit capable of filling their boots. If a lieutenant was not performing some task to expectations, they could be relieved of command & replaced (by someone much father down the chain than Rommel), or if there was some extraordinary task required of them Rommel could make that known and delegate without taking direct control. I'm not familiar with the circumstances of that event beyond it's brief mention here, but a general performing the role of a platoon commander or platoon sergeant is micromanagement to an insane degree, and it is hard to see how there could have been any benefit from that.
@@lycaonpictus9662 Rommel clearly felt that there was a need for it. As Indy mentioned, he was leaving nothing to chance in taking out the 150th. I don't believe it was because he lacked confidence in the platoon's commander, merely it was important enough for him to oversee personally to ensure the platoon carried out its objectives perfectly.
For the Call of Duty series fans, there is an interesting fact of note this week. On June 6 1942, the first mission of Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts, the "Basic Training" level under Private Joe Miller begins at the Marine Corps Base Camp at North Carolina. Here he will meet Sergeant Roebuck and the training part of the level ends with him about to drown in the mud puddle :)
@@mikep3180 Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts is pretty notable for being the last Call of Duty game made for the PlayStation 2. From August 1942 onwards, there is going to be a lot of Call of Duty and even Medal of Honor missions incoming!
@@gunman47 I thought I was the only one who thought of this! There are videos of all Call of Duty missions played chronologically. Here is part 1: th-cam.com/video/LNz8pWUKkYo/w-d-xo.html Some missions have actually already happened in Time Ghost's timeline :)
@@FutureBoyWonder agreed, he was still finding his voice then and it probably wasn't at all clear if there was gonna be an audience then so probably felt he had to try harder. Hence the overly enthusiastic and dramatic style. I didn't realise how drastic the evolution was until I ran out of WW2 episodes cuz I binged too fast, and had to go back to Great War to have some Indy to watch. Love how he's settled down into this magisterial style though.
I love when Indy is making the ending and then there's a pause from him, death camps. That moment of silence seems just enough to time think of his point. Excellently done!
@@timsoutherly6820 you say "All intel about death camps came from Soviet and questionable “eye witness” testimony." When you call that testimony "questionable" you mean it was questionable in the eyes of the British and Americans in mid-1942 right? It should be needless to say that by the end of World War II there was plenty of trustworthy documentation that millions of people had been murdered at Nazi death camps. Then after the war there were many, many war crimes trials. Those trials greatly added to that documentation and established the existence of Nazi death camps beyond all doubt. To this day some people deny these horrific facts but relatively few people take those denials seriously.
We just won the most lopsided navel victory since Trafalgar … I’m sure Lord Nelson is smiling even if was only our aircraft that got closer ever closer …
One of the mysteries of the war is that Neil Ritchie, who suffered one of the greatest military defeats in British history, was still allowed to command a Corps in Normandy and beyond. Whereas his boss Auchinlek, who ultimately managed to save the day and stabilize the front at El Alamein, got shipped off with all his other unsuccessful predecessors to India.
@@Ass_of_Amalek with how the war turned out, I don't think heydrich's Assassination made much difference. The reprisals certainly mattered to those who were killed and to their families if they somehow managed to survive
He fought in the mountains in northern Italy at Caporetto in late 1917... the Germans absolutely routed the Italians, drove them completely off the Bainsizza and turned their army into an utter mob. Hemingway was there and wrote about it.
"Rommel, you magnificent bastard. I read your book!" - That book was Infanterie Grieft An, a book on infantry tactics written by Rommel in the mid 1930s.
I discovered this channel only a week ago - so I have just now finished several dedicated binge sessions to watch the 150 or so eps to catch up. I have learned quite a few things and remembered many things I had forgotten. Thanks for a superb production - I have recommended it to many people. The mini sub attack on Sydney Harbour caused huge panic - the enemy having brought the war into the nation's largest city. The wreck of the 3rd mini sub was found relatively recently off the northern beaches of Sydney.
The most amazing thing about this channel is the sense of timing it gives me. A textbook can't do that. Battles for Midway, Sevastopol, and Tobruk all happen at the same time. And I'm like "How did people sleep at night waiting for the outcomes??"
I'm getting my first paycheck on the 10th. For the next few months I have this job, I'll be happy to finally be able to support your channel. I followed you since 2016, and your channel has become like the Saturday morning cartoons - I'll gladly wake up early for them. Keep up the excellent work Indy and crew. You're doing the world a great favor.
Richie himself hadn’t commanded anything above a battalion before operation crusader 7 months ago (and even then he was only nominally in command), I think that’s explanation enough as to the quality of the commander’s Rommel was facing. I think that has been one of the main reasons for his success.
Of those British ships sent to help the Americans, one would care a special meaning to a small village on the coast of North Carolina. HMT Bedfordshire, a converted anti sub trawler was on patrol off the coast when a U-Boat torpedoed and sank the ship with all hands lost in May. 4 sailors' bodies from the vessel washed up onto the island of Ocracoke, near the village with the same name. The local Coast Guard/Navy base buried the sailors with military honors and locals cared for the graves. In 1976, as a gesture of goodwill, the US government donated the very small plot along with another British Sailors cemetery on nearby Hatteras Island to Britain so that the sailors could rest enterally on British soil. Today, the graves are documented and kept to the standards of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Scary to think that we are just under the halfway point of the war - with the Allies just beginning to turn things around towards their eventual victory in 1945.
Well considering the US has only been in the war for 7 months and just smashed the Japanese carrier fleet, I’d say they’re making good progress. But forcing the Japanese back from their recent gains might be a struggle….
Japan did not let on about the defeat but gave it away when they asked if the unfinished Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier was for sale. As I understand it.
I still cannot believe we are lucky enough to be a part of this series. It is truly a privilege to have embarked on this journey with the TimeGhost Army. My love to you all ❤ Also, if you have ever been to Sevastopol, it is obvious to even the blind that the entire area allows for near faultless defense. Beautiful city.
I will tell you what?I also am a apprentice historian,but you do a COMPLETE overall supreme job at telling and explaining the history of WW2,that you have impressed me more than any other website covering the world wide battles that raged on for 6 years.Over a short period of time,you have gone above and beyond the norm for understanding this world wide struggle each country faced.Thank you.
My grandmother mentioned to me when I was growing up that most things about the war came out afterwards and you didnt really know a lot at the time. Now, thanks to you we get the whole story of the massive events that were taking place. Love your channel, keep up the great work. I watch the WW1 series every night
“Arthropoid” is a feature film not to be missed. This Episode 145 series, presenting so much compressed into ten days in June, 1942, is damn near flawless.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
1:21 - 1:27 Absolute madlad riding top tank with only his legs to hold him down. And the rear duckling tripping over barbed wire. Comedic relief in the face of war 😆
An hour of ww2 content in only regular episodes. Firstly, what a week in world war 2. Secondly, I'm very impressed with the timeghost team that they pulled this off. Very impressive. Join the timeghost army y'all, the team deserves it
No one talks about the famous retreats of the British. There is; the retreat from Iberian peninsula during the Napoleonic wars, the retreat from Gallipoli in WW1, the retreat at Dunkirk in WW2, the retreat in Burma also in WW2. I dunno but I say there is meme potential here. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that retreating is a cowardly thing or of that sort. I'm just saying there's a pattern here.
@@fatihsaidduran Yes, but there's nothing at the scale of France surrendering their entire country virtually without a fight. Not to mention, France had one of the most advanced Armies in Europe.
Ritchie was young and inexperienced (one of youngest generals in British Army) and should have never been appointed to army command in active field operations by Claude Auchinleck , but we are talking about Auchinleck here , not the sharpest knife in the drawer (neither he nor Ritchie had any idea aboıut concentration of force before operations though Ritchie learned that to becomne a good corps commander in Northwest Europe during 1944-45) but because Auchinleck halted an exhausted and diminished Panzer Army Afrika barely at First Battle of Alamein , British military authors made him look like better than he actually was (never mid he let fall of Gazala , Tobruk and Mersa Matruh and screwed up all of counter attacks at First Battle of Alamein after 14th July against an enemy much weaker under friendly air cover) Auchinleck is slowly approaching Arthur Percival level of incompatence here.
@@merdiolu young or old, he was still in a long line of incompetent British Generals. If Britain didn't have the navy and the English Channel they would have been run through quicker than the French by the Germans.
Hi All, Suggested reading. About this time, Daniel Gallery, USN, was taking over a base in Iceland, flying B-24s, searching for submarines. I am not sure which book of his this is in. Also, "By Quentin Reynolds" by Quentin Reynolds, he is in Egypt about this time, and is bombed by Stukas, if I am remembering right. Thanks for your time, take care.
Love the outfit Indy. Whoever is doing the map graphics deserves a beer. It's ok reading about these places & battles, but picturing it can be a little hard & the map graphics help. As usual, keep up with your excellent standard of work. This is why I watch this channel.
so sad Brigadier Haydon the commander of 150th Brigade died at the end of the battle after fighting so bravely 😞 on the otherhand let's note the good manner of Axis commander (Ervin Rommel) who tried to congratulate his foe for such outstanding performance although to no avail ,very honorable act 👌
Your mention of the mini-sub attack in Australia reminds me of something. When I was in elementary school, in Richmond Calif., early 1960s, one teacher told us that a Japanese submarine had been inside the San Francisco Bay and had fired a torpedo at a tanker at dock near the Standard Oil refinery. The torpedo missed the ship, but damaged the dock. As kids, we certainly believed this. Have you heard anything about Japanese subs inside of San Francisco Bay? Thanks!
As divisional or corps commander he was very very energetic and good , as an army commander or higher Field Marshall rank...eh not so much as we shall see his limitations in strategy and logistics during incoming months
I finally caught up after being behind for a year! Now I have no more WW2 to watch until the next episode comes out... I don't know what to do with my life.
*Sevastopol defys German troops' attempts to take it.* Germans: You're pretty defiant for someone within Gustav'ing range. I also love how Rommel basically stated what so many of us do during multiple people vs one person fights. "Why are they coming at him one at a time?"
Japan: loses at Midway Germany in USSR: Gonna try and cover for you bro USSR: Good luck at Sevastopol Germany in North Africa with Italian soldiers: We’re gonna cover for the both of you…
14:05 The naval base at garden island (not to be confused with the naval base at garden island near perth) was later renamed HMAS Kuttabul. They can't sink this one.
It's crazy to think that we've had so much going on and we haven't even got to the most dramatic parts of the war. 44 and 45 are going to be crazy with content.
2:10 - "lack of Axis naval power". However, by the time of the assault on Sevastopol, torpedo boats were transferred by rail in order to block the supply of ammunition. At night, German dive bombers did not fly, so the interception of convoys was entrusted to torpedo boats. It is incredible, but the Soviet destroyers and even cruisers were confused in opposing them.
I often wonder what would have happened of Germany got ahold of Frances navy. I doubt the end result would have changed but they could made things a lot harder for the allies.
Really hate to say it (being a Limey!) but this channel has me hooked, the chance of binge-watching is hard to resist (already done THAT with the Pearl Harbo(u)r series). Must sign off now, but SERIOUS Thumbs Up to ALL involved in this thoroughly absorbing topic, presented in an informative yet entertaining manner-BRAVO!
RAF Bomber Command Weekly Report (I'll start adding these going forward): Night of June 1st/2nd: -Two days after the 1000 bomber raid on Cologne (my animated time lapse of that raid can be seen here: th-cam.com/video/JF-jsPCYN4A/w-d-xo.html), Arthur Harris launches a 2nd "1000 bomber" raid on Essen while he still has the training formations on hand. The plan is a lead force of Gee equipped bombers marking Essen with flares, and the rest to bomb with incendiaries and HE. However heavy industrial smog hides Essen, and the flares are dropped as far as 10 miles NW of Essen. -The resulting bombing is scattered, thus the raid is not a success. Some 12 towns (including Essen are hit). At least 165 people are killed. -31 bombers (3.2% losses) are lost. 20 fall to German night fighters; three Nachtjagd pilots shoot down two bombers each. A leading Nachtjagd Ace (Helmut Woltersdorf - 23 kills) is killed by a RAF Hurricane flying intruder operations around his airfield. Wolfgang Schnaufer shoots down his first aircraft, the first of 121 RAF bombers he will destroy in the next 3 years. Night of June 2nd/3rd: -Essen again, but only 195 aircraft. The 1000 bomber fleet has been temporarily disbanded. The plan is similar to the previous night, and the Raid is just about as unsuccessful. Flares are scattered, in one case bombing photos shows one aircraft dropped flares 56 miles West of Essen. No concentration of bombing is achieved, damage is minimal and German casualties are minimal -13 bombers are lost (6.6% losses), at least 8 by night fighters. Leading Nachtjagd Ace Helmut Lent increases his score to 39 when he shoots down a Hampden bomber of 408 "Goose" Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. No Nachtjagd casualties. Night of June 3rd/4th: -170 Bombers Target Bremen. The flare force does a decent job, and about 65 bombers are estimated to get their bombs within 5 miles of the aiming point. Some minor damage to U-boat construction yards and the Focke-Wulf factory, damage to housing on 5 streets, dock facilities recieve some damage and Destroyer Z-25 is hit. 83 die in Bremen, 258 are wounded, Bremen's 3rd worst death toll it would suffer in WWII. -11 bombers are lost (6.5% losses), 7 by night fighters. Leading Nachtjagd Ace Helmut Lent again scores (a 76 Squadron Halifax), bringing his tally to 40. Two Nachjagd fighters are shot down by RAF bomber gunners, 3 of the 4 crew perish. Night of June 5th/6th: -Essen again with 180 bombers. The raid is again scattered, industrial smog continues to protect the Ruhr cities. 10 people die and 68 are injured in Essen. Minor property damage. -12 bombers are lost (6.7% losses), six by night fighters. Leading Nachtjagd Ace Helmut Lent shoots down two wellington bombers, for his 41st and 42nd victories. Two Nachtjagd fighters are lost, one shot down by an unidentified bomber (pilot killed), and one collides with a Stirling (the German pilot so severely wounded he will never fly again). Night of June 6th/7th: -233 bombers target Emden, thanks to good weather the flare force accurately marks the town. 71% of camera carrying bombers are plotted within 5 miles of the aiming point, suggesting most bombers found the target this night. 17 people are killed and 49 injured. 300 Homes and destroyed and 200 damaged. Various docking yards, warehouses, work shops, and facilities are gutted. -9 bombers are lost (3.8% losses), six to night fighters. Oblt Ludwig Becker shoots down three bombers: a Manchester, a Stirling, a Wellington, for his 20th, 21st, and 22nd victories. Becker has shot down 5 bombers this week. No Nachtjagd losses this night. Weekly Summary: -1779 sorties dispatched on main raids (excluding mining operations) -76 Bombers and ~450 Bomber crew lost, a loss rate of 4.2% of dispatched sorties. -Odds an RAF bomber crew will be shot down before completing their mandatory 30 mission operational tour: --> At 4.2% losses --> 72.4% chance of being shot down. --> Less than 30% of bomber crews survive being shot down --> Mortality rate for those who serve in front line bomber squadrons is well above 50% in 1942 Copies of the RAF bombing reports for this week can be found here, pages 1 to 29: lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/NRR/1942/June-42/mobile/index.html Sources: The Bomber Command War Diaries by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt Nachtjagd Combat Archives: 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theor Boiten
@@maciejkamil Thanks, glad it was interesting. It was a bit tricky to know how much info to put in without it turning into a boring wall of text. Hopefully I can strike a good balance going forward.
Because they typically attacked at night, the survival rate of RAF Bomber Command crew in planes shot down was lower than in the case of the later American daylight bombing raids. Roughly 15%, as opposed to about 50% in the case of the Americans. The discrepancy was at least partly because finding the escape hatch of a plane at night and bailing out was harder - perhaps the only available light was from the flames that were also destroying the aircraft. Despite its legendary reputation, the Lancaster had a lower survival rate than either the Stirling, the first major four-engine British bomber, or the Halifax.
@@stevekaczynski3793 The Stirling and Halifax had bigger escape hatches than the Lancaster and more of them. Whole crew being lost on the Stirling and Halifax were the exception, On the Lancaster it was normally the rule.
I am so proud to be serving in the Time Ghost Army. Three dollars a month may not sound like much, but I wish it could be more. I'm being stretched thin from all sides, everyone wants my money. But those few bucks I feel are really doing something worthwhile. We must Never Forget. Keep up the Good Fight everyone.
I hope you go more in detail about Schwerer Gustav in the next weeks episode because it's a really interesting gun and did quite alot of damage to the defenses and an ammunition storage.
You do a great job of fleshing out the overall picture. People that have not studied WW2 will greatly benefit. Those of us that do, like me. Pick up some new insights. Thank you.
At 3:42 the guy left of Hitler doesn’t move, never takes his eyes off the map and is probably thinking to himself “What have I gotten into? This is insane!”
Going back to the Battle of Midway, and why it was so important. The Germans had sunk 377 merchant ships off the U.S Atlantic coast. Allied warships are finally being deployed to stop the u-boat attacks off the U.S. Had the U.S. lost the Battle of Midway, those ships would have had to go to the Pacific to slow down, not stop, just slow down, the Japanese advance. That would have allowed the u-boats to continue their attacks on merchant ships relatively unimpeded. Had those merchant ship losses continued, the Allies would not have had the sealift capability required for the D-Day landings, or even Operation Torch, the landings in North Africa. The U.S. victory at the Battle of Midway made subsequent victories in Europe and the Pacific possible and very likely determined the outcome of the war. As Mr. Neidell puts it, ' ....in six minutes. " ;-)
I’ve picked a good week/weekend to join the Time Ghost Army! I’ve been excited for Midway and the Aleutians for quite a while, but I’m not very familiar with the Servastopol campaign.
Love your videos Indy and the group, well done and keep up the good work! For the sake of keeping you entertained with ideas, have you given any thought about Cold war coverage after WW2 is done? It's a huge bite but with how meticulous your research is and how well you guys make this type of content, I'm sure people will agree there are few better to cover that period.
British military doctrine states that commanders must display strong sense of hubris when creating and promoting their plan over others. The strategic effectiveness of the plan matters very little in comparison to the Commander's ability to convince his peers and subordinates that an easy victory awaits
So, the Royal Navy was right; there _was_ a Japanese attack on Madagascar! Granted, it was a bit smaller than the one on Midway, but maybe the presence of the British fleet acted as a deterrent. That should be good enough to tell Admiral King, right?
@@aaroncolby6124 Yes, but the British only had one, count it, one carrier east of the Suez. They'd lost their only other carrier, only a light carrier at that, off of Ceylon. King asked and expected far too much from the Royal Navy.
@@tams805 around this time there are 3 British carriers in the general Indian ocean area: Illustrious, Indomitable, and Formidable, who were involved in the Indian ocean raid or the invasion of Madagascar. All will remain in the Eastern fleet until at least July. King was seemingly right to ask given that he was leaving the south Pacific exposed to move his carriers to midway, but he also knew from intercepts that the Japanese weren't planning on trying anything there for the time being, whereas burma and the Indian ocean were still open to attack. Ultimately there were downsides either way
@@aaroncolby6124 We know that now, but there was no way for the Royal Navy at that time to know that the attack would be fairly limited. Considering the attack from the IJN came so soon after the British took Madagascar, the decision to keep the fleet there had been justified. There was actually a fair amount of activity from the IJN off the coast of Madagascar at that time: Five Type-C IJN submarines (with midget submarines) were operating on the East African coast along with two auxillary cruisers (Aikoku Maru and Hokoku Maru) from May to July, 1942.
My family lived on the south shore of Cape Charles VA. My grandma told me stories of watching the ships blowing up and sinking in plain view of the beach. The next day the dead wash up and they call shore patrol. They had to use black out shades all the war. In my youth I SCUBA dived so many war wrecks. Shells still in the holds and every so often a bone of more of a long dead sailor. It was not that long ago really.
Yet another great episode, Indy! Regardless of what happens to the Japanese, you and the Time Ghost History crew will keep going from strength to strength!
1. Check out our limited time Midway collectibles here: timeghost.tv/collectibles/
2. This week there are three regular weekly episodes. Today's episode - the second of three is the “normal” regular one and covers everything except Midway that happens this week in 1942, and then we return to Midway tomorrow again.
A big week of change this week- the situation in the Pacific changes, as does that in North Africa and on Malta. The death of Heydrich is certainly going to cause a stir as well. That's covered, as I said, in the War Against Humanity subseries. You can watch that right here: th-cam.com/play/PLsIk0qF0R1j4cwI-ZuDoBLxVEV3egWKoM.html
And since Midway is going on, you may want to refresh your knowledge of the beginnings of the war between Japan and the US at pearl Harbor. You can watch our ten-part mini-series on that right here: th-cam.com/play/PLsIk0qF0R1j6ydMvoUBKj_WrnP4PtBlfk.html
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Keep seeing D Day stuff pop up today and I'm like "Spoiler alert! I'm with Timeghost!"
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Was there ever a special on just Malta? They certainly seem to have an oversized impact for such a small country.
"Listen to Buck, use you nukes" failure hits Nazi Germany. The USA would not make this mistake. "Just one Year in the trenches of World War 1" was reason enough for the USA.
Primary target was Rabaul and to be annihilated by 1943 now that the "Battle of Midway" had been decisive both in anticipating the attack ("There must need be a 2nd Pearl Harbor") and in executing upon this understanding at Midway Atoll.
@@truegrit1860 Midway wasn't a country either, just a small island controlled by the U.S. Thus the question rolfsuege1284 asked is reasonable, despite Malta not being a country in 1942 as rolfsuege1284 stated it was. This is especially so since Malta gained its independence from Britain in 1964, became the Republic of Malta in 1974, and joined the EU in 2004. I'm pretty sure most people outside Malta are unaware of these details. In fact Malta is now a country contrary to what your criticism of rolfsuge1284's question states. It's OK to be unaware of Malta in fact being in fact now a country. But at the same time it's needlessly harsh to criticize rolfsuege1283 for not knowing Malta wasn't yet a country in 1942.
Officially the Republic of Malta, consists of the main island Malta and the smaller islands of Gozo and Comino. The country covers an area of 316 km; compared, it is about twice the size of Washington, DC, and would fit into Luxembourg eight times.
www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/malta.htm.
The difference between Malta and Midway is that the Battle of Midway forever ended Japanese naval superiority mainly in a matter of a few critical minutes. But the Axis failure take Malta although it took much longer and didn't end in an Allied victory on the scale of Midway arguably changed the outcome in North Africa. After all, Axis victories in North Africa and the Pacific area both featured many triumphs by often vastly numerically inferior but much better prepared and led forces.
What italian ships where in the Black Sea at that time?
midway, sevastopol and rommel all happening almost at the same timespan. its just amaze me how the timing of those events are so close togather. and we are about to see the schwerer gustav in action
I think from June 1942 on, things will heat up a lot in the war. Wait till we come to August 1942 which I feel is gonna be a big month...
There's multiple high action periods like this in the war. December 1941, November 1942, July 1943 and June 1944 are ones that come to mind.
How did 3 days ago appear today? Are you Patreons?
@@timothytan4257 Yup, you guessed it right! :)
@@timothytan4257 yes early access, join now for only 2,99$
"If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat"
Zapp Brannigan's big book of war
Psychobabble. You could flip it around and make just as much sense.
@@Mynx31 This was supposed to highlight the strategic Fallacy of the Germans in operation Barbarossa, but it also applies to Japan. The other way around is kinda accurate to the allied operations everywhere, they knew the enemy but not themselves. They knew the strategic weaknesses of the Germans but had little idea as to how they could exploit it. Though as the war progressed they quickly realised their strength lied in numbers.
@@douglasturner6153 Not at all. It is a military maxim that has been proven true countless times.
Failure usually follows on the heels of underestimating an opponent.
@@panzerofthelake506 Sounds great!
Man that's kinda' wild. A platoon is typically 20-50 soldiers... and you just have Rommel come in and take direct command. Talk about micromanagement!
Honestly, being a rifle company commander is right up Rommel's alley. In many ways he's a much better tactical leader than an operational one.
He should have been letting the platoon commander & platoon sergeant do their jobs. They exist for a reason.
@@lycaonpictus9662 Unless they had been killed or wounded, they must have had mixed feelings. And in effect, Rommel was denying a command presence to the rest of the Afrika Korps.
@@stevekaczynski3793 Very true.
Even if they had been killed or wounded, there should have been men within that unit capable of filling their boots. If a lieutenant was not performing some task to expectations, they could be relieved of command & replaced (by someone much father down the chain than Rommel), or if there was some extraordinary task required of them Rommel could make that known and delegate without taking direct control.
I'm not familiar with the circumstances of that event beyond it's brief mention here, but a general performing the role of a platoon commander or platoon sergeant is micromanagement to an insane degree, and it is hard to see how there could have been any benefit from that.
@@lycaonpictus9662 Rommel clearly felt that there was a need for it. As Indy mentioned, he was leaving nothing to chance in taking out the 150th. I don't believe it was because he lacked confidence in the platoon's commander, merely it was important enough for him to oversee personally to ensure the platoon carried out its objectives perfectly.
For the Call of Duty series fans, there is an interesting fact of note this week. On June 6 1942, the first mission of Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts, the "Basic Training" level under Private Joe Miller begins at the Marine Corps Base Camp at North Carolina. Here he will meet Sergeant Roebuck and the training part of the level ends with him about to drown in the mud puddle :)
Damn you just evoked nostalgia
@@mikep3180 Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts is pretty notable for being the last Call of Duty game made for the PlayStation 2. From August 1942 onwards, there is going to be a lot of Call of Duty and even Medal of Honor missions incoming!
@@gunman47 hell yeah
Ps2 was my main chick! Not in a weird way, unless you're into that sort of thing...
@@gunman47 I thought I was the only one who thought of this! There are videos of all Call of Duty missions played chronologically. Here is part 1: th-cam.com/video/LNz8pWUKkYo/w-d-xo.html
Some missions have actually already happened in Time Ghost's timeline :)
The production quality has improved so much since I started watching you back in The Great War
I still think the great war map animations are better though, they are a bit nicer to look at imo
Qualities always been good
@@FutureBoyWonder agreed, he was still finding his voice then and it probably wasn't at all clear if there was gonna be an audience then so probably felt he had to try harder. Hence the overly enthusiastic and dramatic style. I didn't realise how drastic the evolution was until I ran out of WW2 episodes cuz I binged too fast, and had to go back to Great War to have some Indy to watch. Love how he's settled down into this magisterial style though.
Map animations still getting worse lol
I love when Indy is making the ending and then there's a pause from him, death camps. That moment of silence seems just enough to time think of his point. Excellently done!
All intel about death camps came from Soviet and questionable “eye witness” testimony.
@@timsoutherly6820 you say "All intel about death camps came from Soviet and questionable “eye witness” testimony." When you call that testimony "questionable" you mean it was questionable in the eyes of the British and Americans in mid-1942 right? It should be needless to say that by the end of World War II there was plenty of trustworthy documentation that millions of people had been murdered at Nazi death camps. Then after the war there were many, many war crimes trials. Those trials greatly added to that documentation and established the existence of Nazi death camps beyond all doubt. To this day some people deny these horrific facts but relatively few people take those denials seriously.
At least the episode two years from now won't mention anything significant. I'll bet that things will be so quiet, even Rommel will be on vacation.
Buying nice gifts for his lovely wife!
I wonder if any other Germans will get to take a vacation. I hear Normandy is nice this time of year.
@@PhoenixFire2 Yep, Normandy is pretty ideal. It's best to get there early.
USA: Whooo we won. Hey Russia, Britain did you just see that Navel battle I won. How about you guys, how was your week?
Britain, Russia:...........
Guys?
Britain and USSR: Network connection error
We just won the most lopsided navel victory since Trafalgar … I’m sure Lord Nelson is smiling even if was only our aircraft that got closer ever closer …
I can actually see America being this smug 🤣🤣
Don't worry you'll get your chance to regret this comment.
One of the mysteries of the war is that Neil Ritchie, who suffered one of the greatest military defeats in British history, was still allowed to command a Corps in Normandy and beyond. Whereas his boss Auchinlek, who ultimately managed to save the day and stabilize the front at El Alamein, got shipped off with all his other unsuccessful predecessors to India.
I am going to speak out of my ass and say the magic word: "politics".
Reinhart Heydrich dies *applause erupts at the cinema*
nananaanaa nananaanaa hey heeeeeyyy, goodbyeeee
Until the nazis destroy an entire town and kill everyone in it as retribution, not much to celebrate after that
Jamie Tus with how the war turned out, I don't think the reprisals ultimately made much of a difference.
@UC9WPdLVbEirDatRfQubkNdQ lmao what?
@@Ass_of_Amalek with how the war turned out, I don't think heydrich's Assassination made much difference. The reprisals certainly mattered to those who were killed and to their families if they somehow managed to survive
800mm Dora gun... so Michael Bay is finally doing his Dora the Explorer movie ?
dora the exploder
We'll see if this time Dora knows where the ocean is. Sevastopol is very close to water and it's hard to distinguish
Ft. The ninja turtles and bumblebee, it's a mutagen origin story and also transformers in ww2
Dora The Explorer 2: This Time It's Personal
@@jonaszach3226 ...and an 800mm shell with hardened penetrator can make an awful mess - even in an underwater shell magazine!
Battle of Sevastopol: I'm the biggest siege ever
Battle of Stalingrad, Kiev and Leningrad: hold our beers
Vodka, not beer ;)
Vodkas
@@indianajones4321 they drink beer too
Didn't wanna stereotype 💯
@@RamboKingz23 ah I see
@@SVTDI I mean, they ate dead ppl in Leningrad... Ion think vodka can top that
Well, Rommel was a trained mountain infantry officer, who specialized in small units tactics.
He fought in the mountains in northern Italy at Caporetto in late 1917... the Germans absolutely routed the Italians, drove them completely off the Bainsizza and turned their army into an utter mob. Hemingway was there and wrote about it.
"Rommel, you magnificent bastard. I read your book!" - That book was Infanterie Grieft An, a book on infantry tactics written by Rommel in the mid 1930s.
I discovered this channel only a week ago - so I have just now finished several dedicated binge sessions to watch the 150 or so eps to catch up.
I have learned quite a few things and remembered many things I had forgotten. Thanks for a superb production - I have recommended it to many people.
The mini sub attack on Sydney Harbour caused huge panic - the enemy having brought the war into the nation's largest city. The wreck of the 3rd mini sub was found relatively recently off the northern beaches of Sydney.
Welcome!
The most amazing thing about this channel is the sense of timing it gives me. A textbook can't do that. Battles for Midway, Sevastopol, and Tobruk all happen at the same time. And I'm like "How did people sleep at night waiting for the outcomes??"
I'm getting my first paycheck on the 10th. For the next few months I have this job, I'll be happy to finally be able to support your channel. I followed you since 2016, and your channel has become like the Saturday morning cartoons - I'll gladly wake up early for them.
Keep up the excellent work Indy and crew. You're doing the world a great favor.
Richie himself hadn’t commanded anything above a battalion before operation crusader 7 months ago (and even then he was only nominally in command), I think that’s explanation enough as to the quality of the commander’s Rommel was facing. I think that has been one of the main reasons for his success.
Of those British ships sent to help the Americans, one would care a special meaning to a small village on the coast of North Carolina. HMT Bedfordshire, a converted anti sub trawler was on patrol off the coast when a U-Boat torpedoed and sank the ship with all hands lost in May. 4 sailors' bodies from the vessel washed up onto the island of Ocracoke, near the village with the same name. The local Coast Guard/Navy base buried the sailors with military honors and locals cared for the graves. In 1976, as a gesture of goodwill, the US government donated the very small plot along with another British Sailors cemetery on nearby Hatteras Island to Britain so that the sailors could rest enterally on British soil. Today, the graves are documented and kept to the standards of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Beautiful.
Respect.
So there's a few square meters of British land in North Carolina...that's so cool.
Scary to think that we are just under the halfway point of the war - with the Allies just beginning to turn things around towards their eventual victory in 1945.
How do you know they win in 1945? The war will be over by christmas of this year!
Well considering the US has only been in the war for 7 months and just smashed the Japanese carrier fleet, I’d say they’re making good progress. But forcing the Japanese back from their recent gains might be a struggle….
NO SPOILERS
I have a strong feeling that in two years from now something big is going to happen
beach vacation
Beach parties on the 6th, and not even a couple weeks later, army group center receives a minor case of non-existance.
What could possibly have given you that idea?
the completion rate of the impregnable Atlantic Wall will reach 80%
D-Day AND German Army Group Centre getting shit on, I’m hyped.
Maybe a weird question, but is there any documentation of the German HQ's or Hitlers reaction to the battle of Midway
I hope So ave I hope they see this so they answer in a video
Agreed
He had bigger problems than japans defeat at midway
Japan did not let on about the defeat but gave it away when they asked if the unfinished Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier was for sale. As I understand it.
Is there a downfall parody about Midway?
I still cannot believe we are lucky enough to be a part of this series. It is truly a privilege to have embarked on this journey with the TimeGhost Army. My love to you all ❤
Also, if you have ever been to Sevastopol, it is obvious to even the blind that the entire area allows for near faultless defense. Beautiful city.
I will tell you what?I also am a apprentice historian,but you do a COMPLETE overall supreme job at telling and explaining the history of WW2,that you have impressed me more than any other website covering the world wide battles that raged on for 6 years.Over a short period of time,you have gone above and beyond the norm for understanding this world wide struggle each country faced.Thank you.
@Mark Thank you much, we're very glad you're enjoying our series. Please do stay tuned for the many more battles yet to come
Rommel: GG
*Hayden has left the game
Press F to pay respects
My grandmother mentioned to me when I was growing up that most things about the war came out afterwards and you didnt really know a lot at the time.
Now, thanks to you we get the whole story of the massive events that were taking place. Love your channel, keep up the great work.
I watch the WW1 series every night
this has to be the best series to ever have been produced on youtube , hands down
“Arthropoid” is a feature film not to be missed. This Episode 145 series, presenting so much compressed into ten days in June, 1942, is damn near flawless.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks for the recommendation and the kind words. Stay tuned
1:21 - 1:27
Absolute madlad riding top tank with only his legs to hold him down. And the rear duckling tripping over barbed wire. Comedic relief in the face of war 😆
An hour of ww2 content in only regular episodes.
Firstly, what a week in world war 2. Secondly, I'm very impressed with the timeghost team that they pulled this off. Very impressive. Join the timeghost army y'all, the team deserves it
Something that continues to make me lose hope in humanity is how channels like this are not bigger than they are. You all are doing a amazing job.
Your channels are some of the best parts of TH-cam and with the added animations they keep getting better; thank you!
History memes: the French surrender. The Free French Forces at Bir Hakeim: who talked about surrendering?
did the French surrender at Verdun?
can't quite remember such a thing happening
It's just spiteful Anglo Propaganda.
@@Pinstripe0451 and dumb kids who know nothing about history
No one talks about the famous retreats of the British.
There is;
the retreat from Iberian peninsula during the Napoleonic wars,
the retreat from Gallipoli in WW1,
the retreat at Dunkirk in WW2,
the retreat in Burma also in WW2.
I dunno but I say there is meme potential here. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that retreating is a cowardly thing or of that sort. I'm just saying there's a pattern here.
@@fatihsaidduran Yes, but there's nothing at the scale of France surrendering their entire country virtually without a fight. Not to mention, France had one of the most advanced Armies in Europe.
Great Video , Mr. Neidell
D-day -2 years
Have you seen Saving Private Ryan?
dude, spoiler warning please.
How can one day last two years???? 😉
Jason, you know something that we don't? 🤔
@@edvin884 maybe🙂
Ritchie made an above average general look like a Legend and tactical genius.
Ritchie was young and inexperienced (one of youngest generals in British Army) and should have never been appointed to army command in active field operations by Claude Auchinleck , but we are talking about Auchinleck here , not the sharpest knife in the drawer (neither he nor Ritchie had any idea aboıut concentration of force before operations though Ritchie learned that to becomne a good corps commander in Northwest Europe during 1944-45) but because Auchinleck halted an exhausted and diminished Panzer Army Afrika barely at First Battle of Alamein , British military authors made him look like better than he actually was (never mid he let fall of Gazala , Tobruk and Mersa Matruh and screwed up all of counter attacks at First Battle of Alamein after 14th July against an enemy much weaker under friendly air cover) Auchinleck is slowly approaching Arthur Percival level of incompatence here.
@@merdiolu young or old, he was still in a long line of incompetent British Generals. If Britain didn't have the navy and the English Channel they would have been run through quicker than the French by the Germans.
Hi Indy
Interesting episode.
218 tanks,Sounds unbelievable.
Rommel on verge of victory?
Awaiting for next episode..
Thanks..🙏👍
Oh this is a lovely effort. Looking like the teacher you are, Indy. 4/5
Is that rating a typo? 5/5
Dude, that 5 seconds of silence was the best build-up I have ever witnessed, bravo.
12:52 this does put a smile on my face
THREE EPISODES IN THREE DAYS. You guys work bloody hard
i love how you use Eastory's maps, they're great!!!
Just how Indy is so upbeat about telling us were out of luck on midway, I was also fully prepared for him to say Fosh you
Hi All, Suggested reading. About this time, Daniel Gallery, USN, was taking over a base in Iceland, flying B-24s, searching for submarines. I am not sure which book of his this is in.
Also, "By Quentin Reynolds" by Quentin Reynolds, he is in Egypt about this time, and is bombed by Stukas, if I am remembering right.
Thanks for your time, take care.
Loving your weekly coverages. Proud timeghost army member! Keep the good work all of you
Thank you.
Love the outfit Indy. Whoever is doing the map graphics deserves a beer. It's ok reading about these places & battles, but picturing it can be a little hard & the map graphics help.
As usual, keep up with your excellent standard of work. This is why I watch this channel.
Eastory is doing the maps, and yes it’s an incredible job
so sad Brigadier Haydon the commander of 150th Brigade died at the end of the battle after fighting so bravely 😞 on the otherhand let's note the good manner of Axis commander (Ervin Rommel) who tried to congratulate his foe for such outstanding performance although to no avail ,very honorable act 👌
It’s pretty typical for mutual respect to exist between combatants.
At 10:51 we can see that smiling Albert may not have many planes, but he has a stick he can show off.
Your mention of the mini-sub attack in Australia reminds me of something. When I was in elementary school, in Richmond Calif., early 1960s, one teacher told us that a Japanese submarine had been inside the San Francisco Bay and had fired a torpedo at a tanker at dock near the Standard Oil refinery. The torpedo missed the ship, but damaged the dock. As kids, we certainly believed this. Have you heard anything about Japanese subs inside of San Francisco Bay? Thanks!
Heydrich dies this week. Couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
Damn, I do believe this series just keeps getting better and better.
Didn't know much about Rommel before this series, and damn he's good at his job
As divisional or corps commander he was very very energetic and good , as an army commander or higher Field Marshall rank...eh not so much as we shall see his limitations in strategy and logistics during incoming months
I finally caught up after being behind for a year! Now I have no more WW2 to watch until the next episode comes out... I don't know what to do with my life.
Maybe watch The Great War week by week playlist
Well there is an extra episode tomorrow. The trouble starts after.
@@indianajones4321 you beat me to it!
*Sevastopol defys German troops' attempts to take it.*
Germans: You're pretty defiant for someone within Gustav'ing range.
I also love how Rommel basically stated what so many of us do during multiple people vs one person fights. "Why are they coming at him one at a time?"
Japan: loses at Midway
Germany in USSR: Gonna try and cover for you bro
USSR: Good luck at Sevastopol
Germany in North Africa with Italian soldiers: We’re gonna cover for the both of you…
14:05 The naval base at garden island (not to be confused with the naval base at garden island near perth) was later renamed HMAS Kuttabul. They can't sink this one.
Man, you guys are working hard for us. Thanks, honestly.
Oh! We're gonna see the Schwerer Gustav rail cannon and Karl Gerat self propelled artillery
I feel like there is a documentary made every day for me. This is just amazing. Thank you!
It's crazy to think that we've had so much going on and we haven't even got to the most dramatic parts of the war. 44 and 45 are going to be crazy with content.
lots of war against humanity episodes still pending.
@@Ass_of_Amalek I say the final War Against Humanity episode will be in mid August 1945
@@iDeathMaximuMII I would think the final episode(s) will cover the Nuremberg & Tokyo war crimes trials.
Imagine the Bagration '44 days... A whole Army Group practically ceases to exist.
@@bernardogontijo3827 And it will be on the same week as the Battle of the Philippine Sea! The Japanese Carrier Force also turned useless.
thank i dont have to wait another 20-ish years just to see this channel
2:10 - "lack of Axis naval power". However, by the time of the assault on Sevastopol, torpedo boats were transferred by rail in order to block the supply of ammunition. At night, German dive bombers did not fly, so the interception of convoys was entrusted to torpedo boats. It is incredible, but the Soviet destroyers and even cruisers were confused in opposing them.
I often wonder what would have happened of Germany got ahold of Frances navy. I doubt the end result would have changed but they could made things a lot harder for the allies.
SIXTH OF JUNE NINETEEN FORTY- wait, not yet sorry.
You still have a couple of years for that one.
egal, noch ein Bier
Free French battle in Bir Hakeim is considered as very important in France, having given its name to a bridge in Paris
And also a metro station!
Thank you Indy you made my chemoterapy much brighter and better :)
Really hate to say it (being a Limey!) but this channel has me hooked, the chance of binge-watching is hard to resist (already done THAT with the Pearl Harbo(u)r series). Must sign off now, but SERIOUS Thumbs Up to ALL involved in this thoroughly absorbing topic, presented in an informative yet entertaining manner-BRAVO!
Great Work Indy!!!! Can NOT wait til you get to do the Battle of Kursk/Prokhorovkha!!!!
people - "dont disrespect the dead"
indy - "Reinhard Heydrich died of his wounds"
me - WOMP WOMP
Some dead do not deserve respect, only memory to avoid repeating what they have done.
I will always disrespect nazi dead ppl
Infection from horsehair upholstery stuffing.
Indy doing his best dramatic Sparty there at the end.
RAF Bomber Command Weekly Report (I'll start adding these going forward):
Night of June 1st/2nd:
-Two days after the 1000 bomber raid on Cologne (my animated time lapse of that raid can be seen here: th-cam.com/video/JF-jsPCYN4A/w-d-xo.html), Arthur Harris launches a 2nd "1000 bomber" raid on Essen while he still has the training formations on hand. The plan is a lead force of Gee equipped bombers marking Essen with flares, and the rest to bomb with incendiaries and HE. However heavy industrial smog hides Essen, and the flares are dropped as far as 10 miles NW of Essen.
-The resulting bombing is scattered, thus the raid is not a success. Some 12 towns (including Essen are hit). At least 165 people are killed.
-31 bombers (3.2% losses) are lost. 20 fall to German night fighters; three Nachtjagd pilots shoot down two bombers each. A leading Nachtjagd Ace (Helmut Woltersdorf - 23 kills) is killed by a RAF Hurricane flying intruder operations around his airfield. Wolfgang Schnaufer shoots down his first aircraft, the first of 121 RAF bombers he will destroy in the next 3 years.
Night of June 2nd/3rd:
-Essen again, but only 195 aircraft. The 1000 bomber fleet has been temporarily disbanded. The plan is similar to the previous night, and the Raid is just about as unsuccessful. Flares are scattered, in one case bombing photos shows one aircraft dropped flares 56 miles West of Essen. No concentration of bombing is achieved, damage is minimal and German casualties are minimal
-13 bombers are lost (6.6% losses), at least 8 by night fighters. Leading Nachtjagd Ace Helmut Lent increases his score to 39 when he shoots down a Hampden bomber of 408 "Goose" Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. No Nachtjagd casualties.
Night of June 3rd/4th:
-170 Bombers Target Bremen. The flare force does a decent job, and about 65 bombers are estimated to get their bombs within 5 miles of the aiming point. Some minor damage to U-boat construction yards and the Focke-Wulf factory, damage to housing on 5 streets, dock facilities recieve some damage and Destroyer Z-25 is hit. 83 die in Bremen, 258 are wounded, Bremen's 3rd worst death toll it would suffer in WWII.
-11 bombers are lost (6.5% losses), 7 by night fighters. Leading Nachtjagd Ace Helmut Lent again scores (a 76 Squadron Halifax), bringing his tally to 40. Two Nachjagd fighters are shot down by RAF bomber gunners, 3 of the 4 crew perish.
Night of June 5th/6th:
-Essen again with 180 bombers. The raid is again scattered, industrial smog continues to protect the Ruhr cities. 10 people die and 68 are injured in Essen. Minor property damage.
-12 bombers are lost (6.7% losses), six by night fighters. Leading Nachtjagd Ace Helmut Lent shoots down two wellington bombers, for his 41st and 42nd victories. Two Nachtjagd fighters are lost, one shot down by an unidentified bomber (pilot killed), and one collides with a Stirling (the German pilot so severely wounded he will never fly again).
Night of June 6th/7th:
-233 bombers target Emden, thanks to good weather the flare force accurately marks the town. 71% of camera carrying bombers are plotted within 5 miles of the aiming point, suggesting most bombers found the target this night. 17 people are killed and 49 injured. 300 Homes and destroyed and 200 damaged. Various docking yards, warehouses, work shops, and facilities are gutted.
-9 bombers are lost (3.8% losses), six to night fighters. Oblt Ludwig Becker shoots down three bombers: a Manchester, a Stirling, a Wellington, for his 20th, 21st, and 22nd victories. Becker has shot down 5 bombers this week. No Nachtjagd losses this night.
Weekly Summary:
-1779 sorties dispatched on main raids (excluding mining operations)
-76 Bombers and ~450 Bomber crew lost, a loss rate of 4.2% of dispatched sorties.
-Odds an RAF bomber crew will be shot down before completing their mandatory 30 mission operational tour:
--> At 4.2% losses --> 72.4% chance of being shot down.
--> Less than 30% of bomber crews survive being shot down
--> Mortality rate for those who serve in front line bomber squadrons is well above 50% in 1942
Copies of the RAF bombing reports for this week can be found here, pages 1 to 29:
lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/NRR/1942/June-42/mobile/index.html
Sources:
The Bomber Command War Diaries by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Nachtjagd Combat Archives: 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theor Boiten
Thanks for that interesting account!
@@maciejkamil Thanks, glad it was interesting. It was a bit tricky to know how much info to put in without it turning into a boring wall of text. Hopefully I can strike a good balance going forward.
Interesting, I had no idea that RAF fighters were present on these missions.
Because they typically attacked at night, the survival rate of RAF Bomber Command crew in planes shot down was lower than in the case of the later American daylight bombing raids. Roughly 15%, as opposed to about 50% in the case of the Americans. The discrepancy was at least partly because finding the escape hatch of a plane at night and bailing out was harder - perhaps the only available light was from the flames that were also destroying the aircraft.
Despite its legendary reputation, the Lancaster had a lower survival rate than either the Stirling, the first major four-engine British bomber, or the Halifax.
@@stevekaczynski3793 The Stirling and Halifax had bigger escape hatches than the Lancaster and more of them. Whole crew being lost on the Stirling and Halifax were the exception, On the Lancaster it was normally the rule.
It's usually good to confuse and confound your enemy but not when he's that way because he just can't believe how inept you are.
Goes to congratulate enemy commander and finds out enemy commander is dead because of your attack lmao
Rommel: "Hm. I think I overdid it"
@@Avatar2312 *Rommel arriving*
“Pretty impressive for a corpse to lead an army”
I am so proud to be serving in the Time Ghost Army. Three dollars a month may not sound like much, but I wish it could be more. I'm being stretched thin from all sides, everyone wants my money. But those few bucks I feel are really doing something worthwhile. We must Never Forget. Keep up the Good Fight everyone.
It is fantastic that with many patrons series like this get made that TV exec's would never produce anymore.
I hope you go more in detail about Schwerer Gustav in the next weeks episode because it's a really interesting gun and did quite alot of damage to the defenses and an ammunition storage.
As usual great job, outstanding production values.
You do a great job of fleshing out the overall picture. People that have not studied WW2 will greatly benefit. Those of us that do, like me. Pick up some new insights. Thank you.
At 3:42 the guy left of Hitler doesn’t move, never takes his eyes off the map and is probably thinking to himself “What have I gotten into? This is insane!”
I think every general should watch this story line from start to finish. What it will give them is a sense of real time strategic war and logistics.
"Death Camp...It is going to be really hard to put a positive spin, on those two words." Almost 100 years later, and still as true as it was then
Going back to the Battle of Midway, and why it was so important. The Germans had sunk 377 merchant ships off the U.S Atlantic coast. Allied warships are finally being deployed to stop the u-boat attacks off the U.S. Had the U.S. lost the Battle of Midway, those ships would have had to go to the Pacific to slow down, not stop, just slow down, the Japanese advance. That would have allowed the u-boats to continue their attacks on merchant ships relatively unimpeded. Had those merchant ship losses continued, the Allies would not have had the sealift capability required for the D-Day landings, or even Operation Torch, the landings in North Africa. The U.S. victory at the Battle of Midway made subsequent victories in Europe and the Pacific possible and very likely determined the outcome of the war.
As Mr. Neidell puts it, ' ....in six minutes. " ;-)
The allies winning makes me so happy
I’ve picked a good week/weekend to join the Time Ghost Army! I’ve been excited for Midway and the Aleutians for quite a while, but I’m not very familiar with the Servastopol campaign.
Most addictive series.
Love this series thank you guys
Love your videos Indy and the group, well done and keep up the good work! For the sake of keeping you entertained with ideas, have you given any thought about Cold war coverage after WW2 is done? It's a huge bite but with how meticulous your research is and how well you guys make this type of content, I'm sure people will agree there are few better to cover that period.
British military doctrine states that commanders must display strong sense of hubris when creating and promoting their plan over others. The strategic effectiveness of the plan matters very little in comparison to the Commander's ability to convince his peers and subordinates that an easy victory awaits
Midway through the battle of Midway update!
So, the Royal Navy was right; there _was_ a Japanese attack on Madagascar! Granted, it was a bit smaller than the one on Midway, but maybe the presence of the British fleet acted as a deterrent. That should be good enough to tell Admiral King, right?
A couple of midget subs doesn’t exactly compare to the Kido Butai. Not to mention the entire Combined Fleet.
@@aaroncolby6124 well, the midget subs still exist, Kido Butai not anymore
@@aaroncolby6124 Yes, but the British only had one, count it, one carrier east of the Suez. They'd lost their only other carrier, only a light carrier at that, off of Ceylon.
King asked and expected far too much from the Royal Navy.
@@tams805 around this time there are 3 British carriers in the general Indian ocean area: Illustrious, Indomitable, and Formidable, who were involved in the Indian ocean raid or the invasion of Madagascar. All will remain in the Eastern fleet until at least July. King was seemingly right to ask given that he was leaving the south Pacific exposed to move his carriers to midway, but he also knew from intercepts that the Japanese weren't planning on trying anything there for the time being, whereas burma and the Indian ocean were still open to attack. Ultimately there were downsides either way
@@aaroncolby6124 We know that now, but there was no way for the Royal Navy at that time to know that the attack would be fairly limited. Considering the attack from the IJN came so soon after the British took Madagascar, the decision to keep the fleet there had been justified.
There was actually a fair amount of activity from the IJN off the coast of Madagascar at that time: Five Type-C IJN submarines (with midget submarines) were operating on the East African coast along with two auxillary cruisers (Aikoku Maru and Hokoku Maru) from May to July, 1942.
Great episode! Thanks
Will "Indy's Tie Barn" be adding a Vest-ibule anytime soon ??
Nice
thank you!
Germans:We're making some progress
Japanese navy:OOOOOOOOOOOO WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?
US Navy: KIDO BUTAI!
My family lived on the south shore of Cape Charles VA. My grandma told me stories of watching the ships blowing up and sinking in plain view of the beach. The next day the dead wash up and they call shore patrol. They had to use black out shades all the war. In my youth I SCUBA dived so many war wrecks. Shells still in the holds and every so often a bone of more of a long dead sailor. It was not that long ago really.
This is such a brilliant series !
Thank you for the video...
Yet another great episode, Indy!
Regardless of what happens to the Japanese, you and the Time Ghost History crew will keep going from strength to strength!
10:51 I Fully expected "stopped smiling"
lmao, im so dumb, i got surprised when indy didnt mention Dday in the intro.
Two more years. Be patient. I'm sure it's going to be epic!
Just two more years to the day until we get what may probably be the best special.