It's pretty much the same nowadays with the war in Ukraine. It's the Americans and the Dutch who were infringing on Japan, east indies, and other territories. Sucking the money out of asian assets. It was WE in the west who were on THEIR territory. Like NATO is on RUSSIAS doorstep. It boggles my mind why people don't realize it was always america and britain who started every war for the past 100 years. Not the Germans. Not the Vietnamese. Not the Iraqis. Not the lybians. Not the Japanese. Not the phippinos. Not the Iranians who are looking for war, but as sure as heck the American and Isreal governments want full control of the middle east. May all those who have suffered and died because of american greed ... REST IN PEACE
It still amazes me my dad and his three brothers were involved in this war. Three of them survived the war, came home and raised families. They were relentless guys, and I can’t help but think their struggles through their war experiences gave them an extra boost to survive and persevere. My dad never gave up or gave in and he passed it on to us.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Paw marched across New Guinea to Buna. When relieved, after dealing with starvation, malaria, dysentery, and battling the Japanese he weighed under 100 lbs. After recovering in Australia he island hopped, and was finally released- having acrued enough points in July, 1945 while on the front line in the Philippines. What amazes me about him and so many others - given the horrors they endured, was that they came home and became loving husbands and fathers. Like so many of his fellow vets, many who I grew up among - he wouldn’t speak of combat. It was a forbidden subject. He would speak of the jungles. The native porters/guides who he absolutely loved. His love and admiration of the Aussies.
I never get tired to watch this documentary,thanks to the greatest generation,we have a great lifestyle.Mi salute to the woman’s and men’s who fight in ww2.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
My father inlaw was in the Navy worked on LCT, (always walked like he was on ship) he never talked about it much, he did mention the Gilbert Islands once but never went into details about it. When Korea broke out he reinlisted in the Army. Came home with a Purple Heart. Never talked about that war either. I always had a deep respect for him
i still have the newspaper about the battle of midway, which my grandmother had saved, my Dad was on the yorktown at both coral sea and midway, Dad's gone now when i was a kid growing up i used to ask Dad about the war, but he never really talked much about it, as so many of the vets from ww2 never had much to say what they did or what they saw, one proud thing they didn't call both the women and men of the war years the greatest generation they earned it
You should scan it and post it. That would be pretty tight. An actually newspaper that was apart of the war, and was read real time providing the much needed and love information about the war, and was the paper that told your grandmother and father the great victory and was the greatest and most important battle of the Pacific war.(no library microfilm or digital storage source, which was never used as intend, reporting important information the day it happens.) take it light --KB Side note: I have something of much less significant value, that being a unit award for my great uncle who was one of the combat engineer who built the bridges across the Rhine and signed by Omar Bradly. (He said you realize that not every bullet has your name on it, he also said they had to destroy the bridges 2 or 3 time and rebuild it each time b/c the Germans retook it and lost it, retook and lost ..... Anyway as I said, that has little value aside the fact he was family.
My dad was a radar operator on one of the islands. He was not there long because he picked up TB. He never spoke of any of it. Only got stories from uncles who were Navy petty officers.
Mate, I live in Nth Qld, about 350 miles from the Battle of the Coral Sea in a city called Townsville. We remember the men like your dad every year at a memorial on our beachfront called the Strand. Google it. We will always keep their memory alive 🙏🏽 We Aussies never forget 😊
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
A neighbour of ours served in Coral Sea ... He made us a Concrete Knome... Lenny Bless his heart he became very deaf because of the shelling such a good neighbour cause he didn't hear us but he felt the rumbles.. What A Great Man XX Someone might know Him ?? We Loved Him .Good Ol Boy JBXX
Y'know what ?? Thankyou xx For Lenny I did not think I would get any comments but for his sake I am very proud. And all comments for that Man Appreciated. I maybe should of said ''The Gunning"" What ?? Fond Memories & the Knome Thankyou Again for your Kindness. He Was there JBX
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Everyone says that was the greatest generation I don't mean to take away from their sacrifices but thats also the generation that started the us on its downward spiral of corruption. The people of the US have always be3n great . We've got the frontier spirit. You can't blaim these kids today for the oligarchs taking away their opportunities & tie-in their hands in wars
To be fair, Japan had no interest in conquering the U.S. mainland or anything like that. Wasn't even a thought in their minds. They were the instrument of our politician's will in our national interests. Defending our freedom, in a sense. Neither power ever truly had intentions on infringing U.S. freedoms or conquering us. But, I reckon there's no war better to say "fighting for freedom" than WW2. That's for sure. An entire generation that stepped up to the plate when we were attacked. A righteous war.
Thank you for your great documentary! I can't count how many times I've managed to watched any battle of Midway movies or docu's. Yours is the best I believe! Thanks again! New subs here.
The footage showing the Carrier engulfed in utter destruction gave me an overwhelming feeling of sickness in the pit of my stomach. I am not ashamed to tell you I actually cried. I Don't get Emotional but that just Floored me.👍
This is the first time I’ve heard about a joint Australian and Royal Navy presence at the Coral Sea and Midway. Thank you for sharing this information. 👍
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
My family and I would not exist if it hadn't been for the bravery and sacrifice of US soldiers, sailors and pilots in the Pacific. I'm not American, but it infuriates me to see Americans disrespecting the flag and national anthem.
@@michaelwilliams2430 really fucking Republicans that's your response it's liberals that disrespect the flag and our country I'm neither explain to me why I should have to vote for the lesser of two evils why do politicians have maintaine power for decades and they cannot relinquish it tell us all your extensive experience
Something of high historic value to me that really tells us all about the American Thought concerning who would win the war. Instead of asking the Japanese,,,"Who do think you are?",,, the question was>>> Who Do you Think We Are?"" Which is a huge difference and indicator that We absolutely KNEW we were going to Whoop Japan. Unquestionable.
I have been looking for this documentary in particular colorized version is pretty good but not really needed it is an excellent documentary regardless..color or not.
RIP To the 307 US Navy men and airmen (three killed as prisoners) and 3,057 Imperial Japanese Navy men and airmen who were killed in the Battle of Midway
My family's fought in all the wars and some have given their lives for our freedoms, I'm beyond grateful to all these brave men who sacrificed all for our country and our way of life. I'm thankful to all of them. God bless America 🇺🇸
Yamamoto figured that Japan had 6 months to run wild and create their defensive perimeter after which the US industrial might would kick in. Almost 6 months to the day after Pearl Harbor was Midway. Before Midway, Japanese was always on the offensive. After Midway, Japan was always on the defensive.
But the interesting point is that the US didn’t have much to go on offensive themselves but yet the fooled the IJN into believing they did. Imagine just having one carrier at times and taking a small amount of vessels down south each time in 1942. One could ask, why didn’t the IJN go after Midway again. Would the US then be on defense once again. Instead of taking all their vessels down south as they did, could the IJN muster up another Midway plan and this time battleships and surface ships leading the charge. Shokaku was repaired in July 1942. Carrier Hiyo 53 planes was completed in July 1942. So the IJN still has 7 carriers: 1. Shokaku 84 2. Zuikaku 84 3. Hiyo 53 4. Junyo 45 5. Ryujo 45 6. Zuiho 30 7. Hosho 15 They also still had their 11 battleships but perhaps 4 older slower ones left back home to conserve fuel. So 4 Kongo class battleships plus Yamato would approach Midway at night and shell the island. The 7 carriers are loaded with 2/3 fighters for CAP. So it’s 235 fighter planes and 120 bombers. This combined is more than the 248 attack planes which the IJN utilized at Midway. How would this battle play out. Let’s say the IJN brought 20 cruisers and 55 destroyers too along with 25 subs. It’s very possible that both Wasp and Saratoga could have been taken out by IJN subs too. That’s why in reality happened to them. So now the US just has Hornet and Enterprise in Midway2.
@@stischer47 who cares. You can’t even get yourself to deny that the IJN should have re-targeted Midway. Or approach Midway with surface ships to begin with. You just live in denial. Your brain can’t comprehend an IJN win even with all the evidence in front of you.
Interestingly enough midway however a victory basically happened almost by complete accident. We didn’t intend our air groups to hit separately which actually very much helped us keep them so busy we won
Great doco thank you. It could be argued the dilution of force necessitated by the Aleution Island campaign cost Yamamoto a win at Midway. Thank goodness for that.
They sent a pair of light carriers and less than 2k troops to take what little they did take or damage in the Aleutian Islands. Even if they had invaded Midway it was doubtful they could have even held it. In air attack range of Pearl would have been embargoed from anything getting through by submarines alone. They literally had just 5k men to attack it with and we had close to 4k defenders for it.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Would it not be obvious that an "attack" on the Aleutians HAD to be a diversion? The island chain is way too numerous and WAY too long (longer than Japan itself) to be a legitimate permanent-occupation main objective. I'm just asking, that's all. How would any high-level US Navy commander consider it anything other than diversionary?
The Marine pilots on Midway destroyed very few Japanese planes, but the AA guns did considerable damage, which I think is the reason the second strike was requested.
Supplies to the Pacific front 'came at a less than ideal pace' because they were primarily going to Stalin's Soviet Union. The supplies came first to Stalin via the Atlantic but due to the Nazi submarine fleet losses were so heavy they had to be sent via the Pacific to Siberia.
@michaelwillis5040 Nonsense. Soviet Lend Lease supplies were a fraction of the deliveries to the American forces. There were three Lend Lease routes. The North Atlantic route (the Arctic convoys) was dangerous , but not entirely due to U-boats, but also due to air attacks and surface raiders as well as the weather. This is why the Pacific route and the South Atlantic Indian Ocean route were the most important.
Our father's family came to the US in 1938,leaving Eastern Europe to escape Hitler. The men went to night school and learned to speak English. In 1942,Dad was in the US Army as an interpreter to General Haislip. His younger brother followed. The brothers fought their way across Europe. Dad was shot in the leg in 1945,and his brother was wounded soon after. It wasn't until after his death in 2004 that we found the medals Dad had won.
What a relief to find a straightforward documentary on Midway, in contrast to the rubbishy alternatives. One small criticism: it is pointless, and bad style, to say, all the way through, "would do this" and "would do that", rather than simply, "did this" and "did that".
No it didn’t. Japan had the US right where they wanted them at Midway. They absolutely blew it. US could only muster up obsolete planes on Midway and had just 8 cruisers and 15 destroyers in Task Force 16 and 17. 3 carriers with Yorktown damaged and borrowed planes and pilots from Saratoga. Japan foolishly split their forces. 11 battleships, 22 cruisers, and 64 destroyers for the Midway and Aleutians Force. Plus 9 carriers available plus over 500 planes and they left Zuikaku at home and sent two mid size carriers to the Aleutians. The US was in deep trouble. Nimitz even said had the IJN brought everything we would have lost. Even the US Naval War College said the same thing.
@@f430ferrari5 Nonsense. The placement of the carriers meant that if things did not go well, the carriers could get back to Pearl. The American planes were not obsolete. The Wildcats could do well against the Zeros, The SBDs were one of the great planes of the war. Only the Devastator torpedo planes were obsolete.
@@dennisweidner288 what do you mean nonsense. US Carriers cannot out run IJN planes. And a damaged Yorktown was dead for nearly an hour and got back up to 19 knots. IJN cruisers and destroyers could do 36 knots. With the US carriers trying to dodge IJN bombers then it’s not that simple making it back to Pearl. And I said obsolete planes on Midway. And of course Wildcats could do well against the zero but you’re referring to the F-3 non folded wing version. The folded wing variation which the carriers used were not as good. Also, the US was lucky the IJN blew it in their planning because it was 360 US planes vs 248 for the IJN in which only 80-85 were zero fighters. The IJN blew it. They could have had 5 more carriers at Midway and made use of them. Zuikaku was left back in Japan. There was Ryujo, Junyo, Zuiho, and Hosho. These 5 carriers could have added 200 more planes. Even the 4 main carriers could have carried more planes and plane mixture switched to 2/3 fighters vs 2/3 bombers. The US would have been facing 350 fighter planes and over 150 bombers. If IJN battleships were shelling Midway then the IJN wouldn’t need so many bombers. Just a total f up by the IJN battle plan committee.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
The outcome of this battle like so many others was due to random good fortune and of course bravery and valor. The Civil War is full of little chance things that determined winners and losers. When you consider the stakes and consequences, it is quite the game of chance!
My dad served on the U.S.S. Biloxi a light cruiser that shelled the Philippines helping our troops retake the island. He was the Morse code operator, Saul Lewis.
Sadly the USS Hornet only had the Japan raid to show for it. It provided almost nothing during the battle of Midway and was sunk by the Japanese soon after.
I’ve got this great idea for a t.v series. There's this bunch of British battleships and carriers in the Pacific and they have a long distance battle with the Japanese near a place called Midway. The heroes would be the pilots who would have jolly hocky stick personalities with moustaches and say things like ''Wizard Prang'' and ''Tallyo'' and they drink tea all the time and have flasks of it in their cockpits on the way to the target. Some could be eccentric like one Simon D'eath whose ancestor was one of the few in the Charge of The Light Brigade he's nicknamed Errol after Flynn who starred in the authentic film version - of course the one set in India and not the fake one from the Crimea. Anyway Errol refuses to take off unless he's got his ancestor's lance in the cockpit with him - it sticks out the back still flaunting the flag of the 9th Hussars. If our yank cousins object we'll just plead artistic licence.
Not to make a joke out of this, but please watch at (9:18) check out the one guy standing alone on the huge chunk of metal, when it slips, the guy standing on it had a close call, and he gets pissed and throws his hat. Oh my god his reaction is hilarious. 😂 😆 😂. I must of watched it a dozen times and it's still hilarious. Poor guy, what a close call.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Micah 4:1-3 " In the final part of the days, The mountain of the house of Jehovah Will become firmly established above the top of the mountains, And it will be raised up above the hills, And to it peoples will stream. 2 And many nations will go and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah And to the house of the God of Jacob. He will instruct us about his ways, And we will walk in his paths.” For law will go out of Zion, And the word of Jehovah out of Jerusalem. 3 He will render judgment among many peoples And set matters straight respecting mighty nations far away. They will beat their swords into plowshares And their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, Nor will they learn war anymore."
That the Japanese high command thought they could win a war against the U.S. is bizarre. Yamamoto warned them that the industrial capability of the U.S. was galactic in its potential and they ignored him. By the end of WW2, less than four years after the U.S. entered the war, the United States was producing 1/2 of all industrial output by humans on Earth, as much by itself as all other nations combined.
The whole point is that the US was nowhere near what they needed to be in 1941 or even 1942 and the same for 1943. This is why Japan thought they could defeat the US and get into a Peace Treaty. The IJN had the US exactly where they wanted them to be at Midway. The IJN blew it. The US mustered up 8 cruisers and 15 destroyers and didn’t have much of anything else other than 15 other destroyers to patrol Hawaii and the west coast. This is of course besides the US carriers. Meanwhile the IJN had 9 carriers available plus 11 battleships, 22 cruisers and 64 destroyers. The IJN just let most of them just sit there and do nothing at Midway.
@@f430ferrari5 The high command in Japan were dumb, their whole premise was based on their belief that if the U.S. had to fight and retake many islands across the Pacific to get to Japan that they would give up and sue for peace. They learned the truth the hard way. Japan was like Germany they had winner's disease because they easily swept aside the Chinese. They, like Germany, hadn't faced a real foe and taking on the U.S. would be taking on the most formidable enemy that Japan had ever faced, that is what Yamamoto told them before Pearl Harbor. And a surprise attack only made sure that the American people would be so enraged that whatever Japan received afterwards they deserved. Churchill said he knew that the surprise attack on the U.S. cemented the fate of Japan that a lesser declaration of war against the U.S. would not have accomplished. Churchill wrote in his memoir that the moment he heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he knew Hitler and Mussolini were finished and America would grind Japan into the dust. Hitler's generals all told him not to declare war on the U.S. after Pearl Harbor as well.
@@DylansPennot sure about the high command in Japan. Yamamoto is the one who blew it at Midway. The winners disease may be true based on what Japan experienced early in the war. Bottom line the IJN blew it at Midway. You should be able to see this. The US wasn’t where it needed to be in mid 1942. The US was in a very bad position. It took a miracle and the the US got it.
actually, the battle of the coral sea was not exactly a 'victory' with the loss of one us naval aircraft carrier and many aircraft and crew....the strategic element was in that it halted the japanese advance toward australia...at least, that is my historical understanding of the battle of the coral sea....i would say the hallmark of the battle was when the lights were left on for the homecoming war birds, way past their bedtimes.
Coral Sea was an American victory because the Shukokuu and the zurikuku were so damaged that they couldn't show at midway a month later.... it was a tactical victory
it is history , past , it should be used to learn but unfortunately we now have world dictatorships which we need to fight against now just like they did in the ww2 , if we dont stand up and fight you will lose all your freedoms which they fought for all those years ago
@@DanielMulloy-bg6gw Only a light carrier (which is different than an escort carrier because it could keep up with the fast fleet elements) was sunk and 1 fleet carrier was badly damaged but they lost a lot of planes a whole carrier group was almost wiped out with the majority of the pilots more importantly so even though they had one of their best and biggest fleet carriers available they did not take it to Midway (their doctrine would not allow mixed air units to serve on another carrier) that was a major mistake. my point is that their air element took a beating from US AA so it was not a big victory even in a tactical sense.
In strategic terms it was an American victory for we stopped the Japanese from landing their troops that more than likely would have taken complete control of New Guinea. It was a tactical draw in terms of losses we lost the Lexington and the Yorktown was damaged plus a destroyer and a tanker. They lost the Zuiho a light carrier and 2 fleet carriers were damaged or had enough planes destroyed that they missed Midway. Those 2 carriers would have been vital at Midway. Yorktown was repaired in less than 72 hours to 100 percent combat effective not 100 percent repaired and they literally took the air group off the Saratoga which had been torpedoed by a submarine in January and was just about repaired and put them aboard the Yorktown. So we took a carrier to was damaged no planes in less than 3 days put her back into combat. She sank the Soryu and ate 2 strikes that damaged her she almost survived but a submarine sank her.
The big mistake Japan made was not taking Hawaiian islands when they had chance. The US didn't actually have much in army type forces in Hawaii at the time of Japanese attack.
One thing always bothered me about Midway, and I've never really seen it addressed anywhere. In the 1976 movie about the attack, Genda's character points out that they are launching half of their aircraft at Midway, with half held in reserve. All well and good, but then he points out that the remaining planes on Akagi and Kaga will wait with anti shipping weapons, while Soryu's and Hiryu's remaing planes will be configured for a conventional bombing mission to Midway. He sent *half of the compliment of each carrier* out, with the other half waiting. Why not send out the entire compliment of two carriers, keep one carrier ready for a Midway strike, and the other for an antishipping strike? "Enemy ships spotted 200 miles out!" (whatever it was) "Launch the anti ship strike!" "Second attack needed at Midway!" "Launch bombing strike! Reconfigure landing planes for antishipping and launch when we have more information from outbound antiship strike group!" Midway might have ended differently for the USN.
Your focus is still totally wrong. Get out the carrier strike concept. Where the IJN blew it was they they didn’t make use of their surface ships. The IJN had a massive advantage. 11 battleships, 22 cruisers, and 64 destroyers at their disposal. They also had 9 carriers available. To put pressure on the US Navy all the IJN had to do was lead with their surface ships. Just shell Midway with battleships. What exactly could the US do? The IJN carriers would have been loaded with 2/3 fighters not bombers. The US carrier planes could not get through with all the IJN CAP. After all the US planes are shot down it’s easy for the IJN bombers to then go after the US carriers. Fast IJN surface ships would be in pursuit also. Yorktown was dead in the water for around an hour. She only got back up to 14-19 knots. Fast IJN cruisers and destroyers could do 36 knots. The long lance torpedos would have wiped out Task Force 16 and 17.
I'm not sure but it might not have been possible to launch the entire carrier complement at once? For instance US carrier doctrine was to have all planes ready on the flight deck before taking off so the most you could launch was what could fit there; if you also wanted to launch whatever was left in the hangar deck it would take too long to move them via the elevator and launch, so the first wave would just be circling forever using up fuel. I'll bet there's an operational constraint like that. If the Japanese had a couple extra carriers ready for the operation then dividing responsibility for surface vs ship attacks between carriers might have worked better
@@f430ferrari5 The USN already knew the Japanese were coming. It was just a matter of finding them. The Japanese had no clue that the USN knew until it was too late. And it was definitely too late when the lone Japanese scout plane found the US fleet. And the USN was nowhere near Midway.
@@IRatherbeTrashthanADemocrat it don’t matter that they knew. In reality the US knew the IJN was coming for Pearl they just didn’t exactly know when. It was the same for Midway. So many naive people out here and there. It don’t matter if the IJN “knew” or not. The IJN had to “suspect” the US carriers were out there somewhere. The whole point was to lure the American carriers into battle. Yes? Do you even attempt to listen to yourself and your poor logic. The only reason it was too late is because the IJN put their carriers in front. You don’t even properly read or even research.
I watched a series on the History Vault channel yesterday - Battle 360º - Anyone seen it? I want to know if that pride in our country and military still exists. WWII was bloody - Would we have that pride again to combat our enemies like they did? I hope so! I can't tell you how many times I've watched this series!! And I still cry!! God bless our military and their families. My brother was on the next USS Enterprise - Vietnam. and I have the ship year book! But listening to the WWII veterans - My gosh what a generation!!
My Dad flew 48 missions in Europe as a waist gunner in a B-24 Liberator bomber before being shot down ( Coincidentally, his brother also on a bombing mission went MIA on the same day) Both spent the remainder of the war in a German POW camp. It was a special generation.
Most of the sailors on USS Lexington had time to go down to their lockers and grab one personal memento/item: an Alka Seltzer bottle filled with quarters, a letter from a sweetheart or her picture, an unread paperback book. It was a very orderly evacuation, almost like they were doing another drill.
Yes,there were many brave and skillfill naval soldiers and pilots who fought with great courage and conviction, leading America to an important victory at Midway. However, none of that courageous fighting would jave happened were it not for Capt Joseph Rochefort who broke the Japanese naval code. This victory could not have happened without him.
@sydmccreath4554 Yes they had to defend from all those armoured sampans poling up the Hudson with their bloodthirsty crews of bamboo wielding Vitenamese.
@MoonLover; go watch the Hollywood movie Good Morning Vietnam. It's a close enough deception of American role in Vietnam war. or M*A*S*H for Korean war..😅😷 - same reason the French do not talk much of Vietnam war. When you lost there's not much to document.- 🤒😷
My grandfather fought in WW II. He literally traveled the whole world from England to Africa to Australia and to Japan while serving in the Army. He also told me that I had aunts and uncles in those countries too, lol. Such a whore dog, lol. Anyhow, those guys along with our allies saved the world, which we have been benefiting from since.
I know there were several hundred thousand horses lost during WW2 in Europe. Most people believe it was a mostly mechanized war. Not sure how many horses were lost during the Pacific campaigns. I think millions throughout the global conflict though.
Guru Sejarah saya juga bercerita tentang kekejaman Jepang di Indonesia. Mereka menerapkan kerja paksa dan dibiarkan mati kelaparan. Tapi itu adalah masa lalu sebagai catatan sejarah.
Righteousness prevailed. Pray it prevails yet again in our blessed country, as we are being attacked from "within" by many destructive ideas and philosophies.
The Philippine incident is the only case that I know of where a American commander left his command with knowledge of a pending attack by the Japanese, without informing his command or the Philippine people, leaving them to be overtaken by the Japanese, and was never held accountable! Instead, he is held in high regard as a American hero, I think differently!
I left a comment today about my feelings on MacArthur. I totally agree with you. A wannabe King. No honor. How about Eisenhower. Another wannabe. Blame can be easily spread. Patton was right. ✨🇺🇸✨
50:20 ....He sais that the airplane losses were continuing... They were not losing any more planes, they had already lost them all. Yamamato sent his battleship attack fleet in to search for the Americans to try to sink them in a night action...Would the Americans be hanging around near the atoll for the night to defend it ? But the American carrier task forces had correctly sailed away to avoid a night battle , so Yamamato withdrew during the night and got most of his ships safe from airplane attacks before dawn.
6:28 British Embassy in Teheran. 6:56 US battleship Oklahoma. 8:09 P-39 Airacobra. 14:43 B-25 medium bombers 14:58 the carrier 17:47 B-29 42:03. Work crews, including civilians, were aboard when Yorktown left for thecBattle. 46:21 Biplane 46:44 Fighter--F4F Wildcat. 46:5044:11 Dive bomber--SBD Dauntless. 46:51 ? 46:5342:1943:58. Torpedo bomber--TBD Devastator. 48:12 USN TBF Avenger. 48:34 Because of uncontrollable fires, these three Japanese carriers (Soryu, Akagi, and Kaga) were sunk by the Japanese. 49:48 The last carrier, Hiryu, was left burning. Abandoned, a Japanese destroyer later torpedoed Hiryu.
We won only by the GRACE of GOD! The GREAT “I AM”! People today forget that there were so many battles that could have gone the other way. The victory is mine says the LORD.
The U.S. received the research from the infamous Unit 731 , biological/chemical data then, protected the Japanese from our own allies, for the war crimes that was in that data .Those people who suffered the most under the Japanese conquest . Should take responsibility for the 100 million deaths also
*I never get tired watching these WWII documentaries, nice job*
I so agree.
Nice one bruv.
Agree with you sonmuch to achieve as never being yteach in school.
Yes, me too. I am like Tony Soprano.
It's pretty much the same nowadays with the war in Ukraine. It's the Americans and the Dutch who were infringing on Japan, east indies, and other territories. Sucking the money out of asian assets. It was WE in the west who were on THEIR territory. Like NATO is on RUSSIAS doorstep.
It boggles my mind why people don't realize it was always america and britain who started every war for the past 100 years. Not the Germans. Not the Vietnamese. Not the Iraqis. Not the lybians. Not the Japanese. Not the phippinos. Not the Iranians who are looking for war, but as sure as heck the American and Isreal governments want full control of the middle east.
May all those who have suffered and died because of american greed ...
REST IN PEACE
Yup.. same here
It still amazes me my dad and his three brothers were involved in this war. Three of them survived the war, came home and raised families. They were relentless guys, and I can’t help but think their struggles through their war experiences gave them an extra boost to survive and persevere. My dad never gave up or gave in and he passed it on to us.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Paw marched across New Guinea to Buna. When relieved, after dealing with starvation, malaria, dysentery, and battling the Japanese he weighed under 100 lbs. After recovering in Australia he island hopped, and was finally released- having acrued enough points in July, 1945 while on the front line in the Philippines. What amazes me about him and so many others - given the horrors they endured, was that they came home and became loving husbands and fathers. Like so many of his fellow vets, many who I grew up among - he wouldn’t speak of combat. It was a forbidden subject. He would speak of the jungles. The native porters/guides who he absolutely loved. His love and admiration of the Aussies.
Ditto
God bless your dad and his comrades. 🙏
Hard times make strong men
Congrats, the very best Midway doc of the 100’s I’ve seen …
I never get tired to watch this documentary,thanks to the greatest generation,we have a great lifestyle.Mi salute to the woman’s and men’s who fight in ww2.
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Your salute to the men who fought and the women thay assisted those fighting men, you mean.
I have been all over YT looking for a half-decent docu on the Pacific War! This is the best so far. THANK YOU!
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
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My father inlaw was in the Navy worked on LCT, (always walked like he was on ship) he never talked about it much, he did mention the Gilbert Islands once but never went into details about it. When Korea broke out he reinlisted in the Army. Came home with a Purple Heart. Never talked about that war either. I always had a deep respect for him
i still have the newspaper about the battle of midway, which my grandmother had saved, my Dad was on the yorktown at both coral sea and midway, Dad's gone now when i was a kid growing up i used to ask Dad about the war, but he never really talked much about it, as so many of the vets from ww2 never had much to say what they did or what they saw, one proud thing they didn't call both the women and men of the war years the greatest generation they earned it
You should scan it and post it. That would be pretty tight. An actually newspaper that was apart of the war, and was read real time providing the much needed and love information about the war, and was the paper that told your grandmother and father the great victory and was the greatest and most important battle of the Pacific war.(no library microfilm or digital storage source, which was never used as intend, reporting important information the day it happens.) take it light --KB
Side note: I have something of much less significant value, that being a unit award for my great uncle who was one of the combat engineer who built the bridges across the Rhine and signed by Omar Bradly. (He said you realize that not every bullet has your name on it, he also said they had to destroy the bridges 2 or 3 time and rebuild it each time b/c the Germans retook it and lost it, retook and lost ..... Anyway as I said, that has little value aside the fact he was family.
My dad was a radar operator on one of the islands. He was not there long because he picked up TB. He never spoke of any of it. Only got stories from uncles who were Navy petty officers.
Can you post it please
Mate, I live in Nth Qld, about 350 miles from the Battle of the Coral Sea in a city called Townsville. We remember the men like your dad every year at a memorial on our beachfront called the Strand. Google it. We will always keep their memory alive 🙏🏽 We Aussies never forget 😊
Thank you for sharing, respect from New zealand 🇳🇿
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Absolutely love these Documentaries!!!!
A neighbour of ours served in Coral Sea ... He made us a Concrete Knome... Lenny Bless his heart he became very deaf because of the shelling such a good neighbour cause he didn't hear us but he felt the rumbles.. What A Great Man XX Someone might know Him ?? We Loved Him .Good Ol Boy JBXX
Y'know what ?? Thankyou xx For Lenny I did not think I would get any comments but for his sake I am very proud. And all comments for that Man Appreciated. I maybe should of said ''The Gunning"" What ?? Fond Memories & the Knome Thankyou Again for your Kindness. He Was there JBX
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
@@ВолодимирПутенко kewl story but who asked ?
those Carriers and their crews were the wall between Japan and our shores
the Greatest Generation and should never be forgotten
Semper Fi
@joeclayton2121 Absolutely and the woke crowd that attempts to denigrate them and America should be ashamed.
Everyone says that was the greatest generation
I don't mean to take away from their sacrifices but thats also the generation that started the us on its downward spiral of corruption.
The people of the US have always be3n great . We've got the frontier spirit.
You can't blaim these kids today for the oligarchs taking away their opportunities & tie-in their hands in wars
To be fair, Japan had no interest in conquering the U.S. mainland or anything like that. Wasn't even a thought in their minds. They were the instrument of our politician's will in our national interests. Defending our freedom, in a sense. Neither power ever truly had intentions on infringing U.S. freedoms or conquering us. But, I reckon there's no war better to say "fighting for freedom" than WW2. That's for sure. An entire generation that stepped up to the plate when we were attacked. A righteous war.
Thank you for your great documentary! I can't count how many times I've managed to watched any battle of Midway movies or docu's. Yours is the best I believe! Thanks again! New subs here.
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The footage showing the Carrier engulfed in utter destruction gave me an overwhelming feeling of sickness in the pit of my stomach. I am not ashamed to tell you I actually cried. I Don't get Emotional but that just Floored me.👍
Outstanding Documentary! Thank You So Much!
This is the first time I’ve heard about a joint Australian and Royal Navy presence at the Coral Sea and Midway. Thank you for sharing this information. 👍
John Wayne on Donavan’s Reef, Coral Sea, we were with ya.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
At the Coral Sea, yes. The Australians were part of it.
I am not aware of either British or Australian forces being at Midway. Please explain.
@glenngreeno6004
@@ВолодимирПутенко “Wrong Bat Channel. Wrong Bat Time.”
Very nice preservation of the films.thanks.
The wise made time to pray for those engaged in the battle. Praying is always wise.
No it's not.
My family and I would not exist if it hadn't been for the bravery and sacrifice of US soldiers, sailors and pilots in the Pacific. I'm not American, but it infuriates me to see Americans disrespecting the flag and national anthem.
You are talking about fascist Republicans.
@Michael Williams
The NFL are republicans, the BLM are republicans? Who knew.
BHOOYHA
@@michaelwilliams2430 really fucking Republicans that's your response it's liberals that disrespect the flag and our country I'm neither explain to me why I should have to vote for the lesser of two evils why do politicians have maintaine power for decades and they cannot relinquish it tell us all your extensive experience
Amen to that stars and stripes do not deserve to be disrespected by their own people
I was stationed on Midway Island. Truly the turning point of WWII.
You were part of the rebel alliance and a traitor
@@kjdempsey He's not old enough to be stationed on Midway.
My Great uncle was in the navy and he was stationed in Hawaii after the war. He said there was still a lot of anger.
@@johnlawler4241 a bit. But I was stationed on Midway in the early 1980's. All that sentiment was essentially gone by then.
Something of high historic value to me that really tells us all about the American Thought concerning who would win the war. Instead of asking the Japanese,,,"Who do think you are?",,, the question was>>> Who Do you Think We Are?"" Which is a huge difference and indicator that We absolutely KNEW we were going to Whoop Japan. Unquestionable.
I have been looking for this documentary in particular colorized version is pretty good
but not really needed it is an excellent documentary
regardless..color or not.
Having ability to decode enemy`s messages kinda helps
@janjoska2549 It helped but what made the difference was vest industrials power of the arsenal of Democracy built by capitalism.
RIP
To the 307 US Navy men and airmen (three killed as prisoners) and 3,057 Imperial Japanese Navy men and airmen who were killed in the Battle of Midway
I have appreciate it you done to put in the persian language within others
Great documentary! Thank you!
My family's fought in all the wars and some have given their lives for our freedoms, I'm beyond grateful to all these brave men who sacrificed all for our country and our way of life. I'm thankful to all of them. God bless America 🇺🇸
Most of the Pacific battles were actually aviation and naval campaigns, The Battle Of Midway was the most well known but there were many more.
But the Islands were captured thanks to the United States Marine Corps!
@rossgingerich7759 Yes, You had Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Iwo Jima to name a few
Battle of Savo Island wasn’t aviation.
What about the thousands of US soldiers that died in the battles on Okinawa etc
Yamamoto figured that Japan had 6 months to run wild and create their defensive perimeter after which the US industrial might would kick in. Almost 6 months to the day after Pearl Harbor was Midway. Before Midway, Japanese was always on the offensive. After Midway, Japan was always on the defensive.
But the interesting point is that the US didn’t have much to go on offensive themselves but yet the fooled the IJN into believing they did.
Imagine just having one carrier at times and taking a small amount of vessels down south each time in 1942.
One could ask, why didn’t the IJN go after Midway again. Would the US then be on defense once again.
Instead of taking all their vessels down south as they did, could the IJN muster up another Midway plan and this time battleships and surface ships leading the charge.
Shokaku was repaired in July 1942. Carrier Hiyo 53 planes was completed in July 1942.
So the IJN still has 7 carriers:
1. Shokaku 84
2. Zuikaku 84
3. Hiyo 53
4. Junyo 45
5. Ryujo 45
6. Zuiho 30
7. Hosho 15
They also still had their 11 battleships but perhaps 4 older slower ones left back home to conserve fuel.
So 4 Kongo class battleships plus Yamato would approach Midway at night and shell the island. The 7 carriers are loaded with 2/3 fighters for CAP. So it’s 235 fighter planes and 120 bombers.
This combined is more than the 248 attack planes which the IJN utilized at Midway.
How would this battle play out. Let’s say the IJN brought 20 cruisers and 55 destroyers too along with 25 subs.
It’s very possible that both Wasp and Saratoga could have been taken out by IJN subs too. That’s why in reality happened to them.
So now the US just has Hornet and Enterprise in Midway2.
@@f430ferrari5 But that's not what they did.
@@stischer47 who cares. You can’t even get yourself to deny that the IJN should have re-targeted Midway.
Or approach Midway with surface ships to begin with. You just live in denial. Your brain can’t comprehend an IJN win even with all the evidence in front of you.
Respect to the officers and men who served aboard the Lady Lex.
Interestingly enough midway however a victory basically happened almost by complete accident. We didn’t intend our air groups to hit separately which actually very much helped us keep them so busy we won
We we we we
@@Olorin7 Apparently you are unaware of the great good America has done in the world.
@@dennisweidner288 indeed. It's pleasant under this rock.
Very well produced, colourization great, narration and script superb. 😀😀
Great vid@!!!!! Ty much
Superbe documentaire bien expliqu,é et riches en images neuves si l'on peut diren,merci pour la divulguation de ce travail de recherche.
Beautiful, love it thank you
Nem posso acreditar que estou vendo esse documentário em cores é extraordinário!!!❤
The photography is great I. Used to live near Grummans. Growing up on Long Island
Thank you
26:00 *Code Breakers were instrumental in the Great Win at Midway !* 2
Great content BZ 👏💯
Great doco thank you. It could be argued the dilution of force necessitated by the Aleution Island campaign cost Yamamoto a win at Midway. Thank goodness for that.
They sent a pair of light carriers and less than 2k troops to take what little they did take or damage in the Aleutian Islands. Even if they had invaded Midway it was doubtful they could have even held it. In air attack range of Pearl would have been embargoed from anything getting through by submarines alone. They literally had just 5k men to attack it with and we had close to 4k defenders for it.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Would it not be obvious that an "attack" on the Aleutians HAD to be a diversion? The island chain is way too numerous and WAY too long (longer than Japan itself) to be a legitimate permanent-occupation main objective. I'm just asking, that's all. How would any high-level US Navy commander consider it anything other than diversionary?
Très beau documentaire, merci beaucoup
Wife’s grand dad was on the Lexington. He made it!
The Doolittle raid,really had a psychological effect on Japan!!
The Marine pilots on Midway destroyed very few Japanese planes, but the AA guns did considerable damage, which I think is the reason the second strike was requested.
We battle hard. Never going back.
Supplies to the Pacific front 'came at a less than ideal pace' because they were primarily going to Stalin's Soviet Union. The supplies came first to Stalin via the Atlantic but due to the Nazi submarine fleet losses were so heavy they had to be sent via the Pacific to Siberia.
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@michaelwillis5040 Nonsense. Soviet Lend Lease supplies were a fraction of the deliveries to the American forces. There were three Lend Lease routes. The North Atlantic route (the Arctic convoys) was dangerous , but not entirely due to U-boats, but also due to air attacks and surface raiders as well as the weather. This is why the Pacific route and the South Atlantic Indian Ocean route were the most important.
WW2 is the best film . Well done
that’s awesome. both nations flying sorties in the wrong direction while being 70 miles away from one another
Our father's family came to the US in 1938,leaving Eastern Europe to escape Hitler. The men went to night school and learned to speak English. In 1942,Dad was in the US Army as an interpreter to General Haislip. His younger brother followed. The brothers fought their way across Europe. Dad was shot in the leg in 1945,and his brother was wounded soon after. It wasn't until after his death in 2004 that we found the medals Dad had won.
16.50 the wind big factor in launching those planes makes an updraft to push plane up
Thank you John Ford. ✨🇺🇸✨
What a relief to find a straightforward documentary on Midway, in contrast to the rubbishy alternatives. One small criticism: it is pointless, and bad style, to say, all the way through, "would do this" and "would do that", rather than simply, "did this" and "did that".
Japan lost the war the minute the first bombs fell on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto feared this would happen.
N0p...japan never surendder because tactic very dirty US dr0p at0m b0mb hir0shima and nagasaki...in fact us army n0t t0 str0ng😅
No it didn’t. Japan had the US right where they wanted them at Midway. They absolutely blew it.
US could only muster up obsolete planes on Midway and had just 8 cruisers and 15 destroyers in Task Force 16 and 17. 3 carriers with Yorktown damaged and borrowed planes and pilots from Saratoga.
Japan foolishly split their forces.
11 battleships, 22 cruisers, and 64 destroyers for the Midway and Aleutians Force. Plus 9 carriers available plus over 500 planes and they left Zuikaku at home and sent two mid size carriers to the Aleutians.
The US was in deep trouble. Nimitz even said had the IJN brought everything we would have lost.
Even the US Naval War College said the same thing.
@ex-navyspook Absolutely correct.
@@f430ferrari5 Nonsense. The placement of the carriers meant that if things did not go well, the carriers could get back to Pearl. The American planes were not obsolete. The Wildcats could do well against the Zeros, The SBDs were one of the great planes of the war. Only the Devastator torpedo planes were obsolete.
@@dennisweidner288 what do you mean nonsense.
US Carriers cannot out run IJN planes.
And a damaged Yorktown was dead for nearly an hour and got back up to 19 knots. IJN cruisers and destroyers could do 36 knots.
With the US carriers trying to dodge IJN bombers then it’s not that simple making it back to Pearl.
And I said obsolete planes on Midway.
And of course Wildcats could do well against the zero but you’re referring to the F-3 non folded wing version. The folded wing variation which the carriers used were not as good.
Also, the US was lucky the IJN blew it in their planning because it was 360 US planes vs 248 for the IJN in which only 80-85 were zero fighters.
The IJN blew it. They could have had 5 more carriers at Midway and made use of them. Zuikaku was left back in Japan.
There was Ryujo, Junyo, Zuiho, and Hosho. These 5 carriers could have added 200 more planes.
Even the 4 main carriers could have carried more planes and plane mixture switched to 2/3 fighters vs 2/3 bombers.
The US would have been facing 350 fighter planes and over 150 bombers.
If IJN battleships were shelling Midway then the IJN wouldn’t need so many bombers.
Just a total f up by the IJN battle plan committee.
Excelente documentário 👍👍👏👏
@AMBIORIX não temos um porta avião descente com o tamanho da nossa área marítima 👍
Interested story stan firm the west I am happy to be a part of it 👍❤️💕🙏👍
Love this show :)
Πολύ καλό ντοκιμαντέρ ευχαριστώ πολύ!!!!!!!!!
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Thanks.
The outcome of this battle like so many others was due to random good fortune and of course bravery and valor. The Civil War is full of little chance things that determined winners and losers. When you consider the stakes and consequences, it is quite the game of chance!
Salute America 🇵🇭🙏🇺🇲
Ótimo documentário parabéns👌👌🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏
My friend's dad flew on the Doolittle raid, interesting fellow Mr.Cole was...
My dad served on the U.S.S. Biloxi a light cruiser that shelled the Philippines helping our troops retake the island. He was the Morse code operator, Saul Lewis.
Sadly the USS Hornet only had the Japan raid to show for it. It provided almost nothing during the battle of Midway and was sunk by the Japanese soon after.
I’ve got this great idea for a t.v series. There's this bunch of British battleships and carriers in the Pacific and they have a long distance battle with the Japanese near a place called Midway. The heroes would be the pilots who would have jolly hocky stick personalities with moustaches and say things like ''Wizard Prang'' and ''Tallyo'' and they drink tea all the time and have flasks of it in their cockpits on the way to the target. Some could be eccentric like one Simon D'eath whose ancestor was one of the few in the Charge of The Light Brigade he's nicknamed Errol after Flynn who starred in the authentic film version - of course the one set in India and not the fake one from the Crimea. Anyway Errol refuses to take off unless he's got his ancestor's lance in the cockpit with him - it sticks out the back still flaunting the flag of the 9th Hussars. If our yank cousins object we'll just plead artistic licence.
I love it, when's the screenplay finished??
@@salivatinggreed4219 :)
Straight from the things to think about while getting high and watching war documentaries list
Why not? The coolest guy in the Great Escape was a Yank though so you’ll have to include something like that.
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This is great
Not to make a joke out of this, but please watch at (9:18) check out the one guy standing alone on the huge chunk of metal, when it slips, the guy standing on it had a close call, and he gets pissed and throws his hat. Oh my god his reaction is hilarious. 😂 😆 😂. I must of watched it a dozen times and it's still hilarious. Poor guy, what a close call.
From the explosion of a warhead with a capacity of up to 1 Mgt (40 Hiroshima) of the Russian Х-22 missile (a more modern modification - Х-23), which took place even at a distance of several kilometers from the American carrier formation, which is launched from a flying at a distance of several thousand km from this aircraft carrier formation a Russian missile-carrying aircraft and flies at speeds up to Mach 5 -:- 6 and can rise to a height of 50 km (i.e., practically indestructible), this carrier-based formation will be completely kaput. And these missiles (of course with dismantled nuclear warheads) hit objects on the sovereign territory of Ukraine with much greater accuracy (by an order of magnitude, and sometimes directly into the object). And not one of them has yet been shot down, which has already been officially recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
LOL, you're right. And the narrator's commentary that immediately follows just makes it funnier: "There would be the occasional setback . . ."
I couldn't tell which one. The people are so small and close together.
Ok, that was funny. That guy was MAD!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
it is very good film documenter
The more great in the World,good country and braves populations
The music background was maybe fun for the neighbors kid that made it. If its not good its better without. Less is more.
Micah 4:1-3 " In the final part of the days,
The mountain of the house of Jehovah
Will become firmly established above the top of the mountains,
And it will be raised up above the hills,
And to it peoples will stream.
2 And many nations will go and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah
And to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will instruct us about his ways,
And we will walk in his paths.”
For law will go out of Zion,
And the word of Jehovah out of Jerusalem.
3 He will render judgment among many peoples
And set matters straight respecting mighty nations far away.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning shears.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
Nor will they learn war anymore."
Singapore was lost due to pure incompetence. It may have fallen eventually, but shouldn't have fallen when it did.
That the Japanese high command thought they could win a war against the U.S. is bizarre. Yamamoto warned them that the industrial capability of the U.S. was galactic in its potential and they ignored him. By the end of WW2, less than four years after the U.S. entered the war, the United States was producing 1/2 of all industrial output by humans on Earth, as much by itself as all other nations combined.
The whole point is that the US was nowhere near what they needed to be in 1941 or even 1942 and the same for 1943.
This is why Japan thought they could defeat the US and get into a Peace Treaty.
The IJN had the US exactly where they wanted them to be at Midway. The IJN blew it.
The US mustered up 8 cruisers and 15 destroyers and didn’t have much of anything else other than 15 other destroyers to patrol Hawaii and the west coast.
This is of course besides the US carriers.
Meanwhile the IJN had 9 carriers available plus 11 battleships, 22 cruisers and 64 destroyers. The IJN just let most of them just sit there and do nothing at Midway.
@@f430ferrari5 The high command in Japan were dumb, their whole premise was based on their belief that if the U.S. had to fight and retake many islands across the Pacific to get to Japan that they would give up and sue for peace.
They learned the truth the hard way. Japan was like Germany they had winner's disease because they easily swept aside the Chinese. They, like Germany, hadn't faced a real foe and taking on the U.S. would be taking on the most formidable enemy that Japan had ever faced, that is what Yamamoto told them before Pearl Harbor. And a surprise attack only made sure that the American people would be so enraged that whatever Japan received afterwards they deserved. Churchill said he knew that the surprise attack on the U.S. cemented the fate of Japan that a lesser declaration of war against the U.S. would not have accomplished. Churchill wrote in his memoir that the moment he heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he knew Hitler and Mussolini were finished and America would grind Japan into the dust. Hitler's generals all told him not to declare war on the U.S. after Pearl Harbor as well.
@@DylansPennot sure about the high command in Japan.
Yamamoto is the one who blew it at Midway.
The winners disease may be true based on what Japan experienced early in the war.
Bottom line the IJN blew it at Midway. You should be able to see this.
The US wasn’t where it needed to be in mid 1942. The US was in a very bad position. It took a miracle and the the US got it.
actually, the battle of the coral sea was not exactly a 'victory' with the loss of one us naval aircraft carrier and many aircraft and crew....the strategic element was in that it halted the japanese advance toward australia...at least, that is my historical understanding of the battle of the coral sea....i would say the hallmark of the battle was when the lights were left on for the homecoming war birds, way past their bedtimes.
Coral Sea was an American victory because the Shukokuu and the zurikuku were so damaged that they couldn't show at midway a month later.... it was a tactical victory
it is history , past , it should be used to learn but unfortunately we now have world dictatorships which we need to fight against now just like they did in the ww2 , if we dont stand up and fight you will lose all your freedoms which they fought for all those years ago
Your confusing the coral sea battle with the philippine sea battle
@@DanielMulloy-bg6gw Only a light carrier (which is different than an escort carrier because it could keep up with the fast fleet elements) was sunk and 1 fleet carrier was badly damaged but they lost a lot of planes a whole carrier group was almost wiped out with the majority of the pilots more importantly so even though they had one of their best and biggest fleet carriers available they did not take it to Midway (their doctrine would not allow mixed air units to serve on another carrier) that was a major mistake. my point is that their air element took a beating from US AA so it was not a big victory even in a tactical sense.
In strategic terms it was an American victory for we stopped the Japanese from landing their troops that more than likely would have taken complete control of New Guinea. It was a tactical draw in terms of losses we lost the Lexington and the Yorktown was damaged plus a destroyer and a tanker. They lost the Zuiho a light carrier and 2 fleet carriers were damaged or had enough planes destroyed that they missed Midway. Those 2 carriers would have been vital at Midway.
Yorktown was repaired in less than 72 hours to 100 percent combat effective not 100 percent repaired and they literally took the air group off the Saratoga which had been torpedoed by a submarine in January and was just about repaired and put them aboard the Yorktown. So we took a carrier to was damaged no planes in less than 3 days put her back into combat. She sank the Soryu and ate 2 strikes that damaged her she almost survived but a submarine sank her.
The big mistake Japan made was not taking Hawaiian islands when they had chance. The US didn't actually have much in army type forces in Hawaii at the time of Japanese attack.
If the Japs had made a final sorty to take out the Pearl Harbour fuel tanks the Navy would have had to pull back to the west coast.
they could never do that. didnt have the troops and how on earth could they supply those islands. IJA had its hands full in china
One thing always bothered me about Midway, and I've never really seen it addressed anywhere. In the 1976 movie about the attack, Genda's character points out that they are launching half of their aircraft at Midway, with half held in reserve. All well and good, but then he points out that the remaining planes on Akagi and Kaga will wait with anti shipping weapons, while Soryu's and Hiryu's remaing planes will be configured for a conventional bombing mission to Midway. He sent *half of the compliment of each carrier* out, with the other half waiting. Why not send out the entire compliment of two carriers, keep one carrier ready for a Midway strike, and the other for an antishipping strike? "Enemy ships spotted 200 miles out!" (whatever it was) "Launch the anti ship strike!" "Second attack needed at Midway!" "Launch bombing strike! Reconfigure landing planes for antishipping and launch when we have more information from outbound antiship strike group!" Midway might have ended differently for the USN.
Your focus is still totally wrong.
Get out the carrier strike concept.
Where the IJN blew it was they they didn’t make use of their surface ships.
The IJN had a massive advantage. 11 battleships, 22 cruisers, and 64 destroyers at their disposal.
They also had 9 carriers available.
To put pressure on the US Navy all the IJN had to do was lead with their surface ships.
Just shell Midway with battleships.
What exactly could the US do?
The IJN carriers would have been loaded with 2/3 fighters not bombers.
The US carrier planes could not get through with all the IJN CAP.
After all the US planes are shot down it’s easy for the IJN bombers to then go after the US carriers.
Fast IJN surface ships would be in pursuit also. Yorktown was dead in the water for around an hour. She only got back up to 14-19 knots.
Fast IJN cruisers and destroyers could do 36 knots. The long lance torpedos would have wiped out Task Force 16 and 17.
I'm not sure but it might not have been possible to launch the entire carrier complement at once? For instance US carrier doctrine was to have all planes ready on the flight deck before taking off so the most you could launch was what could fit there; if you also wanted to launch whatever was left in the hangar deck it would take too long to move them via the elevator and launch, so the first wave would just be circling forever using up fuel. I'll bet there's an operational constraint like that.
If the Japanese had a couple extra carriers ready for the operation then dividing responsibility for surface vs ship attacks between carriers might have worked better
@@f430ferrari5 The USN already knew the Japanese were coming. It was just a matter of finding them. The Japanese had no clue that the USN knew until it was too late. And it was definitely too late when the lone Japanese scout plane found the US fleet. And the USN was nowhere near Midway.
@@IRatherbeTrashthanADemocrat it don’t matter that they knew.
In reality the US knew the IJN was coming for Pearl they just didn’t exactly know when.
It was the same for Midway. So many naive people out here and there.
It don’t matter if the IJN “knew” or not. The IJN had to “suspect” the US carriers were out there somewhere.
The whole point was to lure the American carriers into battle. Yes?
Do you even attempt to listen to yourself and your poor logic.
The only reason it was too late is because the IJN put their carriers in front. You don’t even properly read or even research.
My dad was a firefighter on Midway.
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I watched a series on the History Vault channel yesterday - Battle 360º - Anyone seen it? I want to know if that pride in our country and military still exists. WWII was bloody - Would we have that pride again to combat our enemies like they did? I hope so! I can't tell you how many times I've watched this series!! And I still cry!! God bless our military and their families. My brother was on the next USS Enterprise - Vietnam. and I have the ship year book! But listening to the WWII veterans - My gosh what a generation!!
My Dad flew 48 missions in Europe as a waist gunner in a B-24 Liberator bomber before being shot down ( Coincidentally, his brother also on a bombing mission went MIA on the same day) Both spent the remainder of the war in a German POW camp. It was a special generation.
Battle 360 was one of my favorite. I love seeing all those intense naval battles in the pacific. For some reason...TH-cam removed them all??
I watch them on History Vault and also own the DVD@@fcan222
There was not a rush to evacuate Lexington; sailors were calmly going down to the food stores and lifting tubs of ice-cream off the ship.
Most of the sailors on USS Lexington had time to go down to their lockers and grab one personal memento/item: an Alka Seltzer bottle filled with quarters, a letter from a sweetheart or her picture, an unread paperback book. It was a very orderly evacuation, almost like they were doing another drill.
Yes,there were many brave and skillfill naval soldiers and pilots who fought with great courage and conviction, leading America to an important victory at Midway. However, none of that courageous fighting would jave happened were it not for Capt Joseph Rochefort who broke the Japanese naval code. This victory could not have happened without him.
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Excelente documentário
Can you make a documentary about the Vietnam war? My father is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Army
@sydmccreath4554 Yes they had to defend from all those armoured sampans poling up the Hudson with their bloodthirsty crews of bamboo wielding Vitenamese.
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@MoonLover; go watch the Hollywood movie Good Morning Vietnam. It's a close enough deception of American role in Vietnam war.
or M*A*S*H for Korean war..😅😷
- same reason the French do not talk much of Vietnam war. When you lost there's not much to document.-
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There is Ken Burns' Viet Nam documentary.
Yea. Sure he is.
Thanks!
Great movie! Is the music composed by Paul Farrer?
Damn well done.
My grandfather fought in WW II. He literally traveled the whole world from England to Africa to Australia and to Japan while serving in the Army. He also told me that I had aunts and uncles in those countries too, lol. Such a whore dog, lol. Anyhow, those guys along with our allies saved the world, which we have been benefiting from since.
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In World War 2, Japan bombarded America on Tarakan Island, Indonesia 🇲🇨 and seized oil wells for war needs in the Pacific Ocean.
I wish YT allowed for a "decolorization" selection to restore the film to its original black and white.
And to NOT censor the dead bodies.
Dad was on the Yorktown
I know there were several hundred thousand horses lost during WW2 in Europe. Most people believe it was a mostly mechanized war. Not sure how many horses were lost during the Pacific campaigns. I think millions throughout the global conflict though.
A quarter of US deaths happened in the Pacific theatre, Most died fighting in Europe actually.
Guru Sejarah saya juga bercerita tentang kekejaman Jepang di Indonesia. Mereka menerapkan kerja paksa dan dibiarkan mati kelaparan. Tapi itu adalah masa lalu sebagai catatan sejarah.
Righteousness prevailed. Pray it prevails yet again in our blessed country, as we are being attacked from "within" by many destructive ideas and philosophies.
Paranacity-PR. Muito bom!!!
Which country tsught Japan to produce war machinery and vehicles
Can you make a video about rescue of prominent Rabbis from Europe in WW2?
Yes, some were compliant some weren’t.
The Philippine incident is the only case that I know of where a American commander left his command with knowledge of a pending attack by the Japanese, without informing his command or the Philippine people, leaving them to be overtaken by the Japanese, and was never held accountable! Instead, he is held in high regard as a American hero, I think differently!
Untrue! McArthur was commanded to leave by the sitting US president - his supreme commander.
He was ordered to leave, a strategic retreat.
I left a comment today about my feelings on MacArthur. I totally agree with you. A wannabe King. No honor. How about Eisenhower. Another wannabe. Blame can be easily spread. Patton was right. ✨🇺🇸✨
50:20 ....He sais that the airplane losses were continuing... They were not losing any more planes, they had already lost them all. Yamamato sent his battleship attack fleet in to search for the Americans to try to sink them in a night action...Would the Americans be hanging around near the atoll for the night to defend it ? But the American carrier task forces had correctly sailed away to avoid a night battle , so Yamamato withdrew during the night and got most of his ships safe from airplane attacks before dawn.
6:28 British Embassy in Teheran.
6:56 US battleship Oklahoma.
8:09 P-39 Airacobra.
14:43 B-25 medium bombers
14:58 the carrier
17:47 B-29
42:03. Work crews, including civilians, were aboard when Yorktown left for thecBattle.
46:21 Biplane
46:44 Fighter--F4F Wildcat.
46:50 44:11 Dive bomber--SBD Dauntless.
46:51 ?
46:53 42:19 43:58. Torpedo bomber--TBD Devastator.
48:12 USN TBF Avenger.
48:34 Because of uncontrollable fires, these three Japanese carriers (Soryu, Akagi, and Kaga) were sunk by the Japanese.
49:48 The last carrier, Hiryu, was left burning. Abandoned, a Japanese destroyer later torpedoed Hiryu.
We won only by the GRACE of GOD! The GREAT “I AM”! People today forget that there were so many battles that could have gone the other way. The victory is mine says the LORD.
The U.S. received the research from the infamous Unit 731 , biological/chemical data then, protected the Japanese from our own allies, for the war crimes that was in that data .Those people who suffered the most under the Japanese conquest . Should take responsibility for the 100 million deaths also
Lord who?
Fake stop calling the name of God in vain..