Our new fantasy/scifi channel: th-cam.com/video/EGNvYbmRgrM/w-d-xo.html Pacific War #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: th-cam.com/video/ZzS1ZAulpoY/w-d-xo.html Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: th-cam.com/video/mpBGUC8OjE4/w-d-xo.html Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake and the Philippines: th-cam.com/video/MZ4d7Qeyivk/w-d-xo.html Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: th-cam.com/video/MhQrv82HHn8/w-d-xo.html Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: th-cam.com/video/tgtagewcqKo/w-d-xo.html Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: th-cam.com/video/AGYaghICqkY/w-d-xo.html
To be fair with no tanks, and precious few anti tank guns (most of which had been sent to the Middle East instead) of their own, there was only so much they could have done..
Well the "this war in real time" format is really good I wish they would have covered the Korean war (or some other war) because the "world war 2" chanel is already covering this war week by week.
I'm really glad to see a thorough breakdown of the conflict's progression in all the different theaters happening during the Pacific war from seeing what the battles were like in mainland China to what was going on in Malaya and the Philippines, I feel there hasn't been enough popular media made to cover the early events of the Japanese invasion in recent times.
it's always the victors who want to tell the story. It's the same thing with how the Eastern front was with Germany. Nobody was interested in what went on there for a very long time.
My great granddad was a company commander in 2/2 Gurkha He was killed in the first week of fighting itself, one of the only officers in-charge in his brigade atleast. May his soul rest in peace❤️
I myself am a Malaysian and this is much more enlightening than our own history books, which sort of depicted that the Japanese conquered Malaya using...........bicycles. Hopefully the more recent books in our schools have changed that perception.
If our history books were to cover all these historical facts, it would definitely burden the kids and is generally unfair for other historical periods like during the generally important period of Srivijaya and Melaka era just because we want to cover all these WWII stuff. Our current syllabus right now is already good enough. No more politically infused topics, and more expansion about the ancient and medieval era, and less text based book. But still, I would love for them to introduce the French Revolution topic again just like in the 90's syllabus.
I disagree that you simply condemned the textbook. I think the book cover the use of japanese intelligence years before invasion, bicycle to mobilise infantry, light tanks and also fighter planes that specially said superior to buffalo fighters, bombers that sank repulse and prince of wales, thai and japanese cooperation, force 136, and others! Dont know if you focus in class or not.
Wow. I am Malaysian and I am surprised at the level of information imparted by this channel on the battles in Malaya. It's very rare for even Malaysian media to hightlight these facts. A little fun fact, I come from the state of Perak.
6:20 My Great Grand Uncle was part of the USAFFE in Bataan, and indeed the lack of food and clean water was vivid in his stories... It came to a point that he has to make do with 1/4 of a Spam for a meal. There were stories of cannibalism amongst the troops - but it might just be hearsay. As a young fellow, he survived the infamous "Death March." But was troubled with trauma after the war.
The Japanese really went all out with the Southern invasion, covering as many grounds as possible in such a short time with the utmost ferocity. Of course, also taking advantage of the mistakes made by the British and the Allies.
They're also stretched out at the Chinese theatre which tied down by the ill-equipped/trained but very determined Nationalist Revolution Army(not the Commies) with 1.5 miliion of casualty and 1.2 million POW at the end
They wanted to copy the German's Blitzkrieg that toppled France. If Germany have the navy of Japan, it would have conquered the entire British islands.
@@MARKINAU8 They were absolutely tied down by the communists. All northern Chinese country side behind Japanese lines were held and defended by the communists. The communists were far more effective when it came to guerilla warfare and were referred to by the Americans as being far more determined, motivated, and less corrupt than their nationalist counterparts (that's cause the communists didn't use forced conscription like the nationalists). In case you didn't watch the previous kings and generals videos, the Communists also scored some major victories including the Battle of PingXingGuan and the 100 regiment offensive. Have a little more perspective.
@@yayoit1444 All the major campaigns were fought by NRA, not the communist. NRA also fought Japanese in Burma twice. As a matter of fact Japanese already exhausted to fight and control the coast line regions thus Commies had very little impact and contibution to the whole cmapaign. More ever, Japanese invasion had exhausted NRA the most elite force later led to the defeat of civil war. Let me quote non-communist historians comments below: 傅应川（国防部史政编译局局长）：就军事而言，若日军真蒙受重大损失，必将退出地区整补，然从日军随即发起反击，而石太、同蒲路段迅速通车，中国共产党的战果统计纯属夸大，无法取信[37]。 学者刘凤翰认为以参战部队与日军编制制度来计算，该役日军最多2万人（满编情况下），日军伤亡约在3千人左右[2]。他说，“这种被共军指为消灭殆尽的独立混成第四旅团，实际上只战死276人，还参加了2次晋中反击扫荡。共军自称一百零五个团，这当然是中共的宣传，骗那些不懂军队编制之人。”[38]。 有学者认为，第三阶段根本不存在：“百团大战第二阶段原本要攻下四个县，但日军已有防范，八路军勉强打下其中一个县，且立即放弃，百团大战正式结束，第三阶段实际上从未进行过。之后中共中央为了夸大战果的宣导需要，将日军追击共军的反击战称为“第三阶段抗日反扫荡”。彭德怀曾接获毛泽东电报要求：“百团大战对外不要宣布结束，蒋介石正发动反共高潮（黄桥战役），我们尚须利用百团大战的声势去反对他……”。中共中央机关“新中华报”则为此定调百团大战在12月5日结束”。[39]。 史学家李云汉认为，八路军仅是做策应性游击，从未参与过决定性的大会战。所谓百团大战基本上是有意渲染，并非真正的一次战役。[40] 古屋奎二：他们所破坏的地段，实则乃仅限于为日军守备兵力稀少或是毫无日军之处；而且破坏之后便为日军所立即修复。[41]
@@MARKINAU8 Oh boy another bot. 100 regiment offensive and battle of pingxingguan were major campaigns fought by the communists so your first statement is wrong (actually read my previous comment next time). The nationalists did take the brunt of the attack and thats purely because they held the most territory and the time. Second, I don't understand why people think the second sino japanese war was the reason for the NRA's downfall. It's incredibly disingenuous. So let me use some actual facts. At the end of the second sino japanese war, the NRA still held a massive numerical advantage over the communists (approximately 1 million to 1.5 million more men) AND the NRA were still being fully supplied, trained, and equipped by the Americans till 1949. When the civil war recommenced, the NRA nearly crushed the communists again during the campaigns of Manchuria. So clearly, the NRA weren't as war weary as people constantly make it out to be. Keep in mind, the communists during the early stages of the civil war in 1946 were not receiving any foreign aid like the Nationalists. They were literally using weaponry seized from the Japanese. Now the reason why the NRA lost was simple. They were just too corrupt, incompetent, and they isolated themselves from the peasants (who made up 80% of the Chinese population). The NRA met their conscription quotas through press gangs, taxed peasants so hard that some families committed suicide, and their consistent blunders (usually caused by failed leadership) throughout the war with Japan made them extremely unpopular. In fact, some NRA generals were so corrupt they even sold wheat that were meant for the civilians under their care to Japanese forces. How can you still sit their and act like the NRA didn't capitulate because of their own incompetence? Oh I know why it's because you're just a propaganda bot.
I am from Malaysia and born in Slim River District...I do survey the area where the fighting occurred....We still can see the Very old road and I still can feel the Soul of those people killed during the fighting...
Is it just my imagination or has this series managed to release the next installment literally on the anniversaries of the battles discussed? Cause thats the only thing that makes the wait in between worth it.
May the soul which killed in this Malaya war rest in peace, especially for Leftenan Adnan(Company C, Malay Rejiment) which fought till die in Pasir Panjang, Singapore.
The "battle" of Slim River is more like a drive-by shooting massacre. Tanks just rolling down the road, the machine gunner just shooting up everything along the way.
The 28th Brigade hearing gunfires and tanks rolling down the road: nah probably just the wind. (Continued sleeping despite remembering the British Indian divisions don’t have any tanks)
6+ year ago along the Federal road just a very thick jungle (Sungkai-Trolak-Slim River)... Japanese troops just passing by the Small Village without any fighting... until their reach Trolak Estate areas and started the battle ......
WW2 was the most eventful in history yet to cover and present in a simple manner is no easy matter. Thank u for all these Vids. Any high school kids interest that want a simplified version of the history, I recommend these Vids.
Those Japanese armies withdrawn from the Philippine campaign for the Dutch East Indies would later be brought back to finish Bataan instead of being sent to Papua or the Solomons, buying the Allies more time to buildup in Australia.
I'm still in disbelief that you make a video for every week and then cover said events of that week during the war. No one has done this before. It's truly remarkable! I tried to explain this new project to friends and they couldn't believe the scale and depth of the project.
The Great War and WW2 In Real Time channels already do week by week videos, and have done done some time. Well worth looking them up if you haven't seen them already.
Can't wait to hear this series mention the Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, and Midway in that order. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
I have a new and better appreciation for the abilities of the Republic of China forces during WW2, I have also lowered my estimation of McArthurs abilities as a strategist.
After MacArthur’s debacle in the Philippines I’m surprised that he was still able to retain command. His habit of underestimating the enemy, disregard of intelligence, and not constructing proper defensive positions would come back to bite him in the ass in Korea
The Mount was considered to be impassable. (A common theme of Allied commanders, estimating the enemy strength with their own troops’ capabilities instead of more)
@@jerryx3253 I guess the Allied Generals forgot when Hannibal took his army and elephant mounts through the mountain pass instead of coastlines. The Romans thought the mountain impassible, Hannibal proved them wrong.
In the history books, they make the loss of the Philippines seem like it happened in a day. I had no idea before how stubbornly and bravely the Americans fought to defend their furthest territory.
Filipino & American soldiers fought side by side despite lack of food & ammunition. The 10 Philippine Army divisions are reservists & were not properly trained & armed, & inexperienced but they learned quickly. They repulsed wave of wave of Japanese attacks. I read a detailed book on the Battle of Bataan about 3 decades ago. After the surrender, many were able to escape & continued guerilla warfare. By October 1944 during the return of American forces, there were already 250,000 guerillas in control on most the provinces.
@@carlodivinagracia7432 Didn't mean to leave out the Filipinos, I figured since they were American nationals until independence, I could lump them with regular American citizens within the army
@Awesome Matt I read another book that even the American soldiers with the exception of officers were also green recruits, no battle experience, & lack training.
Consider reversing the order of the Playlist. The videos are currently listed in reverse chronological order. You have to manually find the next in the series, rather than just letting autoplay take care of it.
I worked at Subic Bay Naval Station 1986-1991. I have visited many of these sites like: Iba, Clark AFB, Mt. Pinatubo, Bataan Peninsula and Camp John Hay. When Mt. Pinatubo blew up August 1991 I was evacuated on the last trip of the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln and several other ships were returning from the first Gulf War and gave up their bunks for us. That aircraft carrier made 5 trips to Cebu where the air was clear enough to take a C-141 to Guam.
I was born and I currently live in Miri. Every time people ask what's great about my city, I replied "We're Malaysia's fourth most expensive city, we have oil, great food and a relatively peaceful city life. We also had the Jepun (Japanese) first. Now the Jepun left nothing but selipar jepun (a pair of slippers)." 🤣
I just realized that if K&G gonna cover this week by week chronologically....this series documentary would last for 4 years! Since Pacific war ended in Sep 1945, this series would end at 2025!!
You should look up The Great War and WW2 in real time channels too. TGW did WW1 week by week in real time between 2014-2018 but is still putting out post war videos, and WW2 is a year ahead of K&G as they started with their 1939 stuff in 2018. Well worth checking out. Different format to this but more history is always a good thing!
9:57 From what I alraedy know about this battle, the brittis comanders apparently thought that tanks would be ineffective in the dense Malayan jungles, because it's dense jungles. But what they failed to realize is the japanese tanks were very small, and so were easely able to negotiate the roabs of the area without needing to go through much actual jungle.
Back in 1940, the Allies also thought that tanks would be ineffective in the Ardennes, yet German panzer divisions went through it and conquered France. Can't believe the Allies made the same mistake twice.
Can someone explain to me how the Japanese did so well in those mountains and jungles? How did they deal with the heat, animals, terrain etc without even being native to the islands? Did they scout it before or something? The terrain seemed to pose no problems for them. I would have thought the defenders would have home field advantage
I cannot help but mention the espionage activities of Japan. From couple of years before Pearl Harbor attack,Japanese military and diplomatic institution had already begun to make up the espionage network in South East Asia. The most important person was Fujiwara Iwaichi,who was the head of intelligece institution of Japanese Army(F-Kikan).He had got in touch with Malaysian and Indian nationalists and persuade them with his passion and idealーretake Asia from European colonialists to Asian themselvesーand he successfully got cooperation from them. So,after break out the war,Japanese military could go ahead their operations smoothly,because they had not only information of terrain of operation areas but also enemy'moves by their cooperators.
The japanese had trained their infantry in the jungles of Taiwan and in Hainan Island southern China which had subtropical climate. Also on in the jungle japanese infantry were trained to make use of night attack and infiltration techniques to overwhelm their enemy. Last but not least japanese infantry were trained to conduct amphibious landing. Also the Japanese pathfinders had surveyed the terrain of each and every colonial territory in particular the trunks roads, bridges, jungle mountains, flat wide beaches etc etc.. before the actual invasion took place. One more thing General Yamashita may have been known as the Tiger of Malaya during Malaya campaign but the mastermind behind the invasion of malaya was none other than Colonel Tsuji Masanobu.
Are there any Kings And Generals DVDs available for sale? My dad would love these but doesn't like watching stuff on his computer (plus it'd be nice to have this content without sponsors, and he's definitely not Patreon savvy)
In the video at the timestamp 15:11, there is a reference to Kawaguchi's soldiers "rescuing some 600 interned Japanese citizens." Could you kindly provide more detailed information about this event? Your insights would be greatly appreciated.
"Slim River" sounds like the name of an obscure R&B artist that your friend says will make it big someday. That's it. Have a nice rest of your day everyone.
amazing content :) I am looking forward to learn in the span of the next 3 years a lot about the Pacifik theater of WW2. An unfortunatly largely ignored part of the Second World War in German history education.
I wouldn't call it a blunder; there's no way the British could have known the Japanese were going to launch a night attack with tanks. But it WAS a disaster.
@@Allofmynamestaken Seriously i can't believe none of these British commanders studied Wellington and the Duke of Marlborough, cos otherwise they would be much more clued up on tactics.......
@@charlie8344 Well the Schlieffen plan was based on Napoleons methods of warfare, so actually they do work, at least back then anyway. Wellington was one of the best commanders in history, and a master of defence and strategy. If Wavell and Percival had studied Wellington's campaigns they would have had a better grasp for war.
To be fair the troops on the slim river battle were relatively poor quality Indians so they might not have been trained or were used to such procedures
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Truely real look to the history of wars
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This week we will cover a river battle, too. An iconic one at that!
Nope
@Persian Sicario Keep guessing.
Can't wait!
Please be Battle of the Trident.
Star Wars had a river battle?
"They wont' pass. We have prepared for any eventuality."
"There is a line of tanks coming."
"Except for that one."
If the tanks succeed, then victory follows -- Ketchup Heinz
To be fair with no tanks, and precious few anti tank guns (most of which had been sent to the Middle East instead) of their own, there was only so much they could have done..
@@lafeelabriel Very true Lafeel
@@lafeelabriel How about sending Strongly Worded Letter?
@@Taistelukalkkuna hah
The Pacific War series counts as one of the best by Kings and Generals, the amount of work that must have gone into this *Claps* :)
Well the "this war in real time" format is really good I wish they would have covered the Korean war (or some other war) because the "world war 2" chanel is already covering this war week by week.
Absolutely
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I don't listen to podcasts much bit if you couple these vids with the podcast it's insanely good. Really enjoying it so far.
Love that you are covering the third battle of Changsha, General Xue Yue is really underrated
I'm really glad to see a thorough breakdown of the conflict's progression in all the different theaters happening during the Pacific war from seeing what the battles were like in mainland China to what was going on in Malaya and the Philippines, I feel there hasn't been enough popular media made to cover the early events of the Japanese invasion in recent times.
Exactly！ All I know before was campaigns like Pearl Harbor, Midway or Guadacanal etc.
it's always the victors who want to tell the story. It's the same thing with how the Eastern front was with Germany. Nobody was interested in what went on there for a very long time.
My great granddad was a company commander in 2/2 Gurkha He was killed in the first week of fighting itself, one of the only officers in-charge in his brigade atleast. May his soul rest in peace❤️
@@iamgreat1234 ??? stir false racism??
May he Rest In Peace. Thank you for sharing his story.
May he rest in peace
A true hero, he gave his life to stop the Axis. Blessings and peace to him.
I myself am a Malaysian and this is much more enlightening than our own history books, which sort of depicted that the Japanese conquered Malaya using...........bicycles. Hopefully the more recent books in our schools have changed that perception.
well tbf they did use bicycles
@@phoenixde-klutz yeah they did
It said that Japanese advancing Using bicycle. And I also remember it is stated that with support of attack plan and light tank.
If our history books were to cover all these historical facts, it would definitely burden the kids and is generally unfair for other historical periods like during the generally important period of Srivijaya and Melaka era just because we want to cover all these WWII stuff. Our current syllabus right now is already good enough. No more politically infused topics, and more expansion about the ancient and medieval era, and less text based book. But still, I would love for them to introduce the French Revolution topic again just like in the 90's syllabus.
I disagree that you simply condemned the textbook. I think the book cover the use of japanese intelligence years before invasion, bicycle to mobilise infantry, light tanks and also fighter planes that specially said superior to buffalo fighters, bombers that sank repulse and prince of wales, thai and japanese cooperation, force 136, and others! Dont know if you focus in class or not.
When you fuck up so bad that even your enemy is getting worried for you. Haha
hahahah true..
Thanks!
Wow. I am Malaysian and I am surprised at the level of information imparted by this channel on the battles in Malaya. It's very rare for even Malaysian media to hightlight these facts. A little fun fact, I come from the state of Perak.
I can recommend plenty of good british documentaries on the Malaysian campaign
@@Ukraineaissance2014 Thet would be nice. Please do so.
6:20
My Great Grand Uncle was part of the USAFFE in Bataan, and indeed the lack of food and clean water was vivid in his stories...
It came to a point that he has to make do with 1/4 of a Spam for a meal. There were stories of cannibalism amongst the troops - but it might just be hearsay.
As a young fellow, he survived the infamous "Death March." But was troubled with trauma after the war.
Cannibalism is so terrifying to think about
@@GoodGirlKate
It might just be "hearsay" according to him...
But still, it is a demoralizing thought...
@@luigidisanpietro3720 I can definitely believe it Luigi!!
Everyone who survived the Bataan Death March and captivity had chronic diseases later in life due to the experience of extreme malnutrition.
@Leo the British-Filipino *too
The Japanese really went all out with the Southern invasion, covering as many grounds as possible in such a short time with the utmost ferocity. Of course, also taking advantage of the mistakes made by the British and the Allies.
They're also stretched out at the Chinese theatre which tied down by the ill-equipped/trained but very determined Nationalist Revolution Army(not the Commies) with 1.5 miliion of casualty and 1.2 million POW at the end
They wanted to copy the German's Blitzkrieg that toppled France. If Germany have the navy of Japan, it would have conquered the entire British islands.
@@MARKINAU8 They were absolutely tied down by the communists. All northern Chinese country side behind Japanese lines were held and defended by the communists. The communists were far more effective when it came to guerilla warfare and were referred to by the Americans as being far more determined, motivated, and less corrupt than their nationalist counterparts (that's cause the communists didn't use forced conscription like the nationalists). In case you didn't watch the previous kings and generals videos, the Communists also scored some major victories including the Battle of PingXingGuan and the 100 regiment offensive. Have a little more perspective.
@@yayoit1444 All the major campaigns were fought by NRA, not the communist. NRA also fought Japanese in Burma twice. As a matter of fact Japanese already exhausted to fight and control the coast line regions thus Commies had very little impact and contibution to the whole cmapaign. More ever, Japanese invasion had exhausted NRA the most elite force later led to the defeat of civil war. Let me quote non-communist historians comments below:
傅应川（国防部史政编译局局长）：就军事而言，若日军真蒙受重大损失，必将退出地区整补，然从日军随即发起反击，而石太、同蒲路段迅速通车，中国共产党的战果统计纯属夸大，无法取信[37]。
学者刘凤翰认为以参战部队与日军编制制度来计算，该役日军最多2万人（满编情况下），日军伤亡约在3千人左右[2]。他说，“这种被共军指为消灭殆尽的独立混成第四旅团，实际上只战死276人，还参加了2次晋中反击扫荡。共军自称一百零五个团，这当然是中共的宣传，骗那些不懂军队编制之人。”[38]。
有学者认为，第三阶段根本不存在：“百团大战第二阶段原本要攻下四个县，但日军已有防范，八路军勉强打下其中一个县，且立即放弃，百团大战正式结束，第三阶段实际上从未进行过。之后中共中央为了夸大战果的宣导需要，将日军追击共军的反击战称为“第三阶段抗日反扫荡”。彭德怀曾接获毛泽东电报要求：“百团大战对外不要宣布结束，蒋介石正发动反共高潮（黄桥战役），我们尚须利用百团大战的声势去反对他……”。中共中央机关“新中华报”则为此定调百团大战在12月5日结束”。[39]。
史学家李云汉认为，八路军仅是做策应性游击，从未参与过决定性的大会战。所谓百团大战基本上是有意渲染，并非真正的一次战役。[40]
古屋奎二：他们所破坏的地段，实则乃仅限于为日军守备兵力稀少或是毫无日军之处；而且破坏之后便为日军所立即修复。[41]
@@MARKINAU8 Oh boy another bot. 100 regiment offensive and battle of pingxingguan were major campaigns fought by the communists so your first statement is wrong (actually read my previous comment next time). The nationalists did take the brunt of the attack and thats purely because they held the most territory and the time. Second, I don't understand why people think the second sino japanese war was the reason for the NRA's downfall. It's incredibly disingenuous. So let me use some actual facts. At the end of the second sino japanese war, the NRA still held a massive numerical advantage over the communists (approximately 1 million to 1.5 million more men) AND the NRA were still being fully supplied, trained, and equipped by the Americans till 1949. When the civil war recommenced, the NRA nearly crushed the communists again during the campaigns of Manchuria. So clearly, the NRA weren't as war weary as people constantly make it out to be. Keep in mind, the communists during the early stages of the civil war in 1946 were not receiving any foreign aid like the Nationalists. They were literally using weaponry seized from the Japanese. Now the reason why the NRA lost was simple. They were just too corrupt, incompetent, and they isolated themselves from the peasants (who made up 80% of the Chinese population). The NRA met their conscription quotas through press gangs, taxed peasants so hard that some families committed suicide, and their consistent blunders (usually caused by failed leadership) throughout the war with Japan made them extremely unpopular. In fact, some NRA generals were so corrupt they even sold wheat that were meant for the civilians under their care to Japanese forces. How can you still sit their and act like the NRA didn't capitulate because of their own incompetence? Oh I know why it's because you're just a propaganda bot.
I am from Malaysia and born in Slim River District...I do survey the area where the fighting occurred....We still can see the Very old road and I still can feel the Soul of those people killed during the fighting...
Is it just my imagination or has this series managed to release the next installment literally on the anniversaries of the battles discussed? Cause thats the only thing that makes the wait in between worth it.
Yup and that's why it's called a week by week series
Yes ,but thus this mean we wait until 2025 for this to end ?
@@kandarptakawale2985 yeah they said it's week by week so yeah I think till 2025
May the soul which killed in this Malaya war rest in peace, especially for Leftenan Adnan(Company C, Malay Rejiment) which fought till die in Pasir Panjang, Singapore.
The "battle" of Slim River is more like a drive-by shooting massacre. Tanks just rolling down the road, the machine gunner just shooting up everything along the way.
The 28th Brigade hearing gunfires and tanks rolling down the road: nah probably just the wind. (Continued sleeping despite remembering the British Indian divisions don’t have any tanks)
It's like your usual Call of Duty tank driving level.
6+ year ago along the Federal road just a very thick jungle (Sungkai-Trolak-Slim River)... Japanese troops just passing by the Small Village without any fighting... until their reach Trolak Estate areas and started the battle ......
Such a fantastic series. I'm learning about battles and campaigns that I had never heard of because others foreshadow them
I can be biased as this hits home.
But I think this is one of the best series yet from Kings and Generals.
Awesome job!
No such thing as unbiased human
You restored 10 points back to humanity for admitting your biased like every single human
Percival: Imma throw all the towns in Malaya away
Xue Yue: Don't you dare touch my Changsha
Heck yeah, sleep can wait! I love this series!!
Sleep, what is that? Japanese trooper 1940's - very likely
@@GoodGirlKateprobably some hyped up wehrmacht soldiers too, they loved speed/meth lol
@@FreeFallingAir Oh yeah!
The week-by-week presentation tells a story we all know the end to, but maybe not all the details as they happened. This makes history relatable.
Yes, more stuff about the Pacific War.
Amazing series
Great video. This series will become a classic.
WW2 was the most eventful in history yet to cover and present in a simple manner is no easy matter. Thank u for all these Vids. Any high school kids interest that want a simplified version of the history, I recommend these Vids.
Those Japanese armies withdrawn from the Philippine campaign for the Dutch East Indies would later be brought back to finish Bataan instead of being sent to Papua or the Solomons, buying the Allies more time to buildup in Australia.
Boggles the mind to think how much action a single Japanese soldier saw in this war
@@GoodGirlKate only to die through disease in a green inferno or a banzai charge into American guns later in the war.
@@enixbluerain7213 not all of them died in a banzai charge lol
@@charlie8344 right. Some in a great flash of light. 😉
@@enixbluerain7213 no, the atomic bombings were against civilians so a soldier wouldn't have been caught there, unless they were extremely unlucky
I'm still in disbelief that you make a video for every week and then cover said events of that week during the war. No one has done this before. It's truly remarkable! I tried to explain this new project to friends and they couldn't believe the scale and depth of the project.
The Great War and WW2 In Real Time channels already do week by week videos, and have done done some time. Well worth looking them up if you haven't seen them already.
Thanks for these videos, thoroughly enjoy them!
At last ! Was waiting for videos on Japanese attack on Malaya for long time..... superb video. Looking forward to it all
" Securing ourselves from defeat lies in our own hands. But, the opportunity of victory solely provided by the enemy. " - Sun Tzu
Please do some of more recent wars aswell; 2006 Lebanon war, Syrian and Yemeni civil wars and Iran-Iraq war
Best series ever kings and generals keep up the good work 👍👍
My favourite series on TH-cam right now.
Great documentary, thank you Kings and Generals Team!
Can't wait to hear this series mention the Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, and Midway in that order. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
8:04 They thought the terrain to be impassible. Getting Ardennes forest vibes lol.
Excellent series. Thoroughly enjoy it. Thank you.
great vid and ❤️
please make a vid on the battle of longewala, 1971, indo-pak war.
btw big fan ❤️
I have a new and better appreciation for the abilities of the Republic of China forces during WW2, I have also lowered my estimation of McArthurs abilities as a strategist.
This is great! Can't wait for the Battle of Thicc River sequence!
Fantastic video
Agreed
"The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants"
- Isoroku Yamamoto
I fked up, Isoroku Yamamoto - After Midway x
@@GoodGirlKate honestly as soon as the Americans got the war machine going there was nothing any Japanese commander could do
@@GoodGirlKate no it's were fked up
the 2nd Sino-Japanese campaign needs a different series. China was continuiosly at war before and after WW2.
They already did that.
4.5K views in a few hours. We can't wait for this stuff!
Love your work. Thanks for the cc.
Another great episode!
Also a big shout out to cover the Chinese Nationailst Revolution Army Expedition Corps who fought in Burma and Yunnan
After MacArthur’s debacle in the Philippines I’m surprised that he was still able to retain command. His habit of underestimating the enemy, disregard of intelligence, and not constructing proper defensive positions would come back to bite him in the ass in Korea
The Mount was considered to be impassable. (A common theme of Allied commanders, estimating the enemy strength with their own troops’ capabilities instead of more)
@@jerryx3253 I guess the Allied Generals forgot when Hannibal took his army and elephant mounts through the mountain pass instead of coastlines. The Romans thought the mountain impassible, Hannibal proved them wrong.
@@jerryx3253 Even French military command thought Ardennes forest is impassable. They did not.
This excellent documentary work.
Fantastic series ! Keep it up please
I’m loving this series
Please make video on Kohima war
excellent videos, guys. keep up the great work.
I'm loving this series......
In the history books, they make the loss of the Philippines seem like it happened in a day. I had no idea before how stubbornly and bravely the Americans fought to defend their furthest territory.
Being able to resist for six months with no reinforcements at all is such a feat as well.
@@ianhomerpura8937 true
Filipino & American soldiers fought side by side despite lack of food & ammunition. The 10 Philippine Army divisions are reservists & were not properly trained & armed, & inexperienced but they learned quickly. They repulsed wave of wave of Japanese attacks. I read a detailed book on the Battle of Bataan about 3 decades ago.
After the surrender, many were able to escape & continued guerilla warfare. By October 1944 during the return of American forces, there were already 250,000 guerillas in control on most the provinces.
@@carlodivinagracia7432 Didn't mean to leave out the Filipinos, I figured since they were American nationals until independence, I could lump them with regular American citizens within the army
@Awesome Matt
I read another book that even the American soldiers with the exception of officers were also green recruits, no battle experience, & lack training.
Brilliant series
your videos are absolutely outstanding...hoooah
Consider reversing the order of the Playlist. The videos are currently listed in reverse chronological order. You have to manually find the next in the series, rather than just letting autoplay take care of it.
The Chinese contribution for WW2 was underrated.
keep up the good work
I worked at Subic Bay Naval Station 1986-1991. I have visited many of these sites like: Iba, Clark AFB, Mt. Pinatubo, Bataan Peninsula and Camp John Hay. When Mt. Pinatubo blew up August 1991 I was evacuated on the last trip of the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln and several other ships were returning from the first Gulf War and gave up their bunks for us. That aircraft carrier made 5 trips to Cebu where the air was clear enough to take a C-141 to Guam.
Hey Devin, can you do a series on the Afsharid Dynasty? They were arguably the most powerful at the time under Nader and he never lost a battle.
Nice video friend
I wish the History Channel was as fascinating as K&G...
this channel is more informative than my history text books
These visual videos are cool
"Biggest British Military Blunder." "Hey, Elphinstone, they're talking about you again." "Shut up Cardigan."
Superb video!
I was born and I currently live in Miri. Every time people ask what's great about my city, I replied "We're Malaysia's fourth most expensive city, we have oil, great food and a relatively peaceful city life. We also had the Jepun (Japanese) first. Now the Jepun left nothing but selipar jepun (a pair of slippers)."
🤣
Did they really leave slippers? Lol
@@charlie8344 a pair of cheap slippers are called as "selipar jepun" by Malaysians alike. Probably derived from Japanese occupation in Malaya.
I just realized that if K&G gonna cover this week by week chronologically....this series documentary would last for 4 years! Since Pacific war ended in Sep 1945, this series would end at 2025!!
You should look up The Great War and WW2 in real time channels too. TGW did WW1 week by week in real time between 2014-2018 but is still putting out post war videos, and WW2 is a year ahead of K&G as they started with their 1939 stuff in 2018.
Well worth checking out. Different format to this but more history is always a good thing!
10:38 perform a night attack with a tank?! Holy moly this is out of dream 😍😍😍
Please do Battle of Kohima next
"There's a big gap along the mountains here in Bataan"
"Nah, they won't pass through there. No big deal"
"Yeah"
Gen. Masaharu Homma: Soon...
9:57 From what I alraedy know about this battle, the brittis comanders apparently thought that tanks would be ineffective in the dense Malayan jungles, because it's dense jungles. But what they failed to realize is the japanese tanks were very small, and so were easely able to negotiate the roabs of the area without needing to go through much actual jungle.
Back in 1940, the Allies also thought that tanks would be ineffective in the Ardennes, yet German panzer divisions went through it and conquered France. Can't believe the Allies made the same mistake twice.
@@HWDragonborn Yeah, thankfully they learnt from their misstakes.
Nice. Now do Battle of Gemas :)
Looking forward in the battle of Leyte!!👍👍👍💕
And the Great Raid of Cabanatuan in overhead map detail.
Can someone explain to me how the Japanese did so well in those mountains and jungles? How did they deal with the heat, animals, terrain etc without even being native to the islands? Did they scout it before or something? The terrain seemed to pose no problems for them. I would have thought the defenders would have home field advantage
Samurai spirit and the use of gundam
A stronger will to endure these things compared to the Allied troops?
There was some intel gathered before the outbreak of war, thanks to Japanese citizens residing in Malaya and elsewhere.
I cannot help but mention the espionage activities of Japan.
From couple of years before Pearl Harbor attack,Japanese military and diplomatic institution had already begun to make up the espionage network in South East Asia.
The most important person was Fujiwara Iwaichi,who was the head of intelligece institution of Japanese Army(F-Kikan).He had got in touch with Malaysian and Indian nationalists and persuade them with his passion and idealーretake Asia from European colonialists to Asian themselvesーand he successfully got cooperation from them.
So,after break out the war,Japanese military could go ahead their operations smoothly,because they had not only information of terrain of operation areas but also enemy'moves by their cooperators.
The japanese had trained their infantry in the jungles of Taiwan and in Hainan Island southern China which had subtropical climate. Also on in the jungle japanese infantry were trained to make use of night attack and infiltration techniques to overwhelm their enemy. Last but not least japanese infantry were trained to conduct amphibious landing.
Also the Japanese pathfinders had surveyed the terrain of each and every colonial territory in particular the trunks roads, bridges, jungle mountains, flat wide beaches etc etc.. before the actual invasion took place.
One more thing General Yamashita may have been known as the Tiger of Malaya during Malaya campaign but the mastermind behind the invasion of malaya was none other than Colonel Tsuji Masanobu.
thank - you .
This is good .👍
Are there any Kings And Generals DVDs available for sale? My dad would love these but doesn't like watching stuff on his computer (plus it'd be nice to have this content without sponsors, and he's definitely not Patreon savvy)
Ah, Slim River. The place my dad gets his speeding tickets.
Do one on " Battle of Kohima " in northeast india👉👈
Yes ! the most underrated battle of WW2
Still waiting for that music at :12. I got games that need it played in the background
In the video at the timestamp 15:11, there is a reference to Kawaguchi's soldiers "rescuing some 600 interned Japanese citizens." Could you kindly provide more detailed information about this event? Your insights would be greatly appreciated.
A comment for the machine spirit
The machine!!! *Rips shirt* ^^
Praise the Omnissiah!
I'm from Slim River,Perak Malaysia
Still crazy to think this happened in 40s 🤯🤯🤯
"Slim River" sounds like the name of an obscure R&B artist that your friend says will make it big someday.
That's it. Have a nice rest of your day everyone.
Happiness is a KaG upload
amazing content :) I am looking forward to learn in the span of the next 3 years a lot about the Pacifik theater of WW2. An unfortunatly largely ignored part of the Second World War in German history education.
what do the stars above armies and divisions represent?
Looking forward to the attack on the Dutch East Indies episode.
So good
I won't be surprised if those series will take 4 years to cover - like the Pacific War itself.
What's the name of the soundtrack after 0:12?
I wouldn't call it a blunder; there's no way the British could have known the Japanese were going to launch a night attack with tanks. But it WAS a disaster.
True but they didn’t even successfully establish secure lines of communications nor sufficient barricades to at least slow down a tank attack.
@@Allofmynamestaken Seriously i can't believe none of these British commanders studied Wellington and the Duke of Marlborough, cos otherwise they would be much more clued up on tactics.......
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- it would be considered outrageous to study old tactics for modern warfare lol, nobody is using spears in war these days
@@charlie8344 Well the Schlieffen plan was based on Napoleons methods of warfare, so actually they do work, at least back then anyway. Wellington was one of the best commanders in history, and a master of defence and strategy. If Wavell and Percival had studied Wellington's campaigns they would have had a better grasp for war.
To be fair the troops on the slim river battle were relatively poor quality Indians so they might not have been trained or were used to such procedures
Can you do battle of kohima next😅😅
dude that's like 3 years down the line
in a side note: There's a monument to commemorate the battle of Layac junction. and also it's the 68th kilometer marker of Bataan death march.
Will we ever get a video on The Bridge on The River Kwi?
Do one on battle of Saraighat please 🥺