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Excellent detail of naval forces involved and operational plans and movements. No one else covers WW2 naval engagements like House of History. Period!! Thank you.
The myth of Rear Admiral Fletcher's "lack of aggressiveness" should be put to rest. He won 3 of the 5 major carrier battles of the war. Though arguably Coral Sea was a draw or even a minor tactical victory for the IJN according to some historians. The Wake Island relief effort wasn't his fault. He was actually on schedule before Vice Admiral Pye recalled him. In hindsight, the retreat was correct as the Saratoga would have been outnumbered by the Soryu and Hiryu. Fletcher's opening move in this battle is exceptional. IJN reconaissance doctrine heavily relies on flying boats. Rather than wait for the Lexington, he chose to attack and blind the IJN of their recon assets. Before being put in command of carriers, Fletcher was in charge of cruiser screens, whose task is to scout and recon for the carrier task force. His expertise in this area would prove pivotal in all the carrier battles he participated in.
@@davidforbes7772 He was exiled to Alaska for the remainder of the war. It was the wrong choice. Fletcher wasn't enough of a fool to chase after Japanese bait at Leyte. And it's just speculation, but I don't think he would be unprepared for two hurricanes.
"cruiser screens, whose task is to scout and recon for the carrier task force." there was no carrier task force prior to fletcher being in command of carriers, much less cruisers being tasked as scout/recon for such. USN doctrine before 1942 was quite the opposite.
@@cladglas Your source? I could point to you the 20+ Fleet Problems the USN conducted before WW2 and they certainly developed the concept of carrier task forces in the 1930's.
Man oh man I was ready to hear about the Battle Then you cut it short. Now I have to wait for a week. Never the less your story telling is spectacular.
I really appreciate the in-depth analysis of the makeup of each force, as well as the people in charge of them. Adds life to the events. Rather than just numbers and ships we are seeing real life people fighting for their nations
@@Johnnycdrums Does it cover him not only falling for the northern force bait but also leaving Taffy 3 completely undefended chasing after those empty carriers? Or leaving the surviving sailors from Taffy 3 in the waters for days out of pure spite?
@@Yrthwrym; You are presupossing malice on the part FLT ADM William F. Halsey?. How you? And if you were in the U.S. Navy, you weren't in for more than a minute.
@@Johnnycdrums Gross incompetence and reckless negligence were enough, he didn't have leave men who covered his mistakes in the water, but he did. Just like the sailors on USS Hull didn't have to die for this man's ego.
I think, the battle of the Coral sea is the the real turning point in the pacific war because, this battle is the reason why the Japanese most powerful carriers shokaku and sukaiko was not present at the Midway Battle. Had these two vaunted Shokaku class carriers were present in the battle of Midway, the Japanese would have both unmatched qualititave and quantities advantage over the Americans.
The pacific campaign, and coral sea and midway, and theuir relations to the Doolittle raiods, the Japanese stalled offensive in march, that led to this operation, just the way these all weave to gether is amazing, and you do a nice job of covering it and shedding ,more perspective on a series of events and operations say, spring through to the winter of '42, coral sea, it's lead up, midaway, then Guadalcanal, are relly all of a piece, and 500 years studying it and there is still more to be learned, realized, uncovered, analyzed. It;'s one thing to spend years studying all the battles, the dates, the units, the casualties. It's another thing entirely to really understand how things unfolded and why. Nice work.
Interesting, this truly goes into depth about Coral Sea. I'd say this even rivals Montemayor's videoes, and I'd say they're arguably the best youtube WW2 naval documentaries out there.
With 2 air raids....Tokyo and Tulagi......a little over 2 weeks apart, Admiral Yamato knew he had a fight and a half on his hands......whether he actually made the quote about the sleeping giant or not, he knew that he had to do something fast
Another wonderful episode shared by an amazing ( house of history) channel. The episode obviously introduced US naval fleets were more advanced than Japanese empire naval forces
What always amazed me was the total lack of radar & fire control on Japanese warships until after the disasters at Coral Sea, plus the battle of Midway. The German navy had radar along with fire control for their guns on warships by 1938-1939. This really was a major blunder for the Imperial Japanese navy.
Ok. do you often work with History Marche on your video schedules? Cause many times your videos have been uploaded at the same time with History Marche.
I love your videos. I was going to say that I felt like there was too much background details compared to normal but after reading some comments everyone else liked it. So maybe it's just me. Can't please everyone I guess haha thanks for the videos.
This is a new battle for me to learn about I knew about Port Moresby invasion plans. But I'd miss Tulagi Island and its connection to the battle for Port Moresby. Tulagi Island in the Coral Sea and it's importance to stopping the Japanese threat to Australia. Excellent breakdown of the combatants and the vessels on both sides.
Great video! Disposition of forces/leadership/weapons capabilities seemingly boring sets up the engagements with lots of background. The IJN forces had piles of small errors, but could still attain overwhelming victories!
I noticed on one of your Presentation Slides "Allied Forces", "May 1942" , you have listed x3 Astoria-class. This is wrong, there never was a US Navy Astoria Class Heavy Cruiser. The US Navy prewar or treaty heavy cruiser classes consisted of: Pensacola Class (2 ships), New Orleans Class (7 Ships), Northampton Class (6 Ships), Portland Class (2 ships), and Wichita Class (1 Ship) for a total of 18 pre-war or treaty heavy cruisers.
While the Shokaku class were the best the Japanese had by far, they still had a slightly smaller airgroup than the Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet. Good carriers but not as good as the Yorktowns...training not included.
My Father was aboard the Lexington at the Coral Sea. When the destroyer that fished him out of the water got back to pearl. He was debriefed and then placed on board the Enterprise for the Midway action. He served on many ships going into harms way. As a observer of how well the officers and crew did. Reporting directly to William Halsey. And was aboard the Missouri the day of Japans formal surrender. And retired two days later. Reenlisting the day Korea and spent most of the 60s stationed at Pearl. After the family lived in Cubs during the bay of pigs and missile crises. I was the Pearls newspaper boy. The admiral asked dad if he wanted his Vietnam ribbons. And gave dad permission to take me with him to Saigon. We went straight from the plane to the officers club and dad had a few beers. And I had a couple Shirley temples. He was transferred to the pentagon and I enlisted in the Navy the day I turned18. And spent six months in Nam before a rocket found the top of my head.
You have excellent videos but the first 15 minutes of this video sucked. Your detail to truism is amazing but I was literally bored to death for the first 15 minutes. Other than that please continue to make these types of true war videos. History is truth and your channel is the best for this genre.
This is the "introductory" video to a 5-part documentary about the Battle of the Coral Sea. It was necessary to delve into the operational detail, or well, considering the bigger picture I thought it would be interesting. I understand this episode is a bit "bland" if you don't enjoy that, however, when connected to the upcoming 4 parts it will serve as a great overview tool.
@@20ojajthkaka33 Thank you for your comment to my comment. This helps out the channel grow. Since I am subscribed to this channel and I hit the LIKE button, and I leave comments to help grow this channel, maybe you should add your immense knowledge of the Pacific operations during WWII. I didn't know this channel has a sub that works for the ACLU. I didn't mean to trigger you. But, since you feel your opinion matters please add more info for complete history of the War in the Pacific. I'd like to know of all the sailors that served in the IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) and what ships they served on? Also the complete names of all ships in the IJN. History matters. Names matter. If you can't or won't complete this task, then maybe you should stay in your own lane. "Loada" is this English from the Jersey Shore? Again, thank you for this dialog. I didn't think Liberal's liked History.
@@christopherhurley8694 holy essay, I’m not reading all that. All I needed was a glimpse of the word “liberal” and I knew you were just spewing bullshit.
Dude... just get to the point, the vast majority of the people you went into detail on nobody cares about or their service records. Serious, get to the point. More than half way through and it's still all pretty much blabbering that has nothing to do with the subject.
Hi Carl, sorry you feel that way. This is the first part of a 5-part detailed documentary on the Battle of the Coral Sea, hence the detail. This episode is the setup for the remaining 4 episodes.
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Excellent detail of naval forces involved and operational plans and movements.
No one else covers WW2 naval engagements like House of History.
Period!! Thank you.
The myth of Rear Admiral Fletcher's "lack of aggressiveness" should be put to rest. He won 3 of the 5 major carrier battles of the war. Though arguably Coral Sea was a draw or even a minor tactical victory for the IJN according to some historians.
The Wake Island relief effort wasn't his fault. He was actually on schedule before Vice Admiral Pye recalled him. In hindsight, the retreat was correct as the Saratoga would have been outnumbered by the Soryu and Hiryu.
Fletcher's opening move in this battle is exceptional. IJN reconaissance doctrine heavily relies on flying boats. Rather than wait for the Lexington, he chose to attack and blind the IJN of their recon assets. Before being put in command of carriers, Fletcher was in charge of cruiser screens, whose task is to scout and recon for the carrier task force. His expertise in this area would prove pivotal in all the carrier battles he participated in.
He was awarded a MoH. That has to count for something.
@@davidforbes7772 He was exiled to Alaska for the remainder of the war.
It was the wrong choice. Fletcher wasn't enough of a fool to chase after Japanese bait at Leyte. And it's just speculation, but I don't think he would be unprepared for two hurricanes.
"cruiser screens, whose task is to scout and recon for the carrier task force." there was no carrier task force prior to fletcher being in command of carriers, much less cruisers being tasked as scout/recon for such. USN doctrine before 1942 was quite the opposite.
@@cladglas Your source? I could point to you the 20+ Fleet Problems the USN conducted before WW2 and they certainly developed the concept of carrier task forces in the 1930's.
One of the best channels out there with videos on the Naval battles of WW2.
And so it begins. Excellent video HoH. Cheers from Tennessee
Maine, USA checking in.
Getta better and better with every post. Thank you!
Really excellent and deserves a much larger audience
House of History! Thanks For this! Your videos make saturdays better
Hope you'll enjoy this first episode of the 5-part documentary!
@@danielsantiagourtado3430 Yep. I'll second that!
This is superb and detail video. You can really tell the mighty research behind this video from the detail information given. 5 thumbs up for you
Can’t wait for the continuation of this battle! Great work so far!
Man oh man I was ready to hear about the Battle Then you cut it short. Now I have to wait for a week. Never the less your story telling is spectacular.
@@WildBill-kf2pc You did notice that it's in 5 parts right?
I really appreciate the in-depth analysis of the makeup of each force, as well as the people in charge of them. Adds life to the events. Rather than just numbers and ships we are seeing real life people fighting for their nations
Nice animation as always
Thanks!
Once again you knock it out of the park with this one. Great job
a brilliant telling of the story, with awesome music and narration
Halsey couldn't make it to the battle in time because he couldn't find a typhoon to sail through.
That's later
Go watch "The Gallant Hours" (1960).
And then come say bad things about the same beloved American.
@@Johnnycdrums Does it cover him not only falling for the northern force bait but also leaving Taffy 3 completely undefended chasing after those empty carriers? Or leaving the surviving sailors from Taffy 3 in the waters for days out of pure spite?
@@Yrthwrym; You are presupossing malice on the part FLT ADM William F. Halsey?.
How you?
And if you were in the U.S. Navy, you weren't in for more than a minute.
@@Johnnycdrums Gross incompetence and reckless negligence were enough, he didn't have leave men who covered his mistakes in the water, but he did. Just like the sailors on USS Hull didn't have to die for this man's ego.
This was a great video
The descriptions and other information is amazingly informative
Thank you for your hard work
My pleasure!
Amazing video as always HOH!
Enjoyed the start.
I think, the battle of the Coral sea is the the real turning point in the pacific war because, this battle is the reason why the Japanese most powerful carriers shokaku and sukaiko was not present at the Midway Battle. Had these two vaunted Shokaku class carriers were present in the battle of Midway, the Japanese would have both unmatched qualititave and quantities advantage over the Americans.
Admiral Fletcher took “calculated risks”. Fletcher wasn’t as overly aggressive as Admiral Halsey. But Fletcher got results! So did Halsey.
I'm yet again excited to see a new video in the feed!
Excellent! Keep up the great work.
These are fantastic videos. Super interesting!
Glad you think so!
So many detail . Great work and keep it up 👍
Your research is highly commendable and extensive. I anxiously await your next posting! Your talents are under appreciated!
EARLY VIDEO?! THANKS FOR THIS ❤❤❤❤❤
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Excellent first video! I am looking forward to seeing the next episode next week!
Thanks, buddy, keep up the good work!
Very good (as usual)...thanks for posting!
I enjoy your vids keep them coming
great video!! do you make your maps by yourself? if so, what software do you use? thanks in advance!
The pacific campaign, and coral sea and midway, and theuir relations to the Doolittle raiods, the Japanese stalled offensive in march, that led to this operation, just the way these all weave to gether is amazing, and you do a nice job of covering it and shedding ,more perspective on a series of events and operations say, spring through to the winter of '42, coral sea, it's lead up, midaway, then Guadalcanal, are relly all of a piece, and 500 years studying it and there is still more to be learned, realized, uncovered, analyzed.
It;'s one thing to spend years studying all the battles, the dates, the units, the casualties. It's another thing entirely to really understand how things unfolded and why.
Nice work.
Great Video!!
Thank you so much for pronouncing things so well.
Enjoy your programs. Naval history’s a big tough to interpret. Your use of Maps is essential. Keep it up.
Nicely done video
Looking forward to this series!
Loved the video.
Thanks for another great video on a fascinating portion of the conflict! 🇺🇸⚔🇯🇵
Interesting, this truly goes into depth about Coral Sea. I'd say this even rivals Montemayor's videoes, and I'd say they're arguably the best youtube WW2 naval documentaries out there.
With 2 air raids....Tokyo and Tulagi......a little over 2 weeks apart, Admiral Yamato knew he had a fight and a half on his hands......whether he actually made the quote about the sleeping giant or not, he knew that he had to do something fast
Yeah he didnt. I dont think he ever actually said either of that quotes that are attributed to him
Another wonderful episode shared by an amazing ( house of history) channel. The episode obviously introduced US naval fleets were more advanced than Japanese empire naval forces
I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
What always amazed me was the total lack of radar & fire control on Japanese warships until after the disasters at Coral Sea, plus the battle of Midway. The German navy had radar along with fire control for their guns on warships by 1938-1939. This really was a major blunder for the Imperial Japanese navy.
Ok. do you often work with History Marche on your video schedules? Cause many times your videos have been uploaded at the same time with History Marche.
I love your videos. I was going to say that I felt like there was too much background details compared to normal but after reading some comments everyone else liked it. So maybe it's just me. Can't please everyone I guess haha thanks for the videos.
12:58 spot the mistake
Great work
Never been this early!
Very interesting
This is a new battle for me to learn about I knew about Port Moresby invasion plans. But I'd miss Tulagi Island and its connection to the battle for Port Moresby. Tulagi Island in the Coral Sea and it's importance to stopping the Japanese threat to Australia.
Excellent breakdown of the combatants and the vessels on both sides.
This comment is made as a sacrifice to the Almighty Algorithm, may it bless this channel with many views.
Thank you!
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Amen
amen
So say we all!
Great video! Disposition of forces/leadership/weapons capabilities seemingly boring sets up the engagements with lots of background. The IJN forces had piles of small errors, but could still attain overwhelming victories!
i appreciate the many hours of work and research and killer graphics..editing must have been a bitch..excellent as always..ty
@iamrichrocker one of the toughest projects I've created to date.
Thank you for converting the Japanese names into English. It is interesting to see the IJN naming convention.
Thanks
wow
I wish "Dogfights-- Battle 360" would do an extended video of the Tulagi raid.
Nice 48 star flag.
I like this channel
I have an idea for a video series after the battle of the Coral Sea and the and the video series is the battle of Leyte gulf.
15:57 How does a Plane capture a Submarine?
I'd like to know more about Alvin York
I like the translations of the Japanese ships!
I noticed on one of your Presentation Slides "Allied Forces", "May 1942" , you have listed x3 Astoria-class. This is wrong, there never was a US Navy Astoria Class Heavy Cruiser. The US Navy prewar or treaty heavy cruiser classes consisted of: Pensacola Class (2 ships), New Orleans Class (7 Ships), Northampton Class (6 Ships), Portland Class (2 ships), and Wichita Class (1 Ship) for a total of 18 pre-war or treaty heavy cruisers.
The New Orleans Class was originally called the Astoria class.
Random comment ❤
If you are looking for subject material, how about Hampton Gray VC.
1942 was the year of the turning of the tide for the Allies in World War II.
4 or 5 type 97 flying boats?
Here is another one for the algorithm
Thank you Ray!
I didn't realize how close Tulagi was to Guadualcanal.
While the Shokaku class were the best the Japanese had by far, they still had a slightly smaller airgroup than the Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet. Good carriers but not as good as the Yorktowns...training not included.
I want to learn about USAAF General Kenny
I had no idea that Frank Jack Fletcher was an Iowa boy!
Ghormely was subordinate to Adm. Nimitz. Nimitz relieved him and put Halsey in charge of the Southwest Pacific area which included Guadalcanal.
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THe video was very good but the background music was distracting and added nothing to the video.
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I would like to see the war history of the USS Biscayne. A anphibious flag ship.
More About the India Burma campaign
My Father was aboard the Lexington at the Coral Sea. When the destroyer that fished him out of the water got back to pearl. He was debriefed and then placed on board the Enterprise for the Midway action. He served on many ships going into harms way. As a observer of how well the officers and crew did. Reporting directly to William Halsey. And was aboard the Missouri the day of Japans formal surrender. And retired two days later. Reenlisting the day Korea and spent most of the 60s stationed at Pearl. After the family lived in Cubs during the bay of pigs and missile crises. I was the Pearls newspaper boy. The admiral asked dad if he wanted his Vietnam ribbons. And gave dad permission to take me with him to Saigon. We went straight from the plane to the officers club and dad had a few beers. And I had a couple Shirley temples. He was transferred to the pentagon and I enlisted in the Navy the day I turned18. And spent six months in Nam before a rocket found the top of my head.
Um...How Do You Put A PBY Catalina Flying Boat On A Carrier??? YOU DON'T....................... BECAUSE IT IS A FLOAT PLANE!!
What are you talking about?
I thought they and the hudsons was part of the taskforce but based out of port moresby?
Lol
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You have excellent videos but the first 15 minutes of this video sucked. Your detail to truism is amazing but I was literally bored to death for the first 15 minutes. Other than that please continue to make these types of true war videos. History is truth and your channel is the best for this genre.
This is the "introductory" video to a 5-part documentary about the Battle of the Coral Sea. It was necessary to delve into the operational detail, or well, considering the bigger picture I thought it would be interesting. I understand this episode is a bit "bland" if you don't enjoy that, however, when connected to the upcoming 4 parts it will serve as a great overview tool.
It’s a history channel, and your bored from facts? Get a loada this guy.
@@20ojajthkaka33 Thank you for your comment to my comment. This helps out the channel grow. Since I am subscribed to this channel and I hit the LIKE button, and I leave comments to help grow this channel, maybe you should add your immense knowledge of the Pacific operations during WWII. I didn't know this channel has a sub that works for the ACLU. I didn't mean to trigger you. But, since you feel your opinion matters please add more info for complete history of the War in the Pacific. I'd like to know of all the sailors that served in the IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) and what ships they served on? Also the complete names of all ships in the IJN. History matters. Names matter. If you can't or won't complete this task, then maybe you should stay in your own lane. "Loada" is this English from the Jersey Shore? Again, thank you for this dialog. I didn't think Liberal's liked History.
@@christopherhurley8694 holy essay, I’m not reading all that. All I needed was a glimpse of the word “liberal” and I knew you were just spewing bullshit.
@@20ojajthkaka33 so you are a Lib. You can see them a mile away. Like the 'walking dead zombie'. everything is about you and your feelings.
Dude... just get to the point, the vast majority of the people you went into detail on nobody cares about or their service records. Serious, get to the point. More than half way through and it's still all pretty much blabbering that has nothing to do with the subject.
Hi Carl, sorry you feel that way. This is the first part of a 5-part detailed documentary on the Battle of the Coral Sea, hence the detail. This episode is the setup for the remaining 4 episodes.
@@HoH in my opinion for a short video it was way, way too much detail. All good, it's your channel and I hope it does very well, have a good weekend.
Dude they have 255,000+ subscribers that would disagree with you. Use your fast forward is you don't like the video. Shalom
Sacrifice to the algorithm.