What Happened After Guadalcanal? - Central Solomons Campaign - PACIFIC WAR

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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

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    • @omarbradley6807
      @omarbradley6807 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      There is a time stamp to find what it was released already on previous videos and those reserved for patrons?

    • @eezardlazygaming6773
      @eezardlazygaming6773 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Will you tackle Majapahit kingdom aswel. We really like the classical conquest

    • @stewartsingal4599
      @stewartsingal4599 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hello Kings and Generals, don't forget about "Dutch East/Indonesian campaign" full video on TH-cam. Just keep doing to upload new video about second world war 😊.

  • @davidkish1854
    @davidkish1854 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +220

    This series is by far your longest running and your most in depth dive into any historical era or conflict and from the start till now I've never been disappointed. Having my grandfather serve in the CBI theater this series holds a particular place in my heart and I look forward to every new release and will look forward up to the end of 45'. Absolutely keep it up K&G team 👍

    • @npierce14
      @npierce14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Wizards and warriors has a 4 and a half video on warhammer

    • @frantictoast3741
      @frantictoast3741 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@npierce14 this is just a 3 hour video of a much much larger series on the pacific war. He was talking about the entire series, not this video.

    • @npierce14
      @npierce14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@frantictoast3741 you are so right idk what I was even thinking they started doing these
      Videos 2 years ago and roll 1 sometimes 2 out every week

    • @frantictoast3741
      @frantictoast3741 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@npierce14 so why are you using a 4 and a half long video from a different channel as an example to try to compare it to their longest running series that clocks well, well, well over 4 and a half hours long?

    • @npierce14
      @npierce14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@frantictoast3741 ……I literally just said you were right and idk what I was thinking and W&W is the same channel bro that’s why they have it linked on here

  • @omarbradley6807
    @omarbradley6807 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +146

    For those interested on the chronology of the series at 2:05:06 ends the last public available video, the rest is new.

    • @matthewwalkemar8726
      @matthewwalkemar8726 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Thank you

    • @matijakurelja9827
      @matijakurelja9827 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you as well, The algorithm just now gave me this whole year compedium.

  • @bullettube9863
    @bullettube9863 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    My uncle served with a construction battalion in this campaign and said it was hell all the way. He and most of the battalion were very sick and it took weeks for them to recover. They started on Guadalcanal and built some of the airstrips that were mentioned along side the SeeBees. They were always short of clean water and could not wash up because they needed water for drinking, their rations rotted as did their clothing and shoes. When he and the battalion worked on Luzon their clothing and shoes were better quality and lasted longer. The Japanese had it even worse as their logistics could not keep up with their needs.

  • @TheFrontlineWatcher
    @TheFrontlineWatcher 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    An epic saga, the go-to choice for those wanting to dive into the Battle of Guadalcanal. Thanks for your consistently high-quality production!👏

    • @Person0fColor
      @Person0fColor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Please "No bended Knee" Merrill B Twining.

  • @alvinbontuyan279
    @alvinbontuyan279 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    What a time to be alive to be able to see quality documentaries like this one for free

  • @FJVII
    @FJVII 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This stuff is the gold standard for history content on YT.

  • @dangreier1942
    @dangreier1942 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've never had to fact check with your Chanel. I can't stress how much you've made me smile. Please don't stop

  • @zemog1025
    @zemog1025 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    This is a massive bin of information put together in way that makes one of the longest and most complex campaigns of WW2 readily accessible and easily digestible. I've been a WW2 Solomons Campaign buff since the mid 70s after reading Air War and Guadalcanal Diary, and even after reading just about every book published on the subject since then, it was still hard to coherently piece together. Thank you for taking the time to weave it all together in a masterful manner, worthy of a modern war college.

    • @HateTheGameTX
      @HateTheGameTX 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If I was a history teacher, I would probably get in trouble for showing too much TH-cam videos to the students. Honestly a lot of great history channels on TH-cam that I’ve learned a lot more from than I ever did in history class. But that’s the American public school system at work for ya.

    • @kennethdeanmiller7324
      @kennethdeanmiller7324 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't remember learning anything about WW2 in high school. We learned about Hannibal crossing the Alps & other ancient battles like Agememnon sacking Troy cuz his brother's wife ran away with the Prince of Troy. Stupid kid got his whole family & kingdom killed & ransacked over a piece of ass. I think that they covered the Pearl Harbor attack & the atomic weapons being dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki but pretty much nothing in between. And I always wondered what happened for the 4 years in between. I don't even remember learning about the Battle of Midway in school. Or the Battle of Britain. I learned about all of that simply by reading books. I would hear about stuff in movies & knowing you can't trust Hollywood to give a clear picture of what happened, even when they are trying. If something interested me I'd hit the library to see what I could find. And in the words of JRR Tolkien... "If you want to find something, there is nothing like looking. You don't always find what you were looking for but you usually find something." That is a statement that will probably forever remain true. And in a quest for knowledge of what happened.. there are two sides to every story & the truth lies somewhere in between them. And then there are facts too. A fact is something that is the truth no matter what side you are on.

  • @Sophocles13
    @Sophocles13 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Thank you so much for _consistently_ producing such high end content. You are very much appreciated!

  • @noone4700
    @noone4700 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    Absolutely amazing, little less known campaign in the pacific and definitely deserve this huge amount of effort, amazing video!

    • @Person0fColor
      @Person0fColor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "little less known" is what every one says about every other battle/campaign ever. I know the Marines dont live on laurels but the "1" on the blue diamond literally stands for Guadalcanal. The story got around.

    • @noone4700
      @noone4700 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Person0fColor no shit, anywhere the marines go it’ll get around, but compared to other campaigns especially in Europe, this is a bit lesser known.

    • @extrahistory8956
      @extrahistory8956 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Person0fColor Yet, this very battle is about the Battle for New Georgia, which is indeed seldom covered in most documentaries (even most Pacific-centric documentaries ignore it in favor of skipping to the Battle of Tarawa).

  • @GregDaniels-yo4od
    @GregDaniels-yo4od 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My father was a member of the 1st Marine Air Wing and arrived in the Solomons in March of 1943. He remained there until 1945 when he came home on leave. He used to tell my brother and I stories (funny ones) about the war. I'll never forget the romantic names of places- Vella Lavella, Rendova and Espiritu Santu.
    I've never found a more complete account of the battle up the Solomons than this one.
    Thank you!
    Greg Daniels

    • @k27ism
      @k27ism 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Must have had some cool stories I'm sure! My grandmother's older brother from Malaita was part of the Fiji Commando unit 23, fought in Guadalcanal and later in New Georgia.

  • @minoru-kk
    @minoru-kk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This series always reminds me of something that many Japanese people forget. It wasnt only Japanese and American people who fought, slaughtered, and sacrificed their lives on Pacific Front

  • @badazzoverlord
    @badazzoverlord 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    My Grandpa was part of the Guadalcanal & Solomons campaign back in WWII! He used to tell me so many stories about the campaigns.

    • @Scott-kc5fg
      @Scott-kc5fg 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Was your grandpa in the 25th Infantry? Mine was. He served in all campaigns in WWII.

    • @badazzoverlord
      @badazzoverlord 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Scott-kc5fg lemme look at my Grandpa's records & I'll get back to you. My gut tells me he was 3rd Marines.

  • @peterhanssens7260
    @peterhanssens7260 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I am not military but my father was involved in the liberation of Antwerpen in 1944. This is extremely intense and makes us want to support Ukraine even more....

  • @evanrobinson9051
    @evanrobinson9051 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is an incredible series of videos on the Pacific war!

  • @ronniecoleman2342
    @ronniecoleman2342 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This Pacific series is great. Kings and Generals is my favorite videos on TH-cam. Great work everyone.

  • @j.dragon651
    @j.dragon651 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is the info I have been looking for without having to read through a ton of books. If I weren't so old and had more time I would stop the video to read all the extra info included. I may come back some day and do just that. Thank you.

  • @stevenmugnaini2938
    @stevenmugnaini2938 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    i love long videos. i genuinely believe that this wouldve been even better if it was twice as long and went into even greater detail. and the day by day thingy at the top helped keep everything in order so it wasnt just an unintelligible inundation of information. it was more like taking turns in a total war videogame. an easy breakdown on wtf happened all over the place that day

  • @panzerdeal8727
    @panzerdeal8727 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    35.10 Note on Wildcat firing times: That 18 seconds of firing time assumes you supply power and use ALL guns at once. Turning on only 2 power switches at a time, increases your firing time by using only 2 of 4 or 2 of 6 guns at once. With Japanese aircraft being lightly armored and the captured A6m from the Aleutians having been evaluated by this time, I don't doubt the claims of Lt.Sewett. th-cam.com/video/L27bpIKlqo0/w-d-xo.html
    Loaded with Incendiary ammunition, twin 50's can do a LOT.

  • @darrenmonks4532
    @darrenmonks4532 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Terrible how this theatre of WW2 is so overlooked. Same as the Aussies/Japan in New Guinea.

  • @judgementtime0915
    @judgementtime0915 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Keep it up K&G. You guys dont disappoint with your videos. ❤👍

  • @galapagos4154
    @galapagos4154 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Türkiye de ww2 ve tarihe meraklı çok insan var. Türkçe alt yazı desteği için teşekkür ederim. Uzun videolar en anlaşılır ayrıntılı 🙏🙏

  • @23uncbball
    @23uncbball 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You all are legends, especially after the pearl harbor and midway video.

  • @hansla8608
    @hansla8608 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is an excellent video - well researched and well presented. You have to really pay attention, though as there are a lot of moving parts and it is easy to lose track of the larger picture. It speaks to the command and staff work, especially on the Allied side, to manage a truly joint force (all US branches plus New Zealanders and Fijian commandoes) in so many locations. My father served in the US Army this region at the time so it has a special meaning to me.

  • @photonotavailable7936
    @photonotavailable7936 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Uncle KIA USS San Francisco (CA-38) Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 12-13 November 1942. Gone too soon, Rest In Peace. All gave some, some gave all. 🫡

  • @mercator79
    @mercator79 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So nice to see the WW2 stuff again for plebians :D thank you

  • @DrewbattleTheGreat
    @DrewbattleTheGreat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Admirals and generals aren’t built like this anymore. The quality of our military leaders is severely watered down.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Incredible docu-series! Thank you.

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thanks for your hard work KnG! as always!

  • @ronjohnson6916
    @ronjohnson6916 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Amazing to hear about some actual cooperation between the IJA and IJN. One wonders what might have happened at Guadalcanal if the Japanese could have managed this.

    • @Person0fColor
      @Person0fColor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Nothing would have happened, by February 1942 the Japanese are already over extending their lines just 3 months after Pearl. By September while the Japanese and the Marines are battling for Guadalcanal America is already on a war footing that Japan cant match, The liberty merchant ships by September 1942 are being made in 4 weeks flat, the Robert E Peary is built that autumn in just 4 days. The Japanese cannot build like the Americans and once production outpaces tonnage sunk its all over for Germany and Japan.
      What if the Marines had a fully equipped marine division prior to Pearl? What if during the 30's we heeded Japan's challenge and after the dissolution of the five power treaty we just went ahead and started building aircraft carriers the way the Japanese did?
      Oddly enough Japan and Germany's best course of action would have been to keep the Americans out of the war, but for Japan this was impossible buts its only America's commitment to non intervention isolationism that allows the German and Japanese empire to grow. The minute America is pulled into war with Japan and then Germany the war is lost. Japan didnt do enough at Pearl, Coral Sea and Midway, maybe they couldve pounded the Americans so hard they would have lost the stomach for a fight, which I doubt, but by Guadalcanal the ship has already sailed and the Japanese while they still have naval superiority are really having their own strategy turned against them. Yamamoto wanted to draw out the PACFleet for a decisive engagement, but what is actually happening is the Japanese Navy is the one being drawn into naval engagements it cant afford to lose or even draw, it must deliver the knockout blow. Guadalcanal for the Japanese was a great expenditure of men and material, for the Americans its a morale booster and gives America some experience with their new enemy.
      Same thing happened during the American civil war so long as the South was in the union is could sure up its interest in slavery and defend it through the SCOTUS and President and senate and congress, but the minute they become radical secessionists and declare the only way to defend it is through a policy of war and aggression thats the minute they lose control of the situation which is what war really is. Its an admission that you can no longer defend your interests through conventional means. The Japanese for decades were involved in Navy conventions and peace treaties with the Western powers, once Japan realizes they can non longer obtain their national goal through these means they seek a policy of war and aggression.

    • @ronjohnson6916
      @ronjohnson6916 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Person0fColor Counterfactuals are always tricky, but specifically at the start of Watchtower, American resources were very limited. They had a big division but not all their equipment and 3 good regiments. With collaboration between the army and navy the Japanese had more resources than that -- just ended up delivering the piecemeal and launching unfounded attacks.
      Now if your point is that the US could have survived a loss at Guadalcanal with little to no long term impact, I agree. In all probability in just means that they progress through the central pacific as their greater resources start to come online. Once they have Essex class carriers with Hellcats everything that follows is just a matter of time and a loss on Guadalcanal might actually have led to more resources being allocated to the Pacific. (Actually I think everything is a matter of time after Midway and after the US sorts out their torpedo issues)
      I'm thinking specifically of Guadalcanal itself which from the Japanese point of view is a study in disfunction. A loss on Guadalcanal would never have made the Americans give up.

    • @rohanthandi4903
      @rohanthandi4903 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ronjohnson6916nonsense. Guadalcanal was unholdable. Even if it was held it would’ve been bypassed. You sound delusional

    • @ronjohnson6916
      @ronjohnson6916 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@rohanthandi4903 Invective doesn't make an opinion more compelling. The loss of the First Marines was certainly possible at the time -- Vandergrift was concerned about that possibility. Does it change the eventual outcome of the war? No Does it change the outcome of the next few months? Yes.

    • @rohanthandi4903
      @rohanthandi4903 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ronjohnson6916 my bad totally confused u for another guy who was trolling lol

  • @jamesbannerman4804
    @jamesbannerman4804 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Truly like this format. Excellent job!

  • @WayneT51
    @WayneT51 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    G'day, greetings from down under.
    That was brilliant, most enjoyable. 👍
    Merry Christmas to you and yours andd a safe and well 2024.

  • @KnightofGaming1118
    @KnightofGaming1118 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My grandfather served in the pacific and in my opinion I think the pacific was a worst theater of war than Europe.
    In Europe soldiers liberated cities and got women in celebration before back to war. In the Pacific, you got jungle rot, malaria, suicidal pilots, guerrilla warfare, and possibility of being stranded in an island, drowned or worse a pow camp by the Japanese.

    • @joeywheelerii9136
      @joeywheelerii9136 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Depends on the unit you serve with.

    • @CopiumFactory
      @CopiumFactory 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think that entirely depends on whether you're Russian

  • @ramal5708
    @ramal5708 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The fact that the USN in 1943 used night tactics for bombardment, surface interception and convoy movement, just what the IJN did mostly in 1942, also the USN was getting more proficient with nighttime gunnery on their ships and tactics. How the tide has turned

  • @jefesalsero
    @jefesalsero 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Quick test of one's knowledge of WW2 PTO history: Can you state significant events that occurred at Pavuvu, Peleliu, and Palawan during the war?

  • @wolf2912
    @wolf2912 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is the best documentary of pacific war❤

    • @Person0fColor
      @Person0fColor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope, just only one of the few you have seen. Tubi has the best documentaries for Marines in the Pacific hands down

  • @starrionx1
    @starrionx1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is like a college course on the Pacific war. Very well done.

  • @XxAverageJoexX
    @XxAverageJoexX 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing work K&G crew!

  • @AWillforY
    @AWillforY 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    For the Kings and Generals. For the algorithm.

  • @loucorreia6142
    @loucorreia6142 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A lot of history there, yet I wish you could have included more information on the PT Boats.

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Central Solomons Campaign=knife fight in a phone booth. Man, it was just a slug match between 2 forces!
    What's amazing is that the Americans were actually conducting over seas offensives just under 15 months after their fleet was smashed at Pearl.

    • @Person0fColor
      @Person0fColor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      15 months? dood 2nd Marine Raider Bn was in action 8 months to the day after Pearl, what you mean 15 months?

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Person0fColor Damn, I forgot about them taking the airfield in August, I had too much tunnel vision on thinking about the Solomon Campaign in the beginning of 43 lol.

    • @rohanthandi4903
      @rohanthandi4903 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No it wasn’t lol

  • @RenéSaussy
    @RenéSaussy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That thumbnail absolutely slaps 💯

  • @1998topornik
    @1998topornik 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The biggest series on this channel continues!

  • @jozzieokes3422
    @jozzieokes3422 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Well done as always!

  • @zesusdk
    @zesusdk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Is this the former patreon only videos combined? I was really bummed you made it from free to patreons

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was DEVESTATED when that happened. 😥

    • @JohnJohn-pe5kr
      @JohnJohn-pe5kr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@blockmasterscottI was too I have ADHD and can’t watch the long form videos

  • @capt.j.guiral4630
    @capt.j.guiral4630 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Been waiting for this for a long time.

  • @drake0074
    @drake0074 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is impressive work, great video!

  • @asanders7608
    @asanders7608 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    @KingsandGenerals You should write a history book with links made up mostly of your videos and sell it to the public school system. You wouldnt have to do much beyond printing out the transcript lol These videos are so awesome.
    I just cant get enough 💙💙😂😂👌🏼

  • @lanimulrepus
    @lanimulrepus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very excellent summation...

  • @williamyoung9401
    @williamyoung9401 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know you folks at K&G and Wizards and Warriors are working on new projects all the time, but I would love to see a video of this detail about Iwo Jima. Keep it up! I can't wait for the next installment about the Horus Heresy on W&W! 🤟

  • @stoneagepunk
    @stoneagepunk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very interesting from start to finish. Thank you.

  • @themandude20
    @themandude20 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am starting to think this channels is better than the history channel

  • @WinstonMaraj-gx8sm
    @WinstonMaraj-gx8sm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Jesus Christ!!!!
    Imagine if ALLLLL their videos were this long.❤

  • @tuncalbay
    @tuncalbay 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Oh boy, an early birthday present for me!?

  • @ronjohnson6916
    @ronjohnson6916 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    3+ hours on post Guadalcanal? I'm in.

  • @shootfirst2097
    @shootfirst2097 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    53:44 Ugaki's Betty Bomber OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T "disintegrate," because he and a pilot survived. They CRASH-LANDED the plane in the water and were barely able to swim to shore

  • @k27ism
    @k27ism 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting.
    My grandmother's older brother (George Maelalo) a South Pacific Islander from Malaita, Langalanga lagoon, was 19 years old in 1943, and was part of the Fiji Commando Guerella Unit mentioned in 1:10:14 under the New Zealand team that also fought alongside the Americans in New Georgia.
    He were assigned to unit 23 under Lt. Len Barrow, trained alongside other Solomon Islanders, and Fijians and fought in jungle guerrilla warfare, and scouting missions in Guadalcanal as well as here in New Georgia. He was also part of the end of the Guadalcanal campaign. But then they moved to New Georgia to chase back the Japanese until 1945.
    He said in Guadalcanal, general Vandergrift divided them into platoons. He recalls that the Japanese occupied the Gaudalcanal area from Honiara to the tip of Guadalcanal and he was sent with many soldiers to Mataniko where the Japanese were holding off the other side of the river in a place today called, Tuvaruhu (the area has hills and jungles). The fighting was very intense, day and night the Japanese bombed the place and fired shells, and then the Ameicans would reply by raining bullets back, even the American ships at sea would rain bullets on to the hill tops, it was like hell on earth he described.
    At Mboganavera, he recalled he went up the hill and arrived to see nothing but all the allied marines laying down on the grass smoking. He asked "Ai, wea nao enemi?" Translated: "where's the enemy?" Then they said to him, just smoke your cigarette, no enemies here, just hotel here, you got anything to drink?" LOL. He found the American behavior was different. They had a no care attitude. Because, being in the jungle, they don't care of doing anything, if they wanted to do something they just did it, unlike the Australian soldiers who respected their senior officers well.
    The fighting in Guadalcanal that George Maelalo was part of was around toward the end of the Guadalcanal campaign from what I gatheref from his stories because he never gave specific dates but he did give names. I only reference the events in this TH-cam video as well as the Guadalcanal campaign also covered by Kings and Generals here.
    So at Guadalcanal they fought the Japanese back. This happened day, and night always before the Japanese retreated. When crossing to the Mataniko river to the other side, you couldn't just run down the hill or you were easy target due to machine gun fire, so plenty people rolled down the hill like drums because it was faster. Many soldiers got hit but you had to keep going on or else you'd get hit too. George Maelalo described that when going down he rolled down the hill and splashed into the river, and crossed to other side to kill a few Japs in Guadalcanal before they retreated. His helmet had leaves on it, making it hard for the enemy to spot him. He splashed into the river and bullets were firing toward him but not at him. He saw five Japs, and shot at them, hitting one. And they pushed them back.
    Afterwards, now in New Georgia, after the Guadalcanal campaign was over they were transported to and rested at Kokorano on Renova Island. They were preparing for the New Georgia campaign which he would be stationed at until the end of the war. Then toward the end of the war, George Maelalo and the rest of the Pacific islanders there would help build an airport at Ibu.
    One of his best contributions was for the Americans against a fortified hilly place called Sorokina which was an annoying "fortified position". The Japs had a base there and a radar that alerted them of American planes which really hindered dropping off essential supplies and more importantly, food rations for months.
    A few Americans and Australians tried to go up to Sorokina to destroy the radar but many never returned. George Maelalo volunteered to go up, and so he was reassigned to a mines division so they would train him how to use a specific mine. Then, was sent off essentially on a stealth mission in the morning where it was still dark to destroy that radar by 6 oclock. He travelled up the bush by himself in the dark toward the Japanese fortified camp at Sorokina to detonate a radar. It's here that he crept and crawled his way into the area, and noted that the Jap guards were asleep. He remarked how fortunate that all guards he passed by were asleep how it was like his custom was operating (side note, he says custom referring to Melanesian practice of heathens before Christianity came to the Islands, which is ironic because George Maelalo was the Son of a Christian Pastor our great Grand father, Clement Maelalo who was a preacher and the first Islander from Malaita to switch from Heathen ways to Jesus, and encouraged us all his children to pray to God properly to stop Heathen/pagan ways, so George makes a reference to saying his fortunes were attributed to custom when without a doubt it must have been God's blessing he was alive is just a way for him to be cocky I guess).
    He even crept up to one Jap soldier, stole his magazine clip to show as proof to his American superiors that he was in the area, and went up to find the radar. He set the mines on location, then pulled the detonator, and pressed down the two handles, round and round it went to 1600 pressure, ready, touch pull, and waited for 6 o'clock the time to pull. At one minute to 6 ocklock he recalls thinking about his mom back in Malaita who didnt want him to go to war, and how his dad let him come to war because he is a boy. He was thinking probably his mum was right, and why he has to involve himself in this war and maybe this is his last day alive on earth about to kill himself with this mine. By 6 o'clock, he put his leg on the mine pushed it inside, jamming it inside the small hole, and destroyed the radar as it flew up in the air. He successfully destroyed the radar at Sorokina at 6 oclcok that morning, because the Americans said if it isn't by 6 o'clock they would assume he was dead or taken prisoner. Then when the radar exploded, the Japs scrambled around shouting "Merika Merika". Place was so dark, he couldn't see his own hands in front his face but threw smoke bombs around, but when he saw the shadows of Japs, tak tak, down they went, they didn't even see him as he shot around 17 Japs that morning, before running down a hill as the rest of the Americans who saw the radar destroyed and were waiting surrpunding Sorokina, fired bullets and explosions into the area. George found a safe place and waited for the fighting to die down, eventually around 0930 hours, when the Americans came searching for prisoners, and they one of the soldiers saw him raise the American helmet. And the Americans saw it was their scout. He said the name of the captain was Cpt. Tregaskis (spelled phonetically I think) and he showed the magazine he clipped from the sleeping Japanese soldier before destroying the radar that night.
    After the events of Sorokina destroying that radar, George Maelalo and the other islanders remaining helped the Americans build an airport, clearing trees, digging earth, to evacuate injured Allied soldiers back to Guadalcanal until 1945 when the war ended.
    There's a lot more stories he told us but that's all for now.
    Thanks to Kings and Generals

    • @steveschainost7590
      @steveschainost7590 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That was a fascinating bit of history you won't find anywhere else. Thank you.

  • @kelvinkaw5460
    @kelvinkaw5460 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is a masterpiece! 🎉

  • @rohanthandi4903
    @rohanthandi4903 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Excellent topic on a time peroid which no one covers. Lot of ppl call 1943 halftime but really its anything but

    • @extrahistory8956
      @extrahistory8956 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Indeed. Kursk, Tunisia, New Georgia, Operation Cartwheel, the North Burma campaign, the Dniper River crossings, Sicily and Italy, etc. 1943 was a very busy year for both the Allies and Axis, as well as the year where things turned decidedly on the Allies' favor.

    • @joeywheelerii9136
      @joeywheelerii9136 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's because there are no major carrier battles. Even though this was just as important. 43 is when the guts of the Japanese Navy is torn out.

  • @sambroadbent5514
    @sambroadbent5514 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you for further update on this series I'm hooked and love watching everything you do and look forward to more videos

  • @christopherhanton6611
    @christopherhanton6611 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    very nice TY KG for doing this way so i can catch up on ones i miss. since you switch to prem. also can you more like this please .

  • @carlosgarcia9497
    @carlosgarcia9497 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another engrossing, informative, masterpiece. Thank you.

  • @chuckhillier4153
    @chuckhillier4153 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very much appreciated.

  • @admiralprinceeric323
    @admiralprinceeric323 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is considered a Central Solomons Campaign was so widely called "New Georgia Campaign" in this video regardlessly, but the indication since the latest episode of Pacific War Series having they waited back since on July 2023.
    Hope that on going would like to be more post videos of Pacific War Series

  • @bigjimmyenglish
    @bigjimmyenglish 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the video editing, general icons and the visuals of this video. Big fan of all your videos.

  • @ytj17thjuggalo12
    @ytj17thjuggalo12 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Aww yeah, just got off work after a busy Sunday, and have 3 hours of K&G to relax to😎time to rip a bong and some knowledge

  • @S3rjiu
    @S3rjiu 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Holy shit, I was waiting for the next long video on the Pacific War, really nice!!! Bit of feedback, can you keep the info boxes just 2 more seconds on the screen? I stop the video for each and every one of them, even if I know it gets summarised in the narration

  • @ethanhale9332
    @ethanhale9332 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love your stuff!!! Keep it up!!

  • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
    @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

  • @gregsheehan7820
    @gregsheehan7820 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A fantastic piece of work. It really shows the brilliance of our military once they got rolling.

  • @firingallcylinders2949
    @firingallcylinders2949 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I know what I'm listening to at work tomorrow

  • @GenghisVern
    @GenghisVern 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Cool. I just got the giant neoprene map for Pacific Victory from Columbia Games, and have it all set up on the table behind me. And this epic documentary pops up in my feed. Merry Christmas!!!!

  • @richardgordon6095
    @richardgordon6095 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Christmas comes early!! Hey Kings and Generals, have you ever thought (once the series is complete) about releasing a hardcover coffee table book of this series? Like,

    • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
      @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😊

    • @RyanDaMannn
      @RyanDaMannn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow what an awesome idea! I would buy this.

  • @ladyponfarr5479
    @ladyponfarr5479 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent video.

  • @Avinkwep
    @Avinkwep 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A video or series on the wars of Joshua from the Bible would be fascinating

  • @010bobby
    @010bobby 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Why didn’t the Japanese sent the Kokotai fighter wing, the best Japanese fighter group in the area to escorted Yamamoto.. this wing composed of Japanese aces Nishizawa, Saburo Sakai…

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you , K & G .
    🐺 Loupis Canis .

  • @fredc3543
    @fredc3543 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most WWII documentaries quickly pass thru the Solomons campaign. There's so much more that happened. Brave men indeed.

  • @omarbradley6807
    @omarbradley6807 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is a time stamp to find what it was released already on previous videos and those reserved for patrons?

  • @failuretocommunicate
    @failuretocommunicate 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I nominate this for submission to the National Archives.

  • @Robinsinthebush
    @Robinsinthebush 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    what about doing a series about just the PT boats in the solomons. and what about PT 109 and JFK??

  • @thomasgreen4520
    @thomasgreen4520 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love these videos. Can't wait to watch them all ❤

  • @aspiringwhale7306
    @aspiringwhale7306 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Luv it may do for day off :)

  • @TomFynn
    @TomFynn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    2/230rd officer: "Sir, the enemy has overrun us!"
    Lt.-Col. Yano Keiji: "Shhh, we must be vewy quiet."

  • @jeffmcdonald4225
    @jeffmcdonald4225 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely, this is a treasure.

  • @ZudinGodofWar
    @ZudinGodofWar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Do you think you could do a long form of the ENTIRETY of WW2

  • @tokysobukanla
    @tokysobukanla 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I put a thumbs up before watching it... 😂

  • @mitchelnorton2692
    @mitchelnorton2692 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yesssss!!!! Woohoo!!!!

  • @70galaxie
    @70galaxie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ...to cover the retreat the Japanese yelled&threw
    stones,causing the Americans to fall back...
    The strangest thing our narrator ever said.

    • @Ghostofachance-iw8pr
      @Ghostofachance-iw8pr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The strangest thing I haven't heard mention is the US Marines invaded Guacanal. My father was in the 3rd wave of Marines to hit the beach.
      1st Division 5th Marines.

  • @kennethdeanmiller7324
    @kennethdeanmiller7324 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah, I had thought that by the conclusion of the Guadal Canal campaign that the USN had finally realized how devastating the IJN's long lance torpedoes were & that they had a very significant range. In watching this video, it becomes apparent that evidently the USN was still ignorant of the capabilities of the type 93 torpedo. And you would also think that they would hear them on the hydrophones before they launched their own torpedoes. Although I'm fairly certain the USN torpedoes were still having problems at this point too.

  • @jackland3387
    @jackland3387 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such awesome videos. They're very informative and entertaining

  • @thecombatwatchnz5218
    @thecombatwatchnz5218 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank u

  • @JesusManuelRodriguez-x5k
    @JesusManuelRodriguez-x5k 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video. One comment, the picture of Major General Hester is wrong. That is the picture of USAF Major General John K. Hester, who was just a LTColonel at that time, serving in the Air Force Provisional Training Command, India-Burma sector. Right picture of Major General John H. Hester can be found in this wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Hester.
    Again, excellent video. Great effort.

  • @jamesireland6606
    @jamesireland6606 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I could be wrong but I don't think so the LST you said 448 was actually 447 and was hit by a kamikaze

  • @Rcoutme
    @Rcoutme 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just a suggestion: you guys might want to consider placing a hit-point bar above the units, to show how depleted the companies/battalions/regiments actually were. It would help us to understand the "real" situation going on--especially for the Japanese forces.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't think it is feasible, to be honest

  • @listenherejack
    @listenherejack 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    USA, after Guadalcanal: "Oh yeah. It's all coming together."

  • @AsteroidTVGaming
    @AsteroidTVGaming 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the graphics are so helpful!

  • @midnighttoker8663
    @midnighttoker8663 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing

  • @johnford6967
    @johnford6967 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Youre right. Well detailed...