America vs Japan: The Complete History Of WW2's Pacific Theater | WWII In The Pacific | War Stories

Pearl Harbor - 00:00
The war in the pacific started in 1941 with a ruthless surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. This daring attack had caught America off guard and dragged them into the war against an enemy on the other side of the world. This documentary explores the attack and the fatal consequences it had for the Japanese.
Island Hopping - 49:55
Explore the pivotal battles and ingenious tactics that defined General MacArthur's island-hopping strategy, from the intense clashes on Guadalcanal to the relentless fighting in the Philippines. Delve deeper into the strategic brilliance behind America's campaign in the Pacific.
The Atomic Bomb - 01:39:35
When America gained the upper hand in the Pacific, soldiers thought they were halfway to victory. They were wrong. The way that the Japanese forces fought only become harder to combat the closer the US got to Japan. Coming face to face with an army that would fight fanatically to the last man and never surrender was no easy task.
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[@jimmiemercer8930]

Thanks War Stories for such a complete history lesson in 2 1/2 hours. My stepdad was in the Battan Death March, Staff Sargent Duane Herron. Passed away 1959 in San Angelo Texas. God Bless All!

[@jamiecorstorphine1271]

The ultimate and original "fcuk around and find out" amazing upload, thank you ❤😊

[@MrNiceGuyHistory]

Yep.. The national socialists invading Russia is up there too.

[@bl688]

History should never be blurred or censored!

[@anthonyobernolte2412]

Agreed

[@mrjw7398]

Or. Rewritten to suit a narrative (e.g. Girls being told women flew in combat)

[@ForageGardener]

​@mrjw7398 wait are they actually saying women flew in ww2 combat. 😂

[@aLuplife2023]

Agreed

[@mrjw7398]

@@ForageGardener yeah, I saw a historian (a bloody historian) say his daughter asked where the women are and he couldn't face to tell her they didn't fly combat. So many instances of roles being rewritten to suit current day narratives

[@mattmansell4238]

Man I'm lucky to be from the same country as these guys.

[@robertdelacruz2951]

An old documentary, but still good.

[@user-gw3jd1mr8w]

Thank you for your service God bless you and God bless America

[@AdrianMartinez-ho6db]

Stop blurring people need to see it!

[@andrewcruz7595]

Not everyone can handle it relax

[@Bobbyo60]

They give McArthur to much credit for the Pacific victory. IMO Nimitz was the true leader.

[@nofear2trek]

You noticed too? From the Solomons thru island hopping, Navy ran that show. McArthur initial plan was disapproved. And he was against island hopping, only wanted to go to Philippines.

[@doncornell6793]

It amazes me that even today people still buy into the fiction of McArthur’s PR machine. He only cared about his public image.

[@timwilliams9875]

@@doncornell6793 did you notice what he said when he came ashore in the Philippines? He said "quote" I HAVE RETURNED....no mention of those ARMY,NAVY and the MARINES . He should of said I give thanks to those who fought and died to get to where we are now . Really a shame the glory hog got credit to which he should not have .

[@KurtCityzens]

Thank you for video

[@wooncheeleong7224]

History repeats itself and this time humanity is at risk of total annihilation.

[@briantneary2248]

Humanity is always at risk. The reset button it going to get hit regardless if we do it or not. It has before, it'll happen again and there's NOTHING we can do about it.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Wonderful historical coverage of that Japan, American strike over pacific ocean

[@Bobbyo60]

Great documentary! However the scout airplane only saw one US carrier prior to the battle of Midway.

[@polygamous1]

A brilliant documentary, I always had the impression general Mccarthur left the Philippines on a PT boat for Australian

[@dennisweidner288]

He did, the PTs took him to an airfield in the southern Philippines that was still in U.S. hands.

[@olengagallardo8551]

Yup!Its a nice film though some issues w timeline, Doug Macarthurs comming down the stairs of an aircraft is after the war not fleeing to sydney. Also the us soldiers fighting in bataan as shown are soldiers fighting after the leyte landing, the helmets says it all😊

[@kensvay4561]

Far too much misinformation here. He did leave by PT boat.

[@robertwatson9359]

Mccarthur had nothing to do with Guadalcanal and was against it, That is why the Marines under the Navy were used for the invasion, He would not commit the US Army to the battle. It was all Admirals King, Nimitz and Halsey and Marine Gen. Vandergrift

[@dennisweidner288]

@@robertwatson9359 You are correct about MacArthur. He even convinced Giormly. He wanted nothing to do with Guadalcanal because he was not in command. Mac Arthur wanted to command the entire Pacific Theater. Most of MacASrthur's combat forces in 1942 and much of 43 were Australian. The person responsible for Guadalcanal was Adm. King. Who unlike MacArthur had one semi-ready division--the First Marine Division. Of course, Nimitz, Halsey, and Vandergrift masterly executed King's orders, but King was the driving force behind Guadalcanal.

[@Jeremyramone]

Absolutely and utterly excellent production, in various ways!, thank you very much. Salud from San Diego. 🛹.

[@kensvay4561]

No. Too many mistakes. Capture Papua New Guinea. No capture Port Moresby on the island of New Guinea. PNG is the name of the country post independence.

[@Crow_Friend]

I saw the same clip of an allied soldier throwing a grenade six times.. goes for loads of other clips too.

[@wooncheeleong7224]

Superb

[@jluisfelix]

Mac Author was a good general to some, but he had zero contributions to the island hopping compain, other the new Guinea and the Philippines, besides the fact that the army has zero control over the Marines that falls to the navy and Nimitz

[@BADDUDE_CORNPOP]

He should have been prosecuted just like they prosecuted the two highest generals from Pearl Harbor which I think was bulshit but if they were prosecuted he should have been prosecuted for the Philippines

[@ZoranRadovanlija]

By the way, MacArthur didn't fly out of the Phillipines, he was taken by boat to Australia, Nimitz and Yamamoto did not command the fleets at Coral sea... and footage taken on most locations does not correspond to narration...

[@marylouvallee-poer3826]

For a more accurate depiction, watch or listen too "The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War. This is one of the best and most accurate podcast I've found to date.

[@cabanesmarlon3066]

nanonood ka na lang dami mo pang dada!

[@wooncheeleong7224]

History repeats once every hundred years. Its happening again.

[@olengagallardo8551]

Yes, rising tension between nations,embargos, sanctions, sounds very familiar..

[@AmanChaudhary-eg6ry]

@@olengagallardo8551 and America will win again!

[@user-lv3xr4wj3i]

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[@dennisweidner288]

There is a good bit of nonsense here. Such as the suggestion that Jaopan was a peaceful country before the Depression or that nobody in the U..S. expected war [6:45] The United States had cracked the Japanese diplomatic (purple) code. We knew very well gthat they were preparing for war.

[@dathunderman4]

Japan wanted to be isolationist but the US forced them to open up and coerced them into signing horrible trading “agreements.” This ushered into the Meiji restoration, and Japan felt they had to expand or else they would be colonized like other Asian countries.

[@dennisweidner288]

@@dathunderman4 Ironically the Meiji supporters were the ones criticizing the Shogun for bowing to the Americans and opening up.

[@ClintEasywood69]

The Real Nonsense of this video is the music that plays at some points.....I'm pretty sure that kinda rock and roll came after WW2, and it doesn't fit. War should not be glamorized like that to begin with! This type of documentary sucks, and gives people wrong impressions.

[@jeffreystaton4306]

At midway, the Japanese only knew of one Carrier, not 3.

[@ipsprez8672]

It is unfortunate that the true cost of war is blurred out as if we are children.

[@Wombat343]

The true horror should be shown its teaches us

[@dennisweidner288]

@ipsprez8672 Welcome to Woke America.

[@JudithRoumouStMaartenNews]

I don't like gore and guts so like this policy. Enough guts and gore in the real world. We are outnumbered by the monsters.

[@mb-ky7ku]

​@@JudithRoumouStMaartenNewswhat part of this is not the real world

[@JudithRoumouStMaartenNews]

Rent a horror movie, pampered, entitled voyeur.

[@boweryst11]

you could have blurred the whole doc

[@InspGarySLurch]

Be nice if you knew your history!

[@dennisweidner288]

Very poor research. MacArthur had nothing to do with Guadalcanal. It was a In fact a Navy/Marine operation. In fact, he opposed the whole Guadalcanal action. The initial landing on Guadalcanal was unopposed, They did not get to the airfield until the second day.

[@MinhNguyen-cn8kx]

After Pearl Harbor harbour dec-7 on its way back to Japan why did not adm. Yamamoto swund by and captured Mid-way?? Would be a of cake for Yamamoto! Hence would kept us pacific fleet at bay!

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Please blur as much as you want. I suffer from PTSD.

[@Ja_s-per]

🌠🇺🇲"God Bless Our Veterans and Active Warrior's!"🇺🇲🌠 🫡

[@timreed8083]

Giving McCarther credit for these campaigns is just not true. It was King and Nimitz. McCarther also got of the Philippines by PT boats and Submarine.

[@iangriffiths9840]

As we have seen, Napalm already existed before the battle of Iwo Jima, so why was it not deployed on Mt. Suribachi?

[@AJHyland63]

If you wish to depict the horrors of war, show it in its true colours, don’t blur it out.

[@SafeRemain]

youtube censorship

[@astrono1960]

Having talked to hundreds of WW2 veterans I can tell you that every one of them would have gone to their home island and wade into them stacking the enemy like cords of wood. They also said that the public was right there with them. So I take issue with the narrator when he says the American government feared the public might tire of a prolonged war.

[@albertyap560]

It was Chester Nimitz who organized the island hoping campaign in the central and northern pacific, including Alaska. MacArthur was only a coward, blood thirsty, arrogance, high ego general who ran away from the Philippines. He "returned" to the Philippines was with full support of Nimitz. Imagine he was so "disappointed" and angry that the airforce dropped actomic bombs and ended the war. He wanted to invade Japan by land and prepare to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of young Americans so he can claim glory. History has been too kind to him!

[@dennisweidner288]

Harvard still had standards at the time, but attending a course at Harvard did not make Yamzoto Harvard-educated. And saying that "he understands America" [34:25] is one of the stupidest statements ever said in a World War II video. He expected that America would make peace after a successful strike on Pearl. In fact, it ignited a burning desire to make war.

[@kensvay4561]

Wrong. He knew it was a huge mistake.

[@kennethlane3896]

@@kensvay4561 Right. He's the one who said they awakened a sleeping bear. He knew it was a huge mistake.

[@dennisweidner288]

@@kensvay4561 You are mixing time lines. He opposed war with America. But once the military made the decision for war, he devised the plans to launch the war and hoped the Americans would seek to make peace rather than fight.

[@tombriggman2875]

Great footage but far too many simple mistakes for me to list.

[@bw1889]

Some serious mistakes in this overview. I mean, I haven’t seen such a miss on the naval battle of Leyte. Center force was attacked first, Musashi sunk, Center force retreats. The southern force was not attacked by planes but by USN surface units including PT’s, destroyers, cruisers and battleships (many of the Pearl survivors). Then, the following morning, Halsey took the bait on the northern force while Kurita brought the center force back thru san bernardino straight into Leyte. But for real, how can you just skip over the battle of Samar / Taffy 3??? Not to mention the lack of insight into the incredible naval battles of Guadalcanal. Very strange you missed all of this.

[@abrahamtov364]

Why have they blurred out what needs to be seen? What are they trying to teach when the whole truth is not shown? I really hate when someone thinks they have the power to make decisions for me or anyone else and diminish the real truth.

[@NateGamingReviews]

2:03:02 "The cities of Nagoya, Osaka and Kobey are raised to the ground." Is that implying that they were below ground?

[@vergilmorgan3179]

Why do you blur out some scenes it’s ridiculous

Because reality might offend some woke infant who will complain and force the video to be taken down.

[@MrNiceGuyHistory]

yep

[@carlosalbertoserra6714]

Xq x xq que no hay sustituidos en español

[@jeffhelton2735]

During war Japan never upgraded the zero no protection they finally lost all the experienced pilots what war they thinking apparently they wasn't

[@fotulototau5074]

Lest we forget❤

[@michaelrmccall1920]

I stopped watching when the stated MacArthur flew our of the Philippines!

[@russpaulus9171]

This video is what I would call directionally accurate but really loose with the details. For example, neither Nimitz or Yamamoto participated directly in the battle of coral sea. The Japanese codes were not completely broken. Checkout the Unauthorized History of the Pacific War for a much more thorough review of the Pacific war.

[@zillsburyy1]

no thanks censor stories

[@jrdsm]

they have no choice,

[@alextownsend8624]

KZbin policy..

[@zillsburyy1]

@@jrdsm wrong

[@zillsburyy1]

@@alextownsend8624 nope! watch a video by TIMELINE

[@zillsburyy1]

@alextownsend8624 ever see a video made by TIMELINE

[@doncornell6793]

While I agree there are many mistakes that people gleefully point out. They forget these videos are free so you get what you pay for.

[@WasNotWas999]

My eyes keep going blurry

[@bigbosspamfontejon8190]

Americans always willing to help, see from german to pacific and asia

[@huntingkc1]

This should be mandatory class material

[@robertwilliams2762]

Is it my imagination or are there commercials every 5 minutes. Freaking KZbin.

[@martinkloosterman6747]

No they weren't

[@BluMecker-ox6sx]

Ah so

[@007kunigas]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@xinliu-if7cb]

I starts with Pearl harbour? No, it started in 1937

[@brandynharter23]

That or Manchuria in 1931.

[@dolphfren]

For Americans the war began with Pearl Harbor

[@maryholder3795]

Naval battles using aircraft carriers, sea born planes changed naval tactics. No more large battle ships, cruisers with large guns like at the Battle if Jutland in WW1. Instead in WW2 Japanese planes strike at Pearl Harbour bombing the US capital ships, destroying planes at the outlying US airbases. But luckily for the US the aircraft carrier fleet was not there. It was at sea proforming fleet exercises. To me a classic case of "There but for the grace of god go I". So the carriers survived. While Japanese airforce carry on destroying US airforce planes such as in the Philippines then attack the island. Another change in warfare is support of ground troops by aircraft. Overall airplanes can not only attack on land but at sea.

[@adrinelo9310]

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[@user-lv3xr4wj3i]

🥺.

[@BenKlassen1]

Amateurish Japanese intelligence led to success at Midway.

[@robertwilliams2762]

What is the logic having most of your eggs in one basket when Germany, Russia and Japan are on the rampage.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

Both sides' racism caused them to underestimate the other's fighting ability. For example they each thought that the other had inferior eyesight (as a race) and therefore would make bad pilots. How could educated people in authority with responsibility for the security of their nation make decisions based on cliches and propaganda rather than facts?

[@bolandwoodworking8467]

There's an ex-President doing that today. I agree with you.

[@strongbraveloud]

☮️

[@NAMELESSINTERNETADDICT]

The nuclear bombs were dropped to kill Godzilla!

[@OmarLara-og7kl]

They even got you.

[@NAMELESSINTERNETADDICT]

@@OmarLara-og7kl yep,i'm hanging out with Goku in heaven right now.

[@timreed8083]

Mc Carther also beded 15-16 year old girls.

[@user-io6pj8bz8h]

The anglo union were on the wrong side.

[@user-lv3xr4wj3i]

😂❤.

[@minhthunguyendang9900]

War Stories, can’t you NOT colorize ? The document would look better in b/w

[@michaelkinville177]

Midway AF

[@tincangunner]

Also, the Aleutians were not a diversionary attack.

[@ClintEasywood69]

Everyone praising this documentary should know that to have the words "firestorm" followed by a guitar rip is totally beyond stupid. War is not a video game, its a very real very terrible thing. Watch "WW2 in Color" if you want some REAL history.

[@mr.iforgot3062]

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[@martinkloosterman6747]

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[@kialee2622]

Why is US loose to Vietnam?

[@ryanreedgibson]

Loose? You mean lose? Vietnam didn't attack the US and so there wasn't the same anger nor the same financial budget. It wasn't a war of conquest but of Ideology. You cannot win a war of ideology, nor should you.

[@dennisweidner288]

@kialee2622 Same as Afghanistan. We limited our use of force.

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[@user-lv3xr4wj3i]

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[@user-io6pj8bz8h]

There is no such thing as extreme nationalism.

[@stuwhiteman3810]

Yeah it might be the complete history of America Vs Japan but it's not the complete history of the Pacific Theatre as it says in the title, far from it. Didn't hear anything about the Kokoda Track or the battles of Buna, Gona or Sanananda once the Australians pushed them back off the Kokoda Track? Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Finschhafen and Lae and Borneo and all the rest? And the first defeat of the Japanese on land was the Battle of Milne Bay in New Guinea, Google it. Even KZbin doesn't understand the spelling of these places giving me error messages with the spelling lol???

[@martinkloosterman6747]

No they weren't