American Bombers Were Bravely Attacking Hiryu And Soryu

(Midway Series, Part 5) Watch our video "American Bombers Were Bravely Attacking Hiryu And Soryu " and embark on an immersive journey through the riveting memoirs of two distinguished aviators who played pivotal roles in World War II. Join us as we delve into the captivating stories of individuals who shaped history, sharing firsthand accounts from the front lines. Witness the strategic brilliance and sacrifices of those who led the first air strike on Pearl Harbor, commanded carrier air groups, and soared through the skies as dive-bomber pilots. Our exclusive series provides a unique perspective on a poorly planned and executed operation (Battle of Midway from Japanese Perspective).
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[@WW2Tales]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 5 of memoirs of Two Japanese naval aviators who participated in the Midway Operation and provided an unsparing analysis of what caused Japan's staggering defeat in this Operation. The first aviator led the first air strike on Pearl Harbor, commanded the Akagi carrier air group and later made a study of the battle at the Japanese Naval War College . The second aviator was one of Japan's first dive-bomber pilots, was aboard the light carrier Ryujo and later served as a staff officer in a carrier division. They were both key figures in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War two. Here is the link of the playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLGjbe3ikd0XHOEvJ_fiy9mB66QYTadhKc Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmGWaqCqacuDbNU Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5-8n2tmpK-Zqs0 Link of Part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6DWeaGQe5yGpNU Link of Part 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGW6pI1rl7x9kNU

[@richardrose3578]

This series is spectacular! I cannot tell you how disappointed I have become that the next episode was not uploaded today. I hope it comes soon. Thank you for doing this!

[@WW2Tales]

@richardrose3578 Sir next part will be uploaded in few minutes ,thank you so much for listening

[@JamesWHurst]

I cannot overstate how important a contribution to our history of this period you herein provide. Your narration is splendid and easy to follow, and I am thrilled to discover your channel. Thank you, so very much, for providing this.

[@maemorri]

I don't think you can praise the narration overly much. It sounds like an AI reading a translated Japanese memoir. The channel deserves praise for bringing to light in full these valuable resources, but the channel didn't put much work into the actual production.

[@jrranch9712]

Thank you for your hard work. I love history, especially WWII.

[@WW2Tales]

@jrranch9712 Sir ,thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement ,highly appreciated 🙏

[@fliegeroh]

These videos are superb. The narratives are exciting and full of items I had not been aware of.

[@rudyyarbrough5122]

There was no video, just the one carrier of the entire narration.

[@fliegeroh]

@@rudyyarbrough5122 What, too many words for you to understand? Dolt.

[@eddiec4536]

I love this history of our naval forces and the battle of Midway. Amazing history.

[@aamirrath2568]

Great episode, I enjoyed listening to all the episodes in this series. I think all of us wait for the next one to be released.

[@davidvonkettering204]

Genda Minoru and Fuchida Mitsuo are two excellent voices for the history of the Kido Butai. The writing is so well done it shows the level of educated professionalism which marked their naval careers. Thanks for sharing their work with us as a counterpoint to the American studies of these battles. Happy New Year!! Love, David

[@WW2Tales]

Sir there is absolutely no doubt about them being the best voices for history of Kido Butai, thank you for your kind words 🙏 Happy new year May you always stay blessed 😊

[@Neaptide184]

Fuchida’s description of the battle has been roundly criticized by Japanese historians, and in many parts totally debunked by examination of the log books of the Japanese aircraft carriers and their 😢flight records (which Fuchida thought were destroyed, but were actually captured after Nagumo’s death) and the astounding work of translating hundreds of those Japanese flight logs (which are brilliantly analyzed by Lundrum and Parshall’s incredible book, “Shattered Sword.”). Fuchida’s account of the battle, “Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan,” is viewed by most Japanese scholars as a self serving attempt to put his (and other of the very few air staff officers who survived the war) in a better light. Fuchida’s book however, was widely published in English while the Japanese historians criticism of the book in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s were not really disseminated in the West. Not until Parshall, Lundrum and their research contacts started to ask Japanese historians about the obvious discrepancies between the translated flight operations documents and Fuchida’s accounts did it become apparent Fuchida deliberately falsified much of his account. It is unfortunate that Fuchida was hired as a consultant for the movie, “Tora, Tora, Tora,” and the movie script swallowed his account hook, line and sinker.” Read “Shattered Sword,” or better yet watch the battle of Miday series on “The Unauthotized History of the Pacific War” KZbin videos with the books authors describing how they unraveled the flight records. An amazing story.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Fuchida was a liar and this was known since the 1960's.

[@davidvonkettering204]

@@Neaptide184I am partial to Parshall, and I agree with his analysis...nonetheless that doesn't diminish Fuchida's overall additions to the history of the state of the IJN Carrier Fleets . I do, however appreciate your time and effort in composing your reply and I hope others will read it who have not been absorbing WWII in the Pacific as, obviously, you and I have done.

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

All of this happened because of a *faulty water pump.*

[@Stew357]

These videos are fantastic, ty WWII Tales!

[@terminusest5902]

Luck played a big part of carrier operations early in the war. The Japanese were very capable early in the war but the US Navy was learning quickly and growing in size. They became much more capable in finding Japanese fleets. Reconnaissance became much more effective once larger carrier groups became available. And mistakes in reporting sightings was common on both sides early in the war. Midway could easily have turned out differently. Same for Coral Sea where fleets moved blindly. Increased numbers of submarines also helped. During the later Layte Gulf landings there were still errors. Mainly the approaches of the central Japanese attack was not founded early in part due to the northern diversion force. US recon ability was vital once Japanese Kamakaze attacks began. Destroyer pickets were then used effectively with radar. During Midway submarines on both sides failed to spot enemy fleets in time. US attacks were also poorly coordinated but by chance produced a great opportunity for the carrier divebombers. While a significant number of carrier aircraft played no role.

[@agbottan]

Interesting the observation that the japanese tactics were fully tuned to attack and because of that the reconnaissance part was neglected. This made me think that, perhaps, they saw these battles as duels but, in the vastness of the Pacific, it was more a hunt than a duel. In a hunt, finding your target is as important as killing it and, of course, in this sea hunt both sides are hunter and prey at same time.

[@TomDog5812]

Yes, this is wonderful. Thank you for uploading.

[@richardm3023]

The more we learn about the IJN the more we find just what a 'glass cannon' it was.

[@Iamkcs2c]

Being fair, everyone's unarmored carriers were.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

What the hell is a glass cannon? Disney movie?

[@Iamkcs2c]

​@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qeA powerful weapon with no defense

[@richardm3023]

@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe glass cannon, a strong weapon that is very fragile. All punch, no block.

[@richardm3023]

@@Iamkcs2c layers of defense and command and control were the armor. The carrier is just a weapons system, how it is deployed and operates with the other weapons systems is the key. Japan did not develop the system for using their weapons systems in coordination. They always operated the carriers apart from the battle fleet, always trying to refight Jutland. Modern weapons, with obsolete thinking.

[@davidlj53]

Apparently IJN was also know as the Keystone navy, their egos were off the chart and they had absolutely no understanding of the US grit.

[@Big_Berg]

Except for admiral yamamoto and general kurbyashi

[@aamirrath2568]

As we listen to this and other stories we must remember that we have the benefit of hindsight. Even though the IJN carriers were obliterated, that result was not a foregone conclusion and it was a close thing. The IJN pilots and naval personnel were battle hardened veterans and the USN was still learning to fight.

[@onastick2411]

For instance if the America dive bombers hadn't found the carrier force or the Jap zeros had been at optimum combat height, or the Japs had designed their carriers with better survivability.it was a failure of intelligence such is war.

[@FatGouf]

Quality in training and manpower overcame quality in experience.

[@the1magageneral323]

This part about the search planes and the other video from a Japanese submariner about the argument of using subs in advance to scout out the American fleet in advance before attacking Midway. That's one reason why the Americans won the battle because of advance knowledge and reconnaissance both areal and beneath the waves. That's why the PBY scouts were instrumental to discover the Japanese fleet along with the codebreakers.

[@Theearthtraveler]

Great account!

[@philipmiller2618]

The problem is that a 2-Phase Search was not even implemented until mid - 1943, a whole year after Midway. A Single Phase Search is all the Japanese had at Midway. The author is twisting the truth, like Fuchida did in his book.

[@Bob.W.]

Thanks.

[@WW2Tales]

@Bob.W. Dear Sir, good to hear from you after so many days ,hope you are fine and doing well ,stay blessed 💐

[@micnorton9487]

This narrative from the Japanese POV is excellent in laying out the actual plan for the Midway confrontation along with the prelude in the coral sea and the side act of the Aleutian operation,, which may have achieved some measure of success if not for the Americans having broken parts of Japanese radio codes... The Aleutian feint was kinda screwy imo but too many people want to blame something or praise something about the extremely complicated battle and not ultimately admit, you know the yanks were REALLY fukkin lucky that couple of days... No one at the time would say,, you're going to find the Big Four of the Kido Butai IN ONE PLACE and scratch them ALL off in 2 days,, they'd say yeah IN OUR DREAMS and then it happens...

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Mid wave transmissions in the fog. Distance travels depends on the transmission frequency, sun spots affecting the atmosphere, height above ground of the antenna. Likely this was Amplitude Modulation. If 28 Mhz the signal is reflected by the atmosphere during the day and lost into space at night. Salt water lets the signal bounce between atmosphere and ocean. Generaly the lower the frequency the further the distance the signal will travel. Some frequencies will have better integrity than others. Some lower frequencies will have day and evening capability.. Once a transmission occurs its likely signal detection would detect the signal.

[@brettbuck7362]

28 Mhz would have been considered ultra-short-wave in early WW II. Medium wave, then and now, was 540-1500 to 2000 khz. This would have been perfectly satisfactory for short-range communications.

[@mencken8]

So much concern about OPSEC, all the dithering about not knowing the position of the U.S. Navy forces, and the carriers were sitting in position near Midway, just waiting for the IJN to close.

[@konekillerking]

This account, that the carriers flight decks were packed, has been proven, via JPN records, to be false. See the book “Shattered Sword.”

[@drakenred6908]

The problem with this account is it seems to have a lot of "this is how it should have happened" . The problem is that photographic evidence from the B17 atack shows aostly clear flightdeck. With just a couple of fighters, probably part of the CAP. ehich seemes to mostly what was on the carriers flightdecks. The bombers of the fleet were probably below decks.

[@lashutterbug]

They were definitely below decks, as has been essentially proven in "Shattered Sword". The mathematics of the time periods for launching strikes just didn't add up in the Japanese's favor, especially when under repeated American attacks.

[@gregorygverdin9118]

Is part 6 coming soon ?

[@WW2Tales]

@gregorygverdin9118 Yes sir, in couple of minutes

[@philipmiller2618]

Read "Shattered Sword". A excellent book on Midway, from the Japanese point of view.

[@jmrodas9]

Es un buen comentario con las vivencias personales del Capitán Mitsuo Fuchida que estuvo en la Batalla a bordo del Portaviones Akagi. Es muy interesante escuchar los comentarios personales de alguien que vio las cosas con sus propios ojos, en vez de basarse en suposiciones de lo que pensaron los japoneses en esa batalla. Además el Oficial junto con otro Aviador Mastake Okumiya, tuvo a su cargo elaborar un rreporte de la Batalla, por haber quedado herido en la misma, y al elaborarlo tuvo acceso a las órdenes dadas y entrevistó a todos los participantes que sobrevivieron para hacer su historia.

[@SeattlePioneer]

I have to conclude that the high command, civilian and military, of the United States far out performed that of the Japanese in the Pacific during WWII. That high American command performed poorly early in the war, notably being caught flat footed at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. But then they recovered and performed superbly, converting the American economy to war production rapidly and highly effectively, even mobilizing the eggheads to produce new weapons such as code breaking, the proximity fuse and atomic bomb. By contrast, the Japanese high command performed poorly, beginning with the decision to go to war with the United States and continuing with poor decision making throughout the war. This video provides numerous examples of such bungling.

[@philipmiller2618]

The Aleutian attack hurt the Japanese in two ways. First, it took forces, especially carriers, away from the Midway attack. The Aleutian carriers though were not the best carriers, older and smaller, they would have still helped. Second, the captured Aleutian islands, Attu and Kiska, proved hard to supply and defend. The Aleutian sector was a Secondary Theater and didn't have to be attacked right away. It could have waited.

[@b3j8]

Is the photo of the Akagi? That's a great shot!

[@WW2Tales]

This is the photo of IJN Carrier Hiryu

[@kdrapertrucker]

No, island is on the port side, that would be Hiryu.

[@infernalone666]

Akagi's island was also port side

[@infernalone666]

But akagi had the big bow and stern struts like kaga did

[@maemorri]

I always get a chuckle out of the Japanese thinking that the Americans were helpless after the first few waves managed to inflict 0 hits. Little did they know these were the rookie pilots who barely knew how to fly and didn't even have working torpedoes. They didn't reckon on the veteran Lexington crews, led by Dick Best (AKA biggest dick in the Pacific), who singlehandedly destroyed half the Japanese carrier force.

[@barryb7682]

Kind of like the Germans thinking Russia would quickly suffer a crushing defeat.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

had family os Kwajalein various times, and the Mighty MO atArmistice! as I was Informed. Mom's DAD was a SeaBee! Another Gramps was PBY's Battle of the Atlantic, Britain and beyond.

[@noahsmith7732]

oi, where is part 6?

[@WW2Tales]

@noahsmith7732 Sir next part will be uploaded in few minutes ,thank you so much for listening

[@currentbatches6205]

Start again as YT makes no warning of losing comments if you look at another post, and this deserves (and will get) comments galore. 1) The still looks like Akagi, but it was converted from a BB. WIH are all the portholes doing there? 2) Fuchida was a self-serving liar and has to be recognized as such. 1:25 - Fuchida is (uncommonly) not lying here, but he is raising a post-hoc issue of which he has no record of earlier objection; not quite lying. 3:37 - It was an irrelevancy. 4:10 - Your location was generally known, courtesy of Yamamoto's panic reaction to the Doolittle raid. Yamamoto is to be thanked for delivering tons of data to HYPO which made the Midway operation obvious and added greatly to the US victory. Unlike Nimitz, Yamamoto was either poorly served by his intel agents, or not bright enough to understand the importance. He was a "believer" in Japanese "SPIRIT" and paid the price. Yamamoto was 'out Admiraled' by Nimitz at every turn. 6:07 - Your intel was lacking, along with the tech to deliver anything like a reliable radar; your hope of "spirit" was the evidence that you were going to lose and your leaders were lacking in the ability to understand that. 11:11 - None of the books reference '"the safety of HI"; they uniformly mention Nimitz spoiling for a fight and thinking he had one with several aces in the hole. As he did. 11:29 - No, the ones "committed" were roughly equal, if you count the island as an unsinkable CV. The "uncommitted" Japanese units, several hundred miles away, played no role' in the battle whatsoever. 13:12 - Disregarding the loss of the one cruiser, all of those might just as well have remained in port and saved fuel. 15:34 - What the enemy is capable of, not what you think/hope the enemy will do. 19:24 - A US torpedo hit the target and exploded?! Amazing! 27:02 thru 31:32 - This is 4-1/2 minutes of blatant dishonesty. Japanese doctrine had no 'multiple phase' searches until they were proposed in the de-briefs AFTER Midway. This is Fuchida lying to make himself look the ignored savior of the battle. 32:23 - The general tone of this comment is correct and lead to the Japanese failure to escort freighters or to launch sufficient anti-submarine units. 37:54 - 108 planes from 4 CVs. By now US CVs were embarking ~80 planes per. 40:23 - Sniff, sniff... We'll see how Fuchida deals with the later inability to launch strike aircraft. 41:44 - The US sure could have used a torpeker leader like that early in the war! 44:11 - Again, Fuchida is the master tactician! If only Nagumo had listened to him! Or so he claims. 47:06 and 48:26 - According to "Shattered Sword", the Japanese aircraft recovered from the first strike suggests the battle was not so one-sided. Fuchida strikes again? 56:01 - The pride of the US torpeker technology! 56:53 - OK, return to reality. Strike aircraft begin to be rearmed for shore-attack.

[@kennethferland5579]

The attack on Dutch Harbor made no sense. If they are trying to bait out the US forces to Midway then attacking another location dose nothing to aid that, it just reduces the available Japanese forces available for the Midway operation. The carriers send to Dutch Harbor were too slow to operate with the main carrier force, but they could have been with the slow transports and given them valuable aircover.

[@erichughes284]

That tugboat looks so tiny steering that huge carrier

[@user-uu5fz9vk6p]

Not a tugboat. Mooring buoy.

[@erichughes284]

@@user-uu5fz9vk6p Oh no wonder

[@nickw3867]

Wait, what happened next?

[@nancygrote742]

we should remember that these videos are memoirs only, NOT historical fact. huge difference! LOL

[@rondav41]

fuchida knew everything, to bad he was not in charge, the battle of midway would have been much different.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Nonsense.

[@maemorri]

If only Nagumo had thought to review battle reports from 2 decades in the future.

[@colleenmonfross4283]

Well, that last statement would surely prove to be very incorrect!

[@raymondstrehl3679]

The enemy was at launch too

[@Thor_Odinson]

Besides inadequate attention to aerial searches another glaring deficiency of the IJN was in shipboard damage control. With their myopic focus on "attack...attack...attack" the best officers competed for slots that fit into the attack doctrine. Damage Control was considered a "lesser" and not a path for fast promotions. My understanding is that USN officers were pretty much all cross-trained and served at least part of their time in damage control. Along with better construction practices and materials this meant that US ships were able to absorb more punishment with better survivability than their IJN counterparts. At least in the opinion of this armchair admiral.

[@Paul-zf8ob]

I was in the navy years ago. Everyone had to practice damage control the whole time I was in.

[@scottfoster3445]

I can watch vids on this channel pic in pic without premium

[@philipmiller2618]

The Aleutian attack was not a diversion. It was a compromise between the Japanese Army and Navy. The Army was concerned that the Americans would use the Aleutians to attack Japan's northern home islands. Therefore, the Japanese military decided to capture two islands in the Western Aleutians to safeguard Japan. It proved to be a mistake.

[@FatGouf]

The Japanese government had to compromise, or else the Army would assassinate somebody, or start a new coup

[@piercer2]

11 hundred miles would take just a day and a half (37 hours) at 30 knots. Expedient if you ask me

[@craigslinkman1348]

The Fuchsia account had be discredited in Japan. He lied. See Parchak and Tully's semifinal work on Midway SHATTERED SWORD.

[@michaelrivard4879]

Even if the Japanese were successful in this battle they still would have lost the war or their ideology was completely out of touch with reality

[@craigslinkman1348]

This is Rich idea's account of the battle of Midway. He lied. His account does not square with the Japanese flight logs. See Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway.

[@stevecollins5692]

Why exactly is this a video?

[@MrDino1953]

Finally, the robot narration is starting to pronounce the name of cruiser Tone more or less correctly. Is it being tweaked?

[@barryb7682]

😂AI is indeed improving. That is part of what it is designed to do. The recognition and Pronunciation of time and dates has improved significantly.

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

All this because of a malfunctioning water pump.

[@craigwilcox4403]

While this is an accurate and true tale of the happenings regarding Midway, nevertheless, I dislike videos of historic events with but a statis photo for the entire video. Videos typically show scenes of the events; this presentation does not.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

The IJN was a long way from home and we were damn Lucky. And then there was that Coral Sea thing. Third Rate amateur history buffs.

[@brettbuck7362]

Thanks for reducing the signal-to-noise ratio with a completely pointless comment.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

@brettbuck7362 thanks ! How long did it take for you draw all that together? Brilliance!

[@brettbuck7362]

@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe Outwitting you is not worth more than a few seconds, but that's more than sufficient. Dismissed, son.

[@jeffreyjacobs390]

No amount rhetoric, verbiage and British accent charm can make THE JAPANESE look noble or righteous in war. No Sale. jj

[@crapphone7744]

Amateur hour all around, except US cryptography. Japanese 25mm AA guns, useles, Brewster Buffaloes, useless. Single phase search, idiotic. Both sides had a lot to learn.