Americans Performed Brilliantly In The Marianas Battle

(Japanese Submarine Commander Part 10) Watch our video " Americans Performed Brilliantly In The Marianas Battle" and "Dive deep into the untold stories of WWII's Pacific theater with our captivating video series. Journey alongside a remarkable submarine commander as he navigates the perilous waters of wartime Japan. Immerse yourself in the riveting details of Japanese submarine warfare and the cultural complexities of this historic conflict. Join us as we uncover the incredible tales of resilience and survival against all odds and embark on an unforgettable voyage through one of history's most defining chapters."
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[@WW2Tales]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 10 of memoirs of a Japanese submarine commander , who describes submarine warfare from the Japanese point of view. Few Japanese submarine commanders survived the war, so how he lived to tell the tale is just one of the many remarkable stories. Link of the playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLGjbe3ikd0XHt1KU46Ux-8w8oAKH2U6JT Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH2sqWhmetF2r9E Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2naoHVmj5KNkLs Link of Part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4mmfmmVgaqVgas Link of Part 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qamli6icnsSGhdE Link of Part 5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZOkfnqPppKld6s Link of Part 6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/maaWf2mdqaxsn7c Link of Part 7 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZCvfWVjZc1nrqM Link of Part 8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHmtknenfbmmhK8 Link of Part 9 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmPanniifbNojK8

[@johntrumpeter4216]

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[@John-di2ki]

I have come to dearly love this series of video's. Thank you. From Iowa.....................John

[@dannycalley7777]

JD .................especially the stories from the last 2 years ???

[@supersami7748]

My first cousin served the entire war on the USS Albacore. Leaving an observation position just off a Japan it hit a mine that had been pushed into deeper water by a typhoon. That was on November 7 1944. It was finally located in February 2023 by a Japanese research vessel and verified by the US Navy. There was a memorial service for the boat and crew in the summer of 2023 at the Albacore museum.

[@dl2415]

True Heroes

[@betterlatethannever7337]

RIP, brothers.

[@johnpower8356]

Rip the albacore crew 😢 🙏 😪

[@chrisdraughn5941]

Any survivors?

[@asl48]

A proud and brave warrior for his country who wanted his galant brothers in arms to be remembered and their fates to be accurately reported. I am touched by the exhaustive details of individual subs sunk and the names of every one of their captains. The crew were all the very best of Japanese young men. A whole generation of nation builders lost. What a powerhouse of a country Japan would have been today if their foolish leaders had not led them down the wrong path.

[@pingasblobfish97]

Best channel yet!

[@johnbronski]

Amazing detailed story telling that can be cross referenced with other sources. Like "Silent Service" .

[@calc1657]

Serving in the Japanese submarine service was akin to serving in the infantry on the Eastern Front: surviving with your health intact was like winning the lottery.

[@kieranh2005]

And the U-boat force. At least they had better food.

[@davidtrindle6473]

Similar for a Nazi U-boat sailors, who experience an 80 to 90% mortality rate

[@kimmoj2570]

By orders Janenese subs lurked below the surface. Observing targets worth of "Decicive Battle" They got few significant US Navy kils, and then it pethered out. Allied aircraft radar, but in addition to that even better ASW hunting grounds. Many of Japanese subs were huge, could not manouvre worth of s.... underwater, had an pathetic max dive depth vs German subs, and on surface looked like massivive sore thumb sticking on rarad scope of American radad. Jap submarines were 3 times easier to bag compared to German boats which regulariry survived 100-200 depth charges thrown at them. 1 year later in timeframe gives allies Escort ships Hedgehog, which well used was deadly menace to even nimbler German boats, but ablosute death sentence for Japane hulks of submarines.

[@SeattlePioneer]

I am surprised by the repeated effort of the IJN to resupply and evacuate garrisons cut off in the American "island hopping" campaigns. Iwas only aware of those efforts as the Guadalcanal operation ground down to defeat for the Japanese. Now it seems that very considerable efforts were diverted from other purposes to try to keep staving garrisons alive. I wonder if US commanders were aware of the extent that their island hopping campaigns degraded the ability of Japanese submarines and other forces to attack American forces?

[@hsmedsvik]

Yes this turns out to be an "unknown" big tactical victory. I wonder if the Tokyo Express Destroyers was used for transport to a greater extent outside of Guadalcanal as well?

[@kimmoj2570]

@@hsmedsvik Not so much Tokyo Express after end of Solomons campaign. By that time IJN was dreadfully short of fleet destroyers. In addition to subs Japanese put both 14m and 17m Daihatsu landing crafts to good use in late Solomons/New England/New Guinea campaigns. Those were quite good sea boats for their size. Allied called them "barges" for some unexplainable reason. They lurked on some bay during daylight hours, and moved only during night, hauling supplies. IJN did build 20 (22 actually, last 2 were ready when war ended, but with empty fuel bunkers) No 1 class landing ships which were new build APDs, carrying several of those same Daihatsu landing crafts. They were used extensively to supply/reinforce Leyte defences through Ormoc Bay, west side of island.

[@robertsouthrey3480]

your narration is intoxicating, The time spent to research this information is over the top thanks

[@Leo_Pard_A4]

This is a book written by a Japanese Naval officer.

[@robertsouthrey3480]

@@Leo_Pard_A4 thank you i thought the information had to come from someone first hand

[@williamswenson5315]

The Kriegsmarine officers in the background are an interesting touch. They appear to be wearing the all-black officer's caps dictated for them after the Hitler assassination attempt. So, late '44 or sometime in early '45. Prior to that, a U-boat commander's cap would be the white one most are more familiar with.

[@watkinsrory]

They are Japanese

[@Chris-vz7en]

When your navy's submarine headquarters has to move into a cave.....you know things ain't going so well.

[@jaytowne8016]

The food description made me hungry

[@larryyoung5757]

It really didn’t matter if Americans were correct identifying Japanese submarines. The American anti submarine tactics and weapons were sinking them all.

[@kimmoj2570]

USS England sank 1 whole Japanese submarine squadron. Captain got embarassed after 4 kills. How about after 6 kills??

[@hydroplaneing]

"If you find yourself in a fair fight, you're doing something wrong." At least the author did not complain that the Pacific war was "unfair" with the US having radar and breaking their code. He has mentioned these advantages for the allies several times and somewhat fatalistically describes how Japan had to carry on. Must have been tough to fight knowing that you can never win and most likely will die.

[@edwardadams9358]

No mention of the hedgehog, the anti submarine weapon that was most effective, the one used that way by USS England. Those destroyers were also aided by radio intercepts and code breakers that gave the destroyer task force the precise location of the submarine picket line.

[@barrymayson2492]

Yes I was going to say the same thing. It had made a big difference in the Atlantic.

[@GolfKata]

He described the hedgehog at length, you must have missed it.

[@blindandwatching]

USS England was a submarine swatter.

[@mencken8]

The account of all the submarines used to transport cargo to Japan’s bypassed and starving troops details an exercise in futility, if there ever was one.

[@SeattlePioneer]

My---- this video details some very black days for Japanese submarines.

[@kimmoj2570]

By 1943 Japanese were nose deep on water in war they started. They got almost nothing from their sub fleet. Japanese built 38 (thirty eight) 600 to 1100 tons subs pre/during war. In Japanese yards thou were 1 and half dozen 3000+ tons white elephants which never fought in war, but they had wooden desk for Admiral to "control" his sub squadron. Germans build 900 (nine hundred) Type VII and IX class boats as an comparison.

[@kimmoj2570]

@kimmoj2570 Lunatics even built Oyodo class cruiser as submarine squadron headquarters. Propably after some sub lieutenant questioned: "how we communicate between homeland, us, and our squadron subs when we are under water in daytime, avoiding detection??"

[@kimmoj2570]

Whole IJN submarine central headquarters dying in Banzai charge in Saipan.... The stupidity is beyond imagination.

[@dalebelseth3058]

So many great outcomes for the USA

[@ligurian728]

MacArthur's success in New Guinea?? I thought that was the Anzac boys?

[@chrisdraughn5941]

The Anzac forces were under MacArthur’s command. I do believe it was a joint effort.

[@miguelservetus9534]

ANZAC troops were brave and powerful. But I never understand these types of comments. No one is disrespectful of their accomplishments. In a presentation like this, Leadership names are clearer and more efficient. Especially on a talk about submarines.

[@stischer47]

He forgot #3 - the US had the plans for Operation Ego.

[@Bob.W.]

Thanks. Notice how the author has yet to claim sinking anything?

[@Vanayr]

@@bloodybones63he goes on for 10 min discussing all the subs they lost right at the start of this episode alone.

[@johnlandrigan6578]

He lived because he transported not fighting@@Vanayr

[@mikespangler98]

When a destroyer sinks a sub in the dark or even in the daytime it's a little hard to get a positive ID. They tried to sort out who was where and probably sunk who after the war, but not all information was available, and some of what was available was wrong.

[@hsmedsvik]

@@bloodybones63no he is comparing Japanese records with US/Allied records and based on this making more accurate conclusions in his mind. Definitely worth having a look at.

[@hsmedsvik]

@@bloodybones63 this is a book from after the war, not during the war

[@MrDredd1966]

I see a few German kriegsmarine sailor's in that photo standing behind those Japanese submariners..

[@larryyoung5757]

Had the Japanese submarine force been turned west, they would have all been sunk without scoring hits. American radar and sonar was far advanced of Japanese and American anti submarine aircraft with the number of surface vessels doomed them.

[@miguelservetus9534]

What a sad waste of such wonderful humans. Imagine how Japan would have benefited if this skill had been applied to improving their country. Japans ruling class knew they could not win after Midway. Yet they bled their people to have them psychologically committed to the ‘nation and emperor’. “I wish all to be free, free from mobs as kings, from you as me. “

[@supersami7748]

I don’t want to sound like I’m criticizing someone’s eating habits but what he was describing as good food didn’t sound real good to me. These guys had to be tough!

[@flycatchful]

Why is it that Japanese submariners are a sickly bunch of seamen? Never heard this from German or American crew.

[@chuckoneill2023]

Possibly the Jap submarines were less healthy to serve aboard. I believe they had a higher casualty rate than the U.S, or even the Nazis. It does seem their high command was not much concerned with the wellbeing of the sailors, particularly the enlisted men.

[@ppumpkin3282]

Good question, maybe they had some environmental problems (e.g. not enough oxygen, exhaust fumes, air pressure).

[@chuckoneill2023]

Probably design issues. I don't think the Jap high command had much concern for crew wellbeing.

[@denniscashell2407]

ya know, brother, maybe change the screen, once in awhile,? while speaking of horrible, deaths.

[@edwardadams9358]

Just audio means you can do other tasks on other tabs.

[@ppumpkin3282]

I'm wonder if the Japanese set up a picket line off of the Panama Canal, it would seem to be a target rich enviornment.

[@Iamkcs2c]

It is interesting, the Japanese (not Yamamoto) expected / wished for the USN to sail directly all the way across the Pacific into Japanese home waters to lose in the "kentai lessen", which is exactly what the russian baltic fleet did 40 years before.

[@johnlandrigan6578]

They would run out of torpedoes too quick. Just too far from a base for gas or ammo or supplies like food, as it is. But the targets from many countries would have been there for the taking. Germans on the other side of the Canal Zone would have also been effective. @@Iamkcs2c

[@blockmasterscott]

@@Iamkcs2c They were fanatical about believing that would happen too, all the way to the end.

[@Iamkcs2c]

My comment seems like a non-sequitur xd. I had a previous comment that stated Kure was 5000 miles from San Francisco but 9000 from the Panama canal, and also that had the USN still been based in San Diego it would have been nearly impossible for the Fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor to have done a similar strike there. That's why it was odd to me that Japanese planning insisted the US would do the same trip in reverse. (instead of building intermediate bases )

[@christopherconard2831]

There were plans to fly aircraft kept stored on specially equipped subs and attack the locks on the canal. It wouldn't have shut down the Pacific campaign, but would have seriously delayed our response. It would have also delayed ships we had mothballed on the west coast getting to the Atlantic for convoy duty. But nothing really came of it. Anti-aircraft guns were added to the canal zone to make it harder. Perhaps if they tried right after the other attacks in the Pacific there could have been a greater chance of success.

[@geeeeeee3]

Wonder if this was the guy who allowed his crew to beat an allied merchant marine crew to death with hammers and pipes?

[@Iamkcs2c]

no but he mentioned that in this episode. Without all the gory details , but with the ultimate war crimes trial.

[@warrenklein7817]

Also, illuminated hospital ships were treaty protected from attacks - not so. Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was a hospital ship which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on 14 May 1943. Of the 332 medical personnel and civilian crew aboard, 268 died, including 63 of the 65 army personnel.