Why Did This Attack Have Such A Devastating Impact? (WW2 Documentary)

Shortly before 8am on 7th December 1941 the residents of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu were jolted awake by explosions as Japanese aircraft roared overhead. Unknown to them, a huge aircraft carrier strike force had approached from the north and in two waves would bomb airfields and warships across the Island and at Anchor in the major naval base at Pearl Harbor. By the time it was over, just two hours later, more than 2400 men lay dead, the Harbor was engulfed in flames, and for the Americans at least, WW2 had begun. This is that story.
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Written References:
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor - Gordon Prange
Attack on Pearl Harbor - Alan Zimm
General Sources:
US Library of Congress
US National Archives (NARA)
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Credits:
Research: Dan Hill
Script & Narration: Dan Hill
Editing: Simon James
Thumbnail Design: Linus Klassen
Music & Sound Effects: Shane Greer

[@BrownEyePinch]

Thank you for recognizing Miller with his picture in the thumbnail picture

[@BattleGuideVT]

We also feature him in the documentary. :) Such a brave man!

[@emmgeevideo]

Folks, if you love these videos, think about becoming a Patreon so that they keep coming. The level of research and the new graphics they create are stunning and do take a lot of money. Well worth a few dollars from faithful viewers.

[@JakeTheBear1]

KZbin algorithm really mean! I mean this is such a quality documentary! This deserves to be shared to the world! Another amazing video from you guys!

[@JakeTheBear1]

Hoping your team covers Battle of Manila soon... You guys are amazing!

[@BrownEyePinch]

Too bad no one took the radar report seriously

[@BattleGuideVT]

Indeed!

[@CraftySasquatch]

Inside job how all wars get started. All the world is their stage.

[@SzyMon-M98]

The US knew they were going to get attacked, but this was the best way to get America itself into the war. They just sacrificed these men

[@dicostigan1449]

In retrospect, these ships were already obselete as an effective fighting force, as the Japanese proved with their attack.

[@CraftySasquatch]

@@dicostigan1449 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stevenm3823]

When you read about what happened before the attack you'll learn that it was the enlisted men who did everything right and the officers who made all the mistakes.

[@TaskForce_Raccoon]

Is it just me, or did this video come out like a couple weeks ago? I'm getting deja vous vibes.

[@BattleGuideVT]

It did but we took it down after a couple of days due to some tightening up of the visuals and extra segments added in that we thought made the story more understandable.

[@Jadegreif]

Great video. Small nitpick, the quality/soundlevel of the commentary varies at times, little annoying at times. No big deal, doesnt distract from the great video, but wanted to give you some feedback.

[@ak9989]

Oh I have a named ww2 marine helmet with emblem to a Sgt stationed at Ewa during the attack. I obtained it from him along with all his paperwork, uniforms before he passed in 1982. He was a good friend of my dad.

[@johnnyloring2610]

You should do a video on the Falkland islands, Amazing video as always glad ive been subscribed to you

[@alex4833]

Excellent documentary. As always, I appreciate the maps and imagery that you use. As a visual learner, they were especially helpful for helping me learn more about the attack on Pearl Harbor. I hadn't seen all of the raw footage before either. I also appreciate being able to learn about Dorie Miller and Peter Tomich. Both were brave and selfless and courageous. Also, as always, great narration by Dan. Keep up the nice work.

[@ProfessorM-he9rl]

Thank you for this post, very informative.

[@cdntrooper3078]

Only 7.6k views. It pisses me off that such a good channel with such good videos get low views

[@LeSensuel]

I was watching WWII’s Pearl Harbor attack series when you uploaded this! Talk about great timing!

[@joey5318]

Not sure what is different from the first but another great KZbin video

[@Alwuwa]

Spectacular video again, guys.

[@adambaxter1248]

Brilliantly produced and scripted video as always 👍

[@14rnr]

I really like your presentations.

[@BelloBudo007]

As an Australian, with some years on the clock, I find this such a sobering event to watch & listen about. I am lost for words to even begin to describe the sorrow that I feel for those killed & injured and their families, and for the USA as a whole. It is just so tragic.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you for your comment!

[@ak9989]

I love this channel. Great work. If possible Okinawa next or the future. My dad fought there in 45 1st Marines. Now my youngest sons there. But overall great content, keep it up!😊

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks for the kind comment!

[@jordaann9480]

We need an Arnhem documentary 🤞🏼 Superb video yet again 👏🏼

[@limes2]

Perhaps about john baskeyfield

[@jordaann9480]

@@limes2 absolutely agree with this aswell 👍🏻

[@schroughphie1699]

Getting better but still needs some work. At 14:18 you put a square around X turret on the stern.

[@paulmadryga]

Despite being recommended by several Naval officers and congressmen for the Congressional Medal of Honor, Doris Miller was awarded the Navy Cross, because the Sec of the Navy at the time refused to sign off on the award of the MoH to a black serviceman.

[@moobaz8675]

That was excellent. Will you be doing anything on those that took the fight to the Japanese on the day?

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it! Something we may look at in the future.

[@xFlow150]

I'm confused. Is this a reupload?

[@BattleGuideVT]

Yes, we have added in some bits and realigned others to make it a bit better.

[@philchristmas4071]

Glad to see one of the new Ford class will be named USS Doris Miller.

[@bkjeong4302]

InB4 someone says they should have gone ahead with the third wave, which was a) not planned, b) could not have done much because the fuel storage was NOT nearly as vulnerable as Nimitz said it was, and c) was logically impossible for the Japanese to pull off.

[@larentaestamuyalta6132]

PLEASE look for 65 Infantry The Borinqueneers Heroes forgot Korea war. Thank you

[@sr633]

Listen to the information and you will know alot about what happened that day.

[@martynjones3978]

It baffles me how Dorris Miller only gets a Navy Cross for all that he did and being one of the last to leave west virginia helping to remove wounded!! Yet two officers doing there job are killed and given medals of honour for doing nothing more then what is expected of a Naval officer!!

[@phunkeehone]

Black people weren't exactly highly ranked in society back then. But the top dogs probably knew that they had to do something, they couldn't just let it slide.

[@metuberob]

this was tragic but the americans got carried away with their military pride ... oh they'll never attack us .. they fear us as we are so big and strong ... booom boom boom ... aw crap they really attacked us ...

[@lap125]

Peter Tomich was Croat from Prolog, what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. He spoke Serbo-Croatian not German. If you don’t wanna call him American after all he did, at least don’t insult him by calling him Austrian.

[@BernhardtBauer]

Might just be laziness on the youtube channel's part, referring to Austri-Hungary simply as 'Austria'. That being said, I do get your point.

[@user-ih8fw7bu5p]

❤😂😂🎉🎉😢😢😮😅

[@mikes7639]

That was a BIG mistake it cost the Japanese several city’s and almost all their ships

[@gitfoad8032]

Just, "No".

[@olafkliemt1145]

ah, still the mainstream narrative.

[@BrownEyePinch]

Glad you were there to share your experience with us

[@rodintoulouse3054]

Please enlighten us…

[@breamoreboy]

Which one are you going to give us, the "British tracked the Japanese right across the Pacific Ocean but Churchill ordered that the USA shouldn't be told to get them into the war" line?

[@dashdastardly]

look up kilsoo Haan (a Korean allied agent) and his warnings, pre-attack. The CIA made the documents relating to him, his organisation and the warnings public information