Battle of Cape Esperance - Pacific War #46 DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues. In our last episode, we covered the direct aftermath of the key Battle of Edson’s Ridge, the second Japanese offensive in Guadalcanal that caused so many losses for the invaders that it’s today remembered as the Battle of the Bloody Ridge. Because of this major defeat and because they started to feel like they were losing the initiative against their enemies, the Japanese then began to prioritize the Guadalcanal theater, sending almost 17500 men in their characteristic Tokyo Express to finally win what they perceived to be the most decisive battle of the Pacific War. Today, we are going to cover the American attempt to intercept the Japanese express runs during the Battle of Cape Esperance, as well as the recent developments in the air warfare over the Aleutian Islands.
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#1 - Pearl Harbor: • Attack on Pearl Harbor...
#2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: • Japanese Invasion of M...
#3 - Japanese attack Guam, Wake, the Philippines: • Japan Attacks Everywhe...
#4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: • Japan Continues Attack...
#5 - Wake Island: • Fall of Wake Island - ...
#6 - Kampar: • Battle of Kampar - Pac...
#7 - Slim River: • Battle of Slim River -...
#8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: • Battle for the Dutch E...
#9 - Invasion of New Britain: • Invasion of New Britai...
#10 - Fall of Malaya: • Fall of Malaya - Pacif...
#11 - Makassar: • Battle of Makassar Str...
#12 - Fall of Singapore: • Fall of Singapore - Pa...
#13 - Invasion of Sumatra: • Japanese Invasion of S...
#14 - Invasion of Timor: • Japanese Invasion of T...
#15 - Fall of Java: • Fall of Java - Pacific...
#16 - Fall of Rangoon: • Fall of Rangoon - Paci...
#17 - US Response to Pearl Harbor: • How the US Responded t...
#18 - Tojo: Bringing Japan Into The Pacific War: • Hideki Tojo: Bringing ...
#19 - Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean: • Japanese Raids in the ...
#20 - Fall of Bataan & The Bataan Death March: • Fall of Bataan & The B...
#21 - Doolittle Raid: • Doolittle Raid: Americ...
#22 - Japanese Advance on Burma Road: • Japanese Advance on Bu...
#23 - Australia's Pearl Harbor: • Australia's Pearl Harb...
#24 - Battle of the Coral Sea: • Battle of the Coral Se...
#25 - Fall of the Philippines: • Fall of the Philippine...
#26 - Fall of Burma: • Fall of Burma - Pacifi...
#27 - Operation Sei-Go: • How Japan Responded to...
#28 - Midway: • Battle of Midway - Pac...
#29 - Japanese Invasion of Alaska: • Japanese Invasion of A...
#30 - Japanese Attack on Sydney: • Japanese Attack on Syd...
#31 - MacArthur and the Philippines Disaster: • How MacArthur Caused t...
#32 - Attacks New Guinea: • Japan Attacks New Guin...
#33 - Biological Warfare in China: • Japanese War Crimes: B...
#34 - Japan Attacks the Continental United States: • Japan Attacks the Cont...
#35 - Invasion of Buna-Gona: • Invasion of Buna-Gona ...
#36 - Kokoda: • Battle of Kokoda - Pac...
#37 - Invasion of Solomon Islands: • Invasion of Solomon Is...
#38 - Savo Island: • Battle of Savo Island ...
#39 - Raid on Makin Island: • Raid on Makin Island -...
#40 - Battle of Eastern Solomons: • Battle of Eastern Solo...
#41 - Isurava: • Australia's Thermopyla...
#42 - Milne Bay: • Battle of Milne Bay - ...
#43 - Bloody Ridge: • Battle of the Bloody R...
#44 - Ioribaiwa: • Battle of the Ioribaiw...
#45 - Matanikau: • Battle of Matanikau - ...
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[@josephsarra4320]

I almost forgot, do you mind fixing your playlist and put episode 23 between episode 22 and 24, because otherwise the playlist will be disorganized? Thank you, and also, you can look up in KZbin by typing “pacific war week by week supplementary content” and you’ll find a playlist there which provides context for the pacific war which happens before & during the war, you should check it out.

[@stewartsingal4599]

Please make new video about star wars in wizards and warriors, and also do not stop to make new all modern warfare in kings and generals because i love your video, thanks. ❤️

[@jacksonpettit4690]

Wow you should add the spec ops missions organized by Australia and New Zealand that would show how this was the Pacifics darkest hour.

[@lincolnlog5977]

For future reference “Boise” is pronounced like “Boisie” kind of like the word daisy. It’s the capital of Idaho

[@robertpalomar8870]

Can you Go to The History of the World because he has Anazing Content and you must visit his Patreon Account now.

[@blockmasterscott]

Solomon Campaign=blindfolded knife fight in a phone booth.

[@92Psyco]

Japanese night fighting was generally superior to US in this period. However as we will soon see, radar will give the USN an insurmountable advantage going forward, but only after the admirals learnt to fully exploit it

[@Zogerpogger]

Made me laugh. I guess the battle of Savo Island was when the Japanese entered the phone booth, getting a good strike in?

[@oakiesmokie5991]

I like this post hope it gets loads of likes. Also a Good way of summing up the UK government after boris as well

[@apexnext]

@@oakiesmokie5991 any better with Truss? _Pork Markets!_ 🐷

[@oakiesmokie5991]

@@apexnext remember rember the 5th of November, gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why gunpowder and treason should ever be forgot.

[@wolfu597]

The Japanese were so confident in their nighttime naval supremacy around Guadalcanal, that Goto's bombardment force had prematurely loaded their guns with high explosive shells, in anticipation of the shelling of Henderson field. Which cost them precious time when Scotts Task Force 64 suddenly opened up on them.

[@wolfu597]

@@TricksterPoi Can't argue with that, but it showed to the Japanese that their IJN were not the sole masters of the sea during the night. Furthermore, whereas the Japanese are relying heavily on night binoculars, the US Navy are now steadily improving their night fighting capabilities by using radar. And we're up for more incidents such as this one in the coming months. But this battle was the payback for what happened at Savo Island back in august.

[@wolfu597]

@@TricksterPoi The reason why the USN were so far behind when it came to night fighting, was because, in the early 30's, at the beginning of the Great Depression, the Navy decided to cancel all nighttime drills in order to avoid unnecessary damage, (and costs I presume) to their ships. And to add insult to injury, they also decided to discontinue the mounting of torpedo launchers on US cruisers, thereby forcing them to rely solely on their guns. While nations like the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the Empire of Japan continued to mount torpedoes on their cruisers. (And as we have seen throughout this series, Japanese warships were much more in favor of using torpedoes than their guns.)

[@wolftamer5463]

A similar thing happened in the first and second Naval Battles of Guadalcanal. Incendiary shells made messes of the San Francisco’s and South Dakota’s superstructures and bridges.

[@chiron14pl]

The USS Boise is named after Boise, Idaho. It's pronounced "boy'-see" by folks in western US

[@tomf.2327]

Hello! American Pilot Louis Edward Curdes also shot down German, Japanese, and Italian planes. He also has an American Ariel victory shooting down a transport plane causing it to ditch in the sea instead of landing on a Japanese held island. One of the passengers was his future wife :)

[@tomf.2327]

@Kings and Generals - might be a fun item to use when you get to the later part of the Pacific

[@LORDssPL]

Interesting fact Pilot Witold Aleksander Urbanowicz shot down a lot of Germans in 1940 and in 1942 he was a guest in China, he flew the 75th Fighter Squadron and shot down 2 Nakajima Ki-44s.

[@tomf.2327]

@@LORDssPL wow! Thank you so much for sharing this one as well!

[@apexnext]

I wonder if the video meant that up until this point he was the only allied pilot to earn that. Either way Louis Edward Curdes story is wild! Unbelievable he had to shoot down an American plane. 😂 And the story of his wife is amazing too. This world is wild. 😁

[@DaFroBroforeal]

Wow, what a baller. I wonder how that courtship went, lol. 😅

[@TrailBlazer65]

18:03 Not so sure about this one. Plenty of Australian pilots served in both the European and Pacific Theatres and shot down aircraft from all three main axis powers. Clive Caldwell for example had German, Italian and Japanese victories all to his name. Some British and American pilots also served in both theatres and a few would have undoubtedly shot down both German and Japanese aircraft during their service.

[@Qba86]

Let's not forget the Flying Tigers. At least one member, Witold Urbanowicz was already an ace following the Battle of Britain (where he served as the leader of Polish 303 Squadron), with multiple German kills. During his time with the Flying Tigers he also shot down two Japanese Ki-44s.

[@Wayne.J]

2 May 1943 air battle over Darwin was the debut of Spitfires in Pacific with Fighter Command Veterans. Next 6 months they defended NT from 3rd Air Group's Zeroes

[@billwang4181]

William Howard was an ace in two theaters. Six kills against the Japanese with the Flying Tigers, the six with the 8th Air Force against the Luftwaffe. He won the medal of honor over Europe.

[@TheJoeysmom]

MORE! GIVE US MORE!!!! We hereby demand the release of a new video, the length, quality, and content shall remain the same as current videos, every 12 hours. Seriously, you guys are doing an awesome job here. I have always felt that I could speak intelligently about events in WWII, but those opening weeks of the Pacific War were just brushed over when I was a kid. Thank you for a clear and concise description of events.

[@Zogerpogger]

I'm so glad Kings and Generals and Zakuan Musa (Vector Historia) decided to collaborate! I really liked Musa's videos, having watched them years ago when they were published, and was hoping to see him return to KZbin at some point. I never expected Kings and Generals to bring him onto their team as the main animator for this series, an extremely pleasant surprise and an excellent decision. Overall The Pacific War has been a great joy to watch, and I hope this partnership continues even after Japan's surrender.

[@apexnext]

I actually didn't know that! Thanks for the info. 😎👍

[@Zogerpogger]

@@apexnext Sure thing, I highly recommend you check out the Vector Historia channel, as it has animations and discussion that goes beyond what is covered in the liimted time Kings and Generals has for each weekly video.

[@docbailey3265]

Thanks!

[@williamallen63]

Thanks for covering the Alaska theater. The worst enemy for both sides was the weather.

[@polecat7377]

Great video, one minor nitpick, the USS Helena is pronounced Hel-en-uh after the State Capital of Montana. Being a Helena native, I know this is a common mistake. The USS Boise is also pronounced Boi-zee.

[@garyhendrick4391]

That Ode was pretty epic though. Shots fired

[@chrisdebeyer1108]

Brilliant Series. Fantastic Overview of Strategies, Commanders, Tactics and Individual Actions. Slight surprise at 18.00. Good to see about The RCAF Squadron Leader Achievement! However Squadron Leader Caldwell of the RAAF (Royal Australian AirForce) also was successful against Nazis in The Middle East and also against The Imperial Japanese Navy? AirWing over Darwin Region Northern Australia. There may well be others….

[@LORDssPL]

Interesting fact Pilot Witold Aleksander Urbanowicz shot down a lot of Germans in 1940 and in 1942 he was a guest in China, he flew the 75th Fighter Squadron and shot down 2 Nakajima Ki-44s.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you K&G . 🐺

[@cseniorcjunior43]

I am addicted to this series. Seriously, the quality of videos that you guys pumped out is unmatched. KEEP IT UP!

[@jamesmaddison4546]

My grandfather fought at Guadalcanal. He was a Signals Intel Officer with the US Army in the 6th army special reconnaissance unit. Member of the group who went and scouted the prison camp that held the pow's from the Bataan death march, in advance for the raid at cabanatuan to liberate them. They tapped into the comm lines after they got what intel they needed for the raid. He had so many insane stories, but he never talked about it at all until his final few weeks in the V.A hospital. He passed away from blood cancer, I spent alot of time just me and him talking about the war, some things he said literally made my jaw drop, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Part of me felt so sad that my whole life I had no idea how incredible of a man he was given everything he did in the war, but that's how heroes are isn't it. No bravado, no ego etc. I am glad though that in the end, I learned it all from him

[@williamthompson5190]

Mine did too! USS Mccalla

[@92Psyco]

Can't wait for the 2 big night battles! Some of the most brutal surface fighting of the campaign, and the US finally snatching victory from the jaws of defeat Also, small nitpick, USS San Francisco was a New Orleans class, not a Pensacola class

[@danny117fc]

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[@danny117fc]

watch his channel he has done the night battles of the canal its amazing

[@Zogerpogger]

@@danny117fc Are you talking about Vector Historia? I love that channel.

[@danny117fc]

@@Zogerpogger no click on the link mate thats one of his videos, i haven't heard of vector historia but i will look it up now

[@neilwilson5785]

This series is so good.

[@SirHenryMaximo]

General Buckner's poem was actually quite funny!

[@doanphat1480]

Anyone remember that battle from Battlestations Pacific? The 2nd Mission from the US Campaign

[@joncold]

15:43 Still cannot beat Dogmeat General's poem 😂.

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@johnmoore9404]

Love the graphics and video with narrative story.

[@louievelayo4100]

*MURAKUMO! FUBUKI! FURUTAKA! LOOK AWAY, Y'ALL DON'T WANNA SEE HOW YOU GUYS SUNK!* I will have your head for this, Aoba... Aoba: What did I do?...

[@minoru5760]

Brilliant movie as always. Didn't think there was explain of the IJN night vision in the scene of the Battle of Cape Esperance. K&G always amazes me with their attention to detail. Thank you.

[@Saintironarm]

its not a movie...

[@chickenfist1554]

Major-General Buckner's poem was awesome haha

[@bf61marc35]

On land and sea, the japanese were having a bad Aoba day

[@jasonsullivan5896]

Great series. Nicely done. Theres alot im learning about the Pacific War that I didnt know about. I recently saw a documentary about events that happened on mainland Australia that alot of people may not know about. The largest escape of POW during the war at Cowra, the Battle of Brisbane between Australian and American service men and the American GI found guilty of a series of murders in Melbourne. Hopefully this series will touch on these subjects in the future. The Cowra Breakout alone could be its own episode. Incredible event.

[@jaythompson5102]

FYI Boise is pronounced BOY-ZEE Amazing video just one super minor thing Is thought I'd bring up in case it's a thing in the future.

[@dawfydd]

Butler is low key a chad for writing a poem slaming this meek commander LOL

[@xylomeat9913]

6:00 " Sinking EIGHT allied cruisers and three destroyers without a loss". Four were lost in the first battle off Savo Island. Since this was the first battle since Savo, when and where were the other four sunk? can you name them?

[@lucasespinola5076]

I'm glad to see another video at the beginning of the week. Keep up the good work!

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks for a great series so far!

[@moalzaben5554]

The American torpedo was it the mk-14 I think, the one that was launched from the Buchanan and struck the furutaka was an extremely lucky hit considering the contact pistols don’t work, always resulting in duds and premature detonations

[@sargesacker2599]

Mk 14 torpedos are sub launched weapons, the surface ships used Mk 15 torpedoes. Both were equally garbage.

[@moalzaben5554]

@@sargesacker2599 thanks for reminding me dude and yes both were extremely trash, they get launched then pray they hit, goddamn circle runners

[@Nyx_2142]

@@sargesacker2599 Garbage is an understatement. The fact that some submarines would fire their entire arsenal of Mk. 14s and get a 100% dud rate is insane.

[@jeffmcdonald4225]

This has become my favorite series. Thanks so much for making it.

[@TheHistoryofThings]

Vector Historia and KaG? Literally the first in top 10 anime crossovers.

[@dougmoore8761]

Great series! Love your work.

[@nathang5630]

This has been my favorite series so far and I watch all your videos!

[@NeilABliss]

This is a fantastic series. I'd also like to say that your more current timeline videos may not be "news" but they are are way more informative than the "News" giving details that the regular media just doesn't.

[@jeremyromero2000]

Better than news imo

[@jtarchitecture8939]

Great series! I check this channel every day for new content.

[@somewhere6]

Love the detail!

[@confusionstudios400]

I always love your videos and am getting some Lego history sets to make some videos based off your stories. Keep it up!

[@CptChaosSidekick]

2 episodes in one week!!

[@dominicguye8058]

Good Lord the pettiness between Buckner and Theobald 😆

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

USN: It’s over Japan! I have the high ground!

[@theawesomeman9821]

IJN: you under-estimate my power...

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

Interesting video. Im interested where you learn these stuff. Thank you for being such a great historical youtuber.

[@carveraugustus3840]

Great stuff here. Also enjoyed some Conan the Barbarian stuff on the other channel, so thank you for that

[@420JackG]

The Conan stuff is very good and much appreciated

[@flyingeagle3898]

This battle was super interesting

[@camberweller]

Great stuff, as always. Just a friendly suggestion on American ship placename pronunciation. Pretty much every city etc. which has a ship named after it also has as a youtube channel for its local newscasts. That will provide you with an infallibly correct means of pronunciation for that particular ship's particular town (or whatever). The Yanks pronounce "Boise" as "Boysee", for example. 👍

[@dcpack]

Same comment I was about to make. Exceptional videos. And Adak is Ai-dak with a long A sound.

[@soonerboomer2947]

Americans, by and large, call the city in Idaho BOYzee. I wasn't aware that the inhabitants of the city prefer BOYsee until just now. Learn something new every day, I guess. 🤓

[@apexnext]

I can't wait for Devin to say Arkansas. 😁

[@jayfrank1913]

USS Helena = Helen-uh, Helena is the capital of the State of Montana, one of the smaller, most isolated capital cities in the States.

[@jayfrank1913]

@@a05odst62 And doing it politely. The shock of it all (that's American for "quelle horreur!").

[@andrewsiddons6038]

"Ode to Theobald" is possibly the greatest thing I've ever read.

[@tanvark100]

Duncan making Leeroy Jenkins proud!

[@Purushottamchaturvedi]

Mind blowing and so informative video

[@alexius23]

The time when Japan & the USA were fighting as equal. The USN & IJN mostly fought a nighttime War.

[@CSSVirginia]

Yes, because IJN surface units couldn't operate near Henderson Field during daylight.

[@alexius23]

@@CSSVirginia as Samuel Elliot Morrison put it, “the Rising Sun never met its namesake”

[@CSSVirginia]

@@alexius23 Dang, that's a good line!

[@alexius23]

@@CSSVirginia Even before the War Morrison was a renown historian. Shortly after Pearl Harbor he reached out to FDR to write the history of the Naval War as it was happening. The President gave him a naval commission & in the end Morrison wrote a 14 volume set of the Naval History of WW2. I fully grant that more information has come out since the books were written. Still, no one has written history with such breath.

[@pgakagi]

A correction: Kenneth Boomer was not only pilot to claim both german and japanese planes. If he was first then you are most likely right. Other pilot who shot down both german and japanese planes was polish ace and commander Witold Urbanowicz and most likely there were more pilots with victories both in Europe/Africa and Pacific.

[@jaydeepcharan8958]

Please make video on all 4 indo-pak wars and 1962 indo-china war

[@lafeelabriel]

As a side note, episode 15 of Kyokujitsu no Kantai has a USN "Admiral Scott" leading a US fleet that helps the IJN Atlantic Fleet. While never explicitly stated as such, part of me likes to think it was none other than Norman Scott.

[@ae3464]

Letsgoooo 5 battles of Guadalcanal yayyy

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nicely done video

[@secritweapin2371]

It would be appreciated if a scale was provided for reference, for troop movement. Great channel!

[@markusskram4181]

Great Video !

[@lonnyford1186]

My Great Uncle was lost in the battle of Cape Esperance . Was awarded the Navy Cross and later a Butler class destroyer was named after him. The USS Lloyd E Acree

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Great video as always! I'd be really interested in countries history

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

🥰🥰nice documentary 👌.

[@moalzaben5554]

I remember reading that an American shell struck one of the torpedo tubes on the furutaka setting the ship ablaze thus the American warships didn’t really need their search lights because of the intensity of those flames

[@jonbaxter2254]

Love me some naval battles

[@cletus223]

@10:45 we pronounce it "Bew cannon" not "Buh cannon" in the U.S.

[@420JackG]

Adak means "birthplace of the big winds", I believe. It really feels like the edge of the world.

[@pretzel_cat]

Adak feels like the edge of the world...until those big winds cause you to get diverted to Shemya 😅

[@runningbear8895]

Cool

[@dclark142002]

FYI - Boise is pronounced (Boy-Zee).

[@gab1172]

Doc about the USSLiberty pls

[@muhammads.a.m4727]

Please make a video on DKM Bismarck

[@Warmaker01]

MGen Simon Buckner Jr would go on to command Tenth United States Army late in the war. Originally it was tasked to prepare for the invasion of Formosa, but it got switched to Okinawa. Buckner would have 4 US Army infantry divisions and 3 US Marine Corps divisions, as well as his own organic air force, also a mix of Army and Marine units. Unfortunately Buckner would meet his end at Okinawa. He had a penchant for rolling up to the frontlines to visit units with his 3 star flag flying on his vehicle. Units didn't like that because that attracted artillery from the Japanese, usually after Buckner left. Another visit he was wearing his helmet with his 3 stars on it, and only stopped when a Marine outpost far ahead messaged back that they could clearly see it. Eventually the Japanese got it right, and an artillery shell struck the area near him, killing him. IIRC, he was the senior most US military officer to die from enemy fire in WWII. Buckner died only a few days before the battle ended. On his passing, Marine MGen Roy Geiger took command of Tenth Army, marking the only time a Marine officer has been in command of a field army of the United States, usually that's an Army officer. Buckner had a pretty decent war time service. He handled business well in Alaska and the Aleutians, and his Tenth Army in Okinawa fought a very grueling battle to victory.

[@piotrzbies8683]

5:58 Fun fact: Nippon Kogaku company is currently known as Nikon

[@jaydeepcharan8958]

Also i like third battle of panipat video, make independent video on Peshwa bajiroa 1st, who in modern times praise by field Marshal Bernard Montgomery as "best cavalry General of india"

[@maxjiro25]

pacific Serie is legit amazing

[@ajac009]

Battletech.. do battletech!

[@gerrard1661]

What is the music used in this episode? Thanks!

[@hardcore476]

Your Scott pic is form world of warships legends 😉

[@kakitakenzo5013]

One statement needs to be corrected, there are more Allied pilots who have won victories against the Germans / Italians and the Japanese. Some were transferred from service in the Pacific or Asia to Europe or Africa - others in the reverse order. Although there were not many of them, it is enough to mention a few of the most famous: Witold Aleksander Urbanowicz, Brigadier General, Polish Army pilot, Wing Commander of the Royal Air Force, fighter ace, memoirist, commander of the 303 Squadron. The only WWII pilot to shoot down enemy planes from the: USSR, Germany and Japan. As a pilot, he flew in the squadrons: 113 and then 111 "Kościuszkowski". After the unit was temporarily transferred to a base near the border with the USSR with the task of repelling WWS reconnaissance aircraft violating Polish airspace, Urbanowicz had his first air combat victory in August 1936 when repeated warnings did not give any result, he was to shoot down a plane, reconnaissance R-5, responding to its gunner hostile fire. This and other incidents in which he maintained an uncompromising, "undiplomatic" attitude (including the harsh treatment of Willy Messerschmitt, caught spying near a Polish military hangar) decided to transfer him to Dęblin as a pilot instructor (where he received his nickname - " Cobra"). Many famous World War II aces gained their first lessons under his leadership. The war found Urbanowicz during air exercises at the school in Dęblin, flying on an old PZL P.7a fighter in the "Ułęż" group, together with other instructors from the school. When his plane was destroyed on the ground, he was ordered to bring a group of cadets to Romania, from where he was to pick up the new Morane-Saulnier MS.406 and Hurricane planes allegedly delivered there. Due to the failure to deliver of those planes to Romania by Allied France and UK, Urbanowicz returned from the border to Poland to continue the fight. He was captured then by a Red Army unit that attacked Poland along with the Germans at September 17, as part of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, but he manage to escaped with two wounded non-commissioned officers that same evening, and after three days joined his unit in Romania, from where they were soon transported to France. At the end of January 1940, Urbanowicz was among a group of pilots who accepted the invitation to join the British RAF squadrons and moved to Great Britain. As a pilot of No. 145 Fighter Squadron RAF, Urbanowicz began operational flights in the Battle of Britain on August 4. On August 8, he shot down the first Messerschmitt Bf 109. On August 11, he shot down another one, but this victory was not included in the official statistics by the polish authorities. On August 12, he shot down a Ju 88. On August 21, he took command of the "A" squadron in the Polish 303 Squadron. On September 6, he shot down a Bf 109 piloted by Hauptmann Joachim Schlichting, commander of III./JG 27. On September 7, while still holding the rank of lieutenant, he was appointed commander of the 303 Squadron. On that day, in an attack on a flight of about 40 bombers, he shot down a Dornier Do 17 and probably another Bf 109. On September 15, on the day considered by many to be decisive in the outcome of the Battle of Britain, he led the squadron attack on a formation of 60 bombers protected by fighters, scored two more Do 17s downed. On September 25, he shot down a Heinkel He 111, and the next day achieved his record of 4 planes shot down in one day - 2 Ju 88s, a Bf 109 and a Bf 110. He repeated the feat three days later, shooting down three 109s and one To 17. For some time he worked in the command of the 11th Fighter Group, and from April 15 to June 1, 1941 he commanded the 1st Polish Fighter Wing. In the fall of 1942, he was delegated to Washington as the deputy air attaché at the Polish embassy. In September 1943, he meet General Claire Channault the commander of the famous AVGs better known as the "Flying Tigers", being a fighter pilot at heart wanted to fly and fight again, so he joined (as a guest) the American 14th Air Force fighting on the Chinese front. On 23 October 1943, he was assigned to the famous 75th Fighter Squadron of the 23rd Air Group, known as the "Flying Tigers". As a pilot of this unit, flying the P-40N Kittyhawk, the Pole made his mark in the Battle of Changde, escorting bombers and transport planes. On December 11 over Nanchang airfield, he shot down 2 Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 'Oscar' (these kills were officially credited), one of them being shot down from the tail of his commander's P-40 which saved his life. Probably they could also be Nakajima Ki-44 aircraft. Officialy he ranks second in the classification of Polish World War II fighter aces, credited with 17 definite and one probable aerial victories: 15 German (all during BoB, placing himself among the top ten pilots of the Battle of Britain) and 2 Japanese, for diplomatic reasons and the tense situation before the outbreak of WWII, the shooting down over the USSR plane was never officialy credited. But his aerial victories account was higher. In his memoirs, Urbanowicz himself gave an answer to the questions bothering historians about the list of his kills: “I was asked many times about my record of shooting down during the Second World War. Different sources give different numbers, so I'm presenting the facts: In the Battle of Britain I shot down 17 planes, in the Far East 11, of which 6 planes were shot down during combat, and 5 planes during attacks on Japanese airfields in China and Taiwan, at the time of take-off or landing." These victories, like in case of many other pilots, were not counted only because they were scored far behind enemy lines and were difficult to confirm by Allied intelligence. The Polish commission, on the other hand was very strict and didn't recognize air kills gained over the enemy airfield as "air victories" but only as "destroyed on the ground". Louis Edward "Lou" Curdes was an American flying ace of the USAAF during World War II and one of only three American pilots with the rare distinction of shooting down an aircraft from each of the big-three Axis air forces: German, the Italian and Japanese air forces. When he arrived in the Mediterranean he was assigned to the 82nd Fighter Group, 95th Fighter Squadron equipped with a P-38 Lightning. He quickly got to work, dispatching three Bf 109s and damaging a fourth in one day over Tunisia, in April 1943. Less than a month later he shot down another two Bf 109s, making him a flying ace after just a few weeks of combat. Over the next two months, Curdes shot down an Italian Macchi C.202 over Sardinia and two Bf 109s over Italy. While thundering through the skies over Italy in late August he was bested in combat and shot down, potentially by skilled German ace Franz Schieß. He was sent to a POW camp near Rome, but luckily for Curdes Italy signed an armistice with the Allies after just a few days in captivity. Curdes managed to escape the camp and was sent back to Fort Wayne in the US, but eventually wanted to return back to active duty. This was the start of his time in the Pacific theater. He was assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron and 3rd Air Commando Group in August 1944. This time he was given the newer and more capable P-51 Mustang, which he named “Bad Angel.” The ace participated mostly in ground-attack missions against the Japanese and protected Allied movements and shipping. In early 1945 he and his P-51 encountered and shot down a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-46 southwest of Taiwan. Shooting down your future wife : On February 10, Curdes was flying in a squadron with three other aircraft flown by lieutenants Schmidtke, Scalley, and La Croix. On their return home the squadron split in two; Curdes and Schmidtke, and La Croix and Scalley. As La Croix and Scalley passed over the island of Batan, they came across a small airfield in Japanese hands and attacked it, while calling for reinforcements. During the fight, La Croix was shot down and ditched in the sea, but survived the crash. Curdes flew circles above La Croix while they waited for a rescue aircraft. During the wait, a large aircraft started its final approach towards the airfield. Curdes investigated the aircraft and realized it was an American C-47 transport plane. He tried to contact the aircraft, which was about to land on the airfield but received no response. He flew in front of it in the hopes it would change its course, but it continued on toward the Japanese base. He assumed that the aircraft did not know it was a Japanese airfield and that they were better off crashing than being captured. Curdes quickly decided that he was to shoot the C-47 down. He precisely targeted just the aircraft’s engines, forcing it to crash into the sea. Fortunately, the aircraft made a gentle landing and everyone on board survived. La Croix managed to make his way to their lifeboat, where they explained to him that the C-47 was lost, out of fuel and its radio was malfunctioning. Curdes himself was now nearly out of fuel, so he returned back to base but guided a PBY flying boat out the next morning that collected the group. Everyone lived to tell the tale. But the story doesn’t finish there. Of the dozen people on board, the downed C-47 were two nurses. Coincidentally, one of these nurses, Svetlana Valeria, had been on a date with Curdes the night before he shot her aircraft down. Valeria and Curdes would marry on April 13, 1946 In total, Curdes shot down seven German Bf 109s, an Italian Macchi C.202 fighter, a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-46 reconnaissance aircraft and an American Douglas C-47 Skytrain. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice and a Purple Heart.

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Clive Robertson Caldwell, DSO, DFC & Bar was the leading Australian air ace of World War II. He is officially credited with shooting down 28.5 enemy aircraft in over 300 operational sorties, including an ace in a day. In addition to his official score, he has been ascribed six probables and 15 damaged. Caldwell flew Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks and Kittyhawks in the North African Campaign and Supermarine Spitfires in the South West Pacific Theatre. He was the highest-scoring P-40 pilot from any air force and the highest-scoring Allied pilot in North Africa. Caldwell also commanded a RAF squadron and two RAAF wings. On August 29, 1941, during a duel with a Bf 109, he shot down one of the Germans and forced the other - ace Werner Schroer to flee. Alone, with a hundred bullet holes of various calibers, wounded, he successfully reached the base. This was not his only victory over the Luftwaffe Experten! Although he flew the aircraft that was outgoing the Bf 109, he shot down two more that year: on November 23, Wolfgang Lippert, and on December 24, Erbo Graf von Kageneck. Earlier, on December 5, during one flight, five Ju 87 Stukas fell victim to it. So Caldwell was not only an ace per se, but also an ace of the day! He was promoted and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. At the start of the new year 1942, Squadron Leader Clive Caldwell was appointed to lead the upgraded P-40 Kittyhawk of the 112th 'Shark' Fighter Squadron RAF Shark Squadron. In an independent command position, Killer was not idle, leading the unit to successive victories. He won them himself, such as on February 21, when he knocked down another ace, Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt. At that time, in the 112th Squadron, under the orders of the Australian, Polish pilots served, who honored him with the famous 'Gapa' Polish Pilot Badge, and later Caldwell was awarded the Polish Cross of Valor. On April 23, 1942, Clive Caldwell scored his 22nd and last victories in the desert. He returned to Australia to fight the Japanese in the colors of the RAAF. There he took command of the 1st Fighter Wing, flew the Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC. Despite the initial difficulties in the new conditions, as well as the poor experience of the pilots, Killer himself scored further victories over the Pacific. Caldwell scored what was to be his last aerial victory, a Mitsubishi Ki-46 "Dinah" of the 202nd Sentai, over the Arafura Sea on 17 August 1943. He claimed a total of 6.5 Japanese aircraft shot down, giving him a final score of 28.5 shot down German, Italian and Japanese planes. Dean Samuel "Diz" Laird was the only U.S. Navy ace to have combat victories in both the Pacific and European theaters of World War II. He served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Laird shot down 5.75 enemy aircraft in combat and he damaged an additional plane. Two of his kills were German planes: A Ju-88 and a He-115 in October 1943 near Norway. The other kills were Japanese planes so Laird has the distinction of being the only Navy ace to have scored air victories against both Germany and Japan.[6] He flew F4F Wildcat and then F6Fs and was assigned from November 1942 to March 1943, to the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4). November 1944 to March 1945 he was assigned to the USS Essex (CV-9). He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions on February 7, 1945. Laird was escorting bomber planes which were attacking heavily defended Japanese aircraft engine factories. He shot down two Japanese planes during that mission near Tokyo, Japan. Laird flew 138 fighter missions during World War II. and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Congressional Gold Medal, among other honors.

[@christophercrowley9873]

Could you please, please do the raid on Baltimore in west Cork in Ireland in 1631CE

[@vitorpereira9515]

Please, do an episode about the legend of Prester John.

[@vitorpereira9515]

@@ChevyChase301 Oh... thank you.

[@firstcynic92]

11:30. Boise is pronounced boy-zee, not boyss.

[@kiankier7330]

so this is a side note to your wizards and Warriors, but which version of star wars galactic are you covering? Disney or EU?

[@kiankier7330]

@@origami83 sorry to say, but Atollon, Lothal, and Scarif are not EU, I am unsure about their videos on Yavin and Hoth, I will have to watch to see if they are using info from EU books

[@kiankier7330]

@@origami83 if is the disney version, then I have no interest in them time for some Manda-LORE and EckhartsLadder

[@Hasi105]

How did the kinugasa so well?

[@jaydenclowers2616]

Discuss Indonesia's role in the Pacific war

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Can you make a video for Kürşat and 40 soldiers 41 people attacked the Chinese palace

[@zobblewobble1770]

11:24 Pronunciation Correction: Boise rhymes with “noisy” not “choice “

[@doanphat1480]

At least the US Navy did managed to avenge their disastrous defeat at the Battle of Savo Island, despite it was not a major victory

[@theawesomeman9821]

America's navy was the best during WWII

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@@theawesomeman9821 It became the best during WW2 through hard-won experience, superior technology, excellent ships and sheer numbers. In 1942, the US Navy was distinctly inferior to the Imperial Japanese Navy and British Royal Navy in many respects. Besides Midway, 1942 was a year of endless defeat for the US Navy.

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@@Cailus3542 Exactly, the US Navy would lose 2 more carriers during the Solomon Islands campaign (where the Guadalcanal campaign part of). The USS Wasp was sunk by a Japanese submarine I-19, and another, the USS Hornet, was lost at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Extra carrier replacement wasn't happening until the end of 1942, so the US would have to continue using the USS Enterprise throughout the remainder of 1942.

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Rip the Duncan man

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[@CSSVirginia]

Admiral Willis Lee will enter the chat soon.

[@podemosurss8316]

18:01 His wingmen often replied to his messages with the short answer "Ok, Boomer"...

[@eliaspapanikolaou3563]

WhT about balcan wars or first ww1 ? I s time I think

[@orlandofoster7722]

Orlando ur a fucking god

[@joechang8696]

Ghormley had the majority(?) of US naval forces pacific. he had a huge number of aircraft in New Caledonia and Vanatu areas. While obviously these could not all be sent to Henderson field, he could have sent them as needed to replace losses. True the infantry forces on Guadalcanal was not huge, there were very large forces on Tulagi and neighboring islands. As the Japanese were not contesting these, he could have rotated forces to ensure no one was on the front line too long.

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You're assuming any such rotations are easy, with transport and escort craft easily available to withdraw men from a front where they might be needed swiftly. I don't think those are good assumptions.

[@Reylock118]

Three US pilots shot down German, Japanese and Italian planes. both Lieutenant Colonel James Howell Howard and Commander Dean Laird had both German and Japanese victories.

[@mortongaming1090]

Because you are producing stuff for both Warhammer Fantasy and Star Wars, I am curious if you plan to do videos on Warhammer 30k or 40k?