Battle of Kula Gulf - Pacific War #85 DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues. Last week, we covered the epic start to the New Georgia Campaign, as the Americans carried out a total of four naval landings that took the Japanese defenders completely by surprise. MacArthur also carried out the occupation of the Kiriwina and Woodlark Islands, and landed at Nassau Bay. Yet the action in the South and Southwest Pacific Areas is far from over, as the fierce Allied forces are prepared to continue with their Salamaua and New Georgia offensives. Welcome to our video on the Battle of Kula Gulf.
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Video: Zakuan Musa / @vectorhistoria7767
Script: Ivan Moran, Craig Watson bit.ly/3UgWAbt
VO: Devin bit.ly/3XzSCgV & bit.ly/3GUO9iT
Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com
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[@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers]

Hope everything is alright, you guys usually upload every 3 or 4 days. Hopefully the Pacific War team just took a holiday. Really enjoy the series.

[@Maverick0451]

This is a perfect example of one of my favorite parts of this entire series!! Often times in the more generic history documentaries, they will give intense coverage to several of the largest naval engagements of the Pacific, but there are so many other smaller actions, such as Kula Gulf in this video, that are just glossed over and never even mentioned!! This account of the war in the Pacific is by far the most comprehensive historical analysis I have ever seen of this entire conflict in video format!! I cannot say enough, thank you for this brilliant series!!

[@blockmasterscott]

Likewise! I LOVE these detailed descriptions of battles that no one knows about.

[@michaellaramee1965]

This series really makes me appreciate the role of helicopters in combat. The ability to quickly ferry troops around to bypass defenses, take advantage of openings, or secure key objectives or terrain features cannot be understated. I keep thinking to myself "three helicopters and they could have avoided all these problems". Keep up the great work!

[@tmclaug90]

I watched something where a Ranger dude was commenting on the Ranger assaults before and during D-Day in Normandy. He was all like, I dunno how they did it without helicopters lol.

[@ms.gregoria2249]

The fact that we get free videos on KZbin by Kings & Generals is truly a gift. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@jackson857]

I think it's incredible how long those Australian Commandos have been in the field. Still going after all this time.

[@MrGksarathy]

Lol, there's literally an Australian Lieutenant-Colonel named Patrick Starr.

[@pepagacy]

19:30 You tagged the USS Helena as a Brooklyn-class Destroyer, but in other parts of this you have this ship marked appropriately as a Cruiser. Other than that, this was an excellent installment of this series.

[@williamromine5715]

The Helena was, of course a cruiser. As usual, most narrators mispronounce her name. We have one of her anchors and chain in one of our city parks(not from the WW11 ship, of course). I am 81, and always get a kick out of people mispronouncing Helena. Nobody mispronounces Helen, but for some reason, the addition of the "a" at the end throws them.

[@Sceptonic]

​@@williamromine5715is it pronounced Heh-linuh or helen-uh

[@landotter]

my grandfather was on the Helena.

[@LoneWanderer727]

The battle for the islands around New Georgia really shows the 5d chess that is war. The Allied forces had such a detailed plan of multiple landings to spread the Japanese thin and hit them all across their defenses (with mixed success). But the Japanese still fought back and responded back across the entire island. And even their navy, which has suffered some major defeats in recent months, still came out to make some maneuvers. It really shows why the Pacific theater was some of the most brutal fighting in WW2. Even when outgunned & outmanned, the Japanese never gave up on the chess match.

[@minoru5760]

Brilliant as always. Cannot but marvel at achievements of the Commonwealth armies in land

[@--panda--5588]

honestly, this is the first channel or even piece of western media to cover the New Guinea campaign and I thank you because it has been really interesting!!

[@nickwebster1980]

3:42 no way his name is Patrick Starr lmao

[@darkmoney7762]

And I thought only I noticed that lol

[@petestorz172]

Speaking of old 1920s vintage ships, USS Hopkins was commissioned in 1921, a Clemson call destroyer (aka "four-piper). By the 1940s Clemson and Wickes class destroyers were no longer adequate for front-line service, but were too useful to send to the scrappers. So many were converted to other uses, USS Hopkins being one such. Conversions often entailed losing an engine and reducing speed from ~35 knots to ~25 knots, but that was still high speed for a mine sweeper or transport.

[@recoil53]

I didn't realize they removed engines on the old destroyers. Were the engines put in other ships?

[@atakorkut5110]

I like that they cover a large portion of even lesser known battles

[@petestorz172]

Re "old" light cruiser Yubari, most IJN light cruisers were fairly old, 1920s vintage. They often were used as destroyer squadron leaders and were sort of armed like super-destroyers. IJN light cruisers more or less all did front-line service (the 4 Katori-class ships were for training). Only a few of the USN's 1920s vintage Omaha class light cruisers did likewise (e.g. USS Richmond). Most did convoy escort and hunted raiders in the Atlantic and Caribbean, valuable, but second-line service.

[@n1k2jfan96]

Yubari was built as an experimental cruiser, and technologies developed by her had a major impact on designs of future Japanese warship, such as the Agano class of light cruisers. Yahagi, the third of four vessels completed in the Agano class and the last ship commanded by the famous Japanese destroyer captain Tameichi Hara, had arguably the most graceful profile and cleanest deck line of all IJN cruisers serving in WWII.

[@augustosolari7721]

@@n1k2jfan96 it looks like a mini yamato!

[@adamjaquay4279]

@@n1k2jfan96 the Japanese certainly built them pretty for sure. Had sorta good torpedoes rumor has it as well lol.

[@Wayne.J]

Yubari clipped a mine returning from this sortie too. Jinstu was on the way down from Truk, so u wonder if Niizuki could have been more passive in the engagement (fire torpedoes only before returning back down the gulf)

[@n1k2jfan96]

@@Wayne.J That would've been hard to do given their position relative to that of TG 36.1 prior to the battle. It is also worth noting the 4 July run was under the command of Commander Kunizo Kanaoka (ComDesDiv 22) , and Admiral Akiyama (ComDesRon 3) took over the command the following night. Akiyama actually gave the order to all three destroyers in his Supporting Unit (Niizuki, Suzukaze, Tanikaze) to launch all loaded torpedoes before Ainsworth's cruisers opened fire, and given the interval between the first torpedo hit taken by Helena and the next two, it is possible a Niizuki torpedo blew off her bow; then torpedoes from Suzukaze and Tanikaze arrived.

[@patrickblanchette4337]

Thank you for the informative video. I really liked the music you played near the end of the naval battle.

[@sandyuriarte6088]

Yeah long live the series

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G . 🐺 Loupis Canis .

[@boblong834]

Thanks!

[@blockmasterscott]

Wow, I had no idea that things were so back and forth in the Georgia Islands.

[@youtube_omaro1879]

I like how this series highlights that sometimes the actions of 17 men or 20 pilots are as influential as a division

[@brokenbridge6316]

I like it when I hear about the nitty gritty parts of a campaign. They're usually not mentioned or smoothed over.

[@ronjohnson6916]

Another piece of great work on stuff that never gets enough coverage.

[@cornishdiaspora918]

Brilliant as always! Thank you.

[@ahmedhamoor]

Yo bro

[@ahmedhamoor]

You a member right ? As it stands currently i am unable to access the Pacific war series on youtube since its member exclusive even though i am a student i dont have any trouble payiyn 5$ for membership but i no means to pay with a credit card or any other international payment alternative since i live in pakistan , Really interested in this series 😢

[@cornishdiaspora918]

Yes, I am a member.@@ahmedhamoor

[@jcohasset23]

One thing that wasn't mentioned (though may be in next week's or the following) is that the Coastwatchers are credited with rescuing 165 of Helena's survivors. Entire native villages aided in feeding and housing the survivors until they could be evacuated off Japanese held Vella Lavella by two American destroyer-transports. Admiral Turner sent 8 destroyers as escorts since they were penetrating deep into Japanese held waters for the rescue but he felt it was hugely important for the Navy's morale and is quoted with "It means a lot to know that if the worst happens and you get blown off your ship and washed ashore somewhere, the Navy isn't going to forget about you."

[@SinningsValor]

Another amazing video from my favourite channel

[@selfassembly2492]

My grandpa was at Munda, he was only 19 and volunteered. Back then my family owned a farm, before the globalist cooperations took it, and grandpa would not stop telling his pals about his farm, which was all he cared for, but he had to fight for the city on a hill, so to speak, you see. I know the war was won in the end, but it was really another matter on the ground, the biggest enemy was the mosquito, back then if you get malaria you are toast. Grandpapa could not care less about the enemy, " bunch of barbarians they were ! ". When the fight got intense they charged in from all directions, shouting gibberish. At one point our line was about to collapse, a charismatic general showed up and shouted " if we fail, this will be the end of my life and your careers ! " and the troops rallied. What a time to be alive. Later he heard that general got wacked by someone amongst us, what a pity. Well, thanks for reading. Roma invicta!

[@joeywheelerii9136]

What unit did he serve with?

[@grillodofus]

This was a long one! Such quality! 11/10!!

[@RJFP67]

R.I.P. to all those who’ve lost their lives from warfare .

[@jeffmcdonald4225]

Another wonderful part of this stellar series.

[@LeCharles07]

Something funky going on around 3:15. The screen flashes "media offline" for a frame.

[@ANTI-SOCIAL-cq9du]

Corruption during encoding probably, it also flashes glitches after it

[@stynkanator]

What is with the weird red flashes that say media offline? 7:26

[@Dr.Chase123]

Because apparently KaG is using cracked adobe

[@samuelmargueret9626]

This serie is just epic , i can't wait every day for the next episode .... the fact that you guys covers almost every single battels , that you give the hours of attacks and defense , names of operation , names of commanders is just an apocalyptic job to do can't even imagine !! Keep Going on got my support as always

[@stevelebreton3489]

Thanks for the video

[@williamcabrol1222]

There is so much about this theatre of operations that this channel is teaching me.

[@br549fried4]

Excellent work guys #85

[@robbabcock_]

Great video series!

[@-RONNIE]

Another good video thanks

[@richardstone5552]

Thank you

[@edgiefive1317]

Another excellent episode

[@joeywheelerii9136]

Happy 4th of July fellow Patriots! God Bless America!

[@blockmasterscott]

You too! Happy 4th!

[@legendary7957yahoo]

God bless the US forever and ever

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video 📹

[@christopherhanton6611]

well done on this battle of KULA GULF. like i said this battle is personal to ME why my late grandfather was in WW2 he showed up to late in war to see any action he was radio man. later the navy will build the late Escort class cv the Commencement Bay-class escort carrier and one of them WAS CVE-108 USS KULA GULF NAMED AFTER THIS BATTLE BUT THEY WERE GOING TO CALL IT THE Vermillion Bay AND THAT WAS MY GRANDPA SHIP HE WAS ON AND I HAVE A PIC OF IT IN HOUSE IN A FRAME ALSO HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

[@davidryan6121]

Great content

[@chriswoolley6951]

Lieutenant colonel Patrick starr😂😂

[@jayfelsberg1931]

Such major objectives, such small units on both sides. Such hazardous terrain. A premium on small unit leaders, individual courage and initiative

[@arsaraza]

Looking forward to this channel covering the Battle of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf

[@kylelee9474]

[@n1k2jfan96]

Ainsworth's plan was deeply flawed in three ways - his assumption that his force would have a clear radar advantage, that the Japanese torpedoes would be ineffective at the range between 8,000 and 10,000 yards, and his adherence to the column formation, with destroyers in the van and rear, and the cruisers in the centre. The Americans had still not learned the lessons of the Battle of Tassafaronga.

[@mystikmind2005]

"The Americans had still not learned the lessons of the Battle of Tassafaronga." .... And all the other battles! American commanders are like teenagers - all the good knowledge is at hand, but you have to go out and experience all the mistakes for yourself.

[@josephcole8875]

Great job with the series, these episodes have been quite tense. I think the info boxes arent implimented in an ideal fashion though. I pause the video to read them but it interrupts the flow. I would prefer if the info boxes were either much shorter, or better yet were simply read by the narrator.

[@thehistorybox1163]

Cheers

[@jongason660]

Great history.

[@MrBroskiful]

At 3:15 theres a media offline screen in the video for like a second. Why?

[@iamwill737]

@@KenshirooAtatatata I feel so bad for Adobe. I'm gonna donate them money. :(

[@andreasmanique113]

and again later

[@ANTI-SOCIAL-cq9du]

@@iamwill737 don't they make enough already?

[@magiceagle8086]

There are weird flashes at 3:06

[@jenshappel2209]

good video

[@luciobricks6799]

Interesante batalla muy poco conocida, que refuta el mito de que los japoneses estaban inexorablemente vencidos tras Midway y Guadalcanal.

[@jamesfagan9818]

It might be difficult, but is there a way for KZbin or yourself to hastag US Naval Action in this playlist to indicate to the viewer that a certain video contains a major naval action?

[@dracoswinterhold7497]

7:24 you have now reprogrammed me to do your bidding.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Nice. Press the like button

[@dracoswinterhold7497]

Yes master!

[@frankieM_]

Holy Shit Patrick was a veteran of the Pacific war before moving to Bikini Bottom

[@richardmeo2503]

Few understood how effective the Japanese torpedoes were, though the evidence from many battles was there to see. The many simultaneous attacks by the Allies worked in tandem to confuse and dilute the Japanese attacks. Facing so many threats at once was a huge change from what they had seen the past 2 years. And American war production was now in full swing.

[@nicklongstaff5963]

would be awesome to do a video on the march of the 10,000 and Battle of Cunaxa

[@rezermoalem6969]

And at 3:20? The offline wierd thing

[@kokutai3331]

Interesting that even this far in the war that some Americans still underestimated the capabilities of the Type 93 torpedo

[@joycechuah6398]

This was like Tassafaronga and once again Honolulu was able to escape.

[@fredbays]

at 08:38 u say a battery fo 75mm guns... Where these guns or howitzers. If Howitzers were they the pre WW1 French Pack 75's or a newer mode?

[@grvc44]

the pacific war was the best choice K&G made.

[@christopherhanton6611]

ALSO MY GRANDPA SHIP WAS IN OPERATION MAGIC CARPET also KOREA WAR AND VIETNAM WAR TOO

[@jamesforreal]

I love this. It totally debunks the myth that the US entered the war and steamrolled the Japanese. Japan was a fearsome opponent and fighting was long and brutal. TY again K&G

[@issacfoster1113]

What myth? is that even a myth or your just making that up

[@drewb3490]

@@issacfoster1113 "you're"

[@emilchan5379]

@@issacfoster1113 There is a general sentiment that the Japanese navy didn't pose any real threat after their defeat at Midway, and that the war was more or less won by that point. As these battles show, despite the Japanese suffering a great defeat at Midway, they were still fierce opponents and the US would still take big casualties.

[@adamjaquay4279]

@@emilchan5379 yep the US would lose the majority of it's initial Pacific fleet during the first 16 months of the war as well as about 1600 aircraft of various types so it definitely wasn't a walkover for sure. It's saving grace was being able to transfer substantial assets from Atlantic fleet to keep things going until new warships entered service, something the Japanese clearly could not do.

[@skraju1888]

Why there is no more video on Roman empire after you made last video on the second civil war in Roman empire after Cesar's civil war and that series is also incomplete why?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Working on them

[@F4R4D4Y]

❤

[@bigsarge2085]

✌

[@moalzaben5554]

I guess both this battle and the battle of kolombangara proved that the US navy needed to change tactics in using destroyers instead of light cruisers in the confined spaces around the islands of New Georgia, Kolombangara and Vella Lavella

[@justinstephen204]

Yassssssss

[@kevincotterell3644]

Who is the British 218 FA appearing at 8.40 minutes of the video?

[@leeboy26]

Wrong flag I think. It's the US 218th field artillery regiment.

[@insane5375]

7:25 easter egg? :)

[@LordBitememan]

Anyone know the name of the music in the background at 11:15?

[@marcus7564]

I assume a lack of air cover is the reason the japanse don't deploy heavier and larger fleets for longer to control the sea space while the Americans just need a fleet in being near by?

[@Wayne.J]

8th Fleet flagship Chokai soried from Truk on 1st July and was at Shortlands when Kuka Gulf was fought. Kumano and Suzuya arrived at Rabaul 11th. They sortied out for a reinforcement run on 18th but were bombed by Avengers from AirSols at midnight 19-20 July. Kumano was near missed by a 2000lb bomb from mast head height at midnight. Flooded 2 boiler rooms, while destroyer Yugure then later Kiyonami was sunk. Others were were coming from Empire waters after refits and maintenance,arriving at Truk on the 15th. Rabaul 21st. Nisshin, Chikuma, Tone, Mogami, Sendai Agano, Oyodo gathered some guard troops and escorted CarDiv 1 and Chuyo ferrying planes to Truk then onto Rabaul. Maya and Nachi in Northern waters supporting Abukuma, Tama and Kiso doing the Kiska evacuation. Ashigara flagship of SW Area fleet at Surubaya, Haguro, Myoko, Atago and Takao all were in refit and maintenance, Aoba was still getting repairs/seaworthy at Truk from April's B17 bombing attack at Kavieng. Tatsuta in home waters as flagship of DesRon 11, the new destroyers that have just been commissioned. Jinstu as flagship of DesRon 2, was on the way from Truk, soon to arrive to replace the now sunk Niizuki. Isuzu and Naka at Truk as CruDiv 14, the transport/reinforcement cruisers. Isuzu on a run to Nauru that day. CruDiv 16 is at Surubaya with Kuma, Kinu, Oi and Kitakami. Natori being repaired from a subs torpedo then bomb damage from a Liberator at Ambon. Nagara aircrew run to Kwajalein. Noshiro refit, Kachii Singapore, Kashima and Katori both at Truk as flagships. Yubari was hit by a mine in the above operation, to Rabaul on 5th

[@Shakeelkhan-qz3ob]

Battle of pacific episode 88 to on wards the video is not playing display a message that only members can watch the video So please guide me how to watch the pacific series

[@LordJinkies]

Due to the number of videos you put on so many subjects, I've been waiting to subscribe until you got to the island hoping campaign in the pacific. I guess that won't be until 2040 sometime. Also, you only ever put out the date of the campaign in the thumbnail. That's unretrievable (as near as I can tell) unless you go find it among the massive video content. My I suggest moving the separate interests to their own channels and putting the date covered in the actual video?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Videos are chronological. #84 is followed by #85

[@crawford4140]

Lolz Patrick Starr from SpongeBob 😮

[@edwardgilmour9013]

Okay you're discussing the USA invasion of New Georgia Island; then why did you open with file footage of Australian troops who were not involved?

[@landotter]

RIP Helena❤️‍🩹

[@Omega4Productions]

For some reason at 3:15, for a split second, the video glitches out and shows a “media offline” text screen? Not sure what’s up with that.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Encoding failure

[@Omega4Productions]

@@KingsandGenerals Ah, gotcha.

[@jonny-b4954]

It must have been so nightmarish fighting in a jungle in short shorts. My lord, they must have got their legs cut and bit up soooo much. Sure, you're cooler than pants, but still.

[@Ralphyplay]

What happened at 3:15?

[@losa3960]

At the 7:24 point something flashes on the screen can anyone read it?

[@fergaldalton3549]

I've tried freeze framing it and can't get it.

[@fergaldalton3549]

Glad someone else caught it too

[@Dr.Chase123]

KaG using cracked Adobe. This has me dying, but it's true apparently

[@crazybiscut]

Corrupt slide at 3:16

[@bsoul3177]

yeeye

[@Palipilap]

Are we supposed to pause the videos when the text boxes pop up? There's no way that they could be read in the time that theyre there on the screen

[@KingsandGenerals]

They are mostly fluff stuff. If you want to learn more, pause, otherwise keep with the flow

[@jameshannagan4256]

@@KingsandGenerals That is often my favorite parts of these videos usually really interesting tidbits of info that breathe life into the story I always pause and read them.

[@jmason7850]

Halsey is pronounced ( Hall-zee)

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

American cryptologists decyphering Japanese activities like how Talleyrand was acting as a British spy.

[@69Applekrate]

Ku;a gulf/solomons actually starts 10 min after the start---

[@the_feedle]

Guys, I really love your work. But can you PLEASE cite your sources somewhere ? It's not that I don't believe your research, but if I want to research about a certain topic of one of your videos, it would be better to have your sources rather than having to search through wikipedia

[@AnthonyBSulla]

What if USA joined axis? 🤔

[@peterclark6290]

Al Gore rhythm

[@samwill7259]

Eh, this Gulf is pretty Kul, but I've seen a Kula GUlf

[@johndeboyace7943]

US cruisers were beaten like a drum during the Solomon campaign, not that Japanese cruisers did much better.

[@robinsonjones9823]

Anyone else see that message in Korean?

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

AUSSIES

[@elijahemmer9441]

American cruiser tactics in 1942-43 have to be worst all time

[@adamjaquay4279]

In 1942/43 the US Navy still erroneously assumed the Long Lance torpedo carried on Japanese ships had a range of 10,000 yards or so not the 20,000+ yards it actually did lol. So the Cruiser tactics used were based on that horrible info. Not a good result by any stretch of the imagination.

[@elijahemmer9441]

@@adamjaquay4279 right but you’d think they’d have learned after this happened like three times already in the past lol

[@adamjaquay4279]

​@@elijahemmer9441lol what's even worse is that every time these disasters happened they kept reporting that Japanese submarine's had snuck into the middle of a surface battle to torpedo their ships!!! Cruisers and destroyers busting ass at 35 knts and a Sub just miraculously shows up... thank god most of these Admirals got relieved of duty geez.

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@@adamjaquay4279 And to make a bad situation even worse - Helena had expended all her flashless powder during the previous night’s operations and was forced to use smokeless powder, thereby illuminating herself to the Japanese ships with every salvo.

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There are some glitches in the video

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@@KenshirooAtatatata LMAO