Battle Of Midway Was Over With Americans Destroying Four Aircraft Carriers

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Battle Of Midway Was Over With Americans Destroying Four Aircraft Carriers

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(Japanese Submarine Commander Part 4) Watch our video " Battle Of Midway Was Over With Americans Destroying Four Aircraft Carriers" 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 6 ай бұрын

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 4 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

@RaiderCBR6.5 6 ай бұрын

These stories give you an idea how the Japanese mind set was back in 1941. They preach bravery and the way of the Samaria. There is no bravery in the Slaughter of between 5 and 10 million civilians.

@azrich2463 6 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@vanzell1912 6 ай бұрын

Made the Germans look like Girl Scouts.

@johnfranklin8319 6 ай бұрын

Your “5 to 10 million” number is low. And to that point. Out of the approximately 60 million total dead in WW2 it’s estimated 40 million were were unarmed civilians killed by either Japanese or German military forces. Also, Japanese civilian deaths were outnumbered by civilian deaths in the rest of Asia by a margin of 18 to 1. Japan got off easy at the end of the war compared to the horrific slaughter they spread across Asia!

@a1mi551 6 ай бұрын

@@johnfranklin8319your numbers low lol. I’d estimate 90 million people died in ww2. 😢 countries underestimate loses to save face.

@sgt.grinch3299 6 ай бұрын

I’m surprised the author didn’t claim that the Japanese military invented the submarine.

@michaellust2030 6 ай бұрын

Yes, but even if his boasting is true... that Japan had begun developing radar some ten years earlier... it is a hollow brag. If they did, it should be all the more embarrassing that Japan did no more with it than they did, and were at the mercy of American technological advancements so early in the war, which continued until the end.

@aztec0112 6 ай бұрын

Tanabe may have led a charmed life, surviving the war and even penning an account of the attack on the Yorktown. However, I-168 did not. She fared worse in a torpedo duel with the USS Scamp, July 27, 1943 in the Bismarck Sea. She was sunk with all hands.

@dipdo7675 6 ай бұрын

“Torpedos for dessert”??? Pretty cocky after losing 4 flat tops!!

@matthewnewton8812 6 ай бұрын

The effortless way in which he deflects blame from the Japanese commanders while also deflecting credit from the Americans, does not lend him much credence in this memoir. Who cares whether the battleship/carrier task force was an invention of necessity or of creativity? The point is it worked. And it would have worked for Yamamoto too if he’d employed it midway. These guys always- and I mean always- split their forces into 3, 4, 5 separate tactical groupings, sometimes intending for them to meet later on but take different routes to get there (a la leyte gulf). What is the point of such a maneuver? The Americans by contrast rarely split their forces up, especially by early 1944 (Leyte being an exception). When they did, things went poorly (Halsey galavanting off to chase carriers with no planes on them, while the fleet at Samar was brutalized by superior Japanese forces). When they didn’t, battles were won decisively. I think this guy is a little full of himself, and reluctant to assign proper blame/credit. But that’s fine, American authors have done the same thing many a time. I just prefer the more blunt style of a Fuchida type memoir, even thought he gets some things very wrong about his own ships. At least he is totally unafraid to be a scathing critic. Also, the Japanese sank HMS Hermes because she had no airplanes on board!! This is hardly a “carrier battle”. Operationally speaking this is akin to sinking a merchant ship by dive bombing. The great Japanese/british carrier-vs-carrier battle that almost happened during the Indian Ocean raid between the HMS Indomitable and the Japanese carrier force never materialized because the two fleets missed each other. Would have been a fascinating change in the curse of history, had that clash actually happened. Almost mind boggling to contemplate how things might have transpired after that.

@rachelleintexas338 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for putting into words my criticism of this author. At this point I’m listening to just see how he BS through the rest of the war. It’s becoming pretty incredulous.

@tomaskoupil5994 6 ай бұрын

@@rachelleintexas338Exactly, I am here for the same.

@MrBothandNether 6 ай бұрын

Hulsmeyer, a German Developed radar in 1904 This is recognized worldwide as fact

@sgt.grinch3299 6 ай бұрын

I like listening to their perspective, it gives a different feeling to the war. I notice how often history is changed just within my own lifetime.

@aztec0112 6 ай бұрын

FWIW, RO-101 had a particularly undistinguished career, the author being pulled off her shortly before being erased for good Oct 11,1943 by the USS Saufley.

@user-ey5fm7lu1x 6 ай бұрын

I've lived in and around Vancouver Canada my whole life. I never knew about the shelling of the lighthouse on Vancouver island. I googled it and it's apparently true. They didn't hit anything and nobody was hurt, but it's still surprising.

@ChrisHyde537 6 ай бұрын

All cities on the US West Coast practiced blackout measures after Pearl Harbor. Long Beach CA was shelled early in the war. Japan also sent balloons with a bomb using the jet stream and some landed in the western US but caused no casualties.

@rachelleintexas338 6 ай бұрын

I’m stunned the author didn’t claim they destroyed the island with their shelling.

@mencken8 6 ай бұрын

The Japanese report on the battle of Midway was amusing.

@richmcintyre1178 6 ай бұрын

His comments starting at 24 minutes are correct and perhaps Monday Morning Quarterbacking but there is no question that Japanese submarines could have drastically changed the outcome of the war. Sitting off the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal could have hampered US ship movements but then again those subs would have been attacked so it is impossible to know what the long-term outcome would have been.

@Sole-tx9cx 6 ай бұрын

Did any catch that 10,000 meter swim race? That’s over 6 miles! I find that very hard to believe.

@theophrastus3.056 6 ай бұрын

The "Monday quarterbacking" was interesting. Both sides in WWII learned lessons as things went back & forth. I'm sure the screen of subs was thought to be adequate, but probably not to submariner experts. Before Pearl Harbor, Americans lined up their aircraft in Hawaii wingtip to wingtip, thinking sabotage was the greatest threat. So they were now easier to guard. But they became easy targets during the attack. And the new radar they had acquired & deployed was not understood or properly used. The incoming Japanese aircraft were dismissed as incoming friendly bombers, and the radar crew told to turn it off and go home.

@Pugiron 6 ай бұрын

A lot of bravado and revisionism in this

@JD-tn5lz 6 ай бұрын

This fellow is actually the most rational of the Japanese war veteran authors I've heard. All the aviation and surface vets are all a bit, fantasical.

@2Oldcoots 6 ай бұрын

What an overwhelmingls realistic description of The Pacific War! Invaluable and very much appreciated.

@miketrusky476 6 ай бұрын

The jap subs were in the wrong place! ARROGANT jap leaders thought they were smarter than the allies, and failed for this reason.

@rachelleintexas338 6 ай бұрын

Realistic? This author is arrogant and incorrect in several assumptions. His hubris is getting comical as this story gets longer.

@timjones1583 6 ай бұрын

Radar was made possible by 2 men,,, Marconi and Tesla.

@spudwesth 6 ай бұрын

No only Tesla

@rwspop 6 ай бұрын

It was Hulsmeyer (1904)

@timjones1583 6 ай бұрын

@@rwspop you think so,,, why would ANYONE need radar in 1904? and nobody gets anywhere without Tesla and Marconi. No radar, no microwave, no radio, nothing.

@roykliffen9674 6 ай бұрын

The reconnaissance plans of the Japanese prior to Operation MO were sound, but beset by bad luck. The flying boat that was to confirm the US carriers were still at Pearl Harbour had to turn back before it could do so. There was a picket line of submarines placed between Hawaii and Midway to detect the carriers leaving Hawaii, unaware that the carriers had already left to an ambush position because the Americans had broken the Japanese Naval Code and were aware of the operation the Japanese were about to launch. Finally the reconnaissance aircraft Admiral Nagumo had launched should have detected the US taskforce but were prevented from doing so because of heavy cloud cover. In the end a singular reconnaissance aircraft - which was delayed by half an hour due to technical problems - found a part of the taskforce but failed to identify any carrier.