Battle Of The Philippine Sea: The Conflict That Crushed Japanese Air Power | Air Wars

Battle Of The Philippine Sea: The Conflict That Crushed Japanese Air Power | Air Wars | War Stories

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@WarStoriesChannel Жыл бұрын

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@andrewbarczak1941 Жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my favorite battles. "Turn on the lights" gives me chills every time. What an effort by all involved.

@DonaldConnolly-k5g 7 ай бұрын

PRONOUNCED.......ZEEKS......NOT. ZEEKYS

@jondon808 6 ай бұрын

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@jamesstreet228 Жыл бұрын

In case anyone is interested, notice the island of US and British carriers is always on the right (starboard) side. This is because the piston driven engines of the WW2 planes tended to make them pull to the left (port) side. They would have to circle in from the left and land. The Japanese built 2 carriers with the island on the port side so that planes could circle in from the right on these particular carriers to prevent back ups. The down side to this was, several times the planes circled in to land going the wrong direction because they were accustomed to landing on a different carrier. I did 6 years in the US Navy as a cryptologist and I didn't know this until I asked a pilot about it and he explained why US and British carriers do this. The Japanese carriers having islands on the port side, I had to look that one up. Anyway, a little trivia there. Edit Also, pilots would have preferred that there be no islands (everything to be located below decks) because the islands create turbulence during takeoff and landing.

@joepromedio Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

@CoronadoBruin Жыл бұрын

Sixty-five years and hundreds and hundreds of WWII books, movies, and KZbin videos later and I just learned wny the island is on the starboard. I always assumed there was a reason but I did not know why. Well, you truly do learn something new every day. Thanks, James.

@papaske3375 Жыл бұрын

Interesting information! Thanks for pointing that out. Will look into it more, while having a pipe bowl.

@Bondrewd_The_Based Жыл бұрын

Now pardon me if I'm wrong, I'm no expert, but wouldn't putting the island below deck pretty much make the ship pointless? The island would cut into the hanger space, cutting down on the size of the attached squadron, right? Also all of the measurement and communications instruments sit atop the island too, right?

@BCSoHappy Жыл бұрын

Ok. What’s the island?

@TomFynn Жыл бұрын

Japan: "We're going to lay a trap for the Americans." US radio interceptors: "Write that down, write that down."

@JunDelaCruz-mj3gs Жыл бұрын

Ft ya you have

@rinkevichjm 4 ай бұрын

They didn’t have to intercept it. The actual plans fell in US hands in the Philippines when the fleet admiral dies in an accident

@sheilagibson982 Ай бұрын

And Admiral Spruance deduced that this was their strategy.

@PxThucydides Жыл бұрын

Nothing the Japanese did could have overcome the fact that their aircraft were now obsolete and their pilots hopelessly undertrained. Ludendorff once remarked that strategic brilliance without tactical superiority is useless. The Pacific after 1943 is a prime example. Nothing the Japanese could do would defeat the Hellcat. With the Hellcat the war was over.

@boxhawk5070 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I think the Solomon Islands Campaign is where the war was decided. The US easily replaced all the material losses there, and Japan couldn't, let alone the hundreds of experienced fliers lost.

@robertm.3520 Жыл бұрын

The Japanese were lucky they didn't have to face the Bearcat.

@austinhoffa99 Жыл бұрын

P51 second gen was the most formidable fighter or the entire war ,It just arrived a little late .

@thecappeningchannel515 Жыл бұрын

Japs having only a few months flying time in the zeros always counted

@ronalddunne3413 Жыл бұрын

After Midway in early June '42, it was all over but the screaming... It was either by the Grace of God or damned great good luck.

@artmoss6889 Жыл бұрын

Something not mentioned in the video was the importance that proximity fuzes played in protecting American ships. The proximity fuze (or fuse) screwed into the top of a 5- inch shell and produced a weak radio signal. If the shell came within proximity of a plane the radio signal would be reflected back to the fuze which would detonate the round. Traditional shells used a timer that caused the round to explode at a point in space where it was estimated the plane would be. Timed fuzes were much less effective than the proximity fuze. According to the Navy, for every Japanese plane destroyed, 5-inch guns had to fire 1,000 time-fuzed shells, while the proximity-fuzed rounds required only about 250 shells. The proximity fuze was used in both the Pacific and in Europe and was a top secret innovation.

@jeremymerrifield7244 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@michaelking1426 Жыл бұрын

VT Fuse

@oldsailor8593 Жыл бұрын

I was told the vt fuze was restricted to the pacific as we were worried the Germans would get a hold of them and build there own.

@artmoss6889 Жыл бұрын

@@oldsailor8593 You are quite right about how concerned we were to keep the prox. fuse out of the hands of the Germans, and that concern limited their use, but according to the historical sources I'm familiar with, the Allies employed them in Europe by 1944.

@rwarren58 Жыл бұрын

That was something I didn't know. Thanks! It seems the USA's technological advantages was something the Japanese just couldn't match.

@51tetra69 Жыл бұрын

God bless all of the veterans who risked everything and sacrificed so much to protect our countries and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today! God bless all the souls - military and civilian - that we have lost in times of war! God bless America! God bless us all and grant us peace!

@power2084 Жыл бұрын

God is imaginary

@DannyBoy777777 Жыл бұрын

@power2084 So are these alleged freedoms. We're in a battle for our liberties today.

@salvadorvizcarra769 Жыл бұрын

Propaganda, but NOT History, has led us to believe that the Empire of Japan began its territorial expansion in the 1930’s, invading China, creating the puppet State of Manchukuo and “Provoking” the war with the Western Powers. But, Was this really, how events happened? Did Japan invade China and South East Asia? It seems so. However, the Propaganda does NOT say that for centuries, all Asia was invaded by Western Powers. England occupied India, Burma (Myanmar); Singapore, Malaysia and China (Hong Kong, Nanking, Shanghai, etc). France dominated all Indochina. The Netherlands intervened by the Force of its Arms, to all of Indonesia. And Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and of course, also the United States were in South East Asia cuz, for example this country, the US, occupied the Philippines since 1898. (Spanish-American War). Thus the panorama in the 30's, the Empire of Japan, when defeating to the Tsarist Russian Empire, it also decided to "Grow" by invading its neighbors. In those years, all European nations had colonies in Africa, India, the Middle East, Asia and America. (England came to occupy almost ¼ part of the planet). For its part, the US, in 113 years of existence as a nation in those years, had "Grown" 711 the size of its territory from its original 13 colonies. Now is the picture clear? Japan for its part, had fought on the side of the winners in World War I (1914-1918), and they, the Japanese, not awarded any "Gain". The western victors of WWI divided the world. Japan was excluded. Thus, Japan's motives for attacking and expanding as the Europeans and the US did seem clearer, right? Then they, the Japanese, attacked China in 30’s, which was occupied by 6 Western Powers for almost a century. None of the Western Powers occupying China at this time, OPPOSED or fought Japan for Invading China. NONE! Then, 11 years later after having occupied the territory of China and coexisted without any problem with the Western Powers within China, they, the Japanese, attacked Hawaii, which in turn, this Island had been occupied and annexed by the US in 1898. (In 1900-01, Hawaii became US territory and Hawaii ceased to be an independent nation after more than 630 years of sovereignty. By the time Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States had just completed the 40th anniversary of the military occupation and annexation of Hawaii). They, the Japanese, attacked Singapore, which was then a Colony of England. They, the Japanese, attacked the Philippines, which were occupied by the US and whose Gov’r, Douglas MacArthur reined as Emperor. Yup… Truly like an Absolute Autocrat. Therefore, the Japanese did NOT attack (In the 40’s), Singapore, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo, Timor, the Philippines, etc. In reality, the Japanese attacked England, France, Belgium, Holland, the US, etc. That is, the Japanese attacked the Western Powers invading all of Asia. That is the verifiable truth. But, Propaganda has made us believe that the good guys were us, the US. And of course… Nanking was a horrendous Genocide committed by Japan, but, it was no more horrendous than the 12 Genocides committed by the United States in his History and all over the world. Nor was it less horrendous than the Genocide committed by King Leopold II of Belgium, in Central Africa. Nor was Nanking more or less horrendous than the Genocides that the British Empire committed in America, Africa, Australia, Middle East, India and also in China too. And now, the Japanese are our friends and allies... Yup… But, to fight against China, AGAIN!!! Well… No More. No More British Malaya nor British Borneo nor British wherever. No More French Indochina. No more Dutch Indies. No More Portugese Domains. No More US Domain here. Asia is for Asians and “The China Sea” belongs to CHINA. Westerns powers have nothing to do in Asia.

@TarpeianRock 2 ай бұрын

The Japanese and their “Decisive Battle” obsession : doing everything possible to destroy an American carrier not knowing the US had dozens of carriers to replace it and more on the shipyards getting ready to launch. This must be a Japanese Intelligence disaster. They really had no idea who they were up against. Would be very interested in learning about the Japanese intelligence efforts in WW2.

@Patrick_Cooper Жыл бұрын

This video had quite a lot of data, much more detailed then most videos about the BPS. I hope we see more of this series.

@waydemcquiston2299 Жыл бұрын

😅5h

@daveamenorpe2967 Жыл бұрын

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@lloydacklinjr.2032 Жыл бұрын

@@waydemcquiston2299 - ENERGY?!!!!!!!!!!!!!. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!. HUUUUUHHHHH?!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@lloydacklinjr.2032 Жыл бұрын

@@daveamenorpe2967 - ABOUT TIME?!!!. - LONG OVERDUE?!!!. - ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN'?!!!. - JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE?!!!. - MIND OVER MATTER?!!!. - TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW?!!!!!!!!!!!!!. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!. HUUUUUHHHHH?!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@soma_01 Жыл бұрын

not to be that guy, but this is a documentary from 2003. it seems like theyre passing it off as their own work but 20 years have passed it doesnt really matter. the original creators only made 6 episodes.

@charlestemple634 Жыл бұрын

The real most important factor in crushing Japanese air power was the US Navy's cut-off of Japan's fuel sources, especially from the Dutch East Indies. Japan itself simply had less than 10% of what it needed. As the war progressed, not only did Admiral Nimitz's blockade strategy affect their air combat missions, but it deeply interfered with adequate training for pilots. Fuel was only one of MANY elements that Japan depended on sea shipping for, and Admiral Nimitz knew clearly that all he really had to accomplish for victory was to surround Japan with submarines ... and by 1945 that's what was in place.

@CWS_AutoMap Жыл бұрын

To be clear on the various names of the Mitsubishi A6M fighter: The Japanese colloquially called it the "Rei-sen" which translates to "Zero Fighter", which is shortened in English to "Zero". The Americans would give names to enemy aircraft and called the A6M "Zeke" in the tradition of choosing male names for fighters, female names for bombers, etc. Without context, it might be tempting to think "Zeke" was a Japanese word, but that would be pronounced Zeh-Keh, not Zee-Kee, never the less, it is the American short form of Ezekial and is indeed pronounced Zeek.

@newearth5d Жыл бұрын

it is a bit embarrassing that a professional narrator would make such an error.

@timmyp34 11 ай бұрын

They were little fragile sissy planes, like Isaiah Thomas, nicknamed Zeke. No coincidence.

@bluedust2 11 ай бұрын

The narration should be redone, it was so jarring everytime he said zeekee.

@barbaradragoo3091 7 ай бұрын

THAT IS WAY COOL!!

@exidy-yt Жыл бұрын

I hope this channel isn't trying to pass off this documentary as their own. It was made in 2003 and I don't see any attribution at all. I'd like to support the channels keeping good history documentaries alive, but give proper attribution and don't try to pass this off as your own work.

@JPKelly-xr7tr Жыл бұрын

This!

@binauralbeat4476 4 ай бұрын

I can understand if it was art… but these are facts… history… Focus less on ego and more on information.

@TranslateToEnglish 4 ай бұрын

Did you create this documentary in 2003? If not, what difference does it make? BTW- Are you a democrat?😂💅😂😂😂

@101Mant Ай бұрын

@@binauralbeat4476a good documentary is way more that just facts. Lots of people put time and effort into it.

@ddjay1363 Жыл бұрын

"It takes three years to build a ship, it takes three hundred years to build a tradition." - Admiral Andrew Cunningham

@robertstack2144 Жыл бұрын

It only took us a few months to build a LIBERTY SHIP.!!!!! LOOK IT UP.

@ddjay1363 Жыл бұрын

@@robertstack2144 The Brooklyn Yard actually built one in 24 hours , perhaps to see if they could do it. 🙂

@robertstack2144 Жыл бұрын

@@ddjay1363 that was modular, in three sections, correct? The three sectipns took months, did they not? A PT took six weeks but had to be soaked and fixed before refloat. Then a factory tech was assigned for 21 days.

@gw7624 Жыл бұрын

@@robertstack2144 The autism is strong with you.

@manofchaitea6904 7 ай бұрын

Unless it Americans, we build ships in a days, well the fastest was 4 days.

@joshuapatrick682 Жыл бұрын

I think Morrison was wrong, it was clear that even before this point the Japanese Empire couldn’t compete with the American Navy in terms of Air superiority and carrier operational effectiveness. This battle just cemented that glaring disparity.

@greathornedowl3644 Жыл бұрын

Would it be fair to say, even in our Unprepared state just months into the war at the Battle of Midway (6/42) when we were nearly pared evenly, by 1944 it must have seemed like a tidal wave was swamping the Japanese.

@marshallparsons1146 Жыл бұрын

Agree. Counting the carriers was irrelevant at that point. With so few veteran pilots left, they were toothless.

@f430ferrari5 Жыл бұрын

@@greathornedowl3644it was not even at Midway. 😂🤣 The only thing that made it even close to even was IJN stupidity. Come on. 11 battleships, 22 cruisers, and 64 destroyers for the IJN plus 9 available carriers. The US. 0 battleships, 8 cruisers, and 15 destroyers. 3 carriers with Yorktown already damaged.

@minato7078 Жыл бұрын

Zero is far deadly than f6f the only reason they couldn't compete with Americans anymore caused by the lacking of skilled man power

@ronalddunne3413 Жыл бұрын

The IJN/Kido Butai committed hari-kari when they missed the carriers at Pearl and didnt take out the dockyards and fuel dumps.

@cdjhyoung Жыл бұрын

I have a quibble to make with this presentation: the air speeds quoted for many of these air craft are the actual maximum speed the air frame can achieve. This speed without exception would not be attainable with the fuel, bomb and weapons loads these planes carried in combat. In particular, the B24 bombers flew in formation at approximately 165 mph, far below the suggested 300 mph top speed. As my father once pointed out to me, a pilot could make a B24 reach 300 mph, but he would never be able to pull the plane out of that dive.

@jamesbarnett6436 Жыл бұрын

😊

@ronalddunne3413 Жыл бұрын

@lizd2943 Жыл бұрын

It wasn't so much a turning point as it was confirmation that Japan would not be able to turn the tide back.

@manofchaitea6904 7 ай бұрын

They lost the war on December 7th, 1941...

@billdishner8244 2 ай бұрын

45:32 45:33

@hertzair1186 Жыл бұрын

Had to chuckle every time the narrator called the Zero/Zeke a “Zekee”

@jimw9626 Жыл бұрын

It's like an ice pick to the ears every time he says that.

@robertstack2144 Жыл бұрын

I thought the land based Zeroes were Called OSCARS.....per Garret Middlebrook, AIR COMBAT AT 20 FEET

@cpfs936 Жыл бұрын

Kinda takes away from the dignity of the accent, doesn't it?

@frankmoreau8847 Жыл бұрын

@@robertstack2144 That bis correct, but the Nakajima Ki-43 was physically quite similar to the Mitsubishi A6M and in air combat were often just lumped under the name Zeke or Zero

@artmoss6889 Жыл бұрын

That kind if mispronouciation occurs when neither the narrator nor the producer knows much about the subject they are working on.

@criptard Жыл бұрын

God bless the Filipino people love y'all 😊

@michaelphelps5064 Жыл бұрын

Those were some warriors, on both sides. Thank goodness we had their code and could read their messages.

@sirbollocks5147 Жыл бұрын

agreed but they were still dangerous and unpredictable because they didn’t care if they died.

@marksummers463 Жыл бұрын

God bless those guys! Read a book about the return flight from the night attack - absolutely hair raising!

@charlesdudek7713 Жыл бұрын

My brother was a Navy A7 pilot. He said just landing on a carrier at night is a bit of a hair raising experience.

@alexanderleach3365 Жыл бұрын

This battle was the end and the death of the Imperial Japanese Carrier Force.

@young749Au Жыл бұрын

When the planes from task force 58 caught up with the Japanese ships, they were sailing westward away from task force 58 at full speed. This made the distance even greater for the USA's attacking planes. The distance was already extreme with 80 aircraft not having enough fuel to make it back to task force 58 and to land safely. After this attack on the evening of June 20th, 1944, there was no hope of catching the Japanese ships. Mitscher wanted to send Lee's battleships in search of the Japanese fleet. This was not a good idea since the catching up with the Japanese fleet was not likely and would unnecessarily endangered the battleships. Spruance made the right decision. Together Mitscher and Spruance were a good combination. Spruance had caution and Mitscher had a lot of agressiveness.

@anxiousbottle 2 ай бұрын

a lot of people blame japan using battleships for a lot of their operations in world war two as part of why they lost, but after midway they didnt much have a choice, shokaku and zuikaku were both indispensable at that point, and when they finally built their power back up here they were crushed

@himoffthequakeroatbox4320 Жыл бұрын

26:13 Never seen those 8 barrel AA guns on a US ship. God save the King!

@hvacrnortheastern2110 Жыл бұрын

My uncle was there stationed on the USS Hancock CV19 he was a AOM for supporting the air group he enlist into Navy in 1943 age 17.

@darrenmonks4532 Жыл бұрын

Phenomenal documentary. Thank you.

@adityamookerjee. Жыл бұрын

The Japanese Aircraft Carriers that took part in the Second World War are fascinating. They seem to be designed as offensive platforms, with no thought given to ship safety. The same could be said about Japanese fighter aircraft and naval dive bombers, along with their torpedo bombers. A number of their Aircraft Carriers were initially not built to be such naval ships, but were converted later. How good were the radars on Japanese warships? The impression I got on this matter by what I read in a book is that they weren't of any help at all. Of course, the ships of the IJN were capable of doing a great deal of damage to the enemy.

@Liberty_or_Ded Жыл бұрын

The Japanese basically lacked radar entirely on their ship, while American ships integrated radar not just for detection but also for fire control, giving US AA guns tremendous accuracy against Japanese aircraft at all altitudes, providing early-warning for CAP against incoming Japanese aircraft, and for guiding naval artillery fire, as was demonstrated when the USS Washington absolutely savaged and sank the IJN battleship Kirishima and the destroyer Ayanami without taking any damage herself.

@andrewebisu Жыл бұрын

Was it necessary for mitscher to send that strike with not enough fuel/daylight to come back. Any thoughts? It feels like such undue risk.

@billmoretz8718 Жыл бұрын

War itself is an undue risk. Tough call to try destroy most of the remaining carrier forces or play it safe and hope they could not have a major victory against you later. It wasn't known how bad Japanese carrier forces were at this time.

@andrewebisu Жыл бұрын

@@billmoretz8718 yeah we now know the Japanese were kinda on their knees but mitscher perhaps didn't.

@Caseytify Жыл бұрын

@@andrewebisu as they say, hindsight is 20/20.

@Caseytify Жыл бұрын

L'audace; toujours l'audace. -Patton

@PxThucydides Жыл бұрын

Given the fact that Japan could no longer supply aircraft for them, those carriers were irrelevant, and could just as well have been ignored. But of course hindsight is 20/20.

@aesirgaming1014 2 ай бұрын

What strikes me is how humble the WW2 veterans are. They never seem to talk themselves up or try to take credit for anything. They always show respect for their comrades, downplay their accomplishments and even show respect for the enemy. As an Iraq War veteran, it makes me embarrassed when I see all the veterans from my generation trying to capitalize on everything by making movies, podcasts, books or BS fitness regimens that they just chuck "Navy SEAL" or "Special Forces" in front of. We should learn from these better, braver warriors and display the same humility as silent professionals, not Hollywood wannabes.

@jomon723 Жыл бұрын

I will say it, It was wrong to send those guys out so late and so far away

@jakebarnes1950 Жыл бұрын

It was War, extreme effort was how it was won. From a soft armchair, it does seem problematic.

@michaelfarrell6200 6 ай бұрын

Well said.

@2nostromo 10 ай бұрын

I spare a thought for these men every time we gather for family occasions. Our families, our country ever strong ever vigilant. I try to deserve their sacrifice.

@whatsreal7506 7 ай бұрын

Excellent work 👏 👍

@ronammologist16 Жыл бұрын

I learnd much! Thank you.

@alanmoffat4454 Жыл бұрын

NOT SO NICE BIT OF HISTORY BUT A BRAVE BUNCH OF MEN DOING WHAT THERE COUNTRY ASKED OF THEM 😮.

@raymondtonns2521 Жыл бұрын

thank you for telling this story

@warrenmalpas9875 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Thanks.👍

@JosephRodriguez-gh6hi Жыл бұрын

Nothing the Japanese could do would defeat the Hellcat. With the Hellcat, the war was over.

@Chucky925 Жыл бұрын

Man the Zero sounds like a Kit with an engine....

@Scion-cy6wj 3 ай бұрын

I'd have to give this docu a C+ ... no mention of the fact that after Midway's losses, the Japanese were very short of experienced pilots, and the newer pilots had less than a quarter of the flying time training versus that of the Americans ... no mention of the Hellcat's vastly superior armour, and the amount of punishment that plane could withstand and still fly - nor any mention that the Hellcat had been specifically designed to counter the Japanese Zero's (from the study of captured or downed Zero's) -- these two factors along with Spruance's good judgement accounted for the great victory of the American navy.

@Mike348749 Жыл бұрын

I thought the biggest difference was that Japan lost all their experienced fighters by then because of Midway, which is what made it an easy win. That’s what I had read earlier.

@VersusARCH 9 ай бұрын

By mid 1943. They still had exp. pilots after Midway.

@sjonnieplayfull5859 9 ай бұрын

Guadalcanal and the restbof the Solomons took more pilots, but Midway was a good start

@scottjackson1420 Жыл бұрын

After Midway and Guadalcanal, did thinking Japanese officers still think that they could win?

@mikespangler98 Жыл бұрын

No. But they held out hope that if it cost the US too much a more favorable peace could be negotiated. This error continued right up until Hiroshima.

@salvadorvizcarra769 Жыл бұрын

@TomFynn Жыл бұрын

@@salvadorvizcarra769 Ah. Whataboutery.

@williamrobinson827 Жыл бұрын

Some didn't even want to surrender after two atomic bombs.

@VersusARCH 9 ай бұрын

Midway and Guadalcanal merely halted the Japanese advance. Had the frontlines remained there Japan would have won. Only after the fall of Marianas in 1944.. after this battle did the situation become critical for Japan as the US strategic bombers could now hit it in force, and pretty much hopeless once the Philippines fell and their lanes to Borneo oil fields were cut.

@Lone_Star_Proud Жыл бұрын

The mass of ships, men and equipment that the US was able to assemble by this time of the war is incredible. Yamamoto was so correct.

@Terrathrax 11 ай бұрын

...and much improved technology.

@jollyjohnthepirate3168 Жыл бұрын

The American fighter pilots called their defense in depth the Big Blue Wave. The loss of the Marianas ment the downfall of Tojo's government. He resigned in shame.

@TheSympathydenied 10 ай бұрын

He may have resigned but it was not in shame...no seppuku

@timf2279 10 ай бұрын

I believe it was the big blue blanket.

@zelphx Жыл бұрын

"Zeke" is NOT pronounced "Zeekie", it's as indicated, "Zeek".

@Andrew-13579 Жыл бұрын

"Move all Ziki fighters for great justice." 😄

@MadilynnBrock-f5w Жыл бұрын

Респект за интересное видео

@donofon1014 Жыл бұрын

I pause near the end of this doc. The main background narrator speaks nice mid Atlantic English with fine diction. But loves to reduce the volume of his voice at the end of sentences. More treble would help but, seriously, quiet and muffled is no way to end a sentence like .. "in the end the whole effort proved to be ... mufnufa. " This dominates the middle of the doc. Surrendering to the idea of not getting the point of key comments. I write this because it has resumed 8 minutes left to go. I would suggest to the owners of this documentary to definitely mufnun n nowl.

@paulreilly3904 11 ай бұрын

I think it's you or your equipment, because the narrator is clear as a bell.

@rickyt43515 Жыл бұрын

Don't mess with the Big dog.

@pj2123 18 күн бұрын

Background noise is completely unnecessary. Have to turn up the sound to hear the narration!!!

@roadie3124 Жыл бұрын

American occupied New Guinea? Really? Australian forces took New Guinea back from the Japanese before the Americans arrived on the scene. The American forces were guests of the Australians, not occupiers.

@jakebarnes1950 Жыл бұрын

Relax, Australia has their own Documentaries extolling their virtues, The Aussies were vital in the Pacific!

@ibuprofenPill 7 ай бұрын

The Japanese strategy of “one decisive battle” was foolhardy and reckless.

@hawkmoon419 Жыл бұрын

Yeah those Zeekees were badass fighters...

@rickmassey1272 Жыл бұрын

I pay good money for ad free premium service and still video creators stick commercial content in....EVERY VIDEO I SEE THAT MENTIONS ADVERTISEMENTS GETS A THUMBS DOWN 🤮👎🏽

@mollybell5779 Жыл бұрын

Good video... But I always thought it was a silent E when referring to a Zeke. 🤷‍♀️

@richardcline1337 Жыл бұрын

They were Zekes, NOT Zeke-e's!

@JoJo-w1c Жыл бұрын

HAPPY Memorial Day, everyone. Be thankful for the US navy.

@fuseblower8128 Жыл бұрын

I don't get how Japan could have lost. They've sunk the entire American fleet three times over. Certainly the reports of the Japanese pilots can't be that far off ;)

@kentlaughlin801 11 ай бұрын

The entire fleet was not in Pearl

@rhunter762i 7 ай бұрын

Either the "eyes on scene" didn't want to report "bad news", or the on-scene leadership didn't report it accurately; nobody wants to be "that-guy"; and by the old man learns, it is deniable, anyway; oops! THEY do it; WE do it; MOST of the Weasley "career officers" do, if they can get away with it! That's why the troops came up with the phrase "dog and pony show"; because, oftentimes, "it was all. BS! However, when things get REAL, the BS slows to a trickle; only because it HAS TO. As coming from OTHER war-veterans....

@cgirl111 10 ай бұрын

When in a Zero the one thing you didn't want to see was a Hellcat.

@TimothyJohnston-yt2iq Жыл бұрын

Too many adds sorry

@thanemlesstrue-arrow5724 10 ай бұрын

It's fun watching a historically significant documentary when you know that your side wins.

@michelmendoza1769 9 күн бұрын

It was the cast of friends against Seal Team Six

@Rebel-Rouser Жыл бұрын

Japanese air power was crushed in the Solomon Island campaign. They lost all their best and experienced pilots then. During the campaign of this video all they had were young rookies even though they did have a lot of them..

@gordonbartlett1921 8 ай бұрын

I thought that they lost their best pilots at Midway.

@Rebel-Rouser 8 ай бұрын

And the solomon island campaign... by the time we get to the battle mention in the above video all their experienced pilots were gone... thats the point I was making...@@gordonbartlett1921

@kennethmorris7878 Жыл бұрын

I remember a lot of the aerial footage from "flying leathernecks".

@danielburgess7785 Жыл бұрын

"Zeek-es" Just plain wrong.

@jhare18 Жыл бұрын

Warriors History Written in Blood.

@RalphTempleton-vr6xs 6 ай бұрын

Superior aircraft, superior training, and overwhelming numbers. The Japanese were beaten by mid-44 and they knew it, but were committed to the course of action they had chosen years before. Should have listened to Yamamoto's warning in December 41

@semperaugustus661 6 ай бұрын

Surprised there is no mentioned of the Koga papers in here. The intel gained from them is what kept the US from drawing in towards the Japanese aircraft and instead engaging them over open sea. The battle was lost for the Japanese before it started.

@milosanchez3669 Жыл бұрын

The first 9 minutes 4 commercials? Thank you, no!

@fefferryerr1818 11 ай бұрын

33:42 why did they push it off?

@seanwalker6460 7 ай бұрын

The main problem was the loss of pilots. The Japanese Navy had a tiny training schedule for new pilots compared to the US. The Japanese were at maximum total war strength at the start of the war. No reserves whatsoever.

@SuperMarlee2 3 ай бұрын

Even though we only lost 2 pilots and they lost almost 300 doesn’t mean they are not a strong enemy

@CaptainVasiliArkhipov Жыл бұрын

Clair Chenaullts Flying Tigers understood how to beat the much more nimble zeros, Japan never really had any chance of beating the USA, we were that good, our navy better overall in almost every way than Japan, our supplies of ships, fuel, fighting men and intelligence was incompatible

@MW-eb1qh 11 ай бұрын

The Thach Weave turned out to be very effective for the Wildcats going against Zeros too. God bless Jimmy Thach.

@daniel_moretti Жыл бұрын

Flying off to battle you don't have enough fule to return home from sounds CRAZY to me.

@forrestsory1893 11 ай бұрын

It's a bet. The admiral and captains of the fleet launch the planes then move at flank speed to close the gap between the Japanese and US Fleet. The top speed of a US Carrier was 28 to 31 knots per hour depending on type and condition of turbines. During the launch it's possible to close the range by 90 to 100 miles. But that is only if the US fleet is moving directly towards the Japanese and the Japanese are sitting still which they are not and the US Navy is not zig zagging to avoid submarines or maneuvering to avoid a incoming air attack. All that had to be considered at the moment the decision to launch was made. The Admiral gambled. Some of his air crew and planes lost. That is why he turned on the lights. To minimize losses. The Admiral heard those radio calls as he lost plane after plane. He also knew the Japanese were badly mauled at this point. He knew he had a Radar advantage. He knew the Japanese had not learned to bomb atsea at night. So turn on the lights save who you can.

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын

Hall cat aircraft's acted superiority in minnuvoraity and higher level striking over Japanese aircraft's attacker's ..two foe sides arranged their's fleet vassals through trapping the fae side ...in this Tom and Jerry racing ,Japanese naval forces lost more than 200 aircraft's which was a third decisive defeat of Japanese empire fleets thanks for successful reconnaissance of the US fleets 13:36

@lloydacklinjr.2032 Жыл бұрын

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@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын

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@PUBHEAD1 Жыл бұрын

My favorite narrator

@colinmcgrathinsydney Жыл бұрын

Papua New Guinea (PNG) was fought and held predominantly by Australian forces of the 2nd AIF, and the first Japanese of the Allies to stop the Japanese, US at Guadalcanal (GC) very fortunate that 100,000 Japanese were fighting Aussies in PNG ATM, only a few hundred kms away. Japanese could not devote all forces to GC. Japanese overstretched themselves.

@chrisk7118 Жыл бұрын

Nonsense, the heavy fighting in Philippines by Filipinos and Americans is what held up the Japanese. The Australians capitulated with the British in Singapore.

@zereprotsenzerep652 Жыл бұрын

Again as war brewing and imminent on west philippine sea may become as the biggest naval battle in history of mankind beforeit was on the right side of the philippines and now maybe on the left sideof our beloved country PHILIPPINES why oh why always on our side???....???😂😂😂😂😂

@gruntforever7437 8 ай бұрын

By the Philippine sea the IJN airgroups were a paper tiger as the battle showed. The IJN air power was gone by the end of 1942. They had planes and pilots but the pilots were untrained and inexperienced and the planes were no match for what was put on the American Carriers by then. The Pacific war only ever had one ending possible

@benjaminhine4074 Жыл бұрын

Anyone know the name of the song starting at 0.32?

@josephkool8411 3 ай бұрын

What's a Zeekee? Half Zero half Hayabusa? I don't know that's why I'm asking

@20july1944 Жыл бұрын

The name is "Zeke" (ZEEK), not "Zeekee"

@turquoisephoenix9931 Жыл бұрын

The narrator was british so give him a break

@jamesholden6142 Жыл бұрын

@@turquoisephoenix9931 true, the British can barely speak English

@jaimeosbourn3616 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesholden6142 according to them English hasn't been spoken here in years.

@lloydacklinjr.2032 Жыл бұрын

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@lloydacklinjr.2032 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesholden6142 CAN SOME OF US DO ANY BETTER, EHHHHH?!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@paulreilly3904 Жыл бұрын

Strange to hear Zeros referred to as Zekes, anyone watching this knows them as Zeros. Who are they trying to educate?

@captainobvious9233 Жыл бұрын

A 1 minute google search would have told you that 'Zeke' is actually the official Allied Code name for Zeros. Also, if had had never heard the term 'zeke' then you have been living under a rock. Always better to check before making yourself look like an ignorant tool.

@paulreilly3904 Жыл бұрын

@@captainobvious9233. You seem a little upset sir. It may well be the official name for that aircraft, but as other comments show, they are mostly referred to as Zeros. Why change that?

@EliteFuller 7 ай бұрын

Operation A-Go

@metalrat1724 Жыл бұрын

Zekes are “Zeeks”, not “Zeekees”.

@Guangrui Жыл бұрын

Attack, attack, attack!

@gregoryquick2091 4 ай бұрын

Japanese Betty, 4,722 km (2,933 miles) without a torpedo or equivalent weight in bombs.

@johnberger4687 Жыл бұрын

ZEKE is pronounced ZEEK, not ZEE-KEE.

@edcew8236 7 ай бұрын

"Zeke" has only one syllyllyllable..

@brianamuro2119 Жыл бұрын

This channel is just reporting on the history of this battle.

@gordonbartlett1921 8 ай бұрын

Yes, and your point is?

@DonaldConnolly-k5g 7 ай бұрын

ZEROS WHERE BUILT OUT OF. BALSA WOOD. AND SILK.

@aresee8208 Жыл бұрын

Zekee? Clearly the narrator didn't watch the documentary beforehand. But you'd think the filmmakers would know better. Kinda ruins the whole thing.

@thecappeningchannel515 Жыл бұрын

It ruins the WHOLE thing?! 😮😂

@aresee8208 Жыл бұрын

@@thecappeningchannel515 OK. Maybe it ruins about 75% of the whole thing. OK, OK. 55% But that's my final offer.

@thecappeningchannel515 Жыл бұрын

@@aresee8208 allrighty then

@briandstephmoore4910 Жыл бұрын

Whew good thing General Hyuandi Subaru failed

@atomicwedgie8176 Жыл бұрын

Oh, what a feee-reeen!!!!!! -Admiral Toyota

@senorpepper3405 Жыл бұрын

Admiral Acura Integra would kick all of their buts

@lloydacklinjr.2032 Жыл бұрын

@@atomicwedgie8176 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!. HUUUUUHHHHH?!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@lloydacklinjr.2032 Жыл бұрын

@@senorpepper3405 BOW WOW WOW, YIPPEE YO, YIPPEE YAY?!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@bo0tsy1 Жыл бұрын

He said to Toyota, rather have Honda. Boom Tish.

@michaelarchangel1163 Жыл бұрын

Graham McTavish had a great voice but was an utter plank with the mispronunciations.

@MikeWoot-ox9xf 4 ай бұрын

Gets on my nerves a lil that this generation of youngsters has no idea where the “hellcat” name originated. Dodge had some big performance boots to fill using that particular AKA & I have to tip my cap to them. Like the platform or not, they stirred up high performance v8 excitement on American streets again.