Estonian man reacts to Japanese invasion of Malaya (Pacific war)

[@MythicFool]

In regards to Japanese armor, there are several reasons why their tanks were inadequate against US armor. Predominantly, the infighting between the Army and Navy, and Japan's placement, meant most of the best steel went to the Navy for building ships. Comparatively little steel was allocated to the Army for the production of trucks, weapons and armor. Another factor was the type of fighting the Japanese were dealing with in China. The Nationalist and Communist Chinese forces had nothing by way of armor, Japanese tanks didn't need thick armor and a large or high velocity gun to defeat it. A lighter tank that could handle the Chinese terrain and fire high explosive shells and machine guns was enough for what they were dealing with. Larger tanks don't operate that well in mountains and jungles, and the US had that same thought, giving the Marines and Army in the Pacific mostly M3/M5 Stuarts until there was a significantly large enough surplus of Shermans to send over instead.

[@texastea.2734]

My grand uncle was a tanker in the Pacific, most major campaigns had tanks with the invasion, famous battles like Saipan, Peleliu, and Iwo Jima had tanks

[@zachboyd4749]

Shermans, Lees, or Stuarts?

[@texastea.2734]

@@zachboyd4749 a Sherman tank other then that we don’t know much, and funny thing is all 3 tanks where in service in the pacific

[@zachboyd4749]

@@texastea.2734 Cool, I love Shermans! Especially the Easy Eight variant!

[@TheMeanmarine13]

Respect to your grand uncle 🙏 🤘. Pacific campaign was harsh conditions that required hard men. You should definitely be proud of your relative.

[@doleofdolonia8859]

As a Malaysian, I'm really glad that you are watching this video. The British were so unprepared for this invasion that they practically allowed the Japanese to steam roll through Malaya once their northern defenses were breached. The British took everything British and abandoned the local Malays, Chinese and Indian communities at the mercy of the Japanese and stayed at Singapore until their eventual surrender. The Chinese and Indian communities suffered much in Malaya similar to those in China with mass executions and torture at the hands of Japanese soldiers. The abandonment of the British during this conflict was one of the major contributing factors to the Independence movement in Malaysia.

[@MrAlex_Raven]

On top that, what shocks me more in retrospect as well; especially if you watch WW2 "War Against Humanity" series with Spartacus and Indy Neidell; the British and Americans already were getting reports of the Japanese atrocities. To surrender to Japan would be a torture and death sentence for that garrison anyway; so I am one of a few faux-historians who feel Arthur Percival should have scarified, down to the last man; his entire command. Even if defeat was assured, making it as bloody as possible for Japan would be better than what ultimately happened.

[@TheMeanmarine13]

@The Elapid King I completely agree. When high level leadership starts handing out positions based on knowing the right people and friends in high places as opposed to appointing the right man for the job, you're setting yourself up for failure.

[@thatindiandude4602]

I think it cemented in the people of the colonies what they suspected all along. That they are a resource.

[@doctorchaotic3415]

The Chinese,British and Malaysians resistance were the only ones contributing in post-invaded Malaya. There's a story from history book in school I read. British commandos came to Malaya from Dutch boats/submarines. (Idk If the submarines part were correct. Quote me if I'm wrong).

[@Lic_471]

Im also malaysian, a 12 year old.......i only understand that british conquer, japan conquer, british conquer again and indenpendence

[@Rebotified]

Actually in the 1930s, japanese tanks were pretty good when comparing to european counterparts but became obsolete later because japan focused on navy and planes. They were still using their 1930s tanks.

[@zachboyd4749]

Yeah, the most numerous Allied tanks in East Asia at the time were American M3 Stuarts and British Valentines, both were at the same level as the Ha-Go and Chi-Ha. But it was pretty much game over for them when the Sherman and Churchill came into the picture.

[@Gidi66]

10:47 from what I remember he suddenly left his office and went for a walk they assumed he was going to the local barracks but he never showed up and later some people found him walking around the jungle.

[@TheMeanmarine13]

Artur, this was a very interesting video. I'm already subbed to that channel but getting your take on it made it worthwhile to watch again. I hope you continue to do more videos like this. 👍

[@pyronuke4768]

The Prince of Wales was the same battleship that alongside Hood had faced off against Bismark only six months earlier.

[@Psych0siris959]

Hey Artur Happy new year, hope life's good

[@zionkimura626]

I haven’t watched in a while. I missed this guy

[@leltech8117]

Glad you posts on in my time Nice

[@acesirr]

A bit disappointed the video didn't mention it, however the HMS Prince of Wales was the same battleship that fought the Bismarck alongside the HMS Hood in May 1941, on the fateful day the HMS Hood went down. It is irrelevant to this campaign, however I think it would've been a nice detail to put in the video. It's a cool funfact none the less.

[@ozzyperales8642]

I haven’t seen your videos In such a long time!

[@Wetter56778]

Hello I'm Albanian and I love your videos and happy new year

[@mochiisntbad6762]

Hi from east Malaysia :D

[@ericmarley7060]

Any more Epic History TV Napoleonic Wars content coming soon? I love your channel!

[@broken505rythem_yt]

This is really good. I'd love you to watch the malaya. I can assure you that you will find it very interesting. I am also a subscriber because I really love your channel.

[@nicholas7781]

I made sure I watched the whole ad👍

[@MrAlex_Raven]

17:30 If I remember correctly you can still see images or footage of that sinking, and it's truly harrowing. Granted Japan would get the same treatment in kind between both Musashi and Yamato by late war, but at this point in the war, the fact that massed swarms of planes felled two capital ships (even after the lessons of Taranto and in the midst of Pearl Harbor) was harrowing.

[@obionecanbloweme9365]

Your awesome and your videos are amazing

[@The_Bermuda_Nonagon]

The Japanese invasion of Malaya was brilliantly planned and executed, General Yamashita actually turned down additional troops that were offered to him for the attack to keep down his supply requirements and allow faster movement of his force. He bluffed the British into surrendering Singapore to him as they did not know his troops were critically short of ammunition. The British should have forced him to fight block by block for Singapore like Stalingrad. They still would have lost Singapore but they could have inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese troops, if they knew the treatment they would suffer as P.O.W.s later they probably would have preferred to fight to the death instead.

[@quinceykirkland1227]

Thanks for showing other battles and actions taken in WW2 that are not as well known as say, Midway.

[@farahfairy6203]

Hi Artur! I'm not Estonian, but I still actually love your videos!! :)) I'm from Germany! :3

[@ckhpersonal670]

@clouds they atacc, but most importantly they now protecc

[@user-vo4si4lo6l]

Japanese tanks were designed with the war with China in mind At the time China had no anti tank or tanks so there was no need to equip the tanks with anti tank capability For the time the tanks were decent as this was the early 30’s however into the war there was no development Because of the thin armour and weak gun these tanks were extremely lightweight and there was an interesting incident on a pacific island where Sherman tanks were too heavy and couldn’t move in the sand however the Japanese could but due to the lacking anti tank capacity they couldn’t destroy American tanks only outmanoeuvre them

[@zachboyd4749]

A freaking Ma Deuce was more than enough to kill them!

[@doleofdolonia8859]

The Americans did deploy Sherman tanks to the Pacific theater. They were very effective and were often seen as the metal behemoths of the east even if they were struggling in Europe against German tanks. The only major obstacles were Japanese traps, ambushes and nature. The terrain and weather of the Pacific islands were often unfit for Tanks but they were very effective in places where they did have breathing space to fight.

[@qp2qp226]

Please do a review of Forest Fenn a fighter pilot from the Vietnam War. He has a 28 min video where he commentaries his missions and some of the weapons used using his old mission film's. Forgot to add thank you for the great video reviews, glad to see your doing better. Have a wonderful day/night.

[@Luredreier]

1:54 That's Russian Bt-5 light tanks, not Japanese at all.

[@melkor3496]

More from this series please.

[@robertjethrogallano1053]

Happy New year! Watch their video about the Philippines especially documentaries about corregidor! :D

[@szariq7338]

You may like watching Mark Felton's Katyń massacre, topic very little touched outside Poland.

[@ReqLeBeax]

My grandfather was in the navy for ww2. He was in the pacific campaign. I always like to see the pacific naval battles. These are thing he may have had a part in.

[@lms_falcons7205]

Yes they did deploy tanks on Japanese islands

[@SirElderock]

21:33 they did deploy tanks including tanks with flamethrowers to destroy Japanese bunkers on islands

[@mclovinU2night]

You asked about american ta ks vs japanese tanks. The answerr is easy, Yes. Saipan there was a battle between tanks. I want to say it was M4 shermans vs japanese tanks, but the pacific theater used so many variety of tanks that Im not sure if they were M3 Lee, M2 stuarts or chaffes. Palaliu had a short scrimmage near the airfield.

[@MagicMizenX2]

Yessss British content 🐐

[@pyronuke4768]

The Serman tank to the Japanese was in many ways the Tiger to the Allies, or KV to the Germans, in that the Japanese had very few things that could counter it. Their only saving grace was that the thick jungle often limited the Sherman's mobility and it would get bogged down trying to advance. The closest European comparison to Japan's Type 95 and Type 97 tanks would be, in my estimation, the Soviet BT-series. The Japanese saw decent success using the thick jungles as a shield, but unfortunately the soldiers on the island campaign were often short on them as Japan's generals had sent most of their tanks to the Chinese front.

[@GroundWarChronicles]

The Indian, Australian and New Zealanders were underrated and can you react to "Why the Battle of Sunda Strait should no be forgotten" by the front please?

[@thatindiandude4602]

Indian troops underrated? Don't they sort of suck?

[@GroundWarChronicles]

@@thatindiandude4602 Yeah you can say that but The Indians were a good help and I'd dare say Australians and New Zealanders were a better help.

[@Poop32278]

Americans had napalm and made tanks that would spit out the napalm in the Second World War called the “M2 Spitfire Tank” and would make big changes to the make of them in what Americans call The Vietnam War and then Korean War

[@inspectaslime]

You are correct and those tanks were quite useful lol

[@Rommel_209]

My grandfather took arms with the MPAJA & fought guerrilla warfare in the jungle of Perak & Pahang until the end of the war

[@vallergergo737]

7:00 Japanese divisions (on average) were significantly bigger than regular Allied or, even European Axis counterparts. Also, these divisions would be supported by Japanese marines (SNLF) and other support groups, so their number isn't that low. Their were though, for the most part outnumbered by the Allies in these campaigns and their success is largely caused by their higher levels of experience and training, better equipment and overwhelming naval and air support with witch the Allies weren't prepared to deal with at the time. Japanese agressiveness (bordering on recklessness) also helped, since while it would get you massacred going up against forces that are trained and supported on the same level as you, against the raw conscripts and untrained volunteers they were facing it was highly effective.

[@thatindiandude4602]

It seems the Japanese troops also fought against the Indian colonial troops. I Presume that these were under trained, low morale troops?

[@vallergergo737]

@@thatindiandude4602 Morale is hard to determine, especially in this case since the commanders of these troops were also somewhat defetist, not to mention that the lack of proper equipment would render even good fighting spirit meaningless. On the whole however, it is probably true that they had lower morale than Japanese counterparts, at least at this point in the war. The same goes for training, with most of trained allied solders bogged down in Africa or are busy defending the UK or just simply don't exist yet (keep in mind the US had just went into war that day, their army is not yet trained or mobolised properly).

[@puppylovera]

We (the Americans) did use tanks in the Pacific, they tended to have some difficulty in jungle conditions, but we did use them

[@kylethekrocodile3162]

are you actually making a fish documnetary?

[@laberry8128]

I recommend watching Winter War by Kings and Generals.

[@WolfLordification]

Love these history videos, I know you have seen simple history but I dont know if you have seen The Ramree Island Massacre created by simple history. it's a very interesting and dark historical account of Japanese soldiers being attacked by saltwater crocodiles I thought that would be something interesting to look at IF you haven't seen it yet.

[@GATE12]

Second.. lol i was thinking i am first. First time this early. I love your channel. You really needs a history class or more years of reading comments and watching videos on KZbin. Lol

[@kmdgaming6039]

The main thing that allowed them to make such staggering progress early on was their sheer ferocity. The Japanese were few in number at the time, but their cultural code combined with their limited available resources gave them a unique mindset that made them much fiercer and encouraged swift, decisive action rather than slow methodical progress. In a way, the Japanese enacted their own form of Blitzkrieg out of both necessity and personal code of conduct.

[@threshruleroftheshadowisle4247]

Demolitionranch made a video with all his guns.I think you would enjoy his collection.

[@rafaeldoespiritosanto8440]

I love the imperial Japanese long live imperial japan banzai!!!🙌🙌🎌🎌🎌

[@A_Name_]

America did use tanks in the pacific theater and to give you an idea how bad the armor on japanese tanks was American tanks would fire high explosive rounds at them instead of armor piecing because they would go right through the tank and unless you hit the ammo or some important mechanical part or a crew member you just wasted a round.

[@OtterSam]

American and Australian tanks were used in the jungle against the Japanese in Papua New Guinea, and the British used tanks against them in Burma.

[@stratejic1020]

Well if you think about it in the Pacific you know a lot of the countries that they invaded didn't have a lot of tanks and they weren't very powerful and usually we're taking apart by infantry equipment. So when they went to war with United States are there tanks were not prepared for actual resistance

[@SamGray]

A Japanese "Army" was what would be considered a "Corps" by European standards. Several Japanese Armies formed an Area Army, which would be roughly equivalent to a German or American field army.

[@rafaeldoespiritosanto8440]

I don’t think you will see this Artur but Japanese tanks at Iwo Jima and Okinawa were heavily camouflaged and they mostly said in bunkers or dugouts they weren’t meant to move around yes the Americans tanks cut right through them the Japanese tanks goal was to cause heavy causalities against The Americans

[@nathanielkemple2356]

Artur Rehi the POGCHAMP/the real life ESTONIAN CHAD

[@commandplay]

The battle of Luzon 1945 in the Philippines, probably saw the most engagements between American and Japanese tanks in the war. Though American tanks were better and won, the Japanese Type 97 Shinhoto tanks had some success as they could penetrate the side armor of the M4 Sherman in ambushes.

[@Luredreier]

4:10 This video is downplaying the actual achievements of Japan in this particular invasion. I can find you a few better videos covering this invasion if you want. (A series of 3 videos I think it was, could be wrong, its been a while)

[@Luredreier]

I'm struggling with finding the videos I had in mind. I saw them several years ago. Some videos I've found while searching are these: kzbin.infovideos This one being the first in *that* series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5zOo3uprMuDjNU Watching all of them might be well worth doing, although they still don't show the lead up and how and why they decided to use bicycles to invade Malaya. Another good one is this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGqwf3qapth7gac And this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3bCmoGLjc2lnNk

[@animesamurai3081]

when are you gonna react to evolution of german tanks by the armchair historian?

[@grav_nl]

the only dutch win in the pacific war was when a whole ship was camouflaged as an tropical island.

[@MilesTraveler]

People often talk about the horror of the atomic bomb. But often miss the Japanese mass executions, torture, rape, mass pillaging across Asia and the Pacific. Intentional targeting of combat medics, even the Germans respected that medics were off limits unless they were shooting. The Japanese also brainwashed local culture to be suicide bombers, killed father's and replaced them with Japanese men in conquered lands. Supported the Nazi's and more. Much like China in 2022, Imperial Japan was evil. You were better off dying on the battlefield than being captured by them. The nukes were because the Japanese were so brutal, so horrific, so fanatical. That it was a mercy on all sides to end the war immediately. And let me be clear. The Japanese are allies, and peaceful people now. I love their culture and people. But back then they were as evil as the SS or Red Army, easily.

[@stevengallowayii7953]

When the Japanese and American tanks engaged each other. The American medium Sherman tanks was able to destroy some Japanese light tanks with heavy machine gun fire. During when both nations medium tanks fought each other it was a slug fest

[@flixlinnenbrugger1317]

You absolutely must react to ww2s in real time pearl Harbour special it’s the greatest and longest documentary ever

[@jadeynbedford3302]

Nice

[@adreinkuki1404]

👍

[@fanwtn5124]

"Fckin police" - Gen. Arthur Percival

[@DonFatherTrump]

Wouldn't a dictator use military as police?

[@tfscropairlinessaveukraine7930]

I am Malaysian

[@s0cc451]

War waged in every other front, and here. Japanese and British got held back by local police and military youth

[@akmaldanial9160]

hi i am form malay can you react to german tanks

[@cisco3737]

👌

[@troymercado4240]

plss react to BATTLE OF THE MANILA(Philippines).

[@Reasonable6]

Yes Artur hell cats.

[@lonniekay3506]

Americans put their major emphasis on Europe, considering Germany the greater immediate threat. In the Pacific they began a long series of “island hopping” that had costly issues of battles. Advancements came slowly and cost many lives until the development of atomic warfare capabilities. The Americans feared that an invasion of Japan could have cost millions of lives. Truman ordered Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings to avoid full scale invasion. This action also put the Soviet Union on notice that the US would not tolerate Russian invasion from the north. The Smithsonian Channel has a good documentary about “island hopping.”

[@kp05YT]

Please react to no idea animations Poland anger issues

[@josephstalin6996]

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