Estonian Soldier reacts to the Battle of Midway - Japanese perspective

[@joshuareynolds6271]

My fish documentary shirt was delivered Monday, it's really comfortable and soft! Better than I imagined, thank you for your time and all of your reactions, it's truly appreciated!

[@assaultpickle77]

Nope.

[@Alexander24871]

@Dwight Kunzman u too

[@Alexander24871]

@Jonas Warren litterly nobody cares

[@perrycomeau2627]

Sure. I like Mountain Dew too Joshua; now is not the moment. ♥

[@BHuang92]

Japanese: That was a master stroke of planning. We did not expect such a bold move! American: Wait, we won?

[@silverbird425]

Japanese: They were right where we weren't expecting them. How did that happen? Americans: It's Magic. And the prediction on the two Japanese commanders - right on.

[@silverbird425]

Japanese pilots had more battle experience.

[@BHuang92]

@@silverbird425 But the Americans did had the element of surprise and some luck which the Japanese, however experienced they were, had no counter plan for.

[@silverbird425]

@@BHuang92 Very true. A plan with no flex, breaks.

[@TheMyrmo]

@@silverbird425 Experience has never beaten intelligence.

[@wattsproductions6366]

can't wait for that 5 hour fish documentary. lets make it happen guys.

[@adampleticha6314]

Yes need to get Author and a assistant on a boat filming the world's oceans.

[@stevensawicki9123]

Yessir

[@michaelszczekot8920]

It was a cluster fuck. Snafu. Fubar from the word to Americans jet came out on top thank god

[@iarthur3211]

Yamamoto was a Admiral in charge of the combined fleet. during the battle his flag was on the Yamato. Hirito was the emporer at the time.

[@HemlockRidge]

That would be Hirohito that sat on the Chrysanthemum Throne.

[@silverbird425]

The problem here is the entire overall plan was Yamamoto's. To deviate from it and fail could be a death sentence. But at the same time Yamamoto is not there. Big mess reloading. Um..um...um...

[@chairmanmeow3474]

I THOT GAMERA WUZ THE ADMIRAL IN CHARGE ..... AND GODZILLA WUZ THE EMPEROR...

[@rafaeldoespiritosanto8440]

@@chairmanmeow3474 very funny you should probably change you name he was a horrible man

[@shinygemsbro]

Japanese: We underestimated the Americans! They're too good in naval warfare!! Americans: *Aircraft Carriers throwing random planes hoping at least one Japanese ship sinks, ends up destroying all of them*

[@maryjoygelizon4268]

If you dont know what ur doing or whats going on then the enemy doesnt know either

[@baddabeer4862]

Throw enough crap at a fan, you can break the fan. You still spray crap all over yourself. Just call it mud and throw harder.... America has turned crap throwing into a science

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

Yeah

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

@@baddabeer4862 @Mary Joy Gelizon yeah

[@thegunman2841]

@@baddabeer4862 beautiful philosophy.

[@estacadarocks3446]

" Everyones got A plan,,until they get punched in the mouth". :- Mike Tyson

[@ekerilaz723]

That fits so well

[@PWB06]

Glad ur back

[@georgemartin1436]

I'd only add that the Japanese had originally intended to use six carriers during this operation, but two were knocked out in the "Battle of the Coral Sea"...

[@aardvarkmindshank]

Knocked out cold 😆

[@MarsJenkar]

One was heavily damaged, and the other had its air squadrons basically wiped out. And because Japan followed a strict "squadron assigned to the ship" doctrine, they couldn't transfer fighters from one carrier to another without an involved process. By contrast, the US was far more flexible. Yorktown, in addition to being heavily damaged at Coral Sea, also had its own squadrons wiped out there. But there were a number of squadrons associated with the heavily-damaged Saratoga sitting idly by and doing nothing, so they were assigned to Yorktown for the Battle of Midway. This is why the squadrons launched from Yorktown were designated by the number 3, by the way--Yorktown was CV-5, but Saratoga was CV-3. End result, Japan had only four carriers (instead of a possible five) while the US managed to scrape together three.

[@georgemartin1436]

Wow. I didn't know about that "squadron-ship"...questionable policy. Mark Felton should be informed.@@MarsJenkar

[@tlpineapple1]

@@georgemartin1436 It wasnt just a squadron to ship policy. It was a general policy across all roles on a ship. While this had the MASSIVE downside in lack of cross training and flexability, it was one of the reasons the kido butai was, at the time, the strongest naval strike force on the ocean. The operators of their ships knew them like the back of their hands.

[@HemlockRidge]

The Japanese were notorious for huge, sweeping, complex plans, that depended upon what they THOUGHT the enemy would do. There were war games played, that had the results invalidated because the players that represented the enemy didn't do what the ranking officials thought. I guess K.I.S.S doesn't translate into Japanese.

[@gooseman_x]

I’m so glad you decided to react to Montemeyer’s trilogy on the battle of Midway. The level of detail is so high, that after viewing them all, you can easily see how hectic this battle really was and how lucky the Americans truly were.

[@greenwave819]

The fact they had intel helped a lot. Still lucky and also unlucky

[@matthewnoto9380]

The Japanese strategy, if you can call it such, for the Pacific War was to strike quickly and overwhelm its enemies with a dazzling display of tactics, weapons and fervor, leaving the enemy fearful, confused, and unwilling to pay the price of fighting back. This, coincidentally, is very much in line with the more-ritualistic aspects of Samurai warfare -- an opponent, defeated by a superior display of arms. is logically expected to surrender. it is also indicative of the low opinion in which the Japanese held Westerners that they believed that having been defeated and demoralized, they would simply sue for peace rather than face the martial might of Japan. This was a particular blind spot among Japanese policy makers at the time. There were those who warned them against this idea, but they were not heeded to. This racism -- that Westerners were weak and unwilling to fight -- was perhaps the most fortunate (for the Allies) aspect of Japanese war strategy. Japan did not plan for a long war as it did not think it would have to fight one. Had they done so, they might have discovered that not going to war at all was the best strategy. Ultimately, Japan attacked The United States, Britain, and the Netherlands not just for the resources these would bring resource-poor Japan, but also so that they could -- in their thinking -- FINALLY end their war in China successfully. Because of their own innate racism, the Japanese were unwilling to understand that the reason why they could not conquer China wasn't because they were ill-equipped to do so (the Japanese also hated the Chinse and thought even less of them). Instead, they found excuses as to why a racially-superior Japanese nation was denied victory, and the answer they came up with was that China was being encouraged to fight on by Western Aid moving over the Burma Road. This aid was never very much, but the Japanese exaggerated it's effect, because otherwise they would have had to face the truth that the Samurai were not invincible and that Japan was not a Great Power. By destroying the armed forces of the other Powers in the region, Japan hoped to keep them from continuing to aid the Chinese, at which point, the naturally-superior Japanese would finally be able to overcome the Chinese. In the meantime, taking the former colonies of Britain, the US and the Netherlands, as well as Vichy France, would supply the Japanese war effort against China and leave a sizable surplus to defend against the West should they suddenly discover the nerve to fight. They chose the wrong strategy, implemented a war plan that was utterly unworkable given the Japanese weaknesses in logistics, finance and industry, and so lost. They simply took too much territory, spread over great distances, and then discovered they lacked the ability to knit this all together into an Empire and a viable economic unit. No amount of martial fervor was ever going to correct that problem. Midway was the first manifestation of all I've just mentioned: four carriers could not be replaced quickly, and the aircrew strained to very high and exacting standards that went with them -- built up in "Peace" time -- could never be replaced under the pressures of war.

[@harrycarter1722]

Wow! Impressive summary.

[@MarsJenkar]

@@harrycarter1722 From what I heard, Admiral Yamamoto was better-versed in Western culture than many of his compatriots. He knew that the goals of Japan's war effort were likely not achievable, but was bound by cultural (and military) duty to come up with the best plan he could to accomplish them anyway. He reportedly estimated that from the moment the US got involved, Japan would have about six months to finish their objectives before they would have to go on the defensive. Midway was almost exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, so his estimate was quite correct.

[@jerrycash3]

Your videos got me through quarantine man, I finally re-found your channel!! Salute.

[@billytiradojr.6652]

I may not be a "Patreon" Sir, but I am here for you every upload! I hope you are doing alright and staying safe, thank you very much for the upload Sir!

[@Serenade2461]

I like how you keep bringing the fish into it randomly

[@personmanman3071]

Napoleon was actually so good a commander that a lot of times he was actually able to win swift and decisive victories. Usually if France lost a battle it was because Napoleon was too far away or the army was too big for him to command it all directly

[@jacklewis5452]

When looking for Generals to lead his army, he was given many men with great military credentials..........Napoleon asked one question.........But is he lucky?

[@Cifer77]

What would fish think about all the explosions? I imagine it would look something like 33:15

[@maryjoygelizon4268]

Why is this not top comment

[@Robertz1986]

At 33:30 when Artur attempted evasive maneuvers and almost broke his camera.

[@darth-hellhound6534]

"I almost broke my everything" -Artur's final words

[@DerCharacter]

When I first saw that I was going to comment this

[@cfromcass]

Artur you really need to open up more. I purchased your mug/cup years ago never got a mention. I use it every day. I also bought the Adventurister Watch (you held up at 2:00 minutes) and gave a shout out to YOU for the sale to Antti Heikkinen. "Thanks for letting me know you heard from us from Rehi!" "All the best", Antti Heikkinen

[@drush525]

No one believed Americans would ever show such utter heroism and bravery. We showed the world that we will fight no matter what and if needed we lay it all on the line for liberty and freedom. The tree of liberty must be watered with blood from time to time.

[@TheKrasnak]

That Midway video has been on my recommended for weeks now. I guess this is the universe telling me to watch it. 😂

[@sld1776]

Montemayor is absolutely outstay here. If you like war history videos you'll like this.

[@TwistedSynn]

It's great

[@ethangrubb2857]

You need to react to "The Operations Room". They make videos just like this. I suggest their videos on Desert Storm.

[@Ryan-zp4qo]

Yes! _Animated battle videos? Tactical analysis videos? Strategy videos?_ That series of videos checks all of those boxes

[@thegunman2841]

YES

[@elischultes6587]

73 easting is good.

[@jahdgreat]

Agree. I commented this months ago too. 😂

[@zonzone6635]

Great reaction man! Much love from Minnesota USA! If you ever travel to Minnesota, drinks are on me!

[@wateryfall1416]

Love the content man its so cool to see people seeing things for the first time

[@empollonamericano328]

So early that the Japanese haven’t even attacked Pearl Harbor yet...... Finally the fish documentary that I’ve always longed for

[@vsparky6967]

Fish?

[@empollonamericano328]

Yes fish

[@eagleeye5526]

You're an inspiration, I've learnt so much from you.

[@MotoroidARFC]

I hope you continue with this series. This video was one of three on the battle and together offers more detail on what happened on both sides (why the American carrier aircraft showed up they way they did, for example).

[@aztec0112]

Montemayor's dissection of Midway are amongst the best out there, in print or in visual media.

[@jeffreymcgillivray5408]

You are the same as we are. we are students of war, we learn how all the wars went down and try to not make the same mistakes.

[@pyronuke4768]

Montemayor has a really good videos. I especially like his one on the two naval battles of Guadalcanal.

[@fredlagin8275]

you are correct; as long as the attacked side has the equal will to fight as the attacker.

[@larrywelchko6136]

After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, admiral Yamamoto said “I believe we have done nothing but awaken a sleeping giant” and he was wright. I hope you are feeling better and glad to see another video from you

[@conamer6738]

"...and filled him with a terrible resolve."-Yamammoto

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

He actually never said that.

[@Gunnar754]

I believe that there's no official record of him saying that; it's just a rumor

[@conamer6738]

The exact quote: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." The wasn't talking to himself. There were witnesses.

[@nicholasconder4703]

Actually Rehi, you could. The lift takes about a minute to move a plane from the hangar deck to the flight deck, so the spotting time is dependent on the number of aircraft you are planning to launch. However, there was the risk that some of the CAP Zeroes could run out fuel in the meantime and be forced to ditch, meaning the loss of some fighter aircraft.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

So was Yamaguchi going against doctrine when he suggested his division go after the American ship sighting?

[@kittknight4491]

Any other Texans tempted to buy some hats to put Texas at #1? 😭 wish I could.

[@frankcrawford416]

Who is number one now?

[@kittknight4491]

@@frankcrawford416 #1 is Washington with 44 & #2 is Texas with 34.

[@Yolloface-cr7le]

Just finished watching midway when u posted this

[@yukonau1153]

I hope you finish this series

[@jasonchiu272]

Japanese in the Battle of Midway summary: Holy shit evasive maneuvers *panicked whistling*

[@rolorolan1459]

This video was amazing please react to some more Montemayor videos

[@flamethrowerturtle1257]

Hi artur this is a very cool video

[@MichaelPower212]

Bear in mind that the 23% loss of Japanese planes attacking Midway was only the 108 planes involved, not 23% of the carriers' 223 planes. So, the loss to the total of 223 is 11%.

[@johnbaer1528]

Montenmayor is the shit when it comes to historical accuracy....Fantastic choice for a video, Artur..... History repeats Itself also, bty......

[@aaronestridge4797]

Thanks for all you do. You do great and I hope things get better for you. Depression sucks. I know you'll be ok! I want to support your channel soon and I will when I can get back on my feet but once again thank you for your dedicated work! You do a great job and you love your country! Thanks to you I know more about Estonia! Pulling for you man! Oh and by the way this video of Midway is awesome!

[@Galaar]

I'm a US Navy vet and was on the carrier Kitty Hawk, I enjoy seeing other's reactions to the stuff we take for granted from training and study, evasive maneuvers = "Cool circles" cracked me up. Doctrine has evolved, but every sailor is trained in damage control before they are sent to the fleet. The Yorktown and her crew were the best of us and did us proud. If the Japanese hadn't been forced to take 2 of their carriers to port for repairs and supplies as a result of the Battle of Coral Sea, the Zuikaku and Shōkaku, the Japanese would have had a strong chance of winning, both in direct engagements and possibly even getting Midway on the first attempt from having enough planes for the job. Even though it's been pointed out already, I'd be remiss not to mention Nagumo was going against Admiral Yamamoto's orders, the Emperor at the time was Hirohito, and the results/consequences could be nuanced as well, but it was a very strict chain of command that rarely spoke in contradiction of their superiors.

[@OrigionalCigarette]

Here are some of my sayings of war: "War may be fought with guns, but they are won with intelligence" (Smarts is a lethal weapon in war) "War is a game, and with a creative mine, almost all is possible" (Tactics is vital, and with them, you can win even with bad odds.) "A war is never won, all sides loose" (all sides loose men and resources, things that cannot be taken back)

[@cen7ury]

Mental health is more important than people realize. Take care of yourself, bud. I can keep myself entertained in the meanwhile. Stay safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated as soon as you can. I love you like a brother, bud. Keep your chin up!

[@skyliner33gtr23]

If he puts my name in a video for the hat then I'm going to make my state win if there is enough left.

[@mitsukijin2666]

I really appreciate that you actually think of my countries side without disrespect so I really appreciate what you do and your yt

[@orla2274]

Glad to see you put another vid out man!

[@MotoroidARFC]

Ah, an excellent choice of a video series

[@larrywelchko6136]

I’m not trying to be petty but I am still waiting for my hat purchase to be posted to Texas and I purchased it about 3 months ago. Keep up the great work and stay healthy both physically and mentally

[@arturrehi]

What, write me an email. The hat takes always maximum of week to arrive

[@greenwave819]

Artur cool for you to be a fan of history while still young. I follow you for your Ukraine coverage, and now have found some of these reaction videos. You do great friend. You seem to understand the totality of the engagement.

[@loquacious-]

Amazing content slava estonia

[@doncarlton4858]

"Radio Silence"means that you cannot transmit lest you give your position away, but you can listen, especially to intelligence and weather updates from fleet headquarters

[@Ahlotski]

It's not complete the Hiryu sunk 2 American Carriers the Yorktown and the Hornet, but the Hiryu also sunk by the 3rd. American Carrier the Enterprise.

[@christaylor6654]

Awesome video

[@tsg9874]

Much love To Estonian brave Soldiers 🇪🇪 - From Kurdistan 🇭🇺

[@charlieobrien3450]

Love your content. Do what you need to do to look after yourself.

[@michaelwaldmeier1601]

You might want to look at the US Civil War 1861-1865. It lasted longer than both sides expected. President Lincoln went through a lot of generals until he found Grant & Sherman. They knew how to wage war successfully and what to concentrate on (transportation hubs such as Atlanta, food supplies needed to get by train from the deep South to the periphery, logistics and communications) and what to ignore or simply isolate (Confederacy capital of Richmond was isolated, the Army of Northern Virginia was short on food) .

[@enigmagrieshaber5555]

34:45 USS nautilus is a submarine along with Task force 16 and 17

[@cartermccauley7352]

Ay Artur. Great vid

[@thepurplefly8642]

"I almost broke my everything" i had never seen him more suprised by something

[@jamesschmidt6993]

I'd like to see your reaction to the Battle 360 series. It follows the USS Enterprise through all of WWII

[@VKiera]

I'm gonna laugh so much if people actually eventually get to the 500 fish shirts and he has to do that fish video. Anyway, awesome one hour video!

[@mikek0135]

😂😂😂She said “if”😂😂😂

[@jimmybobsap8729]

Actually many wars and land conquests were through "shock warfare" Blitzkrieg. Was horses before tanks in the same way

[@proceo6872]

YESSSS! Please react to the rest!

[@itmeagainlol4434]

Wow I can’t believe I’m This early

[@tjbyrd2623]

😐

[@michaelnash1067]

Great to have you get me through life. Along with your choice of videos and great personality, this combination helps me escape for a while from working two jobs and taking care of my wife.

[@TKCoutside]

Artur, so glad to watch another of your videos. Summer is coming, sun and outdoors fun in nature 🙂

[@randomguy-z2l]

"the fish wont be happy about this" made me lol

[@abdu4566]

there's a movie called midway and its amazing

[@michaelszczekot8920]

Was worried about you. Glad you are back

[@JonnyQuest64]

He's alive!!!

[@cpMetis]

46:00 The more planes you had, the more spread thin the enemy AA and CAP would be. So think for every extra plane you attacked with, you didn't gain +1 attack effectiveness, you gained +2. And the same worked in reverse. 10 planes attacking is less than half as likely to work as 20. etc.

[@00calvinlee00]

The Kido Butai needed either the Zuikaku or even one of the light Carriers. Either could have taken on all of the Scouting and Task Force Air Cover mission. IJN did not allow flexibility in several aspects such as swapping Air Groups or use of Fighters and Strike Aircraft as Scouts.

[@Shavaaa]

hey man, saw your videos on demolition ranch and thought you might enjoy a little thing called H3 (hotdogs, horseshoes and handgranades) its a vr game simulating guns, how they handle etc with a lot of different guns / ammo calibers to shoot. you would have a blast with it

[@Thetequilashooter1]

Love your commentary, man!

[@themavymavz5797]

Let's goo an hour video

[@vybezD]

To be honest I would watch a 5 hour fish documentary on how WW2 affected ocean life in the Pacific.

[@HemlockRidge]

The American Douglas TBD "Devastator" torpedo bomber was still in use at Midway. It was a slow and obsolete aircraft. The replacement, the Grumman TBF "Avenger" was a much superior aircraft, but it was just coming on line in 1942. The American fighter aircraft, the Grumman F4F "Wildcat", were also no match for the Zero. The American pilots had to use tactics to win. The Grumman F6F "Hellcat" didn't come on line until 1943. The Hellcat was more than a match, and actually outclassed the Zero.

[@johnbaer1528]

The, "Two Tigers", analogy is perfect, by the way

[@bullreeves1109]

Glad you are still doing okay lad! Keep safe man!

[@TonyG0317]

I just had to hit like because your reaction when you hit your camera was priceless.

[@jakeg273]

Love your vids I’ll always support you take your time if you need to.

[@yarilolz]

one of the aspects of this war that always found so interesting it's the philosophies of the people who are fighting. like for instance American culture versus this East Asiatic culture. do they process death the same way ? do they process guilt or pride or selfishness the same as we do in the West? This can be a reason for why actions made my the japanese may seem off.

[@yarilolz]

nothing but love bro

[@trentrouse5991]

Artur you are an awesome guy and I am loving the longer videos. you should watch the HBO mini series Band of Brothers and The Pacific. 10 episodes each and about 50 minutes an episode but almost fully true stories and all of the characters are real people.

[@names1842]

This background music is great

[@shawnSTNCH]

I’m so happy you watched this video. I’ve gone back and watched all of Montemayers videos like 30 times As far as war of attrition vs war of speed goes, the German Blitzkreig absolutely worked. They rolled most of Northern Europe within a few months by their lightning warfare strategy. If they hadn’t split to 2 fronts and left Russia alone we might have had a very different European continent today. Speed in warfare is effective if the element of surprise is intact.

[@subgum3403]

Cant wait for part 2 hang in there hugs!!!!

[@DeAnne1233]

I appreciate your reaction videos. When you paused and started doing math… I was right there with ya because I do that as well. 🇺🇸

[@gisterme2981]

Thank you Artur! Please do take care of yourself. You help cure ignorance in our world. Your work is important because you stick to the truth. :-) Well done!

[@gatshicenteri]

I am military historian specializing in Naval Warfare in regards to your comment about everything ending up attritional provided that the two combatants are within about forty to fifty percent margin of strength then yes so often go attritional if the mismatches more than 40 or 50% one way or the other than it'll often be Swift

[@deadeyedon4423]

There is a book called mclusky s heroes .A very good read and in my opinion is an example of Divine intervention. [ how things played out ) God speed my friend.

[@dimitri5308]

The Japanese could launch zeros during a strike. The video was making the point that while under attack, Japanese carriers exclusively launched zeros, in other words they could not launch air strikes against enemy carriers (the "Val" dive bombers and "Kate" torpedo bombers)

[@isaiahmiller5094]

Hey sir we appreciate your view on things! I was born in the us and am extremely finnish. We support you from Finnesota

[@yoridyse5411]

great video as always but where is the fish documentary i hope the documentary didnt swim away from us

[@cfromcass]

Artur, hope you are feeling better. I have prayed for you.

[@reginastogner9535]

Hello from GA gal! Just found your channel and enjoyed 😉 Please cover the Navajo code talkers They drove the Japanese crazy. They were trying to break a code that wasn't code. Thanks!

[@thegunman2841]

Artur, when calculating the amount of planes launched per minute you gotta factor in the amount of flight decks or catapults.

[@codybrown5309]

Love the camera work with the fish shirt haha.

[@scottb7115]

Cant wait for the next parts!