Fall of Java - Pacific War #15 Animated DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

Pacific War Podcast: thepacificwar.podbean.com Cold War channel: bit.ly/2UHebLI Modern Warfare series: bit.ly/2W2SeXF Pacific War #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKu2Yo13qtGjpbs Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6GleIh5bbSde5Y Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake and the Philippines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4uXlWqHmt6crM0 Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5m0o6luZ617pJo Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpjXkpqbrMikgdE Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3i8kpqefqikobs Pacific War #7 - Battle of Slim River: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5a6cn-notiLrtU Pacific War #8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onPam5qbqKumfLc Pacific War #9 - Invasion of New Britain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIavZmZunp2Co9U Pacific War #10 - Fall of Malaya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGiukoGqo5emfNE Pacific War #11 - Battle of Makassar Strait: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnuwqaVteqlrqqs Pacific War #12 - Fall of Singapore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpDbdmd5i6xmqLs Pacific War #13 - Invasion of Sumatra: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enKVeX6XmtprrZY Pacific War #14 - Invasion of Timor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnqnYamqapdgrLs

[@ayoubhadi3583]

Can we get a modern Ukraine-Russia episode or reliable info are not available yet?, or past conflicts?

[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

Hey any future plan on making futher videos about maratha or Mughal. Maybe covering anglo-mysore war?

[@febrian0079]

Please continue the series on criminal syndicate

[@christopherhanton6611]

Could you do a video about japan WW 2 bombing raids on Australia

[@afaqmehmood5200]

make a video on Muhammad bin qasim conquest of hindu sind

[@wtgardner6914]

With out a doubt, this is the best series ever done on the Pacific war! Rarely, if ever, do documentaries go into such great detail. I am engrossed each time with the level of detail that K&Gs use to explain what is going on. I have been addicted to this series since I first found it. K&Gs just knows how to do detailed documentaries!

[@benbutler9282]

Yes they do. Well said

[@GoodGirlKate]

Once again I think we should take the time to applaud the gang behind Kings and Generals! These guys are really putting work into the Pacific War series and it shows with so many uploads and quality!

[@NandiCollector]

👏👏👏👏

[@Rio_45]

As someone who lives in Subang/Soebang since child... i didnt even know we used to have a huge battles during Japanese Occupation here, I only know about the Dutch Surrender in Kalijati later... Thanks for the history lesson! Makes me know more about our own history from both sides instead of just the Allies' perspective.

[@susakuzero]

Well from the Japanese perspective at this time it was like they paint themself as the Victims who where kinda surpresed and then tried to bring themself glory and "liberating" the poor Colonial Nations in the Pacific and bring them under their own rule in the so called Greater east Asian co prosperity Sphere. But this was merely an exuse to rule other Nations and the Japanese at this time saw other Asians beneth them and thought they where racial superior.

[@Rio_45]

@@susakuzero in some history books i read. It kinda felt like Indonesia was more pro towards the Japanese because the empire did help our independence and all even a bit near their downfall... So even after the atrocities of The Empire of Japan did during WW2. It still felt like we wont get our independence without their involvements.

[@oddballsok]

ja joh...

[@noorfakhruzzaky1034]

Most of indonesian probably don't know about this "international" battle happened on our country since our history lesson never talk about this and only focused on independence struggle

[@raditya5663]

Subang location maybe startegies near Bandung and Jakarta, and also in 1900s, Dutch want move capital further to west Java in Bandung

[@alwalidianyt4559]

My grandfather was only 3 years old when this happened. He told me that he remembered having to move to different places around Java since cities were being bombed both when the Japanese attacked and the war of Independence. Great video as always K&G

[@horticulturist2338]

Poor Admiral Doorman, he wasn't the greatest military mind but at least he went out fighting when so many had simply fled. "Ik val aan, volg mij" I am attacking, follow me!

[@Ilikefinalfantasy795]

a true military man.

[@horticulturist2338]

@@Ilikefinalfantasy795 Hell yeah, he even had to physically gather his ships back up when they all tried to break formation and return to base. I mean, what more could the man do? He might have had "unimaginative" battle plans, but at least he engaged.

[@horticulturist2338]

@@tek87 Yeah, I think it was a combination of wanting redemption, but also realizing that the Navy was the only chance they had. The fact he told the last two cruisers to run as his ship sank hits me in the gut.

[@sfr7916]

a brave warrior for sure. May his soul rest in peace.

[@arthurmorganSUN]

As an Indonesian, I had to give it to him. Nothing we love more than people who stayed true to what they are. He was a brave warrior.

[@brainflash1]

"Even *without* world war to worry about." Way to date the recording guys!

[@sumeliamelia6016]

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[@charlie8344]

It's not a world war yet..

[@project2060]

I live in Bandung (Bandoeng) and I like to learn history of my area. Honestly I'm amazed by the sheer details given here. Kudos for the Kings and Generals team!

[@Thefunkyrikitiki]

Props to Admiral Dorman he really tried at the end to get those invasion transports. I dont know what I would have done in his shoes , with all the incomplete information out there and the anxiety that comes with it. The man was a warrior at the end of the day.

[@jeffreyestahl]

What didn't help was not getting enough materiel to do the job. Helfrich divided his already outnumbered force in half (for both East and West). If he'd concentrated his available ships, they might have had a chance to stop one of the invasions forces, instead of being beaten in detail like that. There's an excellent book published by Osprey on the Battle of the Java Sea. To a large degree, I think one of the reasons Doorman refused to back off was because Java was his home; his family was literally behind him.

[@josemagsael6138]

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[@davidvictor4742]

My great-grandfather was a KNIL soldier. At that time he was one of the many who had bad luck so that he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and taken along with thousands of other prisoners to undergo Forced Labor (Romusha). Ironically, when the ship carrying my great-grandfather along with the others was bombed by allied Ship. Later the Allies received news that the ship was transporting Forced Labourers from Java and POWs from Allies such Dutch, British, American and Australian. And that ship was known as the Junyo Maru Hell Ship. RIP Petrus Noh (Johan) Rompas 🥀

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

Damn, I'm getting old ! At 63, most of my uncles and parent's male friends were in the KNIL, and most imprisoned by the Japanese. One uncle was shipped to Japan, and died, in one of their factories. That generation is all gone, now. My last uncle just passed, last year. He was suppose to be in the KNIL, but was rated the equivalent of the US military's 4F (unfit, due to poor health). For an unhealthy fellow, he almost made it to 100 ! I should be that unhealthy !

[@davidvictor4742]

@@michaelmoorrees3585 Respect to those who have contributed in the time of world crisis. 🥀

[@blank.373]

My dream is to have Kings and Generals cover the Indonesian war of independence right after the pacific war series. Please make it happen.

[@nicholas4684]

I think they will until the Japanese surrendered the Pacific war over

[@audrisampson]

Wouldn't all these Dutch territories be under German control after the Dutch surrender to Germany?

[@Jack-Hands]

@@audrisampson no. They were controlled by the Dutch government in exile in London.

[@nicholas4684]

@@audrisampson it's not like the Napoleonic war anymore with the British occupy dutch territory or surrendered their colony to the Germans

[@jips123]

@@alnotz no the Japanese stayed to defend the Dutch and Indo’s against the independance fighters (Bersiap)

[@hendralesmana465]

i live in the areas near Tjiandjoer and knowing exactly wich roads both the japanese and allied forces took based on incredibly detailed map K&G used in this video, great job doing this video!

[@budidayaberuk6144]

My late grandpa fought the japanese and was a pow. He used to share stories about what he and his comrades went through. Rest well grandpa, you will always be remembered

[@GT-ic7ch]

Could you please share some stories you heard?

[@rafazeppeli8778]

How did he treated?

[@Drewdawgaming]

USS Pope and HMS encounter survivors were saved by Japanese ship ikazuchi and lieutenant commander shunsaku kudo. He saved 400+ men over a 60 hour time period cramping his ship beyond combat effectiveness and at risk of backlash from Japanese command. Truly remarkable man they made a documentary and movie about his actions. He was later reassigned to another ship and the ikazuchi was sunk and all crew on board perished making him the only surviving senior commander who had previously served on that ship. He died in 1979 from complications of stomach cancer.

[@aaronmarks9366]

One of the rare Japanese officers who showed some mercy and compassion during the war. He deserves to be honored for that.

[@abdullohpt.netsolution2673]

Unlike Japanese imperial army, Japanese navy have humanistic, strategic, modern, & progressively view than their counterpart Japanese army. In case Indonesia independence, Japanese navy support the idea of Indonesia independence but army reject it.

[@reb349]

Grew up in Southeast Asia and always thought I knew a lot about the Pacific Theater but honestly the Japanese takeover of Southeast Asia had always been breezed through and this series has been uncovering a lot of details I didn't know about previously

[@camp-lu]

Please read Book by PK OJONG and otehr historian indonesai, you can find many story, many indonesia lack interest in history class but after internet booming becoming moore complain about lacking her knowlegde about history....

[@ATownDown32]

I'm glad there's a focus on naval combat too, really happy with the part where it even talked about minor destroyers last stands.

[@DD-nb9rn]

The amount of research required for this video must be insane. props for the commitment!

[@bota6575]

But 0 research on pronounciation. "Ah, yes of course... my favorite cities, Kilegon and So é ra ba ja!!" 😂

[@gundarvarr1024]

@@bota6575 u think pronunciation can be achieved in on day? even among Indonesian cant pronounce some cities correctly.

[@bota6575]

@@gundarvarr1024 friend, lookup Van Ophuijsen Spelling System. Go ahead, it's very short learning. If that takes more than a few hours, you need serious medical help 😂

[@martinpoldma6393]

Thanks!

[@owenmichaels8220]

The quality of K&G's productions never ceases to shock me. How lucky are we that we get this for free! Just waiting for the History channel to buy a license to it so it can show some proper history!

[@davidharman7245]

The "not history channel" is mainly interested in mystery, legend, and sensational stories.

[@yuyukosaigyouji7592]

as someone who stay at surakarta..... i just realized that japan skirmish on surakarta and the other place near it once again thanks for the documentary it really good story to tell

[@baronvonjerch]

This is an amazing series, a real work of hard effort and a passion for history. However, as an Australian, I am somewhat hurt that the Battle of Sunda Strait was basically glossed over. This was less a battle and more a tragic last stand, and I think it deserved more respect than what amounts too a passing mention. For the dooming prelude to the battle, the heroic struggle of the crews in the face of certain death and for the loss of Captain Hector Waller, the finest naval officer in Australian history and one of the greatest captains to ever sail the seas. Allow me to elaborate: As mentioned in the video HMAS Perth, commanded by Captain Waller, alongside USS Houston and later HNLMS Evertsen departed Tanjung Priok on course to the Sunda Strait. But let me tell you what went down before their departure. Perth and Houston were running low on fuel and ammunition after the Battle of the Java Sea and so came to Tanjung Priok to resupply. However, the Harbour Master refused to give them anything. That's right, anything. Do you wanna know why? Because Admiral Helfrich had ordered all fuel and ammunition stores to be reserved for Dutch ships and Dutch ships only. Even 6 inch and 4 inch shells, which were useless to the Dutch as their naval guns weren't chambered for them, were withheld. After much furious protest from Captain Waller the Harbour Master agreed to fuel up Perth half way and Houston a third of a full tank. That's it. Zero ammunition, even the shells which were useless to the Dutch remember, and not even enough fuel for Houston to make it home. But that's not even the worst part. Before ordering Waller to depart, Helfrich gave him an aerial reconnaissance report from 16:00 hours that showed no Japanese ships in the area of the Sunda Strait. But, unknown to Perth and Houston, Helfrich had in his possession an aerial reconnaissance report from 17:00 hours that clearly indicated Japanese ships in the area. That's right, Admiral Helfrich sent two ships with low ammunition and limited fuel, which he had explicitly refused to rearm and properly refuel mind you, into a choke point which he knew was occupied by most likely fully stocked Japanese warships without even warning the two ships. Perth and Houston were doomed from the moment they left harbour, unnecessarily sacrificed by a commander who clearly cared little for their lives. With Allies like these, who needs enemies. During the battle, Perth and Houston fought quite literally to the last bullet. Perth, after running out of shells, simply kept going with whatever she had. Illumination rounds, smoke rounds, practice rounds, levelled AA guns and .50 machine guns. The Japanese launched 85 torpedoes over the course of the battle, mainly at Perth as the lead ship. Captain Waller, nicknamed Hard Over Hec, expertly dodged the vast majority of them, only taking four torpedoes hits before Perth began to sink. Houston, much like Perth, fought hard to the bitter end. Both Captain Waller and his counterpart on Houston, Captain Albert H. Rooks, were killed by shells to their bridges. Admiral Helfrich, to my personal annoyance, survived the war. And there you have it, the tragic but also admirable story of the Battle of Sunda Strait. This is in no way meant as a condemnation of Kings and Generals' hard work on this project, simply me filling a small whole in the narrative of the Pacific War that should not be forgotten.

[@WarMysteries]

Yet another top-shelf production from K&G. Great work girls and guys.

[@TommyYanke]

Been waiting for this! As an Indonesian myself, there were really lots and lots of interesting wars, battles and intrigues throughout the archipelago that includes both local and visitor that have great material to be revisit!

[@brianmaphar9685]

my whole family was there, at the battle of Java. Both grandfathers and 5 great-uncles, all fought in the battle of Java in the KNIL. Most as officers/cadet, but some in the militia of Bandung/Magelang. Most fought/ were stationed around Bandung, Tjiater pass, and some in Magelang. All female family members lived in, near Batavia/Buitenzorg and Bandung. I'm very interested in what they went through, during those war days and your content helps me to oversee the big picture.

[@MrBanannaMilk]

Wish i could subscribe as many times as i could push the button, thank you for the brilliant content K&G!

[@tokysobukanla]

Bravo Kings and Generals! Another upload of great quality...

[@dimitribaihaqi6831]

Big thanks to Kings and Generals for covering the entire campaign of Invasion of Java. As a Indonesian I wouldn't ever know the detail of campaign since our history book only cover about Dutch surrender on Kalidjati, Soebang.

[@shodimed]

I was born in Kalijati (Kalidjati) not far from the house where formal Dutch/allied surrender took place. It is, perhaps, not a coincidence that I find myself attracted to the history of the Dutch East Indies especially during its 'liberation' by the Imperial Japanese forces even during my childhood. This was a turning point that ended the Dutch rule which eventually paved the way - albeit a rough and hard one - for the Indonesian independence after Japan surrendered to the allies in 1945. Unfortunately, Indonesian history lesson that was being taught to me in school did not discuss this specific timeframe in length, so apart from some scant details that I managed to gather from various sources (including a book titled "Vaarwel Tot Betere Tijden (Farewell, Until Better Times)" by J.C. Bijkerk - highly recommended for anyone interested in this timeframe as well), this video really explains a lot of what happened between late February to the first week of March 80 years ago in Java island. Regarding Indonesian natives who were drafted into KNIL or Dutch East Indies Army, there were accounts that mentioned that some if not most of those troops deserted and even helped the Japanese advances. This was explained briefly in the book I mentioned above - that if combined with the novel "Max Havelaar" by Multatuli, you can probably see the underlying cause of this desertion: a deep but hidden resentment held by Indonesian natives towards the Dutch which has accumulated over the decades and centuries under their rules. Anyway, just to add a bit especially regarding the battle of Ciater (Tjiater) pass between the Dutch and the Imperial Japanese army, my father in his youth was in a long march training through the area when he discovered a skull. After an investigation by the authorities, it was found that the skull was one of the Dutch troops who was killed during the battle and was subsequently repatriated some time later.

[@fajarcahyono3693]

Kings and Generals teach history of my country much much much better than our school system teach. That's why I can learn history (Indonesian history and Global history) from KZbin while struggling to understand any historical knowledge when I still studying at school. Thank you K&G Teams!

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@saltyfish3781]

My late father was a Chinese-Indonesian guerrilla fighter alongside Dutch troops in East Java. During his wartimes, he was able to kill hundreds of Japanese soldiers inside their base simultaneously, by poisoning their water supply with concoction of Derris plants and other plants that amplifies lethality of Rotenone. A vintage biological warfare story.

[@rafitohornero3850]

KNIL ?

[@rembrandt972ify]

The amazing thing is he did it without even breaking a sweat.

[@dayday6829]

This man snitched on his grand dad 😂😂😂

[@rembrandt972ify]

@@dayday6829 I wonder what they do to rat finks in Java?

[@wisono7857]

@@rafitohornero3850 Po An Tui

[@guyprovencal1742]

Fantastic series. Love the depth of the research, and the thorough discussion of each piece of the build up to war, and the Japanese expansion. Most documentaries about the Pacific War only focus on a few of the more well known battles, and rarely discuss the war fought by other allies. Great job, Kings and Generals! Can’t wait till next week.

[@MRbossman1982]

Really good fun series I’m really enjoying this one! Keep it up

[@brokenbridge6316]

Another excellent video. And I think that what happened to the Dutch in this part of the world during this war was a bit tragic. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@andrewj3177]

These city names arent easy to pronounce, even by some fellow Indonesia with modern spelling: Rangkasbitung, Surabaya, Leuwiliang, Purwodadi, Surakarta, Buitenzorg, Purwakarta etc. So, big thanks for even trying, since no text books or local video have cover this much of detail & visualization, Cheers to K&G from Bandoeng, west java.

[@yousarrname3051]

so jilapjap is right?

[@MrMrluuc]

As a Dutchie, i can't believe a city is actually called "Buitenzorg" or used to be. What is it called these days? because "Buitenzorg" sounds really dumb.

[@getdem5712]

@@MrMrluuc it's called Bogor now

[@rw3899]

@@MrMrluuc Buitenzorg actually sounds quite nice for a summer residence

[@affandi99]

@@yousarrname3051 Tjilatjap to be exact

[@raditya5663]

10:25 in Poerwakarta map, the "lake" is Jatiluhur dam, it is constructed post ww2 the "Soerabaja" is modern day spleling and read as Soo-Ra-Ba-Ya also i noted in 11:11 a some recently reclamated island is north Batavia..

[@FreeFallingAir]

Great work guys! This series has been amazing, keep up the great work!

[@santiagovisci2899]

As usual, perfect quality

[@nextlevelbrosagency]

Dutch-Indonesian here. The events of this video destroyed the lives of my family and they (Grandfather, Father, Uncles, Aunts) all spent the rest of the war in captivity in Japanese concentration camps - those that survived that is. It was especially hard for the men who where used as Slave labor under the notoriously brutal Japanese. I grew up on stories of all this, the Jap camps where the stories of my childhood. Of course no one who lived it could put it out of their mind, ever again, till their death. I even know the Japanese nationalistic songs they where forced to sing in the camps. On some social media just writing "Jap camps" gets my comment banned, some sensitive Americans are concerned that Japanese will be offended. Anyways, you know the cliche where parents tell their kids how tough they had it when they where your age. Well I had a lot of that lol. After the war my father visited Japan often as a sailor, he was a forgiving man and I have nice Japanese artworks in my home that I inherited from him. What I take from all this is that I am glad I never experienced war up close in my life.

[@daffaalfarisy7086]

One of the most decisive factors behind the Japanese successfull occupation of Java or a whole Dutch East Indies lies on a flowing of information about its condition consists of geography, demography, economic, politic aspect. For getting these information, the Japanese "stationed" some civilian who open the store in Dutch East Indies as an informant from them in many big cities such as Surabaya and Batavia. Even tho not all of Japanese shop owner is the Japanese agent, but to this day they are well known for their role to give many valuable information for their colleagues. You can find out this information by searching it in JStor. I also known about this explanation from my lecturers that has an expertise on Japanese subject especially on their time during its occupation in my Homeland, Indonesia. And if you wanna know such information about history, please look up for my podcast which called "Podcast KAOS" or its medium channel in the same name (some of the articles in there is written in english so don't worry if you don't understand the Indonesian language that mostly i used to wrote those articles).

[@oddballsok]

and the same thing happening today in 2000-2020s ..where CHINA places students, investors, banks, technicians, all over critical places (even so digitally) all over the western world.. China restaurants, china import-export...

[@imawormbeforeiamman6052]

@@oddballsok in Southeast Asia too

[@RW77777777]

you have to be careful not to have a cold heart to foreign expats while it's true someone could be an extremist or state agent; they might also be a person with strong beliefs that run contrary to our presumption of them and they have more reasons than anyone else to want to see their homeland changed and freedoms extended to everyone there, the same freedoms that they enjoy in their new home. certainly those same people can't advertise their opposition openly like you or I can(which makes trust for either party difficult) it's an intergenerational hostage situation.

[@camp-lu]

and indigeneous people who very hate to Duct and see Japan as Old Brother because Asian....

[@ra_alf9467]

@@camp-lu it's all thanks to an old king prophecy. "We will be ruled by white folks for 3 hundreds years, and then yellow folks from the north will help us for 3,5 years"

[@dimasanggoro20]

Whoah. This is amazing. I never knew there are any battles in Java island. In our history book, after the Battle of Java Sea, general Ter Porten immediately surendered to Japan. But seems it is not entirely accurate.

[@camp-lu]

Karena pelajaran sangat singkat, kelas bukanlah untuk menyerap seluruh pengetahuan, tapi lebih tepat pengantar pengetahuan... dan kita setelah selesai bukan berarti full pengetahuan tetapi punya modal buat mencari pengetahuan... salah satu buku yang menceritakan kejadian ini ada yanag karya PK OJONG dan ALAMSYAH RATUPRAWIRA NEGARA..... lebih detail dibanding video ini...

[@alaskanmedic]

This has been such a cool series to look forward to every week

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

Thank you Kings and Generals Team.

[@bishop6218]

"Your torpedoes missed the enemy and sank our own ships !" Every World of Warships player : "I feel your pain mate..."

[@TheMatissV]

There's a pattern here: Japanese attack aggressively, flank, air support, don't retreat, experienced troops and momentum. Allied miscommunication, withdrawals, hasty counterattacks, untrained troops and exhaustion.

[@camp-lu]

hell in early war.... After redraw and restructure, they can fully controll situation...

[@SilentEmpires]

Thanks once again Kings and Generals

[@lunaria3542]

This is more detailed history than my history class teacher.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

[@ToneTraveler]

Another fantastic video about this fascinating theater!

[@scottanos9981]

Japanese tenacity was intense. These guys often outran their supply lines

[@CDA-]

Rommel's 7th Panzer division : Hold my beer

[@RW77777777]

next week's video for sure trying to supply a force of 400 soldiers going up & down a mountain... tenacity only goes so far

[@nedkelly9688]

They ate Australian soldiers in Papua New Guinea as ran out of food.

[@Bl00dMalice]

Definitely the most difficult video of the series to follow. There is so much going on here and its all over the place compared to the most succinct and well partitioned videos in the past.

[@alonhaviv6755]

This is a tremendous conclusion of the Dutch East Indies. I'm once again in AWE by your work! (And by the performance of the Japanese and the underperformance of the Allies). Thank you!

[@drpepper3838]

Please do a video series about the anglo dutch wars!!! Some of the most interesting naval battles/engagements happened in those wars, the raid on medway in wich the Dutch navy sailed up the medway and burned the English fleet at its docks. the 4 days battle, the longest and biggest battle in the age of sail, 80 ships of the line on each side fighting for 4 days straight. The battle of texel 1672, in wich dutch admiral michiel de ruyter defeated the combined English /French invasion force while being heavily outnumbered 75 vs 92.

[@yahwehsonren]

Thank you from Indonesia.from east java.surabaya town

[@ssaftm]

Me reading: fall of Java Also me: Dude! Java is everywhere

[@netizenbarbar5898]

Karl Doorman ship.., now is missing from undersea stolen by madura iron collector

[@kufetkuferi3597]

Amazing!!! The quality is amazing

[@FederationMapping]

This series is really nice

[@Tacamo_1]

Great video! Thank you!

[@nicholasfowler8982]

i concur with "The cousins Marsh", this series is very engaging and kings and generals have been very resilient, ensuring weekly uploads full of stellar graphics and insight. awesome channel

[@robbabcock_]

Simply fantastic series! The graphics and presentation has become stellar over the last couple years. I can't wait for next week!⚔

[@rangga9709]

OMG, I'm from Surabaya! Now the city is known as "Heroes City" because of the courage of our local heroes/troops that fought the Allied Forces in Battle of Soerabaja at November 10th 1945. By the way, Soerabaja is an old spelling. Today, how we call it is SU-RA-BA-YA

[@user-iu4dq6wm1t]

0:48 "Even without world war to worry about." lol clearly this video was written and recorded at least a little while back. It's chilling to hear it now.

[@fareazy3239]

When the Japanese soldiers came to the land of Java, they were welcomed. but they began to retaliate with evil. the memories of our ancestors never go away

[@leexingha]

"the defenders in Java are mainly consist of Indonesians" - dats some kind of welcome i must say

[@charlie8344]

@@leexingha the commenter is talking about the civilians

[@leexingha]

@@charlie8344 i know. but do u understand the domino effect?

[@senpainoticeme9675]

Just goes to show how successful the Americans were able to persuade my countrymen (Philippines) to fight for the colonisers. American style of "benevolent rule" enabled the Philippines campaign to last as long as it did.

[@leexingha]

@@senpainoticeme9675 "to persuade my countrymen (Philippines) to fight for the colonisers" - isnt US ur colonizer as well? logic fail, bro, hahaha

[@triplem5770]

18:35 Japanese committed a lot of atrocities in the war. but that.... that is a very honorable act from a general for his friend

[@chibatadayoshi278]

My grandfather was an Indonesian intelligence officer during the war of independence, he told me that the Japanese invasion of Java went so smoothly not only because of the persistence of the Japanese army, but also because of good intelligence from Japanese spy network in Java that had operated long before disguised as traders. Evidently the Japanese army was able to explore Java through village roads as if in their own village, constantly outflank the Allied defenders.

[@joevanname9375]

A great series! Very much appreciated.

[@minoru-kk]

Another fantastic movie has come. We, which everarmies the ancestor had joined, should appreciate to brilliant directors and super-human like animators. Except Japanese invaders are described like Sauron’s monster troops, and only Allies are referred as heroes, this series are so contribute to study history. I must keep my eyes at the continuing movies about merciless battles on Chinese and Pacific theatres.

[@-RONNIE]

Another good video. Keep up the quality information

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

Hot dang… these are excellent videos to watch. Keep them coming!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

2:58 Best portrait and hat.

[@haskenvonbern5404]

The collapse of ABDACOM is so overlooked it’s saddening, especially since it means that the immense suffering of allied soldiers in heroic defense of allied possessions as well as suffering as POWs goes relatively unnoticed.

[@saintst_rauss3034]

thank you for the video its so detail, and well made, i never learnt in detail back i was in high school, this is awesome. THumbs up

[@dimitrypozharsky111]

16:33 wow Boyolali I'm from Boyolali, my beautiful hometown ❤️

[@triplecap4307]

I must say this is getting exhausting watching the allies get whupped again and again, week after week

[@kinsey304]

Played in history class for decades to come. Legendary.

[@airlanggaunion]

As Indonesian I never experienced such detailed history in this part, well The way you called Soerabaja now is Surabaya not "ja", and Bandung is called "u" like uber :v, and I believe our heroes like Jenderal Soedirman or General Soedirman is not in action and our nation just watch this and not know about this, well after this Japan is known like liberator of ASIA well we not know about the massacre tragedy later, well its nice to See such great history in my country I hope you came out in our war for Independence too in Japanese and Dutch Thankss for the Video broo, Great thanks from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@susakuzero]

Well they liberated other Countries from European and American influence. But the catch is they planed on replace them with themself. If the Japanese had won Indonesia and other Countries would still be ruled by Japan and if they had kept their Philosophie it would not be plesant and much worse then the Ocupation by the old Colonial Nations.

[@airlanggaunion]

@@susakuzero yeahh occupation in all terms is negative

[@PerfectDeath4]

​@@susakuzero I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Indonesian factions collaborated to some extent with the Japanese occupation in the hopes of independence and a stronger position but later wanted to hide that history away when the opinion on the occupation changed.

[@ahmadniam3568]

Well, wasn't Sudirman still a school teacher in Muhammadiyyah at that time?

[@ahmadniam3568]

Apart from epic Soerabaja and his fail to read "rawa" Like Kwarang and Ambawara. I Didn't hear any significant problem.

[@elpasemah]

Very good

[@Uther1313]

just realizing that I am going to be watching the weekly releases of this series for a few more years...

[@sandski5174]

Watching this from the Netherlands is painful af. I just feel blessed to live here now in peace with my Moluccan and Javanese people.

[@fatihersoy7559]

If Java falls, object oriented programming falls. Upfront, keyboard warriors!

[@reds1998]

I honestly never knew that there was a battle happened in Java, especially in my hometown, Surakarta (Soerakarta) back then. Very detail information and story though. Kudos for Kings and Generals!

[@Æthelsan]

Wah, Wong Solo to mas 😅😅

[@herihachiro]

Setauku sih engga banyak perlawanan sih karena pasukan Belanda juga gampang dipukul mundur, dan juga Kasunanan menyambut baik kedatangan Jepang hal yg sama terjadi di Jogja. Karena Jepang tau terdapat pemimpin lokal di daerah Jawa jadi engga ujuk2 invasi, mereka ya cuma memukul mundur Belanda dan Sekutunya

[@AbhNormal]

Noooo not Java that was my favorite programming language 😭😭😭

[@citrasetyanto]

It's my mother's tongue language.

[@Dfathurr]

🤣🤣 that's different kind of Java

[@manugamer9984]

6:26 Truly a man with balls of steel... the Dutch people must be proud of such an admiral. If only he had more luck on the battlefield🇳🇱

[@arlandy3565]

Interestingly, prior to this battle, the Bantam Bay (or Teluk Banten in Bahasa Indonesia) was also the place of the battle of Bantam Bay between Dutch and Portugese in 17th century. The Dutch managed to win the battle, further pressed the very presence of Portuguese throughout the Indonesian archipelago.

[@americanwoman6246]

I have to say... History as I learned it did not do the Dutch justice.. There was hardly a mention of them when I was in school.. But after watching these videos.. The Dutch are bad ass!!

[@rea8959]

Such dedicated video Thanks for the effort to explain this forggoten story,even for my own country & people live on Java.

[@darmakusuma891]

Good job on narrating the battles which took place in Java during the war. It is also important to know that many locals collaborated with the Japanese because they believed the Japanese were there to free them from Dutch colonialism (including my late grandfather). He worked with the Japanese along with his comrades (he lived in Bojolali at that time) fighting the allies only to find out that the "liberation" propaganda was all bollocks 2 years later.

[@garbancitolentejas486]

Impressive. Congratulation.

[@collintrytsman3353]

keep up the good work

[@guyh9992]

The Australian Black Force was a brigade of the 7th division on its way home to Australia from North Africa that was diverted by Churchill to Java. He failed in his attempt to divert another brigade to Burma as the Australian PM would not comply. The remaining two divisions were crucial to the victories at Milne Bay, Kokoda and Buna later in 1942.

[@MoroccoGamer]

nice

[@aidanwow1593]

"Even without World War to worry about" idk about that anymore.

[@AndromedaPrima]

WHY DID THIS NOT IN OUR HISTORY BOOK. Our history book always goes like this: In 1942, Japanese came to Indonesia and promote 3A (which is basically a campaign that promote Japanese supremacy over any other countries). Indonesians which has been under Dutch colonialization for around 350 years finally saw a hope of independence from Western grasp. So they fully supported the Japanese's cause in expelling the Dutch. Then it skipped to: somehow Japanese managed expel the Dutch and Kalijati treaty happened thus the Japanese colonialization began.

[@reggiekoestoer1511]

That's exactly how it goes in ALL of our school books! Its amazing how they truncated history in such a pathetically simplistic way, even repeating the exact same words that we might as well have been reading the same book.

[@rafitohornero3850]

Iya cuk terlalu ringkas. Pada males yg buat buku

[@herihachiro]

Padahal kalau agak detail aja sebenarnya menarik untuk dibaca, pendaratan tentara Jepang di Jatim terus sampe pengepungan Surabaya menurutku menarik. Aku yakin juga banyak yg belum tau kl objektif IJA juga mengincar Cepu dan Cilacap

[@camp-lu]

its in history book, but not for history class who only have 50 paper in book... you can try to read book by PK OJONG or other historyan...

[@camp-lu]

@@rafitohornero3850 cuma di jatah 45 menit per minggu, di kasih buku ya paling LKS, buku modul cetak juga terbatas...

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Hope you do stuff on the Kokoda campaign

[@RobertReg1]

Great stuff

[@SunKing968]

Wait a minute....Substantial Dutch armour in Java (but not the Netherlands in 1940)?? Wow

[@LLUMINOZ]

unfortunately a lot Indonesian never knew that java sea used to be a naval battle area because our history lesson only focus on the Indonesia independence times (with the pov of native/pribumi never the dutch/colonial pov)

[@AyubuKK]

Naval and areal warfare is so cool to hear about imo. This battle felt a little more balanced between the Allies and Imperial Japanese. Instead of just the Japanese coming in and swallowing up the whole place.

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Nice video