Fall of Rangoon - Pacific War #16 Animated DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

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 Pacific War #15 - Fall of Java: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4Cye5aoZ6mEibM

[@febrian0079]

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Just wait until you reach 1945; the above list is gonna be RIDICULOUSLY long!

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Please fix the playlist so it goes in order I would love to play this in the background while doing other things, it’s just annoying having to keep going to the right video. 😆

[@JP-tr3kp]

How about british conquest of Burma & Malaya? (And seizure of Siamese territories) Quite a cool story too.

[@philjohnson1744]

Never thought this would be the series that I looked forward to the most, but here we are.

[@rodchallis8031]

I think what sets this one apart from all the others is that it's close to "real time" in a way. It would be interesting to know what the public was learning through the news as these events unfolded. From Dec. 7 to "now" just one debacle and defeat after another. It must have been bleak.

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[@pissiole5654]

agreed. They totally stole their logo at the start of the video from the movie fight club though haha

[@nicholasfowler8982]

couldn't agree more

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[@wolfu597]

According to former 18th Army staff officer, Major Horie Masao, Japanese soldiers had a saying that said: "Java is heaven. Burma is hell. New Guinea is where no one comes back alive" The Japanese are now at the peak of their Pacific conquest, but what's about to begin, is way beyond what many of these soldiers, sailors and airmen could have imagined.

[@JP-tr3kp]

Okinawa is where they come back as spirits to fight the american imperialists

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[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, sir!

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[@nathanindarsingh5252]

That ominous feeling after watching the last segment about Brown's raid. Nothing more terrifying than watching the giant rousing from its slumber, however slowly. It's like regardless of how well the Japanese were doing, all their blitzkrieg victories, all their genius tactics and ferocious will, they were fated to be defeated. Great job Kings and Generals.

[@westrim]

To be fair, they understood that, at least at first, they just failed to accurately predict the response of the US to getting sucker punched, and then failed to adapt when their initial plans stalled out.

[@seanmac1793]

Yeah I am a little disappointed that so little attention was given to these early US carrier raids were very important, it's where a lot of the names we will recognize later cut their teeth

[@hashtagrex]

@@westrim as always, ego got in the way of intelligence. tale as old as time in the history of humanity

[@alvamaki]

Couldn't be more glad to learn about these wars, especially this one, since I'm a citizen of Myanmar(Burma), and if I'm not wrong, the reason why the Japanese had so much information about the location and could make decisive plans were because of the Burmese general who led the independence movement, General Aung San. He actually sided with the Japanese in the hopes of gaining quick independence, but they only made the condition harder for the Burmese people which in terms had General Aung San siding with the British afterwards. Due to complications and such, we don't get to learn these in this much detail, nor do we even get to know these a lot, but a big thanks to you for making this series!

[@rickjames18]

Interesting because we see that repeating itself in history sometimes people help to overthrow one government just to be governed by something even worse. Then again, sometimes it also works out in the end.

[@AsepTravels]

Recently learned that in WW2 my great grandfather fought with the British in the West Chin Levies against the Japanese in Chin state. He was a subedar and in 1943 he lead 2 platoons to attack a Japanese stockade. The fighting was so fierce that it became hand to hand combat and he received a blow from a rifle butt on the head but he kept on fighting until his unit’s position was being surrounded and they had to retreat. He stayed behind with 3 men to cover the retreat and he was the last to retreat. His hand was torn from all the grenade pins when he threw over 40 grenades at the Japanese. He later said that the injured Japanese screams sounded like crying cats and it distinctively stuck with him. He was awarded the Burma Gallantry Medal for this action and I was able to look him up online amongst the BGM recipients list. Cool thing was I found the original recommendation document online that confirms and describes this in detail! Unfortunately after the British were pushed out of Chin state, he was captured and tortured by the Japanese. They tied his hands and feet with metal wires and hung him up. His life was saved by a fellow Chin official who pleaded with the Japanese to save his life. The grandson of this guy later became bestfriends with my dad lol.

[@rektgaming4609]

'When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today'. An Epitaph on the Kohima memorial War cemetery of WWII .

[@yifan91]

I think without a war started by the Japanese, every body would have a tomorrow in east Asia. Kinda makes no sense.

[@jonirojonironin5353]

Didn't know the Dutch East Indies and Burma fell completely to the Japanese before the Philippines. The Philippines is sticking out like a sore thumb in Southeast Asia, remaining blue amidst the red.

[@flyingeagle3898]

Even after the conventional forces are completely completely it will never be totally controlled in practice by the Japanese due to a heavy presence of Filipino guerilla fighters

[@BountyFlamor]

After capturing Luzon, minus the Bataan peninsula, the Japanese had what they needed to attack The Dutch East Indies from Luzon as their jumping-off point. There was no need to capture the rest of the Philippines quickly.

[@HWDragonborn]

​​@@skullrevenant9573hat's because the British wanted to keep Burma as a colony, that's why Burmese help the Japanese when they promised to help Burma gain independence from Britain. While USA promised to give Philippines independence in 1946, that's why Filipinos fight against the Japanese because it makes no sense to fight the Americans to gain independence when they had already promised independence.

[@LyriaSiders]

@@HWDragonborn Same thing with Indonesia, the many desertions were a testament to how fed up Indonesians were with Dutch rule and they would use the expulsion of Dutch troops by Japan to start their independence movement in earnest.

[@expandedhistory]

This series is by far one of our favorites. Outstanding job.

[@spynetgaming2210]

It's really great that this channel is covering the Pacific war.

[@simonmunch1638]

4:03 saying that Chiang "had agreed after a long series of negotiations" to send troops is a pretty big misrepresentation of what was going on at this point of the war. Chiang offered already in December 1941 to send two of his best armies to Burma, and even put them under British command. Wavell refused anything more than a single Chinese division, out of the belief that the Japanese would not attack Burma. Chiang and the Chinese were fully aware of how important the Burma road was to their supply situation, and it was a serious insult towards them to not let them properly defend this supply line. According to Owen Lattimore, Chiang was infuriated and lashed out at Wavell: “You and your people have no idea how to fight the Japanese. . . . Fighting against them for many years, we Chinese are the ones who know how to do it. For this kind of job, you British are incompetent, and you should learn from the Chinese how to fight against the Japanese” It wasn’t until February 1942 that Wavell finally relented, and let Chiang send in 3 Chinese armies to try and save Burma. To give an idea of how important Chiang considered Burma to be, 5th, 6th and 66th armies that China sent in were given almost all the trucks that Nationalist still had so that they could move as fast as possible. All of Chinas remaining motorised artillery were sent to Burma to try and salvage the situation. And yet, by this time, it is too late. One can only speculate how this part of the war would have gone, had the Chinese had those extra months to dig in and prepare defences in Burma.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

Just because the troops could go there doesn't necessarily mean they could be supplied: more soldiers would mean nothing without the ammo, food, and water to actually be able to use them, to say nothing of the artillery and tanks needed to make such troops actually effective.

[@Ngwaaaron]

I love this!!! Been a fan of this channel for years now. Very happy to see my country history video!!! Thank you! With love from Myanmar.

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[@butylkapiva]

I can't wait to see how this ends. No spoilers please

[@yosman-609]

@@butylkapiva this is actual real history, not some netflix series

[@TokuTaisho]

You are doing a great work and I'm enjoying this series, the early allied disasters in the Pacific are too often overlooked in my opinion. However, to say that the Salamaua-Lae air raid was a great success is for me quite an overstatement. Yes, 3 large transports (Yokohama Maru, Kongou Maru and Tenyou Maru) were sunk and we know how important transport ships were for the japanese, but only one small minesweeper (the Tama Maru No. 2) was damaged and later sank. For an 104 aircrafts air raid, this is very bad. Moreover, the raid fails to catch the 4 heavy cruisers of admiral Gotou and of the warships they did catch, they failed to sink any of them, only damaging the light cruiser Yubari, the large minelayer Tsugaru, the cargo ship converted seaplane plane tender Kiyokawa Maru and two old destroyers (Asanagi and Yuunagi). This actually shows the lack of experience of the american aircraft carriers pilots at the start of the war, especially in their anti-shipping role.

[@wtgardner6914]

I could not agree with your first sentence more than I do! So often the War in the Pacific documentaries will briefly give a run down of all the losses as if it were nothing. Rushing quickly to the Battle of the Corral Sea and Midway. Seeing the units and commanders that fought these battles gives a whole new perspective on how it felt in the early years of the war. I love the detail and tactics that were employed by both sides. The lack of experience of the US pilots is evident in their early years of the war. I believe that Nimitz sent out these early raids as a way to battle harden and gain the experience that he knew would be needed later in the war. Excellent comment, sir!

[@TokuTaisho]

​@@wtgardner6914 I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one. I totally agree with you, I've never seen a documentary on the Pacific War that cover decently the subject. And It's sad but even in the academic world, there is not much. I'm an History student whose specialities are Asian and military history and in my research I had a lot of trouble finding academic work on the subject. There is nothing in my native language and even in English I struggle to find more than a few books. I think that the best way to learn about this is to search in Dutch and Japanese academics but unfortunately I do not speak Dutch and my Japanese is not good enough yet. If you want something similar to the coverage of K&G, you can watch the old videos of Vector Historia who, I believe, work with K&G now. Thanks for your comment, sir, you make my day!

[@minoru-kk]

Greetings from Japan. I'm not historian of this theatre, and did enjoy the movie as usual. So I'm interested in your point and view, that US pilots were unskilled at the time. In Japan, without scholarly (and perhaps in scholarly), most of books about JP invasion of East Asia describe naval battles, War in China, and cruel colonization by Japanese. Invasion itself is rarely told, except some major incidents, like fall of Singapore. I cannot help your way, but I believe your challenge will be important for us too. I hope you will complete your plan. so be careful to your health plz.

[@commando4481]

@@TokuTaisho Most documentaries focus mostly on the fall of Singapore. And ignore the fall of the Philippines. Most documentaries don’t cover the British empire rise to defeat Japan in south east and Asia and the South Pacific.

[@wtgardner6914]

@@minoru-kk If I may, I think the American pilots were inexperienced because they had no real world knowledge of combat. The USA had drastically downsized their military after WWI to the point where I believe they were below the top 10 nations. Japan had been fighting since at least 1938 and had all the experience of war and tactics, on the ground, sea and in the air. The USA was late to the show just as in WWI. None of the combatants could match the USA's war production, though. Once forced into the war, the USA had a lot of time to make up in a short time. Once production and experience caught up, the USA was an unstoppable force.

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[@bloodswornaburmesehistorian]

Thank you for this video! It is great to see pieces of the Burma Campaign in such detail. My grand-aunt described the scorched earth policy and quick withdrawal in Rangoon. The destruction of the facilities earned the scorn of the locals. The loyalists saw it as British abandonment and nationalists as a sign to begin their revolt. My grandfather joined the Japanese-sponsored Burma Independence Army while my granduncle, one of the few Bamas in British service left with General Alexander. Even before they passed away, my granduncle still argued with the decision to leave Rangoon with my other relatives, who felt the British abandoned them.

[@naylynn7229]

K&G and Bloodsworn are my favorite historical channels. Keep up the good work! Love from Burma.

[@Max-wv1rh]

Wow,it is very wonderful to see some pages of history about the Burmese campaign, Kings and Generals ,you show a lot of stuffs we didn’t learn from history text book.And also ,I like the way how you pronounce Burmese names.Keeping going Kings and Generals. With many loves from Myanmar 🇲🇲 PS. Most history text book in my country emphasizes so much on its independence movement and make us believe the independence is taken by the Burmese Independence Army alone.They don’t show any scenarios and any attempts of allies trying to defend against Japan at that time.I felt like it is pure bias.

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Another fantastic documentary, so many new details about the war that most of use never knew about. Most of the documentaries of the Pacific War focus literally on the Pacific Islands alone where the Marines and Army engaged in savage battles with the Japanese.

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Sometimes the pronunciation is wrong though. Anyway, that's not a big problem considering the quality video that they gave us.

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Thank you for fleshing out the Pacific War.

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Superb as always! Keep up the good work!

[@Temilian]

Finally been waiting for this episode Soo long!!!

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I love the animated details that Kings and Generals provide in their videos. They really did their homework. Good job, folks.

[@mundoloving]

I loved this a little bit more zoomed out view on what was happening during some parts of this episode. This adresses some of the criticisms i raised during an earlier episode of this series. Not sure if this was always intended but its welcome nonetheless.

[@minoru-kk]

Brilliant as usual! I look forword to the special movie on next week. At the same time, I worried about a thing. I wonder the movies could keep calmness for both sides in the following battles. This time we saw the first counterattack by the Allies, and US war machine had started working. Most of victories would be theirs in the future of this series. I hope describing as previously.

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[@yosman-609]

Japanese army gonna get absolutely demolished

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[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

Always looking forward to this series whenever a new video gets uploaded. Also after the fall of Java, the map showing everything near the end was just daunting. It must have sucked to be the American defenders stuck in the middle still fighting off the japanese. Cut off like a middle hole of a donut.

[@JeremyStittsandtheJourney]

Love this series guys, keep it up!!

[@TTiger75]

Thank you for this fantastic series! I think I am going to re-watch certain episodes when I am ready to finally take on my brand new Pacific War Board Game from GMT, replaying key engagements and scenarios.

[@TomG1555]

8:30 For those trying to line up the map with modern Sumatra, it's mostly good, but (1) should be the Alas (river) valley, not "Alice Valley", and (2) looking at maps from the time, I can't find a mention of either Liang or Koeta Boeldebenteng, though both "Liang" and "Koeta" both seem to be relatively common village/town names in Sumatra so there are a number of places in the general area each could be referencing.

[@brokenbridge6316]

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[@PhillyPhanVinny]

Of important note the American and Filipino defenses in the Philippines greatly reduced the amount of troops the Japanese could send to New Guinee. It was expected by both Japanese and American high commands that the Philippines would not hold out for a week against Japanese attacks and ended up holding out for 6 months. Those forces on the Philippines were supposed to be sent after the first 1-3 weeks of fighting on the Philippines to New Guinee to help capture that island. The Japanese were gravely suppressed by the stubborn Filipino defense of their home land thinking the island was like any other Western colony when it was not. The people of the Philippines largely ruled themselves by this point and the only impact the US had on the Philippines was on it's defense and the training of its troops to be able to defend themselves. Had the Philippines fallen in the time frame the US and Japanese high command expected New Guinee would have been overrun before Australian forces could get there to defend it resulting in the Japanese having a base to bomb Australia at will and if they REALLY wanted to they could have attempted and land invasion of Australia which would have all-most definitely failed with Australian and American forces flooding into Australia by the day by that point to secure the island. This is why the criticism of MacArthur in the Philippines always brothers me. First no commander regardless of who they were could have defend the Philippines fully. Second the bombing raid he didn't give the order to would have played no effect on the defense of the islands. The US had not even done scouting raids of Taiwan to see what to target if they sent out a bombing run. Let along the fact that bombing from B-17's in the early war was every shaky at best. They most likely would have hit nothing of importance to start with and nothing at all that would have stopped the Japanese invasion. And then lastly MacArthur executed a fighting withdraw from the beaches of the Philippines to Bataan that is still study in all Western military schools as the perfect way to execute a fighting withdraw against a superior enemy. People complain that he didn't execute the retreat to Bataan officially until 3 days after the Japanese attacks but when you look at his troops moments he is executing that policy right from day one. He had to hold the Japanese in the North to allow the forces in the South to get to Bataan without getting cut off. It is really simply military movement . that the hoist of this channels podcast talking about the war completely doesn't understand. There is much more I could go into on the podcast attached to this channel on MacArthur that is wrong, lies or just misguided reading dated history books but I'll leave it at that.

[@seanmac1793]

As I have said before all accounts that I have read say that MacArthur was incredibly detached and his orders often had very little to do with the reality on the ground. The plan that MacArthur drew up to meet the Japanese when he knew he didn't have the forces to do that is rank incompetence The issue the Japanese faced in New guenia wasn't the number of troops at this stage it was naval transport and air power neither of which an earlier conquest of the Philippines would have sloved

[@PhillyPhanVinny]

​@@seanmac1793 The plan MacArthur drew up to defend the Philippines was not just approved by him. It went up to the US military high command and FDR with both FDR and George Marshall the highest ranking General in the US military at the time approving it. Which is not stated in the podcast that goes along with this series. The Person who does the podcast is just reading from books and not looking at primary source evidence I don't believe. Also, during the first night of the invasion the President of the Philippines was trying to convince MacArthur to find a way to keep the Philippines neutral in the war. They did try that until the Japanese attacked the Philippines as well which explains his in action in the first hours and not talking to his air-force commander Brereton directly. Which again, even if MacArthur did give permission for the B-17's to attack Taiwan it would have had absolutely zero result on the defense of the Philippines or on the war effort. As for New Guinea and your point, the Japanese would have much more navel transport, air-force and land troops if the battle for Bataan was still not happening. During the time the invasion for New Guinea was supposed to be taking place rather then sending troops from the Philippines to New Guinea the Japanese were instead dedicating troops, ships and planes to send as reinforcements to dislodge the American and Filipino defenders at Bataan. People forget how important not just the island of Luzon was but it's main harbor of Manila. That port was one of the very few Western made deep water ports that large navy ships could anchor in for repairs and rearment. And so long as Corregidor island held the Japanese could not use that port. Which is why MacArthur was so upset with Wainwright when he surrendered it. The island was still completely safe and well stored with supplies when he surrendered it. He surrendered it because the Japanese threatened to kill all the US and Filipino troops captured at Bataan if they didn't surrender. This was something MacArthur didn't find out until after the war was over.

[@augustosolari7721]

You are furious. Tranquilo loquito.

[@PhillyPhanVinny]

@@augustosolari7721 What makes me "furious" stating the actual truth. What did I say that was incorrect?

[@senpainoticeme9675]

Regardless of whether the B-17 raid could have inflicted significant damage to the Japanese in Taiwan, the matter of the fact is that Mac Arthur let his air force to be eliminated in the ground. The complete destruction of the United States Far East Air Forces played a role on how the Japanese were able to gain complete air superiority quickly in the Philippines Islands. Japanese air superiorty further doomed the defense of the islands and despite the heroics of then Capt. Villamor and what remained of the air force, it is indeed something to consider what the defenders could have pulled of if the air force remained intact. Philippine resistance could have effectively added crucial more days, weeks or months if the skies above Bataan were contested by a somewhat functional airforce. Additional time which the Japanese have to spend and a lot more manpower and resources to commit which could buy New Guinea additional time to organise a far more effective defense.

[@christianstanden22]

Love all your content. Congrats for a job well done.

[@kaltaron1284]

When it comes to the portrayal of Japanese civilian lives, I can highly recommend the anime "In this corner of the world".

[@josephleterme5434]

Merci pour cette serie! Une de mes préférées sur la 2nde guerre mondiale même parmi les documentaires télévisés ^^

[@corvodravnoz436]

Ah this is the video where I can finally say I am from Myanmar and my great-grandfather proudly fought against the Japanese occupation as a guerilla

[@sultang4480]

I actually lived in Myanmar for six years. It is a great place

[@corvodravnoz436]

@@sultang4480 not anymore these days sadly

[@sultang4480]

@@corvodravnoz436 Yeah That is why I left 😔

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[@simcha10000]

Another amazing video, thank you!

[@rambopack9140]

You and knowledgia are my fav channels

[@Jtizz111]

Great video as always 👍🏻

[@vickysetiawan5017]

I hope these series will be followed by more historical events in South East Asia after WWll ends

[@nowthenzen]

The "early raids" by USN carriers are oft over looked but their importance in gaining operational experience and their significance in keeping the Japanese off balance and uncomfortable can not be over estimated.

[@tg1982]

Terrific series!

[@mindfulaiconversations]

Great stuff as always ... keep it up :)

[@Martijn_Steinpatz]

To give a small spoiler: New Guinea was referred by the Japanese as "Death Island".

[@ToneTraveler]

Another great video for the series.

[@thomasandrew1279]

Ooo special episode next week. Can't wait to see it

[@MrSky10101]

Excellent

[@jirkakobyliskybyk1992]

I love the ending music ...

[@Justdizzy]

Highlight of my day

[@seanmac1793]

Well Slim is coming in to command Burma Corp so things are looking up

[@hillsilk5]

I was to supposed watch some series in netflix but this was more exciting and exhilarating

[@kevinbarista269]

Great content. Hope you cover the Battle of Kohima and Imphal someday.

[@jackoboyle7749]

Pls pls do a video on Garibaldis expedition of the thousand. Seeing your overview would add tremendous flair.

[@DamnControl5]

I'll wait for that special episode.

[@VirgoShelter]

Know how the Coral Sea go's it amazing to see all the "pieces fall in place"

[@johnlansing2902]

The massive early successes of the Japanese forces show that either the Japanese staff were the luckiest gamblers in all of history or had a very very good spy network and complete files on the Allies commanders !

[@jamessnee7171]

Why not both? They were gamblers and they had years to establish intel sources. But basically they brought superior forces to the points of battle. And I believe the key was airpower. British and Dutch colonial forces and a abandoned US military were no match. With control of the air the Japanese neutralized Dutch and British seapower, blocking any reinforcements. Doomed. The Kido Butai, a carrier strike force, was a brand new thing. I just learned that the US never even thought an air attack on Pearl Harbor was even possible. They thought they might be attacked yes, but by sea by battleships. One carrier or even two did not have enough airplanes to knock out a target. They were there to protect the fleet. So to the Americans it was as if the Japanese had tunneled their way to Pearl Harbor and jumped out of the ground.

[@johnlansing2902]

@@jamessnee7171 if you invade a country especially a jungle prone one it’s expected that the local troops would know the territory far better than the invader . Watch the flow of the Japanese , acting with a far superior knowledge and as the invader penetrates the area local feedback should help the defender but not in one of the battles is that advantage shown …….. classic Sun Tzu , know your enemy .

[@jamessnee7171]

@@johnlansing2902 Much to their surprise, not everyone like the Brits. And it sounds like the Dutch were liked even less.

[@johnlansing2902]

@@jamessnee7171 very true …… now to get history to add these vital facts to the narrative.

[@flyingeagle3898]

@@jamessnee7171 Yeah, the performance of the forces in the colonies can definitely be partly attributable to the loyalty of the people of those countries. The Philipines had already been guaranteed independence, and the US was in the process of training a professional military sufficient for the Philippines to defend itself as an independent country. Those troops turned out to be both skilled and highly loyal, fighting the Japanese in brutal guerrilla warfare even after the professional army was finally beaten. The British had undersupplied, and undertrained colonial troops, but the British did tend allow trade and do some investments in their colonies. The troops tended to stay loyal and at least they didn't mutiny in any large numbers. The Dutch though tended to treat their colony as a pure resource extraction zone, the Indonesian nationalists sided with the Japanese, and as soon as things started to look bad, large numbers of the native troops simply mutinied, abandoned their posts, or went over to the Japanese side.

[@bingers4]

Your detail and accuracy really brings to light the potential for what Ifs. The japanese had Alexander almost completely surrounded and would've encircled him either way If they had not diverted forces It could've been a massive turning point in the campaign and potentially even the war with diversion of resources to protect Burma.

[@itsmeme8544]

Thank you, good man!

[@carlodivinagracia7432]

Everyone else have fallen but the Battling Bastards of Bataan are still fighting it out on March 1942.

[@TheSamuraijim87]

I can't wait for some good news from the Battle for Kokoda!

[@DonF-nt3ij]

Excellent & well researched show. I think there is an error in this episode at 12:30. The Horie unit was not under Masao Horie - he only arrived at 51st Division in 1943 so the picture is wrong.

[@markholcombe4502]

Looking forward to the covering of the Coral Sea operation and the Leyte Gulf

[@iliqiliev]

superb video

[@porksterbob]

You kind of neglected the Chinese in Burma. The way it is phrased, it implies that the Chinese were reticent to come help and that the British had to beg and negotiate to bring them in. But that wasn't the case. The Chinese had offered troops to defend Burma in December and been turned down. It was only the fall of Hong Kong and Malaya that the British thought having Chinese troops might be a good idea. The negotiations were the Chinese asking to send more troops and the British telling them to send less.

[@paulabraham2550]

I've always head Archie Wavell's name pronounced with a closed 'a' (as in wave).

[@joshuah5255]

I smell a Mid Way Special coming

[@TinKnight]

A bit late to the series, but as a history buff, I wanted to thank you for putting this out there. Also, it's astonishing how absolutely inept it seems like many/most of the Allied leaders were in the first 4 months of the war, at all levels, in all theaters, & whether they were on the ground or at sea. Yes, there were certainly times where they didn't have enough troops, but they had as many as the Japanese in the later stages of the war, & outnumbered the Japanese for many of the defensive battles that they lost. Routinely letting the Japanese land in force & unopposed, zero defensive positioning, seemingly no useful scouting, and commanding from on-high without regards to the realities on the ground. Imagine if the Japanese hadn't wasted 2/3 of their military & 4 million troops in a war with China...

[@HobiAI]

Still waiting for major cavalry battle in this pacific series. Eager to see Sherman and Chi-Ha on jungle/urban battle.

[@samtheoutdoor]

I never knew the Japanese torments the entire planet once before. Even in today's war they're more than enough to be a nightmare for Chinese if unleashed them. My respect!

[@Z020852]

Is the special episode about the Doolittle Raid?

[@SamuelHallEngland]

The Allied Navy and Army commanders actually seem fairly competent and effective in this one! To my absolute surprise.

[@seanmac1793]

Things do get better, Slim takes over in Burma soon and you really start to see a true A team of commander emerge, except for MacArthur of course

[@petergarrone8242]

This cutting off of Australia has always puzzled me. It is a continent, and blockading it in every direction would appear to have been impossible. If the Japanese had taken Port Morseby and the Solomons, perhaps New Caledonia, then it may have affected the shipping routes to Australian ports; however surely ships could detour?

[@seanmac1793]

Well the shipping could be shut off to west Australia and East Australia was sparcely populated with only one port of note, Perth, its theoretically possible to cut Australia off

[@guyh9992]

Australia was second only to the UK as a base for American operations in WWII. Around one million US servicemen passed through Australia including virtually all of MacArthur's forces to return to the Philippines. Reverse Lend Lease in the later years of the war was also greater than actual Lend Lease with Australia feeding and clothing US servicemen throughout the Pacific. The issue was that if direct supply lines were cut-off, Australia would have effectively been out of the war, it wouldn't have been used as a base for the Allied counter-attack.

[@inesfi66166]

By japanese high command standard, the cutting of entire australia is the most ideal outcome from entire guinea campaign. the second one is to use guinea as "barriers" to protect SEA, so japan can get the resources they needed specifically for chinese theater and renewal of entire military infrastructures in general, without any significant attack from us pacific command and australian, bc allies will prioritize attacking guinea rather then SEA that scattere in wide areas. Why its the most ideal outcomes? if Japan still have enough of their core navy task forces and army still have their logistic transports after they hold full control over entire island and smaller islands around it. They can influence where the battlefields are, especially if natural resources extraction and manufacturing in SEA astarting to operates in its full capacity, they will get more ammo, tanks, ships and planes. They still in high place bc of the result of pearl harbor operation, great result with small sacrifice.

[@theoutlook55]

Up vote.

[@hcir5341]

Meanwhile in the Philippines Gen. Homma seething badly.

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Nice video

[@andysexy09]

danke fur alles

[@dalor7900]

This would make a great strategy game.

[@seanmac1793]

If you want one that goes down to the airframe level you can't beat War in the Pacific admiral's edition

[@aydaemir3754]

Can you do the full documentary on General Lettow Vorbeck? 😀😀

[@kikiphoe8380]

The ambush on the 63rd indian brigade was carried out with the help of local anti british nationalists. The combined local-japanese force armed only with type 38 rifles,lmgs(type 11 and 96),grenades,molotov cocktails and type 89 grenade dischargers inflict heavy casualties to the 63rd brigade column spearheaded by universal carriers.