Fall of the Philippines - Pacific War #25 Animated Historical DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues with another video in the series. Last week, we covered the first carrier battle in history, one of the most important events of the Pacific War which directly tied with the American victory at Midway. Thus, the Battle of the Coral Sea and the downfall of Operation MO were such important events that they warranted their own episode, but in that week, other developments were also unfolding as well. The most important one was the Battle of Corregidor, leading up to the events of this week in which the Fall of the whole of the Philippines. So join us as we look at General Homma’s last offensive and the final surrender of the Filipino defenders.
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Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake, and the Philippines: • Japan Attacks Everywhe...
Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: • Japan Continues Attack...
Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: • Fall of Wake Island - ...
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Pacific War #9 - Invasion of New Britain: • Invasion of New Britai...
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[@Wayne.J]

Can u talk about next week, the Enterprise and Hornet charging down from Pearl after Doolittle raid and almost catching Zuikaku as it attempted to invade Nauru and Ocean Island (and why it failed...Okinoshima sinking etc). Both carrier forces had a bit of a game of hide and seek, or cat and mouse for a few days, both scout planes and intel/radio intercept wise. With Halseys forces being finally spotted Nimitz made it look like Enterprise and Hornet would be stuck in South Pacific, missing Midway. But as we know they raced north under radio silence. And u had the seaplane tender Tangier with Yorktown call sign blaring out the "carrier" was still operating in the Coral Sea, not on its way way back to Pearl Harbor and later Midway Shokaku and how it was nearly sunk on the way back to the home Island could be mentioned What would be great for your audience too, would be more chat on the what Japanese intended to do post Midway if they won or alternatively not fought the carrier off Midway Zuikaku being available but sitting out Midway with RnR for the CarDiv 5 pilots (September 41 thru to May 42) but available for the second phase of Aleutian operation, the sortieing if US counter attacked after Midway was a Japanese victory. Operation FS (Fiji and Samoa) and maybe an improbable invasion if Johnston Island and then Hawaii AND what land Forces were available and what size navy, merchantmen and transports could be brought from empire waters to win a battle. The army and civilians had their fair share of merchantmen, tankers and transports plus the army would have to find more than the equivalent of 1 Division in the Pacific, East of the Philippines And lastly, what defence (planes, units, size of force and navy available to intercept and give battle if the US didn't fight at Midway) the US had in Fiji, Samoa, Johnston and Hawaii on the Japanese time table Thx u, great series...keep up the great work. We all appreciate it

[@Daniel_Poirot]

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[@XhuwagKangEpal]

Oh boy. Here it is. Make some for Philippine Resistance of ww2

[@enixbluerain7213]

Kings and Generals, I hope you reverse the Philippine flag as in a 'state of war' when you represent the exiled Philippine Commonwealth government and the guerilla units, from this point forward. Because the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic would be using the normal flag, and you would need to differentiate between the two.

[@JohnnyElRed]

Corregidor defenders: "We are prepared against any eventuality." "They are bombing us to smithereens." "Except that one."

[@TheNinjaDC]

To be fair, pre war treaties didn't just restrict Naval ships. It restricted any newer fortifications of Naval bases. Note how it is mentioned the defenses stopped being developed at WW1. Aircraft didn't really kick off till WW1. And didn't really become an extreme threat till the 30s. That's why there was this vulnerability.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

My grandpa was around 19 years old when the war broke out. He served as a member of the scouting party during the war. After the war ended, he was invited to go to the US to be enlisted as an official US army, but he decided to stay in the Philippines... and here I am today, and my mother is Japanese. With the sad past behind, I am happy that we have moved on to having peace in this region. I hope the regional peace continues, and will do my best for it to happen.

[@npierce14]

With the way the Japanese treated them I’m suprised your grandfather wasn’t pissed when your dad brought her home. Lol

[@edsol335]

God forgives but the lost don't...

[@nuk3fishydude902]

@Livyx 🇰🇵🥳

[@Boykofan]

@Livyx problem is that the Japanese civilians massively supported what the military did and eagerly read each newspaper to see how many beheadings the generals in Nanjing did

[@deltaforceUSAret]

Shut up

[@tahoman1616]

My grandpa was 12 years old when the war broke out. He was one of the many from his mountain village in Dalaguete, Cebu, to run supplies from camp to camp, literally the first ones whenever the allies dropped supplies. They said they'd always turn ther lamps off at night for fear of getting found out by the Japanese. History isn't just what's written; it's also about the collective stories passed on from generation to generation. When we stop learning about history, we stop giving a voice to those whose lives were lost by brutal regimes.

[@Nathan-yw3rg]

heyy!!!! 😄 maybe he "knew" my grandfather and his friends - he also told me of the same thing, he was from Bato . . . they were assigned in the southern portion - from Ginatilan to Oslob and eventually in Negros especially after the surrender of Cebu . . . . maybe your grandpa went to Negros as well at some point of the war, especially during the Battle of Negros/ Dumaguete Tatay Eladio told me how difficult and risky it was to cross the Tañon Straight from Bais to Ginatilan and back in the middle of the night to avoid detection - they have to puddle the baroto if they are near the shoreline since they can only power the engine in the middle of the sea

[@XhuwagKangEpal]

@@Nathan-yw3rg Oh boy. Here it is. Make some for Philippine Resistance of ww2

[@ChiekoGamers]

That's why 31 million idiots voted for BBM because they forgot history, or didn't learn history at all. They just spend time mostly on Tiktok fake news.

[@TeaDrinker-eq3md]

Martial Law...

[@muadibadder3345]

💯

[@flyoutblue9217]

My grandfather was a former Philippine sniper in the war but when the japanese took over he fled to the mountains and joined the local guerilla groups, they would ambush japanese soldiers in the jungles and loot them for supplies. He was even captured a couple times by the enemy but managed to escape and free his friends to fight another day. He would always describe how disgusting and messy it is when shooting a japanese soldier in the head, he said that he saw brain matter spitting out of soldier's heads when they executed them. He never surrendered and fought till the end of the war. He later died of cancer, his intestines we're too rotted to be operated on by doctors. He died after saying his last words to his children. (My aunts and uncles) His last words went along the lines of: Tagalog - "Magpaka bait kayo at maging mabuti sa mga kapwa niyo upang magkita ulit tayo sa langit." Ingles - "Be kind and be good to your fellow countrymen so we can meet each other in heaven." Filipinos believe that God rewards good people with eternal salvation in heaven, that is where he wants to meet his family once again.

[@aaronmarks9366]

Blessings and peace to your grandfather and your family

[@flyoutblue9217]

@@aaronmarks9366 Thank, that is very much appreciated.

[@aaronmarks9366]

@@flyoutblue9217 💙💙

[@generalbooger9146]

bulls^it

[@CarlosianBigWang]

My great grandfather was deployed on the Philippines before the invasion. He was there up until the end parts during this episode. I wonder when and how he got out. He never would speak about it. It must of been a real green hell, I don’t envy these men, but the respect I have for these men is immeasurable. But I will say this. Many times over history great men surrendered expecting mercy, and they received the opposite. With the recent times being the closest we’ve been to another world war in seventy years, for anyone that may read this. If we are to ever go into world war three, never surrender. Even when all seems lost even when it seems like the world will crash around you and your body will crumble never surrender. You do not know if you will receive mercy. You may face a fate much worse than death.

[@CarlosianBigWang]

@@philsonhtc2871 yeah my other great grandfather was deployed in Europe. Before he died he finally told me a single story, him and his platoon got ambushed by the Nazis in France and got practically decimated, he himself had a few bullets in him and shrapnel and he had to cover himself in his friends dead bodies and stay perfectly quiet, they went around and stabbed all the dead bodies again to make sure they were dead. I couldn’t imagine how he stayed quiet with bullet holes in him and being stabbed, but he found something within himself to be able to stay quiet and wait, as well as getting back up and staggering back to friendly territory, the grit on that old man was insane.

[@razorbird789]

You won't have the chance to surrender in a third world war. The planet will be annihilated by nuclear weapons

[@XhuwagKangEpal]

Ops .Ops Oh boy. Here it is. Make some for Philippine Resistance of ww2

[@CarlosianBigWang]

@@razorbird789 John, let us hope that’s not the case. But you are right nuclear annihilation by one mad man is becoming more and more possible.

[@aaronmarks9366]

Chilling. Well said.

[@mobius_1163]

Damn, i didn't know Philippinos were such a resilient people. Although they have fallen, it sure as hell showed the whole world what they are made of

[@tabpilaps1302]

Because of stubborn Filipinos the Japanese timetable was not met and Australia was saved.

[@abubanana503]

Fall back is not in their vocabulary so there is always disarray when ordered to retreat. hehehe.

[@luckychristiangaleos3105]

We were actually the last to fall on Asia during Japanese invasion

[@kikoyworld]

@@luckychristiangaleos3105 I tried to search for this information but found nothing. Can you tell me what to search to see this "last to fall" info please.

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

@@luckychristiangaleos3105 Asia's a big place bro

[@cnpdt]

I appreciate these a lot as I feel the war in the Pacific is overlooked and ignored. Like many others here, my grandfather and handful of great-uncles were drafted as teens/young adults and fought for the Philippines. Not discussing this half of history feels like their fight and their sacrifices (especially of those who died) were for nothing (even more so when you consider the lack of recognition from the US govt until very recently). These videos are so well done and in my opinion deeply honor the many Filipinos who's lives changed during WWII. Thank you.

[@generalbooger9146]

The United States gave the Philippines their independence. What the heck else you want?

[@Nathan-yw3rg]

my grandfather Tatay Eladio (originally from Bato, Samboan in Cebu) served as a volunteer auxiliary trooper helping carry ammunition and serving as scout and messenger in the Cebu-Negros Theater along with his friends, he was in his early teens at that time - that was the first time he saw how fertile Negros Island is compared to Cebu . . . after the war he got married and migrated to Negros Oriental where his branch of the clan lives until today. I didn't believe him when he told me that they didn't surrender even after the Cebu top-command ordered them to . . . he said they continued fighting as small units up until the eventual Battle of Dumaguete and it's subsequent aerial bombardment - which according to my grandmother Nanay Rosa they were watching from the hills of Bato overlooking the city on the other side of the straight. Tatay also told me how difficult and risky it was to cross the Tañon Straight from Bais to Ginatilan in the middle of the night to avoid detection 👏😬 this documentary proved to me that he was telling the truth all along - the Negros theater top-command did indeed "surrender" but is the last one in the entire country to do so and only after they mutinied - they did surrender their weapons but according to Tatay what those guys gave to the Japanese are the old and worn-out ones

[@cyrilli1546]

Your Grandfather is a Chad lol

[@kirbyculp3449]

Respect.

[@Nathan-yw3rg]

@@kirbyculp3449 thanks 🙏 if he would have seen this, his eyes would have grown bright. I didn't believe him back then, I thought he was just trying to impress his grandson (me) with those stories. he said he was present during the Battle of Dumaguete, they were trying to advance to Valencia from Mt. Talinis on the other side, while the US air force is bombarding the Japanese army in Palinpinon on the other side - he recounted how heavy those crates with mortar and ammunitions were - he said that they have to carry those crates individually since there are no roads leading to the battleground, all the while staying away as far as possible from the enemy fire since they don't have any protection or weapons

[@davergent1521]

Philippine guerrilla commanders Col. Wendell Fertig and Lt. Col. Russell W. Volckmann used their wartime experience to formulate the doctrine of unconventional warfare that became the cornerstone of the Special Forces.

[@yereverluvinuncleber]

...in the American army.

[@XhuwagKangEpal]

Yep Ops Oh boy. Here it is. Make some for Philippine Resistance of ww2

[@henkwilliemadriannusvander1955]

Yet, with all the expertise, they still lost miserably in Vietnam.

[@TheRandCrews]

@@yereverluvinuncleber not entirely true Philippine Army Special Forces Regiment was created in the 1960’s with ties and training with the US Green Beret, which Volckmann help created. While Philippine Scout Rangers were influenced by Alamo Scouts and US Army Rangers.

[@yereverluvinuncleber]

@@TheRandCrews My point was to make it clear that his comment was ambiguous.

[@JD-rl7hg]

Small correction: Cagayan and Cagayan de Oro are completely different places. Cagayan is on the northernmost tip of Luzon, while Cagayan de Oro is a city in the noth of Mindanao. What you probably mean is Cagayan de Oro. Anyway, cheers! Great video.

[@Nathan-yw3rg]

when I was a kid, I often hear my grandparents talk with their friends and relatives - they just say "Cagayan" instead of Cagayan de Oro or CDO and they understood each other as they are talking about Mindanao not Luzon

[@avakiin6614]

@@Nathan-yw3rg Where are they from? If they from Cagayan de Oro, or the surrounding regions. It's pretty obvious based on context. Same with those near Cagayan in the north. If you're an outsider however, it makes more sense to be specific.

[@lvl50hogrider5]

Bro one of them should change names

[@avakiin6614]

@@lvl50hogrider5 Literally every sizeable country has two or more places that have the same or similar name.

[@riszan1753]

Well that is confusing.. Maybe to confuse the invaders eh?.. 😁

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

It's a shame we never had a call of duty about this half of the war, so many grim and heroic defensive battles to make amazing stories from...

[@CyBerCat6410]

Okay... 🤡

[@koonkoon01]

There's one in Medal of Honor Rising Sun though.

[@enixbluerain7213]

Call of Duty recycles the Normandy to Germany campaign over and over again. Most overused settings in World War 2 themed video games.

[@mmyr8ado.360]

@@tek87 or worse, get things inaccurate for the sake of [current thing].

[@pyrokatarina]

imagine how cool it would be reimagining the battle of midway, bataan, malaya and borneo in a COD game

[@renzogonzalez1802]

Japanese General: We will take the Philippines in 6 WEEKS. Filipino Private: How about 6 MONTHS?

[@muadibadder3345]

☝

[@katelynvasquez6502]

Yeah with the help of American soldiers and their equipment who helped defend the country.. without them Philippines could've been invaded less than a week..

[@grimkupid8478]

This is an incredibly well done series, I've been hooked since the start. Please keep up the great work

[@XhuwagKangEpal]

Ups .Ops Oh boy. Here it is. Make some for Philippine Resistance of ww2

[@jeffreywhittle6161]

I have been to the Philippines four times. I took a tour of Corregidor island. Many of the huge coastal guns and mortars are still there. The massive artillery craters and battle damage still visible. Must have been hell to endure that.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

It should be noted that the US military, as a whole, never believed the Philippines could be held for more than a year, as early as just after World War 1: in order to fortify it from the Japanese, the US would need to sink far more money into it than the US was willing to, especially once people started advocating for withdrawal from the Philippines all together. What fortification the Philippines got was more of a political concession to the people stationed there than any serious strategic move, and the overall strategy remained, "build ships back in the States, and then commerce raid Japan until it submits" in the years leading to the war. Of course, the US badly underestimated how cruel the Japanese were towards captives, and how delusional that Japanese were at their actual prospects.

[@angela_eric]

The more I learn about the pacific theater of WW2 I come to the conclusion that Japan set unrealistic goals, removed perfectly good generals for not meeting those goals, and then later in the war don't have the experienced leadership necessary for defending off a larger more power enemy.

[@sgakm.manyida]

Why Japanese militalist govt set hallucinating goals was simple, if they wouldn't complete these aims they couldn't get the war. And if Japan won't capture the resource areas with army, Japan would lose the power and be colonized unofficially by Europeans. The measure was absolutely wrong, however their fears had some reasons probably.

[@tjo6252]

Perfectionists always are like that. Don't ever believe you are perfect.

[@tjo6252]

@@patrickdurham8393 🇺🇸s turned to be more barbaric in the end only second to the genocidal atheist labour aka soviets

[@circleancopan7748]

Blame the Holy God Akihito for the failure and the rabidity Japanese soldiers become, not just the buckteeth Tojo and his circle of IJN and IJA generals and admirals.

[@kmlammto]

In the 1930’s, it has been reported that the Japanese Military Attaché, one Adm Hirohito (before that rank was obtained), attended a Christmas party at the British embassy in Washington, DC. Also In attendance was one Douglas MacArthur. The British military attaché had written a book he gifted to both of these guests. The book described the Japanese war plan for conquest in the Pacific. It also described the island hopping plan of the Allies to defeat the Japanese and declared that because of the US industrial might, the result would inevitably and always be victory for the Allies. The reports from Japan after the war was that Hirohito always opposed the expansion across the Pacific and expressed his thoughts to his closest personnel that the war would destroy Japan. It is possible both men read the same book.

[@jaythompson5102]

K&G, this is your best series so far. I've seen them all. I'm not even one of those guys who just loves all things WW2 I'm more of an ancient history guy tbh.

[@whollibaugh]

same, I always felt WWII was a bit glorified by some. But this series strikes just the right tone

[@Rayan2Musikahan]

Managed to hike both mt. mariveles and pico de loro, both has a magnificent beautiful view of manila bay. Hard to imagine less than a hundred years ago artillery fires and warships filled the area.

[@XhuwagKangEpal]

Yep Ops Oh boy. Here it is. Make some for Philippine Resistance of ww2

[@johnl.7754]

I knew before that Philippines fell but didn’t know that they held up much longer then most of Southeast Asia.

[@genghiskhan5701]

Unlike the other colonies in South East Asia, the Filipinos were loyal to the US and resisted stubbornly which pissed off the Japanese since they expected them to be welcomed as liberators. I remember stories of my grandmother as a child running away from Japanese soldiers

[@VersusARCH]

Americans planned to turn Bataan and Correggidor into stronghols to deny the invaders the use of Manila Bay, so they provisioned them amply with food. But even that ran out eventually. Also they crammed far too many troops there thus making the supplies last much shorter than intended.

[@leexingha]

its because Philipines is not Japan's primary/main objective but it was Indonesia

[@darkmoney7762]

@@leexingha "even me, I won't dote onto my invaders" Same reason why Filipinos didn't dote to the Japanese duh

[@Latinkon]

Makes me wonder what if places such as Malaya and the Dutch East Indies had put up an equally stubborn resistance as their Filipino American counterparts.

[@MrHurch]

Good hustle getting these videos out in rapid succession. Keep up the good work! I've been loving this series.

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks for another great installment in the series! This has been fantastic so far.

[@TheNinjaDC]

Fun Fact: Fort Drum was a very unique fortification. It was essentially a cement battleship, complete with 14inch gun turrets.

[@pithecophagajefferyi7460]

The government built a bootleg copy in a fake beach in manila lol

[@limmykinh]

This series is awesome! I hope you'll cover the guerilla battles in the Philippines too. Probs the biggest reason why the Allied forces were able to take back the Philippines was because of the Filipinos and American guerilla troops that continued to fight despite the Army's retreat

[@gojrich9586]

Thank you for featuring this. Even I as a Filipino learned a lot of things in this video that were not taught in our history classes. Very timely too considering we just finished our elections.

[@liopleurodon28]

Indeed, quite appropriate seeing the no. 1 vote for our president, VP, & senatorial candidate.

[@shinsenshogun900]

Do elaborate about how appropriate is it to see this coincidence

[@ugandantsar1887]

@@liopleurodon28 will be appropriate only if most of the leading elected are a bunch of pinktard lefties and some commies from UP.

[@liopleurodon28]

@@shinsenshogun900 The son of a dictator (who denies any atrocities committed by his father & continues to commit crimes) just got elected president, the daughter of the outgoing president who firmly believes her father's actions were completely justified is vice president, & an action star just won top vote in the senatorial candidacy.

[@paku5311]

Cry lads 😭😭 same narrative again

[@MrWilliamwright]

My highlight of the week, thanks guys for making such great content.

[@waynemathias8074]

This video's level of detail & graphic presentation is simply phenomenal. Still there are countless untold stories from this period, and we'll never know all of what happened in the Philippines. My father, who escaped Bataan after General King's surrender, lived undercover in Quezon City (listed MIA till 1944), evading the Kenpeitai while gathering intel for the Resistance. Like many vets, he never spoke about his wartime experiences -- and Resistance units tended not to keep written records for obvious reasons. Apart from a few details from relatives, all I have is his Army file from the National Archive. Just one of thousands of soldiers and civilians who went through the ordeal of occupation.

[@wtgardner6914]

Another excellent installment in the greatest Pacific War documentary ever made. Keep up the great work!

[@andalilbitqueer]

the title? the timing? *chef's kiss*

[@shatteredreality46]

This is always fun to watch. Will you be making a full video of the Pacific war after you've finished?

[@admiralprinceeric323]

I really love in this 25th Documentary of the Pacific War was for the Philippines was so very forgets that happened in 80 years ago. With now, the Fall of Bataan and now the Fall of Corregidor are truly ending of the Philippine Campaign then marks the beginning of the Japanese Occupation of our country now stands for 80 years in heroism and courage. Now, many of our Filipinos died during occupation are some civilians (suspecting support of guerillas), and politicians. By the time, most of our Filipinos begin collaborating with the Japanese are tremendous even more committed some atrocities came to the light. L'est we forget our Filipinos came to this darkest moment during the occupation until in 1944. I shall never regretful.

[@arch.l.a.deleon445]

Timely for me this fresh video of yours, I was watching all over this week the Battle of the Midway and the Japanese occupation in Asia, hardly to find a new one, thanks.

[@vernonmontoya2449]

Although I am Filipino by birth, I knew very little about the details of the Japanese takeover. I had an uncle who was a lieutenant in the Philippines Army, and had been on the Bataan Death march. My other uncles were guerrillas during that time. This is really fascinating for me.

[@rider2273]

Thank you for remembering our history when we forget about it. Maraming salamat

[@matthewjay660]

The Japanese Imperial Army subjected the survivors to the Bataan Death March, so might as well keep fighting as a guerrilla. (Yes, hindsight is 20/20.) Even so, I'd rather keep on resisting the enemy. 🇺🇸🤝🇵🇭

[@VersusARCH]

The choice to surrender was dictated by the lack of food...

[@txdang2009]

Same here, why would you surrender to them, I'd rather go out on my own terms

[@schubert06sebastian39]

He mentioned the threat of execution of 11,000 US personnel that surrendered in Corregidor. There are a lot of food in the Philippines if you know how to find them.

[@ianhomerpura8937]

There was another one: the Mindanao Death March. Soldiers were forced to march from Dansalan (now Marawi City) through Iligan and CDO towards Camp Casisang in Malaybalay, Bukidnon.

[@louievelayo4100]

Boy, imagine Homma's situation after all that... Tojo: "We gave you two months to capture the Philippines, and yet... *YOU ACCOMPLISH IT IN FIVE! YOU DARE DISGRACE US AND YOUR ANCESTORS!?* GET OUT, YOU'RE OFF THE WAR!" Homma: "No, keep me in coach!" Tojo: *"BAKA YARO!!!"* (boots Homma out) Eh don't worry, Homma gets what's coming to him when he's tried for the atrocities commited(Death March included)...

[@circleancopan7748]

Well, both Tojo and Homma, alongside Yamashita got the noose. While the main suspect, the God Emperor Akihito, got only a demotion from a kami-sama to a Jesus status, and not got a noose.

[@louievelayo4100]

@@circleancopan7748 I was talking about Homma specifically... And the Emperor during WW2 was Hirohito, Akahito was Emperor around 70s or 80s...

[@ianshaver8954]

Tojo was kind of an idiot.

[@sidthesleuth7295]

The title is just trolling at this point lmaoooo

[@daedalus3726]

how?

[@sidthesleuth7295]

@@daedalus3726 the video was uploaded on the same day of the Philippine elections, where the unapologetic and convicted tax evader of a son of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos (ousted with his family on 1986) “won” as the next President of the Philippines

[@zainmudassir2964]

Respect to Gen. Wainwright to stay with his men to captivity after a difficult command. McArthur gets too much credit because of his careful use of media

[@kirbyculp3449]

Wainright was deservedly on the Missouri at the signing of the surrender by the Japanese.

[@levivillanueva560]

mc Arthur did not want to leave the Phil he wanted to stay with his men even to the last minutes but he was ordered to go to Australia byroosvelt

[@seanmac1793]

MacArthur is one of the main reasons that the defense went so poorly

[@schubert06sebastian39]

He relied that a relief would come from the US navy but did not materialized and his defense position just put him in the corner and no way out.

[@lucasfragoso7634]

​@@levivillanueva560and then he made a right mess in Australia becoming very much hated there lol

[@matthewkersten]

My grandfather will loved this

[@jorimelquieta5538]

It's quite Ironic that I've only understood how crucial Kabacan was during the defense of Mindanao although I've always heard ofmy grandpa's stories about the war since I was a kid. I really thought he just liked to collect antique military hardware, I never knew most of them came from the Japanese forces that they've ambushed.

[@franzpeterfabila3036]

Thank you for this!

[@stewlew8449]

A good day to publish this video considering what has just happened in the Philippines

[@majorianus8055]

Yes. our country has just fallen to the hands of thieves, murderers, and deceivers. In some ways, these people will cause more evil than the Japanese

[@Fittafella27]

Man wish I could remember how many subs ol KaG had when I first subbed think it was like 250,000 crazy how yall are up to 2.5 mil I know I'm gonna keep watching and telling my buddies about the channel keep killing it the videos

[@-RONNIE]

You know it's interesting I think I know about subjects & turns out I don't know as much as I thought I did. This series has been really interesting every video I learn something new. Thank you & keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@Andrew-gn9qp]

It's important to note that Filipinos up until the end of World War II, we considered ourselves to be part of the Western world. We speak English, we are Christian, and we were Spanish subjects, and later American subjects. That is why Filipinos were loyal to the Americans, and previously the Philippines was the oldest colony Spain. However, following the Japanese invasion, the subsequent Japanese occupation, the horrific Japanese massacre of Manila, and the destruction and bombing of the cities and villages by American soldiers, Filipinos have become wary of the West. The trauma of World War II changed the relationship the Philippines had with the West, Filipinos suffered so much for the sake of Western interests, we don't know if its even worth it.

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Amazing video, the quality of the animation only gets better everytime! 💗🤞✨

[@agin1519]

It’d be nice to do a bit of a timeline short (or medium!) at some point from a zoomed out perspective to see how the map changed over time or how all these more detailed campaigns overlap. Despite the excellent information, it’s hard to hold in your head all at once. Kind of a companion piece or a summary of the early Pacific War.

[@KingsandGenerals]

That is a good point, passing it to the team

[@temjim]

@Kings and Generals, great work, sir!... thank you for this content.

[@chrisk7118]

Great video, thanks for covering the Philippines theatre. Would be fantastic to see another video covering how the fall of the main island Luzon and Manila happened, starting from the initial Japanese landing. My grandpa was in the resistance where the Japanese first landed in Legaspi City, he fought successfully with the guerilla movement from the mountains for 3 years. Think the occupation was fairly brutal. My grandma survived with a baby during the war, whilst still living in town and the men were off in the hills fighting. She was pregnant when her house was raided by Japanese troops when they came looking for my grandpa, she gave them some eggs to eat and to try to calm them down, they swallowed the eggs raw and were happy with them haha. Luckily, giving the Japanese soldiers eggs worked and they let her and my unborn auntie live. Others in the town weren't so lucky, the Japanese were famous for bayoneting babies and parading down the street with them on their bayonets! Stoked for my grandpa who got a well deserved military funeral in the 1990's and stoked for all the other veterans who fought to give the Philippines a free country. Cheers.

[@markangelodar8680]

You should watch the previous videos on this pacific war series. They have been covering the initial japanese landings in the philippines

[@chrisk7118]

@@markangelodar8680 Awesome, thanks for letting me know!

[@ThaTyphon]

My grandmother was hiding in the mountains during the invasion in the Visayas region.

[@johnaaroncorpuz553]

Salute to your grandfather sir!

[@XhuwagKangEpal]

Yeah yeahOps . Oh boy. Here it is. Make some for Philippine Resistance of ww2

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@benbutler9282]

Great stuff . Thanks 🙏🏽

[@CartoonHistory]

Really good mix of real footage and graphics on this channel. Looks great.

[@MayuriK_it]

Nice and interesting as always!

[@DanBurgaud]

2:35 i've been to Corregidor. many of the mortars are "pop up" mortars. they pop up to fire, then recoils hidden/shielded by thick plates to avoid damage. now you know why it took months to take them down. McArthur's "I shall return" shrine stood here.

[@scotsaul3971]

Always top tier production

[@operationhighjump4656]

so awsome thank you for the explanations

[@paulluka2029]

These series have been awesome 🤩

[@linkandzelda6003]

Great timing, K & G. The title seems... relevant

[@KARL-el3hr]

thanks for covering this part Kings & Generals

[@Wehdeo]

Great timing for posting a video with that title. I see what you did there

[@Ken-df8cp]

Excellent video as always KnG! Thank you for covering this point of our country's history. Devin is still superb as ever but it was really disturbing hearing him mispronounce most of the names. Might I suggest having them listen to how the names are pronounced before recording?

[@ChinaPower1]

Im from Mindanao so happy you covered the Mindanao Island about ww2 only Luzon are entirely featured on our textbooks. Much love from Davao city

[@arn9389]

Thankyou for this episode... Its even better and detailed than what they taught us in history class...

[@jackson857]

Thanks to Kings and Generals once again for their great video.

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Very nice documentary 👌

[@mattiatenaglia9457]

Thank you very much for the video :)

[@chaseroberts3111]

correction "the whole of the Phlippines was never conquered by the Japanese. The guerilla activity was so strong that the Japanese rarely ventured out of the major cities. There were over 250,000 men and women who continued to fight the Japanese until they were eliminated. KZbin has some great videos on this subject . The Phillippino(a) are the most charming, friendly people on this planet, but piss them off they WILL be your worst nightmare.

[@jjjkkk39]

Such a great series!

[@adrianelegislador5644]

After the war, my grandfather walked half-naked without anything covering his bottom in 1945 when he was seven years old to the beaches in our hometown in Iloilo. An American soldier gave him massive, oversized army pants, and he came running cheerfully back home to his mother's-my great grandmother's-delight.

[@Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd]

Brilliant series, was not aware of this battle at all!

[@rajahsulayman6048]

Thanks for this♥️♥️♥️

[@Joshua.2433]

What a very timely video.

[@user-xh1rh3nk9f]

Perfect timing for the video release

[@TARKUNZ]

Very informative!

[@nicofranco3432]

Great content! Hope you do a video of Manila Liberation by the allies the next time.

[@creedjeremy]

Well, whoever released this video had proper timing.

[@issacfoster1113]

Bobo

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

First Filipino comment the moment I saw the title

[@roimontero5665]

Best Channel Ever!

[@ainzend6328]

The fall of the Philippines was the rise of Guerilla war which the beginning of japanese nightmare.

[@Primetiime32]

This video sends fire down my soul. Fortunately for my great uncle he was in the Navy and was distant from the action. But I remember being told not just to remember those who were lost. But what actually happened to them.....

[@kahitsinowaglngpanget7208]

you are american but your knowledge of history to my country is much more than i have..im a history lover thnk you sir for sharing..more powers.

[@yeaboi3623]

Our ancestors would love this,thank you really

[@marvind7807]

Kinda excited on how K&G will talk about the Guerrilla warfare in the Philippines. The power dynamics of HUKBALAHAP, Wha-Chi, Hunters ROTC and etc.

[@jamchavez3330]

Wa-Chi is overrated

[@se-ku3op]

4:59 The photo of Toshio Miura is not the Lieutenant that took charge Davao, It's a photo of another Toshio Mura who took part in the American Landing of Italy in 1943

[@altraveller]

I enjoy all of your videos, but here I must point out a strange mistake you seem to have made. The picture you are using for Lt Col Toshio Miura is actually a photograph of a Japanese American service member from Hawaii. Pvt Toshio Miura of Oahu, HI was killed in action near Scapoli, Italy on November 30, 1944 while fighting in service with American Forces. He was interred in Japan after the war alongside his parents in accordance with family wishes with full military honors. I really hope, as a fellow American veteran, you will correct this mistake.

[@marloligan3589]

The Filipino and Americans withdraw to Bukidnon. Along Mangima Ridge of Municipality of Manolo Fortich. You can still see the big cross in there... mangima is considered as the Bataan of the South

[@user-bm5ht8ze2t]

Two of my great grandparents passed down tales to my grandparents regarding the battles in Mindanao. According to them, more than 90% of the Filipino and American Soldiers never surrendered and went to the mountains to fight the guerilla warfare, and that's within the proper army alone. 100% of the Moros never surrendered and fought valiantly. The main Japanese forces only stayed at the coastal towns with their occasional patrols in the hinterlands. They don't do patrols that often especially at the central, western, and southwestern portions of Mindanao. These were the times went the notorious "Pintakasi" of the Moros became famous. Although the Moros never really coordinated well with the guerillas, most of the times, the Japanese are caught on an overlapping crossfire which sometimes wipe whole companies of Japanese forces. I can still recall my grandfather with 2 of his cousins chasing a Japanese soldier with rakes and other farm tools after the hapless man used all his ammo. They tied him in a cashew tree, fed his balles to hantiks (Giant Red Ants) and reported him to the Guerillas who were former employees of Philpack.

[@monthycristo]

As a Filipino this video is very timely

[@kubli365]

Iyakna10to

[@hackedaccountlol6203]

@@kubli365 cry me more apologist

[@kubli365]

@@hackedaccountlol6203 it's liver lover, boys

[@sheldonoakes7982]

Thank you

[@SSMMUURRFFFF]

Guys, love your videos, but a tip, when you show the map with Islands and so on or other landmass its difficult to get a picture of how large the area is, maybe insert km and the American football measurements so its easier to have an overview. Anyway, maybe I am a bit to stoned, just a thought, take care

[@spermutation2557]

Thankyou. The title is kinda relevant due to elections here in the ph

[@TheWatcher1009]

Reading that notif hit me different too

[@moruxuss8313]

@@TheWatcher1009 I chuckled a bit reading the title

[@xndr4972]

And why is that? Another Future NPA rebellious teens that doesn't accept the fact. Move on for Leni's sake.

[@TheVineOfChristLives]

LOL laban losers

[@rider2273]

@@xndr4972 Leni has not given up, so why should the youth "move on"?

[@kabrethren1254]

Nice thanks

[@Jobe-13]

The Battle Of Corregidor. Epic.

[@ounkhamphomvihane9734]

this is consider as the huge battle i have never seen before in the documentary

[@melaniopadro768]

Tnanks to Kings and Generals for this detailed description of the Mindanao operation. Haven't such detail in other sources

[@schubert06sebastian39]

Agree. I was born in Agusan Del Norte and a couple of my moms cousins Turned guerrilla fighters after the surrender order came to continue fighting.

[@kadenelijah9329]

Good timing

[@pryletaganile2643]

My great grandfather was only 10 years old when Germany invaded Poland on September 1939, and he was 12 years old when the Japanese Empire invaded the Philippine Commonwealth, and after more than 1-2 decades when the Second World War ended, he Joined the Philippine Navy, and became a rich businessman, then until now, his business is manage by his son, my grandfather, but i regret i havent asked him more about the Second World War, and i only asked my Great Grandmother, she said they were so happy when the US Forces Liberated the Philippines, and she also said that the Japanese are very very violent, sadly my great grandpa died on 2018, and my great grandma died last year, but i hope we'll meet on heaven soon

[@bfpmak9664]

At last thank you king n generals

[@allesarfint]

Quite fitting title given the current events

[@circleancopan7748]

Japan showed how dishonourable they are in Manila. US declared it open city, while Japan utterly destroyed it, Sanji Iwabuchi was just nothing but a scapegoat.