First Midway Then Guadalcanal And Now Tulagi Harbor Were The Greatest Setbacks

(Japanese Torpedo Bomber Pilot series , Part 7) Watch our video "First Midway Then Guadalcanal And Now Tulagi Harbor Were The Greatest Setbacks" and explore the untold stories of courage and sacrifice from a World War II torpedo bomber pilot's perspective. Immerse yourself in the vivid narratives of a seasoned aviator who soared through the skies during pivotal moments in history. From the heart-pounding missions over China to the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, witness firsthand the challenges and triumphs of a Japanese Navy pilot. Join us on a riveting journey through the annals of wartime aviation, as we unveil the gripping experiences of a remarkable individual who played a crucial role in the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asian operations, the Battle of Midway, and the intense struggle for Guadalcanal.
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[@WW2Tales]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 7 of memoirs of a Japanese Torpedo Bomber Pilot, He flew Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber from the carrier Sōryū during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Indian Ocean Raid and the Battle of Midway. He is most notable for having released the torpedo that eventually sank the battleship California during the Attack on Pearl Harbor. He was shot down and lost his right hand during the Solomon Islands Campaign while flying from the carrier Jun'yō, but survived the crash and was eventually evacuated to Japan. Here is the link of the playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLGjbe3ikd0XEb8to3WScsn77gC7w7Az8S Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/apKrlqGubZuAY68 Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYGxo4CmiqqLas0 Link of Part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJjbmpyMdt9ld9k Link of Part 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5K1iYmejN2IbMU Link of Part 5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q32yYXiHe55la80 Link of Part 6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/epyxqGykj7ObmJY

[@wolfganghuhn7747]

The story is interesting, but for the love of Shakespeare, have a human read it

[@pilotjoe4010]

Are these real stories? None of the videos on this channel mention whose memoirs are being used. I love the work!

[@WW2Tales]

Sir this series is based on memoirs of Juzo Mori

[@WW2Tales]

very kind of you sir ,your suggestion is duly noted and appreciated :)

[@davidvanwagoner9027]

Very frustrating trying to follow in sequence. Take the above. States it’s part 7, lists previous playlist, but not the next in series. Frustrating

[@gruntforever7437]

For real students of history, hearing a first hand account from both sides like this is really enlightening. I just wish the reading of this was not so comically BAD

[@sgt.grinch3299]

I am really enjoying these series. As a student of history, I find the stories and perspectives of other cultures fascinating and enlightening. The more information you have about your opponent the easier it will be to create a strategy to win. Semper Fi my fellow Warriors. Carry On!

[@donnamoss9650]

Too bad your getting a LOOSER'S version! Writer is attempting to whitewash the brutality of the basic Jap military personnel & stupidity of their command structure.

[@MrDino1953]

I used to be afraid of Artificial Intelligence taking over, but listening to all the mistakes and inconsistencies in this narration, my fear has subsided.

[@konekillerking]

This isn’t actual AI. It’s more likely a text to speech program.

[@tonyduncan9852]

It will "improve" faster than you will.

[@jamesbeatty5257]

It's kinda funny. Notice that pronunciation is fine, and then two or three sentences words are mispronounced like crazy! Haha

[@mikelezcurra810]

Isn't that what an AI would want you to think? 🤔

[@tonyduncan9852]

Yeah. It is as if the algorithm gets emotionally involved. @@jamesbeatty5257

[@stuartlast8156]

Narration sounds like the policeman in the comedy "allo allo " 😂

[@buckyc.9069]

Did anyone notice, those two carriers were among the six that that hit Pearl Harbor? They then got shot up at Coral Sea. Back to Japan for repairs, while the other four got sunk at Midway. They were then sent to hold the Solomans with what they had left. But their faith blinded them to what was really happening.

[@antilarge7860]

I would love a series of an American pilot after listening to all the great Japanese stories. These have all been a blast to listen to

[@erikr007]

At 3:43 the author says "Upon learning of these landings the enemy put together a task force around the carriers Saratoga and Lexington to attack our forces,..." but Lexington CV-2 had already been sunk at Coral Sea and CV-16 wasn't commissioned until Feb. 43.

[@Adiscretefirm]

He was under the impression in the last installment that Enterprise was sunk at Midway. Apparently ship identification and damage assessment were lacking in every air force in the 1940s

[@stevenbaer9061]

@@Adiscretefirm What does the Enterprise have to do with the narrator mentioning the Lexington which was already sunk?

[@Adiscretefirm]

@@stevenbaer9061 it is another example of his inaccurate info and how muddled things were for the fleet pilots

[@Malbeefance]

The narration is, generally, from the Japanese pov. It's possible they didn't know, then, Lexington was sunk.

[@Malbeefance]

The narration is, generally, from the Japanese pov. It's possible they didn't know, then, Lexington was sunk.

[@bobbartholomew85364]

Thanks for this series

[@jiyushugi1085]

This narrator is reading my translation of Juzo Mori's autobiography 'The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron.' Do a search for this title and the book will turn up. It would've been polite of this poster to give me a brief mention in recognition of all my hard work..... I published it as an E-Book with a very low price so that anyone could afford to read it. Earning money from the translation was never my desire, and I'm very happy that it is at least getting heard here by many thousands of people.

[@coldmountain1997]

Thanks so much for translating it. I find is highly disrespectful the channel didn’t at least put the link in the description of the book or the name of it…

[@hmldjr]

you are preserving history - you did a great thing

[@Shuffler703]

As a listener to this video, I thank you very much for your hard work. Without which I would never have been able to enjoy this autobiography.

[@BluMecker-ox6sx]

This was an super episode. I can't wait for the next chapter GREAT 👍 CHANNEL

[@edcew8236]

That machine voice has hilarious mispronunciations.

[@seeingeyegod]

Pretty riveting stuff, those guys were all so amazingly brave.

[@mathbrown9099]

“Guadle” canal is how most of WW2 fighters called this bloody battle/island.

[@ronaldfinkelstein6335]

This guy had a typical Japanese reaction. He gets wounded, and right away he wants to suicide. A mindset that contributed to their losing the war, IMHO.

[@cmachinist]

I don't think the mind set had anything to do with. I think it was more of a having a miniscule fraction of our industrial capacity. They could have had exactly the same mind set as we did and we would have whup'd them just as hard.

[@ronaldfinkelstein6335]

@@cmachinist I disagree. An example is Rear admiral Yangimoto,, who was aboard the carrier Hiryu, at Midway. He had been spoken of as a suitable replacement for Yamamoto, who was close to retiring. But, his ship was mortally wounded, so...he had to "go down with the ship"

[@cmachinist]

@@ronaldfinkelstein6335 Oh, yes, they certainly had a different mind set in that sense. I'm not disputing that at all. Where we disagree is that I don't see it having had very much impact on the outcome or course of the war. Had we been more evenly matched in other areas, .e.g. , industrial capacity, economy, etc. It may have made more a of difference, but as things were, I can't see it having impacted the war beyond shortening or lengthening it by a few months maybe.

[@tonyduncan9852]

You mean IMO. I see very little difference from yourself - or myself. Cultural pressures: for a Japanese emperor, or Joe McCarthy's anticommunism, seems like the same shit to me once the consequences work their way out. Yes, miss out the H for _humble._

[@tucorameriz3538]

These are really fantastic, thank you for putting these together! I wish you used a real voice though, but it does make me laugh when you get up to re-vile instead of rev-a-lee.

[@lelandcox4089]

Japanese stated a war they new they couldn't win and knew they lost long before the war was over. When their air force and navy was destroyed they should have surrendered and saved a lot of lives. They couldn't accept defeat and a lot of people died along the way!

[@flywheel986]

What kind of stupid design policy would allow the manufacture of a combat aircraft lacking forward firing guns? Incredible that crews were willing to fly the helpless things!

[@theophrastus3.056]

Look at the American F4 Phantom jet of the 1960s. They believed air-to-air missiles had made guns obsolete. However, dog fights in Vietnam against Migs made them realize their error, and the F4E was manufactured with a 20mm cannon.

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

I often wonder about the thinking of the Japanese. Their hope was that the US would ask for peace after the attack at Pearl but the high-ranking officers who knew America and the American people still pursued war. They knew going in that they would lose the war. Oh well, it ended that way it did and both sides lost a generation of young men.

[@nancymilawski1048]

And many innocent civilians died on all sides

[@bobkent2334]

I think the Japanese doctrine was that their "superior fighting spirit" would overcome all obstacles.

[@outinthesticks1035]

Some of their leadership had no idea of the resources that the USA could draw on . Many thought that the American military would be like China and just fall into confusion and chaos. The disputes they had with Russia lead many to believe that no one else had competent leadership. Some of the more progressive planned to win large amounts of territory fast and then propose peace before USA could mobilize. None of them planned on the losses at midway , Guadalcanal, new guinea etc. When they landed a force on the Australian coast , the planners never realized the vast distance those soldiers would have to walk before they even got close to any military objective The tradition of never disagreeing with someone superior in rank led many of the top to believe they were infallible, and never allowed anybody to present a dissenting argument

[@boatingexplainedwithcapndr8359]

@@bobkent2334 Yeah, that “superior fighting spirit.” Kinda makes you wonder what the guy was thinking before running out for the SECOND wave a of a Banzai charge! 😂

[@wdleonard]

I had no idea these were AI until I heard this one. With only one image to go with the narration these are low budget for sure... and Im going to listen to another right now.

[@buckyc.9069]

Oh btw, our sailors got the Funny Fuse. That helped a lot too.

[@fredrickmarsiello4395]

Get a drama student to narrate these documentaries.

[@robertbricker]

Somethings wrong with the bot's enunciation in this one. Do over!

[@aztec0112]

Most of the time, the AI is pretty good, with predictable and consistent lapses. This time it was a mess. Perhaps redo the voice over. The subject matter is riveting, even moreso when it is intelligible.

[@isilder]

I think he left it in Japanese pronunciation at some sections early on. eg when It pronounced "sea" as "se-A"

[@stevedotson1263]

A good series. However, the computer-generated vocabulary mangles the English language like a Kitchen Aid food processor. It gives me the picture of a very amateurish operation.

[@thomaslawrence2210]

Get rid of the robot voice and have a real person do the naration

[@Archie2c]

Lexington was sunk by then maybe they meant Enterprise

[@pilotjoe4010]

Are these real stories? None of the videos on this channel mention who’s memoirs are being used.

[@ronstewtsaw]

The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron by Jūzõ Mori

[@occhamite]

You need to find better A.I. for the narration: "se-a" instead of "sea"? "Guadl-canl"?

[@gkess7106]

iz-land

[@isilder]

the errors went away after a while, I think it had japanese pronunciation on near the start... then later its all good.

[@j.dragon651]

The Japanese seemed to have no clue. Even if they took Hawaii did they really believe the U.S. would negotiate? They never stood a chance.

[@ronaldedson496]

One thing in common is 1st Marine Raider Battalion 5th Marines!

[@buckyc.9069]

By that time our guys had better planes than the Zero, and they didn't. Nuff said.

[@jimd4201]

Too bad they couldn't afford different voices for different authors. They have different authors, Germans and Japanese, all with the same voice. Too bad they couldn't afford a better text to speech program; pronunciation is sometimes atrocious, irritating. Yet, here I am, the stories are very good.

[@cmachinist]

Of course if the Japanese had won at Guadalcanal, we would have just come back a few months later with even more of everything and done it all again.

[@kjm4422]

I don’t know if I believe the story about the float planes not doing their routine daily search mission because their CO was out that day. I would need to see the source documents before I would buy that story. K

[@isilder]

Indeed the americans say bad weather prevented japanese recon the day before the battle for Tulagi,, or else they would have been shooting at recon planes... and yet the Japanese knew they were coming by the strength and rate of radio activity traffic .. The americans launched in the dark to hit Tulagi at dawn... they got the timing so exactly correct they found the Japanese planes were in fact at their most vulnerable, eg ready to burn filled with fuel.. getting ready to take off when the shooting started.

[@HarryMasanori]

This is a particularly awful machine reading of the text.

[@srdxxx]

I hate when I'm awakened by re-vile in the morning.

[@boatingexplainedwithcapndr8359]

😂😂 Yeah, re-vile made me pause for a second to figure out what he was saying!

[@douglasclerk2764]

If something isn't sufficiently vile at the outset, you then try the re-vile.

[@samdigiorgipo]

" Riujo was attacked and sent to the bottom " , , , this mafe us very sad , , , ha,ha,ha,ha, , , , get ready to be a lot more sad !!

[@isilder]

Well after that they had the USN down to just one fleet carrier, USN Enterprise, and it was damaged !.. And when the USN had major losses , they had to send 2 battleships into the waters around the islands , where they didn't belong... too much change of grounding.. .. it didnt work out well for new USS South Dakota, which became a sitting duck... until Cptn Ching Lee in Washington made up for the rest of his flleet by blasting the IJN with his battleships guns.... But well they never lost Henderson Field and never lost daytime air superiority of course,

[@Jack0trades]

11:00 "I can't wait to pay them back for Midway..." Sorry, pal. Midway WAS payback. L34rn 2 w4r.

[@barrymayson2492]

It sounds like the allo allo tv series with the police man.

[@steveschlackman4503]

Alt-i-meter? Ocia for ocean.

[@gkess7106]

Gaa-Wada-canal iz-land.

[@steveschlackman4503]

It's strange since it did get Guadalcanal correct some of the time. There were numerous words that the AI voice tortured in this video.

[@billotto602]

So, they resurrected the Lexington from her watery grave in the Corral Sea ? Interesting...😳😳😳

[@davidely7032]

Does anyone know if this narrator is merely a computer generated voice. The odd (mis)pronunciation of so many words leads me to believe a code is assigning sounds from a phonetic interpretation of words and letters. Even if this is the case, the sou d of the narrator is pretty good.

[@Paul-zf8ob]

Japan screwed up by having all their soldiers in attacking New Guinea and the airfields!

[@lancasterscattorney]

These AI mis-pronunciations are terribly distracting though.

[@Dav1Gv]

An interesting video but the commentary and subtitles were poor (to be polite)

[@hectornonayurbusiness2631]

I love the several about faces on the opinion of ito

[@kevinquist]

'cant wait to pay them back for midway'? cant wait to pay them back for defending themselves? PHUCKING arrogance.

[@VastKrutEmpire]

Retaining Guadalcanal would only have bought Japan a bit more time. They were doomed any way you slice it.

[@Pugiron]

We were attacking on two fronts. Retaking Guadalcanal would not have stopped everything, it was all Japan could try.

[@Pugiron]

Gosh, I can't understand whyhangarsfull of armed planes went boom so often. It's such a shame any Axis servicemen lived.

[@jiyushugi1085]

The reason Mori called Guadalcanal 'Starvation Island' is because the Japanese shortened the island's written name to 'Ga Island'　(ガ島）rather than spell the whole name. Later, when word spread about the horrific conditions the troops were facing on the ground there, they wrote it using the kanji for 'starvation' which is also pronounced 'Ga'（餓島).

[@Chris-vz7en]

Love these videos but the voice AI's doing some face plants on this one....

[@DC_Greed]

He lost his hand so he decided the crew with him had to die too lol

[@mikejones9961]

AI is screwed up

[@gregparrott]

The narration is excellent. However, based on a lot of mispronunciations of simple, obvious words, I think it may be a computer generated voice.

[@charlesgreene9467]

Did you get this AI voice from a Martian website? A laugh a minute.

[@buckyc.9069]

The saltwater was probably just what that wounded arm needed.

[@Malbeefance]

I've been following these videos and have never heard the ai have such piss-poor pronunciation and timing until this episode. What happened?

[@geneoh5048]

Great series but the AI mispronouncing so many words is quite annoying. Just a person to read it.

[@MyRealName148]

An admirable soldier fighting in a losing war. I wonder if Japan pulls it off?

[@walterquick8649]

A.I. was there Lol

[@flannelshirtdad]

So many pronunciation and factual mistakes on this one.

[@rileyfairchild6873]

Interesting, but I don't think Japan ever had a chance .

[@jeffreyloyless9186]

Did no one listen to this before posting to YT? I've listened to 50+ more of these vids and they have been pretty good with only a few mistakes here and there. This is the first one that is laughably bad to the point of making me just stop watching. What happened?

[@scottmcdonald5237]

😮

[@RalphTempleton-vr6xs]

This CG narrative is particularly flawed, in contrast to some other installments in this series which were nearly perfect in pronunciation. What gives? Watched one yesterday, and if it'd been the first episode I ever saw I'd never have known it wasn't a human narrator

[@Desmo500]

this is why I hate AI

[@cregan55]

Honestly,couldnt they pay someone to read this script rather than the "text to speeh" or whatever system they are using?I could sound better than this,it wouldnt be perfect but a definite improvement !

[@erichughes284]

Excellent AI voice

[@tonyduncan9852]

Pity it cannot read very well. (This time around).

[@jamesstaley5611]

This is hard to listen to. If they would just use a human or maybe a parrot it would be much better.

[@locomoco4389]

Was actually enjoying this until I realized it’s a AI narration…and why the English accent? Wouldn’t at least a Japanese speaker have made it more credible? And maybe might’ve masked the AI mispronunciation’s?

[@ronstewtsaw]

Unlike the other excellent robovoiced episodes in this channel, this one is too hard to listen to. Far too many pronunciation errors. A native English speaker should review these before they are posted.

[@steved5518]

Computer generated narrative is awful. Had to leave it.

[@seti48]

Whose doing the narration? On the one hand he seems that english is his native language, on the other hand, he mispronounces so many words.

[@AbsalomMcVey]

These are narrated by an AI program.

[@erichughes284]

Im doing the narrating sometimes I make mistakes sorry.😅

[@seti48]

Good program. Thanks.

[@nancymilawski1048]

The one mispronouciation that frustrates me the most is "kts" being pronounced as k t s rather than "knots" which is the abbreviation for nautical miles which is the speed of everything at sea, including ships, airplanes and subs.

[@erichughes284]

@@bloodybones63 Thats pretty cool

[@kevinquist]

Ok. i think the AI auto read BS has reached a whole new level of "really?" IS land...... sigh. rather WW2 Tales read them, themselves. can ONLY do better than the AI.

[@theophrastus3.056]

I’m afraid something has gone badly wrong with the computer-aided translator. There are multiple pronunciation errors in nearly every sentence. It barely resembles spoken English and needs to be taken down & redone.

[@rickstevens1479]

Talk about a different slant ..😂. They sugar coat a carrier getting sunk...still it is interesting..nobody can question their bravery..the expertise of senior officers went down with their ships even when surviving was certain...

[@aussie6910]

The robot narrator needs to study English.

[@charleshotchkiss1813]

Horrible machine reading system. Very distracting. No excuse for this.

[@Bob.W.]

I've read this is a feature of the sample program that can be used for free. Sounds logical because the bad pronunciation passes.

[@johnpentony]

Why complain? Listen to something else if you cannot handle it.

[@stevewhite3424]

Demand a refund Karen!

[@sgt.grinch3299]

@@stevewhite3424funny

[@rogerb6950]

Someone needs to speak to the manager.

[@klackon1]

Des troy and is land. This AI is really poor and makes it difficult to listen to an otherwise interesting account.

[@nickchoporis5901]

The AI robotone and mis-pronounciation of English words makes this video unwatchable ...

[@steveblanchard2712]

Hey, do something about the narration. C'mon....do better.

[@oldirtybasturd]

Ok boomer

[@larryyeadeke2953]

Listening to this AI pronounce so many words is just annoying. I'll pass.

[@Curmudgeon2]

I hate AI generated speaking with all its mispronunciations ...

[@rocistone6570]

Narration needs fixing, Replete with mispronounced words and names

[@winstonsmith8441]

It would be nice if these AI narrators were programmed to properly pronounce words. Thumbs down!

[@dickbudig6693]

The mispronunciations of this computer voice is hilarious. I cant imagine standing at attention and taking orders from a voice like this.