Learn more about the massive Battle for Truck Attol in Part (2/2) of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLEqGZobJproZo
@p0rc0spin04 жыл бұрын
*atoll*
@reginaldpasao83904 жыл бұрын
TRUK
@warstrike66674 жыл бұрын
Best ww2 video ever can you made a video of iwo jima
@guilfordbragado41674 жыл бұрын
pls. show this in the history channel phillippines .
@lucaangelucci94814 жыл бұрын
Does this series exist in italian ?
@SkypowerwithKarl4 жыл бұрын
19 years ago I was on a scuba dive vacation in Chuuk (Truk) lagoon. A few days after I got there I cut my hand wide open on corral. The locals drove me up to their hospital. On the outside, it didn’t look like much, but on the inside it was as modern and clean as anything you would find in the best stateside hospital. The doctor stitched me up and put on a flexible seal over the wound. He said it would come off in about 12 days. Amazingly, he said it would be fine to continue diving! He gave me a shot saying you Americans weren’t resistant to our island bugs. When it came time to settle up, he said “Americans don’t pay, have a good time!” This gives you an idea as to how indebted they feel towards us for freeing them from the Japanese taskmasters. These people are wonderful, please spend your money there.
@kbanghart4 жыл бұрын
Cool story, I imagine they have the procedure for things like that pretty much perfected by now, with all the tourism. I'd love to go there sometime.
@suzannejohnny9544 жыл бұрын
I just came from chuuk three months ago, visit my relatives stayed for a month. My aunty told me stories her grandmother use to tell her and my mom when they were just kids. And it's something I will never forget. I will passed down the stories to my kids and so on. She said her grandmother told her that we chuukese owe our life's to the Americans for sacrifice they did. And this is why I want my two sons to join the us army to show my appreciation for what the Americans did.
@SkypowerwithKarl4 жыл бұрын
Suzanne Johnny Well it showed. We were treated like family by the locals everywhere we went.
@dunruden97204 жыл бұрын
coral
@metallampman3 жыл бұрын
wow.. im glad to hear that .. im going to chuuk in august
@mikeabbe21264 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a show called the History channel years ago...
@mike_js29364 жыл бұрын
Mike Abbe good one Mike!
@wyldebyll30894 жыл бұрын
MANY years ago.
@kaloschke4 жыл бұрын
A tv channel without Bigfoot and UFOs .... cant be 🤣
@DarrenBostock4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was a great show.. Those analogue cathode ray tablets really made it feel like you were there..
@ezragoldberg31323 жыл бұрын
I can explain this. It was ALIENS! Aliens is the explanation of everything!
@john4501 Жыл бұрын
I was part of the 24th marine division that took part in the invasion of these islands. The fighting was intense. I remember thinking i wouldn't make it only to find myself safe after every battle. I thank God everyday for having lived and survived such a brutal aspect of our country's history. Much love from Albany NY♥️
@manilajohn0182 Жыл бұрын
If you're going to lie on KZbin, pull your head out and get your facts straight. There was no 24th Marine Division.
@MattMurphyMusicTeacher Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was part of the crew of one of the ships there, the USS Baltimore. He was also from Albany. Thank you for your service, sir!
@johnpower8356 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Amazing 👏 respect 🙏
@thecraft049010 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I appreciate your time and sacrifice more than you know. I hope you are well
@jakewade73887 ай бұрын
Wow, you must be pushing 100 years old. Thank you for your service.
@marshallposey20634 жыл бұрын
My father flew a torpedo plane in the Navy in WW2. I still have his flight jacket. Well done Pop!
@onlythewise14 жыл бұрын
mine to , i still have his clothes , lost his ship in quadacanal boarded the iowa bb61 later .
@jmstowe4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Well done, and thank you. My dad was in the Pacific in WWII as well.
@onlythewise14 жыл бұрын
@@jmstowe was he fishing
@boward66864 жыл бұрын
100% respect for those men thank you!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
Serious bling you got there.
@Me2Lancer4 жыл бұрын
As the son of a Pearl Harbor attack survivor it was a rewarding experience to cruise into the lagoon at Truk. The lagoon was littered with sunken Japanese ships. I went ashore on Moen Island, visited with a Peace Corps educator and stepped into a gun emplacement near her residence.
@jayteemori48484 жыл бұрын
Chuuk is so slept on when it comes to WWII history. It’s unbelievable
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
It was a walkover, dude. Chuuk was a monster in the American imagination. But then the growing American Navy made it disappear almost overnight.
@Rafael-lr4gn4 жыл бұрын
The enterprise was such a beast!!
@kbanghart4 жыл бұрын
I think she definitely got lucky a few times as well. But total beast too.
@omgiwantgravy19674 жыл бұрын
She has 20 battle stars
@omgiwantgravy19674 жыл бұрын
She still has 20 battle stars be in the us fleet no battle ship carrier or any other ship for that matter has more then THE E (CV-6
@nopiez4u8764 жыл бұрын
@omg i want gravy does stars matter? or no
@bobsemple32684 жыл бұрын
NoPiez4u of course its a battlestars
@jimmccorison3 жыл бұрын
In 1975, I flew into Truk. You could see the sunken ships at the bottom of the lagoons, still leaking fuel oil 30+ years after the battle.
@mgr_video_productions4 жыл бұрын
We need more old History Channel shows like Battle 360 and Dogfights again
@andrewmcclure29054 жыл бұрын
Need more shows like this, Dogfights, and Greatest Tank Battles
@cornballshark44134 жыл бұрын
Yes just YES
@keokiaki56474 жыл бұрын
Look up 73 easting
@larryfoulke15964 жыл бұрын
Yas,like battel of kursk
@samfranklin93393 жыл бұрын
Dogfights and the battle 360 about patton would be goated
@rickkloek24113 жыл бұрын
The greatest generation. Thank you for your service
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
Ah, yer generation would do it, too. Just need motivation. Pearl Harbor motivated the men, women, dogs and cats of America. They all wanted to get even.
@ademkurt72447 ай бұрын
biz hala İslamın hizmetkarıyız
@geomodelrailroader4 жыл бұрын
for the first time in history the Battle of Truk was when the Pacific Fleet was at their full might. They managed to crush Truk and destroy all the facilities but when the battle was over the Japanese launched a counter attack at night. Moen was still active and they sent up bombers but the US Fleet drove them back. Although USS Intrepid took a torpedo we weathered the attack and sent another flight of bombers to finish off Moen in the next video.
@jayomoses7193 жыл бұрын
It is now called CHUUK. Visiting this group of islands is amazing, you'll discover Japanese vessels, artilleries bunkers, light house, and alot of ruin buildings and much more.. My home.
@skerhnekia57624 жыл бұрын
Thank you to all the Americans for giving us Freedom.
@Dougie-ex1ov4 жыл бұрын
then they give it back with trump
@DarronGA4 жыл бұрын
And for the CIA coup back in 65. My country had a lot of fun with that. Thanks.
@rogerpattube4 жыл бұрын
Darron GA better than communism
@DarronGA4 жыл бұрын
@@rogerpattube Bruhh we weren't even communist, we just had a good foreign relation with the Soviets, and it just so happens that one of the biggest political party at that time were the communist with it's rival the nationalist party. Guess what? After the coup, muh country got plunged into a borderline fascist government for 31 years. Some protectors of freedom you guys turned out to be.
@kbanghart4 жыл бұрын
@@kbfults Are you claiming the CIA didn't pull stunts like that?
@lancegideondiokno17743 жыл бұрын
Aside from the Enterprise here are the other carriers USS Yorktown (Essex Class) USS Interpid USS Bunker Hill Light carriers USS Belleau Woods USS Cabot USS Cowpens USS Monterey
@paulgalvin58103 жыл бұрын
My Father was on the USS Interpid - Sad you don't hear much about it !
Yes Shot @ Japanese Sub , Lots of Oil surface , US Navy went in to finish the attack
@jamestiscareno43874 жыл бұрын
Our U.S. pilots staying in formation with thousands and thousands of bullets being shot at you is ineffably brave. All heroes in my eyes.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure a lot of them would have been as scared-out-of-your-mind as me or you would have been. But I'm not totally sure.
@maxsteel80314 жыл бұрын
*Unless I'm mistaken, the Japanese didn't have radar. And that AA fire, though it could reach 25,000 ft. you can't train on a target, if you can't see it. They were sitting ducks.*
@bclmax4 жыл бұрын
they had radar, not sure if they had it on truk though
@kbanghart4 жыл бұрын
Yeah they had certain tech, but it was far too little, too late.
@slopcrusher34824 жыл бұрын
But saying that their AA guns could “ pick you off at 25,000ft” sounds so much more dramatic than “ the unguided anti air was used to create a large area of flak hoping to hit planes”
@kbanghart4 жыл бұрын
For example, Yamato had two different kinds of AA, But their design that was supposed to be overlapping, actually left a gap in coverage against incoming American planes. Also unless I heard incorrectly, the smaller Japanese AA was pretty awful.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
They were'nt sitting ducks. But they might as well have been shooting at ducks -- for all the US aircraft they DID NOT damage in the least.
@brucelarrow78973 жыл бұрын
Back when history channel was actually relevant
@dryeik5899 Жыл бұрын
ITS ALIENS MANNNNNNN!!!!!!
@peterinbratАй бұрын
And now Graham Hancock is spewing Atlantis taught American Indians how to farm. It's not like there's a shortage of real history out there.
@johnnysaechao62184 жыл бұрын
This is the history channel I use to watch!
@12what34the4 жыл бұрын
Pronunciation issues aside, I've always liked this narrator's voice for this series, just the right intensity, not over the top. It just fits.
@robbiemify4 жыл бұрын
Naaah that pronounciation is just painful, criminal butchery of English language !!!
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
It's a great series.
@chloehennessey68133 жыл бұрын
Truk Attol and Chuuk Lagoon are beautiful. The Grey Ghost. The original Beast of a ship.
@MS79Canesfan3 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather flew a corsair in the Pacific. I couldn't imagine how crazy it was!
@stevemccarty6384 Жыл бұрын
I am a Marine dive bomber jock. It wasn't "crazy" but good scotch was hard to come by.
@mwarlaemahn13053 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this amazing video. It’s now called “CHUUK”👍🏽🙏.
@mike_js29364 жыл бұрын
It’s been so long since THC made a Battle 360 episode. Can’t they make more instead of just showing old ones?
@cadenrolland52503 жыл бұрын
It cost more to make one of these than to stick a camera in the face of a fool talking about Bigfoot.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
@@cadenrolland5250 Caden Rolland, there is great hope for you.
@DylansPen Жыл бұрын
There were only ten episodes of Battle 360 made but they are so good.
@arctic33134 жыл бұрын
“Torpedo bombers decimate airfields with contact bombs” and “Dive bombers sink enemy ships” seems legit.... Edit: time stamp: 2:40
@thursdaythought72014 жыл бұрын
That is what they did though. The torpedo bombers were outfitted with fragmentation and incendiary bombs to take out airfields and the dive bombers took out ships. The reason they did this was because the lagoon that made up the harbor was too shallow for american torpedoes.
@noahgardner-orr93824 жыл бұрын
@@thursdaythought7201 how do torpedoes destroy land based aircraft though? I know you said they were fitted with other bombs but if they are TORPEDO bombers why would they be carrying anything but a torpedo? wouldn't dive bombers be a better choice?
@OfficiallyArma4 жыл бұрын
@@noahgardner-orr9382 correct me if I'm wrong but I think torpedo and dive bombers refer to the type of plane not it's payload
@navyreviewer4 жыл бұрын
@@noahgardner-orr9382 dispite the times Avengers carried torpedoes being more celebrated, most of the time they carried 4 500lb bombs. Carrying torpedoes was the exception not the rule. As for the name, they were torpedo bombers. This means they could be either torpedo planes or (light) bombers. Hence their designation of TBF (or TBM). That's how aircraft were designated back then. Today it would be called T/B. Much like how the Hornet is called the F/A. As for why the torpedo bombers went after the airfield while the bombers went after the ships? The answer is because as bombers the Avengers operated as conventional level bombers. Dropping from high altitude. This made it hard for them to hit moving targets like a ship, but aircraft sitting on a tarmac was no problem. Divebombers otoh came swooping down and released sometimes just over head. This meant they had a much higher chance of hitting a moving target.
@BrigadierBill3 жыл бұрын
@@noahgardner-orr9382 If you want really weird, the bomber that killed USS Arizona was a Japanese B5N2 torpedo bomber, armed with a modified 16-inch battleship shell.
@chriscase13924 жыл бұрын
The Japanese did have air search radar, and it gave them warning time to get fighters airborne. The approaching task force had been spotted as well, and the Combined Fleet escaped. The largest warship present was a light cruiser. The Hellcat sweep virtually wiped out the enemy fighters, and the bombers took over, reducing Truk to a smoldering hellhole and convincing the high command that the strategy of bypassing important bases was valid. Today, Truk is a wreck diver's paradise, with dozens of sunken ships--mostly transports--within easy diving depth.
@georgecurtis64633 жыл бұрын
I lived on chuuk as a child for a year or so until my parents moved to yap. I left yap when I was over 10 years old. I returned to chuuk many times through the years. Was at a hotel in the 70s when guys showed up looking for a known sunken submarine but not yet found. They showed me a lot of stills of the attack. Even saw how the boat or small ship got hit and headed towards the land. It's the one that was in front of the hotel. Way back when I was there and later coming and going the masts from the sunken ships were still sticking up. Long ago they all rusted off. Umm, chuuk is a volcano and the reef is the outer edge of it.
@paulanderson7784 жыл бұрын
My ship USCGC Basswood would service the buoys. I was there in 1984
@frosty36934 жыл бұрын
This video didn't seem to mention that almost all the fleet units had left after the longrange recon plane (B-24?) was spotted some time before.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
Details, details. But you are right. Next documentary, they promise to put it in.
@YoungATUM3 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the techno sounds in the background of the beginning part lol 😆
@wideawake70714 жыл бұрын
The Japanese started the carnage at pearl.. Yamamoto knew this would evolve as well.. thats why he was so stand off when his partner countrymen was celebrating.. and it came to pass because America went after, and took it to Japan like a wild fire with a 50 mile hour wind..the Japanese started it, the Americans finished it.
@billpetersen2983 жыл бұрын
And the Chinese have been forever grateful, for their liberation.
@JugglesGrenades3 жыл бұрын
The Japanese had been building up Truk Atoll for years. It's a miracle we were able to take it from them.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
No, it wasn't a miracle. When the Japanese at Truk saw the progress of the American Fleet coming at them through the Central Pacific, they booked a room in Tokyo STAT. They got out of Truk so fast, the pancakes were still on the griddle. . .
@jakgalin4 жыл бұрын
You can tell which animations were self made and which borrowed from Dogfights, I personally don't have a problem with that, but you can tell the difference. In my opinion the animations from Dogfights are better. But Battle360 all in all looks fantastic and I plan on watching more of them.
@martingradney4 жыл бұрын
This needs to be a battlefield map
@billy200694 жыл бұрын
Imagine how good these videos would be if it didn’t look like they were from a ps2 game. These need to be remastered. I would absolutely buy that DVD
@dunruden97204 жыл бұрын
buy
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
@@dunruden9720 It was quite good for its day. And if you aren't a gamer, it still looks passable. The story is epic, so I close my eyes when they don't quite bring it to life. Remastering would only cost a billion or so. You ought to get involved.
@nobullmag3 жыл бұрын
HISTORY CHANNEL - at last, someone who explains it the best - phew!!
@uts44484 жыл бұрын
The Japanese really left their mark over here. You can see it in the language, the names of the older people, the food, and some of the people look mixed with Japanese. There’s a lot of Japanese influence in Chuuk.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
And surprisingly, all over Hawaii, where Japanese-Americans flourish -- to the better good of the islands.
@rudassigrah12073 жыл бұрын
January 2020 a US plane with the remains of 7 service member was found just outside of the lagoon.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
Almost a century later. Wow. Truk is not a backwater anymore. The lagoon is a popular destination for snorklers and more extreme divers. That a WW2 plane with remains was found at this late date...RIP, all who died in this great battle of Nations in the Mid-Pacific.
@GH-oi2jf4 жыл бұрын
They must mean “atoll.” An educational channel should be better at spelling.
@waikukujk4 жыл бұрын
Not to mention A-toll
@philgaskill14484 жыл бұрын
Also shouldn't be showing Wildcats flying from the Enterprise in 1944.
@spudpud-T674 жыл бұрын
I like the way he mispronounces it so badly, its kind of funny.
@macemichellemiller62754 жыл бұрын
They did have Wildcats it's a carrier based plane. Since enterprise had 96 planes I'm sure Wildcats were based on it. For escort and perimeter cover.
@65SATisfaction4 жыл бұрын
..not to mention it was known as ‘Truk’.. not Truck.
@stevos14a Жыл бұрын
It's says they're aiming for aircraft carriers and battle ships but then fails to mention that they'd all been moved out 2 weeks prior, so the raid was massive, but mostly smaller ships and cargo ships.
@rarelyevenusedaccount4 жыл бұрын
notice that torpedo bombers have contact bombs and they're sent to destroy the airfields while dive bombers are sent to destroy ships?
@louisavondart917811 ай бұрын
One thing that isn't mentioned. Chuuk was a staging post for re-inforcements of the Japanese Army. Due to the attack, appoximately 11,000 troops were killed in the transport ships.
@visi70134 жыл бұрын
Nice One! Cheers
@65SATisfaction4 жыл бұрын
Ok, so who’s going to tell History Channel they misspelled ‘Atoll’?
@kbanghart4 жыл бұрын
Good job, would you like a medal?
@thekinginyellow17444 жыл бұрын
@@kbanghart Hey if he doesn't want the medal, I'll take it. I'll then make up a story about it and sell it on eBay for 1000 times what it's worth. Welcome to the internet.
@stevenhatcher32084 жыл бұрын
Torpedo planes but no reliable torpedoes ,bombers only reliable planes at attacking ships. Great planning using torpedo planes for runways
@biggmakkofficial4 жыл бұрын
Chuuk my home!
@GhostTrueCapitalist4 жыл бұрын
Enterprise, loneliest American carrier no more... 8 carriers, 6 battleships, 10 cruisers, numerous destroyers and lets thrown in a few subs as well into this one of numerous flotillas. American production at its finest.
@RabbidM0nkey1234 жыл бұрын
900 tons of explosive ordinance dropped. Jesus. Now that’s American might 🇺🇸🇺🇸
@dustylover1003 жыл бұрын
The Enterprise was seemingly everywhere.
@ruthsigrah77044 жыл бұрын
"Operation Hailstones " code name
@thekinginyellow17444 жыл бұрын
I find it difficult to trust someone who can't even spell their video title correctly. I think you mean "Atoll"
@11happychap4 жыл бұрын
Wow that was so interesting. Thanks for sharing.
@yvespenaflor4610 Жыл бұрын
5:29 did i hear naruto shadow clone jutsu ? lmao
@grahamgraves2864 жыл бұрын
Dive bombers sink ships and torpedo bombers decimate airfields with contact bombs?
@imperialwhovian34614 жыл бұрын
While torpedos can do a lot more damage to a ship they are also more likely to get shot down than a dive bomber and also torpedo bombers can carry a lot more making them great for bomb runs on a air strip.
@12what34the4 жыл бұрын
They may have had depth and approach issues using torpedoes in the lagoon
@markkover80403 жыл бұрын
American aerial torpedoes weren't very good at the time. The U.S. Navy had resorted to dive bombing as the primary means of attacking enemy ships after the Battle of Midway.
@kenclark98884 жыл бұрын
History channel is having issues it’s Truk Atoll not Attol
@kbanghart4 жыл бұрын
Yes we know
@eb58574 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@giancarlotubal59854 жыл бұрын
We need this kind of shows. not those hole diggers,alien huntes and crocodile hunters
@walterg.dinkla24784 жыл бұрын
I believe it is Truk Atoll.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
Today...you believe correctly. Tomorrow, there's no sure answer for you.
@DDay-vv9ec4 жыл бұрын
Would have been something to see..
@fooman21084 жыл бұрын
Having known a couple of people from the atoll the correct pronunciation is CHOOK (almost like someone calling chickens). On my bucket list is to go dive the atoll one day!
@michaelinhouston90864 жыл бұрын
The word is "Atoll" not "Attol".
@longanhngocfamily58514 жыл бұрын
Hold up, the flak sounds like Marine’s rifle from star craft2
@JeovahLovesYou4 жыл бұрын
Name all the Ships present at this Battle. From both sides please
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
First you got to tell me the names of all of Santa's Reindeer.
@andreslinares64293 жыл бұрын
History on the history channel... Amazing
@mikeholland10312 жыл бұрын
The big E must have been sitting higher in the water after delivering 900 tons.
@secretagent863 жыл бұрын
well done. subscribed
@connor92952 жыл бұрын
I love the narrator. So over-the-top, he must need a sip of water between each line 🤣
@snowsoldier_97752 жыл бұрын
Yorktown: sinks America: let's make one more for her
@kenp78144 жыл бұрын
Captain Osborne Hardison > James Tiberius Kirk
@Dog.soldier19503 жыл бұрын
Fun fact Pappy Boyington was a POW at Truk during the USN attack
@jarrettmeers99314 жыл бұрын
You've misspelt "Atoll" in the description, History Channel.
@sv33513 жыл бұрын
Anyone else see the Yamato at 7:10. Must have ran out of ships to render 😅
@jordonmcwilliams90064 жыл бұрын
Description: “Hellcat fighter jets” 🤔
@stuartross49044 жыл бұрын
Those 101 thumbs down are obviously rooting for our enemies. eff yoo.
@arctic33134 жыл бұрын
5:48 that was beautiful
@BlackWater_494 жыл бұрын
2:40 Shouldn't the torpedo bombers sink the ships and the dive bombers decimate the airfields?
@markkover80403 жыл бұрын
Not with the U.S. Navy at that time. American aerial torpedoes were terrible. Our dive bombers were more accurate and effective at taking out enemy ships. American torpedo bombers, armed with bombs, made effective glide bombing attacks on land installations in attacks like this.
@fooman21084 жыл бұрын
Places like Truk (pronounced, and now spelled Chuk (ch oo k)), are the reason the United States Military is so good (invented?) SEAD (Supression of Enemy Air Defenses), by the second strike of the day the Hellcats were just strafing and bombing. There was no opposition (either fighters or anti-aircraft), in 6 strikes they sank 28 ships, disabled some 40 AA sites, cratered EVERY runway, and shot down nearly a 100 aircraft! One of the reasons that Chuk is one of the world's greatest places to wreck dive is because of those four strikes.
@conmcgrath7174 Жыл бұрын
There probably wasn't one single US aviator that day that wasn't thinking remenber Pearl Harbour?
@Darkedge3614 жыл бұрын
dear history you guys need more of this and less of pawn shops and traveling Junkers
@georgesam3634 жыл бұрын
Gonna attack airfields with torpedo bombers?
@BullGator-kd6ge4 жыл бұрын
They could carry torpedoes and bombs. They are the FA-18s of WW2
@stevenweaver33864 жыл бұрын
They could carry out level bombing attacks too.
@davidthorp014 жыл бұрын
And Dive bombers, which were a common threat in most carrier fleets.
@markkover80403 жыл бұрын
@@BullGator-kd6ge Not quite. TBF/Ms certainly weren't any sort of fighter aircraft.
@markkover80403 жыл бұрын
American carrier torpedo planes could be armed with either torpedoes or bombs. As level or glide bombers they could carry as much as 2,000 pounds of bombs each.
@berktanbestel26514 жыл бұрын
At 2:45, wondering how they will attack airfields with torpedo bombers 🤔 c'mon THC, that's a very crude mistake!
@kbanghart4 жыл бұрын
Relax, most don't care.
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
In WW2, and other wars, if you are loaded with the wrong bombs and on your way, that's the load you deliver. If you turn back, you don't fly again. We got other guys who want to die just as bad as you do.
@markkover80403 жыл бұрын
It's not a mistake: American TBM Avengers were often used as level bombers. They could be armed with as much as 2,000 pounds of bombs, one 1,000 lbs torpedo, various types of depth charges, or even one aerial sea mine. Rockets could also be mounted on the wings. One has to remember that American aerial torpedoes were terrible and not as effective as American dive bombers were.
@heisenfeis Жыл бұрын
7:09 did not know the Yamato or Musashi was there.
@shockem97864 жыл бұрын
Why would they just capture it all and keep it for theirselves
@gypsymanjeff21844 жыл бұрын
I've talked in the past with pilots from then and in the European theater..and ..WOW.MUST OF BEEN AMAZING ..WTF.. HAPPENED TO OUR MEN OF TODAY ..WHAT THEY WENT THRU TO PROVIDE THE WORLD WITH A BETTER. CHANCE ..AND FOLKS HAVE JUST THROWN IT AWAY ..WELL I THANK EACH N EVERYONE WHO GAVE ALL AND SERVED ..GOD BLESS YOU ALL.. SOME OF US HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN..THERES STILL TIME FOLKS.PICK A SIDE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE..PLEASE
@davehause85714 жыл бұрын
Spelled Truk Atoll.
@chuckjohannessen33304 жыл бұрын
Jig Dog Ramage would know. He is a genuine legend, Check him out.
@nielsideno35054 жыл бұрын
Yeey ther was a new yourktown :)
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
Although nobody really said that or called it that... :)
@jonstivers3 ай бұрын
I'm interested, but I can't take the background music.
@onlythewise14 жыл бұрын
ya my dad was there in the navy
@Abdi_Omer4 жыл бұрын
Really
@p.d84234 жыл бұрын
What were the numbers for both sides after the smoke cleared?
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
It was lopsided. You don't want to know the numbers. America won in a rout.
@rorypullman4 жыл бұрын
Lets design a plane specifically for torpedoing ships then send them to attack land targets. Seems legit.
@12what34the4 жыл бұрын
Avengers were relatively multi-role as designed. Something could be said about tactics of formation attacks however
@mitchellhawkes223 жыл бұрын
The US Navy needs you, man.
@bcask614 жыл бұрын
Atoll. Not Attol.
@rodgerbane38252 жыл бұрын
Zero vs. Hellcat wasn't a fair fight, the only edge the zero had was agility.