Japanese Aircraft Carrier Akagi - WW2 History Documentary

[@edittheunicorn]

It's too bad that the original was taken down, but hey, at least it's back up. Thanks for the hard work you put in to get these out. :)

[@ShionWinkler]

"They found out, eating is kind of important to winning wars." Not if you have an army of the Undead... this is why Zombies always win. Japan's biggest mistake was not learning Necromancy.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

I don't know man, Americans really like to kill those, kind of a national sport of sorts if you will.

[@blademaster2390]

This gives off Stellaris vibes

[@champagnegascogne9755]

hey what's that location called Shi No Numa? surely there aren't any imperial japanese zombies and hellhounds in that place

[@lunartears6761]

Alucard’s Cromwell release proves this theory.👍

[@topphatt1312]

I wish people would stop commenting such obvious comments. Like it’s so obvious.

[@fubukibuki--dai-35-gokuchi45]

The cousin of my grandfather participated as a pilot in the attack on Pearl Harbor. I am not sure on which carrier he served but it could have been Akagi. He had outstanding luck, since he survived the war. Greeting from Japan 🎌

[@AnimarchyHistory]

こんにちは! They were all very brave men. It is a shame that the rich and the powerful throughout history tend to use such men to commit evil. Rather than harness them for good. He is a very lucky man indeed!

[@MikeGraceJediDad]

My great uncle was there and injured during the attack. I wish to say that most of us here, while learning from history, do not hold grudges or bear the anger of past generations. I have come to deeply respect and appreciate our friends in the Land of the Rising Sun. Most of us have. I would like to wish you well and honor your relations, as well as all the brave fighters of those conflicts, and just thank you for watching this as well.

[@americankid7782]

A Japanese Pilot that survives from the beginning of the war to the end is astonishingly lucky. The two most likely ways he survived were being injured and being no longer allowed to fly or being shot down and being recovered as a prisoner. But otherwise that dude is lucky as hell.

[@Zephyr_Phoenix76]

​@@AnimarchyHistory it wasn't the rich or powerful....it was the militaristic and war hungry soldier

[@michaelusswisconsin6002]

My great uncle was a navigator for B-29s during WWII.

[@chriselmes6810]

I must challenge the assertation that Akagi struck the first blow of the Pacific war. That honour belongs to USS Ward (DD 139). The USS Ward was responsible for sinking a Japanese midget submarine just outside the entrance to Pearl, about an hour before the first air strike by Japan. This kill was confirmed on 28th August 2002 when the submarine was discovered by a dive team and was found to have been hit on the conning tower by a four inch shell causing it to sink. This matches the Wards after action report.

[@frankbodenschatz173]

Sooo Trueee!

[@LordStarbeard]

Um, it's in the video...

[@W0DAN88]

@@LordStarbeard Amazing how noone seems to be able to listen to videos anymore.

[@andrewashcraft5717]

I heard somewhere the first shot fired by Americans in WWII was an American sailor who shot a German sailor in a harbor in Guam. Looking for my source now...

[@kk7sm]

Commissioned in 1911 as a pre-WWI dreadnaught battleship, USS Utah had been demilitarized and converted into a target ship in 1931 in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty. It's quite possible the Japanese pilots mistook her for a carrier due to the lack of main armament on the ship during the Battle of Pearl Harbor. Chief Waterman Peter Tomich stayed aboard while she was sinking, tending the boilers in order to prevent them exploding and killing his shipmates who were abandoning ship. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his sacrifice. Today, the USS Utah can be seen from a small memorial on the other side of Ford Island from the Arizona and Oklahoma memorials. When I still had a military ID, I was able to visit the memorial and spend some time thinking of the sacrifice of the sailors and what it must have been like waking up to the morning of December 7 1941 when the world changed.

[@ronansmith9148]

Didn't help having the majority of the deck covered in beams to protect from training bombs, which made it look more like a flight deck.

[@621Tomcat]

When I visited the USS Missouri a few years back, our guide (he was a retired sailor) told this story if I remember

[@kirkkirkland7244]

Yes I've seen her many times when I was stationed in Pearl harbor! It's really sad how it's just a rusting hulk and they never made it a memorial!!!

[@soldierofwessex7616]

just saying, that utah was a dreadnought not a pre dreadnought, the reason she was turned into a training ship is because like her USS florida she was part of the second generation of dreadnoughts which were far inferior to the Standard type battleships (or as everyone else called them "super dreadnoughts") of battleship row such as USS arazona, USS maryland, USS tennasee, uss oklahoma, USS california, and USS west virginia (uss pensilvania wasnt in battleship row she was actually along side USS cassin and USS downs in a dry dock)

[@Interweblurker]

Finally, someone who didn't forget the oklahoma! It feels like almost everyone forgets her.

[@Fuse1990]

As soon as you said about Kamchatka all I could hear was Drachinifel saying ‘Torpedo boats?’ 😂

[@jsabrown]

At 42:20, you identify the carrier cropped by the edge of the photo as Kaga. That image was taken during the Indian Ocean raid, when Kaga was in dry dock to effect repairs after running aground; she wasn't with them. The carrier you identify as Kaga is actually Soryu.

[@scottgiles7546]

I am Soryu to read of that error...

[@CorrespondenceTheory]

My grandfather was a lieutenant commander on the Kaga (retired as the Surgeon General of the Navy as he was a doctor but helped with the reconstruction effort) from 1932 and was present pre-converted period but wasnt present on the attack on the US like the other fellow commenter. I was visiting my dad and scanning some old photo albums and happened to stumble across the the cruise book of his and my dad didnt even know what it was. Funny thing is I only knew what it was from playing the video game world of warships from a few years back in 2017-2018. Just this year I had the oportunity of getting a private tour of the museum during a Japanese holiday within the current SDF force and it was really something. Anyways, as an individual who worked at a major US newspaper in my lifetime you did a great job while keeping it entertaining.

[@42meep13]

53:30 hey Utah got a mention. Always forgotten that one. She had been converted to a target ship. In the end, it did its job as she was mistaken for a ready battleship, and drew fire away from her more capable cousins, and their large crews. The navy theorized they could bring her back into service as a battleship, but she was so old it was deemed not worth the effort, especially since it would mean both repairs, and a total re-fit to put guns back on her.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

She had hella tick armor though, how much use in the age of carriers but still she would have made a pretty fine battleship, or at least a pretty powerful shore suppression vessel.

[@deluca1031]

Alright,this officially became my favorite history channel

[@clover7673]

What about mark felton?

[@deluca1031]

@@clover7673 How about both?

[@clover7673]

@@deluca1031 yes

[@adenkyramud5005]

@@deluca1031 add drachinifel to that and the mix gets even better

[@Dave5843-d9m]

KZbin is become the world’s best history channel. Let’s hope their censorship allows these three stunning historians to display their work.

[@Buzbikebklyn1]

" Consider my ass bitten" The Dolittle raid was genius! They didn't do that much physical damage to Tokyo but it was an emotional and moral victory ✌️. Consider my ass bitten! That's a hoot!

[@mikemcghin5394]

Did you just call me f$/=÷#@! British

[@Solnoric]

And then it led to the rape of nanking, and upwards of half a million civilians who had nothing to do with it being tortured and slaughtered, because the Japanese learned the raiders flew on to China.

[@simonnachreiner8380]

It also inspired horrific blood tolls on the Chinese civilian population taken as revenge and killed the active hostilities between the IJA and IJN. It was a US propaganda victory but strategically it probably did Japan a favor. Not that it would matter much considering Midway left the IJN a depleted force leaving the IJA to die slowly. Island Empires tend to do poorly when they loose naval supremacy.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

You could say, Hornet stung them in the ass. With Big E’s help. She was more than eager for direct retaliation after coming home to find Pearl burning.

[@callumsmodellingcentre6902]

First mention of the Japanese realising they had been expected at Midway, the way you said it genuinely gave me chills that was amazing

[@victoriacyunczyk]

"We give you anime, in return you don't erase us from existence." That's how Japan survives international tensions nowadays.

[@thetau4866]

Japan made itself bulletproof with that

[@victoriacyunczyk]

@@thetau4866 Maybe except North Korea, but show them their ships turned into waifus and we'll have a new ally.

[@thetau4866]

@@victoriacyunczyk North Korea isnt Japan

[@blackdeath4eternity]

@@thetau4866 pretty sure that was their point, north Korea is currently one of the main threats to japan militarily, & well... without electricity you cant watch anime.

[@MultiNaruto900]

@@thetau4866 *Kim Jong-Un will become a waifu before their ships*

[@orvetoralsolo7892]

The way he narrates the story, makes you wanna route for the crew of Akagi even we all very aware of the ship's fate.

[@Executioner9000]

The dark Yamamoto joke at 32 minutes nearly killed me! 😂😂😂

[@brianjonboeckler2813]

The fundamental defect in Japanese carriers was Damage Contol. Something was taught to me in my first year of naval boot camp school. Imagine yourself in an enclosed area with water pouring in. We used buckets, 2 x 4's, blankets, and buckets mattress's to stay afloat. The Japanese Navy thought they were beneath such damage control practice. No ship in my Navy has been sunk, yet. But just look at how many Kamikaze's hit vs. Ship's sunk.

[@parrot849]

That incredible. I recall that same specific teaching reference being made by the petty officer instructor during our Damage Control/Shipboard Firefighting classes at USN boot camp, San Diego, Spring 1971. 51 years ago, wow. I can remember him telling us the IJN had horseshit DC cause everything in their eyes were an “offensive-attack” fighting doctrine, and as a military organization they wouldn’t contemplate taking battle damage. As if their Bushito spirit alone would repair their stupid ship. Funny how long forgotten memories return when triggered by certain things; like your comment.

[@oceanhome2023]

They viewed DC as beneath their dignity, in the USN almost every one participates in DC !

[@brianjonboeckler2813]

@@parrot849 Well, to a 30 year old, with a bunch of 18 year olds, to corral, I enjoyed being bombarded with water. We fixed the leaks at Great Lakes 1996. They didn't do so good in live fire exercies 4 stories down.

[@daddysempaichan]

Considering that the Enterprise was consider sunk by the Japanese three different times, and those three times her Crew managed to keep her afloat, I think it's safe to say say the US took Damage Control *VERY* seriously.

[@joshwinslow8397]

Well the IJN did have good damage control teams, BUT, true to Japanese Navies by the book nature, no one else aboard the ship could do the job. So every casualty in the damage control teams, was one less man fighting the damage. In the USN every man was trained in some sort of damage control on top of the teams dedicated to it.

[@douglasbroadstreetii5772]

You sir, are awesome I found this channel when I was searching for something on the Bismarck, and after watching your video on that, I was instantly hooked and amazed Your videos are top-notch and amazing, 👍👍

[@willghezzi]

That video is still my favorite out of all the Bismarck's documentaries out there, very historically accurate, funny and extremely emotional... I was basically in tears when it ended and I literally had chills hearing him talk about my favorite class of ships ever in such an epic, dramatic and yet realistic way

[@alexadamson9959]

Every single time I watch a video like this, I suppress the urge the cry at the sinking of the ship. And I’m the type of person who doesn’t cry for anything. All I can say, is that it’s proof that you make outstanding videos. Well done.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

I usually have the opposite reaction, I got a massive freedom boner every time I see those beautiful dive bombers shred this carriers. I am completely partial towards Enterprise tho, it's my favorite ship in just all of history, and I mean all her incarnations because I believe it's just one ship or the soul of one ship that is reborn in steel every few decades. The shield of America to be reborn whenever she is needed most, as they said when they announced that the new upcoming supercarrier was going to be named Enterprise again, the second nuclear carrier to carry the name a mighty fine honor for what will be the most powerful warship in the world.

[@alexadamson9959]

@@anarchyandempires5452 regardless. This guy leaves you feeling something strong at the end of it.

[@texasforever7887]

I have the opposite reaction. Her sinking brings a smile to my face. Just revenge served cold. IGN ships also make excellent reefs.

[@paint4r]

I felt strong sadness at the end of his Bismarck and his Tirpitz video, but not this one. It's different when this is the ship that led Pearl Harbor and you're an American.

[@AwesomeNinja1027]

I can't wait for the Enterprise documentary to come out.

[@Executioner9000]

When he name dropped "the grey ghost", I instantly maxed my anticipation meter...

[@Persian-Immortal]

It is epic. A three part saga!

[@Isolder74]

@@Persian-Immortal Four.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

@@Isolder74, It’s such a good saga it got me to play Azur Lane. It was so good it was a catalyst for me getting Enterprise very early.

[@Isolder74]

@@Butter_Warrior99 Well the story of Enterprise is basically the story of the Pacific War.

[@shingshongshamalama]

Yamamoto: "We have twenty destroyers." USN: *laughs in Fletcher*

[@Isolder74]

USS Johnston: Bring it ON!

[@nunyabidness674]

@@Isolder74 "You get a Torp! You get a Torp! EVERYBODY GETS A TORP!!! Oh, and here, have some shells too :D

[@Isolder74]

@@nunyabidness674 Have all my shells!

[@TauCu]

@@nunyabidness674 And have only 1 of them detonate haha

[@Spaceman33393]

@@TauCu ah, the mk14 torpedo... What a piece of shit. Still did something at least.

[@Pointclearius]

I am happy to have watched the original, I shall still watch this aswell

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

It is great you took an unbiased look at the IJN in their contribution to naval technology and tactics. While I don't agree with how they demonstrated their new ideas it nonetheless brought carrier aviation to the forefront. It took a lot more than just thinking out of the box. It took industry in people with enough open-mindedness to be able to grasp and envision the future. And if you think of Japanese culture that was indeed a leap of faith. It is odd though that while they could see the future of their power coming from ships a part of their hearts stayed in the battleship. I guess they ended up being caught between two chairs.

[@CruelestChris]

Eh, the British did the same deal at Taranto, it wasn't that much of a leap. And battleships got a raw deal in WW2 since almost all of them were forced by treaty to be severely obsolete and most of the big "look, planes better" ones were sunk under circumstances no ship class could possibly survive (attacked by land-based bombers with an inoperable search radar and an subject to an early critical hit for _Prince of Wales_ , obsolete armour and AA fit and a lucky critical hit for _Bismarck_ , and the taskforces that killed _Yamato_ and _Musashi_ could have sunk an entire fleet, nevermind a single ship).

[@aliabdallah2235]

Nah, his look on the Japanese fleet is copy pasted popular inaccuracies that are heavily biased towards Japan. Also half the stuff he says is completely made upp, as i have never heard or seen such information anywhere else and many cases outright contradict what happened.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

@@aliabdallah2235 so I see if you've never heard of something yourself obviously no one else could have been better educated or done better research than you right? I think you're just making all this up. You obviously don't know much about carrier aviation and how it got started.

[@franciscoduarteauthor]

You, sir, are awesome. Good history lesson, references to TTS, Sabaton, movies, great storytelling. You had my curiosity, now you have my attention.

[@piglin469]

and azur lane dont forget azur lane

[@richardrahadi]

This work is a masterpiece and beautiful, the up and down of emotion rollercoaster, the narrating, countless hours of editing and recording, all stacked together neatly into this beautiful documentary. Shikikan, I'm looking forward for more of these, please keep up the great work.

[@jazzhandsparten]

I've seen the more glorious version, BUT I've come back for the support

[@jamesschultz5865]

1:03:30 During the invasion of Singapore, you forgot to mention the fact that they brought along their ultimate uber super secret form of transport. It was even more critical to the operation then the transdimensional space time wormholes used by their torpedo boats. It was called, The Bicycle! And no, that's not a joke!

[@ardantop132na6]

As a Malaysian, I can agree that the bicycles is the most revolutionary logistic technology that help them rush S (Singapore).

[@jamesblaszak3040]

Very true. Only a few of us major history buff know that. The bicycle is how they got there so fast thru rough terrain.

[@matthewcharles5867]

Wasn't that much of a secret plenty of bicycle units used from ww1 and onwards.

[@euaf-crimson1730]

There are two types of carriers in Azur Lane: Light Carriers And *"FUCKIN SEND IT!"*

[@anarchyandempires5452]

I remember back in the day when fighting somebody that had Enterprise was basically and then still lost because he could just fill the entire screen with bombers, it was basically just like hey check on my awesome destroyers and my back line of rare battleships or sister carriers with perfect synergy and ......oh you have an Enterprise, guess I'll die then.

[@SilverHwk7]

@@anarchyandempires5452 Owari da!

[@blademaster2390]

@@anarchyandempires5452 ah, yes. Enterprise and Essex. The two ships capable of lagging your game when they launch airstrikes because of the sheer number of planes rendering.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

@@blademaster2390 remember people, bricking your opponents phone is a legitimate start!

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

@@blademaster2390 don't forget Long Island and the aluminum overcast she can produce when her Quick Takeoff skill chains an absurd number of times

[@kamanpowers]

I can not wait for Enterprise. My favorite ship in history, the ship that inspired me to join the US Navy.

[@AlphaSections]

Ironically what brought me into Azur Lane wasn't the waifus but the Enterprise! I really wished they didn't scrap her. It would've been amazing to see the tremendous damage she endured during the war!

[@ussenterprisecv6805]

@@AlphaSections we literally got into azur lane for the same reason I am glad I am not the only one

[@michaeltracy8749]

I just love the Sakura Empire, they are truly badass

[@anarchyandempires5452]

Nah I'm more partial towards the eagle union, Enterprise will always be best girl for me, not just that but the uniforms just do it for me you know.

[@thetigerii9506]

@@anarchyandempires5452 wrong

[@tauncfester3022]

Back in 2016 ish. I had a hand in making a 3D model of the Akagi a multiplayer controllable water "floating airbase" in the flightsim FlightGear. The waters off the coast of KSFO were patrolled by this ship and we had a few virtual Navy jet pilots try to land on us, which was cool.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

_"These guys needed two-engined bombers to carry their BALLS...."_ 😄😄😄😄😄

[@Saffi____]

Montemayor has a great video on the Battle of Midway going step by step through the entire battle mostly from the Japanese perspective. Y'all might like it.

[@jamesa.7604]

You do Outstanding Work, Sir! Your videos are always well researched and presented. You make history of WWII Naval Action more appealing for younger as well as older audiences with the music and anime. You deserve an award for educational and entertainment content!

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

57:00 To be fair to the man Many historians did consider a third strike on Pearl Harbour would have been very costly and not likely to have worked that well. By then the Base was on full alert swarming with fighters in the air and the AA fully manned and ready. And the smoke was making it hard to target installations and ships. Plus the last attack was suffering serious losses due to the reacting American defences. Best not risking Japan's limited stock of brand new carrier planes and ace pilots on such a deadly mission.

[@joeclaridy]

I think some historians and the narrator suffer from in-the-moment mentality. They only see what's in front of them and not what's on the peripheral. The US Carrier Force was dangerously close to Pearl and as the narrator mentioned the Japanese force was short on fuel. The two previous strikes used an considerable amount of aviation fuel and ordnance which would make any third strike negligible because of the US Carrier Strike Force. They would have to divide their CAP between covering the 3rd striking force and protecting the fleet. Staying in Hawaiian waters would force them between a rock and a hard spot.

[@RafaelSantos-pi8py]

Historians point out that if the japanese had destroyed both the drydocks and the fuel reserves that would have crippled Pearl Harbour as a staging ground for the US navy in the pacific. But the japanese plan all along was to shock the americans into a quick negociated peace. Under that plan going in for a third run was both a waste and an unnecessary risk.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

@@RafaelSantos-pi8py It would have crippled them for a time if done. But it was not going to be the war winner some imagine it to become. Japan needed to win fast. But taking out Pearl would not have done that. But them time oh yes but Time is also the Allies friend. America was also following the Germany first policy and so while waiting for Pearl to be rebuilt they did have something to do. And would have came back to the Pacific with their later war aircraft and ship numbers. And new designs. Japan it seemed to be in a doomed if you do, Doomed if you don't scenario. Even if America was forced to peace. Years later they USA would be back for revenge they could not tolerate or allow a foreign power to dominate the Pacific and threaten the Pacific coast. And Germany is buggered either way, Be by soviet steamroller, Allied larger European invasion or even Nuclear bomb being on Berlin first instead (Like it was intended to do if it was finished earlier). It is funny to think that if one Axis members makes peace with the Allies the other major member is going to be even more trouble, Like they betrayed them to a worse fate.

[@frankbodenschatz173]

@@joeclaridy you make such a valid point that has been overlooked in the movies, as a kid I wondered why not a 3rd strike and thought how much gas they (the carriers) still had to get home with and didn't realize the aircraft and ships used different types at the time. But looked it up the next day at the library in the Jane's books, boy was I wrong! So I figured he was running low as well.

[@crisortiz6439]

I love how the images are like: black and white shots of the historical ships/aircraft, blueprints from those ships or cancelled projects, photos from historical museums, anime girl in a kimono

[@Numtalegau]

I absofrackinglutely love the inteweaving of TTS/WH40k in several of the episodes. Makes an already stellar content stand out even more. IT.IS... ADORABLE.

[@ladikthrawn7078]

Alright, let's do this again. 1:14:42 Animarchy: Hang on. The British? Doolittle: I ain't no brit. Animarchy: Ah sorry sorry, force of habit. 1:15:11 Animarchy: WAIT, AMERICANS?!!! Best moment in this series. Great video btw 43:24 what is the name of the song playing in the background? Could we get a list of songs that were used in this video like it was with Bismarck and Eugen, please?

[@ladikthrawn7078]

So apparently, the name of the song from 43:24 is the Balad of Ho Chi Minh

[@josephyutenkas4902]

This is an amazingly well presented documentary. Well researched and well produced. Keep up the good work. I once worked for an electronics company where one of the executives was the son of a squadron leader on the Akagi that attacked Pearl Harbor (he survived the war). My father's cousin was on the Vestal during the attack(he survived). It is amazing how little threads of history can pass through ones life

[@SirHector1999]

Man, I've been binging these documentaries you made and let me say you do amazing work. Thank you.

[@murkywateradminssions5219]

-Bismarck- "Yamamoto has a plan, Yamamoto always, ALWAYS *ALWAYS* has a plan..." -extra history/Animarchy probably...

[@russiasgreatestspinmachine4096]

BUT, did they have backup plans....

[@hurricaneace143]

@@russiasgreatestspinmachine4096 " No plan survives first contact "

[@xXxSJG77xXx]

I'm just here to give Animarchy his views back..... also can't get enough of his work.

[@SaltyGinger23]

The Navy/Army divide shown in The Man in the High Castle makes sense now...

[@Isolder74]

The irony of Nagumo's staff keeping him up on the game was that leading into the Midway Operation health causalities took his best staff officers out of action making them only available finally on the day of the attack leaving Nagumo stuck managing everything himself. Just when he needed them he didn't have them but due to the nature of the medical issue he wasn't given replacements.

[@Fafnir989]

when you said at midway i kid you not it brought shivers down my spine

[@comedim]

A shame about the first video, but we're back for this re-upload!! You're awesome and can't wait for Enterprise!

[@sn0w181]

This popped up in my feed literally hours after I heard they confirmed Akagi's final resting place. Thanks for the great video

[@frankmoyer5822]

That was probably the best war documentary I've ever seen.

[@michaeltracy8749]

23:20 I have a wall scroll poster of this image right above my model display shelf. On the top shelf, Akagi and Kaga aircraft carriers.

[@TacticalWindsor]

Well, I stumbled upon this channel with your reaction to COD Vanguard's campaigns, saw this video pop up in my recommended, and immediately clicked it, I am a proud Akagi user on AL and I love the vessel greatly, she may or may not be my desktop background, and this video does her justice. I love the narration with this, you take the fact that many of these ships are personified on a game where I've not missed a single login since I got it some 6 months ago, and then narrate their sinkings and it just hits different, especially Akagi's. I don't get emotional often, but your narration plus viewing these ships as girls just causes it to do something else.

[@wyattkerper2024]

You forgot the part where his dive flap had been found out to be broken mid air meaning he almost couldn't pull out of the dive

[@MaximusOfTheMeadow]

This must be one of the best KZbin Series ever!!

[@snookums01]

I recently found out my grandfather was aboard HMAS Kangaroo, a boom defence ship at Darwin during the bombings. Thank you for the story of Akagi, you have a new subscriber.

[@shingshongshamalama]

Akagi: "I'm going to eat the entire USN carrier fleet for breakfast." Akagi: *gets punched once* Akagi: "I can't take this shit any more I'm out." Akagi: *sinks*

[@vlad78th]

To be fair, the 3 pilots who attacked akagi did an amazing job, had their bombs hit anywhere else from the rudder or the central elevator, Akagi would not have been put out of action and would have sunk Yorktown and perhaps severely crippled hornet and enterprise in the afternoon. It took several dozens planes nailing Kaga or Soryu or even Hiryu later that day. Dick Best and his wingmen were really skilled, and got the luck needed, they should never be forgotten.

[@Marveryn]

Yorktown: I can do this all day

[@melchizedekpsj]

Again, let me thank you again for all your hard work! 🙏❤️✨

[@xyzzyka1035]

Love this video, and it shows mostly the side and view of Japan like that Midway was falling apart because of "fresh water" problems.

[@AFriendlyTheo]

32:08 blindsided me like a brick in a tornado. 10/10 writing good sir

[@alwayscensored6871]

Been binge watching this channel. Really impressed with the knowledge and production quality. This where YT can really bring this very impressive ch to the fans and anyone with a slight interest in real history.

[@thejohnbeck]

wait, from what I heard, the British did a TON (or even TONNE), like coming up with edge-deck elevators (thus enabling raising and lowering of planes without disrupting takeoffs and landings, figuring out how to use the F4U corsair (circular landing pattern instead of rectangular), armored flight decks, steam catapults, optical landing systems, and the angled flight deck.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Absolutely. All of those are true. But doctrinal application of carrier aviation was pioneered by the IJN.

[@zachowon]

And then you have the US who just found what worked and used it. And can't forget US fire control teams. Enty took so much damage

[@kalanmccowan2153]

I love this channel it perfectly combines my love of history, and anime Keep up the amazing work

[@ryan2580]

This is my new favorite ww2 documentary channel! Love your content. Just the right amount of perfectly timed comedy 🤣

[@r3dgr4v3]

did not expect hardcore feels there at the end. such an awesome series

[@stevenkostamo1279]

You did the best rendition the Battle of midway I have heard. Bravo

[@bowntown1909]

Great editing and narration!! Much appreciate your sense of humor thrown in for good measure!! Glad to be a new subscriber, and looking forward to binge watching your other videos!! Keep up the good work!!

[@Buzbikebklyn1]

OK. Were did you learn all of this? I'm 65 years old, and a student of WWII, German and Japans tactics. Even I, who paid attention to the details have learnt stuff I've never heard of! How long have you studied this? I thought I was bad at carrying on the history of this war, but you? Dude, your obsessed or a quick study. Carry on, Great unknown!

[@NebulaDrake78]

37:50 Basically meaning every single Japanese Aircraft carrier during the war was a floating tank of fuel. No wonder four of them got ones shot in a single battle because they were basically bombs with propellers and a flight deck.

[@CruelestChris]

Same with their destroyers because of the oxygen propellant for the torpedoes, it is astonishing how often "detonating torpedoes on her deck" features in the loss of smaller ships.

[@vlad78th]

Shokaku who had basically the same configuration got bombed several times and survived until sunk by a sub in 1944. The Japanese at Midway got hit at the worst time possible and after that did their best to never be attacked while refueling and arming their planes again. After Midway they also adopted US practice started after coral sea to neutralize fuel lines with CO2 and to enlarge the number of crew trained to deal with battle damage. What is interesting lies with the fact the IJN never adopted US open hangars on their carriers.

[@CruelestChris]

@@vlad78th I'm not sure they'd have been able to do that without yanking carriers out of combat that really needed to be there. Don't forget the US was the only power that could throw out new capital ships on a whim.

[@lunartears6761]

Please keep using the ‘America F*ck yeah’ theme, when talking about Americans in these videos, I can stop laughing.🤣👌 Also, thanks for using the awesome Sabaton song for the Midway battle.😎👍

[@PolishHussar04]

Then the winged hussars arrived

[@jfh9219]

This was very well done and the humor fits in quite well. Now subscribed! I will go see some more of your content now.

[@tremedar]

I realize this was posted 13 months ago, but 11:44 (give or take a few seconds). The naval treaty did not hurt Japan, it had to concern itself exclusively with the waters off the home islands. The UK needed ships on literally every ocean and not-landlocked sea and their entirety while the US had to cover the entire pacific and the western atlantic.

[@HylianPilot]

gonna be saving this here for me in case i forget, the video's good so far though. 29:21 58:56 1:18:28

[@Archie2c]

The Last B-25 Crew to take off from Hornet had all that Deck for Take off

[@yuki_0314]

I really didn't expect that oc gangsta in this documentary too when he get the IJN AMAGI ,lol ,but this documentary really help me understand the world war history with some anime reference'

[@nomoss9600]

So I’m bored and thought I’d go back into your catalogue. This was great! Well done

[@SilverHwk7]

2:01:37 - That lone cruiser on the Japanese side is the Mikuma. And she got hella hella hammered. She looked worse than the carriers did. The destroyer on the American side is Hamann, who was literally split in half by the torpedo that finally sunk Yorktown.

[@ralphgeigner5497]

Very Interesrting ! Great photos and artwork !

[@itacticlesnowman726]

Love how you snuck in sabayon lyrics… then just played a snippet of it. Such a good band and this is a good video

[@armandsouza5982]

Beautifully written, one might say poetic.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

Yamamoto, the reluctant warrior

[@flywheel986]

Bravo! Love the cheeky approach to recounting usually battleship gray reporting.

[@winghungyuen2726]

Fantastic work. Every video keep getting better and better. Hope you don’t have to re-upload this video again. Can’t wait to see how long the Enterprise video will be.

[@ronaldringler1497]

Despite my complaints listed below, which I stand by, I'm grateful for the information about the Akagi.

[@greenflagracing7067]

In hindsight, a night bombardment by the BBs and CAs would have put the Midway airfield out of service, given what would happen at Guadalcanal a few months later.

[@mosesracal6758]

Whenever I reach a history lesson about midway, I cant help but weep for the loss of Akagi. Best girl, no questions asked. I would sacrifice Yamato and Musashi if that meant I had Akagi - those damn hulking hotels didnt even do shit anyway

[@B1ENTERTAINMENT30]

**pouting floof noises**

[@piglin469]

as a certified akagi simp I SECOUND THAT STATEMENT

[@MrDestonus]

In contrast, Admiral Kimmel realized that living on his flagship while in port severely impaired its battle readiness so he moved ashore. Meanwhile, his counterpart moved from Hotel Nagato to Hotel Mutsu back to Hotel Nagato and then later to Hotel Yamato.

[@Mtlmshr]

Well this was the first of your videos that I have watched and though I’m not remotely interested in Animie I am very interested in WWII History and your twist of showing it from the Japanese perspective is interesting so I will be watching future videos

[@LOKI95v1]

This channel is awesome! Thank you for reuploading.

[@jonathandeibele5228]

i cant wait for you to cover the US side of this story and the ship that represents the US in the pacific theater

[@inefektr]

Midway is a good movie and I'm impressed the movie got the explosions right when the akagi was hit by a bomb

[@robertmiller2173]

Extremely well done; regards from Christchurch NZ!

[@Knight6831]

Had they not kept the Yamato secret, it would actually help as the Americans would panic while the UK would probably dig up and modify the N3 Design

[@dennisweidner288]

In the 1930s there were no significant oil resources in Soviet Siberia. Nor did Japan get 'shafted' in the Washington naval Treaties. Not only did Japan have only a one ocean navy, but Japan could not have built a lot more than it actually did, and at the same time, the Treaty limited American construction.

[@randylucas2458]

I know I'm old and my memories fuzzy but I seem to remember that Japan and the smaller nations were trying to limit the American and British fleets so I don't know why Japan would be salty either

[@dennisweidner288]

@@randylucas2458 Absolutely correct. Japan could not have built a lot more. And it was in their interest to limit American and British construction, especially American construction because the Americans could have built a lot more--just look at what happened after Pearl Harbor. I think the Japanese militarists were just offended that they got a smaller number than the British and Americans.

[@dadofamadhouse4194]

Just finished your Enterprise trilogy and started this video and I gotta say, we need more in depth ww stories from you. Don't get me wrong, some of these other channels are great but sometimes stories need more than 20 mins. Please make more

[@glenkelley6048]

You are a fine story-teller SIR! This is my favorite vid, GREAT JOB! Best Wishes in your future efforts!

[@Chris-um3se]

What utter Brilliance .... astounding!!!!

[@josephreed5155]

Your pesentation is refreshing, thank you

[@jonesy279]

HMS Warspite has always been my favourite name for a ship, it’s just so badass. My favourite actual ship is HMAS Sydney II because my Great Uncle served hard in the boilers and went down with the ship. Because of this I’m also very partial to the name Phaeton which is also very badass.

[@HereticalKitsune]

Masterful narration! From humor to memes to serious tones, very well done!

[@HomelessEmperor-ps4gs]

I feel like Nagumo was way too criticized here. While his decision making would doom the japanese fleet at Midway, in truth, without hindsight, his decision made complete sense. Plus, he did excellently in the early war, regardless of his flaws as a commander; For a man with no experience in naval aviation, he still brought the biggest strategic naval victories japan would obtain during WW2 without so much as a dent on his vessels for six months. While Ozawa or Yamaguchi might have been more suited for the job, Nagumo still did it quite well.

[@jamesharding3459]

Our favorite fox-tailed Yandere.

[@mikeaguilar5764]

Doolittle's Raiders were under orders to specifically avoid the Emperor's Palace.

[@notarealspy4090]

32:13 i sat down right as it happened dear god

[@abriannaaguilera2123]

A battlefield chosen tactically in advance. Chills. A bombrun day on the naval way. More chills. They would meet, at Midway. Fucking screaming, mate.