Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean - Pacific War #19 DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues with a special video in the series. After the fall of the Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Singapore, Manila and Rangoon, the Japanese Empire had achieved all of its initial objectives for the start of the war. Now, they seek to probe the strength of the Allies outside of the Pacific with a deadly raid aimed towards the island of Ceylon and the coast of India, starting the raids in the Indian Ocean
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[@kalaiselvamb.m2233]

But now india is the Guardian of the Indian Ocean

[@Smithington_]

This video has two editing errors with repeated words, and another recent video also had one. Edit: I wrote this comment at 15:40, only to unpause and find a third one. I don't mean to be rude, but come on, you can do better.

[@IWS107]

I also noticed the sound editing problem...take some time to listen to the sound playthrough before final posting... great video as always!

[@grapeshott]

The next battles should be over India. The battles in India were actually among the bloodiest in WW2, but often ignored

[@Ryuko-T72]

@10:55 The PBY was piloted by a Canadian that lived in my home town and went to my school. He was able to report the incoming fleet before being shot down and captured. In internment he stood up for his fellow POWs, earning many beatings by the guards. He would survive the war and return to Canada. Leonard Birchall was his name

[@Terrorwanderer]

Damn thats cool

[@expandedhistory]

Fun fact about Japan during World War 2: We all know that Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and the Navy had a deepening rivalry between the two. This can be simply rooted back when Japan was the first nation in the worlds which created a complete military-industrial-political complex. The Japanese economy was marked by zaibatsu business complexes - which were basically conglomerates whose central nucleus was a bank. And not only was Japan a plutocracy, but each zaibatsu had its own party in the Diet - with certain zaibatsu (Mitsubisji, Sumitomo) being in charge of supplying and funding the Navy and other the Army (Mitsui, Yasuda). And when business interests are coupled with military, the results are sad. The Navy was based on philosophy on being small elite force, while Army was large and based on conscription. There was next to none cooperation between the Navy and Army troops, and very little to speak of standardization of equipment and gear. Coordinated operations were few and they were difficult to carry out. Japan never had a central command or joint command staff. The situation went so bad that each force had their own paratrooper forces - with no standardization whatsoever. The result was chaos and distrust. As the various zaibatsu competed on contracts and making money, there was intense rivalry and competition on the resources available. It is a small wonder Japan fared in the WWII even as well as it historically did.

[@rizalalbar]

if remember correctly too. the IJA origin was from the army from Chosu Domain during Boshin war that was called Kiheitai. and the Navy was From those Satsuma Domain(i forgot the army's name for the Satsuma though)

[@predatorprey2]

I think a lot of Japans successes can be linked to their rivals being “distracted.”

[@omarbradley6807]

And also the cultural division of the factions, for example the army followed the nativist tradition of the Samurai, while the Navy was actually a new force, of less than a hundred years, and it was suspected of having too many pro-western and pro-soviet views by the Army.

[@Aurica34]

Despite the Chaos and lack of trust amongst the Japanese forces, they still beat the crap out of Brits & Dutch. So perhaps the Allied Commanders were rather inept.

[@Martijn_Steinpatz]

Reminds me of a certain Imperium, 40.000 years in the future....

[@1993dana15]

I am from Sri Lanka (ceylon) and I remember how my grand mother told stories of how Japanese bombed colombo. Actually many of these facts were never taught us in our history books which just states Japanese tried to attack sri lanka but british bravely defended it and it was the turning point for british in WW2 pacific theater. Thanks Kings nd Generals for these amazing video series

[@starfreakist]

Yep history that schools don't teach you, it happens here in the USA too.

[@1993dana15]

@@KMS_BISMARK im currently in germany 😊😊 but yeah my country passing through a harsh time due to corrupted politicians

[@teto7559]

In World War II, especially the Japanese army, especially in Korea, which was a colony at that time, the school did not teach them properly. We need to know the truth of history through KZbin and so on all over the world.

[@akinduathauda2028]

The brits weren't defending the people they were defending a strategic location both geo politically and economically. Did the fight? yes. should we praise them for it? not really. because sure Japan wanted to colonize SL but britain had already done it. Its false to say the were benevolent. Just selfish.

[@tishanchamoditha9033]

@@akinduathauda2028 according to the history British Ceylon was better then British raj economically in the 1948 Ceylon was only second to japan in Asia

[@jimaltergott9326]

Another excellent addition to your "Pacific War" series. I am getting a thorough understanding and history of Japanese operations in the Pacific Rim & SW Pacific areas during late '41 into '42. I knew of these of course, but this is the first really in-depth study of them I am encountering. This will definitely influence me to search for books specific to these campaigns. Thank you again for this awesome series!

[@TheMambojack]

There's a lot of vocal repetitions or glitches, not too bad but enought to be spotted :O But don't worry, i still love you guys and you r work

[@nicolasbroaddus8819]

Yeah one at 12 min I noticed and one at 1530 and one at 1545. Maybe they uploaded the wrong version of the video? Happens sometimes

[@Dylan-er9ji]

Ya I noticed those too. And mispelled "casualties" at 1545 too. Oddly uncharacteristic mistakes for such an otherwise incredibly polished channel

[@TheMambojack]

@@Dylan-er9ji to be fair there was a lot of events to cover, even for their standard; so maybe they rushed it a little to still give us the video in time

[@OCinneide]

Usually one per episode, this episode has a lot.

[@thementor664]

Yes, I noticed at least 3 (not including text), I thought it's just me

[@BobSmith-lt6wy]

Great deal of vocal and written errors, dont rush to meet deadlines. We all love the content and are willing to wait for the great material you consistently release!

[@wtgardner6914]

Another stellar addition to your ground breaking series of the Pacific War! Such great detail and information. I think, at least for me and my look into Pacific operations, this was an area that flies well below the radar. Thank you for showcasing this aspect of the war!

[@ChonbaeSun]

I like how the Japanese aircraft are not being referred by their allied codenames like with how most history creators do.

[@theawesomeman9821]

code names such as?

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@AlanDeAnda1 never heard of that

[@nooneatall8072]

@@theawesomeman9821 Zekes, Vals, and Kates? Judys and Jills? Have you heard of those? Georges and Claudes? Mavises? A Betty was a 2-engine land based bomber used by the IJN.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@nooneatall8072 I've only heard of Zekes. Thanks for the references.

[@nooneatall8072]

@@theawesomeman9821 Gotcha. Vals were the carrier- based dive bombers at the start of the war. Replaced at some point by the Judy. Kates were the carrier-based torpedo bombers/attack planes at the start of the war. Replaced at some point by the Jill. Claudes were the predecessor to the Zero/Zeke. Georges were Japanese Army fighters (I think) Mavis were big flying boats like American PBYs. Male names were used for fighters, female names for bomber/attack aircraft.

[@Mulder81]

Thank you for this video,my grandfather(South African) was on the Cornwall when she sank. He survived

[@Thefunkyrikitiki]

Man , I always thought the Japanese got steamrolled during WW2 but this series really sheds light on how dangerous they were during that war.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Can't wait to see this series get to the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@72APTU72E]

Amazing coverage, you can really feel a semblance of the desperation of Somerville, bad intel resulting in a tentative attack, only to result in retreat and sinking of his carriers.

[@dclark142002]

Only Hermes was lost. Somerville had two carriers in Force A...

[@Cailus3542]

Somerville only lost one carrier, HMS Hermes, a near-obsolete ship, plus two old heavy cruisers. The bulk of his fleet (two modern fleet carriers and five battleships) escaped without a scratch. Indeed, both Indomitable and Formidable returned to the Pacific a couple of years later as part of the British Pacific Fleet to fight Japan once more. The Indian Ocean raid is a weird battle. Through a combination of luck and instinct, the British actually came close to dealing the Kido Butai a devastating blow. At the same time, the Japanese also came close to overwhelming and annihilating the British fleet, which made up a large portion of the Royal Navy's battle fleet at the time. Both sides were lucky and unlucky at the same time.

[@privatememewar7993]

Oh yes, Bataan is next. My grandpa was one of the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. They fought bravely, but surrendered because they don't have supplies. He also part of the Bataan Death March, but later on he was release. He said to us that many of his friend died in Corregidor. One time he told us a story about his friend ahead of him then an artillery landed where his friend was standing. My grandpa was in the A Company 1st Bat. 45th Reg. part of the Bataan and Corregidor defense and recapturing Manila.

[@minoru-kk]

Thank you to great and intelligible movie again!! Probably Japanese people themselves don’t know that their grandpas invaded to far beyond Ceylon and India. Whether they were great or darn, this series tells us what we didn't recognize.

[@ihatetheantichrist8232]

when my great grandpa was working in Oman my grandma told me that he witnessed a british relief food convoy ship thing get blown to pieces by a submarine and that it induced a mini earthquake due to the sheer size of the explosion

[@lars_engstrom]

The scale of this war was just unbelievable

[@riddhimaansenapati5006]

Will you guys cover information about the Azad Hind Fauj(INA) and Subash Chandra Bose?

[@worldofknowledge4802]

At this time, Japanese Admirals may not have thought for a moment, that 3 years later the IJN would be left on paper only.

[@emrekara7837]

Funny isn't it? A navy so powerful, that it made the Royal Navy feel powerless.

[@worldofknowledge4802]

@@emrekara7837 and most interesting, they were trained & supplied by RN itself. The Japanese purchased ships from RN, then learned from them & US about shipbuilding.

[@guyprovencal1742]

Fantastic series, I find myself excitedly anticipating the next episode every week!

[@jamesscalzo3033]

Loved the video @Kings and Generals! Can't wait for the next video man! Just watched the 2 Episodes before this and this actually surprised me at how much of a "British Coral Sea" the Indian Ocean Raid turned out to be. Definitely helpful for when I can try and represent this as a Game or even a Mini-Campaign for Axis & Allies: War at Sea, even with Custom Miniatures and Stat Cards.

[@albertgreene313]

I gotta say, I learn a lot from these videos but that the British had a “revenge class” and “war spite” as names for ships is pretty metal

[@StarShadowPrimal]

How about "Vampire?" I'm not saying that ships have to be given super bland names, but maybe don't go quite so edgy that you seem to be intentionally calling yourselves the bad guys?

[@billrhodes5603]

@@StarShadowPrimal Uh, the Brits did name their first post WWII jet fighter the Vampire, lol

[@billrhodes5603]

Yep, metal AF. But it is Warspite, not War Spite. The Brits always had cool names.

[@UnNuclear]

Dreadnought, Warspite, Iron Duke, Vengeance, Revenge, Defiance, and Spanker are all great names

[@kirbyculp3449]

@@UnNuclear Sister ship of Spanker was the Monkey.

[@flyingeagle3898]

This is what Churchill and the youtube channel Historigraph called the most dangerous moment of the war. If the Japanese had done more in the Indian ocean, then the war may have been much different, but naval battles and counterattacks with the US diverted Japanese resources. The most shocking new thing I learned was the tidbit about the Andaman Islands, I recently saw the very low populations of the native tribes on the Islands and had wondered how they got that low as I was only thinking in the context of British colonization, the revelation that the Japanese invaded and killed 75% of the population of those islands, really puts things in a different context.

[@dclark142002]

This event is also a fascinating 'what if'. Somerville was planning to fight the Kido Butai AT NIGHT. The British strike aircraft were going to be guided by radar to attack the IJN fleet. At this time, the Kido Butai had NO effective air defense against a night aerial attack. No fighter air patrol, no radar for defense. Could the British get close enough to launch the attack without getting spotted? Unlikely, and in the event...no. They could not. Not even Force A was fast enough or well positioned enough to close with the IJN fleet and launch without being detected prior to nightfall. Still, what if they had? The strike power would have been small...but up against a nearly undefended set of ships. How many British aircraft would have been able to find the enemy fleet, strike, and then return?

[@ggtroll1365]

I’m 99% sure they had made a mistake on the Andaman Islands claim. I can’t find any source that says 30,000 died and can only find a source that says 2,000 died. This makes sense considering only about 900 Japanese troops were stationed there.

[@flyingeagle3898]

@@ggtroll1365 yeah there does seem to be a disconnect between the Wikipedia level sources and what was stated here. would be curious to learn what that is about

[@charlie8344]

Wikipedia apparently said there was only 2000

[@charlie8344]

But Wikipedia also isn't the best source to trust

[@am-ro1lr]

I'm ready for this!!!

[@maestro-zq8gu]

Me too aaahhhh!!

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

I love these documentaries you make. Especially about the more obscure ones on The Pacific War.

[@kokutai3331]

Interesting Fact: Following the battle, Lt. Haruki Iki would return to the sight of sinking the Prince of Wales and Repulse in his plane to drop two wreaths. One for the Japanese Pilots and the other for the British Sailors.

[@Rishovsen]

As an Inidan, we saw that japanease not as invaders but as liberators. The Anadaman Islands has handed over to the provincial Indian government under Netaji Subash Chandra Bose. To us the British are the invaders.

[@footballlife2799]

A lot of effort on these videos, Thank you.

[@kenm.3761]

The "Seawolf" what a bad ass.

[@icantthinkofaname940b2]

Thank you for covering this lesser known event from WWII.

[@davidogundipe808]

I love learning about the land of the rising sun.

[@ronb.8920]

This is the best series of WWll documentaries I've seen. I've read a lot of stuff on WWll but much of this was not covered in detail.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

I think it would be nice if we could also get an small tangent on the Subsaharan Africa theatre and what happened there., especially in the French colonies.

[@Magplar]

They fought with sticks and stones over who could control the mud huts

[@nowthenzen]

It's important to point out Bataan was still holding out while the IJN was foraying into the Indian ocean, thousands of miles away.

[@nowthenzen]

@@aa2339 The Doolittle raid got the most press attention in the US. There was also the Royce Raid: from Darwin on 11 April missions on April 12 and 13 and the ongoing USN carrier raids.

[@grapeshott]

The next battles should be over India. The battles in India were actually among the bloodiest in WW2, but often ignored

[@REDALERTBRAZIL]

Once more, another wonderfull work of you guys!

[@imonghosh912]

Please please do an episode on the Imphal & Kohima. 🙏🏼 My great grandfather was a veteran of Kohima (AMC) . It would be touching if the world knows about their Bravery. Such crucial battle, but so little is known about them

[@CelestialSwann]

The Kido Butai aircrews were so efficient, though the protection of their planes didn't compensate for the pilots value. To think the Navy's doctrine on range & speed prevented the Zeros from having armoured glass or more crucially a self sealing fuel tank. They aimed for an elite air force but no effort to preserve them in battle, the "bushido" code...

[@bkjeong4302]

The Japanese realistically couldn’t have developed a proper pilot training program, for a simple reason: lack of access to sufficient aviation fuel reserves.

[@flyingeagle3898]

@@bkjeong4302 all the more reason to preserve the experienced pilots they had, something the factors Cygnets Forever brings up impaired.

[@collintrytsman3353]

great stuff as usual

[@mobiggcro]

This video deserves a million views.. absolutely love it

[@rm7097]

Japan must be lonely at that time. The burden of being the only advanced country in Asia.

[@nyxknight7555]

The sea Wolf: if at first you dont succeed try try again... probably

[@Roggay47]

Are you sure about the Infobox given at 3:50? It states that as many as 30'000 out of a population of 40'000 died during the occupation of the andaman islands. This seemed insane to be so I crosschecked on wikipedia, and there it states that "only" approximatively 2000 people died in the occupation. Which one is correct?

[@Grogueman]

Andaman Islands are sparsely populated, even today. So, 30k kills sounds incorrect to me.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

The 30,000 number relates to the Homfreyganj/Port Blair massacres, and similar events, the worst of which happened near the end of the war. I'm not sure how accurate the numbers are, partly because the Japanese covered up their crimes, and partly because the British seem to have helped the Japanese cover things up due to the presence of the Indian National Army there.

[@MrRjh63]

This episode had alot of errors(mostly he audio looping the same word) and i assume this is one of them.

[@Roggay47]

@@Suinekra Yes I know (altho wikipedia has improved a lot since its inception). I just wanted to know why there was such a discrepancy.

[@Hartasek]

Bug report: 1) 15:44 For Allied plane loses there is an silhouette of japanese Zero. Better would be silhouette of Hurricane ... 2) 16:15 Blenheims from 9 were shot down, but animation pictures only 3 killed and 6 continue flight. One shot down Zero not shown killed in animation.

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

Great documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.

[@thegargaist]

Please make video on bengal famine in 1943

[@West_Kagle]

. What happened to #18? You went from 'How the US Responded to Pearl Harbor - Pacific War #17' to a special about Hideki Tojo and then to this one ('Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean - Pacific War #19').

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

The Port Blair (and similar) massacres were one of the things that have flown under the radar: many of the people in the Andamans were former convicts, a number of the actual British there seem to have become socialists, and Port Blair itself later became the nominal HQ of the Indian National Army, so Britain didn't seem to feel much need to actually investigate (or punish) the war crimes that happened there, and the Japanese did their best to cover up the worst of the crimes in any case, so we may never know the full extent of what happened. At the very least, the British didn't feel pressed to execute the two lieutenants soldiers responsible for beheading a British Major (both got ten years, but almost all Japanese prisoners were released to Japan after two.) Nor did the victims ever receive compensation of any kind.

[@Roachh2877]

Japanese slaughtered many Indian natives there, it's sick how many Indians praise Japan for helping in liberation.

[@headhunter7052]

another great episode - IJN must have felt invincible at this point

[@noping4100]

5:45 holy crap that’s quite a fleet given the Brits were completely focused on defending their homeland under siege - they’ve been holding out on us

[@Tenebraeification]

To be fair to the Brits, they were also manhandling the Italian navy in the Mediterranean sea. Between that, the Atlantic ocean and the Indian ocean. It's little wonder that the Royal navy was overstretched.

[@paskberger1152]

Always wondered if you music used in all your material are original and if yes where we can find it? Your Channel is way better than universities history courses because the way the information is shown it is way easier to retain information and you can visualise better than in any books.

[@kyosahlamarma872]

Love this very informative historical war KZbin channel 💕🙏🙏🙏💕

[@acdragonrider]

The Allied performance through this whole time feels so humiliating

[@oasis1282]

Yes i learned this cool

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

9:33 This harassing submarine lmao

[@thekoneill8]

Great documentary. Thanks.

[@HWDragonborn]

Most of the ships sunk in this raid were lost to aircraft instead of naval battles, the Pacific theater is a lot different compared to Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters

[@leninedison5214]

Include the story of Subash Chandra Bose. If nothing it will atleast make this series very interesting

[@jonbaxter2254]

Love this series from you guys :)

[@richardglady3009]

Great video on a little known story. Thank you.

[@phil3999]

Good video

[@johnlansing2902]

Great video ! Thank You .

[@alaskanmedic]

Love this series

[@mikeevans9188]

I just wanted to confirm that the HMAS Vampire was sunk and not damaged as it is still afloat is Sydney ATM and it is now a museum ship

[@DarrylMiglio]

Excellent content

[@ridleyscurry2480]

Wonderful Video! as usual. however, there were some weird audio glitches. Was that just me? or are they in the video?

[@SakiniCZ]

A lot of glitches and mistakes this time (Naka-Nara,Somerville-Somerset, Japanese names being written in both forms), was this done in a hurry? Don´t get me wrong, still loving you and your channels like always, it just kicked me with full strenght as I know this things, and it´s very unusual for your otherwise seemless work.

[@alejandromendieta1744]

Estaría bueno que lo hicieran con leyendas en español. Para los que no sabemos inglés.

[@ares106]

I wonder how feasible it would have been for Japan to support an anti-british rebellion in India at this point. Judging by the Christmas island incident, there was fertile ground for this kind of thing in the Indian population.

[@Someone_21]

There was a chance but thanks to our so called non-violent leaders like gandhi preferred indians to die for their british masters instead of their own country

[@namesake5964]

Japan never face any economic, culture or military backward in history, even japan's rise after atomic attack was a miracle.

[@thomasleatherbury2373]

love this stuff

[@buloyoutdoors9562]

HMS Hermes vs Nagumo not the first carrier battle in history?

[@graceneilitz7661]

Hermes didn’t have any planes.

[@teocarre4026]

wow that port in the maldives really came in clutch for the british twice didnt it lol

[@speedtesternet9739]

Good

[@UbiKentang-]

2:05 is that yamato?

[@seanmac1793]

A missed opportunity for the British. Bad luck and Sommerville not being aggressive enough, I don't hold it against him he was working himself to death, meant that the Japanese got off lucky on this one

[@flyingeagle3898]

What a lot of analysis say is the opposite. He was lucky he didn't engage due to the bad timing. If he had engaged with his carriers the entire British Indian fleet could easily have been destroyed.

[@seanmac1793]

The British had a massive tool no one else had. Night time carrier operations. They were very good at this. There main attacks were always going to be at night and then to mop up stragglers afterwards. All they would have to do is cripple one Japanese carrier and they would leave Nugoma with a bunch of shit options to pick the least bad from

[@seanmac1793]

@@flyingeagle3898 British carriers are while not nearly as powerful in terms of alpha strike they have a much better follow up then pretty much any other navy at the time and they had the night

[@seanmac1793]

@@ReichLife yes achieved nothing of value besides one of the most important victories of the war. The British didn't really get a chance to use it because they never fought a conflict where it was advategous except for this one where a combination of caution and plan bad luck caused them to not make battle. You the things that British needed to have a successful night strike are absurd but the British routinely demonstrated this capability, it was a huge portion of their doctrine. The British were also just as good if not better than the Japanese at night fighting. If one carrier is damaged and the British can come to grips with Japanese at night it can go very badly for the Japanese very quickly

[@dclark142002]

@@ReichLife, indeed. Somerville was never in position to make a night attack due to the poor speed of his ships and his unreliable scouting intel. Had he been able to make the attack, the IJN had no real night defense capability against air attack. Which is what makes the scenario a fascinating 'what if'. Reality of course speaks volumes. The british SHIPS were never good enough to get the planes close enough to make a viable night attack that doesn't end up in too much risk of Force A getting struck the next day.

[@RedStar439]

Snake Island, ey?

[@Marcus_11144]

Excellent

[@mohamadmo9050]

So much learned about japanese History

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Nice video

[@balajibajiraonasheb6567]

Make video on battles of terrains

[@Zero-my2kv]

Warspite is my third favourite ship, behind Tipritz and Enterprise.

[@Zero-my2kv]

@@stephenchappell7512 I don't know, I just love how she sat majestically in the far north I guess.

[@stamos1751]

I cannot wait for the battle of the coral sea

[@mojtabahosseini4790]

Like that 👍🏻

[@henrikmelder379]

Well good film, but you forgot a few things....

[@sus10651]

What is the background music at the beginning? It's awesome and I would like to hear it all. Please lmk

[@josephpercente8377]

Interesting to speculate what would have happened if the Japanese concentrated on India and possibly Australia, and went on the defensive in the pacific. no midway? 175,000 tons of shipping sunk,and numerous planes destroyed with little loss is very successful.

[@jayantkumar2314]

And remember during this time people in Bengal were dieing by at the rate of hundreds a day

[@mahenderansenthilkumar6842]

Ah yes, a very Gud video

[@RoboticDragon]

LEEEETTTTSSSSS GOOOOO!

[@ubuntuber1619]

Such an Umayyad Caliphate this channel is 👍🏽

[@the_average_savage_5219]

Can you please do a video on the Manhattan project and the Japanese internment camps in america?

[@anshumansarkar3206]

7:40 we Indians are the best 🎉 My hero Hero Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

[@justwithgames8030]

Small audio issue at 11:52

[@justwithgames8030]

And at 15:22

[@justwithgames8030]

and 15:41

[@LukaMagic97]

Can someone do a quick synopsis on why the Zero was so superior early in the war?

[@ofi1238]

9:29 I suppose there was a typo in the script here since both the narration and subtitles use "Nara" instead of "Naka".

[@phillgame8872]

Indian ocean theater is the only Theater that Major axis nations connected

[@Idk-cb5qg]

why is this free?

[@FSUNoles25]

The battle of Matapan was around 1941