Midway From The Japanese Perspective

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[@connoroneill7694]

Can you something about Charles Upham or WW2 New Zealand.

[@panthersherman453]

You should definitely get Christopher Nolan and sabaton to do a 2 hour movie on a major historical event. Many including I would not only watch it but we would get the best cinema in history.

[@KENN2D2]

You should eventually, remaster The Ghost P-40. It's the video that started me with WW2. And it's how I found you guys

[@Lego_Godzilla_Studios]

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[@Rizqi_12345]

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[@TechLeafRanger]

Midway is the ultimate example of how luck and the fog of war have such a huge impact on the battlefield. This battle plays out as it does because of a series of errors and mistakes on both sides culminates into the eventual outcome. The fact that the one scout plane that WOULD have detected the American carriers was late in launching, that the American planes arrive in the pattern they did, that an American sub draws off a destroyer that would inadvertantly lead the American dive bombers to the carriers, and a dozen other small details all perfectly line up the battle to occur the way it does. Remove a single element and it completely changed the entire outcome.

[@fireraid2336]

Almost as if it was fate

[@moistmike4150]

God wanted us to win. There - I said it.

[@MangoTroubles-007]

Oh boy we got us a historian here 🙄

[@TechLeafRanger]

@@MangoTroubles-007 Both my dad and I really enjoy studying WW2, especially th Pacific theater. He's former Navy, retired now, and I grew up visiting plenty of museum's and museum ships connected to both military aviation and warfare. So yes, I rather enjoy history. I'd hardly call myself a historian, but I do enjoy it.

[@VersusARCH]

No. Just delays it. US had air search radar, the Japanese did not. In fact it is surprising that the Japanese fared as well as they did with that handicap.

[@Skipjack7814]

I have been a barber for around 30 years, I only say this because my first job was at a Barbershop that had 3 WW II vets working. My boss had been a machine gunner in the 4th Marine Division, the other was on a destroyer in the South Pacific, and the 3rd was with those Rangers that went up that cliff on D-Day. Bearing in mind that most WW II Veterans were from 63 years old, to 67, and the shop was very popular, we had Vets in there all the time. One of my favorites was a guy named James Olsen, who was a carrier pilot duringvthe war. He was flying Wildcats at first, and was coming back to his carrier during the Coral Sea fight. He told me the carrier (cant recall which, sorry) was on fire. Procedure was to fly around so the gunners could see the stars on your wings, and wouldnt shoot you down. Then "ditch" the plane and hope for rescue! He did, and an hour later someone sent a launch out to get him. He was recovered, then got transferred to the Yorktown and had the same thing happen to him at Midway! He used to say his name was easy to remember because it was thevsame as "Supermans friend," Jimmy Olsen. He liked to kid around, and told me he was "the worst pilot the Navy ever put in the air." I asked him why, and he said "Because every time id get back to my ship, my plane was on fire, full of holes, etc." He told me he crash 11 planes, either on take off or landing under fire, on rough seas, etc. I said "dont you get in trouble for that?" He said "Hell yes, they put you in another plane and send you right back up!" He flew Wildcats, then Hellcats, then Corsairs, which he loved. He also told me that when the U.S. flyers first got out there, theyd go on patrols, and if they saw some Japanese fighters, theyd start climbing, and go to engage them. He said sometimes, if the Zero pilots saw them coming, they would spread out their flight pattern, and start doing tricks, rolls, etc, just to taunt the Americans before engaging. Crazy stories ive heard from hundreds of war veterans over the years.. Just thought id share his. R.I.P. Jimmy Olsen!

[@alfrede.newman6626]

Appreciate your story 👍👍👍Thx Rest in Peace Jimmy

[@garyk1334]

English fellow here I was about 20 when I was sat waiting for a blood test , I struck up a conversation with the old boy next to me & he told me that he had been a paratrooper in the war & told me all about his time during the failed operation Market Garden in Holland & the infamous bridge too far , I sat there & was mesmerised by his tale , 35 years later & I've never forgotten him , they were something else 🎉

[@Skipjack7814]

I consider it a great honor to have known so many Veterans, and i was worried my post was too "longwinded," so im glad people approve. Ive been reading War History since I was a kid (post-industrial, mostly WW I, WW II, Korea, and Vietnam) so when I started as a Barber, Id always have some books on my station. Our shop in North Tampa had so many guys, theyd say "Oh! I was with Marine Artillery on Corregidor!" Or "I was in the 309th, flying B-17s." We had this one little guy, Frank Douer, was a waist gunner through those big raids on Schwienfurt, Regensburg.. He said they were coming back from one mission, with engines all shot up, etc. The pilot decided they had to bail. Frank said "we got our chutes on, all of us got by the door, a couple of em looked down, we looked at each other and shook our heads, too scared to jump! So the skipper had us all 'tuck in,' and he ditched the ship in a field in Holland. We split up, and local people hid us in their attic for about 10 days, when some resistance guys could get us out to the coast and a sub picked us up." His plane was "Devils Mistress," and he even had his old leather jacket with the painting on the back!

[@eugenemurray2708]

If it weren't for men like James my 11 yo they/them wouldn't be going through with they's bottom surgery tomorrow, thank James for his service

[@garyk1334]

@@Skipjack7814 They were sure fascinating people weren't they , I'm glad they stepped up when they did , my grandad was a rear gunner in a Lancaster & survived the war but died in the 60's just before I was born so I never met him but my dad worshipped him & told me all about him but apparently he never talked about his time in the RAF , just too painful

[@junibug6790]

Adding actual photos of the people and ships involved is a great touch and adds a very sombering touch of realism to the video. Excellent job, Yarnhub!

[@StephenLuke]

Now that was a perfect touch!

[@PBPkitty]

During WWII, my dad flew the PBY Catalina, the US navy's patrol and rescue flying boat. Thanks to this video, I can now understand why he told us kids why he didn't want to be assigned to the torpedo bombers-- they were slow and an easy target. Dad was lucky to survive, so many did not. Respect to all of the fallen on both sides.

[@psychobeam99]

Can you do a video on the USS Enterprise? It was the only carrier to survive the entire war in the Pacific theater, saw more action than perhaps any ship today, and the government rewarded the ship with its astounding record by selling it for scrap.

[@kenheise162]

They tried to save it but could not raise the money to purchase it from the Navy.

[@psychobeam99]

@kenheise162 Yeah. Always teared me up seeing an old sailer on the TV crying over what to him was his home being tore apart for scrap.

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

@@psychobeam99 what about the other old sailor saying he was glad there would never be any little kids running around the decks of the ship his buddies died on

[@psychobeam99]

@@BoxStudioExecutive I means they both had their fair arguments.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

I mean yeah War decorations are good but 5 million or 5 million dude.

[@rwarren58]

Having watched Midway as made by a studio in Japan, there is no comparison in graphics. But here the writing really told a story. No American point of view lets us think a little differently and in this, your team was superb.

[@bnooper]

Which one did you watch?

[@Zivorad0284]

you should watch Midway 2019. its almost entirely historically accurate and isn't biased towards America even though its from the American perspective

[@Nachtsider]

@@Zivorad0284 Midway 2019 is terrible. Midway 1976 is the historically accurate one.

[@Zivorad0284]

@@Nachtsider how is midway 2019 terrible?

[@Zivorad0284]

@@Nachtsider how is midway 2019 terrible?

[@samanderson7745]

Even with all the damage that she suffered the Yorktown still didn't sink right away. Even a couple days after the engagement she was under tug and headed back to Pearl to see if she could be repaired, again, since she had been rushed out after suffering damage at the battle of Coral Sea about a month earlier. While under tug and crew onboard working to drop weight (guns, aircraft, ordinance, ect...), and pump water to ease the tugging operation she was hit by two more torpedoes from a Japanese submarine, that same sub also sank the Hammann when it fired its torpedoes at the Yorktown. Still, even after taking heavy damage during the major engagement on June 4th and then getting hit by two more torpedoes in the afternoon on June 6th the Yorktown would stay afloat for 15ish more hours until finally sinking around 0700 on June 7th. Her wreckage was found in 1998 and pictures of it are posted on the internet.

[@jinz0]

that ship was smashed lol

[@jimmykelly4138]

My grandfather served on the Yorktown as a boiler engineer, he was able to get of the ship with most of the men, the next day it was listing but was still afloat,my grandfather was selected to go back on board and try to get the boilers going again, they actually got it going and righted the ship, the Japanese sub came the next day and hit the Yorktown with 4 torpedoes, my grandfather was able to get off alive for the second time. God bless him , he came from Ireland and loved America and was willing to die for our country, he was awarded the silver star for bravery under enemy attack. I am so proud to have his last name

[@googleifyouseekayu]

Quality back in those days, I'm confident the new ships we have aren't as durable.

[@alansteel]

​@googleifyouseekayu They are much more durable. What are you even talking about? 😅

[@googleifyouseekayu]

@@alansteel u I guess haven't been paying attention the quality issues. Where back in the day, things were made to last. Today things are made to break.

[@KC_Smooth]

It’s amazing to me how the difference between a hit and a miss is subtle arm movements on a control column.

[@THB1945]

HOLY SHIT CAN’T WAIT! ! ! The Japanese voice actor is GOAT! ! !

[@StephenLuke]

Obviously! A masterpiece!!!

[@thegermanfool8953]

🎉ong ong

[@plugs313]

GOAT?

[@StephenLuke]

@@plugs313 Greatest Of All Time.

[@elmoelmo242]

Greatest Of All Time!

[@silent4fail]

I am someone with substantive knowledge on the Battle of Midway. But your production value allowed me to feel the anxiety and action that I couldn't feel from history books.

[@andrewmacfarland5253]

* substantial

[@manbha.marbaniang.3955]

May yarnhub animations be a movie.

[@gmnotyet]

This was better than any Midway movie.

[@manbha.marbaniang.3955]

@@gmnotyet yeah so cool it make me play my old zero toy again.

[@Defender78]

@@gmnotyet no stop it, that's BS. The 1976 movie and the one from a few years ago were outstanding.

[@MangoTroubles-007]

@@Defender78 That movie copied Storm over the Pacific

[@Zivorad0284]

@@gmnotyet have you ever watched the movie Midway (2019). It's historically accurate while also being fuckin awesome.

[@marloweelijahpatria3505]

I love how the scene from the Midwat movie aligns with 8:27

[@jasonjiao7881]

Yamaguchi addressing his sailors was golden just like the movie. I like how they dedicated a whole minute to it. In the Midway movie and Storm over the Pacific I believe he said this too: "The loss of this battle falls upon your superiors, not you and for this reason I will remain on board" I think they are joined by a third sailor, but he refuses

[@Nachtsider]

Storm Over the Pacific? I see you too are a man of wealth and taste.

[@williamromine5715]

The admiral and captain decisions to go down with the ship may show their bravery and honor, but is really self centered. The loss of a crewman or even a pilot is regrettable, but is not a strategic loss. The loss of an admiral or a captain is a different matter. Not just anyone has the training and experience to command a ship or a fleet. Japan couldn't afford to voluntarily lose its top officers. Honor should have required such officers to live to fight another day.

[@fel_zharost]

@@williamromine5715I can’t blame them, their country’s society would have constantly mocked them if they didn’t do it and for Japanese of the time their sense of honor was above life

[@stevetheduck1425]

Yamaguchi fully realised all of his mistakes, and understood that the damage he had done to his fleet was not matched by greater damage to the enemy. If his carriers were lost destroying all three of the US carriers in the Pacific Ocean, things might have gone differently. He wasn't only preserving his own honour, but he was removing an obstacle to his nation's victory as well.

[@ph1shstyx]

@@williamromine5715 It was such a significant issue with the japanese naval command that it was pretty much outlawed because of midway. The japanese fleet never recovered not only from the loss of the ships, but also the loss of the experienced naval leadership.

[@billknudson2236]

I was born in 1955. Both my dad and father in law were in the US Navy and in the Pacific. I have had roommates from Japan, China and Russia. Realize Midway was 80 years ago and embrace the peace that we have. It has provided us ALL a lot of advancements that has benefited us all.

[@KiteSurf-c5u]

😂 Vcs não tem paz!

[@csboi]

Fuck me I think the entire gen z and gen A need to read this and understand what it actually means. Thank you, sir!

[@vincedodge321]

I quite enjoy the narrative way of telling the story. It helps in imagining how the participants might have felt and experienced.

[@Jens-Viper-Nobel]

True. But I would also have loved to hear how some of the ordinary seamen on board either of the 4 carriers experienced the battle and the sinking. They were the ones doing the hard labour and suffering the worst consequences in the explosions and fires. Yet it is never their story that we hear.

[@billlumbergh9251]

There would be a lot more yelling. It's BS.

[@raphieI]

literally the best documentry i have ever seen, and not just on youtube. The video was just 18 minutes long, but this felt like a full fletched film.

[@mclary9808]

That was actually a very good and very well made video of the history behind Midway. Thank you for your expert work

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

The real loss for the japanese that day wasnt the destruction of the Kido Buti, but the loss of so many experienced airmen and the loss of competent leaders. While the material loss was never something the japanese could hope to replace, the personal loss completely crippled the japanese in very short order

[@bkjeong4302]

This is false: the Japanese lost surprisingly few pilots at Midway (the majority were recovered and reassigned). It was the Guadalcanal Campaign that gutted their pilot corps.

[@Rocketsong]

The Japanese lost a lot of skilled aircraft mechanics, but they lost surprisingly few pilots at Midway.

[@pedrofelipefreitas2666]

​@@bkjeong4302i think he meant officers, not pilots.

[@pedrofelipefreitas2666]

Believe me, losing 4 out of their 6 fleet carriers hurt the most. The japanese never managed to recover that quality of carrier, all the cvs built after were smaller ones, the last true fleet carrier was taihou.

[@scarlet_squadron]

100名以上が戦死してるので決して少なくはないですが、空母4隻喪失にしては少ない損害です。 操縦士を本格的に損耗するのはソロモン方面の戦いですね...

[@Kelvin71]

The Yorktown deserves her own video. Amazing turnaround in short order prior to Midway and damage control.

[@francistam9501]

The incredible turnaround by Yorktown had fooled the panicking Japanese airmen. God's plan was like a swiss cheesed mouse trap. The Japanese had never thought that was a piece of reused cheese.

[@pgrant7688]

Anticipation of enemy strikes by shipbuilders and damage control by USN personnel is a story as profound as code breaking. The IJN believing the Yorktown was a different carrier … two hours after they stuck it and left it dead in the water … is an incredible feat, it deserves more credit than it gets. Only the fact the carrier sank prevents that from getting the recognition it deserves.

[@seanbryan4833]

The Yorktown (CV-5) was sunk 4 times, according to Japanese pilot reports. Once at Coral Sea , then by Hiryu's dive bombers at Midway, then again by Hiryu's torpedo planes, and then finally (and for real) by the Japanese sub I-168.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Like the new(er) ship sent to escort/protect Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Gulf from Iran in the 80s. It was the ships first mission and they hit an Irani mine in international waters and it destroyed the hull of the ship. Apparently it was only being held together by the deck. BUT they had the navy’s best repair crew and had actually won a few competitions. They were able to save it and limp it back to UAE for repair. Actually it’s fascinating how the US managed to salvage ships when for someone else it was a total loss.

[@SnackPack913]

WW2 has created so many truly unbelievable stories of heroism and atrocities it’s hard to believe it’s actual real history. So many of these stories you could not even think up as an accomplished fiction writer. WW2 is endlessly fascinating. Horrifying but fascinating. God bless all those who served back in the day, you were the best of us, truly the greatest generation.

[@BuckScrotumn]

Imagine the feeling of desperately searching for hours for the Japanese fleet until you’re nearly out of fuel and told to turn around, only to accidentally find the entire fleet on your way back. Not only that, but you notice your boys in the other company right over the horizon, who have coincidentally stumbled upon the Japanese fleet at the same time your company has, where you both go on to pull off a victory when morale couldn’t have been lower. I get goosebumps and the hair stands on my neck every time I see a show about Midway.

[@HappiestGnome]

I was just thinking I've seen the story enough now. Don't think I learned anything new this time around.

[@Ben-zr4ho]

Yeah plus the fact that finding the enemy fleet when you did, i.e. when you are almost out of gas meant you almost certainly would run out of gas.

[@BorisBadenov1520]

The last Midway movie did far more than show the story as real as could be. It showed the real naval aviators in real air defense systems of that day that took more than skill if not nerves of steel. If one assumes you are dead when you join the Naval Air Arm, you will survive. The finest of fliers and bravest of military personnel and truly miracle workers my maintenance department were made my 24 years as a naval aviation officer a story that Top Gun barely can scratch. Flight of the Intruder did that far better (sorry Tom).

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

I just wouldn't want to be in those Japanese boots when that happened!

[@Fartsmash123]

Actually there's a movie dedicated to the battle of midway island, it was directed in 2018, I've watched it already

[@wyattchiordi5132]

This was the smoothest ad transition I’ve ever seen

[@bwatson7586]

Copying the laughable Cerveza beer Ads in Star Wars

[@psychobeam99]

I remember this story from Battle 360 years ago. But you make it look wayyyy better than their outdated animations ever did. Well done ladies and gents of Yarnhub.

[@supercat4539]

Battle 360 was one of the coolest History channel documentaries before they became super dumb

[@psychobeam99]

@@supercat4539 Yep. Patton 360 wasn't too bad either.

[@zipsexe]

Yoo I remember, that and Dogfights 2006

[@Playlost]

Ya i also watched it

[@psychobeam99]

@zipsexe Oh man, Dogfights was so good.

[@aJones-hv5ny]

16:32. The CELLO and soft PIANO Yamaguchi hired for his last speech were a nice touch

[@Vector-bh8qc]

I hope you guys have a long successful career making these. I never want them to stop and look forwards to them so much. Appreciate the care you take to make them historically accurate. The greatest generation will live eternally in our hearts and minds.

[@pr1sm55]

That WORLD OF WARSHIPS transition was absolutely insane.... LOL

[@TonyTowers22]

Dude it pissed me off lmao

[@worldofwisdom617]

Shit was flawless😂😂

[@mikep2511]

I also loved the subscribe part. It was just in the transition everything seemed so seamless. Actually didn’t mind the ad for once on yt.

[@justinmarshall9618]

yes haha

[@SamTheApe]

yeah, i mean if they have to include them to make money for their awesome production quality i'm alright with it

[@kl9181]

The fact that three aircraft carriers got sunk within mere minutes within each other is absolutely insane. Great animation!

[@sillyone52062]

They weren't actually sunk by the bomb hits. They were all scuttled to prevent the Americans from getting a trophy.

[@SirHellNaja]

"Ackshually" they remained afloat for several hours, but yeah, they were as good as a raft because of how damaged they were. Souryu went down first in the afternoon after being scuttled. There was an attempt to stop the fire on Kaga, but they later abandoned the idea and scuttled her at night. There was an attempt to try to get Akagi back afloat and back to Japan, but it was the same as other carriers. Her crew probably gotten off at night and she was scuttled earlier in the morning, just hours before Souryu went down.

[@davidbrenner5806]

Some hard lessons where learned about securing your ordnance aboard ships.

[@kl9181]

@@SirHellNaja three aircraft carriers forcibly decommissioned within mere minutes of each other* hows that

[@ThirdEnvoqation]

The Japanese stole aircraft technology, and was gifted parts of it from the British during and post-WW I, but what the British and the Americans learned and the Japanese never did and what allowed the Yorktown to survive is crew training on how to keep their ships alive despite what could be considered catastrophic damage. Alongside the multiple redundancies and internal fire fighting systems the Allies ships had made them into formidable foes in naval warfare. Arguably Japan couldn't afford the same level of redundancy on their ships due to them having restricted manufacturing materials, which was one of the core reasons for the Japanese expansionism movement. It's also a reason that Zeros was so vulnerable as they didn't have any fuel tank protection so if a tank was hit it was often good night Vienna whereas the Allies aircraft had several layers of protection around their fuel and core areas at a cost of speed and agility. Japanese culture, doctrine and training was at the the core for the loss of the IJN despite their early advantages. Of course there is other factors at play but Japan saw Sacrifice as honourable, whereas the Allis tried to protect their men which led to clear distinctions when it came to designing ships, planes and their tanks.

[@neetom]

やっぱり、山口多聞さんはかっこいいです。あとすごくわかりやすかったです。

[@insoman1ac]

Spicy fish written on the torpedo is chefs kiss 🤌

[@unachavez6491]

Ye beat me to it 😂😂😂

[@insoman1ac]

@@unachavez6491 😂🤣😂🤣 was surprised I hadn't seen the comment yet

[@javierpatag3609]

Oh, Yarnhub. Transitioning back and fourth from animation to a photo of Yamaguchi was such a flex.

[@jimheimerl1637]

Agreed. Another subtle/overt way to convey that THIS STUFF REALLY HAPPENED, AND THAT THERE ARE STILL A FEW COMBATANTS FROM THAT BATTLE STILL ALIVE. Oops, sorry, got real there for a moment.

[@jetpilott2420]

@@jimheimerl1637absolutely big agree on this. What a beautiful production.

[@pgrant7688]

As a former USAF airman, I enjoyed this video because it shows how far we’ve come. The American public believes we are now invulnerable but there’s been a lot of sweat, tears and especially blood to make things that way. There were a LOT of brave men on both sides at Midway, who understood their fate. The U.S. torpedo bomber crews knew their efforts were futile, and the Japanese bomber pilots knew they were making a one way trip to the American vessels. I love reading and watching depictions of Coral Sea/Midway events because the level of desperation is so high on both sides, it brought out heroic efforts from ordinary men, just doing their duty.

[@commotiocordis1037]

WW2 was unreal. It's very tempting to say we just don't make men like that anymore, but I suspect there's more a measure of what you touch upon in it, that we just aren't tested like that anymore. There are still crazy feats of arms that happen today, but the regularity and scale of WW2 is just so beyond, you'd have to be deluding yourself to think what we deal with today or produce is the same. It's just truly unreal.

[@userrrrrxx135]

I hope America people stay in their own land and not disturb other people land.

[@Scudboy17]

​@@userrrrrxx135 we will. Just don't touch our boats.

[@requiemlul3140]

@@Scudboy17 He said, not thinking about how the US has not been staying in their own land for years.

[@rancher12121]

​@@userrrrrxx135i believe that's what most Americans were saying about ww2 until the Japanese decided to make it a world wide war

[@johnavast5939]

So the first time I've ever seen any of your videos - I am absolutely amazed! I've never hit the subscribe button faster! I am blown away by this,! Great work everyone and thank you

[@allenmetzger9922]

I'm 53 and 3rd generation U.S. Navy. My grandfather served in the Pacific during WW2 and my father served on the Enterprise during Vietnam. I served in the 1990's as an FMF Navy Corpsman with the Marines and Seabees. I can only imagine how hardcore WW2 Naval battles were.

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

The combination of animation, voice acting, the swelling and empathetic musical score bring history to life in your videos. Masterfully done.

[@biorop638]

What's the name of the music used?

[@Pioneer_DE]

I must admit, when you first switched from classical animation to more 3D animation I was sceptical and did not support that but now you got me convinced again.

[@ALSHARIFDASBUD]

"SPICY FISH FROM THE US NAVY" i cant with that word

[@LancelotChan]

Thanks for the story! All those matching historical photos were chilling indeed!!

[@drewaworld6790]

It’s also interesting to witness contemporary Japanese carrier Kaga equipped with American jets.

[@Spitfiresammons]

What a epic story of Hiryu last battle I can’t wait for the story of USS Hornet last battle at Santa Cruz.

[@derkaiser420]

Yes! Yarnhub has a new video. When the Japanese attacked Midway Atoll they thought it was going to be their own Battle of Trafalgar. They destroyed the Russian fleet in the Russo-Japanese War in one decisive victory and they thought they could do it again. They had their Battle of Trafalgar but they were on the losing side. Great job as usual.

[@sanjithd3343]

If only they engaged broadside to broadside with the Americans. Then they would certainly have their trafalgar.

[@imperialraijin]

yeah, too bad the americans went all on pussymode and let their planes do all the work for the majority of the war.@@sanjithd3343

[@istoppedcaring6209]

the foolishness of the japanese was comparing the russians to the americans at all. I wrote a basic study of the development of both states and they were essentially on par by ww1 and in fact russian development slowed considerably with their second revolution (often touted as a necesary evil by "commieboos" in truth the russians differed greatly from the japanese in that they tried to integrate into the european market relying on foreign investment and development, the japanese only allowed minimal foreign investment and development, just enough for them to understand it and do it for themselves. the russian imperial navy had been a joke to booth, they would have lost against fishin trawlers if those had had a couple torpedoes on board then their flagship nearly blew up and was also filled with madagascar animals, alcoholism was rampant, that all despite having a competent commander but he couldn't make up for the rot that had set in and remained to engrained in a system where the rank and file were treated with disdain by the nobles in command, probably trying to mock the brittish system but there the crew actually got treated with respect though being held to strict hierarchy. the japanese however were a naval power by design and the meiji restoration (and short civil war) took out most dissent against the new imperial regime. they had great incentive for functionallity ass well, they had been humiliated by the americans under commodore Perry (the start of american gunboat diplomacy) and realised that they would either adapt or face western dommination like china. the russians had just faced the humiliation of the crimean war. failing to effectively supply it's own troops and facing enormous losses against foes that had to send their forces all the way around europe trough the mediteranean to even get their men in place, remember it is easier to fight a deffensive war against a distant opponent but they still lost the japanese grew emboldened after beating the russians and this grew ever more after taking down large portions of the brittish and dutch forces in the pacific theatre. had they stuck within their lane they would have likely been pushed out eventually but on more favorable terms, perhaps even getting some of the conquered teritory in the process, but they lacked fuel and the US had cut them off and supplied their enemies, Japan could have tried to make a treaty with the soviets for oil which they would have likely been happy to grant given that they benefitted from weakening the western powers. but that would mean negotiating after defeat which means losing face. they could have bitten the bullet and slowed their war trying to get as much as they can out of their conquered teritories (which would never be enough in terms of oil) in the end they decided that the US posed to much of a treath and wanted to take them out of the war in one major strike, top government and population seemingly believing the US would cut their losses and come to the negotiating table (like japan in fact had after their brush with superior naval power) but anyone with the most elementary knowledge of the US realises that these SOB's could hate eachother but if any other state decided to attack them their reaction would be near universal, "revenge" hit them back twice as hard, today the US seems to have lost much of that mentallity with the growing wealth divide, corporatism and political divide tarnishing the view of their nation and making even those that are as red white and blue as they come, unwilling to risk life and limb for a government they hate more than any foreign power no matter who is in charge, if attacked domestically that would change, and the US is certainly the strongest militairy power on earth but a serious question to ask is whether that would carry over in an existential conflict (rather than minor interventions and "peacekeeping" missions) most wouldn't want to serve, certainly not against an enemy that could be classes as peer or near peer and certainly not for the benefit of an elite that is hated by both sides.

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

lol You are talking about the battle of Tsushima but that was a different time where carriers didn't exist. The battle of midway was sorely fighting with aircraft. It would not make sense why they were expecting for the same result if there was no ship vs ship battle.

[@to1tu_sr7_34b]

​@@i_nameless_i-jgsdf Безусловно. Цусима была слишком давно. И даже тогда флот России был устаревшим. А авиация уже в начале второй мировой стала мощным оружием. В битвах на Тихом океане самолёты использовались и при налете на Перл Харбор , боях за Мидуэй . Гуадалканал . Палау. Обе стороны сражались отважно.

[@daniellebrothers3688]

Wow! That was such an excellent transition to the WOW sponsor! I enjoy hearing the actual Japanese language being spoken. It adds so much to the video. Thanks for such a well-told story.

[@AppliedCryogenics]

Holy moley, the graphics in these reenactments are just spectacular! Hats off to everybody involved in putting this together.

[@peppapig9987]

I was lucky enough to once see a AAF vet next to a Navy vet. The AAF vet flew B-17s over Europe, including on big week. The Navy pilot was a dauntless pilot who eventually flew the hellcat. Both were amazing, but mad respect for the Navy vet. These people flew straight into heavily defended destroyers and cruisers with so many anti air guns, and enemy aircraft too. That is a diferent type of brave and service, to day after day mission after mission charge head on into enemy ships. Respect to all who served. On both sides.

[@felexl32]

The quality on that trailer was So damn good my god

[@christophercole8114]

The only thing I wish you would have added is that US code breakers figured out Midway was the target prior to the attack. Otherwise this is an outstanding video.

[@BasedGrandmasKitchen]

as a historian who studied this event maticulusly, this is by far the most accurate video I have seen of this event, you deserve my sub.

[@IAmTheAce5]

This reminds me of Montemayor's videos on the Midway Japanese perspective, and it was profound

[@davidphillips6803]

Yes. His are the best, much better than this.

[@KasFromMass]

@@davidphillips6803 Room for all content.

[@conservativedemocracyenjoyer]

​@@davidphillips6803 You sat that as if this is a bad video

[@labbadah3379]

@@davidphillips6803 Not neccaserily, you can only tell so much in 20 minutes

[@The_whales]

I also saw that video too

[@ParagonPKC]

Fun little fact, i am related to James Doolittle, who led the initial raid on tokyo and other parts of honshu in april 1942, this sparked the battle of midway.

[@twoplustwofour]

Cool

[@hostility3404]

And Obama is my dad

[@ParagonPKC]

@@hostility3404 I have my birth certificate lmaoo

[@hostility3404]

@@ParagonPKC fun little fact, Obama was born in the same island that the Japanese attacked lmao

[@DarkMatterBurrito]

I remember my grandfather telling me he saw him in a hallway when he was on the Hornet. I think it was when Doolittle was on his way to his plane.

[@yuukimokobombangebifurai-umai0]

めちゃくちゃ頑張って日本語で喋ろうとするの好き。

[@ucc930ml]

Is ur favor to the creator or to TTS?

[@Fakeslimshady]

気持ちいい！止めて下さい！

[@YashimaSayo]

駆逐艦「風雲」が英語音声ではちゃんと「Kazagumo」なのに、日本語音声では「fuun」になってしまってるのは何と言うか、惜しい

[@NoireBIanc]

When you guys released the Midway video I didn't think it could get any better, it just did

[@heroedeleyenda05]

I am amazed at the quality of video that you produced with what relatively little resources you could muster up as a youtube channel. I love how the expressions on their faces seemed so human.

[@rg20322]

You really need to seek out Monteymayor and his 6 part series on Midway. 3 from the Japanese view and 3 from the US view - absolutely brilliant!

[@orderoftheyawgmoth]

6 videos? There are only 3 - two from the Japanese and one from the American perspective. And yes, they are absolutely brilliant videos.

[@txdave2]

This is a riveting description of the complex Battle of Midway. Excellent work!

[@TraphouseTCG]

That World of Warships transition was so effortless it was almost disrespectful 😂

[@ironmanhowes8200]

I'd recommend watching Montemayor's video on this battle. It gives a thoroughly detailed and well researched account that clears up some continuity in this animation

[@Hansbloxia_official]

I just finished watching midway on Netflix and now I have to watch another one but on youtube😂😂😂

[@Tanknuggets217]

😂

[@thomper2ez145]

No one gonna talk about the animation? This is cool as hell ✅

[@XiaoXin702]

Small mistake but the Soryu’s island was on the Starboard side. Akagi and Hiryu were the only carriers in history with the Island on the Port side.

[@jameshailerthepostmaster4389]

It was very uncanny watching the hiryuy

[@captain_commenter8796]

Not saying Japan was good in WW2, but it’s amazing and equally interesting to see the other side of Midway from narration surrounding the Japanese personnel involved. I’ve seen a lot of the US side or third person limited side of Midway, this was a good change of pace.

[@xxnightdriverxx9576]

check out the channel "Montemayor". He has a superb analysis of the Battle of Midway, also from the japanese perspective. He goes for a more documentary style approach, and focuses on WHY certain decisions were made the way they were, and why those decisions were correct at the time. He basically dispels a lot of myths regarding japanese decision making ("They lost because they did X"), and puts the viewer in place of the japanese admirals, giving the viewer only the information the japanese admirals had at the time.

[@tagattackinglife]

Really thought this was a live action or some kind of history channel documentary clip. Just goes to show the quality of your work and how much care was put into this! Well Done!

[@stepheningle6225]

A very well-done video. I found the final message Yamaguchi sent to Nagumo was ironic in that he called for revenge on the Americans. The Americans that day were taking their own revenge on four of the six carriers that had carried out the Pearl Harbor attach six months earlier. Another irony is that Admiral Yamamoto had designed the attack on Midway to be a trap to catch and kill the American carriers, only to have his own carriers destroyed in a trap set by the Americans.

[@theegunpro4561]

its criminal how underrated this channel is. they deserve more subs imo

[@bl1t7theprotogenhybrid72]

4:20 "spicy fish from the US navy" got me laughing for a full 40 minutes, I'm playing world of warship rn.

[@martonpapp269]

One thing to note the torpedo bombers were the obsolete Devastators not Avengers as shown in the very beginning. Other than that pretty good.

[@Musashi_460]

To be correct. Six TBF Avengers were sent to Midway to give them a combat test. Only one of those six planes survived to land back at Midway

[@martonpapp269]

@@Musashi_460 is far as I know they were just short on participating in combat operations in Midway. Nice Musashi PFP though.

[@ryanmarquez9404]

​@@Musashi_460that's how they got their name avenger. Fucking badass

[@JonathanLundkvist]

Midway operated six TBM Avengers used in the initial attacks.

[@Squirrelmugger]

TBFs were used by VT-8 detached from Hornets CAG and placed on Midway. They were part of the first attack from Midway about 7:00am along with B-26s.

[@garykreil5990]

Im Canadian, my family has a long history of fighting in the Second WW. I commend these brave young men and soldiers from all sides who faught with honor, bravery and dignity.

[@seannordeen5019]

The history book, Shattered Sword, deals with the Japanese side of Midway, using Japanese sources previously unavailable in English. It changed some of the decades old narratives that were based on the now discredited personal recollections of Mitsuo Fuchida. It also goes into the reasons, including IJN doctrine, that explains why some decisions were made.

[@paulrasmussen8953]

Yes one of the failures of japans policy

[@andrewtaylor940]

Among the oh so many myths created by Fuchida were the "if only we had used a 2 phase search instead that day. Why did Nagumo not do this!?!" When in June of 1942 there was no such thing as a 2 phase search in Japanese naval doctrine. Search was exclusively done by the escorts float planes. This never really changed. After it was mauled at Midway, the Cruiser Mogami had its back half turned into a half deck float plain carrier to carry more scouts. Fuchida is also the source of "we were just minutes from launch!" And "Damn Nagumo ordered everything rearmed" plus "Yamamoto gave Nagumo verbal orders to reserve half his planes to attack the americans when they showed up" These are all pure bullshit. Nagumo's only mission on June 4 was to neutralize Midway's defenses. Yamamoto was certain the Americans would not appear before June 6th. But his landings needed to begin on the 4th. His landing barges needed a Lunar High Tide to get past the reef. So his invaders had a roughly 2 hour window each day over three days to invade. And they were already running a day late. That's how idiotic the Midway plan was. Nagumo's actual official written orders were to neutralize midway. Nothing about reserving his forces armed for anti ship. He began arming for ground attack when it became clear a second strike was needed. The Japanese did not expect the insanely massive amounts of accurate AAA that had been installed on Midway. That should have been one of their first red flags. Nimitz had put as many guns as he could find and given them the newest fire directors. Nagumo exactly followed his orders and Japanese Carrier Doctrine that day. The biggest idiot that day was Yamaguchi. Who sent his last carrier charging with the Battleships to try and get into gun range. That might be a contender for single biggest unforced error of the war. Or at least tied with Halsey's Samar screw up.

[@paulrasmussen8953]

@andrewtaylor940 except that this was a knlwn pattern of Nagumo. During the indian ocean campaign he made similar mistakes. And nagumo was not Yamamotos choice but a choice by seniority

[@andrewtaylor940]

@paulrasmussen8953 its not a "pattern" it was IJN Doctrine. Nagumo was a strict Doctrinarian. He did what the manual said. Much of the historic record of Nagumo was poisoned by Fuchida and Genda. Who had their own reasons post war for doing so.

[@paulrasmussen8953]

@andrewtaylor940 sorry but if every single csptain and advisor told him to atrack now and he refused. Then it is his fault.

[@ShubhayooBanerjee]

The new japanese perpective will better the overall understanding of such an important battle that changed the course of history....great job to your team for thinking of this👌

[@YouDontChibai]

Bro if you ever do like a full ass 3 hours documentary I'll watch all of it in 1 sitting

[@TeoZMuff313]

Too many ads interrupting

[@Adiscretefirm]

I am impressed by the pixel seaman, type 91 torpedo was 1800 lbs and 3 guys can pick one up and stroll around!

[@carloperedo4443]

It's great that you now have audio tracks in Spanish Excellent work as always I love watching the animation improve video after video! A big hug from Bolivia Es genial que ahora tienen pistas de audio al español! trabajo excelente como siempre! me encanta ver la animación mejorar video tras video Un gran abrazo desde Bolivia!

[@GreenTreeSketch]

Congrats for hitting one million! I think this channel is super underrated and should be at atleast twice its current subscriber count! I have only recently discovered you channel, but you have become one of my favorite channels. The story telling is amazing and better than any other channel out there all while having super clean animations! Congrats!

[@kevingosko4119]

First, I want to say "Thank-You" and "Great Job" making All of your episodes!!! I really appreciate just how much research and work that you put in making these Great productions!! I mean absolutely no disrespect, or "one-upsmanship" when I volunteer a little information. The U S Navy was still operating the obsolete 1.1" anti-aircraft guns in quad mounts at the time of the Midway battle. The quad bofors 40mm didn't start entering service on warships until later that month, I believe it was June 22nd. Also, the Aichi " Val" divebombers depicted show the D3A2 variant instead of the earlier D3A1 variant. The "D3A2" didn't enter service until autumn of 1942. The easiest way to differentiate the D3A2 from the D3A1 is the more streamlined, or curved shape of the rear gunner's position, and, generally the D3A2 had a propeller hub or spinner, while the D3A1 did not. There are other less-noticeable visual cues that I won't mention. Again, I mean absolutely NO disrespect or one-upsmanship nor am I attempting to disparage your Fine work!!! I'm only trying to contribute a little of information to your Outstanding Work! Thank-You so much!!

[@hurricano471]

Good eye on the Vals, i didnt notice that. My personal information nitpick is how closely together the japanese fleet is displayed, but i can understand that from a cinematic perspective. Another one i saw was that Makigumo's torpedo launcher looks like a mutant triple than a quad.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

Midway is one of my favorite battles of any war… I just find it so fascinating

[@boko1564]

Finally someone puts it in another perspective. It’s actually quite sad when you see it from their eyes.

[@iffipifi1]

I hope this video finally takes you to a well deserving million subscribers.

[@skullsaintdead]

Loved the transitions to the real photos of the people & ships of the war, the voice acting & writing was superb! Well done! I look forward for more to come!

[@worldwarIIstori]

Fascinating insight into the Battle of Midway from the Japanese perspective! Your thorough research and storytelling make it a compelling watch. Well done!

[@jiyuhong5853]

This was Epic. I love how you cover both sides of the story just like Montemayor!

[@nikkolodian9517]

I liked his Japanese perspective video on the Midway battle.

[@ClimateScepticSceptic-ub2rg]

I have to admit, I was teared up by the end. What courage on both sides.

[@francistam9501]

Never able to shake off this thought, what if the Japanese had never attacked in Pearl Harbor?

[@AppleHistoryGuy]

I would love it if Yarnhub did a video on the Monchy 9 of Newfoundland. 9 men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment positioned at Monchy-le-Preux during the Battle of Arras in 1917 hid behind shrubbery and defended the town from a German force anywhere from 200 - 300 men strong for 11 hours to prevent a German break through. I think it is a very cool and very underrated battle that sounds like the plot of a movie.

[@masonp8044]

I remember when he used to make the cartoonish looking animation and now he’s making whole films with voice acting. Bravo sir.

[@claove]

The references to Midway are fantastic, as always your animations are something magical.

[@F14B-Enthusiast]

just here to say, your animations are amazing. Keep the good work up.

[@ogwancannoli]

The animation flex by showing the real peoples' pictures over the model

[@robertgoss4842]

Excellent video! Amid the turmoil that was midway, you fairly reported on both sides, both equally heroic. Nice work

[@dynamo1796]

Something that Yanhub missed but was equally important to the decision making of the Japanese was the state of their Combat Air Patrol. Many of their CAP Zeros had been flying since dawn and the first Midway island strikes. Nagumo’s dilemma was about how to manage landing, refueling and rearming his CAP planes while also trying to reverse his decision to re-attack Midway. He couldn’t just hold the CAP planes aloft forever because they were low on fuel and had to be turned around to protect be fleet against the endless string of US attacks. At the same time, he couldn’t properly prepare his surface attack squadrons to launch against the US carriers because half of them had the wrong weapons and were taking deck crew time and space. As Yarnhub suggests, Nagumo’s dilemma was either to launch what was ready for surface attack immediately (which would be a weaker strike force) but would let him recover his CAP planes and the remaining original Midway strike aircraft, turn them around at the same time as he rearmed the rest of the surface attack squadrons, as then launch a second, incomplete strike. The other option was to hold everything and gamble on turnaround the complete strike package as one unit, launch it all together and then recover his other planes. Nagumo went with the second option and it cost him time, his CAP effectiveness and was constantly delayed by the string of incoming US attacks.

[@ernestogarcia2393]

So well done. Love the side by side pictures and their characters in the video. Good job

[@itz_RavjiBoy]

Believe me when I tell you, this video is for me the best you've ever made, by far. Perfect.

[@armandodelolmo3337]

I was gonna give this a 10/10 but then I heard the iconic scream on 7:22 and I had to give it 11/10

[@VVolframite]

Mixing in the actual photos to put emphasis on the scenes at hand is such a nice touch to ti all. Especially when seeing the tilt of Yorktown at 14:35 Edit: and the photo at 16:14

[@CNCTEMATIC]

Wow...I've seen several of these historical reconstructions, but nothing as good as this. The graphics are incredible, especially the humans and the damage modelling. The script is fantastic. Bravo

[@Junsei_09]

6:58 i love the historical accurate attention to detail added on this animation. That Japanese battleship there is definitely a Kongo Class Battlecruiser/Battleship

[@Stellaris556]

Yep. That's Haruna. One of the 4 Kongo-class Fast Battleships.

[@Stellaris556]

Haruna was present during Midway Operations mostly because she used the E8N scout planes onboard. Heavy Cruiser Chikuma & Tone also present with their F1M Pete scout planes.

[@xxnightdriverxx9576]

lots of details are good, but others are unfortunatly very wrong. Nobody is carrying around bombs and torpedos on their arms. Yorktown never god 40mm quad Bofors mounts before being sunk. Etc.

[@catdaddy57]

One of the best channels on YT. keep the great animations coming !!! Love learning military history with them !!!

[@ZuluGamingSeries]

Placement of the ad is diabolical

[@blacktater1hill691]

The quality of these videos is amazing. Absolutely love it!

[@ElevatingDreams]

My respect to both sides, they had their reasons, their values and courage. Excellent video.

[@preetimulye9042]

Amazing content. Animation is good and story is historically accurate.

[@KKTUBEYOUCH]

17:27 の説明にある第１０駆逐隊の駆逐艦「風雲」はFu-unではなくKazagumoです。

[@mqhjw]

英語音声ではちゃんと「かざぐも」と呼んでいます。

[@JimBobe]

Okay that subscribe was clean at 8:45 lol

[@charliezhu6858]

I’m pretty sure Sora (who’s also a KZbinr) is the voice actor in this video for a bunch of the Japanese characters… I think I recognize his voice lol

[@Green_Peas9999]

YEAH!!! HIS VOICE IS SO RECOGNISABLE LMAOOOOOO

[@BlazingLucario]

I love that bomb explosion and the Zero going flying reference in Akagi from the movie Midway, I love your videos so much Yarnhub, keep up the good work and the cool references ❤