Military Conference that Decided the fate of the Pacific War - #71

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues. The initiative won at Midway and ratified at Guadalcanal and New Guinea now allowed the Allies to launch their next offensives deeper into the heart of the Japanese Empire, with new objectives. A military conference they needed to meet and discuss their course of action. So the US political and military leadership held a military conference in Washington in March of 1943 and it decided the fate of the war.
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#1 - Pearl Harbor: • Attack on Pearl Harbor...
#2 - Invasion of Malaya: • Japanese Invasion of M...
#3 - Guam, Wake, the Philippines: • Japan Attacks Everywhe...
#4 - Borneo, Philippines: • Japan Continues Attack...
#5 - Wake Island: • Fall of Wake Island - ...
#6 - Kampar: • Battle of Kampar - Pac...
#7 - Slim River: • Battle of Slim River -...
#8 - Dutch East Indies: • Battle for the Dutch E...
#9 - New Britain: • Invasion of New Britai...
#10 - Fall of Malaya: • Fall of Malaya - Pacif...
#11 - Makassar: • Battle of Makassar Str...
#12 - Fall of Singapore: • Fall of Singapore - Pa...
#13 - Sumatra: • Japanese Invasion of S...
#14 - Timor: • Japanese Invasion of T...
#15 - Java: • Fall of Java - Pacific...
#16 - Rangoon: • Fall of Rangoon - Paci...
#17 - US Response: • How the US Responded t...
#18 - Tojo: • Hideki Tojo: Bringing ...
#19 - Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean: • Japanese Raids in the ...
#20 - Bataan: • Fall of Bataan & The B...
#21 - Doolittle Raid: • Doolittle Raid: Americ...
#22 - Japanese Advance on Burma Road: • Japanese Advance on Bu...
#23 - Australia's Pearl Harbor: • Australia's Pearl Harb...
#24 - Coral Sea: • Battle of the Coral Se...
#25 - Fall of the Philippines: • Fall of the Philippine...
#26 - Fall of Burma: • Fall of Burma - Pacifi...
#27 - Sei-Go: • How Japan Responded to...
#28 - Midway: • Battle of Midway - Pac...
#29 - Japanese Invasion of Alaska: • Japanese Invasion of A...
#30 - Japanese Attack on Sydney: • Japanese Attack on Syd...
#31 - MacArthur and the Philippines: • How MacArthur Caused t...
#32 - Attacks New Guinea: • Japan Attacks New Guin...
#33 - Biological Warfare in China: • Japanese War Crimes: B...
#34 - Japan Attacks the Continental United States: • Japan Attacks the Cont...
#35 - Invasion of Buna-Gona: • Invasion of Buna-Gona ...
#36 - Kokoda: • Battle of Kokoda - Pac...
#37 - Invasion of Solomon Islands: • Invasion of Solomon Is...
#38 - Savo Island: • Battle of Savo Island ...
#39 - Raid on Makin Island: • Raid on Makin Island -...
#40 - Battle of Eastern Solomons: • Battle of Eastern Solo...
#41 - Isurava: • Australia's Thermopyla...
#42 - Milne Bay: • Battle of Milne Bay - ...
#43 - Bloody Ridge: • Battle of the Bloody R...
#44 - Ioribaiwa: • Battle of the Ioribaiw...
#45 - Matanikau: • Battle of Matanikau - ...
#46 - Cape Esperance: • Battle of Cape Esperan...
#47 - Kokoda Track Counteroffensive: • Kokoda Track Counterof...
#48 - Henderson Field: • Battle for Henderson F...
#49 - Santa Cruz Islands: • Battle of the Santa Cr...
#50 - Oivi-Gorari: • Battle of Oivi-Gorari ...
#51 - Guadalcanal: • Naval Battle of Guadal...
#52 - Buna-Gona: • Battle of Buna-Gona - ...
#53 - Carlson's Patrol: • Carlson's Long Patrol ...
#54 - Tassafaronga: • Battle of Tassafaronga...
#55 - Fall of Gona: • Fall of Gona - Allied ...
#56 - Battle of Mount Austen: • Battle of Mount Austen...
#57 - 1st Arakan Campaign: • First Arakan Campaign ...
#58 - Fall of Buna: • Fall of Buna - Pacific...
#59 - Sanananda: • Sanananda Campaign - P...
#60 - Galloping/Sea Horse: • Galloping Horse and Se...
#61 - End of Buna-Gona: • End of the Battle of B...
#62 - Rennell Island: • Battle of Rennell Isla...
#63 - End of Guadalcanal: • End of the Guadalcanal...
#64 - Wau: • Battle of Wau - Pacifi...
#65 - First Chindits: • Britain Strikes Back A...
#66 - Landing at Amchitka: • Landing at Amchitka - ...
#67 - Bismarck Sea: • Battle of the Bismarck...
#68 - Blackett Strait: • Battle at the Blackett...
#69 - Operation Longcloth: • Operation Longcloth - ...
#70 - Komandorski Islands: • Battle of the Komandor...
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[@bruze8629]

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[@mordok7987]

The map at 2:28 has the french equatorial african colonies under british control. It should be shown under free french control.

[@BenitoAndito]

The 3d map rotation at 4:52 is the most stunning mappery I've ever seen. Love it

[@hypergraphic]

Yeah I thought the same. Those editors deserve a pay raise :)

[@edwardloomis887]

At 4:35, pretty sure you have the map of the wrong Washington and the conference wasn't in Washington State. When U.S. national-level leaders meet in "Washington," 99% of the time that is shorthand for Washington, District of Columbia, the national capital and King/Marshall's staffs' location. Army conference lead Wedemeyer worked for Marshall in DC, had just returned from traveling across the Pacific and "returned to Washington" with MacArthur's representative. Source: Official U.S. Army history "Strategic Planning For Coalition Warfare, 1943-1944," by Maurice Matloff.

[@lopec87]

Was really scratching my head trying to think of a conference in Seattle lmao

[@lonjohnson5161]

The DC vs state took me out of the story when I first watched it. I'm going through the whole series now and it looks like they fixed it.

[@extrahistory8956]

Nice, we finally get to see the 1st Arakan campaign after several months. Up to this point, the only channel that has covered it in any sort of detail prior to this series was the World War 2 channel, but it mostly covered it in community posts. The month of April was extremely busy in North Africa and the Eastern fronts, so they didn't have the time to provide it with detailed graphics in the main episodes. So, it's nice to revisit this front with more screentime and resources to get a visual reference to the events.

[@UnNuclear]

The Pacific Theater: Mostly overshadowed by the European Theater, but still a storied part of the war. The CBI Theater: Deliberately forgotten about, because of how embarrassing and inept the Allied command was.

[@tomg9557]

This series increasingly feels like one episode after another of "MacArthur's narcissism and delusions of grandeur caused major problems and prolonged the war yet again."

[@jlvfr]

Right? Pretty much every time I hear his name, I know problems are coming.

[@stischer47]

My parents blamed MacArthur for the loss of many lives because of his narcissism.

[@witpae]

No surprise there as MacArthur was largely inept. His connections in Washington and massive press propaganda machine lionised him during and post war. Among the worst Allied commanders in the War. Short sighted, selfish, only interested in self aggrandisment and not shy of throwing others under bus. Oh and a massive sufferer of 'not my fault' syndrome

[@tonydevos]

The truth is consistent

[@tomg9557]

@@tonydevos youtube commenters' disdain for MacArthur is apparently also consistent, which is just wonderful

[@brokenbridge6316]

I've heard good things about General Slim. I can't wait to find out just how good the man was as a commander of fighting men.

[@theawesomeman9821]

He gave Britain a Slim victory over the Japanese😅

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@theawesomeman9821---Nice

[@topcat8804]

The conference was in Washington DC, not Washington state. An error of over 2,000 miles. Ouch!

[@davidlees2963]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@atnasingetnamn2887]

One wonders what other factual errors hide behind good presentation!

[@Dylan-lw1xc]

@@atnasingetnamn2887 mistakes are only human, they normally have some of the most accurate content on YT that I’ve seen

[@sof5858]

I thought hurricane season was over

[@TioWiki]

🤓

[@MrWansty]

calling a military unit the " Airsols " is just asking for abuse

[@roysimmsjr.6982]

I look foreward to this weekly series. Thank you K and G for this super in depth perusal through of this phase of the war.

[@tomriley5790]

Geez that was all a bit of a mess in Burma this week!

[@PiyushGupta-vx6qi]

That happens when you are fighting in wars you have nothing to do with.

[@pablopablo3834]

Its sickening to imagine all the Men who died from all these commanders vying for more power and petty rivalries. RIP

[@n1k2jfan96]

I would count the series of strategic and tactical blunders by Yamamoto after Midway, as well as the IJA's general contempt for the capabilities of Allied forces, amongst the main culprits for Japan's loss of most of the Solomons, but not Mikawa, who was arguably the most brilliant Japanese fleet commander during WWII. It should be remembered Mikawa initiated and successfully carried out the night battle of Savo Island on his own, without specific orders or instructions from the Combined Fleet which was 2,700 miles away in Japan's Inland Sea at the time. He came under bitter criticism for withdrawing without having destroyed the American transports only after IJA failed to expel the Marines from their initial foothold on Guadalcanal as promised.

[@mystikmind2005]

No, the main reason the Japanese lost the Solomon's is because they could not adequately supply forces in the general region.... it was just pure arrogance that they put all that effort into trying to retake Guadalcanal despite this glaringly obvious problem.... A problem that was only going to intensify on many fronts as the war progressed. Napoleon once said "an army marches on its stomach" The Japanese said "an army marches on the willpower of being a superior race" ... well, no, they don't.... ironically, any supposed superior military force would only be so by way of superior logistics! Any military planner who is not blinded by arrogance knows this.

[@mystikmind2005]

@@DevNevinKZbin Well, The Japanese made the same mistake with America that Hitler made with Russia, but on a much grander scale of delusion. There was too much emphasis on imagined cultural and racial superiority, rather than tangible resources and productivity

[@tommotto4643]

Thanks!

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

My boy Slim have arrived!

[@Dave_Sisson]

That's Field Marshall Slim to people like you and me.

[@johndeboyace7943]

Washington state as conference site is doubtful, San Francisco or San Diego maybe. If your sources say Washington they would always mean Washington, DC, if you mean the state it is described as Washington State. Nearly 3000 mile error.

[@joshgeorge7]

Military conference in Seattle? 😂

[@johndeboyace7943]

@@joshgeorge7 Seattle would not make sense in 1943, it was a backwater in 1943 compared to San Francisco or San Diego. All these important people are going to trek to Seattle. Washington always meant Washington, DC. as long as I can remember, and I was born during the FDR administration. Easy to find K&G just need to reveal source used. There so much detail I would be interested on how many work on the project, and where this originates from.

[@pikenote]

You do seem to be correct. I tracked down some book sources and I found the mention of the meeting in Washington in the book by John Miller, Jr. titled "Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul". In there it mentions the trip to Washington and Pacific Conference. Going off of Chapter II Selecting Objectives, citation 13, it had references to "General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War" which is a book directly by George Kennedy (one of representatives from the SWPA). It mentions their trip to Washington and the many bases that they stopped at. Right before Washington, it mentioned their trip to the Wright Field Airbase in Ohio and then to Washington which highly does indicate this is Washington D.C. we are talking about.

[@economicurtis]

Wikipedia says DC also. Mispronounced Halsey (very forgivably) too. Do love the WA love though. Funny, whenever people say Washington these days I also always assume they mean the state, until they mention some context related to dc and realize my mistake.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

It is like the senior officers in the Burma campaign were educated by Cadorna.

[@janlindtner305]

As usual, an excellent lecture. well done.👍

[@robbabcock_]

Terrific series so far! Thanks to Kings and Generals.⚔🔥🙌

[@minoru5760]

Exciting movie as usual! Been a long time since I've seen Japanese offensive. And a long relationship between Japan and Seventh Fleet had begun at this time

[@samuelmargueret9626]

Imagine this incredible channel covering that part of the war , naval battels, jungle warfare ect ..... you guys are doing an amazing job thanks for all of that !!

[@ronjohnson6916]

As usual very nice work.

[@stevelebreton3489]

Thanks for the video

[@br549fried4]

Excellent episode!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

[@davidryan9008]

Love your content

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[@zainmudassir2964]

Conferences are important!

[@jongason660]

Thank you

[@brandonsirochinsky3732]

I love y'all, thank you

[@markusskram4181]

Love The vid

[@philjohnson1744]

I'm curious about what the accent yer narrator speaks in, it is lovely.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I think it is called West Country accent

[@philjohnson1744]

@Kings and Generals Thanks. I am grateful that you take the effort to respond. Mine is called Norteño. It has many similarities in inflection.

[@Adiscretefirm]

The hal-see instead of the more familiar hall-zee is an interesting choice

[@dflatt1783]

I call it 'wicked British dude'. I absolutely love it.

[@jaythompson5102]

​@@dflatt1783 Agree it's the best British accent

[@thehistorybox1163]

Cheers

[@flaviusstilicho397]

Can you do a video on the Bretton woods system and its implementation in 1944

[@kylesandborn4284]

british officers commanding indians against a trained and high morale army is the story of SE asia.

[@jaybadayatherockmerchant9832]

Hey I don't you if you've considered it, but for your modern wars series it might be an interesting idea to do the fall of Yugoslavia and the civil war that ensued

[@timberwolfe1645]

Do you SERIOUSLY realize that you've made enough videos of this to make a PERMANENT ONGOING HISTORY CHANNEL?!?!?!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Work work

[@phucvinh2883]

He knew that he could live no longer

[@peterdavis7579]

The British commander's name is usually pronounced 'Wayvell' not 'Wavvel'

[@DrivermanO]

Are you sure? I ahave always been told it was WaVELL, accent on the last syllable, and a short "A".

[@Yaya-wi8pb]

I thought it was "Swish or Twink"

[@peterdavis7579]

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[@johnconner4695]

Who is the graphics guy or girl? because they are amazing. Are they done in a Adobe program or something else?

[@MrHurch]

Something I got out of your coverage of the CBI Theater is that the British and their Indian allies seem to lack the ability to counter the Japanese in any meaningful way up to this point. It just seems that the Japanese aren't nearly as capable when facing the Americans or even the Australians.

[@jeffreyestahl]

Part of it was numbers. In CBI, the IJA tended to use full brigades and divisions, whereas in New Guinea and the Solomons, they were throwing in 'detachments' that were little more than penny-packet assemblages of troops. The British, due to their deep involvement in Europe, were throwing in penny-packet detachments, and the US/Australians were putting in full brigades/divisions. Completely lopsided assignments.

[@seanlander9321]

Correct.

[@seanlander9321]

The Australian led attack to victory in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea was very significant as it deprived the Japanese of ever being able to control New Guinea, which was essential for holding The Pacific and South East Asia. The significance of New Guinea was always understood by Australia, never by the UK, and eventually by America.

[@madhealerofwindurst807]

At about 8:50 Kings and Generals are talking about 7th fleet. I understand USN = United States Navy, RAN probably = Royal Australian Navy, but what does KN stand for? Kiwi (New Zealand) Navy? Thanks for your polite answer.

[@bureau31]

KM could be a Dutch ship (Koninklijke Marine). The light cruiser HNLMS Tromp was assigned to the Seventh fleet in 1943 according to Wikipedia, so it might refer to that ship.

[@madhealerofwindurst807]

@@bureau31 Thank you for clearing that up. 😀

[@williamromine5715]

The difference between MacArthur and Nimitz was that Nimitz was trying to win a war, and MacArthur was trying to return to the Philippines. Also, Nimitz appointed competent comanders, told them what needed to be done, and let them do their jobs. MacArthur appointed "yes men" and told them how to do their jobs because he had to be the conquering hero.

[@blockmasterscott]

I've been to the Philippines numerous times, speak the language, and am married to a Filipina, and I know first hand that they love Americans because we did return to the Philippines. My wife's grandmother told me many times how happy she was when the Americans retook the Philippines. Her brother was a kid at the time, and he drove only American cars and flew an American flag in front of his house in California until the day he died. Oh no, we did the right thing by returning.

[@n1k2jfan96]

Nimitz was, by nature, a team player and he prized healthy interservice relations so much it worried King at times that Nimitz might go too far to accommodate the Army. However when it came to the honor of the Navy Nimitz was fiercely protective. (It may have been a consequence of his experience with the Sampson-Schley controversy during his Annapolis years.) According to his aide Hal Lamar, when Nimitz was told that MacArthur would run the surrender ceremony, "Admiral Nimitz felt that the Navy was being slighted for the job they had done during the war and he told the Secretary of the Navy to inform President Truman that he would not attend." Realizing his mistake, Truman changed the orders and everyone got something: MacArthur ran the show, and Nimitz took the surrender for the United States.

[@d3s3rt_f0xxx6]

funny to see how one would defend MacArthur for his actions to return to the Philippines. If he himself caused the fall of the Philippines at the start of the war.

[@jeffreyestahl]

@@blockmasterscott Nobody said it was wrong to return. The problem was that MacArthur made returning the ONLY goal to be pursued - even to the point of trying to take resources from other commands that would have shortened the war overall.

[@redaug4212]

@@jeffreyestahl It's actually a myth that centralized command in the Pacific would have shortened the war. Remember, this is early 1943. The Navy hadn't even breached the outer defensive perimeter of Japanese-held islands at this point. Moreover, the proposed invasion of Formosa was eventually rejected, and the plans for invading the Ryukyu Islands didn't materialize until mid-1944 when the SWPA was already in a position to begin operations in the Philippines. If it wasn't for MacArthur, the War Department would have siphoned off most Army and AAF assets for use in Europe, and the Navy's CPA forces would have had to contend with a much larger Japanese air, ground, and naval force.

[@g4m3life86]

It would have had to have been a huge one

[@mikefingbond3888]

Washington state and Washington DC are not the same place. DC is on the east coast and the state is on the west coast. You had the conference on your map in Washington state.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, a mistake obviously

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

One decision is all it takes to turn the tide of war

[@KingdomofKashmir]

We have repeatedly requested you please make video on Kashmir

[@patrickblanchette4337]

I feel real bad for Major-General Lloyd; the British high-command (i.e. Wavell & Irwin) in the CBI theater were a bunch of morons😖.

[@robertwalters8172]

The British had neither the men or equipment to hold off the enemy before them, plus poor leadership prevented them from winning Burma!

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Good to see Australia had a big say😄

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

*Me* You don't let the Japanese capture you. *Cavendish* Imma do something called a power move.

[@OrdinaryDude]

They met in Edmonds Washington? 🤨

[@Ankitcse913]

😃now we want a video on Maharaja VIKRAM ADITYA'S Great EMPIRE (love from INDIA)🥵😱

[@seejay34]

What's the title of the music at 0:11 ? I looked everywhere but couldn't find it..

[@khatian6350]

Can anyone confirm AAK Niazi was part of this Arakan Offensive?

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Just be careful with how you say Rear Admiral Mason's new job title.

[@TheRealRedRooster]

Well, that conference was held in Washington DC, on the East Coast of the USA, not in Washington state, on the West Coast, as depicted....

[@richardbauer8195]

Ummm... I think the conference was in Washington, D.C. (on the East Coast of the USA), not in Seattle, Washington (on the West Coast).

[@mercator79]

Are you sure the Pacific Conference 1943 was in Washington State and not Washington DC? I guess just asking for the cited source for further research, please?

[@KingsandGenerals]

No, we made a mistake. It was DC

[@bigsarge2085]

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[@peterridgeway5232]

Yikes! Please remember to include Canada as a member of the Allies in both theatres of WW2 (in map colour-coding). Canada declared war on Nazi Germany after Great Britain and France first did in September 1939. Against Japan in December 1941.

[@lomigalefao9017]

Did the Samoan Islands play there part in WW2?

[@extrahistory8956]

Largely as military bases. They were really involved in any battles, since the Japanese never invaded them, but they did get bombed once.

[@richardmeo2503]

Good show, some errors. MacArthur was an imperious man, but understood that he needed the Navy to fight. He also liked Halsey's warrior spirit, and was glad he was on his flank. By this point the Navy's efforts in the Solomon's was helping and was helped by Mac's efforts in New Guinea. The Japanese could not fight both zones at the same time. The confusion in overall command and strategy was caused by America's reluctance to have empires. Our Military was based on self-defense, so there was never any game-plan for what to do or what was wanted to do. Overall that system would be fine, as Japan was incapable of fending off our increasingly relentless attacks with so many units tied up in China, Burma and SE Asia.

[@Heike--]

Reluctance to have empires! LOL! Two questions: what are you smoking, and where can I get some? America had an empire in the Pacific since 1898 in the Spanish-American war. Seized the Philippines from Spain. Brutally put down the Filipinos when they tried to be free. America also kept territory in China and gunboats on the Yangtze river. Reluctance! Bahahaha...

[@MrGksarathy]

That part about America being reluctant to have empires is BS because we were already undisputably an imperial power defending our interests.

[@CigaretteSmokingGuy]

Are you sure that they met in Washington State and not Washington DC?

[@jackson857]

The more and more videos I see on the Pacific the more annoyed I get with Macarthur.

[@Bubble998Grunge]

I feel like they would have went to Washington, D.C., not Washington, the state...

[@fku1217]

The burma campaign really highlighted how incompetent the british were in ground conbat. I think mainly because of too much politics.

[@MB-jt9gs]

Their best generals and officers were in Europe or in the Navy.

[@fku1217]

@@MB-jt9gs i dont know. I dont like monty.

[@gasperpoklukar8372]

@@fku1217 I guess you only read about the Burma campaign up to 1943. Wait until 1944/45 to see how competent they became. Operation Extended Capital was conducted masterfully.

[@dclark142002]

British army performance in WW2 really...REALLY...highlights the impact of competency in command. There are a LOT of examples of complete fools in command of British units throughout the war. It is astonishing that a general as limited and flawed as Montgomery ended up being among the British best. For my money, Slim is probably one of the better performing generals...but he wasn't from the right class, so he was never given the chance to actually perform with proper support and supply. Heck, even in Burma...support was given really to Mountbatten rather than Slim... Indeed, the problem doesn't persist only in the British Army...even heroes of the British navy (like Cunningham) benefitted far more from dumb luck than anything tactically brilliant. ...and the less said about the British air force leadership, the better. Though in that, there really wasn't much talent to go around ANYWHERE in senior air leadership among any of the combatants.

[@paranoidnature4601]

​@@gasperpoklukar8372 british indian army vs Japanese and Azaad hind fauj 😊

[@RoboticDragon]

Is it not pronounced "Way-vul" not "Wah-vul"?

[@theawesomeman9821]

Will the channel cover Bose and the Indian National Army who fought for the Japanese?

[@Jedsa009]

Is there any more information about general Noel Irwin? He seemed to be a big blockhead in this video.

[@tatsavitar7281]

It was not Indian army but a mercinary Indian army raised by British Empire. It was never supplied well for war. The real Indian army came into being after Indian independence in 1947.

[@wintersking4290]

Wrong Washington lol 😂

[@mitchelljones4843]

It’s not the Gilbert Islands, it’s called Kiribati (pronounced to sound like Kira-bis) by the people there…

[@Dave_Sisson]

True, but it's a historical video, so they use the names of that time. Kribati was not used until almost three decades later.

[@mitchelljones4843]

@@Dave_Sisson also true, however it should never have been called Gilbert islands according to to the people it was and always should have been Kiribati is my understanding? Dunno though, still love the videos, just wanted to point it out.

[@theonlyTIP64]

Not true, this information isn't correct in the personalities, The president decides what and when based on information. The navy and army didn't decide on military targets, each goal was sent up the chain to President and he made the decision. Strategy Europe was he President's decision and the pacific was broken up into sectors of leadership. The President decided what was to get more support!

[@pascoett]

The British were losing so many battles because of non-military decisions but cosmetics and politics. No wonder would they lose their Empire soon thereafter.

[@jorgex9957]

Still waiting for the ukranian update😅😅

[@yogikhan1936]

You guys need an native English speaking editor to help do correct English pronunciation and understand the difference between Washington State and Washington DC (City).

[@gavanwhatever8196]

I have a game I play deciding where the narrator is from. To start with I thought it was a synthetic voice but dispensed with that fairly quickly. I settled on German for a while but recently I've started to think somewhere like Turkey. There's too many pronunciations they miss that a native speaker would just know. Plus, as you've pointed out, missing out on the occasional general knowledge things an English speaker would know. Still an excellent production though.

[@devinthomas9608]

Good but the narrator mispronounces names like Halsey is grating.

[@jefferykeeper9034]

What a Wanderer on your part if your research team can't get the facts ride you want to start losing all credibility.

[@nowthenzen]

Wavell was a mediocre General at best and British Generals seem to think they were fighting Zulus for much of WW2

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

If you are spending $5.00 for a cup of coffee, you quite obviously do not need this veteran's money!

[@Heike--]

Canadian money isn't worth anything anyway. Keep it.

[@paulthetester1023]

I find it very distracting, difficult to watch with so many pronunciation errors. So many names of places are not quite right in this vid. Otherwise, I generally really enjoy K&G vids.

[@mikev4135]

Omg dude you need to learn to deal with it, or just be quiet.

[@kylelee9474]

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

If you are spending $5.00 for a cup of coffee, you quite obviously do not need this veteran's money!

[@Adiscretefirm]

If I pay $3 for a coffee and get a refill I am going to put a $5 down and tell the server to keep the change. Don't you tip? Or do you think coffee only gets sold at convenience stores?

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

@@Adiscretefirm $15.50 minimum wage at Tim Horton's $2.10 for large coffee. Tipping is not generally done here at drive throughs or counter service. Even with 10-15% for mediocre service would leave enough for another

[@Adiscretefirm]

@@drgunnwilliams8239 I guessed the narrator lived in England, not Canada.

[@ronaldphage5957]

Those who are not veterans can still give

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

@@ronaldphage5957 not a lot left with pension that is $928/mth. Strange that. I recall weeks when deductions where only $70 less than what I am exsompected to live on a mth! Tipping was considered for exemplary serve. Never an automatic thing. Certainly not for drive through or counter service.