Mystery of the China Seas (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans

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Mystery of the China Seas (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans
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[@NatGeo]

In this episode of Drain the Oceans, "Mystery of the China Seas" exposes the remains of the biggest battleship ever put on the water and the extraordinary truth behind a 700-year-old mystery.

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[@misterlianghui]

The fact that we get free documentaries from National Geographic on KZbin is priceless .... keeping the education and knowledge alive. 🙏🙏🙏

[@Twerkulies]

National Geographic didn't take the same route that History Channel did in the early 2010's. They still want to teach you and spread knowledge, whereas History Channel is more focused now on making money and entertaining tv shows over teaching. Don't get me wrong, History Channel still makes good stuff to learn from, but they're nowhere near what they used to be.

[@andrewramirez9119]

Well put Mister, thank you Mr. KZbin.

[@thehappybeard]

The narration, the models, animation, research and informative information in this documentary is amazing. Hats off to the production team, researchers and everyone involved for this !

[@kakarroto007]

Only National Geographic could masterfully tell such a captivating story, which begins with a simulated dredging of a Imperial Japanese war ship and ends with how fiber optic cable is laid on the sea floor.

[@Sapper-X]

Agreed…..however, there is sooo much more that that public isn’t told for various reasons and that isn’t right.

[@FliightLiine]

@@Sapper-X what do you need to know. I got all the answers.

[@suskagusip1036]

@@Sapper-X Please watch Surigao golds in Butuan and Philippine Golds: Treasures of the lost Kingdoms. It proves how busy is this part of the ocean. I personally don't believe in Magellan spice lies. This explains here. He was already in Malacca/Malaysia and saw the busy trades of our Ancestors and our islands in the Philippines is one of their hubs. We so many sunkin ships around our islands from WW II and the Manila Galeon trade. These golds accidentally found were approximately around 11th/12 centuries back but there's more to uncover way back before that.

[@purelyfixedyyc4039]

@@suskagusip1036 sure👍🏻 thanks!🙂

[@bahaykubo649]

I was a reader of National Geagraphic Magazine and still as the same as before

[@vangkao77]

National Geographic, thank you for the fabulous job you have done! Congratulations to all the team.

[@ddirtdid]

Great video, have always known there’s more to life than meets the eye, I feel like in this life i am supposed to be doing more than i am doing for the people i love. been seeking for an eye opening enlightenment, a way to be more influential, powerful and protected!

[@Margart526]

oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them

[@ddirtdid]

@@Margart526 Hi, isn't the brotherhood a myth?

[@Margart526]

@@ddirtdid Well it is not and you can't actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up ANTHONY MARK SZYMON online you will find something interesting.

[@ddirtdid]

@@Margart526 oh really, i just saw his website, interesting.i will leave him a message.

[@haynesatteh4463]

yeah i kinda do feel that way too sometimes.

[@MASMIWA]

Amazing what technology has become. The video part revealing the ocean floor and its treasures is especially awe inspiring. National Geographic is a world treasure.

[@MiniMC546]

Please release more of the Drain The Ocean episodes free for all to watch. Gonna be waiting for the episode with HMHS Britannic.

[@lgvergara25]

I couldn't stop myself from gasping! This is just so wonderfully narrated and explained. Thank you NatGeo!

[@jen-a-purr]

This is such a great series. So an approaching typhoon takes out 4,000 ships…You couldn’t see it coming at all…

[@ophirbactrius8285]

Such a terrific and disastrous humiliated!

[@HieuLe-du2bj]

thanks for keeping these priceless documentary free and accessible for everyone

[@denimjez]

I miss education television. There's less and less of it. It's almost like there are powers that want to limit the amount of intelligent, educated people in the world.

[@GSteel-rh9iu]

Its simpler than that; its a short term focus on revenue only. Also concentration of capital in a few behemoths; that's all.

[@noelnaegel8171]

I'm afraid -almost like- isn't quite right. it is more along the lines of exactly what's happening

[@williamschlosser77]

Exactly. Our high school graduate asked me "Where does the rest of the moon go when it's not full? 22 years old.

[@sleepy4149]

@@williamschlosser77 if he graduated at 22 that makes all of sense high school graduates are usually 17 or 18

[@sleepy4149]

Simple education don’t sell as good as entertainment

[@banalhumabon5213]

National Geographis is still the best... your documentaries are always a masterpiece.

[@HazelS71]

Thoroughly enjoyed this series!!! huge Love for all the talented people who gave insight to theses incredible discoveries Dr James delgado and Prof Eric Grove very passionate people! but was saddened to hear Eric passed, RIP friend

[@TruthSeeker529]

This is a proof that size doesnt matter, what matter is the small battleship that help each one to bring down a giant. Biblical story like "David and goliath" is a clear answer.

[@delta_4209]

Drain the oceans has got to be one of my favorite series i have found recently

[@bedjrocks5550]

The battle of Leyte gulf is the biggest naval battle in history

[@billyba3043]

ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING👏

[@LinuxLuddite]

those choke points are massive vulnerability in global internet network. Wow didn't know how vulnerable it was. Great documentary, i would like to see anothet drain the ocean episode on baltic sea anomaly

[@dryalga4000]

One error they made though: Yamato was not named after Yamato-damashii. It was named after the Yamato-province (modern day Nara Prefecture). All Japanese Battleships were named after the old provinces: Yamato, Musashi, Nagato, Mutsu, Hyuga, Ise, etc.

[@Pepe-dq2ib]

yup, japan names their ships on mountains, rivers and provincnes. Their sumbarines are named after sea mammals.

[@dryalga4000]

@@Pepe-dq2ib don't forget the destroyers being named after weather phenomina

[@garysellars8761]

The script writers don't care abourt accuracy but just seek to hype stuff up. Zero decent discussion about the battle or damage inflicted, nor the mechnaisms that led up to the detonation of the two magazines.

[@TheAdventureTravelers]

Always love watching this show. James Delgado is a natural too :-).

[@harryricochet8134]

Delgado is a total dunce, his universally panned book 'USS Arizona' is one of the worst pieces of naval history literature ever produced let alone on such a widely known topic. It is an unmitigated disgrace, littered with factual inaccuracies and outright fabrication. Grove and Stille and brilliant.

[@jhunjhun0412]

This is interesting information when it's come in Philippines sea floor in Visayas many battle shipwreck found...

[@jajasaria]

why i just subscribe now. you deserve all the views and subscription. thank you for very educational video.

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Hope more draining the ocean videos. Love watching them

[@jess65963]

Very informative! I really enjoy shows as this one.

[@IlocanainGermany]

Its Not Only China Sea ! Its also Philippines Sea ,Vietnam Sea, malaysia and brunei sea

[@RUHappyATM]

According to WoWs, Japanese warships are fire hazards. I love setting them on fire when I play.

[@imnchstruntd]

I'm glad i wasn't born that generation! imagine the difficulties that my fellow Filipinos experienced that year! I'm proud of them for keeping the Philippines!

[@jonathansadullo]

This video is amazing, now I know now why the China Sea is so important. Thanks to this video I have a clear view about what's happening now. National Geographic is a great source of information.

[@catalinamarquez6937]

The best therapy that I have is watching you people behind the screen and off believe me yes and no therapy just watching you people behind the screen 😮😂❤

[@rhondakennedy819]

So interesting. Be kind to one another. Stay safe. Love to all

[@KhanhPham-op9ro]

As a young boy during the 1970s. I went fishing with my father's boat. He always wants me to fish in the bow of the boat while his crews fished on the back of the stern. Most of the time, my fishing line was pulled by larger fish, and when my line was stuck, I was unable to pull it up. I look down under the ocean bed. I am able to see the skeletons of Japanese ships. I watched this National Geographic document, and now that I am older, I realize many Japanese' ships were sunk under Vietnamese territory in the ocean.

[@bagaspramanaputrafadhila5921]

Thanks for putting this on public

[@mbvoelker8448]

Really astonishing. The ships full of porcelain are nearly inconceivable!

[@lambertofider4951]

Because Knowledge is Power.

[@RomanicusMaximus]

@18:42 the most touching, powerful display of comradery ever

[@hasanar5179]

Kiagous Hussein Kalog Bentaib had 10 children, 1.Milah 2.Basariya 3.Fatimah 4.Bayang 5.Sahada 6.Muhammad 7.Aminah 8.Ratiyah 9.Nora 10.Monera

[@hasanar5179]

I need money for my American father Kiagous Mohammad Jacob Bentaib owned of world and had Rasellah

[@SonyaCanadWinner]

Only National Geographic could masterfully tell such a captivating story, which begins with a simulated dredging of a Imperial Japanese war ship and ends with how fiber optic cable is laid on the sea floor.

[@MammothPaige]

Great series

[@narimannourizadeh3693]

One of best videos I’ve ever seen

[@juniormiller5474]

yall need to do this in port royal Jamaica, there was an earthquake and most of that city was sunk many years ago

[@DecemberNames]

Thank you for another great video

[@user-if8sj1pq6j]

Fascinating, wonderful information! Thankyou.

[@vincentnavea6999]

I just love the drain the ocean docu.. more pls

[@swagger7]

I'd love to see a "Build the Mountains" episodes. Mountains are never defined by their foothills. 🗻🏔️

[@johnemerson1363]

The USS Tang was sunk by it's last torpedo in the Taiwan Strait during WWII. Some of her crew survived and a few got out after she sank by using the Momsun Lung and the forward escape hatch. She is in about 250 feet of water, yet no one has ever tried to locate her. Is there a reason China and Taiwan won't allow anyone to survey wrecks in the Strait?

[@lagrangewei]

politically US does not recognise UNCLOS, and so does not recognise China's right, asking China for the right to survey would undermine US political position and so it would be better to not ask. beside, no one cares enough about the Tang in Washingston. there are 120 of them build.

[@achillebelanger9546]

Oil.

[@johnemerson1363]

@@achillebelanger9546 Yeah, could be.

[@chrisshepherd1566]

So they wont find all the naughty things they have there waiting for the next war......

[@achillebelanger9546]

@@chrisshepherd1566 Truth.

[@kevinc.3579]

Fantastic presentation, as usual 🍻

[@Tswift63]

Good job ..this is refreshing 😌..nice knowledge on ya..thanks

[@izharulhaq2436]

Simply Amazing...

[@newsreviewerrobot-4639]

This news story is worth following closely.

[@marvwatkins7029]

Keep draining those oceans NG. Only make sure that it's only metaphorically.

[@softbytesunlimited]

Excellent video, thank you GEO 🙏

[@Gorilla_cookie]

I have seen a lot of military equipment off of the Philippines wile wreck diving. The best one was a Japanese Zero pointing straight downward like it was in a nose dive.

[@cdfdesantis699]

This is such a great series!

[@palanthis]

Just remember. There is no cloud. It's just someone else's computer.

[@user-pp9lo4bc8z]

You always bring a smile to my face! 😊

[@benthekeeshond545]

I always love and trust National Geographic. At least National Geographic reports its finding to the best of its knowledge, not spreading false history or outrageous discoveries. I have followed National Geographic since I was around 17, roughly 1/2 a century ago. I guess this is the fruit of a free press society. But I do believe that many of our news media are immensely influenced by interest groups.

[@chandrachen8084]

Like the titanic

[@gurindammedia]

Ulasannya luar biasa ❤terimakasih pak

[@maxcarter3413]

Fascinating

[@rburn6677]

Un-fortunately for the Japanese and Germany, the day of Battleships slugging it out toe to toe was setting and Carrier warfare was dawning.

[@bkjeong4302]

That was actually unfortunate for everyone, not just the Axis, because the Allies did the exact same thing during the same period of time-wasting money on pointless battleships

[@garysellars8761]

..while today hypersonic missiles are making carriers non-viable in peer-to-peer naval warfare.

[@DiscothecaImperialis]

Japan at that time was serious about that fact. in truth they are the first nation to built aircraft carrier anew and not by converting other vessels. A6M Zero is designed for carrier-based operations. They had CV fleet. but lost ones at Midway and did try to rebuild carrier fleets, to the point of converting two Dreadnoughts afts by adding flight decks and the third of Yamato class Superdreadnought into Aircraft Carrier (The Biggest until USS Forrestal came to service).

[@hvac924]

Great job NG

[@hiddentruth1982]

I would say the sheer size of it was an issue in the time of the aircraft carrier. It was an easy target to hit with bombs and torps. 5 years earlier and she would have been a terror of the seas.

[@stingingmetal9648]

It's crazy how many animals get stuck or caught on things in the ocean.

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

If the whale was caught on the cable, wouldn’t that keep it underwater, unable to breathe?

[@starzgonzales4358]

Now I know who to blame if my internet connection is not working. Those dang sharks are chewing those under water fiber optic cables again!

[@Puddlepirate70]

you failed to mention the Yamamato was a floating construction project. its top secret status was about keeping the fact it was mostly UN-operarional and never was completed, it was launched as a scare crow. it had big guns, but not even all its big guns were operational

[@Lemonrealchill]

Love watching this type of stuff

[@susana301301]

Very well done !!!

[@ricardoquizon4523]

Hav you heard the u.s ship charlestone.?? Way back 1993 fishermen from cagayan.found the ship sank near the bermuda triangle of the northern part of cagayan.. Found beneath were silver coins and golds.. You Can research it from the archive of inquirer news paper because they were the one who reported it.. It publish on may of 1993..

[@bradymenting5120]

one thing most people overlook is that the US Navy did get hit with a more literal successor to the Kamikaze in the form of Typhoon Cobra, which managed to do more damage to the USN in 1945 than the entire IJN.

[@abdulmustaan485]

Excellent... Wonderful 🌷🥀🌳💝🌺😘❤️

[@loviecraigue]

Embark on a captivating journey into the depths of the China Seas with this full episode of 'Drain the Oceans'. Unraveling mysteries beneath the waves, it's a mesmerizing exploration of history and intrigue.

[@jampasurprenant1794]

Great documentary of draining the ocean beneath the sea that is an awesome Now a days with the new Technology it is a billion idea For us to be able to see all of the ships Rexed.

[@marvwatkins7029]

Nat Geo has great CG for sure.

[@veronicalogotheti1162]

Thank you Very good programme

[@christophersnyder1532]

With the discovery of her sistership, Musashi by the team of experts funded by the late co-founder of microsoft, Paul G. Allen, it would be interesting to see the ship reconstructed digitally in a reversal of how the ship may have appeared. Have a great Christmas everyone, and a great new year, take care, and all the best.

[@billyba3043]

That would be pretty amazing... Thank you, wishing you all the best this holiday season.

[@garysellars8761]

Musashi is a debris field however as she exploded during descent to the seabed and the blast resulted in virtual complete disintegration . Much less to depict, less visual.

[@DiamondYTAnimation]

Splendid...

[@BRP-Yamamoto]

nice documentary..

[@jasonhare8540]

Kind of nice to hear that stuff in Vietnam is finally making its way to a shop .

[@briananthony4044]

Well, that put's an end to Star Blazers, the Japanese anime space series, where Yamato is raised and turned into a space going battleship. They did have 18 inch anti aircraft shells, but they weren't like modern shells and were ineffective.

[@frans9344]

very informative... thanks

[@seanconnery1277]

11.12.2022.Very good and best.

[@prathameshargade3a]

Great episode, bring more.

[@reyanlouiebasadre3969]

fun fact about yamato is she was made to sink to show the allies the rise of the imperial japanese represents the power of yamato and the sinking of yamato describes the fall of the japanese impire

[@bkjeong4302]

Yamato wasn't built to be shown off. There is a reason so secretive.

[@leexingha]

let me educate u properly. japan is lacking industrial might compared to other naval powers like (especially) US. often, lacks of quantity is compensated with quality

[@pinaychallenges...1399]

Wow amazing battleship yamato ....

[@sreeevathsan]

olden days were gold

[@henrysantos121]

Excellent documentary well done Matatan°®° Ribirin HS,

[@DeviouS-DaggerS]

Love history education shows

[@SLCclimber]

Can I just say, the narrator has such a calming voice. I hope he gets paid boat-loads 😅

[@jaws978]

Kublikhan's fleet = ancient aliens

[@kimberlybellard6972]

I wonder if they would do an episode on the Bering Sea & some of the crab/fishing boats that went down?

[@markcristianfacun3280]

The Story Of Yamato is Kinda Like You Bring A Samurai To A MachineGun Fight.

[@Otokichi786]

Well, the IJN seemed to have forgotten what happened to the UK's Force Z, which also sailed without air cover. One battleship vs. hundreds of torpedo planes and dive bombers = battleship on the ocean floor.

[@kevinzukauskas9255]

knowledge is power

[@SlipKnot7866]

Yamato was the _second_ tragedy. Musashi was the first. Unit 731 was 3rd.

[@codyaniloski6362]

Best narrator

[@juniormiller5474]

Port Royal is a city located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1518, it was the centre of shipping commerce in the Caribbean Sea during the latter half of the 17th century. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692 and a subsequent tsunami, and fires. Severe hurricanes have regularly damaged it. Another severe earthquake occurred in 1907

[@ophirbactrius8285]

Seems like a continuously relay bad omens cursed upon it! 😬😬

[@jameskissiar9525]

I knew data traveled underwater, but I didn't think it was that dependent data on cables undersea and the consequence of broken lines.

[@kristinaF54]

The Yamato and Musashi battleships were built to fight WW1-type sea battles and showed how they were out-moded against the new strategies developed during WW2, with aerial bombing campaigns from aircraft. Same is happening now with tanks being destroyed with small drones loitering above them dropping grenades on it or into the turret. Also the hypersonic self-guided cruise missile might end the age of the supercarrier.

[@ResidualSelfImage]

The other handicapped not mentioned is the USA had already broken the Imperial Japanese Naval code and could listen in on IJN HQ messages.

[@ophirbactrius8285]

And moreover, even MBT, APV nowadays become more delicacy meals for MANPADS, ATGM, Rocket Lunchers Anti-Tank/Anti-Armour and Mortar.

[@250txc]

39:47 -- Data in these cables is not as fast as the speed of light.

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

super cool vid there and i thou when my company dark fiber got cut it was difficult to fix, think about those underwater fibers

[@blitz8702]

amazing

[@vemaiesli1121]

You should do one for Bermuda Triangle