New perspective on Midway (Estonian Soldier reacts)

[@joshuamonk3005]

Netflix has a movie titled "The battle of Midway" it was filmed by the US Navy as it was fought. You might want to watch it.

[@jakethetake]

Is actually filmed by a famous filmmaker John Ford who had just got to midway that morning

[@Trunnion8]

@@jakethetake And who was injured the attack

[@joshuamonk3005]

Rez guitar... have you watched the film? It says in the very opening. Filmed by the US Navy. Just saying.

[@Trunnion8]

@@joshuamonk3005 I don't think he was disagreeing. Ford filmed it for the Navy. He was in military service at the time

[@TheJanabeke]

Yeah, the actual person that did the filming was filmmaker John Ford, who, like Trunnion8 said, was in the Navy. He won an Academy Award for the Documentary. www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2013/march/john-ford-usn

[@MrKaiserdoodle]

The zero had weaknesses that a man named Jimmy Thach taught his group to exploit. The zero was a light maneuverable plane but it lacked self sealing fuel tanks no armor plate behind the pilot and no radio because it weighed 40 lbs. The maneuver was eventually named the thach weave where two planes would fly parallel with each other and if a zero would get on the others tail the other plane would fly directly to his partner making the zero break away. During the battle of midway this technique was used 4 F4F were jumped by several zeros 1 F4F was shot down and 4 zeros were lost

[@similargamer8933]

It's like a daily dose of happiness when I watch your channels

[@TsarinaJacksontore]

i had a very bad day this made my day thanks artur

[@dm209]

Hello from Chicago, USA. I have to say as a amateurs in history and military stuff, we love your view point as someone outside of the U.S. and also outside of our own Military. Im always fascinated by what people from other countries think, good or bad. Man, if youre ever in the U.S. we'd love to have ya at our home for a beer, coffee, wine.. and some great conversation. :D Awesome channel.. Keep it going! - D&J

[@williemcdowell6319]

Hello from Evansville Indiana United states of America. thank you for covering this battle friend.

[@The_Watchers_On_Top]

Hey man love what you do. Keep doing good. Don't let people stop you.

[@TMX.-]

Love the daily uploads

[@jsl151850b]

There are Daily Uploads?

[@dianecomly6132]

That was fantastic! I'd watch more on Midway. You do it, I'll watch it!

[@harrisiq0843]

Lov your vids artur rehi. Your fan from Malaysia🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

[@marryanne8701]

LOVE YOU ARTUR!!!-love from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️

[@rockymcallister4258]

Midway is such a beautiful and tiny island. The northern beach is the most beautiful I have ever seen.

[@satsunada]

Keep up the great content! While you are doing things to market to us, it doesn't always have to be something we like... we can learn to appreciate nearly anything with you. Anyway, have a great day!

[@hoangkimviet8545]

The Battle of Midway was like the perfect counter-attack of the US. It had to be the decisive battle in the Pacific Front in World War II.

[@eodyn7]

Battle of Leyte Gulf is my personal favorite.

[@HemlockRidge]

Yes, pivotal in the PTO.

[@rockymcallister4258]

Yes, Sir!

[@nexvull5911]

I got the Estonian KZbinr mug and I gotta say, build quality and size are great. I am very busy in college and have not watched your recent stuff. But just wanted to say I appreciate you and your content. I love hearing different views on the same subject. Hearing about other countries makes me appreciate what I take for granted in the US. I am starting Air Force ROTC this week. 5am exercise then classes until 5pm? 12hrs of classes? Sign me up.

[@chrishaines6636]

The Japanese navy documentary of Midway was good to watch. I've seen the documentary of both sides, its very unique.

[@ViktorPushkin]

I love to see you still posting videos bro, love your channel and your perspectives. Keep it up

[@sandlano]

Keep up the good work my friend.

[@silicongarage4374]

Love your channel. Much love sent from Kentucky, USA.

[@agesflow6815]

Your cheer for the hit on Akagi made me smile. Subscribed.

[@menwithven8114]

There is a phenomenal series called "five came back" and it chronicles 5 big time Hollywood directors that worked for the military during WW2 producing propaganda. One of them was John Ford who got a warning about the Midway battle so he did everything he could to get ON THE ISLAND before the Japanese started attacking. He got there and there's real footage of all of it. These directors were stationed all around the world. One was present for the invasion of Italy and would actually have soldiers reenact huge battles just a day after a real battle happened in the same area. Those reenactments were used as propaganda in America and was passed as real fighting. A lot of people were unhappy and some directors refused to do it. They had dozens of film crews and directors on the ships invading Normandy and quite a few died. It's truly an amazing story doc. These were 5 of the greatest directors ever that created countless old school classic movies like grapes of wrath, Ben hur, the African queen, diary of Anne Frank and even ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE.

[@agoogleviewer]

Hi Arthur, Just to let you know, I've watched the documentary on netflix "ww2 in color" and it's amazing, lots of info, about 1 hour per episode and 6ish episodes, not only the video is good, the whole explanation is as coherent and neutral as one would expect, recomend it

[@Rudy87T]

Speaking of code breakers you should watch "Windtalkers" Navajo code talkers during WWII

[@wheels1367]

Isoroku Yamamoto said "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" in his diary

[@mikaeljensen4399]

Source

[@MadcapOP]

Thank you for doing these videos my friend!

[@Madbulldog42069]

Love your videos keep it up and your true fans are still here and I have never been able to comment within the first 10 minutes of your unloads!!

[@cfromcass]

The Midway planes did bring down the Japanese fighter umbrella from above. These planes swooped down and ambushed the planes from Midway causing those high casualties but once the fighter umbrella was used up the carrier planes were virtually unopposed. Plus the Thach Weave started bringing down those Zeros as the carriers approached. The Japanese ran out of fighter protection. And with their carriers bobbing and weaving avoiding these small piecemeal attacks from Midway and the Yorktown they had trouble replenishing any fighters they had.

[@richardhausig9493]

This is my favorite battle if WWII And can I just say, you do a fantastic job. Your Ukraine coverage has been top notch and you are an excellent presenter. Thanks!

[@pyronuke4768]

An American submarine, USS Nautlius, had been on patrol searching for the Japanese fleet that morning and actually ran into them. Being surrounded by the enemy fleet, it was deemed too risky to send out a radio signal to inform the Americans of her whereabouts, however, not wanting to pass up such a juicy target the Nautilus sailed straight under the fleet and attacked the Akagi. Her torpedo spread missed and informed the Japanese of Nautilus's presence. She booked it out of there, with the destroyer Arashi in pursuit. The Nautilus got away and the Arashi turned back to rejoin the fleet. This was the destroyer that McClusky spotted that gave him the attack vector to hit the Japanese carrier group! So you could thank the crew of the Nautilus for helping to sink Kaga and Akagi.

[@TheFioreCollection]

OOOO another midway vid. Thanks Artur!

[@wahswolf88]

Nice vid. Best wishes Artur.

[@stephenwalling5878]

I was in the navy, my father was in the, my grandfather was in the navy. I was on submarines, my father was on air craft craft carriers, my grandfather was battleships. We got the sea covered.

[@py1537]

It's nice to see you back to culture and military.

[@sdklemann9360]

I believe it was Yamato that said: "In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and achieve victory upon victory, but if the war continues beyond that I have no expectation of success." Edit: Yamamoto not Yamato lol

[@johnmastracco3058]

He did say something like that. He also told them if they did not have control of the Pacific Ocean in less than a year the United States would come back to overpower them.

[@mountainman0]

Isoroku Yamamoto may have said this but the book "tales of yamato" published in 951 or the battleship yamato launched on 8th august 1940 probably didn't

[@ipant1056]

@@mountainman0 951 or 1951 if its 951 then thats hecka old

[@mrnickbig1]

@@ipant1056 , Mr. Todd's post is so garbled, I have no idea what he was trying to say.

[@Fathertime0623]

You should check out the Video "Sabaton - Midway (Music video)" created by Knight SGC Archive and yes it's not an Official Music Video but it is made well. The Movies he uses for the video are Midway (2019), Midway (1976), Eternal Zero (2013), Pearl Harbor (2001) and the song he uses is "Sabaton - Midway" about the Battle of Midway (subtitles work for this video and I recommend them). Sabaton is a Swedish heavy metal band from Falun, Dalarna. Most of their songs are written about historical events such as war or heroism. I know you don't react to music but I thought you might like it because you did a reaction about Midway.

[@wildeone5410]

i just learned that commenting will help your channel. so i will be commenting something, even if it makes no sense

[@wildeone5410]

there is also a really good video about Midway from the Japanese perspective

[@carlosarevalo5815]

Your commentary is amazing

[@mrnickbig1]

Nimitz was a Texan, so there was no way he would just let the Japanese capture Midway.

[@garrisonmartin8017]

Texas

[@somerandomperson2768]

@@garrisonmartin8017 no he meant like texan for example californian alaskan like that

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

PATRIOTISM BEPO

[@ThaCrustyOne]

Keep it up broski!!! Much love from ATL, GA! 🔥🔥💯💯🤘🤘🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@calebmaurer6664]

thanks for the daily uploads

[@damiandorhoff719]

Drachinifel also has an interesting Video about the Battle of Jutland between Germany and Britain in WW1

[@MinorLG]

I have slept overnight in a birth on the yorktown (cv10). It's a museum, and reported to be haunted. The midway yorktown was cv5

[@JoeBlow_4]

I tend to get a bit depressed at times and your channel and "TheReportofTheWeek"s channel helps. Thanks.

[@luisdawnfinder3188]

Both are excellent channels

[@HemlockRidge]

The primary weapon against ships in WWII were torpedos. The American carriers had the Douglas TBD "Devastator" torpedo bomber. They were obsolete, slow, and cumbersome in 1942. AND, the early US torpedos were unreliable. They were slaughtered. The great Grumman TBF "Avenger" was in the pipeline, but not widely available yet. It was the same with the fighters. The Grumman F4F "Wildcat" was not very good against Zeros. The early pilots LEARNED how to fight with them. Then the Grumman F6F "Hellcat" came out in 1943, and was superior to the Zero.

[@cakeonfrosting8105]

Hey Artur, I bet you would like the series Battle 360: Enterprise. It’s on KZbin and it follows the story of lucky E, the USS Enterprise.

[@andrewschmidt6328]

Artur is the man!

[@idonthaveanyfriendsnn7778]

You are the best human on this earth

[@cfromcass]

When Yorktown left Pearl Harbor it wasn't fully repaired from the damage is had taken from Coral Sea so some repair crews went with her when she departed Pearl Harbor. The Yorktown and Enterprise were also the more advanced carriers with updated fire control systems so they can bring fires under control faster limiting damage and casualties.

[@Jboogy1st]

LEETTTSSSSS GOOOO TEXASSSS!!!!!

[@Alexander_Anderson7]

Fuck yeah

[@vast5513]

Love from your Lithuanian brother

[@thekringe4387]

I’m now learning about Estonia in school now with all the other countries in the area so that’s cool I guess.

[@JoeBlow_4]

What's so funny is I've watched this more than once. Only because its calming.

[@saltrock9642]

The Japanese military underestimated the will, bravery and resolve of the American fighting soldiers especially the pilots. Americans were just plain pissed off.

[@gooseman_x]

I would strongly recommend watching the three-part series done by Montemayor. It is incredibly detailed and puts you into the mindset of first the Japanese commanders, then the Americans. It’s done in a minute-by-minute timeline format, and he uses a “fog of war”, so you know exactly what each commander knew as they learned it. The three videos give you a far better understanding of how the Battle of Midway played out and why it played out the way it did.

[@guyincognito1406]

Seconded. It’s a refreshing report, well done from both perspectives.

[@big_viking0057]

@Artyr Rehi It was not a sleeping Dragon Its a Sleeping Giant. Quoting from Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

[@iKvetch558]

That is from Tora Tora Tora, but there is no actual evidence he ever said that. He definitely believed Japan's only chance was to beat the US quickly, and he almost exactly predicted how long his winning would go on before the Americans would begin to turn the tables on him. He knew that in a long war, Japan really had no chance against the US.

[@billyharley8295]

so originally the plan was to have all six of the japanese carriers at midway. the battle of the coral sea saw one of the six carriers destroyed and on effectively deplaned. This battle would have been very different with 6 japanese carriers

[@iKvetch558]

Shokaku was damaged, but did make it back to port...the carrier that was sunk was the light carrier Shoho, but it was not one of the 6 carriers that were to have been part of Nagumo's Kido Butai in the attack. Interesting thing is that the Japanese could have created a full air wing by taking the planes from Shokaku and putting them on Zuikaku, and could have had 5 carriers at Midway anyway...but that was not Japanese doctrine. They kept air wings with the carriers they were assigned to, and did not shuffle them around like the Americans did. ✌

[@user-un9lt3em6o]

Congrats on hitting 323k again

[@arturrehi]

Yea that was a close one

[@user-un9lt3em6o]

Yea

[@wkjeter]

It all comes down to numbers... crazyness.

[@maxmccrabb2477]

My grandfather finished dive bomber school JUST after Midway His first major action was at the Marshall Islands. He was at Guadalcanal but didn’t see much action

[@moonman0980]

Looks good man

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Great video.

[@cfromcass]

You are right the Japanese Zero's were lighter and more maneuverable but they were not armored. Their carriers were converted from other ships like battle ships where as the American carriers like the Yorktown class had more advanced fire control systems to reduce fire damage making recovery and repairs quicker. This is why the Yorktown cam back from Coral Sea and joined the action.

[@zakthewolf2271]

There's a song called Midway by Sabaton for the battle of Midway

[@madgamer7890]

If you want to see a good series about the war in Germany and the pacific definitely check out band of brothers and the pacific their a hbo mini series their very good

[@ajclements4627]

I just want to say it’s so great to see people outside the US try to understand its history.

[@jackofalltrades7469]

(You did not lose many but quickly gain them back, good job.) We really did a number on Japanese moral, it never recovered. I like how up interrupt and talk about the strategy, There is the big plan in war, it last about 10 minutes in actually combat. Then it is the decisions made after the plan goes south that really win the battle we call it luck.

[@Ryan-zp4qo]

Operation Desert Storm is covered in meticulous detail in a few great videos by The Operations Room. If you want to learn all about it then be sure to give them a watch. The first video is called "Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Time-Lapse" The second is called "Desert Storm - The Ground War, Day 2 - Iraqi Counterattack - Time-Lapse"

[@larrygallon4260]

You are the best!!!

[@connerfarr8072]

Its always a good idea to watch and read different material about one event. I'm an American and I prefer to watch Russian and Japanese videos about their military over the years of WW2 and the Cold War. There is a fantastic Russian video about their air power throughout the years and it made a lot of other things make sense about their engineering choices.

[@CFarnwide]

Even though they are mostly in subtitles, I much prefer the Russian documentaries on WWII as well. 😎

[@rinoamenna]

scotch tape to patch up a warship !? thats insane, love your videos Artur

[@danielhenderson8316]

17:00 - Another problem Nagumo had is the Akagi didn't have an "Admiral's Bridge" or a place for him and his staff to work. His staff is on the bridge with the Akagi's Captain and bridge crew in a room about 4 square meters with 20 jammed in AND figuring out what to do with the Americans to the North AND getting bombed by Midway AT THE SAME TIME!

[@chokoloteblack9328]

Hello love you’re content

[@gorb3893]

If you want more perspectives, you should watch Montemayor’s videos on Midway

[@wkjeter]

I love these battle explanations done by serious Naval scholars.

[@rolandronish3416]

The USA gave Rusha arms, airplanes, and food during WW II also.

[@DanielSanchez-fd6nd]

I think I remember suggesting this a while back. I'm glad he watched it.

[@hermanheart6810]

great video to cover

[@Logan-ed4pu]

Enjoying the hat, and the cup. Hoodies next? BTW, where are my fellow Kansans at? Lets get some more representation!

[@thesithlord1019]

My great grandfather served on the flagship during the battle of midway

[@ethandaynne]

i will try to become patreon soon

[@blakedechent9190]

Don’t worry Arthur I’ll always respect you

[@SuperMinecraftgamer-yr4cx]

The Battle of Midway was, in many peoples minds, a decisive battle that changed the fate of the war, but it was more like the battlefield was suddenly a lot more even when it came to the Pacific War. At the end of part 3 of the Battle of Midway by Montemayor, he goes over the specifics, but the battlefield was “suddenly a lot more even”, as he stated, as the Kido Butui would be more or less broken after this battle. It really did change the face of the theatre, but it wasn’t the absolute decisive battle that everyone things it is because the Japanese still had plenty of warships and it would not be a matter of how, but when the Japanese would fall. If you want a more in-depth review into this, you can go watch Montemayor’s 3rd part to the Battle of Midway because he explains a whole lot more in detail than me.

[@Ed70Nova427]

Yeah you're right and another thing it did was wipe out hundreds of obsolete aircraft and when they were replaced they ended up with some completely new and many up grades to existing aircraft.

[@Tinfoilnation]

At 4:06 - taking out the American carriers with their own carriers wasn't really the Japanese plan. They wanted a fleet engagement. They intended to use that one heavy task force of *ELEVEN* battleships - including the largest battleship in the world (Yamato) - to engage and destroy the US fleet in a classic naval surface engagement. That one task force by itself outmassed the *entire* US Pacific Fleet and it was separate from the carrier task force specifically so it could seek-and-destroy the US fleet when it sortied from Pearl.

[@rentond3666]

If you like reacting to ww2 naval battles you should really give this one a try "The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those" by the channel drachinifel

[@standingpatriot7818]

Of the 99 men in the 42 torpedo planes that were lost, only three survived the Battle of Midway.

[@chrisfeltner]

also about breaking the code if i remember correctly if you can read 5% of the message the codes been broken even if its just gribrish thats used to fill the message aout

[@HemlockRidge]

The truth is, the Japanese lost the war on December 7th, 1941.

[@timothywalsh1001]

As a military history fanatic.. They failed to destroy our carriers, that was the objective. Even if they did, we can replace them fast.

[@inary682]

@@Adrian-kb4rg still fast compared to other countries aircraft carrier building capabilities

[@viikmaqic]

Japan could never win, maybe just maybe get a truce. But I doubt it

[@invadegreece9281]

@@timothywalsh1001 *laughs in 32 planned Essex class, 24 started, and 22 completed, almost all completed during the war*

[@itsdababynoseriously1753]

@@timothywalsh1001 well if you look the Japanese destroyed air fields and our ships but not oil supplies and repair yards so it only took a couple months for it up and running at Pearl Harbor

[@Kishandreth]

A little context: At this point in the war the Japanese zero pilots were the top pilots in the world. While US pilots weren't too shabby, the zeros were agile enough and skilled enough to be an overwhelming threat. After this battle the pilot skill actually evens out and then the US pilots become better trained as the war continues. The US training program becomes better as pilots are rotated off carriers to train the new recruits. As for luck: No amount of luck will make up for having the skills to capitalize on luck. While WW2 pacific theater was based off of statistics (putting enough bullets into the air that planes would have to fly through them) skill allows for a lucky situation to be better. In this battle it was lucky that the Akagi had a full hangar deck, but it was the pilots skill in recognizing it wasn't being attacked and landing a bomb that allowed the lucky situation to be effective. Even if the Akagi had an empty hangar, there would have still been a giant hole in the flight deck that would require repairs before any airplane could launch or be recovered. If the pilot hadn't had the skills to break off the Kaga and attack the Akagi and land a bomb, then the Akagi would have sailed away unharmed.

[@saparotrob7888]

As a rule I don't like "reaction" videos. This I like.

[@cfromcass]

The Japanese Zero was light and more maneuverable but had no armure. Our torpedo fighters were very slow. The US Yorktown Class Carriers had more advanced fire suppression systems so it and the Enterprise could recover and stay in the battle longer.

[@Panterakat1]

Very cool presentation. BTW, I didn't like your last video either but I have my Estonian You Tuber cup and could not just leave because I didn't like what was said.

[@arturrehi]

Thank you for staying

[@ethangrubb2857]

You should react to some videos from "The Operations Room" they also have very detailed videos I think you would like. I suggest their videos on Desert Storm

[@susanmaggiora4800]

Ethan Grubb Those are great videos!

[@joesmith3098]

Very good 👍 suggestion!

[@cheeseninja1115]

or his newest one. With them feisty Canadians using land ordinance on a ship, and failing.

[@davidgeorge2269]

I would be very interested in you trying different types of shiner beer from Texas :)

[@havaski1277]

I think you should react to Sabaton songs. Most of their song is about history.

[@justanunluckyirishmaninabl5178]

Yes! Literally anything by Sabaton makes my day!

[@Papershields001]

Primo Victoria!

[@Treetimedragons]

@Havaski do you know what the song is called that plays about 7:30?

[@bradenmctavish7060]

Devil dogs

[@Treetimedragons]

@@bradenmctavish7060 is that the songs name?

[@cheeseninja1115]

I don't think you could ever do a video on it but I would recommend looking into all the atrocities of the pacific, on both sides. It was a different kind of war than the one being fought in the west, less about the attrition of recourses and more about the degradation of the mind as both sides at the time were too patriotic to ever stop the fight until one came out victorious.

[@hunterofhotdogs4505]

at his time in the war the japanese had handedly the finest pilots in the world, pilots that were near impossible to replace

[@masonfarnsworth1801]

i praise the bravery of both the Japanese and american pilots/navy men. all very brave and faught for there country honorably.

[@richardhausig9493]

USA lost over 100 planes but most were torpedo planes not the dive bombers, which were the planes that sunk the Japanese carriers.

[@danm2783]

If you can find a full video on the Battle off Samar (you saw some of it at the end of the Leyte Gulf video), it might work for you