Raid on Makin Island - Pacific War #39 DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

Wizards and Warriors: kzbin.infofeatured Cold War: kzbin.info/door/CGvq-qmjFmmMD4e-PLQqGg TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@kingsandgenerals Pacific War Podcast: thepacificwar.podbean.com Pacific War #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKu2Yo13qtGjpbs Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6GleIh5bbSde5Y Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack Guam, Wake, the Philippines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4uXlWqHmt6crM0 Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5m0o6luZ617pJo Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpjXkpqbrMikgdE Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3i8kpqefqikobs Pacific War #7 - Battle of Slim River: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5a6cn-notiLrtU Pacific War #8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onPam5qbqKumfLc Pacific War #9 - Invasion of New Britain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIavZmZunp2Co9U Pacific War #10 - Fall of Malaya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGiukoGqo5emfNE Pacific War #11 - Battle of Makassar Strait: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnuwqaVteqlrqqs Pacific War #12 - Fall of Singapore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpDbdmd5i6xmqLs Pacific War #13 - Invasion of Sumatra: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enKVeX6XmtprrZY Pacific War #14 - Invasion of Timor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnqnYamqapdgrLs Pacific War #15 - Fall of Java: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4Cye5aoZ6mEibM Pacific War #16 - Fall of Rangoon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/parYaK1trLaBp8k Pacific War #17 - How the US Responded to Pearl Harbor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sF6TnZyJjqZpZq8 Pacific War #18 - Hideki Tojo: Bringing Japan Into The Pacific War: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXeyZaJjg5eZgc0 Pacific War #19 - Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2iYmautfMd5fqc Pacific War #20 - Fall of Bataan & The Bataan Death March: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYvWqaOdg9yrj8U Pacific War #21 - Doolittle Raid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioWwY3uIaLKnr9E Pacific War #22 - Japanese Advance on Burma Road: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJWtkGZtaLOsg6c Pacific War #24 - Battle of the Coral Sea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX67aIxsg8-Wb6M Pacific War #25 - Fall of the Philippines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3baeWulhtBpfpo Pacific War #26 - Fall of Burma: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqqrooGPlNVlbbs Pacific War #27 - Operation Sei-Go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXEkJiropqbmrc Pacific War #28 - Battle of Midway: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmLUfKKkZ9eXsM0 Pacific War #29 - Japanese Invasion of Alaska: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZLcl3-iqtBgndE Pacific War #30 - Japanese Attack on Sydney: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ-8nmqGabSsn9U Pacific War #31 - MacArthur and the Philippines Disaster: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpe6cn6QmcqfqM0 Pacific War #32 - Attacks New Guinea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emSZq56FapuVpqM Pacific War #33 - Biological Warfare in China: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2XalJKpr5uLfsU Pacific War #34 - Japan Attacks the Continental United States: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iamsYWaqo5yJbs0 Pacific War #35 - Invasion of Buna-Gona: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amPQnmWdis99sLM Pacific War #36 - Battle of Kokoda: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4jEn2etesdliNE Pacific War #37 - Invasion of Solomon Islands: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKCao5qujsp-lZo Pacific War #38 - Battle of Savo Island: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJDKiaWmiKilrK8

[@trevorh6438]

A Decimation is not victory in total. 90% forces would still remain if they were only reduced by one tenth part.

[@Autobotmatt428]

You are mispronouncing a lot of names of people, places, and Islands.

[@AruntamizhSentamizh]

I am awaiting for a video on Cholas .... T

[@stewartsingal4599]

I ❤️ your all video including Pasific war, do not stop.

[@stewartsingal4599]

Please make new video about Indonesian independence war (1945 - 1949).

[@JohnnyElRed]

What about Miller and his team? They got captured there as part of the reconnaissance mission.

[@irongeneral7861]

You think since you say nothing... you are strong?

[@gunman47]

Roebuck: "Miller... You're okay. Thank God. We're gonna make them pay for what they've done."

[@adrianybas778]

I see what you did there

[@masonic1776]

That was top secret so it never happened

[@Crazy-pl1lo]

Plans gone to shit!

[@gunman47]

_Makin Atoll - little more than sand, trees and a small Japanese Military base. Miller's reconnaissance team landed there almost a week ago. Since then - we've heard nothing. The waiting's over, we're going in. For all we know they're already dead. If what little we know about the Japanese is true, it might be better if they are._ - Sergeant Roebuck This week on August 17 1942, the first mission of the 2008 video game *Call of Duty: World at War* , the Semper Fi level under Private Miller begins at Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. Already from the beginning, the capture and horrific torture of Private Pyle by the Japanese gives a good indication of how much darker World at War would be compared to earlier Call of Duty games. Sergeant Tom Sullivan summaries this dark tone very well, where “Tojo's at home in this shit.”

[@circleancopan7748]

You have a choice of M1 Garand, Arisaka, and a Type 100. You can have a BAR, if Private Ryan was saved, and he died at the MG position.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Iconic mission, followed by the even more amazing Vendetta

[@jonbaxter2254]

@@circleancopan7748 You also get a Nambu pistol which you immediatley swap for something else.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Dickson, you're everywhere.

[@newdogmodel3893]

I thought the mission was on Peleliu?

[@Galvaxatron]

Whoever is in charge of directing and producing this episode is exactly what makes Kings and Generals one of the very best YT based history channels.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@EdwardBennett]

@@KingsandGenerals please make a TV show I'm pretty sure it would do great

[@EdwardBennett]

@@KingsandGenerals with the production quality

[@talamioros]

don't know why I need Magellan TV when literally nothing they have produced with live talents and reenactments is remotely as good, professional or informative as the KZbin stuff like this.

[@eliaspolychronopoulos4333]

I will never forget when Corporal Robuck and Sergeant Sullivan saved me from getting impaled when we were leaving the island.

[@williamhalsted4]

A quote, or were you there?

[@surfdocer103]

Tell me you’re not referencing a video game

[@micman96]

"Makin Atoll, little more than sand, trees, and a small Japanese military base ..."

[@jonbaxter2254]

"Miller's recon team got there a week ago... we've heard nothing since then..."

[@fuso-yamashiro-harunabattl7015]

"The waiting is over, we're going in, for all we know they're already dead..."

[@Loon2020]

"If what little we know about the Japanese is true, it might be better if they are."

[@wolfu597]

"23rd August. Our troops are enjoying the fruits of victory" That's what Ichiki wrote in his diary the day before the attack. Ichiki believed that there were only about 2000 Marines on Guadalacanal, not knowing that Vandegrift had landed 11 000 Marines, on the very first day. Furthermore, the Japanese attacked one of the very few spots where the Marines had managed to put up barbed wire. To me, there isn't any clearer example of victory fever than the battle of Alligator creek.

[@oldfrend]

japanese command was drunk with power and arrogance; ironically something they accused the americans of in their propaganda. i think even a quick night time recon flight would've shown there were a lot more than ichiki's detachment garrisoned at henderson.

[@trplankowner3323]

While war gaming the invasion of Midway Island, someone brought up the possibility that the US carriers might not be in port and might attack Nagumo's Kido Butai. The whole idea was dismissed by Yamamoto with the Japanese idiom of "one touch of the armored fist" meaning that all resistance would go away when met with martial force. As a result of Yamamoto's hubris, Japan lost what had been the more powerful and effective naval force in the world. The US Navy's intelligence had predicted exactly where Kido Butai would approach from and when to expect them. That is what I would say is the most prominent example of "victory disease" and the disastrous results of that hubris. Now it is important to point out that "victory disease" did not change the inevitable outcome of the war. It only hastened it. Probably saving lives in the totality of the war. I often say that the Pacific War was lost at the Battle of Tsushima. Japan had been emboldened by their easy victory over the Russians and thought they could take on the Western powers and win. In fact, they never had a chance. Their behavior and decision making only made it worse, not altered the outcome. Still, it was always a lost cause. I'll illustrate that fact with a single statistic: for every pound of supplies the Japanese Empire sent to it's forces, the US sent a ton (2000 pounds) to it's forces.

[@darthveatay]

Victory fever has been the undoing of many commanders

[@oldfrend]

@@trplankowner3323 i love your insight, but bro, paragraphs!

[@trplankowner3323]

@@oldfrend Better now? I was on my phone earlier.

[@gunman47]

Now would be a good time to watch the second half of the first episode of The Pacific, with the Battle of the Tenaru portrayed, along with a memorable scene of Robert Leckie taking out his M1911 pistol for a mercy killing on a Japanese soldier in the aftermath of the battle.

[@kirbyculp3449]

There is also the movie 'Guadalcanal Diary', 1943.

[@jeffreysams3348]

That was an awesome scene. Also, the scene where the Japanese destroyers carrying the Ichiki Detachment waltz right by the marines when the could do nothing was both awesome and brutal

[@kevintierney5711]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="324">5:24</a> "The American positions would also be boldly shelled by American submarines and destroyers during these first few days." That's a bold strategy cotton

[@adarkstarz]

As a Marine vet I knew there was some friction between the Navy and Marines, but this is taking it to a whole new level

[@lonerangerv1224]

@@adarkstarz almost Japanese levels of inter service rivalry.

[@Barwasser]

"Wait... it's all American?" "Always has been." *points destroyers cannon on American position

[@trevorh6438]

Almost as bold as calling a mere reduction by one tenth part a total victory.

[@apexnext]

🤣 Glad I'm not the only one who did a double take there.

[@Sgtklark]

Thanks!

[@wtgardner6914]

Another excellent installment of such an engrossing docu-series! No one does it better than K&G!

[@doanphat1480]

Ah yes, the raid that kick off the events of COD: World at War

[@oasis1282]

Wait 2 more years and we'll get to Peleliu.

[@doanphat1480]

And then another year to Okinawa

[@jonbaxter2254]

@@oasis1282 Blowtorch and Corkscrew?

[@oasis1282]

@@jonbaxter2254 No. Hard landing

[@circleancopan7748]

Little Resistance.

[@boosuedon]

I served under Maj. General Peatross in 1969 at Parris Island, SC where he was the Commanding General of the training facility there. I did not hear of his exploits with Carlsons Raiders during WW2 for some 45 years later and I was blown away that I had been in the presence of a real Marine hero for three years of service and never knew it! I saw him in front of Headquarters building every morning as they raised the flag and our national anthem played at exactly 0800. He looked like a "shitbird" to me, uniform almost wrinkle free, cover almost squared away, salute very sloppy, but I was just a E-4 Corporal who didn't really appreciate the upper ranks of the Officers. I was in fact, the idiot asshole! We had no idea we were working with one of Carlsons Raiders! His exploits are available on KZbin here. He was in large part a key component of our success there at Makin Island. "Mighty Fine" is what he would say every morning at the conclusion of the daily ceremony.

[@aaronmarks9366]

That's an awesome memory! May I ask, did you serve in Vietnam?

[@boosuedon]

@@aaronmarks9366 No, I was lucky enough to serve all three years Stateside. Thanks for asking.

[@gunman47]

Other than Call of Duty: World at War, the 2004 video game *Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault* had also covered the same Makin Atoll raid as well. In fact, they had created several levels for this raid and was far longer in length. In these levels, you play as Private Thomas Conlin, alongside fellow Marines such as Francis Minoso and James Sullivan, and rescue a recon pilot and sniper from the Japanese defenders, amongst other objectives. Watch out for the snipers waiting on top in the trees.

[@circleancopan7748]

While on Call of Duty: World at War, you play as Private C. Miller, one of the remaining recon team rescued in Makin, and you also had to follow the Raiders as they ravage the Japanese position.

[@horatiodreamt]

CoD World at War is good for its graphics and realism of weapons, but it shows the Marines as incompetent imbeciles with crappy marksmanship.

[@jonny-b4954]

MOH Pacific Assault is decent. Played through in about 6 months ago during my MOH series playthrough. Took me a year hahah. I like the immersion of menus and the tips/facts it gives you. Though it's kind of annoying after a while.

[@Voucher765]

@@circleancopan7748 Sgt Roebuck and Sgt Sullivan also took part in the raid

[@AdmRose]

@@jonny-b4954It was decent but I was annoyed that the game ended at Tarawa, barely halfway through the Pacific War.

[@circleancopan7748]

In World at War, you play as Private C. Miller, the remaining survivor of the ill-fated recon team sent. You had to follow Sargent Sullivan and Corporal Roebuck in destroying a Japanese installation in Makin, as part of the Raiders, while Pyle's remains and the remaining incapacitated members of the recon team to be evacuated early. You have been given M1911 pistol, you have the option of taking an M1 Garand, Type 100 rifle and an Arisaka.

[@Crazy-pl1lo]

Where and when do you get a 1911 lol

[@paku5311]

Nambu pistol not 1911

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Actually you are given the Nambu pistol of the officer who was interrogating you.

[@circleancopan7748]

I stand corrected, it was a Nambu, not 1911.

[@mackysplace]

Should have mentioned the amazing role of SgtMaj Vouza, a Solomon Islander who, despite suffering multiple horrific wounds, alerted the Americans of the attack along the Tenaru River giving time for the Marines prepare

[@aaronmarks9366]

I really want to learn more about Native troops in the Solomons and New Guinea during these campaigns, you rarely hear them mentioned in popular WWII histories

[@tss77]

Evans Carlson, this man is a legend in the Marine Corps.

[@helloworld0609]

Interesting guy. Traveled to China and worked with the Chinese communists guerrillas fighting the Japanese, organized the raiders along egalitarian lines, and subjected his men to "ethical indoractionzation".

[@theawesomeman9821]

this dude deserves his own movie

[@ridgerunner5772]

Carlson was a Bolshevik, ego driven and had a lackey in the White House which was a little more on the Pink side.... This operation was a Class A Cluster Fuck......

[@ridgerunner5772]

@@helloworld0609, Carlson was a Bolshevik and the operation was naive and a Cluster Fuck..... Carlson's Leadership and Tactics were foolish at best.....

[@DanielLogan-s9n]

I concur. In that question the information sources used in this video. With 20 years active duty in the Marine Corps and extensive study in the World War 2 Pacific campaigns consequently, This is the only reference I have ever heard that Carlson ever had any intent of surrender. Never heard it before and I'm highly skeptical of its accuracy

[@blackpowderuser373]

"You think that because you say nothing, you are strong?!?" EDIT: Now this makes Episode 1 of The Pacific by HBO. I thought the assault on Alligator Creek was from Japanese troops already stationed on Guadalcanal. Turns out they were landed AFTER the Battle of Savo Island.

[@somethinsomethin7243]

"GungHo" I have heard that term alot but it always meant "motivated". Now hearing you describe that term and how the raiders applied it, it seems that they were more in touch with the American revolutionary militia and skirmisher mind set. It also seems to be inline with Rogers Rangers.

[@jonbaxter2254]

I always thought it was "gun-ho" and thought it was an American expression.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@jonbaxter2254 its a Chinese saying

[@RW77777777]

my American pinup calendar has a lot of gun-ho

[@KevinKaiChan]

@@theawesomeman9821 it is not. The term doesn’t mean anything in Chinese other than being an abbreviation of the name Chinese Industry Cooperatives (Gōngyè Hézuòshè) that existed during WW2. The meaning that this term supposedly has is purely an American invention.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@KevinKaiChan "Gong Ho" is Chinese slang in origin and it was a way of describing people being aggressively up front. It wasn't used much by after WWII by the Chinese but became popular in the West after American Special Forces who operated in China adopted the slang term.

[@joechang8696]

Perhaps the most significant impact of the Makin raid was that the Japanese initially interpreted the Guadalcanal invasion as a raid and hence did not respond seriously, with the exception of Mikawa

[@TomFynn]

Ichiki: I'd rather die fighting. USMC: Glad to be of assistance.

[@B-Rok88]

When i started this series I thought to myself "ill never finish this" Now im here ahead of schedule patiently waiting for the next installments :D

[@wolf2912]

This is the best documentary series in youtube about pacific war👍

[@lucasespinola5076]

i never knew this much was going on in the pacific war, can't wait the next episode, was keeping me in suspense.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

“Dear Vera […] We have met the enemy, and learned nothing new about him, but I have learned things about myself, what man can do to one another, it is sobering to the soul.”

[@Zeoxis6]

I've been wondering when we'd get here! 'Guadalcanal'. 'Makin Atoll'. Names from the other side of the world and from my childhood. It's already been said, but I'm definitely ready to see the KnG context around World at War's Pacific campaign. That game's portrayal of history helped to inspire a love for the study of it within me, and it's been interesting coming full circle with this series. I'll probably have to replay it again after this!

[@Wallyworld30]

My grandfather was drafted in WW2 into the 165th Infantry Regiment which was part of the 27th Infantry Division. My grandfathers Battalion was nicknamed the "Fighting Irish" and "Fighting 69" was first tasked in what ended up being the worst battle in WW2 for the American's. *The Battle of Makin saw 1000 American Casualties and 400 Japanese Casualties. The 27th Infantry was tasked with supplying the "Landing Force" to take the tiny Atoll and they of course chose my grandfathers 165th Infantry Regiment. When they were invading the island my grandfather was taking cover and saw their Battalion Leader Col. Gardiner Conroy in the open. My grandfather yelled to Col. Conroy, "Sir, you should take cover their are Snipers in those tree's". The Colonel head my grandfather and stood straight up and screamed, "No, GD Snipers are going to stop the United States Army!". Immediately after saying this Colonel Gardiner Conroy was shot in the head and killed. My Grandfather survived this hair raising battle in one piece and his next mission to invade Saipan. My grandfather was a heavy machine gunner and during the big Banzai Charge at Saipan my grandfather had his leg shot off. He walked around with a wooden leg for the rest of his. However he lead a good life when he got home from the war he married my beautiful grandmother and had 7 children and 9 grandchildren and worked at the Chicago Post Office Building for 40 years. He passed away in 1993 RIP Grandpa McIntyre.

[@impostor101]

Finally man , keep it up ... I've been looking forward to see your video weekly as i am enjoying every bits of information you tell from that interesting point of view

[@davidg4682]

Sus

[@ThatBasedGuy]

Japanese Snipers: "the situation is under control we got the Americans pinned dow.." Japanese Commanders: *"BANSAI!!"*

[@92Psyco]

Don't get in the way of my glorious suicide!

[@apexnext]

Oh damn I laughed. 😂

[@rowbearly6128]

Yup. it was that kind of deluded right wing nutjob that assassinated the moderate Japanese politicians and installed the Military Dictatorship that led to such slaughter.

[@陈德元-r8e]

It is BANZAI actually... BANSAI in Minnan Chinese dialect or Taiwanese dialect means POOP~~ XD

[@RoKKr023i]

look forward to these every week! thanks for putting together a great show!

[@songkok7hitam]

God bless those Marines on Makin Island. I always thought about their fate in captivity, I know it's a very ugly end for those brave men.

[@Sparky0627]

From what I recall, the Japanese General & Colonel that ordered their deaths were executed for war crimes (they were POWs) because of that. Didn't want to feed them or transport them elsewhere.

[@jasonwalker3185]

I absolutely love this channel I watch everything y’all make! Thanks for all the content past and present

[@louievelayo4100]

"Where's the fireworks?" "Tell me those charges weren't duds!" "They better not be." (Japanese weapons depot goes boom!) That's how you start World at War... Next week: Enterprise gets hurt... *BADLY!*

[@SerpentOfTheWound]

Excellent graphics showing troop movements. TY Best I've seen yet. I'll check out your other videos for sure now.

[@Daem4030]

Buckle up bro, there is a lot of epic content and the addiction is real.

[@brutusvonmanhammer]

I fought on this island. I saved Private Ryan from a flaming Japanese soldier outside of a hut. I was wounded and my comrades had to drag me to a boat where we escaped. War is hell.

[@jkasiron2275]

awesome, I really appreciate this series!

[@leojablonski2309]

Thank you for this video. The most informative documentary I have ever seen.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I hope Carlson's raiders are mentioned again in this series. I think they're very interesting.

[@robertnegron9706]

GUNG HO

[@陈德元-r8e]

@@robertnegron9706 工合！GUNG HO is short for 工业合作 ( China) Industrial Cooperation (Movement). For the toxic political environment, GUNG HO, which has ties to the CPC, has been distorted as a Native American word for years.

[@chadrowe8452]

I love this mission but it had overall effects on the island war. When the 80 raiders took down the garrison at makin the Japanese upped the ante and reinforce all islands leading to bloody engagements such as tarawa. I think the marines came back to makin to stay and there were many casualties

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

[@DzhokharDudayev-kr9mi]

My favorite series!

[@christopherhanton6611]

very good video on battles on Guadalcanal and Makin Island also nice THAT KINGS AND GENERALS use clips from movie GUNG HO near the end of the video seen that movie many times.👏👍

[@kirbyculp3449]

Ever see Guadalcanal Diary?

[@christopherhanton6611]

@kirbyculp3449 Yes, many of times

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The Marine Raiders would be re-raised some ~75 years after its disbandment in 1944.

[@SirHenryMaximo]

Sullivan puts a Nambu pistol in Miller's palm, then utters: _"Let's tear this place apart!"_

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

I only now realized you could read this as 'The Peaceful War' Definition of pacific 1a: tending to lessen conflict : CONCILIATORY b: rejecting the use of force as an instrument of policy 2a: having a soothing appearance or effect mild pacific breezes b: mild of temper : PEACEABLE 3capitalized : of, relating to, bordering on, or situated near the Pacific Ocean But let's go with 3 then.

[@Kabutoes]

"We're gonna tear this place apart" - Sgt Roebuck 1942

[@lishiping84]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="758">12:38</a> As a Chinese migrant who finished all his education in Mainland China and as a fan of history, this is entirely new to me. And, this was never mentioned by CCP. I am really surprised.

[@DanHageeStuff]

Love your channel ......Thanks for all you do.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Im sure Sgt Sullivan and Cpl Roebuck saved Miller

[@Warmaker01]

Those submarines that transported the Marine Raiders did way more than I figured they would as mere transports. As for the IJA experience with the Ichiki Detachment at Guadalcanal, it's going to get way worse for them. One of the defining features of the Guadalcanal Campaign was piecemeal commitment, which would go on for a long time. But when they got more serious in their numbers committed, logistically they could not support them. The Japanese controlled no ports, wharfs at Guadalcanal. The threat of the Allies navies, land and carrier based air power made it even more dangerous for warships and transports to linger around. When the sun rose, that brought with them Allied air power. This puts a severe strain on what the IJN could viably do to resupply the IJA at Guadalcanal. Cargo ships as we've seen already were too slow, they'd get caught at daylight and destroyed. This forced the IJA to use Destroyers as fast transports. Offloading a number of their weapons to carry more troops and materiel for Guadalcanal. In ideal conditions, the IJN would quickly sneak in doing these Destroyer / Light Cruiser runs at night, literally throw the cargo off the side of the ship, and pray they float to shore where the IJA would collect them. The rate of supplies actually getting to the troops at Guadalcanal were abysmal. Not only were the rates abysmal, the IJN were also losing ships on these runs. The Americans called these runs the "Tokyo Express" but the IJN themselves called them "Rat Runs" because they felt like rats scurrying at night. Many USN & IJN battles would be fought over these Tokyo Express / Rat Runs for Guadalcanal. RAdm Raizo Tanaka would accrue a successful, hard fought experience against the USN and he eventually said to his superiors that Guadalcanal was a lost cause for Japan. The constant losses of men, materiel, ships was not something Japan could sustain and they needed to evacuate everyone out of there ASAP. However, in saying this, that got Tanaka sacked. He was their most experienced, successful admiral fighting the Americans, and he got fired for saying the truth. The IJN would remove him from command and stuff him in a desk job in BURMA for the rest of the war. The hilarious part is that Imperial General HQ in Tokyo would later agree and plan and execute a highly successful evacuation of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal. While it would be beneficial to the American cause that Tanaka would no longer be fighting against them, by being stuck in a desk job for the rest of the war would saved his life. The IJN would face several bloody years at sea losing a lot of ships, men, leaders. Tanaka would survive this and live out his days post-war as a farmer until he died in 1969. Post-war, the USN had nothing a lot of praise for Tanaka's combat leadership, particularly at Tassafaronga.

[@dutchhoke6555]

IJN command was strange- an admiral could win a battle, but if he lost a ship, he was in big trouble.

[@jonbaxter2254]

"You think because you say nothing, you are strong?"

[@BodyTrust]

Always outstanding research, graphics, and narration!

[@jordi1251]

Kiyonao Ichiki, he alone started the Second Sino-Japanese War. According to wikipedia this man was promoted posthumously to major general. 1000 men died because of him. Nothing more to say.

[@wehrwolf3371]

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="326">5:26</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="327">5:27</a> there is a mistake made by the narrator on shelling activity against the American positions

[@shable1436]

This channel will be the futures history class I'm calling it now

[@theawesomeman9821]

Time to watch another video of how America saved the world!

[@minoru-kk]

There are few things I wanna say about the movie, especially the destruction of Ichiki detachment and the Marine Raiders' actions in plain clothes. But above all I'm worried about the health of the animation staff.

[@99somerville]

I’ve watched the movie with Randolph Scott a lot. One of the earliest WW2 movies made in Hollywood.

[@lordpie4379]

I still remember watching this guy play a Massilea campaign in total war and its so cool to see him narrate history.

[@davidshahebrahimi9149]

i heard a lot about ichiki detachment attacks on marine positions so i am very glad story reaches this point

[@cycla]

there is a misspoken word at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="326">5:26</a>: "the American positions would also be boldly shelled by American submarines.."

[@AIRRAID2]

Gonna buy Eugene Sledge's book - With the Old Breed : At Peleliu and Okinawa . One of the absolute best books on war ever written they say .

[@joeywheelerii9136]

It's very good and there is alot more detail then "The Pacific" miniseries. As brutal as the show was they left stuff out.

[@robbabcock_]

What a great series!

[@robertnegron9706]

Immortalized in the movie “ Gungho!”

[@frankieM_]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="327">5:27</a> is this true or is it an typo in the script, because I don't think American subs and destroyers would intentionally shell their own positions over a few days

[@jackson857]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="698">11:38</a> Hey Robert Leckie from the Pacific. Great miniseries.

[@apexnext]

Yeah you know he was a real person too 😁👍

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you 💜💜💜

[@freycomm35]

The Japanese officers and their units redeployed from the Chinese theater to Pacific didn't realize their experience fighting in China was not applicable to the Americans. Chinese forces were ill trained, ill fed, had very little heavy fire power, the Americans were the complete opposite. Determined frontal attacks against the Chinese often work, but it's suicide to try it on the Americans. Kiyonao Ichiki and his unit is just one of the examples.

[@jimbarth9859]

That's the perspective I had never heard. It seems very logical. Thank you.

[@MoroccoGamer]

nice video

[@Conn30Mtenor]

More sailors were killed at Guadalcanal than Marines were. People tend to forget that.

[@pablononescobar]

What is the "E" w/ a line over it among the Japanese unites in the Ichiki detachment? I assume the 1, 2, 3 are for companies 1-3

[@leonmichaels2773]

Robert Leckie wrote about the aftermath of the Battle of Alligator Creek in that during lulls in the fight and for several days afterwards, they could hear the alligators in the creek chomping on the Japanese dead in the creek.

[@socrates_the_great6209]

I love this channel.

[@namenotfound8747]

When I hear my beloved 1st Bat. 5th Mar is involved., I know it will be a good episode.

[@Vincent_A]

So many battles and so much sorrow in war

[@scarletcrusade77]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="323">5:23</a> I think this is an error in the narration K&G. Americans were shelled by their own Subs and destroyers? You meant Japanese right?

[@mbathroom1]

Last time I was this early, the Pacific war was still ongoing

[@newdogmodel3893]

Could you do a video on Japanese uniforms, tanks, weapons, planes, aircraft carriers, and ships used during the war?

[@circleancopan7748]

You want a rundown? Guns: Nambu pistol, Type 99 LMG, Arisaka, Type 100 SMG Aircraft: Betty bombers, Zero fighter planes Ships: just about anything

[@nanderwinthant1655]

It's time to continue Alexios Komnenos's story and the most successful crusade.

[@tex346]

I did not hear any mention of the 27th US ARMY Division. On Makin, Howlin Mad Smith got warmed up to relieve Major General Ralph C. Smith on Saipan.

[@Mikesman1000]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="240">04:00</a> as soon as I heard about the "group willing to surrender" I knew it was complete BS. But I guess some of the atrocities made by the IJA didn't reach the ears of all the soldiers at the Pacific...

[@parrot849]

Did I hear the narrative ( <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="322">5:22</a> ) correctly, “…American submarines and destroyers shelled American positions in the first few days…”?? I’ve never heard of the friendly fire screw up before or in anything I’ve read.

[@KingsandGenerals]

No, narration mistake

[@-RONNIE]

Good video 👍🏻

[@joerarey8496]

Liked and subscribed

[@markangelodar8680]

1% Actual history 99% COD world at war

[@redaug4212]

I know. Consoomers are a cancer.

[@INLCP]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="770">12:50</a> seconds to get to the makin island raid info …. JFC

[@Tfleckk]

please do a video about the paraguayan war

[@jayfelsberg1931]

What the US suffered on Guadalcanal as rough as it was was nothing compared to what the Japanese suffered. Keep that in mind.

[@Cailus3542]

Much like Operation U-Go two years later. Many Japanese battalions were so devastated by disease, starvation and combat with British/Indian forces that they were literally incapable of following orders at the end. It was a truly horrific ordeal.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@Cailus3542 knowing that, I actually feel sorry for the Japanese despite the fact that they committed atrocities.

[@Duneuniverse]

Must’ve been crazy tbh, doing island hopping kinda seems fun tbh but crazy also

[@jeffreysams3348]

One of the Marine commanders, joking about Calson`s Leftish politics commented "He might have been red but he certainly wasn`t yellow" (so nobody misunderstands, yellow is not meant racially, it was at that time used to designate cowards)

[@garymathena2125]

The Marine raiders were a small part of the corps, they were formed by Evans Carlson and also encouraged by FDR. Evan Carlson had gone Asiatic from his time in China. This is where people who studied the Chinese, fell into the thousand year of culture thing. They believed the Chinese had it right and we had it all wrong. The raiders were a manifestation of that and FDR admiration of the English commandos. The reasoning for the raid was the country needed a victory, any kind of victory. In the end it was a morale boost for very little gain. It caused the Japanese to fortify their islands more heavily, and in the end may have caused more Marine deaths than it was worth.

[@rebeccamoras290]

Yes, US Private Thomas Coniln and US Sergeant Francis Minoso at US Sergeant James Sullivan 😍😊🇺🇲🇺🇸 💐🎊🎉

[@circleancopan7748]

Also US Private C. Miller, and US Corporal Roebuck.

[@detroitdave9512]

"Miller, grab a rifle!"

[@valeriangelov5592]

Guys you need to stop constantly mixing the metric and the imperial systems in your videos. Choose one or both and keep it up that way

[@valeriangelov5592]

@MPhilbin MP2019 you think measurements are not important ?

[@exharkhun5605]

"Deadly air-raids that failed to cause much damage" (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="313">5:13</a>) Do you know how insane that sounds?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Normally deadly, but failed to cause damage in this case

[@douglasturner6153]

Your history of the Makin raid is at odds with the wartime movie "Gung Ho"! Sounds more like a "Cluster"!

[@DarkStarPast]

suggestion: info box coloring against background makes for hard reading

[@harryjohnson9215]

I would like to see a week by week. Series on north Africa Or the med

[@AyubuKK]

Night time warfare is pretty scary imo.

[@louievelayo4100]

Yeah... Sure is... (World at War flashbacks intensifies)

[@Voucher765]

C. Miller, Roebuck and Sullivan were here on August 17th 1942