Royal Marine Reacts To 450 Marines Vs The Imperial Japanese Navy - Wake Island

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[@olliebeast1012]

My great Grandad was one of the construction workers on Wake Island! Was captured and moved to Shanghai (after moving a few other times prior) to work in a labor camp. We have letters from when the US bombed the facilities he was working in trying to knock out enemy infrastructure. Luckily he survived and when the war was over and he was submitted to the hospital he was 6'2" and 135lbs. After a week in the hospital he was released and lived a long life afterwards. The letters we have go from him being happy, asking about my grandad's school, and describing the pig they had on wake island as a pet. To being captured and all the communication changed to, "I am alive. I hope you are well. Goodbye." -- the letters appeared to be screened and transcribed by someone other than my great grandad. The spelling was different, handwriting was slightly different, and postmarked from multiple areas. Anyway, great reaction!

[@th3grav3mak3rgaming8]

He doesn’t only do US vids. He has a couple about Brit’s. There’s one about Percy Hobart and another about Sir Douglas Bader.

[@T57Custodian]

Been asking for the percy hobart one for ages. He liked it once so he knows.

[@th3grav3mak3rgaming8]

@@T57Custodian And yet, this isn’t the first time he’s said that, nearly verbatim. Makes me wonder if he doesn’t remember.

[@bobprivate8575]

In TFE terms, it's still stories about the US. But, instead of the usual US-A, it's the US-B.

[@Myjacob99]

He also did the polish mailmen

[@91GT347]

The .. swedish? ....meth guy as well

[@zdaaaaar]

Bro he told you 😂😂 Percy "Hobo" Hobart... He was enlglish 😅

[@vampiro4236]

And Douglas Bader (RAF) 🤘🏼

[@T57Custodian]

I been saying percy for ages 😂

[@GrannyMetalheadTV]

Nick has several videos about UK military. Sir Percy Hobart, Sir Douglas Bader, and I can't remember the guy's name but the title is about trolling the Germans with wooden planes. They are all great stories!

[@RamblingGin]

The DeHavlin 98 “Mosquito”

[@GrannyMetalheadTV]

@@RamblingGin YES! Thank you 😊

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

He doesn’t say it but both pilots were eventually shot down. Hank was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

[@Erik-zh7rk]

Know if either survived?

[@tvc1848]

@@Erik-zh7rk Elrod did not survive. The final Wildcat fighters were knocked out in the battle and Elrod formed his unit into a ground force to support the other Marines. Aren’t all Marines riflemen first? He was killed in ground combat while leading his air unit, now turned into infantry.

[@tyramirez6628]

@@tvc1848 what a badass

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

@@Erik-zh7rk Hank did not. And I don’t know the name of the other

[@tvc1848]

@@tyramirez6628 This is part of his Medal of Honor citation: “Captain Elrod shot down two of a flight of twenty-two hostile planes and, executing repeated bombing and strafing runs at extremely low altitude and close range, succeeded in inflicting deadly damage upon a large Japanese vessel, thereby sinking the first major warship to be destroyed by small caliber bombs delivered from a fighter-type aircraft. When his plane was disabled by hostile fire and no other ships were operative, Captain Elrod assumed command of one flank of the line set up in defiance of the enemy landing and conducting a brilliant defense, enabled his men to hold their positions and repulse determined Japanese attacks, repeatedly proceeding through intense hostile fusillades to provide covering fire for unarmed ammunition carriers. Capturing an automatic weapon during one enemy rush in force, he gave his own firearm to one of his men and fought on vigorously against the Japanese. Responsible in a large measure of the strength of his sector's gallant resistance, on 23 December, Captain Elrod led his men with bold aggressiveness until he fell, mortally wounded.” Total devotion to duty…..

[@GSXR750ization]

Absolutely is the best story teller on KZbin. Your gonna have to think of a distinct story to ask him for. Otherwise it will only another video of us throwing tea in the sea

[@steeljawX]

Eh, tied with Mr. Ballen. Or rather, they're both the best story tellers of their genres. Ballen covers the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious, TFE covers military history while he s*its all over communism. Another fun presenter is Casual Geographics. Gives you those zoology lessons as it is, not as the kids shows or Dave Attenborough weaves them as. He's a fun guy to listen to. And by throwing tea into the sea, are you referring to the US and the Boston Tea Party? I hear that wasn't well received by the Brits. "They threw the tea into the harbor claiming it'd be the biggest brew of tea we'd ever seen, but we couldn't drink any of it. There weren't any scones or sandwiches and they put gravy on their biscuits. 0 out of 10, never going to attend ever again." I think that's the accurate Yelp review of the time. Mean while the south was like, "Not enough sugar and the tea was too warm." 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jeff.78]

​@@steeljawX Casual Geographic reminds me of TFE with the way they both throw in random zingers to drive the point home, unlike many school teachers.

[@lizwiz2779]

😇😇😇😇

[@Wolfofthefog]

Mad Jack Churchill seems like the perfect British soldier for the Fat Electrician to cover seems like his kind of dude

[@Taylor-b5m]

He has a few British military videos

[@vincentconnett5358]

Yeah “Percy Hobart” and “sir Douglas bader” I think those are the only 2 edit: oh and the wooden plane

[@buckeyegirl16]

My fave British story he's told is about the Mosquitoes (wooden planes)

[@thatozarklife]

Mr. Ballen has a wild short story about a British Soldier in WWI (ended up being Britain’s most highly decorated Soldier of WWI). You’d really get a kick out of it.

[@firehornetgamer2698]

I would love to see you on the Unsubscribe Podcast with TheFatElectrician, I would love yall to compare y’all’s experiences to eachother!

[@gkiferonhs]

The situation at Wake made the Navy realize it needed its own construction corps and led to the formation of the SeaBees. This is another group you'd like looking into; amazing in their own right.

[@xpatriatedtexan2122]

I'd love to see your take on historical original content. I would suggest taking heed of Nick/Fat Electrician's progress though... he wasn't doing 20 minute epic stories off the bat, he spent quite a bit of time doing short form 2-3 minute videos at first...but I think those were absolutely instrumental in fine tuning his voice/perspective that is now in use. What I give him so much credit for is authenticity. You know the story is being told as "authentically as possibly" by actual E4-E6's that was there. His voice is so just so true to the enlisted mentality that it gives him an(sp?) higher air of authenticity.

[@ghosti79]

He did one for Royal Air Force about making a wooden fighter jet and trolling the Nazis in WW2

[@derrickduncanson9253]

The mosquito 🦟 right? LOL

[@ghosti79]

@@derrickduncanson9253 Yup that one lol

[@derrickduncanson9253]

@@ghosti79 that was a good one. I also like the one about the legless fighter pilot, also a brit. Haha

[@daltonv5206]

Not a jet, but yes. Great vid/story

[@derrickduncanson9253]

@@daltonv5206 my bad if I said jet, it was a plane. Haha

[@tihorog349]

0:20 immediately scrolling the comments to see if nick replied

[@PriscillaV1964]

21 Planes?! Yes. It was the very definition of "a target rich environment".

[@gkiferonhs]

Remember that the carriers were coming back from Pearl. All of their pilots were combat experienced. So those two Buffaloes shot down 21 experienced pilots.

[@jimflores9098]

Strategically, sacrificing Wake was Nimitz only choice. If we had risked our 3 carriers at Wake, and lost even one, we would not have been able to cripple the IJN at Midway a few months later,...and Nimitz knew this. Tough call by a brilliant leader who knew we weren't ready for a battle yet.

[@JakeM794]

One of my absolute favorite stories from the USMC in World War II, among many others

[@BHuang92]

There is a rock on Wake Island where it reads, 98 US PW 5-10-43. The story behind it is sad. An American prisoner escaped from the Japanese massacre and wrote the message on the rock. He was later found and beheaded. Nobody knows his name.

[@JoeMama-ke1fi]

The Japanese left 98 US civilian contractors who were POW's on the island, after two years the US had stepped up random bombing raids on the island just as a nuisance and the Japanese executed all 98 POW's in retaliation. That is what the 98 means. Also, one person escaped the mass execution and two months later the Japanese dug up all the bodies and counted them, realized one was in fact missing and they eventually found him and beheaded him. This resulted in two Japanese officers being convicted of a war crime and being summarily executed after the war.

[@Stevarooni]

I'd love to hear your storytelling about the British Royal Marines! Nic is passionate about American stories; he's told some British tales, but I imagine you have a bit more of the local flavor for the British side of things. 👍

[@FreewillEnthusiast]

Never be overly confident against an enemy that has nowhere to retreat.

[@elitehacker1416]

My grandfather fought in world war II his name was John Elmer Shegogue. He was in the Navy. He died before I was born from all the chemicals and just all the bad things that they use during that war however from the stories and the diary / journal he kept while he was there the stories he told were absolutely just utter insanity. To be clear he did not die during the war he died from complications due to the war. But like always the US military said his injuries weren't war related or military-related😂😂. Isn't that the famous align the VA likes to use.

[@brigidtheirish]

My paternal grandpa was in the navy during WWII, as well! I don't know what kind of action he saw, he only talked about the stuff he and his friends got up to on leave. Always got the impression that his ship was on clean up detail after the fighting was over. Dad told me that Grandpa straight up told him that was the case. I do know that he was in training for a land invasion of Japan when they got news of Japan's surrender, though.

[@gishjalmr5628]

The rug made me instantly think of the line from The Big Lebowski: "That rug really tied the room together."

[@LeoPersad-z2h]

Love your videos❤ been going through a lot for the past few months, and having your videos to watch brings a smile every day.

[@ryanmaier1964]

I'd love to hear stories about our royal British brothers. In USMC boot camp we are taught Marine Corps history. I had always found it incredible that the Corps was in play before the U.S. declared it's independence

[@rohan1970b]

BTW -- He doesn't just do American stuff (although that is the majority). He's done several on British including Sir Percy Hobart and Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (for his Mosquito) just to name a couple.

[@reaganscoles7869]

Hope you're feeling better! I agree, TheFatElectrician should definitely make some Royal Marines videos, as well as other branches of the British military.

[@ShawnxCarter]

**US Navy's Unluckiest Ship With An Untouchable Crew - USS William D. Porter, by The Fat Electrician** This is probably the craziest story I have ever heard from Nick or anybody else actually. It will 10000000% surprise you haha. You should give it a watch sometime!! Love your videos btw!

[@crow5946]

Tell your stories! Share them, don't let them be forgotten. People deserve to know history

[@Probablekozz]

You should also check out his other channel, The Fat Files. Still great stories just on topics that are also interesting and not a well known.

[@ghomerhust]

as retired air force, if a situation was getting sticky, you always held a little comfort if you knew a marine or two was also tagging along.

[@revenantchild]

"It's not about the size of the dog in the fight, rather the size of the fight in the dog" - Mark Twain. Marines especially those of the United States have earned the moniker "Devil Dogs" for a reason, they are the embodiment of aggression and efficiency despite being one of the most poorly funded branches in the U.S. military they are one of the highest performers when it comes to low cost high body count solutions.

[@CedarTree-hw5sp]

2 Grumman Hellcats vs 50 enemy planes, I'm sure those pilots called it a "Target rich environment"

[@CedarTree-hw5sp]

A Grumman Hellcat and a B-29 named "FiFi" flew over my house just a week ago and it was so surreal to see

[@stephenrh1680]

Ah yes good old wake island. Oh hey when are you going to react to spooky stuff? it's October after all. Maybe you could react to some Mr ballen?

[@tylerlageson4909]

You should watch either “the angels” or the 77th division by him! Or both! They are longer but they are so good

[@jacquelinejohnson9447]

I would love for you to do stories on the British Royal Marines. That would be awesome! Please seriously consider it. Thank you! Love this video, btw. I am a huge fan of the fat electrician, and i really love your reactions to his videos. Thank you for doing these. You are much appreciated. ❤

[@scotthill1600]

If you haven’t seen any TFE videos on British ppl, that’s just bc you haven’t seen the episodes he’s done on ppl like Percy hobo Hobart. That’s a name for example? That I’ll never forget & is as British as Winston Churchill, in fact Churchill spoke up in support of Hobart. You should react to that one for example

[@plotholedetective4166]

Find a good story where the royal marines fought alongside Americans and then talk shit about it and nick will pop up and set the record straight. You just have to make him mad enough to do an entire video rant.

[@scottrule480]

Make sure to add something about how great communism is...

[@BennyLlama]

​@scottrule480 came here to say that, the surefire way to summon Nick is to praise communism 😂. In all seriousness, it would be a fantastic collab

[@mandalorian_guy]

I think the Royal Marines who rode on the side of Apaches to assault a Taliban fortress would make a pretty great video for Fat Electrician. It's called Operation Glacier Two and is pretty undercovered by military KZbinrs.

[@OriginalHuman]

That was my troop haha. Just before I joined!

[@BruceWright1490]

Check out his video on Percy Hobart a British tank commander, and his video on the DH-99 the mosquito, a British plane. Also he talks about the British SAS in his video on the banelli M4

[@BryanW-bp3le]

I was praying for a new Fat Electrician reaction video today, and we got one boys. Love these man. Hope the family is doing well brotha!

[@zachv3101]

US Marine combat veteran (Afghanistan x 3) good content brother. Love from the other side of the pond

[@1012Mrjesse]

He has a story that he did about a british tank commander from ww2 it’s titled “The real tank genius of ww2, Percy “hobo” Hobart”

[@gilmadreth680]

"21?! There's no way! What were the Japanese doing? Were they putting up recruits?" Here's the thing...the Japanese had to take care and check their targets so as not to shoot at friendly craft. The Americans were under no such restrictions as the likelihood of targeting the other Wildcat was pretty close to zero with the 25:1 odds they were facing. Also, it's highly likely that a percentage of the 21 Japanese casualties in the air were the result of (or at least aided by damage from) friendly fire.

[@slebetman]

There’s a quote from some UN peacekeeper (I think French but not sure) that when soldiers lose their officer they usually lose initiative and withdraw but when Americans lose their officer they go on the attack. American officers aren’t there to prod their guys to fight, they’re there to hold them back. So no communications means keep on fighting.

[@TacticalNandu]

I hope he does one on the Battle if Grytviken, it's fucking wild, and I feel it'd be right up his alley.

[@Pdog90]

Reacting and story telling are different, maybe ask F/E for advice on how to story tell, but would love to hear some R/M story. (coming from a USA: USA: USA)

[@outcastmoth78kaminski4]

I would love to hear him talk about a joint operation between the Royal Marines and the USMC

[@Milsimlover274]

I loved that he said "play possum" because im pretty sure they play dead when under attack from my knowledge of animals (not much)

[@homerdizon3798]

You should check the Battle of Yultong By (The Front)it’s about 900 Filipino soldiers against 40,000 Chinese and North Korean troops

[@RaderizDorret]

The reason why the Pacific fleet didn't intervene at Pearl Harbor is because we almost didn't have a fleet to fight with at that moment. Immediately after Pearl Harbor our entire Pacific Fleet was 4 carriers, 5 cruisers, and 27 destroyers plus some submarines that wouldn't be much help in a head-on battle like that. All Battleships were sunk or damaged badly enough that it would take 6-8 months to get them fully battle-ready. Meanwhile Japan had 6 carriers, 2 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, and 9 destroyers just for the task force that hit Pearl Harbor. The Japanese had 9 other active battleships (11 total) at the time plus 38 cruisers (mix of lights and heavies), and 80 destroyers. If the Pacific Fleet went out on sortie to relieve Wake Island, it would have meant we would basically have no Pacific Fleet left and Japan would win their decisive battle to knock us out of the war quickly. Their offensive was very well-planned and executed but because we didn't take the bait and give them their desired battle on their terms, we could wear them out with attrition and before we could pin them down and defeat them in detail.

[@richardpappas7800]

The Fat Electrician, "Old 666" , definetly worth watching.

[@Plastikdoom]

I’d like to hear some stories about Royal Marines, though did serve along side some in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion. I think best option would be a collab with you and Nick.

[@benjaminstout941]

You should do the stories about the Royal Marines. Try it out and see how it goes.

[@beesnestna9544]

I think going through the rigors of Marine boot-camp (both US & UK) is what endows them with their lasting sense of humor.😉

[@charlesfinnigan3904]

He left out an important point in the surrender of Wake Island, those that admitted to the Japanese that they were members of the gun crews were executed.

[@xslickrickx2103]

As US Marines we train for that ‘going rouge’ but we call it small unit leadership.

[@nwmonk3105]

American military fighting forces have a natural d20 (20) roll when outnumbered. Enemies, walk away because we're still rolling 18-20 without any air support buff.

[@AM-go3sl]

Fat electrion videos brought me here. Thanks for your reactions, I quite enjoy them.

[@arnoldwinkler395]

He did a video for a British DH 98 Mosquito and the British pilot Sir Douglas Badger

[@dakotaeskelund2296]

Definitely tease us about the badasses of the British military

[@NottiOne]

He does stories on other countries craziest heroes, best snipers or all around badasses. I think he does have a video on a Brit, pretty sure

[@nissan300ztt]

Bro you gotta do Fat Electricians USS Texas video. Seriously. It's pretty good.

[@zaqzilla1]

He should do an episode on Operation Frankton. Royal Marines deploying in canoes.

[@kendallcribbins415]

Gotta do the percy Hobart video it's so good!

[@starnexseres7815]

Hey those MUGS LOOK COOL WE DONT HAVE THAT HERE!! I MUST HAVE

[@flogg8635]

All you need to do is reach out to him. He’d love to hear from you.

[@sean_b_drummer]

Would live to see a collaboration between you two! 💪🏽🤩

[@chelleduns8700]

You need to watch one of his earlier short videos about his favorite marine Christmas story.

[@darrinrebagliati5365]

I think if you want him to do a Royal Marine story, you'll have to give him the research. Maybe a script but I think the research would be best. Then he'll write the script in his trademark style.

[@TheMrEMan]

Those two Wildcats probably just had the advantage of enemy density so they got that many kills

[@garrettviewegh9028]

If you thought Wake Island was nuts, check out the Battle of Guadalcanal. Roughly the same number of U.S. Marines had to take, and hold the airfield there, for months, when the navy was forced to flee. Yet they stuck it out and held the airfield. Day and night, until Enterprise and other battleships returned.

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

Never EVER underestimate the USMC!

[@Telrathian]

Would love to hear you tell British Marine stories!

[@bradbutcher3984]

There are still many Texans that have this resolve. I'm one.

[@panzerdeal8727]

Those 5 inch guns didn't come from the Old Texas tho..she had 6 inch as her secondaries. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3rIoHaLnKZ4orM probably from the later Florida class.

[@davidkinsey8657]

The decision to abandon Wake Island was sound military doctrine, although painful to carry out. The projected cost was too high. The possibility of long-term success was too slim. With the fall of other U.S. Pacific possessions, Wake Island was ultimately indefensible.

[@charlesbryson7443]

He needs to do one about “Mad Jack”!

[@Jon-sy3tx]

He did a few British ones and the French death Vespa

[@72tadrian65]

Wake island as collateral damage? Just shows that 10 humans aren’t as valuable as a Jeep… we should NEVER seek war.

[@nsbcgr2fan360]

Hello mate, first of love Your reaction to the crazy things we Americans did in WW2. Love to see how our buddies on the side of the pond think about our actions. I do wanna clarify something, that a lot of people who see this particular video always make when they hear, 'the US government has left you all to die'. Fatelectrician says this in the beginning, this event happens right after Pearl Harbor. America's fleet is decimated, we didn't have the capital ships to make any kind of counterattack. Our only capital ships we're 2 aircraft carriers with little support vessels and the Japanese greatly outnumbered the US in the pacific to the point any kind conventional attack will lead to a loss to the US. It was simply better to lose a small island we couldn't defend for long and 450 Marines than what was left of the pacific fleet and let the Japanese steam roll the whole pacific.

[@91GT347]

To be fair. Those rugs would probably be fairly valuable. Lol

[@utahraptor1578]

if you did military history i would defintly watch it

[@kmed29]

Once the UK puts a man on the moon, I’m sure TFE will consider making a video about the US-B (that’s you weirdos). 😉 So far, no nation who uses the metric system has done so. I don’t have confidence in the UK 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@WhatTheExpletive]

As a former American Devil Dog, I would absolutely @#$%'ing enjoy an across the pond story(ies!) as told by one of their own!! Hell, m8... I would even purchase at least one of those British made tankers! So pony up and don't be a W⚓... Lets do this~ P.S. I enjoy and share your content on the regular even with my own sons~

[@robertramage9331]

Dude, maybe those rugs just really tied the room together...

[@witchymidgievt]

@OriginalHuman you should check out his video on Hobart's "Funnies"

[@lizwiz2779]

🎯🎯🎯🎯100% YOU should start doing COVER STORIES of your OWN EH!🍁🍁🍁🍁

[@marydelgado7187]

You should definitely do WW2 British history

[@ជួងសុវណ្ណគីរីរាជ្យ]

From what I know they also Accept The largest surrender in British history Singapore, 1942 and Malaysia too and not kill them

[@KeepEvery1Guessing]

Maybe you should do the Royal Marines stories.

[@fungoulagutza]

You and fat electrician together he’ll yah. Both awesome

[@mollyrussell8954]

Suggest it to him. I’m sure he would do it.

[@encryptlakegames5328]

Worst part the long awaited 3rd installment is on its way. (Accuracy by volume Americas tried and true method.)

[@bradbutcher3984]

When he gets through telling all our stories, he will probably tell our Colony's stories, like the northern European islands of Briton we take care of and defend constantly.

[@bradbutcher3984]

😂

[@i4Clips]

man i love these reaction to TFE. keep them up!

[@corymuchow787]

Checkout his video on RAFs Legless AntiHero. Its a good video if you havent seen it yet. Keep up the great work.

[@abeygonzalez2581]

He’s done videos on the RAF, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility he don’t one about the royal marines

[@AbdessamadeHamidi]

Nice hair cut you got ❤

[@ChuckHuffmaster]

21 planes but how many were bombers which are easier to down than fighters