The Americans Doolittle Raid Passed Like A Shiver Over Japan (Ep.1)

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[@patricelightfoot6643]

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[@4catsnow]

This was a good barometer of the the anger about Pearl Harbor... Doolittle and his men HAD to know that there was a VERY good chance this would be a one-way ride..But the tempatation of being the first Americans to provide the emperor with a preview of coming attractions COULD NOT be passed up....

[@earth_ling]

Aww you watched that movie too…

[@4catsnow]

@@earth_ling My uncle and best friend graduated high school June 1942.. They packed their bags and left town..Uncle winds up on a carrier,, best friend on a sub...When my uncle reported to his ship for duty in California...he presented his orders and a yeoman took him below deck to his bunk.. There was a note on it that said "Welcome to Operation Slap the jap off the Map"...those guy's committed suicide at Pearl Harbor.. just took them 4 years to figure it out..

[@shawnpeat]

About 30 years ago I met a retired Air Force pilot that owned a B-25 that he flew at airshows as part of the Commerative Air Force. His instructor pilot when he went through flight school was Jimmy Doolittle.

[@jamesanderson5268]

That is amazing.

[@JugSouthgate]

The Doolittle Raid did very little actual damage, and was enormously costly in terms of losses. But it caused the Japanese to attack Midway in haste, resulting in disaster for the IJN. (Only 7 weeks separated the Doolittle Raid from the Battle of Midway). The original Midway plan was for 6 carriers, but logistics reduced that to 4. Other preparations were hurried as well. Most of all, the Japanese never imagined that American Navy aviators would attack so fearlessly as they did at Midway.

[@Gwaithmir]

I don't know if this part of the "Midway" movie was historically accurate, but one Japanese officer, in reaction to the American pilots' costly torpedo attacks remarked, "They sacrifice themselves like the samurai!"

[@Chris-fn4df]

The idea that Americans are soft cowards is a recurring theme in the histories of many nations that end up covered in American boots.

[@markedwards6455]

@@GwaithmirI remember that line.. as he turned and looked at a junior officer, “they spend themselves like Samurai, these Americans”. A look of stunned, almost depressed realization that they had greatly underestimated their American opponents.. All but Yamamoto himself had.. their propaganda was as off base as everyone else’s.. In the Cold War, I studied the Soviets, Russian culture to know them should we ever come to an actual war. I had an instructor who gave me some good insights.. Remember Airman, never”hate” the average Russian kid you may face someday. Remember that they are almost all draftees, conscripts who did not choose to fight as you did, so just see them as miserable young men just trying to survive like all of us would be.. if we do go to war, try to hold on to your humanity, to your American values.. our war is against their ideology and government, not the Russian people.. Truth,.. confirmed in the 1990’s when I bumped into an immigrant working on a contract cleaning janitorial serve for my company.. As we spoke I noted his accent and yes he was Russian. I laughed and joked about being glad I never had to go to war with his country. He laughed too, as we were on opposite sides of that line, he being a Soviet soldier, At about the same time..two young men who had just been lucky.. or Blessed..

[@diegosilang4823]

2 of Yamamoto's BEST carriers are out of action because of the earlier battle at Coral Sea. Shokaku was badly damaged, Zuikaku waiting to replensiehd her depleted her airgroups.

[@mavjimbo]

As a kid growing up here in Santa Monica California I had the pleasure of meeting Jimmy Doolittle many many times at the fly casting pond at Douglas Park. My friend and I would go to the park in the early evening to practice our casting and we would run into this gentleman would be practicing also. After a few encounters he introduced himself and would give us helpful tops to improve our technique.

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

My next door neighbor growing up was a retired post office employee. He was an 18 year old seaman on the Hornet when Doolittle took off to raid Tokyo. He used to come over to watch Victory At Sea on PBS with my dad. Tom Varnado, he was from Bogalusa, LA.....

[@Wartalesuncharted]

What a remarkable connection to history your neighbor had! It must have been incredible to hear firsthand accounts of such pivotal moments in World War II. Sharing stories and watching programs like Victory At Sea must have been incredibly enriching experiences. Tom Varnado's memories and experiences undoubtedly added a unique perspective to your understanding of history. Thank you for sharing this glimpse into the past with us!

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

@jamesstewart2543 that's right. But it was re-aired in the 70's on PBS.

[@johnfranklin8319]

55:39 “the imperial household was absolutely safe” Only because the US purposely avoided it.

[@Sporkmaker5150]

There's a work from the 70s called "Japan's imperial Conspiracy", two massive volumes about Hirohito's inner circle that I couldn't put down. A single incendiary was dropped on the palace grounds possibly by a rogue aircrew but it was extinguished and caused minimal damage.

[@wardkerr2456]

@@Sporkmaker5150 Those books, along with Richard Frank's Downfall were very informative. You might enjoy Toll's Pacific Crucible. It deals with the period leading up to the war, and the American struggling to bring their Pacific Fleet into fighting trim.

[@andrewtaylor940]

There is a very subtle bit of knowledge that reveals itself in this piece, that perhaps more than anything helps explain much of how the Pacific War went. First you need to know the backstory and work history of 2 of the most important players. Chester Nimitz, and FDR. FDR had spent many years as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. More than anything else in Washington he knew the Navy and he knew its needs. Which is why he selected Nimitz to take over as CinCPacific. Nimitz had spent a long and productive tour heading up the Bureau of Navigation aka the Navy Personnel Office. It seems like a mundane clerical position. But Nimitz knew what every single job in the Navy was. He knew what every single job needed. And he was remarkably good at putting the right people in the places they were needed. The US side was not being fought be a tactical genius. It was being fought by a logistics guy who knew how to get things done. Contrast that with the Feudal Warlords warily circling each other over in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Faction fighting factions, beyond strict rules of seniority supplanting actual capability and competence. And all of them working together solely to fight their true enemy, the Imperial Japanese Army.

[@76MUTiger]

That is a really good analysis. Thank you for that.

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

Spot-on. Excellent summary of the situation.

[@Chris-fn4df]

There has never been a time in US history where having a capable navy was not a national priority. It was literally written into Article 1 of the United States Constitution.

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

@Chris-fn4df yes, it's in the Constitution, but there have been some times in the early 1800's when you could definitely argue a capable Navy wasn't a national priority. But I get your larger point.

[@andrewtaylor940]

@@Chris-fn4df Actually no. Following the ratification of the Constitution and the establishment of the United States the Continental Navy was disbanded. President George Washington was fairly isolationist and did not want the US involved in foreign entanglements. It took the Barbary Pirates (aka Libya) and a rare joint letter and agreement from John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, imploring him to “Build The Navy Now!” While we often mark 1775 as the point where the US Navy was founded, it really did not come into any organized physical being until 1800-1801.

[@Slaktrax]

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[@bar10dr]

Its an AI reading, not a human

[@davidsmith7372]

Very good episode! Can't wait to see who wins.

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[@wsg4847]

Glancing at all the Japanese cars on the road, I guess the Japs won.

[@jimcrosby8289]

As a former Naval Officer this episode is both enthralling and enjoyable to hear. Thank you.

[@Wartalesuncharted]

Thank you sir!

[@parrot849]

A very cogent and well thought out description and summary of individuals and events that existed circa 1942 during that early period of hostilities; a major cut above the usual KZbin fare, thank you.

[@tomcusack884]

The Doolittle Raid was a punch in the nose for the Japanese. Each plane carried 4 500 pound bombs, some high explosive, some incendiary. Puny when given thought. Didn't do much damage but provided a morale boost for the Americans and vice-versa for the Japanese.

[@corygasparich]

Didn't do much but it scared the Bushido out of them.. they knew they couldn't do the same to our homeland.

[@brianfergus839]

@@corygasparich plus it flew in the face of the Japanese propaganda that the Americans were cowards.

[@adrianreid2055]

Brilliant stuff but the Headlines are no help and I can’t get any chronological order. Still , the criticism of Yamato’s failure to have a follow up for operations against the US Fleet .

[@roykliffen9674]

Yamato is the 72,000 tonnes battle ship. Yamamoto is the Admiral.

[@fredrickmarsiello4395]

I thought this was about the Doolittle Raid.

[@vanzell1912]

These videos have a tendency to drift from the stated subject. AI.??

[@Rinluyen420]

@@vanzell1912 these are portions of books that are fed into an AI voice generator. the AI is not making up the words, just reading them from a book previously written.

[@JugSouthgate]

It is; this is only Part One, which lays out the thinking on both sides.

[@d00vinator]

Excellent! Love the details of Japanese thinking!

[@maryholder3795]

I'm guessing the story of Wake and Pearl are leading towards the reason for Doolittle's raid. It does work, but there is a long wait. But it's interesting though. Thank you.

[@tcarroll3954]

Another outstanding episode. The narrator is top notch.

[@vvvci]

Wish the titles made it easier to search for preceding and following episodes. re Adm Pie botching the rescue of Wake Island... I can stay pretty confidently that this was providential, because the American carrier air crews were simply untested and inexperienced, and the well-oiled Japanese Carrier air crews would have been able to hone in on the American carriers in sink them. Yes, American AA Firepower was much better than the Japanese, but kido butai could coordinate multiple deck load strikes, while Midway (much less Coral See) showed that the Americans had trouble coordinating their strikes. And the Japanese had a super weapon - their Torpedoes at the beginning of the war we're better than American Torpedoes at the end of the war. A single one could disabled or sink a US cruiser, and a wounded carrier would have been a Sitting Duck for them. If not for Pie's retreat order, all 3 U.S carriers - Enterprise, Lexington, and Saratoga could well have been at the bottom of the ocean

[@deepcosmiclove]

Admiral Pye played it close to the vest. It would have been Sartoga vs. Hiryu and Soryu. Seems like a losing proposition.

[@Idahoguy10157]

Cdr Rochfort had the curse of being far brighter than his superiors in Washington. He refused to lick their boots. For this he was never forgiven

[@TwitbookSpacefacer]

This is so well written

[@StevenLines-v4g]

Read 30 seconds over Tokyo

[@StevenLines-v4g]

“I fear we have woken a sleeping giant”.

[@corygasparich]

"..And filled it with a terrible resolve."

[@tommorgan1291]

Not true! Not a victory! Why? All but two ships were repaired and put back in service. But most importantly five USA Air Craft Carriers were not in the Harbor, and one year later they sank four precious Japanese Carriers all in one day!

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

it was a miracle from God those aircraft carriers were out on training and not in the harbor.one good thing that was smart of the Japanese is that they were aware that Pearl Harbor where all the Navy ships were docked was not in very deep water so the Japanese used these little wooden sticks around the propellers of the Torpedoes they're Plains would drop . the one that hit the USS Arizona went directly underneath the West Virginia somehow, and the Damage Done to the Arizona was basically from that torpedo and other firing but they had just put 1 million gallons of gas in the USS Arizona the day before and when that torpedo hit boom and everything exploded.I was just watching Pearl Harbor the other day again on stars and it's just so sad at the end of the scene when the sailors at the very bottom of the ship drowning and they knew they were going to go and the sailors on top of the bottom of the ship since it was upside down we're trying so hard trying to get them out.the sailors on the outside of the ship had steel Cutters and welders but they just could not get to the exact location fast enough for Fort filled up with water and it was just so so sad. I'm surprised after all these years that they've never sent anybody down to retrieve those 1100 or 1200 man because I'm sure by more modern times they could have gotten them out at least so they could be buried

[@tommorgan1291]

@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 I was ten years old and there was a lot of conspiracy theory that Roosevelt knew about the attack was coming and moved the carriers out. No Admiral would send five carriers out to sea together without protections!

[@vintagevmax2410]

@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 "it was a miracle from God those aircraft carriers were out on training" Hard to understand, how they did not know with Japans intel of Pearl Harbor.

[@corygasparich]

They enjoyed it for 7 months. Then disaster. One month longer than Yamamoto had warned.

[@dennisweidner288]

The torpedo misses you mention were more likely mal-functioning torpedoes.

[@undefinedperson3155]

Maybe change the background photo every once and a while?

[@Rinluyen420]

If you’re watching these, you’re doing it wrong. These are for listening fella

[@THE-HammerMan]

Change the photo? Make it easier to guess if it's the next one? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING! Next you'll want the videos to play in order from the same series! You're crazy!

[@joeschmooz-it6nh]

Ghosts.

[@johnryan8533]

These are audio books. Photos have to come from somewhere else, and they'd have to get clearance.

[@JamesPMGaffney]

It’s free. Sit down.

[@kentfredenberger615]

Thanks!

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[@2Oldcoots]

Fantastic description of cryptanalysts! Just like being there near Pear Harbor's Dock #1010.

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[@rjbonacolta]

Listening to this really shows you how unrealistic fascist Japanese War expectations were

[@peterpicard4028]

Doolittle mentioned for first time at 55:09

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

Yes! don't mess with America's boats and especially America's Navy ships ..this guy on KZbin called the fat electrician is hilarious and he's got some awesome military stories that are true but he tells them in the funniest way .😂

[@Bob.W.]

First like, comment. Thx.

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[@StevenLines-v4g]

Very good!

[@connarcomstock161]

tl;dr, US be like "If it bleeds, we can kill it..."

[@bryanwbarmy8680]

It was not a success and they knew it. They didn't get the carriers and that was what they really needed to get.

[@richardthornhill4630]

Interesting from the Japanese viewpoint.

[@williamdrake2315]

Well it was a sneak attack on a nation they were not at war with.

[@averystablegenius]

Mostly click bait over blather speak.

[@drachenmarke]

Get on with it…

[@bigriver47]

Edit the verbiage to correct all the mispronounced words, AI read lots of problems

[@christophercook723]

I thought this was the United States NOT the whole Continent. The Japanese did not attack America and Brazilian, Canadian and Peruvians did not attack Japan.

[@marioarias9942]

Japan invaded many Asian countries after attacking the U.S.

[@noesnoe1234]

You suppose to talk about the American air raid on Japan. Talk talk talk. Giving unnecessary info you wasting my time

[@LongJohnLiver]

This is just part one. It's setting up why and how the Doolittle raid happened.

[@Pabbley]

Noticed similar channels like this popping up uploading videos with similar script and style, pretty sure these scripts are AI generated and narrated, don't bother giving these views tbh.

[@donaldpedigo296]

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