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Learn more about the massive Battle for Truck Attol in Part (2/2) of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLEqGZobJproZo

[@p0rc0spin0]

*atoll*

[@reginaldpasao8390]

TRUK

[@warstrike6667]

Best ww2 video ever can you made a video of iwo jima

[@guilfordbragado4167]

pls. show this in the history channel phillippines .

[@lucaangelucci9481]

Does this series exist in italian ?

[@SkypowerwithKarl]

19 years ago I was on a scuba dive vacation in Chuuk (Truk) lagoon. A few days after I got there I cut my hand wide open on corral. The locals drove me up to their hospital. On the outside, it didn’t look like much, but on the inside it was as modern and clean as anything you would find in the best stateside hospital. The doctor stitched me up and put on a flexible seal over the wound. He said it would come off in about 12 days. Amazingly, he said it would be fine to continue diving! He gave me a shot saying you Americans weren’t resistant to our island bugs. When it came time to settle up, he said “Americans don’t pay, have a good time!” This gives you an idea as to how indebted they feel towards us for freeing them from the Japanese taskmasters. These people are wonderful, please spend your money there.

[@kbanghart]

Cool story, I imagine they have the procedure for things like that pretty much perfected by now, with all the tourism. I'd love to go there sometime.

[@suzannejohnny954]

I just came from chuuk three months ago, visit my relatives stayed for a month. My aunty told me stories her grandmother use to tell her and my mom when they were just kids. And it's something I will never forget. I will passed down the stories to my kids and so on. She said her grandmother told her that we chuukese owe our life's to the Americans for sacrifice they did. And this is why I want my two sons to join the us army to show my appreciation for what the Americans did.

[@SkypowerwithKarl]

Suzanne Johnny Well it showed. We were treated like family by the locals everywhere we went.

[@dunruden9720]

coral

[@metallampman]

wow.. im glad to hear that .. im going to chuuk in august

[@mikeabbe2126]

Reminds me of a show called the History channel years ago...

[@mike_js2936]

Mike Abbe good one Mike!

[@wyldebyll3089]

MANY years ago.

[@kaloschke]

A tv channel without Bigfoot and UFOs .... cant be 🤣

[@DarrenBostock]

Yeah, that was a great show.. Those analogue cathode ray tablets really made it feel like you were there..

[@ezragoldberg3132]

I can explain this. It was ALIENS! Aliens is the explanation of everything!

[@marshallposey2063]

My father flew a torpedo plane in the Navy in WW2. I still have his flight jacket. Well done Pop!

[@onlythewise1]

mine to , i still have his clothes , lost his ship in quadacanal boarded the iowa bb61 later .

[@jmstowe]

Yes, Well done, and thank you. My dad was in the Pacific in WWII as well.

[@onlythewise1]

@@jmstowe was he fishing

[@boward6686]

100% respect for those men thank you!!🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@mitchellhawkes22]

Serious bling you got there.

[@john4501]

I was part of the 24th marine division that took part in the invasion of these islands. The fighting was intense. I remember thinking i wouldn't make it only to find myself safe after every battle. I thank God everyday for having lived and survived such a brutal aspect of our country's history. Much love from Albany NY♥️

[@manilajohn0182]

If you're going to lie on KZbin, pull your head out and get your facts straight. There was no 24th Marine Division.

[@MattMurphyMusicTeacher]

My grandfather was part of the crew of one of the ships there, the USS Baltimore. He was also from Albany. Thank you for your service, sir!

[@johnpower8356]

Wow! Amazing 👏 respect 🙏

[@thecraft0490]

Thank you so much. I appreciate your time and sacrifice more than you know. I hope you are well

[@jakewade7388]

Wow, you must be pushing 100 years old. Thank you for your service.

[@kira2hot4you37]

Truk now called Chuuk as it once was called by its own natives.... My home❤

[@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras]

How's it like?

[@kira2hot4you37]

@@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras beautiful paradise!

[@owo5869]

Boo

[@mitchellhawkes22]

I lived in Hawaii. And a beautiful Continental Airlines Cargo Specialist told me it's not "Truk." She said she had been there often, and the people there call their island "Chuk." So I'm glad you could confirm that for me.

[@garyrunnalls7714]

Awesome I've seen pics, so beautiful!

[@Me2Lancer]

As the son of a Pearl Harbor attack survivor it was a rewarding experience to cruise into the lagoon at Truk. The lagoon was littered with sunken Japanese ships. I went ashore on Moen Island, visited with a Peace Corps educator and stepped into a gun emplacement near her residence.

[@andrewmcclure2905]

Need more shows like this, Dogfights, and Greatest Tank Battles

[@cornballshark4413]

Yes just YES

[@keokiaki5647]

Look up 73 easting

[@larryfoulke1596]

Yas,like battel of kursk

[@samfranklin9339]

Dogfights and the battle 360 about patton would be goated

[@jimmccorison]

In 1975, I flew into Truk. You could see the sunken ships at the bottom of the lagoons, still leaking fuel oil 30+ years after the battle.

[@jayteemori4848]

Chuuk is so slept on when it comes to WWII history. It’s unbelievable

[@mitchellhawkes22]

It was a walkover, dude. Chuuk was a monster in the American imagination. But then the growing American Navy made it disappear almost overnight.

[@rickkloek2411]

The greatest generation. Thank you for your service

[@mitchellhawkes22]

Ah, yer generation would do it, too. Just need motivation. Pearl Harbor motivated the men, women, dogs and cats of America. They all wanted to get even.

[@ademkurt7244]

biz hala İslamın hizmetkarıyız

[@mgr_video_productions]

We need more old History Channel shows like Battle 360 and Dogfights again

[@Rafael-lr4gn]

The enterprise was such a beast!!

[@kbanghart]

I think she definitely got lucky a few times as well. But total beast too.

[@omgiwantgravy1967]

She has 20 battle stars

[@omgiwantgravy1967]

She still has 20 battle stars be in the us fleet no battle ship carrier or any other ship for that matter has more then THE E (CV-6

[@nopiez4u876]

@omg i want gravy does stars matter? or no

[@bobsemple3268]

NoPiez4u of course its a battlestars

[@jayomoses719]

It is now called CHUUK. Visiting this group of islands is amazing, you'll discover Japanese vessels, artilleries bunkers, light house, and alot of ruin buildings and much more.. My home.

[@mwarlaemahn1305]

Thank you for sharing this amazing video. It’s now called “CHUUK”👍🏽🙏.

[@skerhnekia5762]

Thank you to all the Americans for giving us Freedom.

[@Dougie-ex1ov]

then they give it back with trump

[@DarronGA]

And for the CIA coup back in 65. My country had a lot of fun with that. Thanks.

[@rogerpattube]

Darron GA better than communism

[@DarronGA]

@@rogerpattube Bruhh we weren't even communist, we just had a good foreign relation with the Soviets, and it just so happens that one of the biggest political party at that time were the communist with it's rival the nationalist party. Guess what? After the coup, muh country got plunged into a borderline fascist government for 31 years. Some protectors of freedom you guys turned out to be.

[@kbanghart]

@@kbfults Are you claiming the CIA didn't pull stunts like that?

[@brucelarrow7897]

Back when history channel was actually relevant

[@dryeik5899]

ITS ALIENS MANNNNNNN!!!!!!

[@geomodelrailroader]

for the first time in history the Battle of Truk was when the Pacific Fleet was at their full might. They managed to crush Truk and destroy all the facilities but when the battle was over the Japanese launched a counter attack at night. Moen was still active and they sent up bombers but the US Fleet drove them back. Although USS Intrepid took a torpedo we weathered the attack and sent another flight of bombers to finish off Moen in the next video.

[@jamestiscareno4387]

Our U.S. pilots staying in formation with thousands and thousands of bullets being shot at you is ineffably brave. All heroes in my eyes.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

I'm pretty sure a lot of them would have been as scared-out-of-your-mind as me or you would have been. But I'm not totally sure.

[@paulanderson778]

My ship USCGC Basswood would service the buoys. I was there in 1984

[@MS79Canesfan]

My Grandfather flew a corsair in the Pacific. I couldn't imagine how crazy it was!

[@stevemccarty6384]

I am a Marine dive bomber jock. It wasn't "crazy" but good scotch was hard to come by.

[@johnnysaechao6218]

This is the history channel I use to watch!

[@lancegideondiokno1774]

Aside from the Enterprise here are the other carriers USS Yorktown (Essex Class) USS Interpid USS Bunker Hill Light carriers USS Belleau Woods USS Cabot USS Cowpens USS Monterey

[@paulgalvin5810]

My Father was on the USS Interpid - Sad you don't hear much about it !

[@lancegideondiokno1774]

@@paulgalvin5810 cool what did he do?

[@paulgalvin5810]

TBF/TBM Avenger Bomber Fighter Tailgunnar, Radioman

[@lancegideondiokno1774]

@@paulgalvin5810 cool did he shoot down anything?

[@paulgalvin5810]

Yes Shot @ Japanese Sub , Lots of Oil surface , US Navy went in to finish the attack

[@DylansPen]

There were only ten episodes of Battle 360 made but they are so good.

[@YoungATUM]

Gotta love the techno sounds in the background of the beginning part lol 😆

[@marvnuts]

Battle 360, Dogfights, and the tank one were the last good shows on History Channel.

[@12what34the]

Pronunciation issues aside, I've always liked this narrator's voice for this series, just the right intensity, not over the top. It just fits.

[@robbiemify]

Naaah that pronounciation is just painful, criminal butchery of English language !!!

[@mitchellhawkes22]

It's a great series.

[@chloehennessey6813]

Truk Attol and Chuuk Lagoon are beautiful. The Grey Ghost. The original Beast of a ship.

[@rudassigrah1207]

January 2020 a US plane with the remains of 7 service member was found just outside of the lagoon.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

Almost a century later. Wow. Truk is not a backwater anymore. The lagoon is a popular destination for snorklers and more extreme divers. That a WW2 plane with remains was found at this late date...RIP, all who died in this great battle of Nations in the Mid-Pacific.

[@maxsteel8031]

*Unless I'm mistaken, the Japanese didn't have radar. And that AA fire, though it could reach 25,000 ft. you can't train on a target, if you can't see it. They were sitting ducks.*

[@bclmax]

they had radar, not sure if they had it on truk though

[@kbanghart]

Yeah they had certain tech, but it was far too little, too late.

[@slopcrusher3482]

But saying that their AA guns could “ pick you off at 25,000ft” sounds so much more dramatic than “ the unguided anti air was used to create a large area of flak hoping to hit planes”

[@kbanghart]

For example, Yamato had two different kinds of AA, But their design that was supposed to be overlapping, actually left a gap in coverage against incoming American planes. Also unless I heard incorrectly, the smaller Japanese AA was pretty awful.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

They were'nt sitting ducks. But they might as well have been shooting at ducks -- for all the US aircraft they DID NOT damage in the least.

[@mike_js2936]

It’s been so long since THC made a Battle 360 episode. Can’t they make more instead of just showing old ones?

[@cadenrolland5250]

It cost more to make one of these than to stick a camera in the face of a fool talking about Bigfoot.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

@@cadenrolland5250 Caden Rolland, there is great hope for you.

[@stevenhatcher3208]

Torpedo planes but no reliable torpedoes ,bombers only reliable planes at attacking ships. Great planning using torpedo planes for runways

[@nobullmag]

HISTORY CHANNEL - at last, someone who explains it the best - phew!!

[@louisavondart9178]

One thing that isn't mentioned. Chuuk was a staging post for re-inforcements of the Japanese Army. Due to the attack, appoximately 11,000 troops were killed in the transport ships.

[@georgecurtis6463]

I lived on chuuk as a child for a year or so until my parents moved to yap. I left yap when I was over 10 years old. I returned to chuuk many times through the years. Was at a hotel in the 70s when guys showed up looking for a known sunken submarine but not yet found. They showed me a lot of stills of the attack. Even saw how the boat or small ship got hit and headed towards the land. It's the one that was in front of the hotel. Way back when I was there and later coming and going the masts from the sunken ships were still sticking up. Long ago they all rusted off. Umm, chuuk is a volcano and the reef is the outer edge of it.

[@stevos14a]

It's says they're aiming for aircraft carriers and battle ships but then fails to mention that they'd all been moved out 2 weeks prior, so the raid was massive, but mostly smaller ships and cargo ships.

[@martingradney]

This needs to be a battlefield map

[@frosty3693]

This video didn't seem to mention that almost all the fleet units had left after the longrange recon plane (B-24?) was spotted some time before.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

Details, details. But you are right. Next documentary, they promise to put it in.

[@JugglesGrenades]

The Japanese had been building up Truk Atoll for years. It's a miracle we were able to take it from them.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

No, it wasn't a miracle. When the Japanese at Truk saw the progress of the American Fleet coming at them through the Central Pacific, they booked a room in Tokyo STAT. They got out of Truk so fast, the pancakes were still on the griddle. . .

[@sBabysKid-nk8eh]

Risked their lives for your freedom ❤️

[@dustylover100]

The Enterprise was seemingly everywhere.

[@RabbidM0nkey123]

900 tons of explosive ordinance dropped. Jesus. Now that’s American might 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@11happychap]

Wow that was so interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@biggmakkofficial]

Chuuk my home!

[@chriscase1392]

The Japanese did have air search radar, and it gave them warning time to get fighters airborne. The approaching task force had been spotted as well, and the Combined Fleet escaped. The largest warship present was a light cruiser. The Hellcat sweep virtually wiped out the enemy fighters, and the bombers took over, reducing Truk to a smoldering hellhole and convincing the high command that the strategy of bypassing important bases was valid. Today, Truk is a wreck diver's paradise, with dozens of sunken ships--mostly transports--within easy diving depth.

[@arctic3313]

“Torpedo bombers decimate airfields with contact bombs” and “Dive bombers sink enemy ships” seems legit.... Edit: time stamp: 2:40

[@thursdaythought7201]

That is what they did though. The torpedo bombers were outfitted with fragmentation and incendiary bombs to take out airfields and the dive bombers took out ships. The reason they did this was because the lagoon that made up the harbor was too shallow for american torpedoes.

[@noahgardner-orr9382]

@@thursdaythought7201 how do torpedoes destroy land based aircraft though? I know you said they were fitted with other bombs but if they are TORPEDO bombers why would they be carrying anything but a torpedo? wouldn't dive bombers be a better choice?

[@OfficiallyArma]

@@noahgardner-orr9382 correct me if I'm wrong but I think torpedo and dive bombers refer to the type of plane not it's payload

[@navyreviewer]

@@noahgardner-orr9382 dispite the times Avengers carried torpedoes being more celebrated, most of the time they carried 4 500lb bombs. Carrying torpedoes was the exception not the rule. As for the name, they were torpedo bombers. This means they could be either torpedo planes or (light) bombers. Hence their designation of TBF (or TBM). That's how aircraft were designated back then. Today it would be called T/B. Much like how the Hornet is called the F/A. As for why the torpedo bombers went after the airfield while the bombers went after the ships? The answer is because as bombers the Avengers operated as conventional level bombers. Dropping from high altitude. This made it hard for them to hit moving targets like a ship, but aircraft sitting on a tarmac was no problem. Divebombers otoh came swooping down and released sometimes just over head. This meant they had a much higher chance of hitting a moving target.

[@BrigadierBill]

@@noahgardner-orr9382 If you want really weird, the bomber that killed USS Arizona was a Japanese B5N2 torpedo bomber, armed with a modified 16-inch battleship shell.

[@visi7013]

Nice One! Cheers

[@rarelyevenusedaccount]

notice that torpedo bombers have contact bombs and they're sent to destroy the airfields while dive bombers are sent to destroy ships?

[@billy20069]

Imagine how good these videos would be if it didn’t look like they were from a ps2 game. These need to be remastered. I would absolutely buy that DVD

[@dunruden9720]

buy

[@mitchellhawkes22]

@@dunruden9720 It was quite good for its day. And if you aren't a gamer, it still looks passable. The story is epic, so I close my eyes when they don't quite bring it to life. Remastering would only cost a billion or so. You ought to get involved.

[@eb5857]

Amazing

[@jakgalin]

You can tell which animations were self made and which borrowed from Dogfights, I personally don't have a problem with that, but you can tell the difference. In my opinion the animations from Dogfights are better. But Battle360 all in all looks fantastic and I plan on watching more of them.

[@DDay-vv9ec]

Would have been something to see..

[@yvespenaflor4610]

5:29 did i hear naruto shadow clone jutsu ? lmao

[@ruthsigrah7704]

"Operation Hailstones " code name

[@secretagent86]

well done. subscribed

[@GhostTrueCapitalist]

Enterprise, loneliest American carrier no more... 8 carriers, 6 battleships, 10 cruisers, numerous destroyers and lets thrown in a few subs as well into this one of numerous flotillas. American production at its finest.

[@65SATisfaction]

Ok, so who’s going to tell History Channel they misspelled ‘Atoll’?

[@kbanghart]

Good job, would you like a medal?

[@thekinginyellow1744]

@@kbanghart Hey if he doesn't want the medal, I'll take it. I'll then make up a story about it and sell it on eBay for 1000 times what it's worth. Welcome to the internet.

[@thekinginyellow1744]

I find it difficult to trust someone who can't even spell their video title correctly. I think you mean "Atoll"

[@GH-oi2jf]

They must mean “atoll.” An educational channel should be better at spelling.

[@waikukujk]

Not to mention A-toll

[@philgaskill1448]

Also shouldn't be showing Wildcats flying from the Enterprise in 1944.

[@spudpud-T67]

I like the way he mispronounces it so badly, its kind of funny.

[@macemichellemiller6275]

They did have Wildcats it's a carrier based plane. Since enterprise had 96 planes I'm sure Wildcats were based on it. For escort and perimeter cover.

[@65SATisfaction]

..not to mention it was known as ‘Truk’.. not Truck.

[@mikeholland1031]

The big E must have been sitting higher in the water after delivering 900 tons.

[@connor9295]

I love the narrator. So over-the-top, he must need a sip of water between each line 🤣

[@snowsoldier_9775]

Yorktown: sinks America: let's make one more for her

[@sv3351]

Anyone else see the Yamato at 7:10. Must have ran out of ships to render 😅

[@grahamgraves286]

Dive bombers sink ships and torpedo bombers decimate airfields with contact bombs?

[@imperialwhovian3461]

While torpedos can do a lot more damage to a ship they are also more likely to get shot down than a dive bomber and also torpedo bombers can carry a lot more making them great for bomb runs on a air strip.

[@12what34the]

They may have had depth and approach issues using torpedoes in the lagoon

[@markkover8040]

American aerial torpedoes weren't very good at the time. The U.S. Navy had resorted to dive bombing as the primary means of attacking enemy ships after the Battle of Midway.

[@mattymayhem238]

Pew pew pew yeah!

[@wideawake7071]

The Japanese started the carnage at pearl.. Yamamoto knew this would evolve as well.. thats why he was so stand off when his partner countrymen was celebrating.. and it came to pass because America went after, and took it to Japan like a wild fire with a 50 mile hour wind..the Japanese started it, the Americans finished it.

[@billpetersen298]

And the Chinese have been forever grateful, for their liberation.

[@conmcgrath7174]

There probably wasn't one single US aviator that day that wasn't thinking remenber Pearl Harbour?

[@onlythewise1]

ya my dad was there in the navy

[@arctic3313]

5:48 that was beautiful

[@kenclark9888]

History channel is having issues it’s Truk Atoll not Attol

[@kbanghart]

Yes we know

[@fooman2108]

Having known a couple of people from the atoll the correct pronunciation is CHOOK (almost like someone calling chickens). On my bucket list is to go dive the atoll one day!

[@chuckjohannessen3330]

Jig Dog Ramage would know. He is a genuine legend, Check him out.

[@davehause8571]

Spelled Truk Atoll.

[@heisenfeis]

7:09 did not know the Yamato or Musashi was there.

[@walterg.dinkla2478]

I believe it is Truk Atoll.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

Today...you believe correctly. Tomorrow, there's no sure answer for you.

[@kristelvidhi5038]

7:18 that must've been Aikoku Maru.

[@uts4448]

The Japanese really left their mark over here. You can see it in the language, the names of the older people, the food, and some of the people look mixed with Japanese. There’s a lot of Japanese influence in Chuuk.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

And surprisingly, all over Hawaii, where Japanese-Americans flourish -- to the better good of the islands.

[@longanhngocfamily5851]

Hold up, the flak sounds like Marine’s rifle from star craft2

[@michaelinhouston9086]

The word is "Atoll" not "Attol".

[@DunedinMultimedia]

900 tons of bombs!

[@andreslinares6429]

History on the history channel... Amazing

[@JeovahLovesYou]

Name all the Ships present at this Battle. From both sides please

[@mitchellhawkes22]

First you got to tell me the names of all of Santa's Reindeer.

[@kenp7814]

Captain Osborne Hardison > James Tiberius Kirk

[@Abdi_Omer]

Really

[@bcask61]

Atoll. Not Attol.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Fun fact Pappy Boyington was a POW at Truk during the USN attack

[@stuartross4904]

Those 101 thumbs down are obviously rooting for our enemies. eff yoo.

[@p.d8423]

What were the numbers for both sides after the smoke cleared?

[@mitchellhawkes22]

It was lopsided. You don't want to know the numbers. America won in a rout.

[@jarrettmeers9931]

You've misspelt "Atoll" in the description, History Channel.

[@jordonmcwilliams9006]

Description: “Hellcat fighter jets” 🤔

[@humbertobenet7836]

Como normalmente ocurre...la historia contada por eu

[@personnelente]

Atol

[@giancarlotubal5985]

We need this kind of shows. not those hole diggers,alien huntes and crocodile hunters

[@rorypullman]

Lets design a plane specifically for torpedoing ships then send them to attack land targets. Seems legit.

[@12what34the]

Avengers were relatively multi-role as designed. Something could be said about tactics of formation attacks however

[@mitchellhawkes22]

The US Navy needs you, man.

[@MalIsReal]

Pov:you make biggest mistake that going to be nightmare for 5 years

[@nielsideno3505]

Yeey ther was a new yourktown :)

[@mitchellhawkes22]

Although nobody really said that or called it that... :)

[@BlackWater_49]

2:40 Shouldn't the torpedo bombers sink the ships and the dive bombers decimate the airfields?

[@markkover8040]

Not with the U.S. Navy at that time. American aerial torpedoes were terrible. Our dive bombers were more accurate and effective at taking out enemy ships. American torpedo bombers, armed with bombs, made effective glide bombing attacks on land installations in attacks like this.

[@marcuspeacock9529]

"Attol", really?

[@moonmunster]

….fly soup.... yum.

[@bernardscheidle5679]

Atoll is pronounced with a short "A" as in apple, not "A" like in ape. Bozos.