The many brutal night actions of Guadalcanal were won not by the side who perfectly foresaw and countered the enemies strategy, but the side who fucked up least and less massively
@earlyriser89982 жыл бұрын
As a baby boomer I was stunned by the incompetence revealed early in the war by french, brits, and usa. But i learned that this is due to 'peace criteria' and 'war criteria' for evaluation of commanders and soldiers. Perfect formations, all well dressed with shoes polished gets points. Ragged formations, dressed in work fatigues, but well trained get docked points. We end up seeing it in every branch and almost every initial contact with the enemy. Guadalcanal are one of the few pearly actions with experienced commanders in charge who are there based on skills not their parade ground polish. And the marines appear to learn more quickly than army or navy leadership on what makes a good commander and how to win.
@Wolfeson282 жыл бұрын
@@earlyriser8998 It's certainly true that all sides' militaries faced a "weeding out" process early in the war to get rid of officers who could check all the right boxes in peacetime but couldn't cut it in combat. However, I don't think that's really the story for these battles around Guadalcanal. Night naval battles can be chaotic messes at the best of times, and the USN was at a clear disadvantage early on because they simply hadn't trained for night fighting the way that the IJN had. Both good and bad officers alike were struggling to figure out what did and didn't work in those night battles, going up against an enemy that already had a lot of those answers (at least until new technologies came fully into play).
@BeingFireRetardant2 жыл бұрын
This thread is fantastic... Feel like Scott accidentally won that victory. His caution, while justified, precluded a potentially much greater victory, but he committed a number of weird tactical errors. And one unintentionally brilliant maneuver...
@Synergist1c_2 жыл бұрын
sounds like a typical WoWs match to me
@NorroTaku2 жыл бұрын
that's how war usually goes
@expandedhistory2 жыл бұрын
This channel is the definition of quality over quantity.
@Arphalia2 жыл бұрын
agreed, alongside the channel primitive technology
@razen97662 жыл бұрын
@@Arphalia what
@deBebbler2 жыл бұрын
Agreed EH. It is all killer, no filler, and the wide gaps in uploads just make me more hungry for one when it finally drops.
@christopping58762 жыл бұрын
So true!
@Syveck2 жыл бұрын
I concur lol
@expandedhistory2 жыл бұрын
The Operations Room always makes these engagement’s and battles much clearer and easier to comprehend. We’ve read, we’ve watched - now we understand.
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
@@0101-s7v No 😄
@SAMUELSKUWAR2 жыл бұрын
So true. And the narrator has the voice of a proper WW2 general, IMHO, based on all the older war movies I watched.
@gregc2472 жыл бұрын
Agreed, also have read about this action many times but didnt visualize it like this
@jtgd2 жыл бұрын
@@0101-s7v it’ll be a hillbilly moment
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Scott - "Yeah I totally meant that" 😄
@ethangavrilmoreno84792 жыл бұрын
never before I've known some humorous higher-ups from the military...
@robertsansone16802 жыл бұрын
I salute the Captain of the U.S.S. Helena. It's men like that who ultimately achieved victory for the Allies. I have heard that some of these men who took the initiative & acted on their own, believed they would be Court Marshaled but were instead promoted. Excellent history. Thank You
@CinemaDemocratica Жыл бұрын
There was a bomber group leader in the battle of the Philippine Sea who got so bored orbiting out of the way of his group's carriers that he led them on an un-briefed and un-approved raid on a nearby Japanese airfield. Apparently he was certain that he'd be court-marshalled as well. Love those guys.
@tacticalcalebgaming726410 ай бұрын
So as Boise as well she fires so quick
@ISAF_Ace2 жыл бұрын
Good the see the USS Laffey , that destroyer certainly had its close calls. And Scott, that man lucked out so hard. He probably returned to port and said "I was able to expertly cross the T of the IJN and destroy them in a night action. Just don't ask questions and believe me when I say, that I totally meant to do that"
@501ststudios72 жыл бұрын
This is actually a different Laffey than DD-724, the ship that survived 52 Kamikazes in 1945. This ship was that Laffey’s namesake.
@@Checkmate3604 yes correct that’s the one I’m referring to, I think the OP saw Operations Room’s video on the later Laffey and thought this was the same ship.
@c7d4chkc2 жыл бұрын
Scott is killed in a later action of the same campaign
@expandedhistory2 жыл бұрын
This is a messy naval battle. Must have been a nightmare trying to piece together all the ships locations for the video.
@sethkoch44492 жыл бұрын
I honestly don’t know how they find all this information such as the exact locations to animate. That’s quality work. Also I love your History channel ExpandedHistory!
@luiseduardo52162 жыл бұрын
@@sethkoch4449 read the book neptunes inferno, they show many of this details
@oldfrend2 жыл бұрын
nah, just a lot of bad deicision making from an overly conservative commander. chose the wrong ship as his flag; didn't listen to his technical experts when they were telling him he was wrong based on the data. pretty much the whole fleet knew what was going on and where the enemy was except scott cuz he cared about his ego more than the truth. says a lot about the commander's lack of leadership that his fleet opens fire without him ordering them to do so. they won in spite of him, not because of.
@AFriedChicken2 жыл бұрын
@Seth Koch I believe he stated he uses battle reports on one of his old videos to give him precise locations for his animated reconstruction.
@Wolfeson282 жыл бұрын
@@oldfrend Scott didn't have a very good showing within the battle itself, but it's also important to remember that he did a lot of important things to prepare the ships under his command for this sort of engagement prior to the events we see here. So even though his ships seem to be winning in spite of him here, I think Scott deserves some credit for his ships recognizing and doing what needed to be done even when his direct command and control in the battle wasn't much help. I suspect that Scott would also would have been able to learn and apply some lessons from this battle and do a better job in the future. Unfortunately, Callaghan's slightly greater seniority meant Scott would never get that chance.
@CJ-yh8qp2 жыл бұрын
My grandfathers older brother, Clarence Christensen, Electrician’s Mate 1st Class, USN, was aboard the destroyer USS Duncan during this engagement. We never really understood how exactly he died from friendly fire. Only just this past Memorial Day, my mother found some old documents, and I figured out that he must have been at this battle. This video breaks it down perfectly, and now we understand the circumstances of his death. Thanks man!!!!!! Sent this out to my relatives!!
@mema00052 жыл бұрын
You know night actions must have been messy when you don't start shooting your own units until after they have positively identified themselves
@jaredspencer33042 жыл бұрын
I am amazed how much punishment these warships can take before sinking. I realize that's how/why they're built, but they're also built to sink each other. Incredible how much damage it actually takes to do the job.
@CSSVirginia2 жыл бұрын
The US Navy had God tier damage control.
@ericamborsky32302 жыл бұрын
This would not be the last time Aoba would take heavy damage and still manage to limp home. The ship would later take a direct hit from a B-17 which would detonate her torpedoes and later still, she would take a torpedo and still survive.
@ChaplainDMK2 жыл бұрын
I assume in this action its due to the short range, shells would impact into the hull above water and the superstructure and wouldn't cause a lot of damage that would cause flooding. But in almost all cases warships, especially cruisers, were combat ineffective long before they were in any serious danger of sinking. By the point you are sinking likely a large portion of your crew is dead or wounded, communication is hampered, equipment is destroyed, and radar or any other sensors you have are disabled - hence why you often see warships peel off from a formation very quickly.
@kusajko36442 жыл бұрын
8:08 of course it fails to explode, it's a Mark 14 torpedo, the best torpedo ever built till that time, the Japanese could never come up with better one, right?
@alexroselle2 жыл бұрын
Japanese sailors: look out! American torpedo! The torpedo: *boop*
@d.olivergutierrez86902 жыл бұрын
Mark 15 technically
@sargesacker25992 жыл бұрын
Correction Mark 15 torpedo. Mark 14’s are submarine based, Mark 15 are surface based.
@d.olivergutierrez86902 жыл бұрын
@@alexroselle furutaka: dont worry, only one in ten American torpedoes actually wor-💥 Maccalla: what was that? Buchanan: the one in ten
@NotTheCIA19612 жыл бұрын
In fairness to the torpedo, it SHOULDN'T have armed when being launched directly into the structure. Aside from premature launch, it did exactly what it's supposed to in this situation.
@lightwalker2222 жыл бұрын
This is your best animation work yet. Along with Drachinifel's excellent scripting, this series is rapidly becoming my favorite content of yours
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Actually he wasn't involved in this one, but thanks! :)
@hdjono33512 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom still a great video! What video did drach collaborate on?
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
@@hdjono3351 Tassafaronga and Eastern Solomons 👍
@snugglecity35002 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom i guess it was your excellent scripting
@archer-02512 жыл бұрын
Life is simple... you see a new Operations room video... you click it.
@ELCADAROSA2 жыл бұрын
USS Scott (DDG-996) was eventually named for RADM Scott. He was killed along with many of his staff when the ship he was on - the USS Atlanta - was hit by gunfire from the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco during the nighttime fighting in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Scott posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
@badweetabix2 жыл бұрын
In other words, he was awarded the MOH for the actions of the other ships captains who despite his blunder enable them to win the battle. Just another MacArthur MOH.
@mbryson28992 жыл бұрын
@@badweetabix How was it his blunder that his ship was mistakenly shot at?
@Looscannon942 жыл бұрын
@@badweetabix Scott wasn't even the Officer in Charge when he was killed, he was second in command. It was Admiral Callahan that was in command (who was also killed along with his entire staff as well aboard the USS San Francisco). Callahan was previously the Chief of Staff for area commander Admiral Ghormley before Ghormley was canned in favor of Bull Halsey. Callahan was then given command of Task Force 67 over Scott because he had been a rear admiral 15 days longer. Operations Room literally did a video about the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Come on now lol.
@Looscannon942 жыл бұрын
@@mbryson2899 Scott wasn't even the officer in charge when he died. It was Admiral Callahan. Dude is wrong all over the place haha
@mbryson28992 жыл бұрын
@@Looscannon94 Callaghan apparently made no plan with his cohorts, then he issued confusing orders. It was his flagship that mistakenly hit Scott's U.S.S. Atlanta (though I believe that Kirishima and other Japanese ships hit her as well). She was scuttled the next day so no one will ever know for certain. In any case, Scott did best he could at Cape Esperance, especially given the information the USN believed about Japanese capabilities. He did prevent Henderson Field from being shelled that night, and that Japanese cruiser division was retired to other non-frontline duties for the rest of WWII as only Kinugasa was fit for service for a long time.
@jkull1732 жыл бұрын
Very cool timing. Every year around Memorial Day in the US, I read my grandfather’s war journal from his time on Guadalcanal and the pacific. Absolute hell on earth that they went through. Thanks for the video.
@ramal57082 жыл бұрын
The fact that Scott didn't use the Helena or Boise as his flagship because of their high tech radar at the time makes the management of his battleline much more confusing before the shooting starts
@robomaster202 жыл бұрын
Trust me, most officers and sailors will blatantly follow tradition over common sense, because they don't want to be the person who rocks the boat
@aleksaradojicic81142 жыл бұрын
@@robomaster20 I do not know for fact, but I would guess that heavy cruisers had better command facilities compared to light ones. If that is true, taking CA for command ship makes sense (specially in time when extremely small number of admirals new how to use radar for there advantage).
@sandygehrmann63092 жыл бұрын
Man, Scott almost messed that up so many times. He got so lucky that the crew of Helena actually used their radar correctly and fired even when he didn't want them too, otherwise the Japanese might've come close enough to destroy most of them.
@napiersh12 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite history channel.
@SgtAndrewM2 жыл бұрын
the quality of these videos is better than anything on TV
@m00nraker45452 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I’d love to see a video of the sinking, hiding and eventual rescue of the Helena’s crew. My great grandfather was one of the gunnery officers on Helena and survived the sinking and lived among the natives until his eventual rescue. I’ve read all the books but a video would be neat to watch.
@Looscannon942 жыл бұрын
I've been reading "Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal" recently and honestly was kind of surprised you hadn't done a Cape Esperance video yet. And now here you are providing one like 2 days later lol. You'll have to do the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands next.
@whalehands2 жыл бұрын
I seriously love this channel. I love history. I love Military history. Your visuals and play by play are simple but very effective. Thank you for the Awesomeness
@jakethemistake192 жыл бұрын
Thank you for illustrating this battle. I grew up right next to the memorial of the USS San Francisco. Standing next to her hull and reading her story, I could only imagine what she went through. This gives a new, deeper found appreciation to the remains every time I go by it.
@Shargok2 жыл бұрын
This channel is a national treasure.
@SovietRusalka2 жыл бұрын
It's always a good day when The Operations Room uploads
@MarcDufresneosorusrex Жыл бұрын
Glad I lived in Japan; my host family included a ww2 Pacific theater veteran; on my last day he spoke for ten minutes but my nihongo wasn't able of deciphering. These videos show me what serving in that part of the world must have felt like, I especially feel for the Japanese: in foreign waters without radar surrounded by strafing planes, PT boats, etc serving under an unforgiving military chain of command. It couldn't have been easy for any soldier serving there; thank you all for your service; these battles made all sides undoubtedly more knowledgeable, wealthier and hopefully more wise as well.
@wolfroze97032 жыл бұрын
Thank you for producing naval battles like these, you have no idea much we appreciate this
@sullymcalear8192 жыл бұрын
Most people underestimate the importance of this battle due to its size, but the morale this victory provided to the US helped win Guadalcanal and the whole war.
@BeingFireRetardant2 жыл бұрын
It was perhaps the definitive moment for the US citizens to believe the war was even winnable. I could be wrong, but I would hazard a guess that 1942 may have been one of the most pivotal years in all of human history. Simply because of how horribly different the world would be now, had any of it gone the other way...
@ericlarsen19202 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@AbruptPause_2 жыл бұрын
One of the few channels that I watch as soon as I'm notified of a new vid. Great stuff.
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@patrickmccrann9912 жыл бұрын
The "Americal Division" had no official number during World War II. They became the 23rd Infantry Division during the Vietnam War when the division was reactivated. This Division was one of only two in the U.S. Army during World War II that did not have a numerical designation, the other was the "Philippine Division" lost in the Philippines early in the war.
@ScreaminEmu2 жыл бұрын
The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal is one of the least commonly known engagements of WW2, but in my opinion one of the most fascinating and horrifying. Well done as usual; you do great work with this channel.
@RickLowrance2 жыл бұрын
Great work. This is one of the few channels where I routinely watch the videos more than once.
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@Lawlend2 жыл бұрын
Always a good day when theres a new ops room vid
@Jonathan-tz7ss2 жыл бұрын
This channel is incredible, I've binged loads of it the past few nights I'm quite upset that I'll soon rinse the lot of it keep going!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
We're pedaling as fast as we can :)
@TJ240502 жыл бұрын
Definitely the most in depth visual and graphic accounts of military operations I’ve ever been able to find. Love this channel!
@denysdavydenko22882 жыл бұрын
It’s cool to see the same ships across videos, I’m invested the Laffey like it’s my favorite character 😂
@bobcastro93862 жыл бұрын
My wife and I enjoyed touring the Laffey at Patriots Point in Charleston, South Carolina. A great museum which also includes the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown and submarine U.S.S. Clamagore.
@ttrestle2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for dropping more frequent vids as it’s much appreciated.
@brandydoll742 жыл бұрын
Every single video is absolutely stunning and genuinely draws me in to watch another. I was curious and wanted to ask, will you cover the battle of Leyte gulf?
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
At some point!
@thegunman28412 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom Let's goooo!
@hunter354742 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing Leyte Gulf will require at least four videos: one each for the battles of Sibuyan Sea, Cape Engano, Surigao Strait, and of course the Battle off Samar.
@brandydoll742 жыл бұрын
Maybe! Certainly going to be an enjoyable video / series regardless!
@BGerbs662 жыл бұрын
Seeing these come into my sub box make my day. Thanks for all the hard work you put in!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@alexsmith55012 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ethanwatkins67802 жыл бұрын
one of the very best channels out there
@Anonymous-_-692 жыл бұрын
Amazing video, i love surface engagements. No long range airstrikes from carriers but ship on ship.
@iamzuesthisisthetruth88642 жыл бұрын
Just shows the Advantage of Having the Initiative in a Fight!
@JakeMook2 жыл бұрын
I see a video from T.O.R, I click. Another great addition, keep it up
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@ralphkerr68092 жыл бұрын
I love how much you work on these.
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Bootneck-RMC2 жыл бұрын
Another superb re-enactment from The Operations Room, thank you. 👍
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@ajamino41072 жыл бұрын
Would love to settle in to watch a 1 hour plus episode. Better than any history lesson or film reenactment
@antonioperez26232 жыл бұрын
A fantastic summary of the battle. A ship's position and movement are essential to understand the naval battle.
@billgriffin8352 жыл бұрын
Books on the naval battle at Guadalcanal tell me that the Captain of the Helena was in the process of developing a combat information center and knew where every ship was. The Captain of the Boise did not trust radar, which told him where the Japanese where so lit off his search lights. The worse damage done to American ships at Savo island and here occurred when shells hit the seaplanes and their fuel. According to books I've read. Great job on both battles.
@Riccardo_Silva2 жыл бұрын
The comment by Expanded History is perfectly on the spot. I was going to write something to the same effect but he preceded me! Very well done Operations Room...and Expanded History as well!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Joze10902 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! I'm listening to Neptune's inferno right now, so this video couldn't have been timed better :) Absolutely love your work man, keep it up!!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy it!
@TheLondonForever002 жыл бұрын
I just hit like before the video starts now as the content is solid. Thanks OR.
@JosheyG342 жыл бұрын
Best historical channel on KZbin
@briandimascio28312 жыл бұрын
My only critique is incredibly minor - the use of a 50-star U.S. flag instead of the 48-star. Other than that this is a great video! I love the work from this channel.
@jedhaney35472 жыл бұрын
...Well there were only 48 states at the time... Alaska and Hawaii wouldn't gain statehood till 1959. Hence why our Alaska class battlecruisers were all named after territories and not states like battleships.
@briandimascio28312 жыл бұрын
@@jedhaney3547 yes, which is why I was pointing out that in the video there were 50-star flags
@mailbox39822 жыл бұрын
@@jedhaney3547 Not to be rude, but please properly read and understand comments before "correcting" them.
@jedhaney35472 жыл бұрын
@@briandimascio2831 Ah, didn't get that was your point, my bad.
@jedhaney35472 жыл бұрын
@@mailbox3982 He wasn't clear on what he was referring to, thought he didn't know Alaska and Hawaii weren't states at the time, which is common tbh. Also... nunya? lol
@cgross822 жыл бұрын
I recommend the book Neptune’s Inferno by the late James D. Hornfischer, a gripping but accurate account of the naval campaign for Guadalcanal.
@johnparsons15732 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this channel. Top notch. Thank you very much
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@timalexander77582 жыл бұрын
Great to see you back!! I know these take a lot of effort, but was wondering about Pt 2 of the LaDrang story Thanks for all of your hard work!!
@ajax48982 жыл бұрын
love your WW2 content. commenting for algo. happy to support content like this
@ellisbkennedy6522 жыл бұрын
This is genuinely what i wanted to see everytime a WWII documentary starts talking specifics about a battle
@JuergenGDB2 жыл бұрын
I freaking total dig this channel. First Class mate!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@USAR88882 жыл бұрын
Can you do the 1916 Battle of Jutland please? Would love to see more content on this legendary battle in general, but gets overshadowed a lot by WW2. Those dreadnought battleships were monsters.
@zangrygrapes4571 Жыл бұрын
The british got torched in that battle
@AinsleyHarriott12 жыл бұрын
Incredible to imagine what those soldiers must have seen whilst bobbing on the waves in their dinghies.
@jamesscalzo30332 жыл бұрын
Loved the video @The Operations Room! Can't wait for the next video guys! It's been a while since there's was a video on the Guadalcanal Campaign come to the Channel. Really hoping for USS South Dakota and USS Washington to have their Finest Hour come here as well!
@steveinspokane30962 жыл бұрын
Great piece of history. Thank you for the detailed narration. This is a wonderful channel. I watch your presentations within hours of their posting. Would love to hear more about Mig-28's....
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@clarencesarion48542 жыл бұрын
Love your WW2 naval videos, great job as always
@mr.m1garand2542 жыл бұрын
Loving these naval battles🔥
@brandonkim84232 жыл бұрын
I JUST finished "Neptune's Inferno" and I see this on KZbin lol Great book btw, amazing coverage on the naval operations of Guadalcanal. Also on audible.
@SynTouhikou2 жыл бұрын
ABOUT TIME WE GOT A NEW VIDEO
@Itskarl.2 жыл бұрын
So good, thank you for making these, love watching them ♥️
@jackmazza5742 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was Francis Shepard Conlon EM2 USN. “Shep” He was on the Duncan that night. Some friends were eaten by sharks. Many died in front of him, badly burned and screaming in the ocean at night. He made it back to the states and was deployed on another ship for the remainder of the war in the Pacific. He survived the war and raised four successful children near Syracuse, NY. He never told anyone what he went through, only that his ship went down and he was okay. He was never an angry person always a kind gentleman. A great man, smoked a pipe. Hated highways and always took the back roads. Lived the quiet life until 1989. My hero I never really had the chance to know. I was proud to carry his name and sail back through the same waters & get my shellback like he did in our way to bomb Afghanistan.
@KickerDrew2 жыл бұрын
As someone who was born in raised in Boise, it was really amazing to hear that there even was a shipped named after the city, but also really cool to hear that the Boise was also a technologically impressive ship for the time!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
And that I got the pronunciation right? 😁
@KickerDrew2 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom Yes! I was actually pretty surprised to hear it 😅
@OBJ3172 жыл бұрын
Long live the greatest generation of Americans. The world war 2 vets 🖤 Thank you ops room as always for the phenomenal work.
@MinecraftAddict9912 жыл бұрын
The number of mishaps in this battle had me almost audibly swearing at the screen there...
@d.olivergutierrez86902 жыл бұрын
“Scott what are you doing in San Francisco, go to a ship with actual radar, NO stop, wait for your destroyers to finishing their turn, what are you waiting for OPEN FIRE, no cease fire you are hitting one of your ships 🤬aaaah”
@paullytle19042 жыл бұрын
Night actions man
@jwrockets2 жыл бұрын
This video was released while I'm watch Taff in Exile doing a play through of War on the Sea.
@TheSlamburger2 жыл бұрын
Pizza and a new Operations Room video. I am a happy man.
@80b2 жыл бұрын
I hadn't ever heard this referred to as the battle of Cape Esperance before.
@shellshockedgerman39472 жыл бұрын
Its known as the First Solomon Battle in Japanese sources
@Frost6402 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your videos for literally years at this point and they never disappoint, thank you for all the hard work.
@MrMacavity2 жыл бұрын
Awesome work, always nice to see more videos 👍
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Masterbaade2 жыл бұрын
Quality stuff my friend! Your videos keep improving!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
@adricmc20472 жыл бұрын
Rarely comment on videos. But I love your channel, I tell all my friends about it. The content is so good! Thank you
@brandonfurr70802 жыл бұрын
That torpedo room moment sounds like something out if a movie
@dylan95172 жыл бұрын
my goodness, all the Operations Room videos covering WWII in the area around Guadalcanal have been intense. I can really see why that body of water is now called "Ironbottom Sound". it looks like some truly intense fighting occured there.
@thegunman28412 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video! Unless the next one is in the making already, an Operation Ten-Go would be cool.
@skeeterboombaty2 жыл бұрын
dude, new OPS Room? Let me settle in! Love this channel. I recommend it to anyone who youtubes. Keep up the phenomenal content.
@cjclark20022 жыл бұрын
I cringe sitting here listening to how many “growing pains” the US navy had to endure during the war.. meaning, sinking friendly ships, making incompetent decisions and just overall negligence. Good lord.
@naamadossantossilva47362 жыл бұрын
At least they had a competent build plan and learned fast.If they got stuck in lalaland like the IJN they would never have won the war.
@Cailus35422 жыл бұрын
Yeah. The US Navy had excellent ships, superb training and brave sailors, but there was also spectacular incompetence, often at the highest levels. The Mark 14 torpedo. The refusal to properly employ ASW aircraft and blackout the US East Coast. The belief that Pearl Harbor was safe despite a British carrier strike on Taranto that sank or crippled half the Italian battle fleet. The incredible incompetence of some US admirals in battle. For the US Navy, there was the bright side that they had some excellent individuals too; King (usually), Lee, Nimitz, Spruance. The Americans learned very quickly from their mistakes, much like the British, and adapted. The Japanese didn't, and so rapidly lost their advantage over the Allied navies.
@aidenbooth67252 жыл бұрын
Babe wake up, operations room made a video
@EchosTackyTiki2 жыл бұрын
Dude. Helena, San Francisco, and Laffey just seem to be involved in everything in that theatre. Why is it when something happens, it's always you three?
@rael54692 жыл бұрын
These animations are beautifully, done. It gives an amazing perspective of how these battles went down. I hope these are taught at the Naval War College.
@drawingdead90252 жыл бұрын
This is the best channel on youtube.
@tjsdapimp2 жыл бұрын
Great video, never knew there was a ship named after my home town(uss helena) after further research it helped destroy 4 Japanese ships in two major night battles,that’s so cool
@officerbt33472 жыл бұрын
I just watched Bismarck, so the thumbnail sparked some interest!
@highoverseer93232 жыл бұрын
i remember when i was younger seeing Steve Irwin talk about this battle briefly during his "Ghosts of war" series, it's so cool years later coming across this and seeing a more detailed breakdown of the battle.
@Idahoguy10157 Жыл бұрын
I’m impressed that American torpedoes were working as designed. It suggests the the navy Bureau of Ordinance wasn’t involved. Rather fleet commanders authorized the changes
@franksposato60722 жыл бұрын
These are incredible! I hope you will be able to do the Battle pf Santa Cruz soon!
@FlexBeanbag2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Very good idea man 🚷🥞🦜👯♀️🤺 kzbin.infoBmc9NFfhx74?feature=share
@starrionx1 Жыл бұрын
Great job in outlining an often difficult to understand action. Very nicely done.
@AFriedChicken2 жыл бұрын
I love that thumbnail picture. Has a certain poster quality.
@ComradeCommissarYuri2 жыл бұрын
I like the considerable gumption of the captains that order their ships to keep firing
@ohmygoshitscole2 жыл бұрын
2:33 Yoooo those ships are huge!!!!
@tss772 жыл бұрын
Thank you Operations Room, besides the battle of Midway the Guadalcanal campaign was a major turning point in the Pacific War, keep up the good war. Could you do an episode of the Ill-fated Col Goettge Raid?