My grandpa was in the 2nd wave. Lived through the entire war, and was friends with former enemies by comparing log books in the 1950s after meeting two American veterans in Alaska.
@karamlevi5 жыл бұрын
Tomoko very cool 😎
@camoman73425 жыл бұрын
NEVER!...Under any circumstances (short of death or near death) should ever stop making fantastic videos like this. I thank you for your dedication to and love of history.
@flycatchful5 жыл бұрын
Untold truths coming to life.
@oaksynia73535 жыл бұрын
How are you gonna upload videos when you're dead?
@Wingzofelzorro5 жыл бұрын
Yeah men if this guy stops making videos like this it will be a huge crime.
@joycegroeneveld43295 жыл бұрын
Dr felton is a jewel on you tube for all ww2 freaks
@billbrasky68275 жыл бұрын
Buy his books
@smoothvirus5 жыл бұрын
9:26 that's my friend's mom! She passed away a few years ago. He's a retired US Navy officer living in Florida. This same picture is displayed in the Spy Museum in Washington DC.
@JustJohn5055 жыл бұрын
That thumbnail looks amazing Props to the artist
@janherburodo80705 жыл бұрын
They all do
@AwesomeMoss5 жыл бұрын
anyone know what plan that is? id like to use it as a wallpaper
@JustJohn5055 жыл бұрын
@@AwesomeMoss it's a Kawanishi H8K Flying Boat
@JustJohn5055 жыл бұрын
Also heres a picture of the flying boat getting shot down www.google.com/search?q=kawanishi+h8k+shot+down&client=ms-android-mpcs-us-revc&prmd=inv&sxsrf=ACYBGNRTl6mi2NGtCsXuaVbtTh8mVIQWyA:1576298646855&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-hp-HqrTmAhWviOAKHX1XBE4Q_AUoAXoECA4QAQ&biw=360&bih=645#imgrc=VJbLF08kd2ymyM Japanese Kawanishi H8K “Emily” aircraft under attack by a slightly smaller American PB2Y Coronado of Heavy Patrol Squadron 116, and finally sunk. The Japanese aircraft is shown with one engine on fire. Photograph received November 12, 1944.
@jackskyhawk54985 жыл бұрын
@@JustJohn505 I have no idea why you just shared that but it's very interesting...
@johnwilliamson22765 жыл бұрын
You always seem to come up with stories that I have never heard of. My only regret is that my dad is not around to see them. He served in the Navy during WWII and was a big history buff. I really miss talking to him. He died at the young age of 62, I'm 70 now.
@bullettube98635 жыл бұрын
Many, many years ago I read of the lead up to the battle of Midway. The Japanese realized they had not crippled the oil storage tanks nor the ammo dumps and had completely failed to hit any carriers. So they came up with some ambitious plans to correct these mistakes, the sea plane raid was mentioned as a failure, along with proposals to land saboteurs and station submarines around Oahu but the distances involved were too great. What the Japanese realized was that they needed a more forward base and thus the Midway operation was planned. If the Japanese had succeeded at Midway, they most certainly would have made many more attempts to destroy the Pearl Harbor base.
@pat36a5 жыл бұрын
Most of those targets and the Dru Docks were scheduled for the 3rd wave that didn't happen. The Japanese were worried about the Lack of Carriers at Pearl Harbor and cut the the most important piece of the Mission out. That's what helped the 7th Fleet recover so fast.
@BookofProverbs5 жыл бұрын
I treasure this channel so much I listen through the full audiobook ads
@alecblunden86155 жыл бұрын
Surely no one is that dedicated?
@sjonnieplayfull58595 жыл бұрын
@@alecblunden8615 even two
@lornealdrich71055 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mark for your hard work in putting these videos together! They never disappoint!
@Hopeless_and_Forlorn5 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1942 and have read scores (at least) of books about the war, beginning shortly after learning to read. I have talked to veterans of the fighting, including close relatives, and I even served with veterans during my time in the military. I have kept up with discoveries of war history such as the recent location of the remains of legendary war ships. So how is it that Mark Felton regularly demonstrates to me that I don't know squat about the history of the war? Was he magically there to witness every battle?
@bobgreene28925 жыл бұрын
You are not alone. Mark Felton does what "The History Guy" (KZbin and Patreon) and others do for a passionate vocation-- illuminating history. Doubtless, you know about items they have yet to come across, which is why you should consider making your own videos.
@happysawfish5 жыл бұрын
@sandysalads 03: Well, if they had, we sure wouldn't be bombarded with political B.S. investigations without end in the U.S. like we are now. That would be one good thing, huh? There wouldn't be any elections. We wouldn't be free. There would be only the Emperor or the Fuhrer's successor, or both. Or perhaps Stalin's. That P.O.S fake Commie, old Murdering Joe, would probably have taken out the US also. And yeah, he was a fake POS. Why? Because the tyrant leaders always seem to become irrevocably corrupt. They insist on the masses working themselves to death in 'equality' (equal rights for all, meaning NONE) while the leader gets to eat anything he wants, have any opposition murdered, do whatever he pleases. It's a sham, and always will be. Wake the eff up people. Socialism is BS because the top ain't socialist. The top will always have the best food, the best doctors, jet airplanes and limousines. The rest of us just get to barely make it.
@IrishCarney5 жыл бұрын
Because Felton specializes in trivia. Extremely minor detail that made little difference in the actual outcome and which is therefore omitted for space and/or relevance in most accounts, but which is interesting nonetheless.
@sjonnieplayfull58595 жыл бұрын
@Hopelessand Forlorn: I think he tries to find veterans for their stories as well as search every nook and cranny. You should contact him, bet you have stories to tell as well. And i know the feeling, think i read about 10.000 pages of WWII history, and his stories keep surprising me too, though i knew of this one (one line in a battle of Midway book)
@skiterbite5 жыл бұрын
@sandysalads 03 Do you like the darkness of death around you? Count your blessings if your in a free democracy.
@kirishima6385 жыл бұрын
They totally murdered those trees. Flawless victory!
@bobgreene28925 жыл бұрын
The behavior of the two Japanese pilots was so very human, and typical of what is seen in military operations around the world. Such high-risk operations are not supposed to encounter avoidable factors, but frequently do.
@pickeljarsforhillary1025 жыл бұрын
The American war effort was great affected by the loss of those trees.
@kevinmcgregor60085 жыл бұрын
Kiyoshi Kirishima .. you are why come to the comments...lol.. but I wonder if they had humanitarian alternative motives
@willow0915 жыл бұрын
killed some fish too
@josephphillips80195 жыл бұрын
Call Mr Beast.
@ralphcorsi7415 жыл бұрын
Mark you might have missed something. You said the Japanese never returned to French Frigates shoal, but I think you might be wrong. Prior to the Midway operation a Japanese submarine went to French Frigates shoal to refuel a flying boat that would do a reconnaissance flight over Pearl Harbor to determine if there were any aircraft carriers there. They were anxious to know the location of the carriers so there would be no threat to their aircraft carriers in the vicinity of Midway. Since Nimitz suspected the Japanese of using French Frigate shoal, he sent a ship to that location to deter its use by the Japanese. Indeed a Japanese submarine went to the shoal but discovered the ship and cancelled the reconnaissance operation. I am doing this from memory but if it serves me, I should have recalled the event correctly.
@mrwilsonwilson95995 жыл бұрын
Every day I’m surprised by how little I know, thanks for your videos. I find them Interesting and well presented....
@fordlandau5 жыл бұрын
Most interesting and well produced. A not well known event. Many people are not aware that Sydney Harbour was attacked by Japanese midget submarines. One of these sunk a ferry acting as a dormitory and killing over 100 sailors. In the same raid the mother submarine stood off shore and shells landed in coast line suburbs.
@055deltic5 жыл бұрын
An excellent description of a little known operation, full of detail and anecdotal evidence. Very clearly narrated and easy to listen to. Thanks for taking the time to put this together and sharing with us - much appreciated. As for Audible - you are preaching to the converted, already a member for some years.
@nageladon90915 жыл бұрын
Where do you even find all of this crazy footage??? Its so perfect in every vid.
@larrygilbert72735 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the video, as I do all of yours, but (there's always a but) if the planes were flying west to east over Oahu, on a path north of Pearl Harbor, and made a sharp turn to port (13.28), then they'd be flying north, away from Pearl, not south, towards it.
@Gorilla_Jones5 жыл бұрын
When you hear the music take your seats students as Dr. Felton is taking your ass to school.
@outdoorfreedom97785 жыл бұрын
I almost turned this video off due to the commercial but simply went fast forward. Glad I watched it, a very good bit of history that I knew nothing about.
@surferdude444445 жыл бұрын
I live near Mt Tantalus. The craters are still there. Overgrown with grass and plants, but still there. Side note. Tantalus is very close to the "Punchbowl" which is the nickname of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. aka....the Arlington Cemetery in the Pacific Ocean. A beautiful spot on the Island. Thousands of headstones and dozens of huge walls with the names of those "lost at sea, remains not recovered."
@surferdude444445 жыл бұрын
olemissfan91.........no. It's just that everyone who grew up in the "hood" knew about it. Adults and kids alike. The information was just passed on from decade to decade.
@estellemelodimitchell82595 жыл бұрын
I thought this was about the 2nd wave of the Japanese surprise attack on Dec7, 1941, until I learnt that Mark was talking about Mac 4, 1942 some 3 months after the 1st attack. This is new to me. Thanks for the great info Mark, and keep up the excellent work.
@cgross825 жыл бұрын
Great research! This is a fascinating part of WWII history in the Pacific of which I was unaware! You’ve done it again, Mark!
@cttv8665 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mark. You've renewed my interest in the World Wars, plus the surrounding topics, recent & old. I thought I'd seen & read everything. Not only do you cover a lot of very obscure topics, you do it extremely well! Again, thank you!
@Tsnore5 жыл бұрын
This was good. Thank you. This near meaningless Pearl Harbor run left a giant crater behind Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, but its significance was in the fact that the US then became able to break Japanese naval codes which was pivotal to the US success at Midway, beyond the luck that favored them over those three days in June 1942. Next, perhaps you could do a video on the Battle of Ni'ihau and its impact on US policy toward US citizens of Japanese ancestry and toward Japanese resident in the US either denied citizenship or who chose to remain loyal to Tokyo.
@linnharamis14965 жыл бұрын
I’ve read about this incident before -but you did an excellent job of covering it-thank you👍
@sosojosef91205 жыл бұрын
I’m shocked I never knew of this
@hshs57565 жыл бұрын
I have a fantastic history section in my library, have been reading about this stuff for 50 years, yet Mark is _always_ able to come up with something I've never heard of.
@scottmoseley51225 жыл бұрын
Or I?
@bobgreene28925 жыл бұрын
Subscribe to Mark Felton's regular offerings on Patreon. There, you also will find "The History Guy", as well.
@Bors95 жыл бұрын
I did
@georgethegreek28035 жыл бұрын
you say that a lot on this site
@Dman35775 жыл бұрын
Mark, your videos NEVER cease to amaze! I'm always watching for more new vids of yours to watch!
@TrickiVicBB715 жыл бұрын
I heard about H8K 'Emily's being stationed near Oahu acting as recon. But never heard about this raid. Always great to learn new bit of history. As a fan of Axis and Allies War at Sea. These flying boats are great to use in-game
@god2k5625 жыл бұрын
War thunder
@marcconyard50245 жыл бұрын
Those HUGE Kawanishi flying boats were the flying boat that the Sunderland, as good as it undoubtedly was, could never hope to be. They operated some unbelievable long-range flights and even raided Townsville, Aistralia.
@run2fire5 жыл бұрын
I was just at Pearl Harbor. I don’t recall the tour mentioning that a second raid was attempted
@josephbingham12555 жыл бұрын
Look it up on Wikipedia
@josephbingham12555 жыл бұрын
Also on the tour did they tell you on the other side of Ford Island is the USS Utah with 52 men still on it. AND that the Park Service cannot take civilians over to look at or honor the dead as it is a part of a military reservation. Look it up on youtube American Artifacts: USS Utah Memorial. A forgotten ship.
@MililaniJag5 жыл бұрын
@@josephbingham1255 Got to visit the USS Utah memorial during 90s Hydroplane races.
@Dr.Pepper0015 жыл бұрын
@David Parry -- Of course, you never hide YOUR failures, do you?
@matthewbratton38255 жыл бұрын
@David Parry And the Germans and Japanese were overconfident and thought they were invincible.
@pauls.34005 жыл бұрын
I continue to hear about the previously unheard of military events through your outstanding videos. Thanks Mark for the excellent research!🇺🇸
@siah75905 жыл бұрын
Hey Mark, where do you find or come across these amazing ww2 stories? I'm a huge ww2 buff but most of the stories in your video's I've never has any idea about! I love these little lesser known stories about WW2!
@johnallison46885 жыл бұрын
Yet again a fascinating review of ,to me at least, an unknown raid. Your research is commendable .Thank you and I look forward to seeing your next posting.
@zillsburyy15 жыл бұрын
mark scores another direct hit! the thumbnails as well as the video titles are excellent selling points
@ctg67345 жыл бұрын
So many obscure stories are brought to light by you Mr. Felton. Bravo, and thank you!
@TheFlatlander4405 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of this 2nd Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor until today. Thanks for sharing.
@leandrocosta37095 жыл бұрын
Mr. Felton, your videos are incredible. Thanks for all the detailed History you've been posting. Not only educational, but also entertaining. Just one small detail about that video. That particular USS Lexington (CV-16) was not the same one in the action you described. The original USS Lexington (CV-2) was sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the one you depicted was an Essex Class Carrier and named Lexington to honor the one lost at Coral Sea. That doesn't take anything from all the details of this little known second air raid on Pearl, though, so keep up the excellent work! :)
@christosvoskresye5 жыл бұрын
This strikes me as their answer to the Doolittle Raid: more for psychological effect than to destroy military hardware.
@enscroggs5 жыл бұрын
The Doolittle raid happened over a month later. If anything the B-25 mission against Tokyo was the reply to Operation K.
@bobgreene28925 жыл бұрын
@@enscroggs Yes, you were first to comment. I was ready to insert, "Interesting to note the March 3 attack was only weeks before the Doolittle raid on Tokyo".
@KCODacey5 жыл бұрын
If you remember there were 4 missed targets from the December 7th attack: the aircraft carriers (which weren't there), the submarines; the fuel depot; & the dry dock facilities. So, this 2nd raid wasn't so much for psychologic purposes as a strategic imperative.
@drott1505 жыл бұрын
Yes, but considering its impact - or lack thereof - the Japanese version should be called the Do-Little raid.
@happysawfish5 жыл бұрын
@@enscroggs : I don't think it was a reply. I believe the Tokyo raid had been in planning and training for several months already.
@russwoodward82515 жыл бұрын
Great sponsor! I’ve listened to two of Dr. Felton’s books via Audible. Once again, great story telling and research. Thank you.
@josephbingham12555 жыл бұрын
Some years ago on Ebay for sale was an UNIDENTIFIED set of WWll era Japanese collar tabs and an ID document showing the photo of a man wearing the collar tabs. Liking a mystery I decided to research them. What I came up with was: A factory test pilot - located in a Japanese coastal town. The same coastal town where these large flying boats were being made by hand one at a time. It makes sense the factory would have it's own test personnel with status insignia and identification.
@mohabatkhanmalak11615 жыл бұрын
The Japanese industry of the time did use some very well designed machine tools, such as used at the Kawanishi factories. Their engineering has always been of a high level. This is a nation that is now the foremost industrial country, yet when it comes to giving credit many in the west tend to shun their achievements. Some parts of the flying boats would have been made by hand, such as complicated angles in a wooden spar, beam etc, but these were exceptions to the rule.
@wirelessone29865 жыл бұрын
Joseph Bingham....Did you buy the tabs?!Tell me you did...outstanding research over a possible purchase...at least did you try to win the auction?
@wirelessone29865 жыл бұрын
@InfiniteMushroom they had oil from Indonesia until the US subs started to really choke Japanese shipping.
@eskimo05w5 жыл бұрын
@ 8:01 The Carrier shown here is an Essex class, which went into service in 1943. The USS Lexington you are referring was CV-2, commissioned in 1925 and sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942.
@blueseanomad74355 жыл бұрын
8:00 I believe at this point in the war, the Lexington in use would be CV-2, as the one shown would not be commissioned until 1943.
@shawngilliland2435 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another fantastic historical video, Dr. Felton! I'd never heard anything about this attack before.
@lotharvonrichthofen44745 жыл бұрын
Outstanding piece of history...thank you Mr. Felton
@63bplumb5 жыл бұрын
What an amazing history piece! Never have I caught even a glimpse of this story before. So many things that made the difference for a fail that could have been so different! At least on this raid we were aware they were coming even though they weren't found.
@morgan974755 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Hopefully, you can tell us about the Brazilian Expeditionary Force that served alongside the Allies, an organization that I've heard very little about.
@jeffking2915 жыл бұрын
Another interesting tidbit about the war. I thought I was fairly learned about WWII, until your channel popped up one day. 📻🙂
@AlisonFort5 жыл бұрын
Another great production! Wasn’t there a recon attempt via French Frigate Shoals over Pearl as part of the Midway operation. I seem to recall it was cancelled when a US presence was found at the Shoals...
@NicWalker6275 жыл бұрын
nearly 20 minute video. Is it Christmas already? excellent stuff Mark!
@derrickpeterson34005 жыл бұрын
I find myself walking around whistling the opening music all the time at work. Thanks Mark.
@ericmcquiston94735 жыл бұрын
A very interesting piece of history and another outstanding video Mark !
@cliveschoonover13675 жыл бұрын
Great video. This was worth watching just for the H8K media. Love that machine.
@harrisonrawlinson56505 жыл бұрын
I’ve just gotten a new phone and signed into KZbin with a different account than my old one. It’s taken two days of feeling empty before I realised that I wasn’t subscribed to this wonderful channel. Subscribed and notification bell
@scottlohr53495 жыл бұрын
A suggestion for a future episode: At the close of the war in the Pacific the Japanese were pulling back assets to Japan. Those assets included POWs used for slave labor. My great uncle was one of those POWs. 1600 men were shipped to Japan on his "hell ship" after the allied bombing and terrible conditions less than 400 were alive to reach Japan. Less than 300 made it back at the end of the war. No glamour here, however, it would be interesting to know how much the allies knew of the ships and their cargo of POWs, also why if the POWs were considered an asset were no efforts used to preserve their lives so they could do the slave labor, and last, why was the presence of POWs kept a secret (or was it) when it could have been used as cover to avoid allied attack. Thanks for your channel!
@BelloBudo0075 жыл бұрын
Wow, such an incredible story. All that planning and man power employed just for them to completely miss the target? I'm guessing that's the best they could do, however having someone on the Island transmitting seems an ideas worth considering. A BIG thumbs up from me for this fascinating piece of history. Thank you Sir.
@Jermster_915 жыл бұрын
Time to learn something new.
@scottklocke8915 жыл бұрын
Always time to learn something new or long buried seeling daylight.
@scottklocke8915 жыл бұрын
Far right maggots desire war without end so long as they never fight. Cowards
@doekemetselaar59805 жыл бұрын
Video's about things i dont know are rare
@chrisspalding25845 жыл бұрын
@@manuelamarcano817 I always thought learning was pleasant if I had a deep interest and almost impossible when I didn't.
@jackwilbur94195 жыл бұрын
Scott Klocke they call that American. The right doesn’t,t run from a fight to preserve America. Except California. That,s for sale
@Alaninbroomfield5 жыл бұрын
Mark? You subscribed to WWII Magazine for a couple decades now and you've rendered them into video compilations with excellent voice commentary. I salute your good work.
@chestermicek5 жыл бұрын
I served in the navigation division of the US Navy on a destroyer during the Viet Nam era. We sailed from San Diego to Hawaii to Da Nang Harbor in Vietnam. For days and days, we saw nothing but water and haze. You couldn't even see the sun or the stars on many days. For a long time, we navigated using Loran C which gave us a master & slave signal that enabled us to know where we were. I have to commend the Japanese sailors & airmen who found French Shoals & Hawaii because they lacked the equipment we had some 20 to 25 years later. This was a dangerous assignment - just look what happened to Ameila Earhart in 1939 & she had US Navy picket ships along her route. This is an interesting story, Mark. I wish you had researched the navigation techniques that the subs and the flying boats used. I'd compare finding the French Shoals to finding a specific pile of hay in Nebraska in the middle of a light rain. Think about it: the subs and the airplanes found the rendezvous point. The weather, however, was so tricky that the flying boats never saw Pearl Harbor. That gives the viewer perspective.
@melvinwallin54645 жыл бұрын
Mark got a sponsor 2 videos in a row? What a time to be alive!
@shmeckle6665 жыл бұрын
When that opening banger of a song comes on. You know it’s gonna he another Mark Felton production, baby! Love this shit-love that opening song!
@jaybee92695 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the amazing content! I believe you showed a picture of the 2nd USS Lexington carrier CV-16 rather than the original carrier, CV-2, which is easily identifiable due to its enormous funnel; it was also larger.
@gunnarthefeisty5 жыл бұрын
hearing that lovely theme ...
@shmeckle6665 жыл бұрын
Gunnar Anderson hah right? It’s a fucking banger-I love it.
@humblewisdom89765 жыл бұрын
Very nice video, as you spoke of the p-40's flying in the dark, I was thinking you should do a video on the P-61. It has a very interesting history in Europe as well as the Pacific. Thanks
@brianmoore18205 жыл бұрын
The nick name for the Mitsubishi flying boats was first coined by the Germans for the Sunderland as it was festooned with .303 guns. 6 German Ju88's attacking one over the Bay of Biscay lost a number of them shot down by the lone Sunderland. The 88's could fire their cannons from 1000 yds but the Sunderland's effective range was 600 yds. Upon returning to base there were counted 200 holes in the Sunderland's fuselage.
@jackwilbur94195 жыл бұрын
Thank you DR. FELTON. You,re my #1 channel to check out.
@Matt2chee5 жыл бұрын
My dad was in the Philippines during the liberating push 43 on,. He and several of the guy's he was there with, they only talked in Italian. My family came to the states in 1917.
@rogerhwerner69975 жыл бұрын
This history was new to me. I can't emphasize how unusual that is. Great video!
@asilturkklc1715 жыл бұрын
US: finally the pearl harbor attack is over Japan: There is another
@loveofmangos61125 жыл бұрын
There was another before this too. On December 11th, a Japanese recon plane flew over Pearl Harbor to report damage. Although I have no idea what model it was.
@alecblunden86155 жыл бұрын
@@loveofmangos6112 Does a routine reconnaissance mission count as "an attack"?
@loveofmangos61125 жыл бұрын
@@alecblunden8615 Yes because they learned that targets were not hit. Enough proof at least to launch this flying boat attack. Unfortunately for the Japanese their bombs only destroyed a few trees. Lol.
@asilturkklc1715 жыл бұрын
@@loveofmangos6112 interesting. You learn something everyday.
@ianfarr-wharton10005 жыл бұрын
How good would this be as a DCS mission.. I want to fly a Kawanishi H8K1 now!!
@johngoody72205 жыл бұрын
Brv This Channel Has Everything I Didn't know about WW1,WW2,Korean War Etc. Love it Hope you keep doing these vids
@dyoumans45935 жыл бұрын
Who gives this a thumbs down? History is history.
@otm6465 жыл бұрын
History isn't history, much depends on how it's presented. Dr.Felton does an excellent politically neutral job. Other channels about a great war don't always do the same, the problem is if you don't already know the history you don't understand their implicit political bias and what and how that changes what you're learning.
@davasaurthereal46785 жыл бұрын
otm646 well said, and it’s not just biases, there are many ways information could be miscommunicated, especially in history.
@samueljohnstone30285 жыл бұрын
the thumbs down people will be blue haired snowflake types who would spray paint slogans on military graves etc
@davasaurthereal46785 жыл бұрын
Samuel Johnstone indeed
@jayfrank19135 жыл бұрын
It must be his slight mispronunciation of Ensign. Lol.
@bf9455 жыл бұрын
Another little nugget of information not widely known. Thanks Mark.
@RicTic665 жыл бұрын
Great video Mark and one I knew nothing about. I thought that was a Sunderland in the original photo so the explanation of Shorts connection to the Japanese makes so much sense. My Dad a RAF warrant officer in WWII told me about how the Japanese were excellent at reverse engineering and copying many armaments, machine tools ect sometimes improving on the originals even though allied propaganda tried to play them down as inferior pilots with inferior equipment. Many thanks again for your excellent content. I have learnt a lot from your videos. 😊
@frankryan25055 жыл бұрын
Allied propoganda claimed (I'm not making this up) that the Japanese pilots were substandard because their "slanty eyes" meant they had poor vision.. I'm betting that many a early war pilot received a rude shock the first time they encountered a zero..
@RicTic665 жыл бұрын
@@frankryan2505 Yes I heard that too Frank.
@TheHelghast11385 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, how did I not know about this!?!? Excellent review!!
@lesgriffiths85235 жыл бұрын
Three Kanawishi " Emilys" also dropped bombs on Townsville North Queensland in 1942 close to my home town of Cairns.......another isolated attack took place near Cairns that year... Les Griffiths
@Iamtherealjerkfreak5 жыл бұрын
Les Griffiths only an ossi would say Townsville is close to cairns xD
@davidearea2425 жыл бұрын
@@Iamtherealjerkfreak -Ossi? Is that short for Ostrich?
@Iamtherealjerkfreak5 жыл бұрын
Should be aussi or ozzy ;) Ar as that guy is from cairns you also can call him bananabender ;)
@BruceK100325 жыл бұрын
USS Lexington, shown at 8:07, is the Essex-class CV-16, commissioned in February 1943. This is not to be confused with USS Lexington, CV-2, sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942. The latter is the one that figures in this March 1942 story.
@asterixdogmatix10735 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, at 8:09 that's the wrong USS Lexington. You've pictured the later Essex class CV-16. Not the actual Lexington class CV-2 later lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
@davidvavra91135 жыл бұрын
Good eye!
@happysawfish5 жыл бұрын
@@davidvavra9113 : The domatix is an expert on carrier identification : ) my hat is off to him, bravo
@sjonnieplayfull58595 жыл бұрын
Try to get with the Japanse aircraft carrier forces, they could use an eagle eye like you. During the battle of Coral Sea, the oiltanker Neosho was mistakenly identified as an aircraft carrier escorted by a battleship (Destroyer Simms) by a Japanse recon pilot. Both ships were sunk with minimal losses, but when the actual american carriers were spotted, no aircraft were available for an attack, dooming the Japanse ships when the american recons spotted them later. So yeah, OP has a good point, good recon is vital.
@russdority62955 жыл бұрын
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 My dad was onboard Uss Helm which rescued the survivors of the Neosho and Simms.
@sjonnieplayfull58595 жыл бұрын
@@russdority6295 thanks. Never knew that, always thought they went down with all hens because there was no one near them. That must have been a story, trying to find guys in the open ocean. And think of the poor guys, first they get attacked by more then a hundred aircraft and wonder what they did wrong to deserve this, then they are wondering if anyone will ever find them.... *salutes*
@kiwisark80555 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr Felton, massive fan of both this channel and your audio book channel. I was wondering if you knew anything about the Avro Lincoln that was shot down on the East German border in the 50s? I tried to find some information on it but it was very limited, and it seems like the sort of topic you'd be interested in! Either way keep making your videos, theyre fantastic!
@walter66294 жыл бұрын
My favorite channel !!!! always interesting and almost unknown to me ...
@johnhayes12615 жыл бұрын
Another piece of a fascinating history of the era of the Battle for the Pacific. during WW11 Thank you for making these videos available for historians .
@slick80385 жыл бұрын
Woah I just recommend this on your last video! I don’t know if you saw it and made a video or if it’s just a coincidence. Either way great video!
@MarkFeltonProductions5 жыл бұрын
It was on my list - and actually taken from a book I wrote in 2006!
@slick80385 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton Productions interesting! I had a feeling we might see this since we just had the 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor bombings
@assessor12765 жыл бұрын
Excellent work Mark. I thought I had a good knowledge-base about Pearl Harbour - but I had never heard of this raid.
@strikeone78035 жыл бұрын
Another video, another event of WW2 I knew nothing about. keep teaching history mark, schools barely do their jobs nowadays!!!
@bobgreene28925 жыл бұрын
Although tempting to include schools "barely do their jobs", the task facing the history teacher is enormous. Watch the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", as teacher Ben Stein tries to acquaint middle-teen students with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, and causes one girl to lapse unconscious with disinterest. To place credit where credit is due, Mark Felton's signature is not only comprehensive knowledge of the historic context, but an eye for the unusual event which is not quite significant enough to include in most undergraduate studies, not to mention high school texts.
@walterg.dinkla24785 жыл бұрын
To put the issue in perspective from a retired history teacher - two years ago the state of Florida required that U.S. History teachers cause their students in 180 days to master 120 standards. Those 180 days included from 10 - 20 days of standardized testing that took students out from class, a 10% student absentee rate every day, instruction, testing, remediation, make-up work for the absentees, as well as the state mandated lessons that weren't necessarily related to history as well as the surprise drills for fire, tornado, and shooter.
@KateLicker5 жыл бұрын
how racist? I had my objections to some of them...but racists? I never saw that.. Although with some of the situations they find themselves in the modern-era schools, it is surprising if they are not. I saw one young female US teacher telling a grueling tale about trying to teach in a fucked up school with an utterly incompetent black female principal (as they more often than not are incompetent teachers/principals/administrators of any kind ) who basically comes for any non-black teacher such as herself. So she was caught in a hell-vice with a significant coloured enrollment on one side, and coloured staff including boss on the other) Her I felt sorry for.Or any other poor slob that affirmative action hiring and fast-track promotion path ever blew back on.
@KateLicker5 жыл бұрын
tbh, you are expecting far too much obscure fine detail from high school history classes..all of this kind of thing is in the specialist books 'suggested further reading" category.
@deogthepoeg78725 жыл бұрын
Because we don't need to know every obscure and insignificant fact in a general knowledge course. That's why schools aren't just KZbin in person.
@johnstewart69205 жыл бұрын
Due to Mark’s fantastic accent and articulation, it reminds me of that show connections Where they would connect two inventions, like the butter churner and the💡light bulb.
@Zebred20015 жыл бұрын
Headline in the morning edition of the Tokyo Times 5 March 1942 - Decadent and Lazy American Trees Defeated From Resisting Our Greater East-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere!
@anabelladelpilar67345 жыл бұрын
lol
@the82spartans625 жыл бұрын
Outstanding. I didn't even know the Japanese had that type of aircraft. Keep up the good work, Doc!
@Ville-en4kj5 жыл бұрын
I have never heard of this event.
@andrewpestotnik54955 жыл бұрын
I heard of it, but not in this much detail
@kennethmcknight89955 жыл бұрын
1954 boomer, I really like your work,i have seen a lot of it on newsmax, thank you wish I had this when I was young
@CZ350tuner5 жыл бұрын
Interesting that both the Short Sunderland and "Emily" flying boats were given the nick name "Flying Porcupine" by their respective enemies.
@ianfarr-wharton10005 жыл бұрын
How good would this be as a DCS mission.. I want to fly a Kawanishi H8K1 now!!
@247micko5 жыл бұрын
The Germans called the Sunderland, "The Flying Porcupine" because they reckoned it was a "prickly customer" because of its guns & gave it much respect.
@RadioMartyT1B5 жыл бұрын
Always solid work. Thank you, Mark.
@Alaninbroomfield5 жыл бұрын
The Emily was an excellent aircraft, especially in the anti-submarine role.
@silentwatch15 жыл бұрын
Just by description it sounds like a beast!
@brucebear15 жыл бұрын
@@silentwatch1 Yes, huge size, and incredible armament. 20mm cannon as defensive armament -- on an aircraft early in the Warr??
@Furman21375 жыл бұрын
It's type 2 flying boat you damn american
@Alaninbroomfield5 жыл бұрын
@@Furman2137 It served in more than one role, it could carry a considerable number of external bombs and depth charges.
@Furman21375 жыл бұрын
@@Alaninbroomfield I'm just making a joke based on nomenclature, I always disliked these american callnames and used original ones, like, what the hell are frogfoot, jimmy, timmy, jake or whatever. And yeah, it did serve multiple roles, it was a really cool airplane. I remember reading about a story where a japanese crew has got into a battle with american bombers, managed to fend off two of those and returned home.
@ELCADAROSA5 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton, if I am following the flight path of the Japanese bombers correctly, their sharp turn to Pearl Harbor after making landfall would have been to Starboard (right) not Port (left). A minor error, if true, but being a career Navy guy, it caught my ear. Otherwise, another excellent lesson in history! I echo what Camo Man wrote. Keep up the fantastic work!
@johnmay60905 жыл бұрын
Caught my ear too. Perhaps a 270 degree swing to port?
@ReinhardvonHolst5 жыл бұрын
Sir, we love your vids. Peace from Berkshire.
@michaelratliff9055 жыл бұрын
Another "I had no Idea" story...Thanks Mark!
@rutabagasteu5 жыл бұрын
North of Pearl and turning south would be a starboard turn.
@jamesw715 жыл бұрын
yep..he likes using the word port though...he did it couple times.
@fabianwylie87075 жыл бұрын
Bravo mark . What a amazing story and a second attempt In the Japanese targeting Pearl Harbour 👍
@BuzzSargent5 жыл бұрын
An amazing story that I had never heard of before. Thank you, Happy Trails
@EMvanLoon5 жыл бұрын
Every time a new WW2 story that we (I) didn't know of... Thanks again!
@daleeasternbrat8165 жыл бұрын
I thought I knew a lot about WWII. How did I miss this?
@daleeasternbrat8165 жыл бұрын
@Tim Webb possibly, but an interesting operation. I am just surprised it didn't come to my attention.
@anderss68185 жыл бұрын
The picture of the USS Lexington shown in this video is not the early war USS Lexington (CV2) that was in use in 1942. It may by the replacement Lexington CV16 that came after the original Lexington was sunk and the battle of the Coral Sea May 8, 1942. CV16 was launched in September 1942. The original Lexington and her sister ship the USS Saratoga had very distinctive Smoke stacks which the ship in this picture does not have.
@ludwigiapilosa5085 жыл бұрын
I read once about a guy the Japanese had live around Pearl Harbour to scout it out before the attack. He was not well received at home after the war. Perhaps the subject of a video?
@georgebaggy5 жыл бұрын
Could you give more details? I’m intrigued.
@ludwigiapilosa5085 жыл бұрын
Don't remember much, but it was in one of those Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Books (I don't own it or know which one it was). They had someone living up on a hill overlooking the base. Sent back info on how deep the harbor was where, ship arrivals and departures, etc. Shunned at home because people blamed a lot of what happened on him. Wish I could recall more. Hopefully, somebody knows.