World War II in HD: Kwajalein | History

Five-Night Event Premieres November 15 at 9/8c. US Forces invade with heavy arms and 42,000 men on January 31, 1944.
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[@patrickneanover7692]

got to love the M1 Grand

[@CrossOfBayonne]

And there were actually more Garands in the Pacific than Carbines, USMC preferred the M1 in most situations there

[@PlaysWithSqurls]

Its kinda cool to see exactly what my grandpa saw when they were on the island.

[@centurion180ad]

While being outnumbered and cut off was telling, the Imperial Japanese were NOT poorly trained. They were upto proper IJA standard for that time, which is to say they put up one Hell of a fight with proper employment of all means at their disposal.

[@119jle]

And it got them nothing

[@paulinekahabka9545]

My patient turns 97 in May he served on kwajalein atol during ww2

[@isaiahkayode6526]

May god bless him and too all who served in that Theater.

[@CrossOfBayonne]

My VFW member Eugene Iconetti did as well 4th Marine Division 24th Marines

[@thissitesucks74]

@FourArmies I find it absouletely disgraceful to disrespect any veteran from any war no matter how unpopular war is and even if the veteran was once an enemy.

[@PlaidShirtGamer]

So many disrespectful comments.... If a WWII vet saw the amount of disrespectful comments on this video, especially a Kwajalein battle vet, he would be disgusted. Cheers to those of you who actually do have respect for the people who fought to keep your freedom.

[@suttersutter2180]

last comment was 3 years ago, untill today

[@jaybeeonyt]

Hi

[@deadmansvision5926]

Hi

[@LBZDreamer]

bruh

[@MsRifle]

And now yours is 3 years old... How time flies fast

[@ananditotugarisman9122]

And here's me

[@diablog1621]

Last comment was 7 months ago Now it’s today

[@fjphoto23]

42,000 Americans, plus ships, planes, tanks etc against 8100 Japanese!

[@HistoricalTruth101]

We at Historical Truth 101 is so thank to our WW II vaterans and their familys. Angela

[@Na11441]

This show just makes me want to cry.

[@catbearlol]

@Mrkika1 i love the way cod4 and world at war has basicly the same gameplay.

[@GeetarAdam]

Most color footage you see of WW2 is, indeed, colorized black and white footage, but there is actually some that was originally filmed in color.

[@hellagunner1]

Thank you for serving!

[@nerblebun]

@losetheweightnow I worked on Kwaj from 90 to 94. When were you there ? I also dove the Prince Eugen and was lucky enough to dive Bikini Lagoon before it was open to sports diving.My buddies and I stood on the deck of the Saratoga.What a history those islands have.

[@Mrkika1]

videogames give people unrealistic expectations of war in general...

[@Gorillafishing]

Now today

[@user-ny5nz8ju1s]

I born on Kwajalein and my grandfather earned money from USA 🇺🇸 call LUA .

[@Igotcha06]

@jasincl True true i wont ague about that but we still kicked ass we still got the job done from island to island despite very high casualties,they were all under ground but the flamethrower took care off that problem lol

[@wowthatsalowpric]

@NJRocks281 that is very true

[@nerblebun]

@losetheweightnow I've been to Roi many times. The Altair is the biggest dish I've ever seen.When they turn it on....no one is allowed to do any work over 20 ft. in the air. The lights in the Power Plant always went nuts. I watched my friend tape a flouorecent light onto a broom handle.....climb a ladder....hold up the light...and it lit up because of the dishes power.

[@luddeolofsson9043]

Last comment was 4 months ago, untill today.

[@mysteryman2219]

Last comment was 2 years ago. Now its me

[@PROFILESophiaYates]

I knew there was a reason why I didnt want to be there. It is sad. My husband would love to go there but I wouldnt. To much for me. My husband was watching videos on this island & I asked him what he was watching so I did a search 2 watch. No disrespect. I wasnt thinking. Ive had a long night. I could feel from the first video not knowing the story I did not want to be there. It's not a story its history. I understand. God bless those who had to endure

[@prince_sach50]

Last Comment was 1 week ago, until today.

[@catbearlol]

@NJRocks281 i realy dont get on what asumption you can draw that conclusion.

[@robbie4233334]

@Mrkika1 I know! I was watching a Afghanistan firefight between a candian squad and the Al-quaeda, and he said 'Canadian Fireifghts are boring' I repsonded with 'And thats a bad thing..Because?'

[@nerblebun]

@losetheweightnow My friend,it's no joke.I know of 4 power plant operators who worked on the second floor. They all died of cancer. Of course no one could prove it was the Altair.....so the government did nothing.

[@AustralianKing19]

does anyone know the casualties the US suffered? if ther is any?

[@starkiler13]

Kevin Spacie maximum 400 kwajalein was "easy" to take.

[@maximilianodelrio]

​@@starkiler13350 or so dead, 2,000 total casualties

[@199412277]

0:57 WTF he is shooting at

[@nortan27]

480 really??

[@HiRUnknown]

@FourArmies woot woot

[@ShinAkuma21]

i wanna see World War II on Blu-Ray now LoL

[@HiRUnknown]

@Mrkika1 yeah

[@gastankerdriver]

It's always "one more war."

[@Maybesethrogen]

not all of it is black and white colorized, but you can tell very easily when it is. but most of this is actual color film

[@Igotcha06]

Man the United States kicked yellow ass in the pacific islands

[@steveh7246]

The Japanese fought till the death. Most of the "Japanese" that surrendered were actually Korean conscripts. Compare that to the several thousands of Americans who surrendered the first time they engaged in combat during the Battle of the Bulge. By diminishing the Japanese you're diminishing the Americans who had to fight them.

[@freak1940]

@KTChamberlain The last german forces surrendered May 2nd the capitulation was signed 7th and came into effect on 8th May so you can say the war ended 2nd May because the rest was just bumf and yea It was august 15th 6 days after Nagasaki dunno why I thought september 2nd

[@Sgreenenov13]

@jasincl yeah but bottom line they lost

[@noahsenz854]

Today

[@freak1940]

@Kiba3Af the war ended May 2 1945 in europe and September 2 1945 ind Asia not 1944 o0

[@Praventore]

too bad they didn't manage to keep it

[@t0mt0mr0sie26]

Praventore they kept it to this day watch the videos on KZbin

[@indra2853]

THE GRAPICH IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE

[@kaptinkrunch47]

@Mrkika1 What are you talking about Call of duty is so realistic >_> jk..

[@m1grand70]

fighting on youtube is dumb........

[@K1RO313]

@Houseofthe7gayboys What from watching the video jeez a real soldier would not have gay boys typed things in his mane

[@jaybeeonyt]

Today