E.02 - Genda's Plan - Pearl Harbor - WW2 - 120 B - December 7, 1941

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There are signals of attack and a buzz of chatter in the air, but will this be enough to force the American defenders out of their beds?
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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Written by: Spartacus Olsson and Indy Neidell
Directed by: Wieke Kapteijns
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Produced by: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Co-Producers: Maria Kyhle and Francis van Berkel
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Set Design by: Astrid Deinhard
Graphic Design by: Mikolaj Uchman
Map Animations by: Daniel Haczyk and Eastory
Assistant Editors: Miki Cackowski, Daniel Weiss, Karolina Dołega
Still Colorizers: Adrien Fillon, Norman Stewart, Jaris Almazani, Daniel Weiss, Mikolaj Uchman, Carlos Ortega Pereira
Research by: Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Markus Linke, Wieke Kapteijns, Bastian Gaete, Lewis Braithwaite, Tim Smith, Ian Irungu
Sound Design by: Marek Kamiński
Dogfights by: Daniel Weiss, Bastian Gaete, Ian Sowden, Dennis Stepanov
Voices:
Mitsuo Fuchida - Daniel Grieb
Ada Peggy Olsson - Shani Neidell Beard
Iyōzō Fujita - Emi Celis
James Anderson - Emi Celis
Dorinda Stagner - Zora Johnson
Jack Kelley - Ryan Socash
James McClelland - Spartacus Olsson
Phil Rasmussen - Spartacus Olsson
Dan Wentrcek - Dennis Stepanov
Thompson Izawa - Samir Mechel
Robert Isacksen - Ian Sowden
Joseph K. Taussig Jr. - Tim Smith
James Cory - Ryan Tebo
Film colorization by: Ricks Film Restoration
Naval Gameplay by: World of Warships
Archive material provided by: Reuters/Screenocean
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[@WorldWarTwo]

It was daring. It was never done before on such a scale and in such detail, but we decided to cover Pearl Harbor minute by minute. And we decided to raise the whole series to a new level. Directing it has been an intense and interesting task. I had to make sure that all the separate ingredients were hitting the right tone and would come together in a beautiful harmony to give our audience the most precise - but at the same time exciting - experience. Writing scenes for World of Warships to get the ships into scenes, directing 4 young pilots while recording gameplay from World of Warplanes, recording voice-overs, mixing colorized and black-and-white archive footage - and so much more! This has been one of the most challenging undertakings, and I hope you will like it. It is brought to you with lots of love from the whole team who have worked their asses off, day and night, to give you Pearl Harbor as it has never been seen before! Wieke Kapteijns Director of the Pearl Harbor Minute by Minute series *Episode Guide:* This is a 10 episode limited series within our weekly coverage of WW2 - to see the immediate events leading up to this day watch episode 119 from December 5, kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoq4q6B4qr1gbLs. Some of the events covered briefly as they start on this day, such as the invasions in the West Pacific will be covered in more detail in the coming weeks, especially in episode 120K (the 11th episode this week).coming out on December 12. The playlist to get all these episodes in one go is here: bit.ly/Pearl-min-by-min Before you comment, read our rules of conduct community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518

[@WWiiIEB]

LOVE YOLU GUYS! this is great, Keep up the good work

[@paulsummerfield6357]

Given prior warning, do you think America would've suffered higher casualties if the ships at anchor (no CV'S) in Pearl would've put to sea?

[@remenir97]

For some reason, the theme of Apocalypse WW2 is in my head with this Pearl Harbor series. Thank you!

[@hugod2000]

Dear WW2 sincerely thank you for the entertainment you bring. It is greatly appreciated.

[@redplains7972]

During the captions for the A6M fighter section, the captions say A5M several times. I love this Series

[@812gingerable]

"There's a huge flight of unknown planes coming in from the north." "Ok chaps, let's circle back to that later today."

[@alt7488]

they knew who it was ... a flight of b-26's... oh wait ...

[@tylerjerabek5204]

@@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive they literally couldn’t conceive of the idea that lil ol Japan could and would cross most of the Pacific and attack Pearl Phillippines maybe but Pearl Harbor, Nah they can’t hit us here

[@hugoweaving6275]

@@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive They had a lot of false alarms.

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

Hey guys we just got a report of an enemy sub being sunk just outside entrance to the harbor. Aww probably nothing, now back to playing cards

[@ArthurLnz]

12:00 "This might prove to be a flaw one day" WE MEET AT MIDWAY

[@alexamerling79]

Far from shore a pacific war!

[@ArthurLnz]

@@alexamerling79 I hope they will cover Midway similarly ;)

[@michimatsch5862]

Bombs are falling from the sky.

[@rutra3622]

What do you mean? Midway will fall easly 3 to 6 moths and it is Japanese. I realy can´t understand what you saying the carries keep the planes inside them until they are neded. Surely no one can bom ALL the elevators... Rigth?... Yeah that would be complete nonesense...

[@ArthurLnz]

@@rutra3622 it would be disastrous would a bomb explode in the closed elevators with fuel tubes and ammunition scattered on the floor. But this is a very unlikely scenario, we all agree on that

[@genericyoutubeaccount579]

Ward. First day on the job. Sinks 2 submarines before Breakfast.

[@Raul_Menendez]

Trial by fire.

[@eugeneorr5099]

Give that man a raise

[@mitchconner2021]

Sounds like they got the right guy for the job.

[@casualobserver3145]

And sadly ironic....was lost on December 7, 1944, three years to the day from the Pearl Harbor attack due to a kamikaze strike while in action in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. After the crew abandoned ship, the USS Ward DD-139 was actually finished off by gunfire from the USS O’Brien DD-725, whose commanding officer, LT William Outerbridge, (talk about coincidence!!) had been in command of the Ward during her action off Pearl Harbor three years earlier.

[@kemarisite]

Yup. Even 8 months later, there were a number of US cruisers captains who could have learned a great deal from Outerbridge.

[@Maverick-gg2do]

Ward has already engaged two submarines while nobody else has realized there's a war on yet. She might as well solo the whole Japanese attack force at this point.

[@BELCAN57]

"And another poor whale loses its blubber" Cdr. Eddington to Capt. Torrey "In Harms Way"

[@paradoxless5596]

Funnily enough, she would meet her fate on December 7th...of 1944. History does love its quirky facts.

[@SENOR_David]

YOLO!

[@warwatcher91]

@@paradoxless5596 Scuttled by a destroyer commanded by her skipper at Pearl as a matter of fact.

[@markwheeler202]

The Ward's gun that fired the first shot at Pearl Harbor is now a memorial at the Minnesota State Capitol.

[@alarsonious2071]

...and I live their, and I have seen it.

[@lynnwood7205]

Having touched that weapon of the USS Ward, I hope someday to touch the memorial plaque upon the deck of the USS Missouri. The bookends of the American chapter of the Pacific War with Japan.

[@markwheeler202]

@@lynnwood7205 The Alpha and the Omega. I live in the Twin Cities and have not actually seen the gun. :-( I'd also like to get back to Hawaii some day. I visited the Arizona ~35 years ago, long before the Missouri was docked there.

[@lynnwood7205]

How little our potential sdverseries understood us Americans. Had both Japan not acted against American holdings in the Pacific and Germany not declared war upon the United States, our domestic politics may have completely changed American actions. Instead they went out of their way to pick a fight with the greatest industrial power on the planet, a nation of one predominate language and an intact and functioning government.

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Sorry, but...why Minnesota? I'm guessing the "Ward" that the ship was named after came from there?

[@ottohonkasalo9303]

"This might prove to be a flaw one day" That is called foreshadowing

[@anttipollanen3671]

In this case, both that and hindsighting :D

[@gamestyles7079]

That's a surprise tool that can help us later

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

Note: Clan Yamamoto was not merely Samurai, but Hatamoto. In English peerage, that would denote the difference between knight or barronet and Earl.

[@annescholey6546]

A Hatamoto carried his Lord's banner into battle.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@annescholey6546 Yamamoto came from a less exalted family but he was adopted by the Yamamoto clan - a Samurai custom, apparently.

[@irvhh143]

Had Yamamoto lost a third finger, he'd have been invalided out of the Navy.

[@joselynmikolajczak8374]

But I’m an American that still means nothing to me that I can relate to

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

@@joselynmikolajczak8374 Imagine a hereditary, lifetime appointment to the Senate with title to land, that's an earl. Now imagine an appointment to the Military Academy and a lifetime obligation to serve, that's a knight.

[@Oldworldblues227]

When I heard this was going to be with the help of wargaming I was worried it would just look uncanny with rendered ships mixed in with footage, but so far I like the use of the in game segments as they are not to the detriment of the history, hope that remains the case with the rest of the episodes.

[@onanthebarbarian9883]

Waiting for the Azur Lane recreations...

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

I thought the same thing

[@arudegesture]

Shame they didn't use War Thunder's engine. Would've looked a lot more realistic (more realistic ships and aircraft) and much prettier.

[@superfamilyallosauridae6505]

@@arudegesture It would, but it'd take a lot more effort, and Gaijin isn't good at sponsorships. The WW2 Carrier and battleship models are quite old, and haven't been redone since Naval was added.

[@dylanb2990]

@@arudegesture does war thunder have carriers though? Last I played they didn’t.

[@sturmkindtraum]

germany: "idk, our supply chain is pretty overstretched and we can't launch any new offensives" japan: "hold my sake"

[@Arbiter099]

I'm just waiting for Indy to yell TORA! TORA! TORA! like a thundercat

[@ericcarlson3746]

yes after "before that blip becomes a giant hornet's nest of angry insects thirsty for BLUD": we expect no less

[@paradoxless5596]

“Tora! Tora! Tora! Pearl Harbor, hoooooo!” - Totally Indy Neidell, 2020.

[@nicholasconder4703]

Two corrections to the B-17s flying to Hawaii. The name "Flying Fortress" was given to it by a reporter when it was first rolled out from the Boeing plant in 1935. The B-17s flying to Hawaii did have their guns on board, but they were packed in grease to prevent corrosion, and would take hours to clean up and be made functional.

[@Kay2kGer]

the hype is real indy, great job

[@omerbolat4028]

I don' know what to say. Scale of detail, stunning quality, sheer amount of work put in this show and the most importantly our irreplaceable host Indy Neidell.

[@indianajones4321]

Alright, just finished part one... can’t wait for the rest of these half hour episodes

[@JohnJohn-pe5kr]

I also just finished part one.

[@Goldenspiderducck]

Love it! Though, I do wish we could keep the chat going throughout the day.

[@Vulkanprimarch]

But have you joined the OSS and gotten involved in WW2 yet? Or are you still just recovering from all your pre-war shennanigans with the holy grail?

[@indianajones4321]

@@Vulkanprimarch OSS was founded in June of 1942... so not yet 😉

[@toggafamai4224]

kzbin.info/aero/PLsIk0qF0R1j6ydMvoUBKj_WrnP4PtBlfk

[@theelectricwalrus]

Wow, I had no idea Yamamoto went to Harvard. I bet he's not mentioned very much there!

[@Zen-sx5io]

I'm sure.

[@xmaniac99]

You missed the library named after him 🆘

[@HootOwl513]

@@xmaniac99 And the Dept of Oriental Studies.

[@warwickeng5491]

@@xmaniac99 Interesting, sure he had a brilliant mind, but rather inappropriate I think...

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

@@warwickeng5491 They tend to do. Even a lot of the Nazi higher-ups were tested (supposedly) and had IQs in the 130s and 140s. I think Goering had an IQ of 145 or something.

[@andymoore9977]

12:32 Sorry to be a bit silly in all this seriousness. Carriers with names that sound like (in English) 'Saw You' and 'Hear You'. Used in the biggest 'sneak' attacks in history!

[@mxn1948]

"but being demoted to a minor power dependent on the US" lol well i guess those guys worst fears came true, probably even beyond what they thought.

[@mononoke721]

It is crazy the American patrol ships managed to sink a number of Japanese subs before the attack even came and STILL they didn't put the base on alert. When the enemy is literally at the gate, that is the very last chance you have to man the walls, and the American's somehow didn't!

[@advisorynotice]

The issue is they didn't know who the enemy was and what did they sink, remember these are new submarine models that they've never seen. This let out huge speculation, and Japan was within minutes of attacking Pearl Harbor and making big decisions takes longer than that.

[@gabrielbaldovin]

Here is 10 times crazier ww2 reality than looks now to you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@Idahoguy10157]

Oahu was not on a wartime footing. Just on an alert status for infiltration on the ground. Most serviceman on a Sunday morning were in town. The men on bases were on a Sunday schedule.

[@robert48044]

I was sort expecting Indy to constantly being answering the phone like details of the attack were coming in real time, like he was in a newsroom.

[@Themaxwithnoname]

That'd be great. Maybe he will when 'The AIR RAID PEARL! THIS NOT A DRILL!' message is sent out by the US Navy. Or when Cordell Hull gets pissed off at the Japanese ambassador.

[@robert48044]

@@Themaxwithnoname I figure if it was nothing but a series of "intros" it might of came across corny or hokey. Still great content though.

[@Themaxwithnoname]

It's good stuff.

[@geniemiki]

I will repeat my previous statement, this is absolutely awesome content.

[@shimarinlogistics6616]

The Type 99 armor piercing bombs were modified from the older Japanese 410mm battleship AP shells.

[@Custerd1]

11:59 "This might prove to be a flaw one day..." Indie's penchant for understatement is hilariously noted.

[@GeneralSmitty91]

"Huge blip on the radar sir." Lieutenant Tyler: 🤔🤔

[@gabrielbaldovin]

Ok. But how about assuming they are unannounced B17-s and not alert the military command upper layers? Does it make sense to you? Check another version of this story here: : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@buschacha]

Axis military leadership and “manic single-mindedness” name a more iconic duo.

[@willyreeves319]

Luigi Cadorna and attacking along the Isonzo river

[@paradoxless5596]

Japanese leadership and cheating at war games.

[@samwalker4102]

Conrad von Hotzendorf and having a glorious Mustache

[@ernestolombardo5811]

@@willyreeves319 Luigi Cadorna and a total disregard for the human life on his own side. Aw hell... nearly every WWI general and a total disregard for the human life on their own side.

[@TorstenHeinrich]

11:14: Hosho wasn't a seaplane carrier, but the first aircraft carrier worldwide designed as such being put into service. The Wakamiya was Japan's first seaplane carrier and participated in the siege of Tsingtao in 1914. 11:30 Converting the BB and BC hulls wasn't "the next evolutionary stage" but the compromise negotiated in Washington to turn the half-built ships worldwide into some use other than target ships. At that point, they were a mere hulls if at that and not "battleships being converted". That's how the US' first big carriers came into being, that's how Akagi and Kaga were created and that's how the French Bearn came to be. 11:50 not parking on the deck doesn't increase the aircraft capacity, it diminishes it. One of the reasons for it was that Japan simply couldn't afford endless numbers of planes and thus thought it better to park them inside, safe off the weather and wind - which actually did blow US carrier planes off board on several occasions. 12:10 Kaga and Akagi were at no point "hybrid carriers". They were just heavily armed in case the escorts fail and they need to defend themselves against surface ships. You can see that it was a doctrinal thing in the Graf Zeppelin who was built after German officers were allowed to inspect IJN carriers. Graf Zeppelin had a heavy armament, too, despite being built from the beginning as a carrier. (I wrote my thesis about the IJN's naval rearmament between the two world wars)

[@sketchygetchey8299]

This channel: Minute by minute of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. History Channel: I’m not saying aliens, but aLiEns!

[@chrislondo2683]

They’d even claim Hitler was once still alive and escaped Berlin.

[@matematic4837]

Nazi aliens

[@paulwalker1617]

@@matematic4837 Were Nazis aliens or were aliens Nazis? Questions that may never get fielded.

[@gabrielbaldovin]

This channel has several big fat aLIEs . One of them is that Kermit Tyler assumed all by himself that the Japanese planes coming to bomb Pearl Harbor were B17-s, and not alerting the military command chain upper layers. It's like you start a war without given orders. Here are more about this theme : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@ricardoaguirre6126]

Earlier this year before the pandemic got out of hand my hometown of El Paso Texas was fortunate enough to be visited by a B-17 bomber. It flew a dozen times over my neighborhood that day, low enough to get a good view of that magnificent aircraft.

[@pnutz_2]

Yamamoto's plan (and Japan's in general) feels a lot like the schlieffen plan in 1914

[@zainabbasi8304]

might be Japans biggest mistake

[@Tfaonc]

A curious blend of optimism and desperation

[@cannonfodder4376]

This premiere was fantastic Indy and team. This series will go down in history for sure.

[@gabrielbaldovin]

Don't let the huge number of detail forget about that Kermit Tyler couldn't possibly speculate all by himself that the Japanese planes caught on radar that came to bomb Pearl Harbor, were American! Nobody is that stupid not to announce this to upper layer of military command chain . And, if absurdly is that stupid, then it is not promoted in just one year from Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel. That was a plan. Check here the whole picture of WW2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc !

[@RaduB.]

28:00 "the elliptical inverted gull wing" - that would be the A5M2, which is the forerunner of the Zero. Just a friendly observation. This series is great!

[@gunman47]

21:10 The PBY Catalina and the 24:53 B17 Flying Fortress, two iconic planes I remember from Call of Duty: World at War's "Black Cats" mission & Call of Duty: United Offensive's "Bomber" mission respectively...

[@mariusionita266]

I can hear the "Black Cats" track already...

[@zolafuckass8606]

*TAKE OUT THOSE FUCKING PT BOATS!!!*

[@mitchellsmith4690]

My dad did some time on PBYs...

[@warwickeng5491]

The flying fortress is beautiful, it's successor the Superfortress is even more, absolute behemoth

[@aaronrabinowitz]

I remember hearing something along the lines that 3 fingers lost would result in an honorable discharge from the Navy and disabled pension. So if Yamamoto had lost one more finger he may not have ever risen to admiral.

[@BIGNICKELL1]

This level of quality deserves a weekly TV series.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you!

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

There is more hype for this event than Avengers Endgame

[@Ork20111]

Its also better

[@Zen-sx5io]

@@Ork20111 What about Infinity War?

[@Ronald98]

@@Zen-sx5io even better

[@Ork20111]

@@Zen-sx5io Did Ironman sail over the entire pacific to surprise sink american battleships? No? Than you have your answer.

[@jcb985]

This really is incredible and daring. Just like the attacks 79 years ago! But seriously - well done y'all.

[@dabda8510]

4:56 That picture I believe is of the sailors on Ward who fired the first official shot of US in WW2. If I recall correctly, they were reservists from St. Paul, Minnesota. The actual gun was removed and installed as a monument in Minnesota. Google "USS Ward Gun".

[@ericcarlson3746]

another poster says it's at the Minnesota State capitol

[@iamrichrocker]

never have i been captivated by such a well derived documentary..just addictive to binge watch this series..with each segment my admiration and awe increases....cannot express my appreication for all of the hard work and effort..stupendous amazing..Bravo..

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your support!!

[@moors710]

the P51D my father flew was equipped with mounts for bombs so it could dive bomb. One day they got orders to bomb a rock in the Adriatic ( about 3000 square meters in size) with sacks of flour so they could see who hit where. None of the 20 or so planes in the exercise hit the rock. Dive bombing is a skill that needs to be developed.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

"Dive-bombing becomes the preferred method for Anti-Carrier warfare." Are we talking about the USA or Japan here? Because Japan's carriers seem quite vulnerable to dive bombers. Ehh. Probably won't come back to bite them.

[@lennardlee4483]

What? Japanese Carriers vulnerable to dive bombers? Ridiculous! Next you are gonna say that the Japanese are going to lose most of their carriers, that took place in Pearl Harbor, in a single battle.

[@UrWifiIsSlow]

@@lennardlee4483 thats like saying the japanese Yamato battleships aren’t going to level the american navies

[@vaclav_fejt]

Compared to the British... "Hey, are you alright after that storm?" "What storm?"

[@iKvetch558]

The Japanese were very good at many aspects of war, but damage control on its ships was never really one of them. They started out the war with only rudimentary damage control efforts, and did not do much over the course of the war to improve those. 🖖✌

[@StuSaville]

Both US and Japanese carriers were vulnerable to dive bombers because they sacrificed deck armor in return for greater aircraft carrying capacity, their philosophy being offence was the best defence. British carriers however were fitted with heavily armored decks because they had to be able to operate in the Mediterranean where they would be within easy range of enemy land based bombers.

[@danm936]

I'm starting to have a bad feeling something big gonna happen.

[@saminhaque13-52]

Probably just an insinuation.

[@meekonvadaameh]

Nah, prolly nothing.

[@goldwaffle5052]

I have always been blown away by the quality of this content. Great job guys! Keep up the fantastic work!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks Matthew. We wouldn't have been able to do it without everyone that watches the show and supports us over on Patreon, big shout out to you guys

[@hugod2000]

Dear WW2 sincerely thank you for the entertainment you bring. It is greatly appreciated.

[@spectreshadow]

This is incredible. I can't wait to keep watching the rest. Really you guys knocked it out of the park. Cheers!

[@GreaterGermanRepublic]

May I say well done this special is epic.

[@kampfret]

I'm glad it's not a one 5 hour long video.. just finish the first hour. I need sleep.

[@Wigalot]

I really wish this content was available to learn from when I was at school 20 years ago.

[@NancyChin-eq5lm]

Well done and worth the effort you put into it. My uncle was stationed on Oahu and they dragged sailors from liberty to work on salvage operations on the ships. He said it was gruesome and many that could never returned after their lunch break.

[@NexusBreeze99]

The quality is unreal... Good job guys!!!

[@nickwebb8197]

Ward skipper William F. Outerbridge's son, also named William, was a neighbor and friend for almost 40 years. The way his father told the story to him, during the entirety of the action where the first midget sub was sunk, Outerbridge Sr. was in his bathrobe. He'd been awaken from a sound sleep and didn't bother changing into his uniform before heading up to the bridge to assess the situation. You won't find that in most histories of WWII, I'll wager.

[@pnutz_2]

0:40 portable artillery pieces, I'm sure they'll come in useful someday

[@michaelmorgan9824]

Masterful! Suspenseful! Even my Children are watching!!!

[@ivannierez7731]

omg I'm going to have to watch in splits over the week but during the weekend I'm surely marathoning the entire day

[@McSpanklez]

These deserve a million views each at the very least. Great work WW2 team!

[@totalwar1793]

For someone who studied economics, it's ironic Yamamoto forgot that wars are fought on logistics

[@iKvetch558]

He did not necessarily forget it...he believed that a big hit to the American fleet would induce America to sue for peace. He knew there was a hard time limit on Japan's ability to achieve victory. He definitely said that he had 6 months or so to run wild in the Pacific, and he was correct to within a day.

[@onanthebarbarian9883]

Oh, he knew...

[@Garhunt05]

What's more surprising is that he didn't study the us-indian wars. That would show that a major defeat against americans doesn't slow down but speed up after a blow (st. Clairs defeat, little big horn). A cursory glance at. 🇺🇸 military history would show the flaw in an attack like this.

[@gabrielbaldovin]

he didn't forget. He only played to forget it so to gain his lost trust from ultranationalists and several mates from the army. Here's the entire story kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@hugoweaving6275]

He did not. One of his warnings to his countrymen was about America's vast resources against which Japan could not possibly compete, especially oil. He was so vocal about not going to war with the US that his superiors assigned 4 bodyguards to protect him from assassination by the army. He rejected such offers and was eventually sent to sea for his own protection.

[@christopherroa9781]

17:18 Indy's inflection reminds me of a slick salesman 😂 I'm sold!!! Horizontal bombing it is!

[@ericcarlson3746]

nothing better than: "before that blip becomes a giant hornet's nest of angry insects thirsty for BLUD":

[@captinblow]

Great job from the TimeGhost team!

[@benbregman7010]

Guess I’m taking the morning off I live on Kauai so this is real-time for me

[@nitinmuralidharan6]

This is just simply awesome. The level of details is amazing.

[@gabrielbaldovin]

here's deeper : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@MarshallEubanks]

Fun fact - Captain Outerbridge of the USS Ward was born in Victoria, Hong Kong.

[@Ratkill]

This channel has always been orders of magnitude more informative, engaging, and comprehensive than any historical documentaries I have seen, period.

[@USMCoklahoma]

I love that you mentioned the USS Ward.

[@francoisprovencher1214]

Fantastic Work! Best documentary on Pearl Harbor that I have seen.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you!

[@obelix703]

Content like this is why I donate.

[@tomdavis6547]

Love the drama face Indy. Well done. It fits the intensity of the situation perfectly. You would have made a good Bob Hope surrogate.

[@thomasmcanea8531]

Superb detail and storytelling. Thank you.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank You!! We're glad you like our content!

[@cablehogue1514]

What a pace! Relentless pounding with national dispositions and character development and political innuendo and grand confusion. A thrill a minute or better! Great stuff! Excellent!

[@drtroosevelt]

My Dad was a PH survivor (USS Utah). He would have loved this series. Very well done.

[@gabrielbaldovin]

Would he believe that Kermit Tyler didn't alert the command upper layers after being called about those planes coming? Check here the whole truth kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@hscollier]

The failure of several credible reported sightings to raise an alarm, and the active engagement of Japanese subs by a naval surface warship and a patrol plane being discounted, and then the failure to adequately inform superiors of the radar sightings of large blips, reminds me of what I learned the hard way in archaeology: “You will never find what you are expecting not to see.” I have been on major digs where significant artifacts were blindly overlooked because none of the archaeologists believed they should be there. I got the same sensation watching these significant events before the air attack being ignored. Helluva way to learn a lesson.

[@gabrielbaldovin]

Are you ready to "see" something very painful about it? Here it goes kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@VRichardsn]

Fun fact 1: the armor piercing bombs employed by the Nakajima B5Ns here were modified 410 mm shells from battleship main guns. Fun fact 2: the wreck of Akagi was just found last year.

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Indy got the corner office in Hawaii, nice!

[@seanmalloy7249]

The B-17 wasn't given the name "Flying Fortress" because of how much damage it could take -- that was yet to be proved. Richard Williams, a reporter for The Seattle Times, coined the name "Flying Fortress" when - observing the large number of machine guns sticking out from the new airplane - he described it as a "15-ton flying fortress" in a picture caption.

[@KingMoroz]

Please do more in depth analyses of other major battles in the future if possible, these are amazing to watch in real time. I know they are time consuming and I know everyone watching these will love these enormously

[@gabrielbaldovin]

here's a deeper analysis of this tragedy kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@shouryahooda6545]

What an amazing feat!

[@Johnnylemoni]

Hello crew stay safe and thanks for the episodes

[@Dangonyon]

Y’know, I generally hate ads shoehorned into stuff like this, but using the video game footage in that way is genuinely very clever and paints a great picture of the fleets.

[@donhancock332]

Best series on this channel so far.Im riveted.

[@Jbf-76]

This show/series is amazing. Best i've ever seen, and i've seen them all.

[@waikatowizard1267]

awesome to watch this, especially doing it minute by minute, massive respect for the amount of work you all have put in. This came out on youtube at about 6AM here in New Zealand, so am watching what I can on my work break, and will continue after work. Thanks for making a military history geek very happy. Been watching your channels since very early on, Thanks once again everyone.

[@HootOwl513]

''PB'' in PBY was for Patrol Bomber, [Y= Consolidated] not Patrol Boat. [Even though it was a flying boat]. The later B-25 Mitchell a land bomber, was taken into Naval service and called the PBJ-1. Patrol Bomber North American. Marines flew them. Ther was no ''gull wing'' to the Mitsubishi A6M [Zero]. It had a straight dihedral [upwards rise] leading edge wing plan.

[@lulux3762]

I am overwhelmed by your accuracy , evenhandedness and extreme suspense. Please keep it up.

[@lacasadipavlov]

This series is GOLD!! Way to go boys!!

[@jeffydarko9479]

Back in the 1990's while working in Japan I made one of my periodic trips from Yokohama to our company's facilities in Niigata Prefecture, where Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto grew up. After finishing the visit, I took a taxi to the train station to catch the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. The taxi driver was an unusually animated local fellow proud of his hometown. Upon learning I was American, he asked excitedly (in Japanese) if I knew of his hometown hero Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto; upon hearing my affirmative answer and seeing my crooked half-smile, he decided on his own to take me to see the humble wooden house where the Admiral grew up. He was a darn fine taxi driver, showing me this site and getting me to the station on time to catch my train! That was a special taxi ride. AND this is a superior series, keeping my attention while teaching me much I wasn't aware of. I look forward to viewing the next 8 installments.

[@gabrielbaldovin]

check here an totally different version about Yamamoto than you know kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCtgnyrhbd9qLc

[@BonnieDragonKat]

My adopted grandfather was stationed at Pearl, but diabetes sent him off ship...... RiP to all those lost. Thanks for doing this Indy!

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

life saving diabetes, you don't hear that often :o

[@DGill48]

why does the wrap up to each of these leave me with a chuckle?

[@ScrubbyBubbles]

This is so interesting to me, History man, better than anything on TV.

[@daniellaur4994]

I can’t express enough how awesome this series is. Thank you

[@gilbertponder5307]

First, this is a FANTASTIC series! Everything - including the production values, writing, editing, performance and historical insights - is superb. Second, is anyone besides me put off by the modern picture mug in the center of a meticulously period set? I mean inordinately put off. With each passing shot I become more and more fixated on it. [Edit - Okay, not that meticulous. The US flag in the background in modern as well.]

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Thank you so much for these historic quality videos and all involved. Merry Christmas.

[@MandSProductionsMAC]

Great production value. Lighting looks great. Content is fantastic too, just wanted to give production team some love.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

> launch a surprise attack > suffer the first casualties of the war That's a bad start...

[@khsimagesdotcom856]

The build up to this attack reminds me a bit of the time just before the 9/11 attacks. Not only were multiple reports of an impending attack made during the months and weeks prior to 9/11/2001 (just as the US was gathering similar information before 12/7/1941), but even during the morning of the 9/11 attacks, an American Airlines Flight first went missing and was suspected to be hijacked and another United Airlines Flight had even spotted the rouge plane. Meanwhile in Pearl Harbor, strange masses were spotted under the seas and in the skies. The very United Airlines flight that made the discovery was hijacked only minutes later. In both cases, glaring puzzle pieces were noticed, but by the time any serious steps were taken in defense, the attacks were discovered to be far larger and more coordinated than realized.

[@MefistFelis]

This is stellar job! Well done.

[@FussyPickles]

Just saw first episode stream and was like where is the 2nd!! Phew

[@Seadog..11]

Just a comment on an important event that happened in November 1940 that helped convince the brass of the Japanese Navy that the attack of aircraft versus battleship was very feasible. At Taranto, English Swordfish biplanes attacked the Italian Fleet with torpedoes and we're very very successful. Almost a dress rehearsal for Pearl Harbor but conducted in the Mediterranean by the English Navy.

[@yamochanchan]

Finally Japan gets the time in the light~ Yes the european part of the war is more well known but now this is ging to be a true world war. Ive waited so long for this series! Thank you for the wonderfully detailed work. I hope this gets an award of some sort for it is well deserved

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Great job as always. The authentic dramatization is much enjoyed. Who knows why they thought the US would say Oy, you sunk my ships, I surrender.

[@LukeSumIpsePatremTe]

This one (part 2) was hard to find. The other videos were recommended by youtube, but this had to be ssearched.

[@TheJonnyzeus]

This is excellent. As ever, great research and presentation.

[@JH-pv7zz]

I'm confused. Thought this would be live??

[@exnihilo5087]

Same.

[@WorldWarTwo]

The premier of the first episode was live, the next episodes will come out one after another as the attack moves on.

[@saminhaque13-52]

@@WorldWarTwo oh makes sense. Would be more convenient for future viewers to watch it episode-wise rather than a one 5 hour long video.

[@jobfranschman8436]

@@WorldWarTwo This video is not in my subscription list. Only when I go to the channel itself I see this video. Strange.

[@ForgottenArmy1944]

@@WorldWarTwo miss the chat and community feel. would have been fun to watch all 5 hours live streamed. but super appreciate your amazing content. happy monthly contributor here!