*When Yamato was sunk by U.S. forces, during the last Japanese naval action of WWII, she took 2,747 men with her-all but 269 of her crew. Escorting Japanese ships lost an additional 1,167 men; making 3914 in total. Only 10 American aircraft went down in the battle, with the loss of just 12 American men. In all, Yamato took 12 bombs and seven torpedo hits within two hours of battle. An astounding series of explosions onboard Yamato produced the mushroom cloud seen shortly before she sank. Yamato settled on the seafloor 1,200 feet down and about 50 miles southwest of Kyushu, Japan.*
@conniegnesda97202 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info. I wondered how many died.
@danwallach88262 ай бұрын
I think I read somewhere that one American plane got caught up in Yamato's massive explosion.
@ethanperks372Ай бұрын
An advantage of USN torpedoes post 1943 was the introduction of the British explosive Torpex. More than 1/2 again the explosive power of TNT. That and the damage was aimed at one side of the ship to capsize her.
@RachelAllcockАй бұрын
@@ethanperks372 An infinitely greater explosive power than early war US torpedoes which had embarrassing habits of running too deep , their magnetic pistols not triggering, or on the rare occasions they got a contact hit, bouncing off with no more than a "boink"! You are correct about the shooting at one side - they learned that from sinking Yamato's sister, Musashi, at Leyte Gulf.
@bloodrave9578Ай бұрын
Last IJN naval action was actually the Battle of Malacca Strait in May 1945 where the IJN Heavy Cruiser Haguro was attacked and sunk by a squadron of British DDs in the last Surface action of WW2 and the last IJ naval operation of WW2.
@Corristo89 Жыл бұрын
Yamato's AA guns were still not being directed via radar, contrary to those on American ships. Instead the Japanese had a shouting guy pointing with a stick. Really shows the level of technological difference at this point in the war. Japan started off with very modern and often superior equipment, but just couldn't keep up once the US rolled up its sleeves.
@rowancoggins9638 Жыл бұрын
Japan had roughly 5% of the United States output. Considering that, they kicked ass, but it was sheer madness and doom was inevitable.
@Grubnar Жыл бұрын
I don't know if Yamamoto really said it, but that quote about awakening a sleeping giant, was true.
@dougerrohmer Жыл бұрын
But it was a very special stick. Came with stripeys.
@thorbenthomas6880 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I was wondering about the job of the shouting man with the black-and-white stick.
@jakk222rem Жыл бұрын
Just as an aside, the Yamato wasn't commissioned with radar. It was installed during refit in 1944, a full 3 years after Pearl Harbor and only a year before its sinking.
@jaynsilentboom Жыл бұрын
If you’ve ever played world of warships. This clip accurately depicts what it’s like to be the only player on your team that gets focus fired by a carrier. Absolute carnage.
@DoubleMonoLR Жыл бұрын
Real life events 'accurately depict' what a game is like....
@bearok89 Жыл бұрын
@@DoubleMonoLR World of Warship is hugeee, cant believe they made a real war about it
@cgilleybsw10 ай бұрын
WoWs is an abortion. Pacman with pretty graphics. See higher level post.
@Goirdy9 ай бұрын
Let's be real, though. If you sailed off on your own instead of staying with and supporting your team, you were asking for it.
@FS2K4Pilot9 ай бұрын
Eleven carriers.
@Grandizer8989 Жыл бұрын
The best eyewitness account that I’ve read about the death of Yamato was in ‘Destroyer Captain’ where a nearby DD witnessed the destruction. He said that the planes looked like a swarm of flies buzzing around the ship
@martinonroll Жыл бұрын
A dinosaur in the age of air power
@tommybrown9534 Жыл бұрын
@@martinonroll yea that pretty much sums it up
@Edi_J Жыл бұрын
Cpt. Hara was both the gem and the living memory of the Imperial Navy - people like him made such a long and bloody fight against state 10x more powerful at all possible.
@FP194 Жыл бұрын
@@martinonroll A ship that wasn’t designed to repel a large air attack plus it was on its own a capital ship will always have screening vessels around it
@sabrekai8706 Жыл бұрын
Read that book as a kid. That and Saburo Sakai''s story. Excellent reading.
@TileGuyJesseАй бұрын
Hats off to those amazing stuntmen who filmed this amazing segment! And those sets and practical effects were top drawyer all the way.
@animewatcher00Ай бұрын
Practical effects are always great to see being used in film and tv. I get some stuff has to be done with CGI these days but practical effects still work and they are slowly making a more of a return to be used more now like in the past
@mikhailv67tv8 күн бұрын
Most injuries were to their throats as with all Japanese movies involving death and violence.
@jameshoward60646 күн бұрын
Kudos to the Japanese actors in the movie they did a good job of playing their roles
@Flyinghigh888 Жыл бұрын
That Yamato replica used in filming this movie was impressive
@Edi_J Жыл бұрын
A million visitors in less than a year... In Europe or the US they would milk it to the last cent. It seems that dismantling it went with the spirit of the Ten Go - to die being still strong. They wanted to avoid making it "a common attraction".
@AntonymLowe Жыл бұрын
@@Edi_J I don't think any of that is accurate. Movie sets aren't built to last. If that was the case and we'd just "milk it dry," then there would be hundreds more movie sets just sitting around. Like the Titanic replica... which was disassembled. Tour any number of filming locations around California even and you'd see that disassembly is standard practice.
@sirbacon1617 Жыл бұрын
@@AntonymLowe They just want a reason to hate on the US and Europe lol
@anthonydesroches88974 ай бұрын
Try Sabaton music. It's all based on history
@pacettid2 ай бұрын
When ships die in combat, it’s never pretty. The sailors in the USN and IJN were brave beyond words and many died horribly during the war in the Pacific. Sad, and a terrible waste.
@lordadorable114017 күн бұрын
Good men and women all fight and die on the battlefield. Regardless of the odds, they fought bravely and doing their duty. I do have to agree though, it’s a terrible waste of life
@djbenje401916 күн бұрын
Ya. It's gruesome, which I appreciate this movie for doing a decent job of showing. But I don't appreciate the over-dramatization and banter among the Japanese 'actors'. Yes, they had respectable HONOR and COURAGE and VALOR, but the dramatization was just too over-the-top. I know Hollywood tries to be 'fair' and 'inclusive' to all races/genders/classes, but this was a bit much.
@rithvikmuthyalapati975413 күн бұрын
@@djbenje4019 How can you classify it as "too over the top" when you yourself have never experienced the horrors of war? Who are critics to know how to react in war?
@kevinsullivan783113 күн бұрын
@@djbenje4019 this wasn't produced in hollywood
@JohntheLNERP28 күн бұрын
@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 agreed I feel like so many war films are merely watererd down version of the true horrors of war
@rebelgaming1.5.144 ай бұрын
The unfortunate part for the Japanese was that despite Yamato and Musashi's incredibly large AA batteries, the 25mm, which is the one seen most commonly on Yamato, was utterly useless. They had an effective range of merely a kilometer, and even then it was expected to take 1500 rounds to successfully shoot down an aircraft. Compounding this was the fact the traverse for the guns and the mount were too slow, the sights were horrible for tracking aircraft, the guns were manually aimed, the triple mounts as seen became increasingly more inaccurate as fire was sustained, and also as seen, the magazines for the gun had very little ammo, resulting in constantly reloading and slowing down volume of fire. The Type 96 25mm is likely the second-worst AA gun of WWII, only beaten out by the 37mm Bolt-action (yes, bolt action) AA gun the Nazis had. The very same AA guns mounted on Bismarck that famously didn't score a single kill.
@Pottan233 ай бұрын
Wasn't Bismarck attacked by Wood and Canvas planes from the inter war period/ww1? If I remember correctly planes were hit but the bullets just went through
@rebelgaming1.5.143 ай бұрын
@@Pottan23 That's also true, as the fuses were calibrated to be set off by modern aluminum frame aircraft, but in the end volume of fire is still important. If the 37s were the automatic variant introduced in 42 or replaced with 20mm Flakvierlings, it's likely the Swordfish attack would not have been as successful and aircraft would've been shot down. Enough shells will eventually bring down any aircraft. In the end the problem was still a lack of fire rate.
@z1az2853 ай бұрын
@@rebelgaming1.5.14 I believe the tirpitz had more success against the swordfish torpedo bombers during her sortie when she was spotted by the HMS Seawolf. Even then, she didn't shoot down more than 3-4 i believe. But she had no issues with speed and able to evade their torpedoes.
@krismurphy771129 күн бұрын
Wasn't it Us Admiral Lee that bent the regs to get as many 40MM and 20MM guns mounted on US ships in 43/44??? When you look at some of the ships from 44/45, it's like they stuck an AA gun wherever there was space.
@samuelmorado7024 күн бұрын
@@Pottan23 I believe they think the Swordfish flew slower than the were used to. Maybe 120 knots at best for a torpedo run?
@drtidrow Жыл бұрын
One battleship against ten+ aircraft carriers is never gonna end well for the battleship.
@senormichalecenera4654 Жыл бұрын
Those are came from the USS Essex, no wonder BB Became Obsolete cuz of these Aircraft Carriers
@nannerrammer9 ай бұрын
it could, if it could fly like the space battleship with the same name. but ten+ of anything larger than PT boats would never end well for a battleship
@AlexRojas-db6yd9 ай бұрын
1200 aircraft were sent against Yamato in numerous waves.
@tommiatkins34435 ай бұрын
280. Of which a large number were drawn off by Yahagi.
@artful19674 ай бұрын
in WOWS it would probably win
@the-chillian4 ай бұрын
This was to be Yamato's last voyage in any event, on what was in no uncertain terms a suicide mission. The last-ditch naval defense of the Japanese home islands, Operation Ten-Go, called for Yamato and all other large ships still operational, to make for Okinawa with all speed, where the Allied offensive had commenced a week prior, and then beach themselves to serve as a stationary shore batteries. In that situation they would all have been sitting ducks, and wouldn't have survived long.
@geoffhart4 ай бұрын
As it was, she took around 3000 with her (around 280 survived), while the US lost 12 airmen. If she was already beached, many of those sailors might have survived (and there would have been far less on board). Although Seppuku may have still taken its toll :(
@the-chillian4 ай бұрын
@@geoffhart Or not. Japanese losses on Okinawa were ghastly. Between regulars and Okinawan conscripts they lost around 100,000, with maybe around 8,000 surviving the battle. It was certainly no safer there.
@ethanperks3723 ай бұрын
She only had fuel for a one way trip.
@stevetheduck14253 ай бұрын
The radar officer from the Yamato, survived the war and wrote a book. He says the 'suicide mission', and 'only enough fuel for a one-way trip', as well as the 'beaching themselves' things are all myths. The Admiral and Captain explained the plan to their officers. In some detail. Then the ship's spotter plane was sent back to the homeland with the ship's log. Whatever happened, nobody on board would be blamed for the result. They intended to fight their way to the seas near Okinawa ( in a task force of 11 ships, remember ), aid any ships or forces there as they could, then draw enemy ships away by sailing West, before heading North after nightfall, to split pursuers. They had fuel to get home, where the crew would be landed, and the Yamato camouflaged in a bay. The surviving officer didn't think it would happen, but the suicidal nonsense had been dropped after the failure to hold Iwo Jima. Instead, they would dig in and make the US pay for every step forward. Like happened in Okinawa.
@the-chillian3 ай бұрын
@stevetheduck1425 While it's true that they carried more fuel than needed for a one-way trip, every history I have ever read on the subject disagrees with this about the mission. It's possible the exact orders were not shared outside command staff. I'm not sure why you emphasize the size of the task force. With no air cover, even arriving at Okinawa was always going to be chancy at best.
@nutrino759 ай бұрын
this ship left japan with all crew members knowing they d never come back.
@mikepette44224 ай бұрын
stupid waste of men as was the whole war with america
@matchesburn4 ай бұрын
Out of the 3,332 crew on Yamato, only 277 survived Operation Ten-Go.
@johnwoo59783 ай бұрын
Don’t feel sorry for them at all.
@michaelvalentine48673 ай бұрын
Well the us slaughtered the Japanese but at least they didn't machine gun the survivors in the water or did they and keep it quiet anybody know ?
@jasonbender24593 ай бұрын
Payback is a bitch!
@floydfanboy2948 Жыл бұрын
Director: scream! Actors: how much? Director: yes!
@GMEOK Жыл бұрын
lol
@zubiez.524 Жыл бұрын
You could compare to the direction given in Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956) (aka The Battle of the River Platte) from the Rank co. where they go very much in the opposite direction.
@lostinspace013 Жыл бұрын
@@zubiez.524 White people just fight, not scream.
@dougerrohmer Жыл бұрын
And so it was that they became a screamy bunch.
@franzrothschilds6975 Жыл бұрын
HAHAHAA
@TrulyAskew4 ай бұрын
"I point my stick at you!" *explosion* "I'm a goddamn wizard!"
@hmartinspliff3 ай бұрын
_"Wingardium explosiosa!" _*_Haru Potta-san_*
@archange803014 күн бұрын
@@hmartinspliff love it. “You’re a wizard Haru Potta-San”
@joseyanes83764 күн бұрын
@@hmartinspliff 🤣
@robertstewart12239 ай бұрын
I you ever get a chance to watch the entire movie, I suggest you do. It is easy to forget in 2023 that this war was pretty much fought by children...anywhere from 16 to 23. Sure, officers were older but the people you see portrayed fit in that age group. Every person on that ship was told they would never see home again and they should prepare to die. The movie also went into how deeply the Japanese worshiped the Emperor and how every Military Officer assigned to Yamato was against this Suicide mission...until they heard the Emperor asked for the navy's help.
@dimasgirl27499 ай бұрын
16 isn't exactly a child anymore. These were not "kids" as such, these were very young men.
@robertstewart12239 ай бұрын
@@dimasgirl2749 😂🤣 Um sweets, 16 is quite literally the definition of a TEEN-ager...a child! At that age you can't smoke, drink or vote in the vast majority of Western countries. But thank you for playing. 😉
@vMaxHeadroom9 ай бұрын
Sadly so true...so many young men gave thier lives and fought to the end in WW2 and we owe them so, so much. Even those who fought on the other side, one can only hope they are resting in peace. It looks like we seem to learn nothing from history and I wonder whether todays generation even understand what a terrible thing those men and women went through for the freedoms we now enjoy, freedoms that now seem to slipping away and not even noticed.
@robertstewart12239 ай бұрын
@@vMaxHeadroom you just earned my total respect with that response. I have nothing I can add to it.
@user-rm6ut8td9y5 ай бұрын
The special attack members of the Zero Fighter were also young boys. Try reading their many suicide notes. It contains heartbreaking farewell words to family members who will never be able to see each other again, as well as feelings of regret over one's own death. They didn't want to give up their future or time with their loved ones. As a Japanese person, I feel ashamed of the national and military leaders of the time.
@orabera Жыл бұрын
The Yamato's magazines blowing up downed more US planes (7) than all those AAA guns (3).
@jonathansimon64332 ай бұрын
There was a problems with the ships AA guns, I believe the anno didn't work well or something, I dont member exactly
@orabera2 ай бұрын
@@jonathansimon6433 Yes the 25mm gun the Japanese used during WWII is often rated as the worse AAA gun of WWII. The US used 40mm and 20mm for AA defense inside the 5’ engagement envelope. 40mm for medium range and 20mm for close defense. The Japanese only used the 25mm, its range was too short for medium and its mount was too slow to engage fast moving attack aircraft at shorter range. It also had reliability problems. This battle highlighted all its problems.
@Mikalent4 ай бұрын
One of the things that is often overlooked, the Admiral who commanded the Yamato during Operation Ten-Go ordered all but the most essential personnel off the ship, even some of the less important engineering divisions where stripped of personnel. They where all aware it was a foolhardy suicide mission, and chose to save as many men from a delusional high command as they could.
@stevetheduck14253 ай бұрын
They needed the space for all the extra men loading and manning the large number of additional AA guns added for this last mission. To keep one 25mm AA gun fed with ammo, there up to eight loaders. The triple mounts had as many as a dozen.
@looneyburgmusic2 ай бұрын
There was nothing "delusional" about the IJN General Staff. When the order to sail was issued EVERYONE involved was fully aware it was a one-way trip. However, they all saw defending Japan, (and the Emperor), to the last man, last ship, last plane, as their sacred duty.
@Mikalent2 ай бұрын
@looneyburgmusic there is, and they were, even in their clouded mindset, what would be the point in sending men who were of no use in a ship battle along with the ship. With that mentality that you said they had, which I am not disputing they had, do you not think one of the Admirals or administrators of the IJN general staff have argued to keep those technicians, who might I remind where solely dedicated to the regular maintenance, not combat maintenance, of the Yamato to building defenses, or teaching students? Even prior to the defense of Iwo Jima, the Japanese Homeguard of both the army and navy were complaining of the lack of teachers that they were using fighter pilots to teach student how to wield a bamboo spear. Instead, the general staff ordered ALL crew, including civilian maintenance workers from the docks, to head to battle. Even if we put away the first arguement that they would serve better on land, you can also make the point having a civilian crew on your military vessel about to engage the enemy decreases the ship's combat effectiveness. These were not trained sailors, about the most they would amount to is powder monkeys, but you already have dedicated military crew to run ammo. Again, nothing about it, even in the sense of defending the courts to the last man, woman, and child, hence why I state they were 100% delusional sith the effect those people would have.
@randymillhouse7912 ай бұрын
@@looneyburgmusic And here we are in 2024 with Trump.
@jollyjohnthepirate31682 ай бұрын
The old samurai who hid in bunkers sacrificed the men just to say they helped defend Okinawa. They couldn't let their true enemies, the Army cause them to lose face in front of the Emperor.
@GumbootZone Жыл бұрын
A Japanese survivor said he had to go up on deck for something and there was an endless stream of machine gun bullets hitting all over the ship and bodies were been tossed around like rag dolls.
@user-jy6xx7kw5s13 күн бұрын
As an American, I respect all warriors who fought for their country no matter which one. I hope and pray that one day we may all get along as gods children and there will be no more war!
@98129user12 күн бұрын
The planet is not getting bigger, its resources are decreasing. The collapse of the USSR destroyed competition, so there is no talk of colonizing other planets. This means that "the most democratic and free country in the world" will continue to develop war and see coups d'etat, color revolutions and colonialist robberies of countries all over the planet. The existence of gods and life after death contradicts Science.
@derekpierkowski76418 күн бұрын
@@user-jy6xx7kw5s Gods create war. Which god are you a child of?
@AlexK-nu9qj7 күн бұрын
@@user-jy6xx7kw5s солодкі мрії...
@Demun16497 күн бұрын
Do you mean it? Do you really mean "as gods children"? Or do you mean, "GOD's children"? How can there be no more war? Humankind is Fallen, they are ruled by the Original Sin, of Adam and Eve, which corrupts the whole planet. Look at your own history. Founded 1776, 247 years ago, with just 16 years of peace in that time, you have been AT WAR for 93% of your existence. Your so-called "land of the free" is built on the skeletons of between 60 and 100 million of the indigenous peoples. You used atomic weapons on two, mainly, civilian targets, rather than the navy or army. You allow school massacres to happen every month, and do NOTHING to stop the slaughter. You allow your country to have the most murders, per capita, than any other country in the world. You allow your country to have the most rapes, per capita, than any other country in the world. You allow your country to have the most drug deaths, per capita, than any other country in the world. I don't think your dream can be achieved, until you convert to the One, True, Christian Faith. And you won't do that, because Satan has taught you to hate us.
@ftam66045 күн бұрын
War is created by Devil.
@necron99.aka-sammyboy923 ай бұрын
There was one deck gunner on the Bismarck as well, that was still firing ss it went under. This was reported by British pilots. The ship was sideways and tilted skywards. That is some legendary bulldog fighting!!!
@fredericksaxton39912 ай бұрын
Same with HMS Hood, the front half was vertical when one of the turrets let go it's pair of 15" guns. One last act of defiance.
@andrewstackpool4911Ай бұрын
There was one gunner in Armidale and Yarra who fought to the last and died with their ships to save their mates. All of us were members of our Navies who did our duty to the last. And that is why we have more in common than the bastards who sent us in harm's way.
@Conn30MtenorАй бұрын
The Russians probably took care of his girlfriend.
@drno4837Ай бұрын
that is interesting as there were no British aircraft in the area at the time, not one, zero, nada
@fredericksaxton3991Ай бұрын
@@drno4837 Yes.
@Wolfen4434 ай бұрын
It was a battleship design to fight ships not warplanes and the design seemed more fitting for the post WWI era than the end of WWII technology.
@brooksbrown5803 ай бұрын
This Ship like most Japanese Ships were 1 Step above Miserable, This Ship had constant Engine Malfunctions, The Ship was so poorly built that many of the welds let go, and cracked, The Iron and Steel used to build this ship were of such poor quality, the metal fractured , fatigued , and cracked all over the ship, This was not a Mighty Ship to be feared, it was a POS Japanese built Death Trap, The Main Guns we see Blazing Away here, didn't have proper Sights, Rangefinder's or even proper Ammunition, The ship relied on spotters, and Gun Captains to feed range and firing instructions to the gunners with Flags, or Signal Paddles, People dont understand how far behind The Japanese were with the rest of the World, They were good at Night Fighting, and had some success, night attacks on US Ships, Destroying Several US Destroyer's and Cruiser's. Their Suicide Planes did the most damage. Early in the War The Dutch inflicted serious damage on Japanese Shipping, but The Dutch had too few Ships, so they relied on their Submarines' which did even more Damage to Japan's Navy, The Dutch didn't just try to disable or simply sink a Japanese Ship they wouldn't stop Firing until they Blew The Japanese Ships to pieces, and then Machine Gun survivor's in the water, just like the Japanese did to Dutch Sailor's, The Dutch also Rammed several Japanese Ships, and used small Patrol Boats to Harass and constantly shoot at Any Japanese Ships.
@jamess757619 күн бұрын
@@brooksbrown580 They were fuel guzzlers for sure, but Yamato did sink an aircraft carrier and damage another. They were escort carriers, but still the range her guns hit are fairly impressive and the hits/near misses on the destroyers at Samar was good shooting. Issue was wrong shell type. USS Johnson's heroic run would have been cut short if the 18 inch shell that hit her was high explosive rather than AP.
@Kreschavier7 күн бұрын
ironically, the yamato was supposed to provoke america into building bigger battleships, in hopes that those ships wouldnt fit through the panama canal. (most of americas shipyards are on the east coast) unfortunatly for the japanese, america went for aerial power instead of gunpower.
@robertmaybeth34346 ай бұрын
I knew the Yamato was improperly set up for anti-aircraft defense but I was amazed at the number of US aircraft lost to sink her (just 10). In the case of the mighty Yamato, all those crewmen crammed onto that battleship was just 3,000 men neatly packaged for destruction.
@panzerabwerkanone4 ай бұрын
Most of the US planes lost were not to AA fire. Most were knocked out of the sky when Yamato blew up.
@DarkFenix2k54 ай бұрын
@@panzerabwerkanone Citation needed. I've found unconfirmed reports of Yamato's explosion destroying "several" US planes observing it as it sank, but nothing concrete, and certainly nothing even implying that more than 10 aircraft were lost to the explosion.
@doctordetroit43393 ай бұрын
One smart Japanese officer suggested to scrap the Yamato and Musashi and use them to make aircraft for kamikazes....that would have been far more useful. But of course he was denied and that was considered heresy.
@brooksbrown5803 ай бұрын
All Japanese Ships shared this problem, They viewed Anti Aircraft Guns as only moderately important,
@eeddsdsd2 ай бұрын
The American pilots had a lot of experience at that time. Also, I think the strike package was around 300 planes. It's hard to pick out a single target so the damage tends to spread around.
@MichaelTheRead Жыл бұрын
"War is war, and Hell is Hell, and of the two, war is a hell of a lot worse. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell."
@briancarey1159Ай бұрын
Says hawlk eye to father mulcahee
@garryferrington811Ай бұрын
Sherman said it better, but he was talking about reality.
@user-um1xo9ed1x9 ай бұрын
Kind of cute to see the worlds heaviest battle ship execute such a sharp turn to avoid torpedoes.
@griznatle9 ай бұрын
Lol yeah
@halreader698 ай бұрын
For a ship its size, weight, and displacement, it would be hard to imagine for a ship that big executing tight turns to dodge torpedoes. But do recall that the Yamato was a state of the art ship of the line, with 12 boilers powering quadruple steam turbines, with 147,948 HP that drove 6 20-ft. wide propellers, and it had achieved a speed of 27 knots, which is about 50kmh! Today's US Navy carriers can achieve a top speed of 32 knots, or 59 kmh! Talk about "Super-sizing!" Aerial US Navy photos of the battles of Yamato and even Musashi making these tight turns as they tried to evade the torpedoes, but it;s a numbers game when it comes to battle: too many attacking planes, one enemy battleship, with no air cover? The results are too simple.
@andrewtaylor9407 ай бұрын
The big ships during the war had a surprising amount of rudder authority and could turn really nimbly.
@SierraThunder4 ай бұрын
Especially when you see the ship either leaning INTO THE TURN, or failing to react to major centrifugal forces at all.
@mantia394 ай бұрын
@halreader69 😂...oh you "recall " all of that? Google is great for instant "recollection" isn't it?😅
@talakara3 ай бұрын
At 0:02 there's an error: The Avengers were torpedo bombers, not dive bombers. The TBFs attacked first to cripple the ship so that the dive bombers (Curtiss Helldiver) had a chance to hit the crucial parts (not the turrets nor the citadel, they were armored too heavily).
@captainrusca2 ай бұрын
Avengers can be a bomber
@LS-vo7hc4 ай бұрын
My uncle was on Coragador when it fell and subsequently spent just over three years in Japanese slave labor camps and prison ships. When he was captured, he was 6 foot four 226 pounds. When he was liberated, he was 6 foot four lol but he weighed less than 100 pounds. His back was covered in scars, from where he was tortured, but he met a wonderful woman who helped him back to mental and physical health. He went on to live a great life. The Japanese unbelievably cruel to their captives. Needless to say I have no sympathy for anything that happened to anyone in Japan during those times. In fact, I think they got off easy.
@ISIO-George4 ай бұрын
What you say is largely true, but I think you have to distinguish between the behavior of the army and that of the Navy.
@adamndirtyape3 ай бұрын
@@ISIO-George I wouldn't. There is no reason to think the Navy wouldn't have brutalized captives like the Army did if they had the chance.
My dad was trapped on Bataan, which surrendered 4 weeks earlier. World War III made the world safe for communism. MacArthur's first action in Japan was to open the masonic lodges again....Japan was anti-communist and anti-masonic....
@willylao54303 ай бұрын
It's "Corregidor"... not "Coragador".
@roncindyerickson1609 Жыл бұрын
After the mistakes sinking the Musashi. The torpedo planes concentrated on the same side of Yamato.
@user-qe1ro5gz4y2 ай бұрын
Mom: ''Aww, look at him playing with his lego's!'' The scenario in my imagination:
@damonbryan72324 ай бұрын
War never changes. There's only three rules in War. Rule one. Old men start war's Rule two. Young men die in war. Rule three. Old men can't change rule number two. Be vary careful on which Old men we choose for leadership.
@peterkincep78082 ай бұрын
0. Rule: dictators start wars in 99,99% like Hitler, Todjo, Putler,...
@caractacusbrittania74422 ай бұрын
Conversely, Old men discovered penicillin, invented radar, the mobile phone, Touch screens, the computer, the jet engine, While young men were playing with toys.
@ttrestle Жыл бұрын
I read a great book about this battleship. By the time it was done being built battleships were entirely obsolete.
@SeattlePioneer Жыл бұрын
The Japanese recognized that fact. A third superbattleship like Yamato was being built, and was converted to an aircraft carrier, the Shinano. That didn't help at all, though, Shinano was sunk by an American submarine before it ever got into combat.
@tarn11359 ай бұрын
Something the Japanese of ww2 didn’t learn from their own success until it was too late. By the time they realized building massive battleships was stupid in an air-power war it was too late. They even tried converting a half built sister ship of the Yamato into, I believe and could be wrong, the largest carrier at that time. We sunk that one also.
@soarinskies11059 ай бұрын
Battleships designed like the Yamato sure. Battleships designed like the Iowa through were in my mind a completely different beast.
@andrewfinlayson15079 ай бұрын
In a way, the attack on Pearl Harbour was a strategic disaster for Japan. Being deprived of battleships, the US turned to its aircraft carriers as its principal striking arm, creating fleets with an aircraft carrier at their centre. But the Japanese never learned that lesson until too late. Even though they had the best carrier divisions of the early war, by far, aircraft carriers were always supporting units for the big guns ... their battleships. By the time they realised that the battleship's day was done, it was too late for them.@@tarn1135
@xj900uk4 ай бұрын
Which ironically the Japanese proved.
@chriswhatley90805 ай бұрын
this is the disney version compared to how terrifying it would have been to be on that ship.
@jasonbender24593 ай бұрын
Couldn't be Disney... no gay chick girl bosses ruining everything.
@brooksbrown5803 ай бұрын
Yes Indeed this is a Movie the real battle was much worse, but they did a good job with this,
@Gozerthegozarian19843 ай бұрын
Karma is a vicious bitch sometimes.
@ddnn9742 ай бұрын
Agreed. Not enough flying arms and legs
@marckg69502 ай бұрын
My uncle saw a guy get hit by a shell. . Only thing in tact was the feet in the boots
@veritasverus1276 Жыл бұрын
This may be the first movie that shows the planes are actively spraying guns to the AA crew. Maybe because during the sinking of Yamato, they knew Japan no longer has air power, ergo no need to save bullets for air battle.
@Doc_Paradox Жыл бұрын
not just bullets either! they strapped the hellcats with HVAR rockets to help take out AA emplacements
@aztec01125 ай бұрын
Also the first movie I've seen that depicted the F8F Bearcat in WW2 as well as the F47N "naval" Thunderbolt in combat😛
@Cyan_Nightingale2 ай бұрын
At this point of war, Japan was cut off from fuel & supplies. The best of Japanese naval fleet were finished during the Guadalcanal & Mariana Islands campaign
@vilo_h5541 Жыл бұрын
Lt (jg)Lupo of Louisiana threw coke bottles and other loose items in his cockpit at the Yamato when he ran out of ordnance. His plane is at the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans. It’s name is the Bayou Bomber.
@blujazz100008 ай бұрын
What a legendary hardass. I'm so glad they preserved his plane! Very cool fact, thanks!
@blujazz100008 ай бұрын
What a legendary hardass. I'm so glad they preserved his plane! Very cool fact, thanks!
@leeroywolphagen84513 ай бұрын
Yamamoto said it right at the beginning of the war, " I fear all we have done is awken a sleeping giant." Even the mightiest battleship ever been built doesn't have a chance to stand in its way.
@stephenjones689Ай бұрын
Myth, he never said that. He did expess doubts about Nippon's capacity to fight an extended war.
@overcastfriday814 ай бұрын
A pretty good stab at what it might have been like onboard. Some inaccuracies: it didn't quietly slip beneath the waves. It actually flipped over and exploded because of a magazine fire. The attacking aircraft are shown turning corners like a "car" which they don't do. They have something called a coordinated turn that still doesn't look like a car even if the pilot cheats the turn. The attacking aircraft are sometimes shown as P47s which would not have happened. When P47s launched from carriers, they were merely being delivered to islands, not engaging in combat.
@angelikaopland78802 ай бұрын
Same things I noticed. "The Great War of Archimedes" begins with a shorter but far less technically challenged portrayal of this battle.
@stephenjones689Ай бұрын
Those were SB2C Helldivers, not P-47s.
@Whitpusmc Жыл бұрын
I guess they found out how the crews of the Repulse and Prince of Wales felt ?
@Surfer041 Жыл бұрын
Not even these poor kids fault. The militaristic government poisoned the country.
@Renwoxing13 Жыл бұрын
Don’t be a hater. They just retaliated against unfair demands and hateful restrictions put on their own countries. Japan especially. All other countries as well, & even the Germans from ww1 war indemnities ! WHO TF we’re the US & UK to put ridiculous restrictions on things like the kind of ships countries can have & the size of their guns, etc. What a joke !
Nah, those sailors were minding their own business when the Nazis declared war on them. This is more how the Bismarck felt. Those people had it coming (they were Nazis or at least fought for Nazis).
This is why every ship works best in a group. Even in World of Warships playing the Tier X Yamato, i will never venture forward without my Cruisers and Destroyers.
@ShuberFuber Жыл бұрын
Yamato had destroyers and cruisers screen. Most of them were taken out early in the fight.
@sirboomsalot49026 ай бұрын
Yamato *was* in a group. It was just so late in the war it didn’t matter.
@raywhitehead7303 ай бұрын
The Yamato, did go as a group. If memory serves, A cruiser and five destroyers.
@davidmurray5399 Жыл бұрын
The shock from being hit by a .50 caliber bullet would likely kill you, even if it didn't take off an arm or leg, or just blow you in half or your head clean off your shoulders.
@beaudure01 Жыл бұрын
Seems merciful compared with a lot of the other deaths here.
@StatmanRN Жыл бұрын
It depends. A delta guy caught a 14.7 round in the abdomen in Grenada and lived to be a General
@davidmurray53994 ай бұрын
@@StatmanRN That is one lucky General.
@kingleech164 ай бұрын
I’m tellin’ ya, it stings like the dickens.
@user-li6mi6xz2v7 сағат бұрын
That's not true. John Wayne was shot in the shoulder with a 50 caliber bullet by a Japanese airplane in the war movie Operation Pacific and the next day he was just fine wearing a small bandage on his chest. (LOL)
@angelikaopland78802 ай бұрын
Aircraft at 0:55 looks more like a P-47D "Razorback" than anything that was actually there. Aircraft maneuvers are impossibly tight & often "non-ballistic" with sharp, flat turns. Weird animation.
@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935Ай бұрын
And they reported 'Avenger Dive Bombers'.
@archange803014 күн бұрын
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935right? If they’re dive bombers then they should have said Dauntless but the opening of the bomb bay has me thinking that it is a TBF Avenger with a 1000lb in her belly
@cestall19 ай бұрын
And then, about 250 years later, they raised the Yamato, put a wave-motion engine in it, and it went on to save humanity.
@treashurehunter8009 ай бұрын
Nat Geo did a show in the 80's or 90's showing the decay of WW2 ships sunk.theres appeared to be deteriorated faster too.😂🧐🧑🔧🏴☠️🥸
@snieves49 ай бұрын
This
@jontucker19259 ай бұрын
Three times
@aaronlaughter64719 ай бұрын
And this is why anime is trash.
@kinkubus744 ай бұрын
I can still hear the theme (in Japanese, of course)... YAAAA MAAAA TO!
@lexwaldez Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine getting sprayed with .50 cal on an armored deck is any fun. That had to be a brutal fight.
@Doc_Paradox Жыл бұрын
they didnt show it in the movie but they also used HVAR rockets too
@PlymouthVT5 ай бұрын
Oh man when the bullet hit that metal plate it must have turned into shrapnel to boot. Sheer hell.
@StryderK4 ай бұрын
And very few movies or tv shows really show what a .50 cal does to the human body….Its not pretty is saying the least about it!
@Rendell0014 ай бұрын
@@StryderK The fourth Rambo movie has a pretty accurate depiction... 😲
@justinebautista13834 ай бұрын
They used 20mm's 50's the tail gunners and High Velocity Aircraft Rockets. Not a fun day to be an IJN anti aircraft crew
@lindaconejita2315 күн бұрын
I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO AND YOURS IS THE BEST OF ALL, IT LOOKS PERFECT.. CONGRATULATIONS.
@dimasgirl27499 ай бұрын
Frankly, YAMATO was more trouble than she was worth. She was wanting in maneuverability and was a major fuel hog. And in the resource-poor area known as the Western Pacific, that's a serious downside. She spent most of her time in port and her only real accomplishment was wounding the JOHNSTON before being chased off by HEERMANN's torpedoes.
@seoulkidd18 ай бұрын
Yes true. The architect designed her to be sacrificed.
@drewschumann14 ай бұрын
Agreed. Her only surface engagement was a loss to a DE and a couple DDs
@kingleech164 ай бұрын
Hey, surviving a fight with USS Johnston is nothing to sneeze at… 🙂
@dimasgirl27494 ай бұрын
@@kingleech16 She returned empty-handed and didn't accomplish her goal. JOHNSTON and Taffy 3 completely humiliated her and the rest of Center Force.
@jamesxiaolong21994 ай бұрын
Hindsight is 2020, the Great War of Archimedes dives into this discussion.
@davidcarroll9653 ай бұрын
My father was a pow to the Japanese in the Philippines, he reupped as a Philippine scout for his knowledge of 4 islands he had to march or swim across !
@EvidenceReasonsAcademy2 ай бұрын
I'm Filipino. Thank you to your father for what he did. I had relatives who survived the Bataan death march.
@Zippy_012 ай бұрын
Uss Planes are full skill bullets
@brax23649 ай бұрын
“40 Avenger Dive bombers coming - and they look really pissed!”
@somercet14 ай бұрын
Grumman TBF Avengers are torpedo bombers. TBs approach low and slow, while dive bombers come down at ~65° and as fast as possible. No way to mistake them. Also, dive bombers would almost certainly go in first to soften up the AAA. I wonder who made the mistake, the Japs, or some foreign Anglophone?
@timcgrew3 ай бұрын
Yeah... Avengers were torpedo planes. Helldivers were the dive bombers by this time in the US Navy.
@seoulkidd18 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful Battle Wagon though. Her Crew fought with honor. May they rest in peace with their ship
@DeezzzzzzNuts125 ай бұрын
RIP to everyone from Pearl
@seoulkidd15 ай бұрын
@@DeezzzzzzNuts12 of course. R I P.
@jameshoopes646713 күн бұрын
I can’t imagine being a person running around the deck, carrying ammunition in a situation like this.
@Moose4631612 күн бұрын
The bravery of the pilots is beyond words
@PaulJohnson-vn7eh9 ай бұрын
It was reported that when Yamato blew up you could see the explosion from the Japanese islands. It was definitely a suicide mission. It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow fond of it Robert E. Lee
@TomFynn4 ай бұрын
Probably. The Yamato blew up closer to the Japanese islands than to its destination Okinawa.
@titanuranus4 ай бұрын
I give you much props for quoting Marse Robert.
@genes.32854 ай бұрын
But Lee loved it. He ruined the Army of Northern Virginia in only 13 months. After Gettysburg, the elite soldiers were gone. They were on the defense almost continually. The exception being Bristoe Station, which didn't turn out well.
Japan started the ww2 in 1937 and lost it. I told them this in 1984 during my study stay in Japan. I am terribly sorry all 100 milion victims in all the WW. ❤❤❤
@nandinhocunha4402 ай бұрын
In Asia yeah but in Europe is a different story. That's why historians are confused, it's 37 or 39
@belomolnar21282 ай бұрын
@@nandinhocunha440 …you are true. Besides are Spain Etiopia….🍀🍀
@nandinhocunha4402 ай бұрын
@@belomolnar2128 yeah. But with Spain it's a civil war and Ethiopia it's just war. It's just weird
@mateuszbanaszak46714 ай бұрын
This really well explains why warships had small armies for theyr crews. Its a pure carnage, no matter what method delivers the lead.
@ronaldtreitner1460 Жыл бұрын
man that was just brutal.
@tommybrown9534 Жыл бұрын
Yea.. at least they were prepared . The sailors aboard the Arizona didn't stand a chance.
@SPXJUICE75 Жыл бұрын
@@tommybrown9534 thats true the routhless enemy didnt showed mercy especially the Kamikaze
@tommybrown9534 Жыл бұрын
@@SPXJUICE75 yea dude the Kamikaze attacks were mind blowing.. I can't understand how some1 would willingly crash their plane into a target knowing they'd lose their life.. smh. I'm sure the Americans were horrified by it.
@Viatrix_0129 ай бұрын
It surprised me how the Japanese people were known for having the Military army and weapons in the war, even what this ships was a surprise for American when it was released. But even with that enormous ship, USA took it down… It’s well said what every single thing has an “Achilles heel” even an enormous ship like the Yamato. Edit: A very good movie in my opinion, because it shows how the Yamato did it’s labor in war, and what happened to the survivors... may now have a good rest. Everyone who served at war.
@lightravenn9 ай бұрын
It's about the military doctrine of the IJN, completely different from the US Navy. They lost the war the moment they failed at Midway.(and the poor damage to pearl harbor on the start) By the time they have lost most of the carriers, Japan had little resources left to supply everything.. Yamato and Musashi (same type of BB) failed to stop the landing forces in the Philippines.. because of how difficult it turned to be to sink the Musashi with aircrafts, they shifted the torpedo bomber runs to hit both sides of the ship. Musashi was hit by an enormous quantity of torps, but most if not all in the same side, and by counterflooding the other side.. they saved the ship from sinking but had to fall back away from the task force.. and it exploded hours later if I'm not wrong. But the Americans expected to sink it on spot, not to hear that it later got blown up by something wrong inside. With the Yamato they knew where to hit him, because of what they have learned from the Musashi, Yamato crew wasn't able to do counterflooding, when it listed to one side, they couldn't stop it. And about the operation, all of the crew knew it was a last stand to achieve an honorable death through fighting. Probably they expected to receive only aircrafts.. but I'm sure that by their own doctrine and military culture, the result of not being engaged by any surface ships meant that their enemies used a disgraceful strategy, by not meeting the last seaworthy battleship of the empire of Japan in sea to engage in a naval battle of battleships. Which is what the imperial navy focused on since the battle of Tsushima, to build and use strategies to achieve victory by using the biggest guns of the fleet. And not by protecting correctly and using the carriers to harass the enemy with superior air power. That's my view about the philosophy and culture behind what led them to those kinds of encounters. And the fall of the Yamato equals the fall of the samurai by new Europeans type of gunfire weapons such as the Gatling cannon.
@paulmiddleton42159 ай бұрын
don't forget, the Musashi was sunk months prior to this battle. japan knew they was screwed for that "one decisive battle"
@jamesfenter419415 күн бұрын
@@lightravenn If that were truly the Japanese war philosophy, then how do you explain Pearl Harbor? They used air power to attack battleships that weren't even moving. And their own battleships never fired a shot.
@lightravenn14 күн бұрын
@@jamesfenter4194 Air Raids were a thing, the british lost their own big ships thanks to japanese air attacks. Im talking about the concept of how to deal with war on the long run. If you check the japanese had carriers, and air superiority at the start. But what im talking about is the military doctrine that the superior officers (the one in command of operations) had in their heads since naval school. Isoroku Yamamoto knew a lot about the US capabilities because he was stationed in the US long enough to learn their own capabilities, a common task for any military officer doing diplomatic duties. He knew that for Nippon to be able to reach a positive outcome, it was not enough with taking the resources from the hands of the Europeans. It is clear that for him the US military should not be taken lightly like with the european expedition forces. Im sure he was not happy about the debrief of the pearl harbor operation. The primary targets were the CVs, BBs, airfields and any oil depot/dry dock. All of them equally important, at least for Yamamoto.. but he wasnt leading the carriers. The third wave of bombers never left the carriers, probably the high command of the carriers feared the counter attack from the missing US carriers, and other unknowns of the fog of war like subs and other stuff. And by not securing those targets im sure Yamamoto knew their odds were not as good as they needed, and probably just went with it reluctantly as a senior officer who knows he cant control everything. The attack on pearl, as with the attack of many other city ports, was absolutely ok for them because it was meant to hit the capabilities of the enemy. The surface battles were not ok for them because the heavy use of aircraft meant that they couldnt fight 1v1 with surface targets. Of course that when they did fight those few surface battles they failed to achieve victory, but at least by how they been raised from the navy school, the dying fighting such battles was an honor. Thats why examples like the destroyer escort who faced the battleships with lesser inch guns and fought until the end was something really honorable to watch in an enemy. There was a lot of hatred due to skin color, just to improve the rate of new recruits and will to fight. Which led to many cases of treating the opponent like an animal. But on this case, where the big surface task force managed to get in range of some "escort carriers", watching the destroyers making runs with absolute courage was something not even a sailor could ignore, because that felt like something an honorable human would do. Facing the enemy without fear "embracing death" if it shall come was something respected back then.
@colinstafford78462 ай бұрын
As far as I know the ship did not have enough fuel to get back with. Its mission was to hold up the Americans until sunk and for the dailors to fight on land. It was the last throw of the dice. The game was up Japan was putting of the inevitable. The Japanese no longer had the resources to take on the Americans or replace their losses.
Those 50cal strafing runs are so brutal. I shudder to imagine what the deck of yamato truthfully looked like on that day.. alot more gory lol
@ShuberFuber Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the minor technical difficulty in depiction is that 50 cals and 20mm cannon doesnt just "make you bloody" here. They're likely seeing body parts, blown off limbs, and severed torso everywhere.
@jokujoe Жыл бұрын
@@ShuberFuber yeah man exactly.. knowing the true power of 50s lmao im sure the yamato was covered in literal mince meat xD
@robertmaybeth3434 Жыл бұрын
..for sure those were useful for clearing the deck of crew manning the guns, an important thing for sure! But I'd like to know the US Aircraft attack plan, which was obviously carefully thought out ahead of time and implemented to a T! There's no way aircraft could have sunk a ship as massive as the Yamato without knowing exactly what they were doing, where to put the bombs, when to strafe the deck to clear the AA fire so the Helldivers and Dauntless could come in and do their jobs. The Navy fliers orchestrated that attack like a symphony.
@ShuberFuber Жыл бұрын
@@robertmaybeth3434 the did have reports on how they planned it. Because the Yamato group lacked any fighter cover, the entire strike group just circled outside the AA range and talked over the radio to discuss their plan. And it all boils down to this. 1. Every non-torpedoe plane goes in first, bomb anything they can bomb and strafe anything they can strafe. 2. Once the AAs are sufficiently silenced (aka most of them are dead), all the torpedoes bombers go in and hit one side of the ship to try to have it roll over (by flooding one side of the ship).
@robertmaybeth3434 Жыл бұрын
@@ShuberFuber Genius... and guts. Those were a lot of courageous people on both sides of that battle.
@Jpdt192 ай бұрын
A very worthwhile representation. At the risk of sounding controversial, i do fear however thst they show more american planes being shot down than were in reality. But it is a movie.
@user-qe1ro5gz4y2 ай бұрын
Around 10 aircraft were downed, i actually counted 6 downed in this movie but apparently the magazine explosion also downed a few aircraft so while it may not be truly accurate it is close to the estimated number
@Pureignition584 ай бұрын
This makes Hamburger hill look like a Sunday picnic.
@TheGrenadier976 ай бұрын
Thus ended definitely the still lingering debate between the battleship line of battle versus carrier-centered strike forces.
@phoenixprotocol79 ай бұрын
Japan knew that it couldn't win a long war with America because of there industrial capability, so they built impressive ships like Yamato, special cruisers like the Atago-class, Tone-class etc. To make up for the lack of ships they can build at a time. Even the ships architecture is impressive and beautiful, but a good looking ship can only take you so far. Especially if the age of warfare has shifted. As Beautiful as Yamato is and impressive, she was hopeless against an enemie she couldn't fight back.
@ron88029 ай бұрын
Casting director : Can you scream and yell......? Potential extra : yes....
@marckg69502 ай бұрын
Yell you have yell like a Japanese,
@asgaiyawaya39734 ай бұрын
Yamato represented a traditionalist approach to Naval combat. Depending on bigger guns instead of taking advantage of cutting edge technology. Don't get me wrong Yamato was an impressive ship no argument there. But as war of Archemides indicated despite how impressive it still had a fatal flaw and if it survived TENGO it would have eventually sunk before reaching Okinawa. It's just a question of submarine, warship or aircraft.
@stevebarila991714 күн бұрын
Respect to those brave Japanese sailors.
@jserkiz06Ай бұрын
terrifyingly real stunt and pyro work on this film, and excellent character action. fantastic production honoring heroic men.
@blujazz100008 ай бұрын
Our U.S. WWII Pilots were fearless, fierce and had balls of steel. If only I could've talked to and thanked such great men. It would've been a great privilege to have known these legendary American fighters. 🙏❤
@hodaka10004 ай бұрын
My father was an escaped POW in hiding in the jungle in Japanese occupied central North Borneo, he was eventually recovered by Australian "Z" Special Force operatives At some point I met one of the first fellas to reach my father and had the privilege of thanking him for my existence
@blujazz100004 ай бұрын
@@hodaka1000 Wow, thank the good Lord the fellas from down under found him out in the bush. God bless your beloved, brave dad.❤🙏
@hodaka10004 ай бұрын
@@blujazz10000 He was excellent and so was his good Z Special mate "Lofty Hodges" He was wounded during the defence of Singapore and sent to Sandakan POW camp he survived the first Sandakan Death March and escaped from the extermination camp at Ranau and was very close to death when found He was one of only six survivors from more than two thousand four hundred British and Australians originally held at Sandakan He testified at the War Crimes Tribunals at Rabaul and Tokyo He was honoured in parliament when he passed away in 1997 and still speaks today on video in a specially dedicated area at the National War Memorial Canberra
@blujazz100004 ай бұрын
@@hodaka1000 A real heartbreaker he lost so many mates but so glad he made it to testify and honor them for posterity. An amazing story, thank you very kindly for sharing. My grandfather was a U.S. Marine. He volunteered and went in at 15 years old. He was with some of the first groups of marines to go into Nagasaki after the bomb. He witnessed horrific scenes that stuck with him the rest of his days. As we say here in Western Pennsylvania "He was a real hardass." He loved us grandkids and later became a minister of the Protestant Christian faith. He was a lion and hero in our eyes. Also, he taught us to speak some japanese when we were very young. We can still speak a little. I still have japanese currency and a rising sun flag he gave me. Again, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful stories. It was a real pleasure to hear about these great men in your life and in your memories. I bid you goodnight from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
@rene83710 ай бұрын
2:30, I hate when movies put in the noise of the Stuka-Sirens ("Jericho-Trompete") on aircraft scenes just for the sake of it.
@Bleihagel4 ай бұрын
Yesssss And on top they are navigating like cars attached to a carousel. 12:37 🤧
@ronferrari81032 ай бұрын
That's the prop tip approaching supersonic in a dive making that noise
@crisespinoza1979 Жыл бұрын
Holy chit! That was intense! I'm going to have to look up that movie
@cashewnuttel90542 ай бұрын
Was it 10% battle, 10% character development, 10% talking about history, and 70% romantic drama nonsense?
@KarizmaJohnson-qr2lp2 ай бұрын
@@cashewnuttel9054 who gives af
@saucyb3585 Жыл бұрын
Probably shouldn’t have bombed Pearl Harbor.
@thomasahlin76124 ай бұрын
The attack on Pearl was to delay the US from spreading west. The aircraft carriers were supposed to be in port. Bad decision
@christianlorkowski18774 ай бұрын
Like murica shouldn’t have invading Vietnam?
@number4777.2 ай бұрын
@@christianlorkowski1877 you really think the two are comparable? If so you are a dolt. Yes, trying to stop north Vietnam from making the south communist hell cost is 55k us troops. Cost them 1.2 million and another 2 million civilians lost.
@marckg69502 ай бұрын
Probably shouldn't have had that burrito for breakfast. Same thing
@garryferrington811Ай бұрын
It was a tremendous mistake. The Roosevelt administration wanted to get into Europe on England's side, but many wealthy men and republicans adored Hitler. Pearl Harbor was just what Roosevelt needed.
@Aikurisu4 ай бұрын
At least it had the opportunity to be badass in space with Okita's captaincy...
@perfectionbox Жыл бұрын
Eerily similar to the Titanic. Both record-breaking huge ships. Both split in half. Both ending with tragic fates and destroyed early. Both having most of their people dead. Both heavily noted in history.
@imperial_crest680911 ай бұрын
Had the same thought as well.
@Trooper14012 ай бұрын
War is Hell for the Winners & the Losers
@mikhailv67tv8 күн бұрын
This is by far the best scene of ship battle I’ve seen since Master and Commander
@Mike-01234 Жыл бұрын
Big ships were no match against the small dive bombers, and torpedo bombers aircraft even with the ship being armed with many anti-aircraft guns.
@forrestry Жыл бұрын
Stories from "enemies" far in the past are interesting. You see it from their point of view.
@semperfine44424 ай бұрын
Yes, Like "Das Boot", I've always liked movies' with happy endings!!!
@Orlosthedruid10 ай бұрын
The Japanese Royal Imperial Navy......1945 GRAND PRIZE WINNER in the FAFO international games. And boy, did they find out !
@rowancoggins9638 Жыл бұрын
Japan had insane bravery and equally insane strategic hopes.
@albdamned577 Жыл бұрын
Aristotle makes the distinction between cowardice, bravery, and foolhardiness. He put bravery in the middle of the other two terms, describing it as a golden mean. The Japanese were not brave; nor were they cowards. They also fully knew what others would do in reacting to Japanese aggression.
@PlymouthVT Жыл бұрын
No CAP you are in serious trouble and it doomed this massive ship. Not a bad video at all well done. The Hellcats ate up the deck crews. What courage those pilots had..
@DeezzzzzzNuts125 ай бұрын
They were thinking about pearl
@PlymouthVT5 ай бұрын
@@DeezzzzzzNuts12Oh yeah payback time. Don't blame them a bit.
@HanaNoxxiT2 ай бұрын
Not courage, pure hate pearl harbor was like yesterday for them...
@ronanchristiana.belleza9270Ай бұрын
@@HanaNoxxiT Not just any Hate and for Pearl Harbor Likely everything they have heard about how Japan treated their people and other people likely fuel it even more
@mantia394 ай бұрын
The Nazi's were horrible to be sure,but they at least possessed the instinct of self-preservation...the Japanese were fanatically insane.
@99beowulf994 ай бұрын
Not fanatically insane, they truly believed that the Emperor was a God.
@ronanchristiana.belleza9270Ай бұрын
@@99beowulf99 And a reason why Operation Downfall would be a nightmare You can imagine Stalingrand except an entire nation Soviet have orders not to retreat and their soldiers fears it due to being executed Japanese? no retreat? they will fight it FULLY COMMITTED WITH NO HESITATION!
@jamesfenter419415 күн бұрын
@@99beowulf99 ...and that makes them insane...
@99beowulf9915 күн бұрын
@@jamesfenter4194 unless their Emperor REALLY was a God.
@knightwatchmanАй бұрын
The Avenger was a glide bomber when loaded with bombs, not a dive bomber. That approach made it very susceptible to AA fire. I lost an uncle in the Pacific that way.
@mikedarrah6945 Жыл бұрын
Is there a better naval vs. air scene than this? This is the best i have seen.
@charlesdamian4485 Жыл бұрын
Watch Tora! Tora! Tora!
@hvitekristesdod Жыл бұрын
Tora Tora Tora yes!!
@maemorri4 ай бұрын
You liked this better than Midway (2019)?
@mikedarrah69453 ай бұрын
@@maemorri I have only seen clips of midway. Too much Hollywood, perspective from dive bombers, counting down. Maybe i should see the whole film. My grandfather, william srnensky, served in the Pacific, WWII, spent 12 hours in the Pacific after his shop was destroyed, waiting to be rescued or waiting to die. While from the japanese side, i guess that's why this clip resonates with me, very battleship-centric.
@angelikaopland78802 ай бұрын
@@mikedarrah6945 Midway was okay, but like most movies, it takes several long minutes to show you what happened in a few seconds. The ONLY 2 naval warfare movies I can remember seeing in ages that didn't fall into the Hollywood romance trap & spend too much time there were "Das Boot" & "Master & Commander"...& the latter is set in 1805, but still the best of the best by my lights. It's hardly all action; they had to sail halfway 'round the world & the movie addresses that. Sorry. It's realistic...except for the odd prop wash...
@cesarespinozaspain Жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter which nation or ideology or faith, both sides suffer equally in war. It has been said that war is the failure of diplomacy or of our leaders, who have learned nothing over the span of human civilization. Every conflict becomes more efficient in murdering our kind, and yet even knowing the horrors of war, the leaders of nations still think they have mastered it. They have only mastered the art of suffering. If only our leaders were at the front ,rifle in hand fighting for their own wars perhaps then they would learn the lesson that is plain for all to see. War is hell, and if you start one, Hell is were you deserve to go.
@adriandorego5179 Жыл бұрын
And yet it our duty to fight and preserve such peace and balance in the world to promote progress. World war 2 was fought to preserve lasting peace many that volunteered fought to free the oppressed and those that were invaded. The Yamato Battleship represented Imperial Japan's ambition it took so long to build yet it took so fast to sink with all their atrocities and crimes it was put to an end by the Americans and yet it was then given a new, Modern Japan became one of the beacons of progress during the post war era. Wars are cruel and violent but just as the storms and calamities struck life is always reborn such is the cycle of life.
@LEGIONCABAL Жыл бұрын
Yeah the imperial japanese dont deserve that compassion Two wasnt enough
@adriandorego5179 Жыл бұрын
@@LEGIONCABAL The greatest insult was compassion we showed them there ways were obsolete, vile, and barbaric. Hence why no matter how hard they compare they will never surpass us the West in our ability to do such cruelty and mercy. Its even an insult cause in their culture japan is called the land of the rising sun and there god is called amaterasu the sun god quite fitting. History has a good sense of humor.
@albdamned577 Жыл бұрын
Yeah this wasn’t a both sides war. It was a blatant war of aggression, so what we say or we will kill you. What are you supposed to say diplomatically about that? The soldiers serving the empire of Japan were willingly helping the mass murder of 30 million people. The only good Japanese soldiers were the ones that went awol the first chance they had. The rest are complicit beneficiaries of that mass murder. They may even have buyers remorse, but they would have felt differently if they had won.
@SeattlePioneer Жыл бұрын
> That's certainly bogus.
@timpassmore74559 ай бұрын
This is a very moving film, even if it's a little over-the-top in some ways. It drives home the point that all those impersonal casualty totals you see about any battle weren't just numbers, but flesh and bone people having things like this done to them. I've never seen a dubbed version, so it's always interesting to hear the name of the ship properly pronounced YA-ma-to instead of ya-MA-to as always heard in English language documentaries about the ship.
@gma729Ай бұрын
GREAT MOVIE
@UAL0123 ай бұрын
The Yamato & the Musashi both were incredibly lethal and while sinking these ships was an absolute necessity, it's tragic.
@jamesricker3997 Жыл бұрын
The dive bombers were Helldivers and they were attacking from to high an angle for the 25mm guns to attack The Torpedo bombers were releasing their Torpedos at the max range of the 25mm guns The 25mm was a horrible weapon
@receiving9067 Жыл бұрын
Only downed like 10 planes though
@craigwheller Жыл бұрын
Japanese doctrine was that the quality of the weapon was irrelevant, it was the warrior that mattered
@ramonnoodles7840 Жыл бұрын
@@craigwheller absolutely not, Japanese doctrine tended to hinge on the quality of their weapons, particularly at the start, because they were well aware of the United States' incredible industrial capability, they wanted to make swift, large strikes with powerful weapons, like the excellent type 93 torpedo, however once the United States began to ramp up both production and innovation they quickly began to outmatch the Japanese in almost all ways
@steviejohnson3789 ай бұрын
Bro you are ignorant. 20mm cannons used by the Allies were pretty much the same. That’s why they had 40mm as well.
@56bturn7 ай бұрын
@@steviejohnson378 The 20mm and 40mm weapons the allies used were probably better, it's not just calibre that determines efficacy. Also keep in mind that the Allies developed VT fuzes, proximity shells for their AA.
@trebleking1641 Жыл бұрын
Not much fun when the enemy can hurt you, Tojo...
@jessgatt54419 күн бұрын
There is no more terrifying a theater of war than the open ocean.
@1337flite2 ай бұрын
I love the beer cooler where the 2 chicks are getting the guy medicine.
@hvitekristesdod Жыл бұрын
The bravery and determination of the Japanese soldiers in this conflict was incredible. I really enjoy seeing films like this from their perspective. Tora Tora Tora is another excellent example
@rayito1975 Жыл бұрын
Exacto!
@albdamned577 Жыл бұрын
too bad it isnt their perspective, it is the perspective (some) people want them to have. these fine sailors enjoyed the privileges the Empire of Japan provided them, and went along with the numerous war crimes committed. They weren't brave soldiers, they gave that up when they began to disregard the rules of war for their code of bushido. Death before dishonor, well they never had any honor anyways so that leaves one thing to do.
@DomWeasel Жыл бұрын
@@albdamned577 Just as US soldiers enjoyed their privileges as they slaughtered Indigenous peoples of North America and herded the survivors into the American Desert to die.
@danielmeadows37129 ай бұрын
Bravery? They were fanatics . My Grandfather fought them in ww2 and had nothing good to say about them, to put it mildly.
@hvitekristesdod9 ай бұрын
@@danielmeadows3712 I’m sure he knew many of them personally as well
@run91694 ай бұрын
眼帯の男は歌舞伎KABUKI役者、中村獅童です。
@davidmurray53994 ай бұрын
Torpedo attacks would be launched on a perpendicular track to the ships' course, bombing and strafing runs would be along the axis of the ship's beam. Attacking along the bow or aft aspect of the ship was where the Yamato's air defense suite was weakest.
@wrnchhead763 ай бұрын
Love the blow molded plastic cooler on the rescue boat. 😂.
@jamesbulldogmiller2 ай бұрын
That scene is much later in time , many years later. The old man is a survivor of the Yamato. The old man was one the young Yamato crew members during the battle.
@shawnofdanaukota3843 Жыл бұрын
Now the Yamato suffers like the Oklahoma and Arizona battleship.
@Surfer041 Жыл бұрын
They started it, we finished it.
@josipmaksimovic6728 Жыл бұрын
Or Prince of Wales...
@RicoJuan1998 Жыл бұрын
@@Surfer041mexico sunk 4 battleships of usa with one torpedo
@albdamned577 Жыл бұрын
It’s more like the Bismarck, these sailors had it coming.
@waltermcgarvin8001 Жыл бұрын
I bet the sailors on the Arizona and Oklahoma would disagree with that statement. The US Army and Navy personnel were murdered on a Sunday afternoon on a day that peace still held between the US and Japan. Japan did not declare war on the US until 1.5 hours AFTER their murder and the destruction of their ships and planes. The men on the Yamato were at war and prepared to defend their ship and themselves. The men and women in Pearl Harbor were at peace and not prepared for the carnage of Dec 7 1941. They had no chance to fight back against the men that murdered them.
@jaimeantoniolopezbellido5668 Жыл бұрын
Estos japoneses se lo montan de gente heroica...... Estaban perdiendo el tiempo mientras su emperador semidios salió de rositas.
@KPW213721 күн бұрын
The movie this clip is from is in many ways bad. However, this scene gets quite a few bits right: 1. It shows how the suppression of AA fire looked like - once the Americans realized there is no air cover their fighters could keep strafing the decks, over and over till much of AA gun crews were done for. And it's shown in all the bloody detail, the Japanese were never shy about showing blood on screen. 2. AA of Yamato was useless, with only 10 planes shot down by the battleship, the cruiser and the rest of the task force. Long story short, the 25mm guns, as shown here had low effective rate of fire, not a good traverse, required constant changes of ammo clips, and most of them had no real cover so they could be easily suppressed. Also, there was no coordinated AA fire control, it broke quickly to every battery on its own. 3. The beehive shells produced spectacular visual effect, but they were not effective against the aircraft, in part due to overcomplicated design. 4. Much of the crew were very young, around 20. Only the officers and NCO were older. 5. Adm Ito ordered to abandon ship, but he himself decided to go down with the ship, retreating to his cabin. 6. VERY few of the crew survived, especially those that had battle stations deep within the hull, like the main battery crews, machinery and engine rooms, damage control et c et c. 7. US Avengers did aim only at one side of Yamato in order to capsize the ship. This was applied after sinking of Musashi in October 1944, where attacks on both sides along the hull resulted in pretty even flooding. Musashi took 19 torpedoes and still sank only hours after the last attack. 8. At the moment of the sinking, fires raging on board were out of control and the main battery magazines detonated, creating the huge cloud of smoke visible for many miles around.
@pantarkan711 күн бұрын
There were a lot of "problems" with the Japanese vessels; but Yamato was a big girl and died hard.
@brianperry Жыл бұрын
The aeroplane sealed the fate of warships..
@FP194 Жыл бұрын
The AA guns on Japanese ships were not radar directed like on American ships The Japanese were losing so many planes and pilots they had to start the kamikaze attacks
@andyhayes67 Жыл бұрын
The aircraft carriers
@Leonardo-zt3kf Жыл бұрын
@@FP194 doesnt matter whether it was 25mm or 40mm, doesn't matter if it was radar directed or had a manual spotter, doesnt matter if the AA guns had to be reloaded manual or had automatic loaders by the time the battleship was fully set for battle, battleships themselves were useless mainly towards planes and dive bombers. Tha yamato was simply the final nail in the coffin to the age of battleships
@youtubesnamingpolicysucks Жыл бұрын
@@Leonardo-zt3kf Yet the US kept using them until the early 90's 😂
@Leonardo-zt3kf Жыл бұрын
@@youtubesnamingpolicysucks thats because they loaded them badboys with tomahawk missiles
@Baldwin-iv44511 ай бұрын
Aside from the music being a little too heroic in the first two minutes, this is a legitimately well put together action scene.
@acc458610 ай бұрын
Japanese actors certainly know how to yell their lines.
@Baldwin-iv44510 ай бұрын
@@acc4586 Indeed they do.
@albdamned5779 ай бұрын
yeah I want to hear the final fantasy victory fanfare going off as the AA batteries are blowing up. That's the sound you hear when the good guys beat the bad guys, right?
@Baldwin-iv4459 ай бұрын
@@albdamned577 I've never played final fantasy so I'll have to take your word for it.
@steviejohnson3789 ай бұрын
@@albdamned577 wtf?
@Juinor2 ай бұрын
out in the jungle, me and the 200 mosquitos be like....
@bc6410023 күн бұрын
so you catch fire roll over and explode of a mosquitos bit you might want see a doctor about that?