Yamato's Final Battle

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The legendary Yamato. The largest battleship in the world. She displaced 72,808 tons and was 263 meters or 863ft long. Her main guns could fire shells weighing 1.5 tons but despite her impressive size and armament, she was to be defeated. By 1945 Japan was desperate and had sent their leviathan to its doom on a one way mission with orders to beach and fight to the end. But even this final mission was cut short by over 200 American planes. Their sheer numbers stopped her in her tracks, sending her to the bottom of the sea.
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[@baguettedog3495]

hola

[@GaryJones69420]

Neuron activity

[@Yamato_Preset]

Yarnhub Thanks For Making This Video Just Made My Day🥲🥲😁😁😊😊🙏🙏

[@MdMvincent]

Finally Yamato story

[@netfox9855]

Hehehe

[@thenotorious_kermito4416]

"The resulting mushroom cloud is seen from mainland Japan." That honestly is a erie line considering what happened at the end of the war. It just foreshadows what's going to happen.

[@stevemc01]

Eerie indeed… it was basically Yamamoto’s “sleeping giant” quote. If they had a war against the US, a timer would run to the point where they were effectively done for. That timer ran out here because, as mentioned, “it was the last major naval operation of Japan before the end of the war.” They couldn’t count on their powerful navy because the war had essentially cost them their entire navy. History has a weird way of working things.

[@thenotorious_kermito4416]

@@stevemc01 Very weird indeed

[@maximaldinotrap]

@@stevemc01 No, the timer ran out at Midway and became more and more obvious as the war went on.

[@SCP--fj2jr]

@@maximaldinotrap *Even so, they were living on borrowed time.*

[@maximaldinotrap]

@@SCP--fj2jr Well yeah, never said they weren't

[@kiryukazuma1308]

I recommend the 2005 movie "Otokotachi no Yamato" (men of the yamato) for those interested in seeing more of the super battleship. It isn't exactly centered around Yamato herself however, rather, the men who served aboard her, from the Battle of Leyte Gulf, all the way to the end during operation Ten-Go; a 1/3 replica of Yamato (from what i remember) was even built for the film! A warning for those faint of heart, there are some graphic scenes (think of saving private ryan), if you don't like that, then I discourage that you watch it for your own sake.

[@steveguild871]

I have seen clips of that movie on YT. You are right, it was very graphic. Thought the movie was well done.

[@itapuan35]

One of the best scenes for me is (spoiler) When the fisherman agrees to take the girl to where the Yamato sank, he sees the ship itself before his eyes, at this moment onion-cutting ninjas entered my room!

[@HappiKarafuru]

Yes, it abit gruesome movie to watch since there a gore

[@mgr_video_productions]

And the Dogfights episode Death of the Japanese Navy as well

[@LeviGleichenhaus]

Great movie

[@willmorrell488]

That magazine explosion was so powerful it knocked out several of the attacking American planes out of the sky. Ironically its explosions were more effective in destroying US aircraft than its entire armament.

[@joshuaolejasz9590]

I remember hearing that only 3 planes fell to AA, while 7 fell to the mag explosion

[@pedroarochasilva7714]

The proverbial "let's take as many as we can with us"...

[@red_d849]

ok yeah no thats funny

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@pedroarochasilva7714 True. Yamato wasn't gonna go down without dragging some down with her

[@Marc816]

I read that the explosion of the Yamato's powder magazines was 10% as powerful as the explosion of the Little Boy.

[@suspiciouscheese4518]

“At 13:33, in a desperate attempt to keep the ship from capsizing, Yamato's damage control team counter-flooded both starboard engine and boiler rooms. This mitigated the danger but also drowned the several hundred crewmen manning those stations, who were given no notice that their compartments were about to fill with water.” Just a little tidbit I found while reading up on this.

[@AlbertWillHelmWestings2618]

damn real shame they had to go in such a way.

[@zbarba]

That is really fucked up

[@forrestgumball]

Bruh moment

[@red_d849]

poor guys holy shit

[@thalmoragent9344]

Damn, I know they were Japanese Sailors but crap man, that's tragic

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

I feel sorry for those sailors and officers aboard those ships during that last operation of the Yamato. It wasn't even a kamikaze run. It was just sending them to die in the most pointless manner possible since it was a flat out fact that their force stood no chance at doing even the tiniest bit of significant damage to the Allied navy that was steaming ever closer toward mainland Japan by then.

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

It was the last generation bound by the Honor Code.

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

@@GetDougDimmadomed Oh I know. Don't misunderstand me. I'm not trying to criticize or belittle them or their honor and courage as soldiers. It's the moronic high command that sent them on the mission (again, pointlessly) and let them all get blown to bits and almost all die knowing full well that there was literally zero chance they could have accomplished ANYTHING significant.

[@Juliet1106Tango]

There are stories that despite orders to only give Yamato enough fuel to get to Okinawa, the yard workers gave her every ounce of fuel they could spare so were to survive, she could make it home

[@Hello-tl4rm]

Jeez the emperor was not a good commander...

[@hamurodesertfolf7901]

@@Hello-tl4rm in face emperor irohito he has not thing to do with it but Tojo oh boy surely he did alot and he is the one start the war not the emperor

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Love this channel more than any other history channel. The animation just gets more and more stunning and the content is always top notch.

[@captainallermen]

Me too

[@cleverusername9369]

Not that it's a competition, but Oversimplified is also excellent. Way less detailed animations, hence the name, but fantastically presented history documentaries that are both informative, easily digestible, and often hilarious.

[@Yamato_Preset]

@@cleverusername9369 Ja

[@captainallermen]

@@cleverusername9369 can't disagree with you

[@mikewizz1895]

Agreed

[@joshuabrown3525]

An American veteran of that attack later admitted that it scarred him for life. He felt horrible for bombing a vessel full of kids. A Japanese survivor stated that he was told that to prevent flooding, they had to seal hatches closed. There were men down there looking up at him when he closed them, and it meant certain death for them. He said after that "War can be so brutal". Seeing it from both sides makes it even more tragic when you think about us.

[@vexile1239]

May they all who served in that conflict find the peace that their lives denied them in the next

[@jamesknight3070]

The first duty is to the ship, which can necessitate sealing people in flooding compartments, but ultimately allow the ship and everyone else to survive.

[@Th3Kingism]

"It's a good thing that war is so cruel, lest men grow too fond of it" - General Robert E. Lee

[@heanvisalseyhak9487]

Building the Yamato is like forging the ultimate sword while everyone use machine gun

[@bemusedpanda8875]

Until Pearl Harbour, all navies believed that naval battles were to be fought by battleships with carriers acting as supporting vessels. Once the Americans realised the true power of carriers, they began churning them out like sausages in their shipyards.

[@sirmiles1820]

@@bemusedpanda8875 Definitely love sausages but not from shipyards

[@USSEnterprise6126]

@@bemusedpanda8875 the Japanese realized the power of the carrier before the us did just look at pearl harber it was a massive hit to the us navy but the main Japanese target was the carriers battleships were far below carriers of the target list However no carriers were in port but if they had waited a day uss enterprise would have been in port

[@analex4044]

Stop using this sentence

[@heanvisalseyhak9487]

@@analex4044 so?

[@dapperfield595]

6:07 Note the empty anti-aircraft guns in front of the main batteries. Because the Japanese had the ingenious idea of using their main guns as AAA, nearby anti-aircraft guns could not be crewed. Though I doubt it would've changed the outcome by even a margin, Japanese 25mm guns were horrible during WW2.

[@gibusspy5544]

Japanese AA was pretty shitty during the war.

[@WolfeSaber9933]

They were box feed, compare to chains or even the clips the Bofors use.

[@hyperion5692]

Well the Japanese aren't known for having the greatest AA systems after all. You know how shitty they are when the number of U.S planes got taken down by the Yamato's explosion is even higher than the number of U.S aircraft got shot down by the AA.

[@kammmmal211]

@@hyperion5692 that's ironic in a lot of ways

[@vietta6424]

Japanese AA was fine, it was good before the war and only got obsolete later on, AA wasn't actually meant to shot down planes but just to mitigate what damage they could have done without them, and considering the fact that the Yamato survived the first wave with superficial damage, I'd say they did their job just fine.

[@juggernaut7_]

3:08 You will notice that the Catalina is flying, yet its engines are not running. This is not a mistake. Like any red-blooded American plane, it is flying through sheer determination, willpower, and patriotism.

[@lostmusic99]

FPS and Rotation speed are same 😪

[@t1e6x12]

@@lostmusic99 Nah. Those propellers arent moving.

[@FrostyyMcToasty]

Don't forget the sheer amount of FREEDOM

[@Butterzzzz]

I wonder if it was standard practice to kill the engines and glide for a bit to kill sound lol

[@pedroarochasilva7714]

'MURICA!

[@BensWatchClub]

The production quality of these videos is ridiculously good. Well done to all involved.

[@jmseipp]

Huh? None of the characters look Japanese!

[@CodingK1d]

@@jmseipp Who cares?

[@jmseipp]

@@CodingK1d Anyone who has an interest in actual history! It doesn’t look believable when you make the Japanese sailors look like Caucasian people. Imagine this same film maker made a film about the German equivalent battleship the Bismarck, and all of the German sailors look JAPANESE! Wouldn’t that seem really strange! Ridiculous! Apparently they were terrified they’d be attacked and accused of making them look stereotyped or whatever but that’s ridiculous. Asian people look Asian and Caucasian people look Caucasian. I lived in Japan for years. I know very well what Japanese people look like and none of the Japanese sailors in this animated film even look remotely Japanese.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

Good to see you here Ben, I'm a big fan! Great timepiece channel👍🏻

[@super-kamarigaming7907]

My Great Uncle served on the IJN Musashi (sister ship of the Yamato) when it was bombed. He survived the war with his left lung gone and one of his arms blown off. He later went to found a text book supply company for public schools. He donated money to his hometown library every year. He also became an instructor of pottery. I never met him when I could remember, but my mother told me that when he held me ad a baby, I smiled at him and he smiled back. He passed away in his sleep around 10 years ago.

[@turbochargedtrex]

He's one of the crew that survived Leyte gulf?

[@super-kamarigaming7907]

@@turbochargedtrex I believe so.

[@WarhammerWings]

@@super-kamarigaming7907 Remarkable!

[@ianmorris4922]

R.I.P. brother man. ☮️🩵🖖🏻✝️♾️🕉🪬⚛️

[@novemberdawn8145]

11:50-12:00 is actually terrifying. I don't know why but I'd always assumed the Yamato never saw combat. Excellent video as always :)

[@lordwintertown8284]

If those timestamps are a scary thought to you then don't read up on the HMHS Britannic which only loss of life was related to ahem.. BTW you may also now have submechanophobia which is exactly that fear.

[@ShawneeLad117]

She technically never did truly. The ship spent most of its career in port because she needed so much fuel to run that Japan couldn't afford to fuel it. Her first battle would've been Midway, but the carriers were sunk before she arrived and they ordered her back to Japan. The only combat she ever saw against surface ships was in Leyte Gulf when she engaged Taffy 3 as part of Center Force. She ended up taking enough damage that she had to divert and leave the battle.

[@Farsightful]

it sort of never did. There is a piece of yamato armor pierced by a US gun "after it was defeated and shot at point blank range" otherwise they couldn't go through on an naval to naval combat. On one hand i can only congratulate the Us for using carriers to sink the yamato, on the other hand exposing a piece of armor they pierced post battle is pathetic.

[@Cailus3542]

@@ShawneeLad117 Not quite. Yamato didn't take real damage during the surface action at Leyte Gulf. The Japanese withdrawal was due to the rather spectacular failure of Admiral Kurita to arrange his screening destroyers properly and press the advantage when he had it. Yamato did sink a US escort carrier with its guns, one of the longest naval gunfire hits in history.

[@bkjeong4302]

@@Cailus3542 Kurita was right to retreat in the grand scheme of things. Yes, he actually could have wiped out Taffy 3, but this ignores that the air attacks were coming from Taffy 1 and 2 as well (and with actual aerial torpedoes to boot), and that the rest of Seventh Fleet was moving north to intercept. On top off that, even if Kurita gets to the landing beaches, the American landings would have been over by then (they had been landing since October 20th), with far too many American troops and supplies already ashore and headed inland for a naval attack to have any major impact on American land operations.

[@alexbrewer4570]

I really love how you guys focused on the crew of the Yamato. Everything I've seen before is how it was a great victory for the US Navy towards the end of the war. Thank you for telling the other half of the story and showing the Japanese sailors side.

[@coconutperson1985]

Unhonorable massacreurs of Chinese citizens don’t deserve videos in their « honor »

[@thalmoragent9344]

Yep. They may have been part of the IJN but damn, this is a rough way to go out

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

There are clips on KZbin about this action, taken from a movie. Its in Japanese, but the action part is quite understandable. Be advised, it can be gory...

[@generalhorse493]

all i'd heard growing up made Yamato out to be this epic final boss for the us navy to beat. Now as an adult it was a mighty ship that never got the chance to do what it was good out and both it and it's loyal crew were sent to die on a pointless suicide mission that didn't even delay the inevitable. How much better it would've been for Yamato and her crew to live to see the new Japan post-war

[@ghostarmy1106]

Captain tameichi hara, commanding yamatos only escorting cruiser Yahagi, survived the war and ended up writing a book called 'japanese destroyer captain'. During his career, he commanded the destroyer amatsukaze in the early stages of the war, turned the 2nd line ship Shigure into a veteran destroyer and naval legend, was an instructor on a PT boat school before commanding yahagi during ten go. He also revolutionized the torpedo doctrine of the destroyers after seeing the poor accuracy in pre war training. He is the only pre war japanese destroyer captain to survive WW2 and his book is one of the few professional sources on the IJNs perspecive of WW2. I highly reccomend it.

[@johngaither9263]

The book follows his actions from the beginning of the war until he is rescued in the sea by the men who served under him. His story of the war illustrates the successes of the IJN early in the war and how the USN improved and increased its ships, crews and technology beyond Japan's ability to compete.

[@thegreenarmy8003]

The planes that dive bombed on the Yamato were SB2C Helldivers, not Corsairs. By the way, the animation is very well done, actually shows the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

At least the torpedo planes were avengers in the video.

[@imsomewhatcertain1024]

This channel is still 10x better than the History Channel and my current history class. Keep up on the animation work Yarnhub!

[@LSG_Squadron]

Yeah simple history is somehow liked more then this

[@orneryokinawan4529]

My grandma had family on this behemoth. They were of the few who survived.

[@SMarie-zk9oj]

@@man-od5is their where survivors some managed to slide off the ship or jumped off to survive the explosion

[@7r47ufchfyw7twguwgu]

U know nothing @man

[@turbochargedtrex]

@@man-od5is 276 sailors survived

[@arkdeso2864]

fun fact: the IJN Yukikaze, one of the escort destroyer in this operation, participated in all major operation and survived the war she was partially sunk by a natural disaster and chinese governement destroyer her (sad) she was called "the miracle ship" or "the unsinkable ship"

[@JoeMama-jd2ns]

no not sad

[@arkdeso2864]

@@JoeMama-jd2ns why? xD

[@elektro36]

She is quite cute too

[@tedd1180]

@@elektro36 nanoda

[@HypeJutsu]

It's a reoccuring trend with unsinkable ships...

[@Tremadog102]

This account had me welling up with tears. I don't know why but the sinking of these large battleships always makes me emotional. I suppose it's because so often hundreds or even thousands of sailors are lost at once. Stories about the Hood, the Bismark and the Yamato always get to me. It's a shame this video wasn't another Sabaton crossover. I'd have loved a new song produced by them. Still, this was a great video and it's interesting to hear from one of the sailors. Such a hopeless mission, a terrible waste.

[@dimasgirl2749]

It gets worse for YAMATO: She was sent to her death purely because the Emperor had supposedly called the Navy's honor into question.

[@ianmorris4922]

@@dimasgirl2749 there is no honor without U

[@jeremyjackson7429]

@@dimasgirl2749 The biggest mistake the U.S. made was bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki instead of the imperial palace

[@dimasgirl2749]

@@jeremyjackson7429 Eh, I think Hirohito having to face admit publicly to the populace that he wasn't a god was a greater punishment than simply killing him off.

[@ThaTyphon]

I always feel for Arizona even though she wasn't in battle when lost.

[@DatVehicleGuy]

This is some of the highest quality content on KZbin, and I absolutely adore it.

[@meatball99]

This is without a doubt my favorite battleship of ww2, we had Bismarck I knew it was just a matter of time before we got the Yamato.

[@7r47ufchfyw7twguwgu]

I think the bismarck one more action But I love them both

[@thomasb1889]

We learned from the sinking of the Musashi to only attack one side once the AA was suppressed.

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

@@7r47ufchfyw7twguwgu I mean, the reason being was that the Bismarck actually fought SHIPS and not a swarm of planes

[@7r47ufchfyw7twguwgu]

@@takebacktheholyland9306 yep and planes so basically was poth

[@parvezshaikh9082]

Whenever I hear about Yamato , it makes me sad. Such a mighty ship got wasted. No one saw her full potential.

[@silasisaspicyboi7458]

Although it’s absolutely for the best

[@7r47ufchfyw7twguwgu]

Yeah like look at bismarck he may of sunk but at what cost? The royal navy's pride The mighty hood

[@brendankelly2653]

Same as the HMS Sydney, the Nazis relied on deception to destroy her. In Western Australia, Geraldton. There's a statue of a woman pointing in the direction of the sea, where HMS Sydney fell in service with its 600+ crewman, no one survived. The Nazis ship, was a very deceptive looking battle ship, rules of engagement where that a ship can only fire on another ship if they can see their flag. The Nazis ship (Komoran) didn't raise their flag until the HMS Sydney was close enough for massive ship destroying underwater guns where in range. The rest is history.

[@bkjeong4302]

This applies to ANY WWII-era battleship.

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

@@bkjeong4302 Other than the enterprise. I think I'm gonna go out of a limb and say it might've gotten too much for that matter

[@mgr_video_productions]

Amazing! Love the history and story of the Battleship Yamato. I first learned of it from the Dogfights episode Death of the Japanese Navy. So glad this channel covered the Yamato and I think this one of the best historical animation channels that have covered this to date.

[@Flyboy207]

I really liked how the Corsairs were animated, and the narration alongside it. It really conveyed the contempt, and enraged determination that the Americans must have felt, trying to pay Japan back for Pearl Harbor. Considering the tragic loss of life from both sides, Admiral Yamamoto’s quote about awakening a sleeping giant remains the most powerful quote I will never forget.

[@kgblagden]

Only there weren't any Corsairs at the actual battle. The fighters that strafed the Yamato were Hellcats and the dive-bombers were Helldivers.

[@Flyboy207]

@@kgblagden I had thought about that while watching, it wasn’t something I was particularly bothered by, regardless of accuracy.

[@thalmoragent9344]

Admiral Yamamoto tried to Wark his colleagues but... it's sad when you're the only voice of reason in a room full of powerful men

[@juusto7171]

when the japanese messed with your boats so you dismember their entire empire: almost lost my cool there

[@Flyboy207]

@@juusto7171 I believe the phrase is “fuck around and find out” haha

[@deluca1031]

The first time the young sailors of Japan when they saw her sister, Musashi, sunk even though being the pride of the navy, they are filled with shock and disbelief. They were taught that nothing could sink such being. I can't imagine the horrors of these poor felt when they saw this happening.

[@A7XFan800]

IJN Yukikaze might be the only ship to be called "Unsinkable" that actually lived up to that calling. She survived this Operation with only 3 casualties (out of 12 throughout the war) and the war. She didn't survive the storm in 1969 though.

[@deluca1031]

@@A7XFan800 Considering how many operations she did, you are right. Probably the luckiest ship in the IJN overall.

[@firestorm165]

I was talking to someone who did CGI for major films once and I asked what the most difficult thing he had to do was. He responded without a second hesitation "water" Knowing this I cannot help but be seriously impressed with how much Yarnhub has stepped up their game

[@subterror2274]

The Yamato has always been one of my favourite tales of any navy when it comes to wwii, and it's so good to see you guys cover it

[@MakeAllThingsBeautiful]

Excellent work Yarnhub, 10/10, you are good at this, I didn't know much about the Yamato, what a desperately sad futile mission

[@jedwing]

I love how you show the loyalty and courage of the Japanese. They were anything but cowards.

[@aldreenbautista2375]

More Pacific war stories please! Battle of Leyte Gulf, Marianas Turkey Shoot, or perhaps Midway? Great animation and story telling as always!

[@shermantankstudios9086]

Yarnhub sure has some interesting ship stories. You should do one regarding the USS Laffey. She was an Allen M. Sumner class destroyer best known for surviving the most unrelenting Kamikaze attack in history on April 16th, 1945.

[@magnum6763]

ehem and a nuke, dont forget that

[@shermantankstudios9086]

@@magnum6763 no nukes were involved on the attack on the Laffey or the Yamato

[@magnum6763]

@@shermantankstudios9086 In 1946, following the Kamikaze strikes, The USS LAFFEY was repaired and used in the Operation Crossroads testing. She survived, and was hosed down to remove the radiation. She would be decommissioned and put into reserve till Vietnam. She was once again decommissioned and was turned into a museum ship

[@shermantankstudios9086]

@@magnum6763 I was aware she was turned into a floating museum, but I was not aware that she was used in a nuclear bomb test. When I read about the Laffey, I guess I failed to catch the story of it surviving a nuclear bomb or forgot about it. Laffey went through all sorts of experiences that would sink just about any other ship. Laffey's survival during D-Day and later the Kamikaze attack would earn her the nickname: "The Ship That Would Not Die". And her nickname would stay with her through the nuclear bomb test and later become a floating museum.

[@magnum6763]

@@shermantankstudios9086 honestly most people don't know it. its surprising that they got the radiation under control tho, we tried that with many other things and it didn't work

[@randommobilegaming4624]

How the animation changed over time is something that amazes me. This is almost movie like and I am proud of the progression in content that this channel has made ever since I started watching and I look foward to future projects.

[@Kxre_]

Can’t remember how long it has been since I first stumbled upon this channel and subscribed, but the quality of it has improved time and time again and so glad y’all have grown to 525k subs as the time of this video. Keep up the good work everyone!

[@robertagpaoa2261]

Fax

[@robertagpaoa2261]

The first vid i watched was the me 109 who spared a b17 (the old one not the reboot)

[@ChillGamerLad]

@@robertagpaoa2261 **BF

[@rockstarJDP]

❤️ you Yarnhub, just amazing as always! Not just the animations but the way they're shot and timed with the narrative, and I also love how you consider different perspectives from all sides. You've outdone yourselves on this one, well done!

[@gilmarpambidjr.2365]

ngl but the animations is just like a game with the best graphics and this part 7:04 is insane bro like i want this to be my wallpaper

[@LancelotChan]

I usually skip sponsor part of the video but not on yarnhub's ones, since the animation is so well done and humorous!

[@kaip.3501]

We need more videos like these. Asap! Keep up the great narrating and animations! Love it!

[@demben9335]

I can not tell you how much i love your videos about naval combat i have been studying it for the past 4 years and find it amazing

[@LSG_Squadron]

People say that some channels are underrated but this one is THE ACTUAL underrated one since its 3d animations that are realistic and yet only has half a million subs? It's actually confusing and make sense why its underrated Can you make a 3rd remake of the piggy back bombers again in the future? I miss that and it would look really good with your teams todays skills

[@pedrocarvalho5883]

Hi there! I've been following you for some time. I have to say that you do a tremendous job and you keep getting better. I would like to make a request. Can you do a video about the battle off Samar? The one where taffy 3 engaged admiral kurita fleet? It would be interesting taken into account the disparity of force between the two sides and the heroic actions of taffy 3. Thanks!

[@thomasmiddlebrooke1012]

YES. DO IT!!! 😁

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

Amazing! Not only how you tell the story, but the ships are phenomenal looking!

[@pokefan-ix7sh]

Yamato (大和) was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing nearly 72,000 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 in) Type 94 main guns, which were the largest guns ever mounted on a warship. Named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, Yamato was designed to counter the numerically superior battleship fleet of the United States, Japan's main rival in the Pacific. She was laid down in 1937 and formally commissioned a week after the Pearl Harbor attack in late 1941. Throughout 1942, she served as the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and in June 1942 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto directed the fleet from her bridge during the Battle of Midway, a disastrous defeat for Japan. Musashi took over as the Combined Fleet flagship in early 1943, and Yamato spent the rest of the year moving between the major Japanese naval bases of Truk and Kure in response to American threats. In December 1943, Yamato was torpedoed by an American submarine which necessitated repairs at Kure, where she would also be refitted with additional anti-aircraft guns and radar in early 1944. Although present at the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, she played no part in the battle. The only time Yamato fired her main guns at enemy surface targets was in October 1944, when she was sent to engage American forces invading the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. While threatening to sink American troop transports, they encountered a light escort carrier group of the U.S. Navy's Task Force 77, "Taffy 3", in the Battle off Samar. The Japanese turned back after American air attacks and convinced them they were engaging a powerful US carrier fleet. During 1944, the balance of naval power in the Pacific decisively turned against Japan, and by early 1945, its fleet was much depleted and badly hobbled by critical fuel shortages in the home islands. In a desperate attempt to slow the Allied advance, Yamato was dispatched on a one-way mission to Okinawa in April 1945, with orders to beach herself and fight until destroyed, thus protecting the island. The task force was spotted south of Kyushu by US submarines and aircraft, and on 7 April 1945, she was sunk by American carrier-based bombers and torpedo bombers with the loss of most of her crew.

[@tkthegk_1394]

Dude i love this channel, the animation looks so detailed and i don't know how you guys can post every week with those details in the animation. Good stuff guys keep it up!

[@thespetsnaz2272]

The yamato is my favorite battleship of all time. I have a 29 inch long model of it and it is just beautiful. A truly gorgeous ship

[@Alpha_627]

Is it built model? I have built a few ships, it’s odd how machines of war can bring a small and peaceful hobby decades later

[@thespetsnaz2272]

It’s built, just like the shimakaze and USS Essex that sit next to it

[@johns9652]

@@Alpha_627 As a kid in the 80s I built a model of the Dambuster bomber, was always fascinated with the story of how the cylinder shaped bombs had to be spun to make them skip. Later in life, I learned that George Lucas was a fan of that portion of history as well, and probably based the "Trench Run" made by the Rebels in Star Wars on it. Apparently there were many similarities between how the X-Wings had to run through the trench, and the Dambusters had to fly at low altitude through valleys where the dams were located, with anti-aircraft emplacements peppering them all the while.

[@Alpha_627]

@@johns9652 Star Wars is one of my favorite series, the Clone Wars TV show I watched as a kid most of its episodes based off history. For example, the first few episodes are based off the hunt for the Bismarck

[@Alpha_627]

@@thespetsnaz2272 nice, I have a 1/700 fleet of USS South Dakota, HMS Renown (currently working on), USS Johnston, Z-39, and HMAS Vampire. I also have a HMS Ark Royal and a USS The Sullivans to work on. I’ve actually been on board the real DD-537

[@trollage9006]

USA: wanna hear a joke? Japan: what? USA: midway Japan: I don't get it USA: and you never will

[@gaijinmq-9when951]

Because they won’t be there to get it Nice job pilot

[@kevind3974]

Us: wanna hear an even better one Japan: no Us: last stand of the tin cans Japan: fuck you For those who don’t know the Yamato and her contingent was beat by mostly just 3 fletcher class destroyers and a couple other very low on ammunition ships/plains during the battle off Samar. The Yamato lost to ships not even half its size that where completely outnumbered and outgunned Biggest navel underdog win in history

[@danh8302]

I think that Yamato is symbolic of biting off more than you can chew. More aircraft were sent to kill Yamato than Japan sent to attack Pearl Harbor. That’s how outclassed they were in production.

[@dimasgirl2749]

She really was a waste of time and resources. All she truly accomplished was wounding a few Tin Cans before those same vessels scared her off with a spread of torpedoes.

[@kevind3974]

Plus it was beat by the Johnston and the rest of taffy 3 just a few weeks prior during the last stand of the tin cans The taffy 3 were a fletcher class transport escorts.

[@Sierra-208]

If we ever build a space battleship, the Yamato's steel needs to be used in its construction. And YES, I'm a big fan of Space Battleship Yamato.

[@cleverusername9369]

That was a smooth ad transition. Yarnhub, always doing everything right.

[@colemanfoster7378]

Thank you for making these brilliant historical animations! These videos are always the highlight of my day.

[@Serby665]

IJN: We've built this super OP armoured huge battleship, nothing can stop it. Some guy: Ok, is its armour strong enough to stop bombs? IJN: Lol no, bombs can go through its upper deck, conning tower, etc, decimating the crew. Some guy: Ok.... Is it invulnerable to torpedoes? IJN: Lol no. It can maybe bounce or absorb one or two torps, but most will go through and damage, flood it, etc. Some guy: Ok.... can it protect itself against aircraft then? IJN: Lol no. There's nowhere near enough AA, most of them can't hit or damage anything, they are not protected, and the AA gunners spend most of their time watching anime. Some guy: Ok, you guys didn't think this through, right? IJN: Lol no.

[@jenclydelemosnero2529]

its so amazing how the water effects and the flak is so real and the glimpse of the light i see your potential yarnhub team on making of this video,bravo!

[@hurricano471]

amazing video! the detail on the ships and the escorting destroyers and light cruiser was cool, with all the different guns animated. the only thing i noticed was the 12.7cm guns rapid firing like the 25mm guns, which made me laugh lol. i look forward to seeing more naval videos in the future. also as a suggestion, the 100th/442nd infantry Nisei banzai charge in the Vosges in 1944.

[@bluejay4214]

I love the perspective that you use for this and the Bismarck video, it’s always nice to see things from a different point of view!

[@phungquyen3511]

Fantastic, Yarhub. I've been waiting for the Yamato for too long. This video is so satisfying.

[@rogermetzger7335]

By that point in the war, the effectiveness of the carrier-based Allied warplanes combined with the increasing skill of the men who flew them was beyond anything anyone on either side of the conflict could have even imagined in 1941. "Awoke a sleeping giant", indeed!

[@alaskanbacon5786]

I love how the sun had a red glow when the camera looked into it, nice detail to the country's hq ship also this is awesome how you guys did the fire on the ship

[@BigTLord01]

You did Bismarck, it was only natural you do Yamato. Edit- at the time of this video I was not doing great and was sick. I was tired and needed rest. When I woke up and checked my phone this video was there and it made my day a bit better. So thank you Yarndub

[@rayhatton7683]

With great respect to yarnhub for the great content and work you do. As for the great warship. What a sad end to a great ship that deserves better than what was her last action. To say I loved this anamaion is an understatement. Keep it up. A fan from southwestern MN for more than a year and half. Waiting for more content and videos.

[@mikulaszach2652]

The cinematography and directing is just top-notch. The scene with the ship sinking down is just terrifying

[@Qadir-24]

Was looking forward to the creation of a Yarnhub video of Yamato. Thank you Yarnhub for covering naval, I hope in the future will we be able to see the end of Mushai battleship (sorry for spelling)Mers El Kabir or any other great sea battles of world War 2. Thank you for all the hard work.

[@hans6685]

Thank you for making amazing history videos yarnhub. I have learned tons of history from you.

[@StephenLuke]

RIP To the 97 US navy men and airmen, and 4,137 Imperial Japanese navy men and airmen who were killed in Operation Ten-Go

[@glenchapman3899]

And really absolutely all for nothing.

[@yamato4336]

Wonderful! This is aHigh quality animation! Thank you for talking about Yamato. I love this channel!

[@METALIZER_]

The fact y’all can animate this script this in a week and it looks better and better each video is amazing

[@dextrex9726]

Once again you did a great job, over the months your animation has improved so much and it’s so much more realistic, so once again, great job.

[@oldhag2881]

The 16" guns of the New Jersey class battleships were actually superior because they were radar guided, resulting in a far greater hit probability.

[@metaknight115]

Wrong, fire control is simply the ability to tell the guns where to aim and has nothing to do with the accuracy of the guns. Yamato proved to be the more accurate of the two. -At her maximum range of 41,500 yards, Iowa displayed a shell dispersion of 600-800 yards -At her maximum range of 46,000 yards, Yamato showed a dispersion of 440-550 yards. This was proven in combat as well. During their only surface engagement where Iowa and New Jersey tracked down and fired upon a small convoy during Operation Hailstone, Iowa only managed to sink the training cruiser Katori with her 16-inch cannons at 14,500 yards, while New Jersey failed to score a single hit with her main guns, only contributing to the sinking of the destroyer Mailkaze and the armed trawler Shonan Maru with her 5-inch secondaries. It is worth that Iowa and New Jersey's crews were haisily trained to get the battleships into service as fast as possible, which does explain their underwhelming performance, though doesn't entirely excuse their piss poor shooting. Meanwhile, Yamato proved to be quite the sharpshooter off Samar. She first scored a debated hit/near miss on the escort carrier White Plains at 34,500 yards, the longest ranged naval hit if the 18.1-inch shell indeed make physical contact with White Plains (the shell exploded underneath, but some sources claim that the shell scraped off her hull before exploding underneath). Afterwards, at 20,300 yards she fired at the destroyer Johnston, scoring three hits with her main guns and three with her 6.1-inch secondaries, shredding the superstructure, cutting her speed to 17 knots, disabling three of her five 5-inch guns, and later splitting Johnston in two while under fire from a destroyer line. After being forced out of the battle of 20 minutes by destroyer torpedoes, she targeted the escort carrier Gambier Bay, scoring hit after hit with her 28.1-inch guns, most fatally a waterline hit that flooder her engine room and severely cracked her hull, immediately cutting her speed to 10 knots as she gradually slowed until left dead in the water, eventually succumbing to flooding damage and capsizing. Yamato finally targeted the destroyer Hoel with her 6.1-inch guns, contributing to Hoel's sinking alongside numerous other warships. Yamato slaps Iowa virtually every time in a daylight engagement, holds the advantage in a night battle, and would probably loose in a battle with poor weather.

[@killman369547]

Wrong, they were superior because they had higher muzzle velocity. Higher velocity is more important than shell diameter when it comes to armor penetration.

[@christhornton5680]

This is one of the better historical channel's. The storys and art is vary well done ✔.

[@Sky_Guy]

11:19 Whoops! That's one fast-firing 127mm gun!

[@zerdtheg3995]

Lol fr

[@bighec7932]

Great timing on posting this, as it is the anniversary of the 'Yamato's sinking. Watching it made me think of the Battle off Samar, which you should definitely do a video on, for it is one of the greatest underdog stories ever.

[@aidengriffin8377]

The true greatest battleship and heavey cruser respectivly, the Samule B Roberts and the Johnston.

[@bkjeong4302]

Samar was not as one-sided as commonly assumed. If you actually want a story of WWII Japan being humiliated in a naval last stand, take a look at Edsall’s last stand.

[@bighec7932]

@@bkjeong4302 I completely agree with the statement about the USS Edsall. How one small destroyer outmaneuvered the Imperial Japanese Navy for hours, yet finally succumbing, is a truly incredible last stand.

[@metaknight115]

Not only that, but it's the only time in her carrer that the yamato opened fire and sunk enemy ships

[@Shion-cr9sl]

Goddamn, I got surprised by the Water Animation at the Beggining, the Shades and all are Top QUALITY, Good job!

[@WhoeverThisManIs20.14]

Here's a fact, Yamato did less impact on the war than HMS Prince of Wales or the Bismarck. Bismarck made a blow to British morale by sinking HMS Hood, HMS Prince of Wales damaged Bismarck which helped the British find her because her shell cause an oil leak on the Bismarck. Bismarck became a problem to the British not because the ship is harder to sink, but because it is hard to find.

[@matthewlok3020]

In terms of impact, Yamato was closer to the Tirpitz

[@WhoeverThisManIs20.14]

@@matthewlok3020 Yeah...the Lone Queen of the North...the British decided to sink the ship because Tirpitz is a potential threat.

[@bkjeong4302]

Bismarck and Prince of Wales were irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, especially since the British could simply have sent carriers to Denmark Strait and attacked Bismarck with impunity had they’d been smarter about it, rendering both of the battleships impotent. Honestly the ONLY WWII-era generation battleships to ever do anything to merit their existence were Washington and Duke of York.

[@TDP8837]

i love how the quality improves with every video, good job!

[@jhypyro]

I feel bad for watching these high quality animations for free.

[@michaelnewton1332]

Japan: "The YAMATON IS UNSINKABLE!!!" America: "Hahahahahaha airplanes go brrrrrrrrrrrr!!!"

[@10yearsgone10]

It’s absolutely wild the size of those shells… Basically flinging Honda Civics at the enemy. Also, thank you for showing how most of us play World of Warships. I always iron n press my now far too small JROTC Dress Blues as the game is loading up.

[@metaknight115]

A Honda Civic is 2,762 pounds, Yamato's 18.1-inch shells were 3,220 pounds.

[@VengeanceMkII]

Happy 77th Anniversary of her final voyage. The mighty Yamato.

[@AggressivelyMediocre]

Fantastic stuff as usual. Glorious seeing the Corsair’s tear that ship apart. Such an awesome machine.

[@geofevans2921]

We'll just ignore that Corsairs weren't even there in real life. ;)

[@brakoth0]

The Yamato was a powerhouse of a ship when fighting other ships, but the air was a major weakness that was discovered quickly and exploited when this counterattack was planned.

[@killman369547]

Yeah. Had the japanese been successful in their plan to knock out US carriers at pearl harbor (they failed because the carriers weren't there) then the yamato would've had a much freer hand in the pacific. And once japan lost most of their carriers at midway there were no assets capable of protecting the yamato either.

[@brakoth0]

@@killman369547 Ironically enough, Japan's greatest foe was nature itself, since a storm is what saved the Enterprise (a MAJOR player in the whole Pacific campaign against the Japanese) from the Pearl Harbor attack by slowing it (and I believe a couple of other ships as well) down so that they arrived after the attack

[@reidkim3607]

Love your channel, have been watching since Covid and has taught me so much. The knowledge you taught has led to so many opportunities for me and I appreciate it so much. Thanks to you I was able to meet admiral John Richardson, 31st chief of naval operations and have been continuing to learn from you and everyone around me since.

[@Commander_Koyke]

Yamato: You Planes: Mosquitos Anti Air Guns: Cheap Insect Killer that you bought in ebay

[@Absolut531kmh]

There's a new movie of it called the great war of archimedes, its all about how they propose and create this sea monster

[@akshathnair4920]

imma gonna say this, the yamato equipped with modern equipments like air defence, etc plus the anti aircraft guns being operated by the system, could become the literal nightmare of any aircraft SED LYF to the yamato

[@lopezmario4633]

The narration is brilliant. Congrats! Cheers from Chile!

[@flounder31]

It shouldn't be so strange, hearing "Yamato" pronounced correctly, and in an English accent. Damn you, Jingles.

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

I love this ep! The changes are great, yet subtle! Love it Yarnhub!

[@alm_frazao]

The video was very top and best animation for story about the disaster of the super battleship Yamato of the former Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II between 1939 and 1945. Congratulations!

[@BlazingLucario]

Yarnhub, I am glad you posted this on the same day that Yamato sank, it is unfortunate that it was destroyed, I would like to see the giant battleship in real life but at least we get to see it in movies and video games, you are as always the best channel to watch cool, stunning and dazzling animations of ships, planes and vehicles, maybe one day you can talk about a Motorsport history, preferably my favorite Motorsport history, the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans

[@pedroarochasilva7714]

There is a model of the Yamato in the Kure Naval Museum, in Japan. It's not a 1:1 scale reproduction, but it is at least 40 feet long. That's the second-best thing, I guess

[@DividedByZeero]

The story of Yamato and her sisters is one of my favorite stories of WW2 from being already obsolete by their completion yet seeing combat for the first time in 1944. Shinano sunk just 11 days after commissioning, Musashi meeting her demise as quickly as her combat career started and Yamato’s suicidal charge into her demise (also a few things id like to mention, SB2C helldivers and F6F Hellcats also participated in the assault and the 127mm cannons behind the “cylinder” 25mm AA guns are not automatic)

[@rishhitthegamer6957]

When you had put the gif before uploading I guessed it would be Yamato. Amazing work!

[@patrickmiano7901]

My father served on the USS Iowa from 1944 to 1945. He loved that ship and never agreed with historians who said the Yamato would have easily out-fought the Iowa.

[@glenchapman3899]

Any historian claiming that probably doesn't know what they are talking about. Both ships would have taken significant advantages into the battle. Who would have won? Happily we will never know

[@usswestvirginiabb-4868]

I had never really thought about how it was to be a sailor on Yamato during her last stand. This video really put into perspective how fucking terrifying it must have been to see 70k tons worth of steel roll over and sink

[@johndavies1090]

The ship's breaking up, with the turrets coming adrift, really shows the horrific reality of a warship's death. And, seriously, all that was through just one fish striking home? Whoever ordered that operation had to be homicidally deranged beyond all sense - the Japanese would have known what must happen to big ships without air cover after sinking Prince of Wales and Repulse.

[@ReformedSooner24]

I find it justly ironic that the chief symbolic weapon and tactic used to shatter the Japanese Empire, and bring it to account for the evils it committed, was the same one they originally pioneered. The naval air attack. They used it on America at Pearl Harbor and it was then used to shatter their carrier fleets at Midway, was used to think the pride of their Navy: Yamato, and then it was by air that the last attacks came to end the war they had started.

[@Circle_Sphere]

Ah, Operation Ten-Go i recognize this! Thanks For Making This Video Yarnhub. Another Great Video!

[@theliteralicecreamman]

With EACH video!! You guys are bloody awesome!!! The animators! The sea! The effects!!! The everything!!!!!! Your narrator still sounds handsome by the way.

[@therealsim22]

5:45 that turn😂😂😂😂😂

[@gerrythekay]

Would it be too much to show the crew of the Yamoto to be Japanese rather than caucasian?

[@TheTibMutant]

I think the Battle off Samar Island would be a wonderful topic to cover. Put into illustration about the overwhelming odds and well, It's basically a LEEEEROY JEEEENKINS in WW2 Naval History. Those men had balls of Tungsten.

[@raven_1133]

2:04 The Navy in 2020

[@justarandomguylol6481]

Haha

[@lonewolf286]

Was the Japanese battleship bigger than Bismarck?

[@LianmuanYT]

yes