Doolittle - Art of War: Morale
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2023
- April 1942 - After a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese explode over the Pacific winning a long line of victories. In its darkest hour, the United States comes up with a plan to hold on to something that can decide the fate of any war; Morale.
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Ahh... Another relaxing documentary about the unimaginable horrors of war to blissfully drift asleep too.
Same
hahaha - I seem to be some people's cure for insomnia
@@FlashPointHx don't knock a talent. Just means I have to keep rewinding
Haha. I never thought of it that way, but it’s so true.
@@FlashPointHx History is my Ambien.
If I am listening to history, its Flash Point or its Dan Carlin. Love the work you do.
Appreciate that Mike - Being in the same category as Dan Carlin is awesome!
The most amazing detail that I heard for the first time here is the silver chalices because I'd heard most of the others, pretty much all. It's always nice to have details refreshed and a little extra added though. I love your work and I'm so grateful for what you do. The one detail I would like to add down here is that there were families that lost every son some as many as 4 or more because back then brothers were allowed to serve together on the same ships in the American Military. As a mother I can't even imagine surviving that kind of grief.
You're right - the armed forces then made it a point to divide up brothers so that if a ship when down not everyone in that family would be taken out. As a father I also wouldn't imagine losing all my children
Excellent work FPH as always!
Appreciated K!
I'm one of the biggest fans but this was kind of a flop.
The part about pearl was full of post war what ifs that are full of real war holes.
Why didn't the Japanese make a 3rd attack? Well let's look at it.
First, fuel plays into it. The fleet didn't have time ro dilly dally much.
2nd. The loss of planes in the morning attack had greatly increased from the 1st to the 2nd attack and now the Americans would be even more ready. I think its about 30 planes shoot down out of 330. About 10% losses. What about the damaged planes? These are Japanese planes and not know for being tough. I'm saying probably double that can't be sent out again but let's make it another 30.
Down to 270. These pilots took off at dawn and flew a combat mission for what 4 or 5 hours and have been in the cockpit for probably an hour before that. Vet they are tired and hungry..
And for what fuel tanks that are easily repaired as we see by the Germans in the war? Easy fix too. Pull over fuel barges and use them as floating storage tanks til the land ones are fixed. Oh and the dry docks? Ask the British how hard they are to knockout. How many air raids it had vs the drydocks on the French Atlantic coast and the raid to knock them out.
Now the biggest reason. Where are the America carriers? Cause Japan doesn't know, they now need combat air patrol, scout planes, and a major force in reserve to attack if the American carriers show up..
Basically any attack formation would have been probably half the size of the morning attack, and it would have gone into an enemy waiting on them.
The loss of the fleet oiler would have been more damaging then all the battleships they did hit combined.
They had their chance. Japanese doctrine always went after combat ships not ships and things to wage war.
Was a ton of fun =)!
Opps got this out last night - let me add your links all over this - good time doing this with you!
The next Art of War video is up!!
Check out The Pacific War Channel!! ua-cam.com/channels/bp8JMZizR4zak9wpM3Fvrw.html
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You guys are the best
Literally to voice is so calm and deep like my own that whatever is topić of the discusion i feel much better Just listening to it
This channel deserves more subscribers and will no doubt eventually get there. Let me know if you’re looking for historians with more stories and scripts. BTW, Meji is pronounced _may-jee._
Second, nicccceee
Also this might by my favorite part of WW2, at least in the pactific theatre. This was just an epic mission in the true sense of the word
Agree Sam - think about what it would have been like if you were asked at that time to fly this. You'd have no idea it would succeed - those guys had guts !
I would say that Midway was the most epic operation of the Pacific War. The Doolittle raid is up there too though and was the event that set in motion the circumstances for Midway to turn the way it did.
@@MrNiceGuyHistory I can definitnely respect that. The moment when all those dauntless(?) dive bombers came in at the best possible moment and just destroyed everything would've been insane to be a part of. I just really like the concept of catching an entire empire completely off guard, and strafing through their major city completely by surprise. Must've been absolutely surreal to be flying over Tokyo to deliver that first small dose of revenge.
@@samwisegamgee8318 Pure adrenaline at it's finest.
One of the most educational and fascinating channel but one of the underrated ones
Actually a big fan of you
Thank you Tuhin - appreciate the comment !
@@FlashPointHx Thank you
Your brother from India
I have to come to.5 star General of the Army Douglas McArthur troops under his leadership. fought on a heck of alot longer than another allied troops except our great friend and ally Australia 🇦🇺 and over seeing and helping Japan rebuild is nothing less than remarkable and I enjoy your channel very much
remember, the japanese tied p.o.w.s to mines and barrels and threw them overboard
The Far Eastern Air Force in the Philippines was actually scrambled by Brereton at the orders of Hap Arnold shortly after the Pearl harbor raid but eventually most of them had to land to refuel because the Japanese Army Air force planes tasked with attacking the FEAF were delayed for 6 hours by bad weather.
Nothing quite makes my day than when i see an upload from here :)
Happy that you liked this!
thankyou for the excellent commentary.
Another great amazing video thank you!😊
Great documentary
Great episode Nitin!!!
Thank you Doyle!!
Really enjoyed this format! Wasn't long enough 😂
Yeah wish it was 5 hours long😅
Well done!
Thanks Raven !
Great video has always
Thank you!
Awesome video
Thank you Daniel!
@@FlashPointHx Np
I love this video too, im surprised you dont get wayyyy more views. I gotta spread the love and get you more views.
Seems that YT has been shifting its way to shorts
@@FlashPointHx awww man I love your content longer like this
Thought I clicked on an episode of Hardcore History with that opening
hahaha! I took me a while to get FDR's speech for this video. I was happy which how that intro came out.
great
Surprised that this has so few views, your videos are great
Yeah YT is in an all out war against long content - it wants to be the next tik toc and is promoting the 15 -60 sec shorts
A "What-If" question: Could the Japanese opt to not expand into the Pacific nor attack America, instead aiming for Russia? Hypothetically, that would have caught Russia in an pincer, with Germany acting as the anvil to Japan's hammer? Was the eastern area of Russia so bereft of oil that it wasn't worthwhile?
Which brings up a another what-if: In the event of the British home islands surrendering to Germany, would Japan been able to receive their eastern holdings without intervention from America?
There is a book called 'What If" - it contains a bunch of scenarios through out history - what if the Spanish Armada won? what if Cortez was killed by the Aztec? - One of them is - what if Halifax became PM and made peace with Hitler? America would have had its own private war with Japan. But the Cold War would see the Soviets. . . you know I'm not gonna ruin it for ya
My grandfather was stationed at Pearl Harbor and survived the attack. Then he was shipped to Guadalcanal as part of the 25th infantry division. He use to go back to Pearl Harbor every year on the anniversary.
Its sad that there are so few survivors of WW2 left.
@@FlashPointHx It really is. He passed in 2012. I moved in with him in his last year to help out. I would spend as much time with him talking as I could. They really were a different breed of men. The ammount of absolute sh*t they went through was astonishing. They just grinned and push forward. In every aspect of life.
@@pablowentscobar I met a lot of WW2 vets - they never complained about anything. Guess they had seen the worst humanity had to offer and everything else was just low key to them.
@@FlashPointHx Yeah, absolutely. My grandfather was real close to all the men that served in our area so I was blessed to grow up around them. One thing I really remember that sticks with me is they were always smiling and having a good time. After what they went through, just sitting around with a glass of iced tea was heaven to them. It really gave me a great lens to see life through.
Great new format FPH. Really nice also that you include the conspiracy theories.
Yeah - I'm kind of happy we got into that and Craig was spot on in his responses
I require one 1-hour video per chapter of Art of War
Don't we all ? =)
I require three voluptuous mistresses, two attack helicopters and snipers to protect them... Alas I never get what I require. I am so oppressed...
Gib this man a cookie
Question, in tora tora tora, it shows that the Japanese knew there were no aircraft carriers at Pearl. Is that true? It’s so weird to hear commentary that the US battleships were the main targets. I never hear that anywhere, so indeed an incredible piece of information that ties in a lot pieces.
Only part of that ok movie Pearl Harbor is the Doolittle part imo. But great commentary by you both.
I can't tell if you edit videos in that certain way if you know what I mean.
If his is your real voice, you have a perfect radio voice!
Did you do this interview and recording live or was there a bunch of cuts?
We did this via Zoom chat - so very little for voice augmentation. We edited it as there were times that my little one was playing in the background and making noise.
@@FlashPointHx awwww well that makes sense
Done.
The Doolittle raid actually pissed MacArthur off since the planes that were lost could have been used with few to zero loss in support of the American and Filipino troops at Bataan and Corregidor.
Everything that wasn’t MacNarcissiist idea was always a bad idea and would piss him off. I strongly believe he was born pissed off because his mother gave birth to him and he could not do it himself
@@patrickols Are you by any chance a Buttstralian?
Corregidor was a lost cause - I think MacArthur was upset cause he probably didn't know about the raid and thus couldn't take credit for it
@@patrickols hahahahah
@@FlashPointHx That still wouldn't lose the Army Air force all of its bombers but that might not pump up the egos of those New Deal D.C. bureaucrats.
Opening with the hardcore history quote. I like it.
Yeah - that guy is an inspiration
Man what happened to the fall of constantinople series? I was greatly enjoying that
Will eventually get back to that - need to brush up on Ottoman history
(Spoiler) it fell. That's after the 14th century, during which they had a civil war every 10 minutes.
More than hour of content? We love to see it.
Ha!
Fascinating , the Japanese were a force to be reckoned with.
This guy @flash point history deserves a whole jar of cookies
hahaha appreciate the cookies
hmmm... the amount of times he said Unprovoked makes it obvious it was provoked
Japan got exactly what it asked for
Is that a white bot flying that aircraft?
Tbh honest this is very good for you that people listen to you when we go to sleep so the whole video plays and then the next video plays from your playlist so you get 7/8h of listening time per sleeping person… quick math … good tactic
thats why I've got millions of view hours every month! =)
Also you are the best. And im gonna listen to the whole playlist again thx legend
First, niccceee
That's what she said! Boom roasted
More. Eh Jude!
The Japanese army at the time believe a brave soldier with a rifle could overwhelm a tank and American troops would flee 😂, talk about not doing your homework
These guys seem pretty ignorant of the event tbh.
Since all the decision makers and participants are now gone unfortunately we must rely on the reports and archives left available from those days, we are all pretty ignorant of even that took place before we were ever born we can only go with what those who witness it decided to tell us for the future
Whoa! I didn't know this emoji even existed
Thank you! I have been waiting for this video since you announced it, and especially since that teaser of the aircraft dipping below the flight deck! This video exceeded my hopes and expectations. For your first naval video, it was a homerun. I really enjoyed the new format with Craig. Truth be told, I thought was going to be Craig Symonds lol.
The Doolittle Raid was a truly significant event in the Pacific War, primarily from a psychological standpoint. One could argue that no event was as impactful from tactical standpoint as Yamamoto’s argument - about the importance of the American carriers - was fortified, leading to a strategic and tactical paradigm shift. I agree with Craig in that it was a primary impetus that enabled Midway. Speaking of Midway, you could do a video on that (hint ). Though I disagree (respectfully) with him on the importance of Midway: to me, Midway was the pivotal turning point of the naval war - and perhaps the overall Pacific war. While Nimitz was vehemently opposed to using his precious remaining carriers on a PR mission, it certainly was essential for raising morale at home, especially in raising money to sustain the war effort. Once again, you educated me on some interesting facts, such as the fact that the drowned pilots were recovered and taken to SF, and the silver goblets and associated annual cognac tradition. This was truly a gem my friend!
PS: thank you for mentioning the U-731 atrocities; it is (sadly) overlooked by many documentarians, content creators, and historians.
Chris, I love your comments - this was a learning experience for me as well. I had no idea there was a Unit 731. I stated reading into it. This was atrocity on a whole new level. They would dissect men alive. As always appreciate that you like this so much!
@Flash Point History yes, vivisections were commonplace and unspeakable human/pathogen exposures were encouraged. I learned the true extent of their horrific practices only recently I'm grad school. The Soviets had a bio weapons program of their own (Biopreparat) that became the most advanced in the world. Though their practices were far more humane. I'd recommend a book called Biohazard by Ken Alibek.