USS Johnston and Samuel B Roberts have been found. USS Princeton, Hoel, Gambier Bay are yet to be found. Including the Japanese carriers Zuikaku, Chitose, Zuiho, Chiyoda, and the cruisers Chokai, Kumano, Suzuya many others.
I know! Can't wait for a 2 hour Guadalcanal . . . or a 1 hour Battle of the Atlantic, highlighting the destruction of the Bismarck . . . or . . . I'm getting ahead of myself. But I truly appreciate The Operations Room and the time, effort, and research that go into producing these videos.
I cannot imagine the guts it took to attack a battleship from a shot-up airplane with a puny .38 pistol. Tossing a Coke bottle at a battleship with the intention of hurting someone or something is crazy. Speechless.
Lt Earl “Blue” Archer immortalized in this battle by using his .38 pistol when he exhausted all ammo rockets and bombs was a young 23 year old man from Hope Arkansas and was my maternal grandfather. He survived the war refused to fly in any aircraft for 30 years following the war and built a successful business career in NW Louisiana. He died in 2012 at the ripe age of 90. He was a legend
@@donusry Bloody hell, what a legend. Imagine being freaking 23 years old fighting in the greatest war humanity has ever seen. They truly were the greatest generation with absolute balls of steel.
All the epicness in one video. Planes beating battleships, the final crossing of the T by the ghosts of Pearl Harbor, the greatest underdog fight in the history of the US Navy and finally Halsey chasing shiny objects. This video has it all.
If you enjoy underdogs, I have a question for you. What was the biggest mismatch in strength: Taffy 3 vs Center Force or the Imperial Japanese Navy vs the United States Navy?
@@MrX-hz2hn One need only look at US shipyard production numbers vs their IJN counterparts during the same time period to answer that question fairly succinctly. Ignoring every other type of warship, the US could have built nothing but Fletchers and overwhelmed the IJN through sheer numbers of Tin Cans alone.
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My great uncle was at the battle off Samar. He was a part of Taffy 1, among the handful of Hellcats that were able to appear there. They started sending some planes over to support Taffy 3 but then Taffy 1 came under air attack, so no more planes were sent. He received the silver star for his actions in that battle, coordinating an attack with torpedo bombers against a Japanese battleship (his words, “it was the biggest ship I’d ever seen”) and using himself as a distraction to the ship’s AA fire, flying as close as he could to it and strafing it to draw their fire away from the torpedo bombers as they made their run.
@@dunnobutwayne Stanley Eugene Hindman. Lt. commander of VF-37, Taffy 1. Yes, he flew the hellcat. You can look up his medals. He also got the distinguished flying cross for his actions at Guam, though the military’s website doesn’t say much about the circumstances. He didn’t like to talk about that medal much, and what I gathered from various little snippets it was from a set of close air support missions in contested airspace, my conjecture being using napalm. Assuming my conjecture is in the right direction, it’d be totally understandable why he didn’t like to talk about that, considering that’s one of the worst ways a person can leave this world. He was one of the kindest, friendliest people you could ever have the pleasure of meeting.
Super appreciate having all of the Battle for Leyte episodes eps compressed into one for easier re-watching. Saving this to my phone! Thanks again for your years of quality work.
My grandfather, Ensign Paul Oscar Avery, was the torpedo officer on the destroyer USS Melvin and i remember him talking with my dad and uncles about sinking of the Fuso when i was a kid. This was a very intersting watch, thank you!
Yamato may have displaced over 70k tons, but the balls of steel on Taffy 3's pilots and sailors outclassed her easily. They were hopelessly outmatched but fought so viciously and stubbornly that the IJN could do nothing but gawk in disbelief how a mere destroyer was charging right towards a battleship who's turret weighed more than the entire destroyer. That and pilots pelting them with junk from their cockpits and doing the aircraft version of a drive-by. Absolute madlads. The Greatest Generation.
you know whats funny? the japanese were CONVINCED this was the main force and thought the johnston was not a destroyer no... at least a heavy cruiser or a battle ship.... yes.... they did not figure out they had lost to what amounted to a bunch of rabid chuhuas until after the war
The captain of the yukikaze deciding to stand at attention to the sailors in the water of the johnston rather than shooting them is one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard. Respect between enemies is always something that is crazy to see in war.
Knowing many from Yukikaze's own buckets full of stories, I shouldn't be surprised that she'd be the one to witness this and pay this ultimate respect. One legend recognizes and acknowledges another.
It is probably bc she had this so called "curse" that sunk ships around her with her being the lone survivor yukikaze carried this on somewhat in her chinese naval career
My sister-in-law's father, Héctor Espinoza Galván, was a pilot in the Aztec Eagles from Mexico who was lost in the battle for the Philippines. Many Americans don't know of Mexico's contribution during WWII.
I can't help but laugh at the sheer absurdity of an IJN Destroyer and the USS Heermann having an unspoken agreement to not shoot each other while sailing side-by-side because they're too busy shooting the other ships. War is something else.
Old guy here. The battle off Samar is just too epic to believe! I’ve always thought it should be a movie, but it’s almost too crazy to believe. The destroyers that fought like battleships! Kudos.
As a little kid, I read about this epic battle in books, only dreamed of seeing the visual animations of it. With all its epicness and details only an imagination in my head. So happy to see you made a dream come into reality. And even combined every video of them together in an absolutely epic 2 hour marathon one. Thank you so much for it. And please continue to do your great work dear sir! Best regards from Germany
For some reason, even though I'm familiar with this battle alongside many others, I was moved to tears many different times during this engagement. The gallantry displayed by Taffy 3 is of the highest order. I could not help but be utterly devastated that this occurred, but so proud of them.
I watched every episode of this, and now I I'm gonna get some popcorn and watch it all over again like a movie Amazing There's a few series you have which could be super cut like this Would love something this like as a capstone to a series Thanks for all you guys do, these are stellar
Thank you, I always frind the scale of operations in the Pacific a bit too much for my old brain to juggle with comfort. Your excellent animated uploads give me ease of understanding coupled with proper information and enjoyment. Wonderful work.
I prefer the PTO over the ETO but what you mention is a thing. Most histories glance over the conflict and then you spend literal years filling in the blanks, which turn into rabbit holes of years themselves. I'm still stuck in the Solomons, have been for years now. Largest battlefield in human history. By far.
yeah reading wikipedia even with the graphs/maps I couldn't really follow what was going on as anything other than "and this happened, and that happened".
Oh boy, I re-watch this series at least once a month or so. With no prior interest, these gave me a fascination with pre-missle age naval warfare. Thank you for putting them all into a supercut!
My great-grandfather served on Kalinin Bay as an aviation machinist 3rd rate. One of those 15 direct hits passed through the ship 20 feet in front of him (AP shell didn't detonate). For a guy who loved to talk, that was all my family could ever get out of him regarding the battle. Somehow, the ship only counted 5 dead out of 60 casualties from the battle. I was hoping this production would mention the 4 kamakazes that attacked the ship during the engagement (2 were shot down and 2 hit [1 hit the deck, the other hit the stack]), but covering the largest naval battle ever, some things are bound to be overlooked. Well done. Thank you for putting this together.
I've watched Operations Room for years and always considered myself a massive fan and this series on Leyte particularly Samar I feel I'd when the channel really leveled up into something special. Possibly the best history teacher I've ever had
@@Pinaka120If you want an in depth look at the AA guns the various navies were using and how they compared look up Drachinifel video World War 2 Anti-Aircraft Guns - Enforcing the No-Fly Zone. I can't remember offhand if he covered san-shiki-dan rounds. But comparing those and other AA shells to the ones armed with American VT fuses which came later is funny.
@@Pinaka120 Midway torpedo bombing runs were much lower and slower and closer, and the Japanese AA crews were most likely much better trained and led than they were by late 1944. Still, the Japanese 25mm was hobbled by its low overall rate of fire (due to having to use small, cumbersome magazine reloads) and lack of range, in addition to not great fire control. There's a reason that the Yamato and Musashi had *so damn many* of them, they were just that bad in operational use. If the IJN had parity in AA technology and equipment and was decked out with 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikons like the US Navy then the second part of the pacific war would not have been such a turkey shoot for the USN aviators. But even then the 25mm's lethality did improve massively when it actually had trained crew and the targets were within 600-800 meters, but in their attempt to go for a compromise between light AA and medium AA they managed to be less efficient than a combination of both.
I started the video, and your voice lulled my infant daughter to sleep. She’ll watch this video one day when she goes over WWII history. For now, you’ve helped me put her to sleep for the night :). But man did those two hours go fast! I’ve watched these individually, but the supercut making it all seamless is just so well done. Before I knew it, two hours is up, my daughter is fast asleep, and my day is over as I should now go to sleep :). Thank you for ending my day with this :).
The last battleship v battleship engagement in history and the first kamikaze attack in history occurred in the same battle of surigao strait. Fascinating! Great video.
Just finished reading The Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors. This video really helped bring it all together. What a remarkable accomplishment and incredible display of bravery. Thanks for this video.
It's surprising how often the IJN misidentified the US ships. Thinking Destroyers are Cruisers and Escort Carriers are Fleet Carriers and so on. Also, some of those Solo attacks from USS Johnston... my god that ship and it's crew were brave.
If I understood it right it was less a bunch of separate false identifications and more follow up mistakes. Namely due to lacking proper identification charts for Support Carriers all the carriers where misidentified as fleet carriers, and all other identifications where based on that. So thinking the carriers where twice the size they actually where the Japanese compared the Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts to them and went. "Clearly those must be battleships/heavy cruisers to be this large compared to the fleet carriers."
im usually not one for watching videos on specific events more than once or twice, but i repeatedly every couple of months or so watch both your and drac's videos on taffy 3. story is just so absurd that its hard to believe it genuinely happened. Thanks for all the videos over the years man, I wish history channel had anything remotely close in quality to what you guys have build from the ground up in just a few short years
1:34:54 - Fun fact, the Yuikkaze also had a reputation for being a very lucky ship. So for all we know, this is one of the rare moments of history where true opposite numbers actually met!
@@YY-mk4tiit insolation it was a terrible mistake, but the battle was the final nail in the coffin for Japanese naval supremacy and proved that the future of Naval combat would be dictated by air power and aircraft carriers
@@Bipolar.Baddie It was won due to Taffy 3 escort's braveness and courage. They didn't have to sacrifice their ship and lives if Halsey left even a small scouting party to report to Taffy 3 or his fleet that a big Japanese Navy Fleet is crossing the straight.
@@YY-mk4ti absolutely, but within the wider context of the Battle of Leyte Gulf it proved that air supremacy was the deciding factor in modern naval warfare. Every single sailor on the USS Johnston deserves a Medal of Honor. It's also important to understand that Taffy 3 would've probably been annihilated if the Japanese Navy wasn't so disorganized throughout the entire battle
I wish my history teacher would have put together something like this 20 years ago. What a great age to be alive in to get detailed reports like these by just pressing a play button on youtube..
I turned 12 in the early 80's, that's around the age where a lot of boys quietly start obsessing on specific things. It's a shame all of this amazing content on ww2 didn't find me when I was susceptible.
My great grandfather was on the USS Gambier Bay. He wrote a book on his perspective of entering the war and his time in the navy. The chapters detailing the Battle of Leyte Gulf are harrowing. Many of his friends died, and he almost lost a leg while getting onto the life raft. His Purple Heart went to my uncle’s line of the family, but I did get his harmonica to remember him by.
@@SpaceWizardus47 “When I was… in the US Naval Reserve during WWII” I should’ve been more clear, but it was a book written specifically for his family. He only made around 20 copies, one of which made its way into my hands.
1:04:12 That requires a crazy level of bravery from those men, charging into a seemingly hopeless battle to save their defenseless brothers on land. Such a great story
Thank you very much for all the work you put in to make these videos! They clearly take significant research and production effort. I appreciate the way you explain a complicated operation in simple terms and clarify many confusinfg aspects of this last, greatest naval battle. Again thank you very much!
There are a lot of historical/military channels on UA-cam, and I like most of them, but The Operations Room is by far my favorite. I love your work, and appreciate the effort of everyone involved in making these videos possible.
All of you do such a great job on these. I've known the main parts of most of these battles , but to see them broken down in such minute details is incredible and really helps you visualize what it was like much better.
countless videos..all excellent has captured my imagination and wonder..but til i viewed this epic video by Ops Rm i am moved to almost tears with the narration and moving battle scenes..you folks need to be commended at how you paid homage to so many heroes, on both sides...thx again..am sure this will be one of the few on my watch again list...am sure the Naval Academy must have quiet respect for your efforts..
Great video thank you. USS Johnston and IJN Yukikaze story was a good detail. Showed how much respect they had for Americas Navy and Sailor fighting against all odds.
My Dad, John Spofford Millar was Fire Control Main Battery Plot on the West Virginia. In a small notebook, he kept a log of each salvo, listing the time, and what type of shell.
Thanks for this full documentary! I never tire of hearing about the Battle Off Samar. The immense fortitude and courage shown by the American sailors saved many lives. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
War is Hell...we were just up on deck doing our job and the guy next to me was suddenly cut down by a Coke bottle. At the same time I, myself, narrowly avoided being killed in a vicious clipboard attack....
Absolutely well done!!!! Thank you for a non-stop beginning to end of this epic naval battle! On another note, I love this channel! It’s brilliant! I enjoy history and am learning so much. I’m a Desert Storm veteran and I’ve learned in great detail from your channel about that campaign I participated in.
Everytime I see these attacks on battleships I just can’t imagine being a crewman and having to suffer through constant and constant barrages that seem to never end. How morally breaking that must be, absolutely no breaks, even a small amount of time you’ll eventually see more planes in the sky. Must be terrifying.
What are you doing to me?? It's 11pm and you release a 2hr video. Have mercy!! "Sorry Boss.....but operations room released a video, not my fault I am late"
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This is one of the best videos I have ever seen on UA-cam. Well done indeed.
Amazing explanation and graphics of the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the heroism of so many seamen. Sadly, Halsey"s failure to keep his word had tragic consequences.
This is GREAT that you have put them all together into one. Great story, great graphics. This channel is *excellent* and I'm sad to see that you have slowed down your rate of producing videos. PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS!
I've have studied this battle at length in the past. But, always it was by absorbing any and all information I could from textbooks. As much as I tried, I could never completely get my head around it. But, NOW you folks have put this entire event into the proper perspective. Your descriptions combined with the illustrations, maps and graphics have made it all make sense. Thank you SO SO much. BTW, the word "engano" should be pronounced, "engaño." (en-GAN-yo) This is one example of the Spanish colonizers in earlier times having an influence on Philippine culture. Engaño in Spanish means deception, trick, trap and such. I've always thought that this was somewhat apropos given the deception the IJN tried to pull on Halsey.
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The Philippines "formal Imperial possession"? Since when has America been imperial? you really are stupid aren't you.
@SewingandCaringAs a fellow fan of paleontology and space i might have to download this.
USS Johnston and Samuel B Roberts have been found. USS Princeton, Hoel, Gambier Bay are yet to be found. Including the Japanese carriers Zuikaku, Chitose, Zuiho, Chiyoda, and the cruisers Chokai, Kumano, Suzuya many others.
Thank you for mentioning *all* of the countries that took part in this battle.
Due to popular request, this is a supercut episode of our entire Leyte Gulf series as one complete animated documentary
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Please stop the “music”.
@@Fuzzypotato2 boowomp
Excellent Gentlemen , thank you
This is awesome, thank you!
2 hours? What a good time to be alive!
I know! Can't wait for a 2 hour Guadalcanal . . . or a 1 hour Battle of the Atlantic, highlighting the destruction of the Bismarck . . . or . . . I'm getting ahead of myself. But I truly appreciate The Operations Room and the time, effort, and research that go into producing these videos.
ya man.. im on 1.25 speed and the information is overloading my brain hahaha
Good video to sleep on
That will one hell of an evening, aye?
What a great time for broadband internet.
I cannot imagine the guts it took to attack a battleship from a shot-up airplane with a puny .38 pistol. Tossing a Coke bottle at a battleship with the intention of hurting someone or something is crazy. Speechless.
That had to be the navy's finest hour
Can you imagine being in a naval battle and getting a coke can to your head? 😂
Lt Earl “Blue” Archer immortalized in this battle by using his .38 pistol when he exhausted all ammo rockets and bombs was a young 23 year old man from Hope Arkansas and was my maternal grandfather. He survived the war refused to fly in any aircraft for 30 years following the war and built a successful business career in NW Louisiana. He died in 2012 at the ripe age of 90. He was a legend
@@donusry Bloody hell, what a legend. Imagine being freaking 23 years old fighting in the greatest war humanity has ever seen. They truly were the greatest generation with absolute balls of steel.
That was pretty amazing. where is the movie for this part of the war?
All the epicness in one video. Planes beating battleships, the final crossing of the T by the ghosts of Pearl Harbor, the greatest underdog fight in the history of the US Navy and finally Halsey chasing shiny objects. This video has it all.
If you enjoy underdogs, I have a question for you. What was the biggest mismatch in strength: Taffy 3 vs Center Force or the Imperial Japanese Navy vs the United States Navy?
@@MrX-hz2hn One need only look at US shipyard production numbers vs their IJN counterparts during the same time period to answer that question fairly succinctly. Ignoring every other type of warship, the US could have built nothing but Fletchers and overwhelmed the IJN through sheer numbers of Tin Cans alone.
Clipboards and Coke bottles
This is almost a Stephon review 😂
@@williamcostigan91 Honestly if the US wanted to min max they should have built Subs, destroyers and escort carriers
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How was 2 hours of bird's eye view naval battle so entertaining.? The world wonders.
I saw what you did there...😁
Just don't tell Admiral Halsey, he will blow a gasket!😅😉
Commander Evans set the bar for gallantry.
"Running? Not quite my style..."
Those men in Taffy 3 giving it everything they got, to the point that even the enemy had to salute them. That just absolutely crazy.
"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
My great uncle was at the battle off Samar. He was a part of Taffy 1, among the handful of Hellcats that were able to appear there. They started sending some planes over to support Taffy 3 but then Taffy 1 came under air attack, so no more planes were sent. He received the silver star for his actions in that battle, coordinating an attack with torpedo bombers against a Japanese battleship (his words, “it was the biggest ship I’d ever seen”) and using himself as a distraction to the ship’s AA fire, flying as close as he could to it and strafing it to draw their fire away from the torpedo bombers as they made their run.
There’s a good possibility that your great-uncle was one of the Taffy 1 pilots who went after Yamato, then.
What was his name?
@@bkjeong4302 He was flying a Hellcat, they way I read it.
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Ah misread it.
@@dunnobutwayne Stanley Eugene Hindman. Lt. commander of VF-37, Taffy 1. Yes, he flew the hellcat. You can look up his medals. He also got the distinguished flying cross for his actions at Guam, though the military’s website doesn’t say much about the circumstances. He didn’t like to talk about that medal much, and what I gathered from various little snippets it was from a set of close air support missions in contested airspace, my conjecture being using napalm. Assuming my conjecture is in the right direction, it’d be totally understandable why he didn’t like to talk about that, considering that’s one of the worst ways a person can leave this world. He was one of the kindest, friendliest people you could ever have the pleasure of meeting.
My great Uncle Glenn was a gunner on the USS Johnston. He survived the sinking and was stranded on a raft for 9 days.
Damn ..i would love to sit fireside and hear some of his tales
Super appreciate having all of the Battle for Leyte episodes eps compressed into one for easier re-watching. Saving this to my phone! Thanks again for your years of quality work.
My grandfather fought on the Island of Leyte during this operation. Thanks so much for making this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
My grandfather, Ensign Paul Oscar Avery, was the torpedo officer on the destroyer USS Melvin and i remember him talking with my dad and uncles about sinking of the Fuso when i was a kid. This was a very intersting watch, thank you!
So awesome , thanks for sharing.
Yamato may have displaced over 70k tons, but the balls of steel on Taffy 3's pilots and sailors outclassed her easily. They were hopelessly outmatched but fought so viciously and stubbornly that the IJN could do nothing but gawk in disbelief how a mere destroyer was charging right towards a battleship who's turret weighed more than the entire destroyer. That and pilots pelting them with junk from their cockpits and doing the aircraft version of a drive-by. Absolute madlads. The Greatest Generation.
you know whats funny? the japanese were CONVINCED this was the main force and thought the johnston was not a destroyer no... at least a heavy cruiser or a battle ship.... yes.... they did not figure out they had lost to what amounted to a bunch of rabid chuhuas until after the war
The captain of the yukikaze deciding to stand at attention to the sailors in the water of the johnston rather than shooting them is one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard. Respect between enemies is always something that is crazy to see in war.
What the crew of the Yukikaze did at the end was just cherry on top. The Johnston is such a legend.
One of my favorite parts for sure.
Everyone respects courage.
Knowing many from Yukikaze's own buckets full of stories, I shouldn't be surprised that she'd be the one to witness this and pay this ultimate respect.
One legend recognizes and acknowledges another.
It is probably bc she had this so called "curse" that sunk ships around her with her being the lone survivor yukikaze carried this on somewhat in her chinese naval career
My sister-in-law's father, Héctor Espinoza Galván, was a pilot in the Aztec Eagles from Mexico who was lost in the battle for the Philippines. Many Americans don't know of Mexico's contribution during WWII.
It is worth looking up. The Aztec Eagles made a worthy contribution to the battle and war.
Right on. Thanks for raising awareness.
Until this video, I was entirely unaware. Very grateful.
Their most regaled Air Unit is Their WW2 Veteran unit
Quite Vibey
The legacy does continue to live on Captain Angel Anthony Rodriguez-Espinoza
You made a 2 hour long Leyte video? Truly we are unworthy of such generosity
I can't help but laugh at the sheer absurdity of an IJN Destroyer and the USS Heermann having an unspoken agreement to not shoot each other while sailing side-by-side because they're too busy shooting the other ships. War is something else.
Old guy here. The battle off Samar is just too epic to believe! I’ve always thought it should be a movie, but it’s almost too crazy to believe. The destroyers that fought like battleships! Kudos.
As a little kid, I read about this epic battle in books, only dreamed of seeing the visual animations of it. With all its epicness and details only an imagination in my head. So happy to see you made a dream come into reality. And even combined every video of them together in an absolutely epic 2 hour marathon one. Thank you so much for it. And please continue to do your great work dear sir! Best regards from Germany
Hopefully you read the book .
Sea of thunder By Even Thomas
For some reason, even though I'm familiar with this battle alongside many others, I was moved to tears many different times during this engagement. The gallantry displayed by Taffy 3 is of the highest order. I could not help but be utterly devastated that this occurred, but so proud of them.
Courage of that order is very hard for us ordinary mortals to grasp.
I watched every episode of this, and now I I'm gonna get some popcorn and watch it all over again like a movie
Amazing
There's a few series you have which could be super cut like this
Would love something this like as a capstone to a series
Thanks for all you guys do, these are stellar
Thank you, I always frind the scale of operations in the Pacific a bit too much for my old brain to juggle with comfort. Your excellent animated uploads give me ease of understanding coupled with proper information and enjoyment. Wonderful work.
I prefer the PTO over the ETO but what you mention is a thing. Most histories glance over the conflict and then you spend literal years filling in the blanks, which turn into rabbit holes of years themselves. I'm still stuck in the Solomons, have been for years now. Largest battlefield in human history. By far.
yeah reading wikipedia even with the graphs/maps I couldn't really follow what was going on as anything other than "and this happened, and that happened".
So much History happened from 39-45. You could spend a lifetime and still not grasp it all
Oh boy, I re-watch this series at least once a month or so. With no prior interest, these gave me a fascination with pre-missle age naval warfare. Thank you for putting them all into a supercut!
My great-grandfather served on Kalinin Bay as an aviation machinist 3rd rate. One of those 15 direct hits passed through the ship 20 feet in front of him (AP shell didn't detonate). For a guy who loved to talk, that was all my family could ever get out of him regarding the battle. Somehow, the ship only counted 5 dead out of 60 casualties from the battle. I was hoping this production would mention the 4 kamakazes that attacked the ship during the engagement (2 were shot down and 2 hit [1 hit the deck, the other hit the stack]), but covering the largest naval battle ever, some things are bound to be overlooked. Well done. Thank you for putting this together.
First time I've seen a visualization of the Battle of Samar. Those men had brains and guts. What a story... Makes me proud to be an American.
Haven’t finished the video, but since I’ve seen all of the separate videos i can confidently say this is a great video!
I've watched Operations Room for years and always considered myself a massive fan and this series on Leyte particularly Samar I feel I'd when the channel really leveled up into something special. Possibly the best history teacher I've ever had
I was just trying to find a Documentary on the USS Washington and this popped up. Operations Room makes us wait but it is worth it.
Man.. the Yamato and Musashi were tough ole girls. Can't help but admire the fight those sailors and ships put up.
Why did the AA of the Japanese do so little this time? Didn't they score much more in the midway?
The japanese aa was never good. Most of the American losses at Midway were due to Zeroes or fuel exhaustion.
@@Pinaka120If you want an in depth look at the AA guns the various navies were using and how they compared look up Drachinifel video World War 2 Anti-Aircraft Guns - Enforcing the No-Fly Zone.
I can't remember offhand if he covered san-shiki-dan rounds. But comparing those and other AA shells to the ones armed with American VT fuses which came later is funny.
@@Pinaka120 Midway torpedo bombing runs were much lower and slower and closer, and the Japanese AA crews were most likely much better trained and led than they were by late 1944. Still, the Japanese 25mm was hobbled by its low overall rate of fire (due to having to use small, cumbersome magazine reloads) and lack of range, in addition to not great fire control. There's a reason that the Yamato and Musashi had *so damn many* of them, they were just that bad in operational use. If the IJN had parity in AA technology and equipment and was decked out with 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikons like the US Navy then the second part of the pacific war would not have been such a turkey shoot for the USN aviators. But even then the 25mm's lethality did improve massively when it actually had trained crew and the targets were within 600-800 meters, but in their attempt to go for a compromise between light AA and medium AA they managed to be less efficient than a combination of both.
19 torpedo hits and 18 bomb hits on Musashi before sinking is crazy
I started the video, and your voice lulled my infant daughter to sleep. She’ll watch this video one day when she goes over WWII history. For now, you’ve helped me put her to sleep for the night :). But man did those two hours go fast! I’ve watched these individually, but the supercut making it all seamless is just so well done. Before I knew it, two hours is up, my daughter is fast asleep, and my day is over as I should now go to sleep :). Thank you for ending my day with this :).
I've been on a roll watching multiple videos seconds or minutes after they appear today
The last battleship v battleship engagement in history and the first kamikaze attack in history occurred in the same battle of surigao strait. Fascinating! Great video.
Just finished reading The Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors. This video really helped bring it all together. What a remarkable accomplishment and incredible display of bravery. Thanks for this video.
This battle may be in the Leyte Gulf, but I'm happy to be early.
It's surprising how often the IJN misidentified the US ships. Thinking Destroyers are Cruisers and Escort Carriers are Fleet Carriers and so on.
Also, some of those Solo attacks from USS Johnston... my god that ship and it's crew were brave.
Yes ,,the Japanese misidentified the USS Johnson as a Baltimore Class Cruiser,,
Due to similar silhouettes
If I understood it right it was less a bunch of separate false identifications and more follow up mistakes. Namely due to lacking proper identification charts for Support Carriers all the carriers where misidentified as fleet carriers, and all other identifications where based on that.
So thinking the carriers where twice the size they actually where the Japanese compared the Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts to them and went. "Clearly those must be battleships/heavy cruisers to be this large compared to the fleet carriers."
amazing as always.
hands down the best documentary channel here.
This was extremely enjoyable. To put the whole series into one video makes it much more convenient to watch. Great presentation.
im usually not one for watching videos on specific events more than once or twice, but i repeatedly every couple of months or so watch both your and drac's videos on taffy 3. story is just so absurd that its hard to believe it genuinely happened. Thanks for all the videos over the years man, I wish history channel had anything remotely close in quality to what you guys have build from the ground up in just a few short years
1:34:54 - Fun fact, the Yuikkaze also had a reputation for being a very lucky ship. So for all we know, this is one of the rare moments of history where true opposite numbers actually met!
Excellent two hour special. The Taffy 3 portion was very detailed. Job well done.
The fact this is free content, trully puts a smile on my face, great summary
The finest hour of the USN
Except's Halsey's blunder
@@YY-mk4tiit insolation it was a terrible mistake, but the battle was the final nail in the coffin for Japanese naval supremacy and proved that the future of Naval combat would be dictated by air power and aircraft carriers
@@Bipolar.Baddie It was won due to Taffy 3 escort's braveness and courage. They didn't have to sacrifice their ship and lives if Halsey left even a small scouting party to report to Taffy 3 or his fleet that a big Japanese Navy Fleet is crossing the straight.
@@YY-mk4ti absolutely, but within the wider context of the Battle of Leyte Gulf it proved that air supremacy was the deciding factor in modern naval warfare. Every single sailor on the USS Johnston deserves a Medal of Honor. It's also important to understand that Taffy 3 would've probably been annihilated if the Japanese Navy wasn't so disorganized throughout the entire battle
@@YY-mk4tiWhere is Task Force Thirty-Four the World Wonders...😉😅
My grandfather fought on the ground in leyte. I live now in aouthern leyte. Amazing video series and amazing abridged video. Thabk you
I remember making a suggestion for this exactly, so glad it came true. I will have a wonderful time re-watching this, thank you!
Thanks for making it one complete video!
I wish my history teacher would have put together something like this 20 years ago. What a great age to be alive in to get detailed reports like these by just pressing a play button on youtube..
I turned 12 in the early 80's, that's around the age where a lot of boys quietly start obsessing on specific things. It's a shame all of this amazing content on ww2 didn't find me when I was susceptible.
The best day to learn is today.
My great grandfather was on the USS Gambier Bay. He wrote a book on his perspective of entering the war and his time in the navy. The chapters detailing the Battle of Leyte Gulf are harrowing. Many of his friends died, and he almost lost a leg while getting onto the life raft. His Purple Heart went to my uncle’s line of the family, but I did get his harmonica to remember him by.
What is the name of the book?
@@SpaceWizardus47 “When I was… in the US Naval Reserve during WWII”
I should’ve been more clear, but it was a book written specifically for his family. He only made around 20 copies, one of which made its way into my hands.
@@definitelynotelon8508 wow !
1:04:12 That requires a crazy level of bravery from those men, charging into a seemingly hopeless battle to save their defenseless brothers on land. Such a great story
Thank you very much for all the work you put in to make these videos! They clearly take significant research and production effort. I appreciate the way you explain a complicated operation in simple terms and clarify many confusinfg aspects of this last, greatest naval battle. Again thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
There are a lot of historical/military channels on UA-cam, and I like most of them, but The Operations Room is by far my favorite. I love your work, and appreciate the effort of everyone involved in making these videos possible.
Part 1, Sibuyan sea: 1:37
Part 2, surigao strait: 26:05
Part 3: Battle off Samar 46:11
Part 4, Battle off Cape Engano: 1:37:25
All of you do such a great job on these. I've known the main parts of most of these battles , but to see them broken down in such minute details is incredible and really helps you visualize what it was like much better.
I wonder why you never see documentaries of this quality on the so-called "History Channel"?
Because they stopped being a history channel and turned into a cesspool of cow shit over a decade ago.
They used to . But that was like 30 years ago
Aliens 🤔
Conspiracy theories pushed by new ownership. Used to be my favorite channel
@@niklasskurdal8970 Their AH of 'what if War of the Worlds but it interrupts WW1' was an awesome use of aliens!
Danke!
I greatly appreciate the time you took to make sure that you pronounced the USS Birmingham the American way rather than the British way.
Yeah had to hold back the vom a little but 😁
@@TheOperationsRoom I could tell it took an effort, lol. My gf is from East Anglia and she doesn't even try anymore despite living in Birmingham, AL.
At this rate I'll never watch another war film ever again. You are my favourite UA-cam channel by a country mile.
Absolutely saving my sunday with a 2hr drop
countless videos..all excellent has captured my imagination and wonder..but til i viewed this epic video by Ops Rm i am moved to almost tears with the narration and moving battle scenes..you folks need to be commended at how you paid homage to so many heroes, on both sides...thx again..am sure this will be one of the few on my watch again list...am sure the Naval Academy must have quiet respect for your efforts..
Very rarely do I have 2 hours to sit and watch a youtube video. This video demanded my full attention. Well done, and thank you!
Yall Did a FANTASTIC JOB with this Video.... Thank you for everything you did to make this happen!!!!!!
Can't wait to watch this... My dad was the CO on an LCT during this battle.
Didnt realize what I was getting into when I started watching this one... Incredible.
Enterprise vs. zuikaku has got to be one of the most epic rivalries in naval history
Great video thank you. USS Johnston and IJN Yukikaze story was a good detail. Showed how much respect they had for Americas Navy and Sailor fighting against all odds.
My Dad, John Spofford Millar was Fire Control Main Battery Plot on the West Virginia. In a small notebook, he kept a log of each salvo, listing the time, and what type of shell.
Thanks for this full documentary! I never tire of hearing about the Battle Off Samar. The immense fortitude and courage shown by the American sailors saved many lives. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
War is Hell...we were just up on deck doing our job and the guy next to me was suddenly cut down by a Coke bottle. At the same time I, myself, narrowly avoided being killed in a vicious clipboard attack....
Glass Coke bottles were lethal in those days.
Incredible work. Putting all of Leyte gulf together in one video was an excellent idea!
Hold that thought babe, The Operations Room just posted.
Absolutely well done!!!! Thank you for a non-stop beginning to end of this epic naval battle!
On another note, I love this channel! It’s brilliant! I enjoy history and am learning so much. I’m a Desert Storm veteran and I’ve learned in great detail from your channel about that campaign I participated in.
Just fantastic graphics and stories here.
Wow, a battle that seems like something out of a movie. The 3rd fleets formations are massive, I wish I could've seen what that looked like in person.
Everytime I see these attacks on battleships I just can’t imagine being a crewman and having to suffer through constant and constant barrages that seem to never end. How morally breaking that must be, absolutely no breaks, even a small amount of time you’ll eventually see more planes in the sky. Must be terrifying.
Amazing moment in history; unbelievable coverage of that moment. Thanks again!
I dont like thinking of how many other channels ive unsubbed from because they change stuff that wasnt broken... but here i feel better.
The bar fight anology of two guys, enemies that is, fighting opposing gangs back to back for 16 minutes is crazy
This was a GREAT scenario to play back on "Complete Carriers At War" back in the day!
Black horse!
@@markmclaughlin2690 ALLONS!
My Dad was Navy and absolutely LOVES your channel, as do I. Thank you for the hard work!!!!!!!!!!!
What are you doing to me?? It's 11pm and you release a 2hr video. Have mercy!! "Sorry Boss.....but operations room released a video, not my fault I am late"
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen on UA-cam. Well done indeed.
Atago, Takao, Maya... rest in peace. Some of the most beautiful cruisers ever built.
Tack!
I hope we still have working electricity and/or internet when WW3 starts, so we still get uploads from The Operations Room.
Amazing visuals and I love the narrator. Also much easier to watch in order when its one long video
This channel fills the void left from the military channel
Amazing explanation and graphics of the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the heroism of so many seamen. Sadly, Halsey"s failure to keep his word had tragic consequences.
At 21:00 the Musashi probably looked like that gif of the girl getting hit by all the hotdogs.
What?
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Bruh
Amazing video. Hope the valiant efforts of Taffy 3 are never forgotten.
Omg my sweet goodness. A 2 hr video!!
Thanks for this incredible video! I’ve never seen an Operations Room video I wasn’t impressed with.
1:06:20 took me way too long to realise that was a rain swell and not just a graphical error, or a black hole. 😅
This is GREAT that you have put them all together into one. Great story, great graphics. This channel is *excellent* and I'm sad to see that you have slowed down your rate of producing videos. PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS!
What a masterpiece! I hope in the future this channel will have many videos like this, about WW2, or pre WW2, Spanish Civil War for example.
I've have studied this battle at length in the past. But, always it was by absorbing any and all information I could from textbooks. As much as I tried, I could never completely get my head around it. But, NOW you folks have put this entire event into the proper perspective. Your descriptions combined with the illustrations, maps and graphics have made it all make sense. Thank you SO SO much. BTW, the word "engano" should be pronounced, "engaño." (en-GAN-yo) This is one example of the Spanish colonizers in earlier times having an influence on Philippine culture. Engaño in Spanish means deception, trick, trap and such. I've always thought that this was somewhat apropos given the deception the IJN tried to pull on Halsey.
Saw this pop up and was like hell yeah another epic documentary from the Operations Room