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Recommend his other popular video “Ghost of Bataan.” Also recommend the short documentary “Ghosts of Bataan” & Ken Burns’ excellent WW2 docuseries “The War.” My mom’s uncle was a Philippine Scout and Death March survivor. I’m glad his channel is giving recognition to the defenders of Bataan - these unsung heroes that fought courageously both during battle and for their own survival under captivity from Japanese forces.
You should always watch till the very very end of his video at the end of this one and actually had the Marine commenting about there was no dog on the island.
The Japanese Navy was no joke at this time, but Marines have always been on another level. When he says Marines are default aggressive, he means it. They will keep moving and fighting forward until their last breath.
They are ready and willing to die for their brothers in arms, and they do believe they are the best soldiers and if they attack fast and strong enough they can win every fight in every scenario plus they truly believe they fighting for the right thing, and since all of them have the same mentality, it is almost impossible to fight them, when you fight against that kind of mentality and with the training they have you will have a long fight on your way. You simply don't fuck around a Marine.😂
@@SamuelHernandez-dg9ez I completely agree with you but I have to correct just one thing. Marines do not call or consider themselves soldiers. They are Warriors and/or Marines. You never call a Marine a "soldier". It's seen as disrespectful to the Marines.
and even after death those marines fight on. i dont know if it was a marine or someone else who said that: Marines dont die, they just go to hell and regroup.
Yes it was but you have to remember we we in bad shape at the time the navy was all but wiped out we had taken a beating the brass was scared, was in a bad thing to abandon Wake Island yes but it was understandable.
So shameful regardless of the state of the USA at the time. The US Marines uphold the principle of "leave no one behind," meaning they will always attempt to retrieve fallen comrades or those in danger during combat. Yet their country couldn't extend the same respect for them.
I am 73. One of my Uncles was a Marine who was the only survivor of an island-clearing mission for the Japanese. He was recovered in 1946. Uncle Samual was tortured by it till he died. He had like 99% total recall. He could read the Holy Bible while closed.
The American soldier is train to not only follow orders, but in the fog of combat, take the initiative and think for themselves. This is why they are taught tactics and strategies with a drive to know and understand the enemy. Communication and the chain of command ALWAYS breaks down at sometime during combat. Thus, being able to know what to do and when can be the difference between winning and defeat.
That's also one of the major headaches for foreign militaries trying to plan counter-combat training against US tactics, because very few militaries in the world allow that level of freedom to act in their own soldiers.
@@brigidtheirish After all, the officer is the only soldier that kinda sorta gives lip-service that they care about things like "excessive force" and "winning hearts and minds". Take that guy out and Geneva starts getting new suggestions for her conventions. Never a war crime the first time!
There is also the fact that the US fighting doctrine is not only different for each branch in many ways, but doctrine itself is often ignored once the shooting starts in earnest in the interests of a more effective reaction and counter-attack process. And then there is the Marines. You can say the Army is an Army of One (mind), but Marines are a swarm of angry hornets all acting as individuals or small squads with one goal in in mind, and able to think their way individually to a successful conclusion. And if a win is not possible they will make you pay dearly for every foot of ground until they are wiped out.
In the words of my grandfather a marine during WWII, “those aren’t soldiers, those are Marines”. RIP grandpa you were a part of the greatest generation.
Wake Island inspired the creation of one of the most important branches of the Navy: The Seabees. At Wake, there were just a bunch of construction workers hired to build air strips, etc. When the shit hit the fan, they stepped up and performed amazingly and showed the Navy how important such a group would be. Most Seabees could kill you as well as a Marine, but then bury the body with a bulldozer.
The Operations Room has a less colorful and more accurate version, but the basic story is true. The story of VF-211 pilots and mechanics flighting as infantry is legend in the Corps and the basis of "every Marine is a rifleman" ethos. In 2012 history repeated itself when VMA-211 was deployed at Camp Bastion and Taliban overran the airflield. The Marine aircraft mechanics fought back and the CO, Lt Col Raible was killed leading the counterattack.
I remember watching a TikTok video with a WWII Marine veteran who was 100 years old (passed on now, RIP) talking about his experience. His granddaughter asked, “did you know today is D-Day? You know the Normandy landings?” His response wasn’t very… responsive, so his granddaughter addressed his lack of response and his reply will live with me for the REST of my life. He explained, “in the Pacific, every few days was D-Day.” They stormed SO many islands and shores in the Pacific that they would rush the beach while being under fire, quickly dig a fox hole, and stay there for hours or even days… Marines are insane, and we respect the crap out of them.
The most consequential battle the US fought in the Pacific in WW2, and one of the most important naval battles in history, was the Battle of Midway. The youtuber Montemayor has a 3 part video on the battle that is very entertaining and interesting. He also has a video in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the 2nd ever carrier on carrier battle, which gives some background info on Midway.
Agree that Montemayor has the best historical videos, and in my opinion, perspective from each side on the Battle of Midway. He has 2 three-part series, one from the Japanese view, and the other from the US view, without any overlap so that you get the actual perspective from each. Highly recommend these 2 series.
The decision to leave them there makes a lot of sense at the time. The chances of puting together a fleet to go save them in time would have been slim wasting time a resources for other things. We had just lost a good chunk of the Pacific fleet so if they sent a large enough fleet to contest wake it would leave Hawaii and the west coast relatively undefended. Bringing ships from the Atlantic would take to long. While valuable it wasn't absolutely necessary to keep wake like Hawaii or midway. Even if they could get a large fleet there in time risking everything out the gate when we knew our biggest strength would be in the long term isn't a smart gamble. Not a good looking decision but the right one.
Andre, I don't think you understand that every major ship in the US Pacific Fleet was either sunk or severely damaged at Pearl Harbor. The first attack on Wake Island was three days later. The second attack took place two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. There was very little that the US Navy could do to defend Wake Island. There were only three aircraft carriers plus a few cruisers and destroyers. Loosing those vessels would have lead to certain defeat. It took several months for the US Navy to recover its strength after Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Naval Commander, Admiral Yamamoto, predicted that Japan wold be successful for six months, but after that time, he could not predict the outcome of the war. His prediction was amazingly accurate. Almost exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the US Navy sank FOUR Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway Island. Japan's fate was sealed. From that point on the US would only get stronger and Japan would get progressively weaker.
I would also recommend Operations Room’s video on both Iwo Jima and Desert Storm campaigns. His channel is still active and is working on a 2003 Iraq documentary as well. As for The Fat Electrician videos, I must recommend his video on “Old 666”, the craziest (and arguably best) bomber crew of World War 2. If you think Dan Daly’s story is something straight out of a Hollywood movie, wait until you hear about Old 666.
Two things. 1. These men were Marines. 2. They woke us and the only time we nodded off was on 9/11. If anyone wonders why America tends to overreact, Dec 7, and 9/11.
Camp Garrisons usually dont hold that many personal even on the mainland. The only time you see a large amount of people fighting in a battle is when you are trying to siege down a city or in this case a Island cause oceans and reinforcements are sent to save the defenders or attackers require more firepower. The island hopping campaign was ruthless its why we dropped the nukes
you know in the outro he usually has a little post credit like scene, skit or footage as a bonus for sticking around to the very end, worth watching them, their good
No more civilian construction crews are needed as during WWII the Navy Seabees were created...Seabee stands for CB or Construction Battalion. Their symbol is an angry bee wearing a Navy cap with construction tools in one hand and a machine gun in the other. Movie recommendation is "The Fighting Seabees" starring John Wayne.
Even though they lost (and I use that term loosely) the second battle they still straight up kicked the Japanese ass. Japanese lost 600 out of the 900 that landed and the Marines lost a little over a hundred? The there are the two pilots who shout downs 21 planes. And the Marines of WW2 were just barely getting going.
Never take the Marines lightly!!! Every Marine is first and foremost a fighter/rifleman. Everyone of them from the officers to the cooks are trained to fight.
If only the "politicians" had an ounce of heart and courage a soldier has. Unfortunately, there have been several incidents in which soldiers have died because of the cowardice in those who wear suits.
Although most of the Wake Island Marines and construction workers survived, the Japanese executed about 98 American construction workers that remained on the Island as slave laborers in October 1943. Five Marines were executed soon after the battle and about 45 Marines and civilians died in POW camps. Overall, they had a relatively high survivor rate for the Pacific War.
Part of the reason that the massacre of the 98 is known is that one guy escaped temporarily and carved "98 US PW 5-10-43" on a rock before being captured and eventually killed.
@@kokomo9764 It was. I assume the relief they could have sent would have been insufficient so I won't assume it was inexcusable. They may have not known that just a little help may have made all the difference. Sometimes you are blinded to the actual situation.
It was aborted because we lost too many vessels at Pearl Harbor and couldn't afford to risk an aircraft carrier. Agree or disagree it's reasonable. @@kokomo9764
My dad was on Wake Island, he went over as a 19-year-old young man as a carpenter. Shortly after arriving the war broke out they fought the Japanese off for 16 days before being captured. He remembers seeing the American flag coming down and the Japanese flag going up and he said when our flag does not fly there is no freedom. He saw our flag wadded up in a fishnet and Japanese used it for a door stop. He was a prisoner of war the whole four years.
Moa and Stalin are accountable for 140-180 million death's of their own civilian's. The reason why Russia had the most death's in WW2 was because of Stalin's death marches, and alot were killed during the rising of the Iron curtain and starvation. Moa's leadership led to alot of mass execution's and starvation.
It HAS to be pointed out that the US Navy's aircraft were FAR superior to the Japanese aircraft as FIGHTING platforms. The Japanese planes were lighter, faster, tended to be more agile and often even had better gas mileage. HOWEVER, they were also VERY lightly armored (basically NONE except the strength of the wood to make them, and their guns were considered "too weak to be effective" by basically EVERYONE in WW 2). In short, they were "fast/agile planes with NO punch and too fragile to fight". The US Navy's planes, on the other hand... were often accused of being TOO slow to be of any real use AND too "heavy" to be effective in a dogfight. However, in typical USA fashion.... what they lacked in speed and agility, they made up with BIG PUNCHING guns (4 .50cals as "standard" with some being modified with MORE than just 4 guns .. vs Japan's 2 .303 guns and 2 20mm guns that had a far bigger "drop" effect, requiring MORE "lead" to hit.... often resulting in the Japanese "Zero" to actually shoot BELOW what the pilot could see to properly lead their targets). But in REALITY.... what you had with the Wildcats were USA Navy planes that were better armed, had better armor AND had engines powerful enough to outrun most Japanese planes AND were more agile than you would expect them to be. So, for several encounters in the Pacific (US/Japan dogfights) the USA Navy basically DOMINATED more encounters from sheer ability to both GET hit and TO hit the Japanese planes. Which is why at Wake, 2 airplanes could easily get into a fight and "out perform all expectations" because the tactics at the time REQUIRED Japanese planes to "stick together" (Wingman being close by) often leading to USA pilots being able to "quickly switch" from 1st target to the wingman of the 1st target and back again.
There's a movie called Midway that has a lot of information about the decisions having to be made by the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Americans got ships repaired and out faster than the Japanese expected, and there was a lot of unreliable information, with the Japanese needing to know how to equip their planes - for air battle or sea attack.
Another reason why the marines were extremely skilled soldiers is that the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7th 1941 and fighting started on December 8th to December 23rd on Wake Island several thousand miles past Hawaii. The Marines who were there wanted to be there. There wasn’t time to train newly enlisted or drafted soldiers. By the time the news of fighting at Wake Island reached American Soil they were already well into the battle. The Marines already had the reputation of being the “Hounds of Hell” and the “Devil’s War Dogs” or Devil Dogs that they earned in WWI from German Soldiers.
There's a lot of controversy about whether Isoroku Yamamoto really wrote that. The quote was originally brought to the Americans attention in the movie Toro Toro Toro which was well after Wake Island.
The reason why the US Government didn't help Wake is somewhat justified considering the situation. You have to remember that it happened a couple days after Pearl Harbor and the start of the war. Japan was already mobilized and had their navy in position for a war while America's navy was split between the Atlantic and Pacific and they had just lost their strongest force in the Pacific at pearl harbor with eight sunk or heavily damaged Battleships. The US did have 3 carriers in the pacific but that was against 6+ Japanese ones. The Japanese carriers had just proven their effectiveness at Pearl Harbor while the US carriers were untested and may have not been supplied with the right armaments and pilots for a major battle. A US force sent to save Wake could be destroyed before it could be properly prepared for a war and thousands of men could be lost to save hundreds. It was a pragmatic decision at the time. And the US abandoned way more men in the Philippines than at Wake just a couple months after this. Again for the same reasons. Look up the Battle of Bataan and the Bataan Death March. The Japanese had started the war and were ready to go from the onset while the US had to recover, build up, and fix a lot of things. Which they eventually did. Every country in the war had to make some tough calls and had to sacrifice some men somewhere. And stuff like this is why the modern US military spends so much effort building up war supplies all over the place now.
Unfortunately, our fleet wasn't able to respond to Wake Island. All of our battleships were out of action and wouldn't start coming back online until February 1942, 2 months after this battle started. We also only had 3 carriers with no combat experience vs their 6 highly-trained and battle-hardened carriers, and their surface combatants (cruisers and destroyers) dramatically outnumbered ours. And Japan at the time also had a mix of 11 battleships and battlecruisers, all of which could shrug off anything we could throw at them short of dive bombers and torpedo bombers for the duration of this battle. Furthermore, and this wasn't known at the time, our standard torpedo at the time, the Mark 14 was almost worse than useless due to a shitload of design flaws that the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance flat-out refused to acknowledge while Japan had the Type 93 "Long Lance" which was the longest range and most powerful torpedo in the world. The Mark 14 had a maximum range of 8.2 km on its low speed setting (57 km/h, which is around 5.5 km/h to 11.1 km/h) slower than many of Japan's cruisers and destroyers) and 4.1 km on its high speed setting (85 km/h). The Type 93, on the other hand had a maximum range of 40.4 km on it's low speed setting (67 km/h) and 22 km on its high speed setting (93 km/h). Further, the Mark 14's warhead was between 230 and 292 kg of explosives while the Type 93's warhead was 490 kg. To add to this, we didn't know if another attack on Pearl Harbor was going to occur and even if we did try to send out our fleet to assist in Wake Island, we'd be sending them into the teeth of a superior enemy fleet and all we would accomplish is to allow Japan to finish what they started at Pearl Harbor and destroy what we had left in one stroke.
Been watching your videos the last couple days enjoying them very much I subscribed not shure are you in Russia sorry if I'm wrong. I live in Moscow Indiana population 88 people most of them are Amish I see more horse an buggies than cars going by my house nice an peaceful here I live on the Flat River Amish are great neighbors they grow everything always bring food by lived here my entire life theres never been any crime here since I been alive we leave keys in are cars nobody locks doors we all have lots of firearms this is a rural area everyone hunts an has served in the military I spent 16yrs years in the marine corps 2003-2019 deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan feel blessed to live in a peaceful place. My family raises horses always have thats what what I do for a living know. What do you do for work where you live you speak English very well by the way
“That’s a start” hahaha I died laughing at that (as an American$, I died laughing 😂 five of my grandma’s brothers died liberating Europe! As we damn well should have. Currently it’s so gross we can’t vote for more Ukraine money - don’t worry, I’ve sent SO MANY nastygrams to the US reps opposing that aid. My uncles didn’t die in Europe for us to be assholes with Ukraine
European Reacts: 450 Marines Vs The Imperial Japanese Navy - Wake Island You may call Wake Island the Thermopylae of the Pacific in Europe but in the states we call it the Alamo of the Pacific.🙂
As a veteran this is why our country right to have guns is so important Japanese had a saying no way any country could attack them on American soil because Japanese said behind every blade of grass is a citizen with a gun , we have over 90 million people with guns every dictator around the world first took peoples guns now Biden wants our guns
You asked in one of your videos why people thought you were Russian, because you're Portuguese. I lived in a small town with several thousand Russian Immigrants, and spoke with them on a daily basis. Your accent sounds exactly like theirs when you speak English. We're you born in Russia, or maybe did your parents move to Portugal when you were young?
I lnow this is small criticism. But, you should never refer to a Marine as a "soldier," they are Marines and that is how they should be referred to. We former Marines take offense at that.
American history is crazy when we talk about individuals. As you saw the political side sided with being safe and cost effective. Its all too true. Capitalism and democracy have major faults. They are just isolated with freedom. “What mama dont know. Dont hurt her” and it works lol.
as much as it sucked, leaving them alone on Wake was not a bad decision. America was in no position to contest for that island and ships they sent would have just been sunk in a vane attempt to throw good money after bad.
You ALWAYS say that "Oh, no, this is looking really bad for the Americans" you know that's when we DO IT. YES this is actually true. 2:1 w/ Marines 'outnumbered'? NP. If their commander had not been an idiot and surrendered, I bet we'd have held the island for the duration.
Surrendering against an overwhelming force is neither stupidity or cowardice. I would've thought every failed banzai charge or 'decisive battle' prove that
@@conservativedemocracyenjoyer at the point of surrender there was only 300 Japanese soldiers left. just over 400 Marines left, plus the civies. surrender WAS stupid at this point in time as they were the victors. At least in the sense of having the numerically superior force.
Pretty much the moral of the story is... Never piss off the United States Marines, they thrive off the impossible and make you regret every decision you've ever made in life if your so unfortunate as to get on their bad side 😂
Although possible for most of this to be based on truth and the exploits of Davey Crocket in WW2, the rest of the USA's WW2 exploits are the opposite. The US soldiers were inept and famouse for killing more allies, and each other, than the enemy ever did . Trained to march real " pretty " and kitted with the most advanced weaponry with full military , naval and air support.......the US soldier was untrained for combat and mostly inept.
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Recommend his other popular video “Ghost of Bataan.” Also recommend the short documentary “Ghosts of Bataan” & Ken Burns’ excellent WW2 docuseries “The War.”
My mom’s uncle was a Philippine Scout and Death March survivor. I’m glad his channel is giving recognition to the defenders of Bataan - these unsung heroes that fought courageously both during battle and for their own survival under captivity from Japanese forces.
You should always watch till the very very end of his video at the end of this one and actually had the Marine commenting about there was no dog on the island.
The Japanese Navy was no joke at this time, but Marines have always been on another level. When he says Marines are default aggressive, he means it. They will keep moving and fighting forward until their last breath.
They are ready and willing to die for their brothers in arms, and they do believe they are the best soldiers and if they attack fast and strong enough they can win every fight in every scenario plus they truly believe they fighting for the right thing, and since all of them have the same mentality, it is almost impossible to fight them, when you fight against that kind of mentality and with the training they have you will have a long fight on your way.
You simply don't fuck around a Marine.😂
@@SamuelHernandez-dg9ez I completely agree with you but I have to correct just one thing. Marines do not call or consider themselves soldiers. They are Warriors and/or Marines. You never call a Marine a "soldier". It's seen as disrespectful to the Marines.
and even after death those marines fight on. i dont know if it was a marine or someone else who said that: Marines dont die, they just go to hell and regroup.
They are the navys soldiers /ground force😒.
Shouldn't we call them navy soldiers if you want to be so specific 😮💨
@@USAAMERICAFUCKYEAH77 Absolutely not. They are Marines. Trust me. I have family in the Marine Corps. You never call them a soldier.
As a former Marine I am very pissed off that the Marines were abandoned. It is shameful.
On the bright side pretty much all of them survived the POW camps and made it back home
Yes it was but you have to remember we we in bad shape at the time the navy was all but wiped out we had taken a beating the brass was scared, was in a bad thing to abandon Wake Island yes but it was understandable.
So shameful regardless of the state of the USA at the time. The US Marines uphold the principle of "leave no one behind," meaning they will always attempt to retrieve fallen comrades or those in danger during combat. Yet their country couldn't extend the same respect for them.
I am 73. One of my Uncles was a Marine who was the only survivor of an island-clearing mission for the Japanese. He was recovered in 1946. Uncle Samual was tortured by it till he died. He had like 99% total recall. He could read the Holy Bible while closed.
The American soldier is train to not only follow orders, but in the fog of combat, take the initiative and think for themselves. This is why they are taught tactics and strategies with a drive to know and understand the enemy. Communication and the chain of command ALWAYS breaks down at sometime during combat. Thus, being able to know what to do and when can be the difference between winning and defeat.
That's also one of the major headaches for foreign militaries trying to plan counter-combat training against US tactics, because very few militaries in the world allow that level of freedom to act in their own soldiers.
@@captin3149 It also means that taking out our officers only makes your death more... creative.
@@brigidtheirish After all, the officer is the only soldier that kinda sorta gives lip-service that they care about things like "excessive force" and "winning hearts and minds". Take that guy out and Geneva starts getting new suggestions for her conventions. Never a war crime the first time!
@@sierramike0913 Exactly! It gets even worse if the soldiers actually *liked* the officer.
There is also the fact that the US fighting doctrine is not only different for each branch in many ways, but doctrine itself is often ignored once the shooting starts in earnest in the interests of a more effective reaction and counter-attack process.
And then there is the Marines. You can say the Army is an Army of One (mind), but Marines are a swarm of angry hornets all acting as individuals or small squads with one goal in in mind, and able to think their way individually to a successful conclusion. And if a win is not possible they will make you pay dearly for every foot of ground until they are wiped out.
In the words of my grandfather a marine during WWII, “those aren’t soldiers, those are Marines”. RIP grandpa you were a part of the greatest generation.
Amen, RIP.
Wake Island inspired the creation of one of the most important branches of the Navy: The Seabees. At Wake, there were just a bunch of construction workers hired to build air strips, etc. When the shit hit the fan, they stepped up and performed amazingly and showed the Navy how important such a group would be. Most Seabees could kill you as well as a Marine, but then bury the body with a bulldozer.
The Operations Room has a less colorful and more accurate version, but the basic story is true. The story of VF-211 pilots and mechanics flighting as infantry is legend in the Corps and the basis of "every Marine is a rifleman" ethos.
In 2012 history repeated itself when VMA-211 was deployed at Camp Bastion and Taliban overran the airflield. The Marine aircraft mechanics fought back and the CO, Lt Col Raible was killed leading the counterattack.
Operations room is probably the best WW2 channel on UA-cam.
"OH, DEEZ ZIZZ FONTASTEEL!
At the end of that video was a clip from the journalist who was interviewing marines, and it showed the smart alek who said "we didn't have a dog"
I remember watching a TikTok video with a WWII Marine veteran who was 100 years old (passed on now, RIP) talking about his experience. His granddaughter asked, “did you know today is D-Day? You know the Normandy landings?” His response wasn’t very… responsive, so his granddaughter addressed his lack of response and his reply will live with me for the REST of my life.
He explained, “in the Pacific, every few days was D-Day.” They stormed SO many islands and shores in the Pacific that they would rush the beach while being under fire, quickly dig a fox hole, and stay there for hours or even days… Marines are insane, and we respect the crap out of them.
The most consequential battle the US fought in the Pacific in WW2, and one of the most important naval battles in history, was the Battle of Midway.
The youtuber Montemayor has a 3 part video on the battle that is very entertaining and interesting. He also has a video in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the 2nd ever carrier on carrier battle, which gives some background info on Midway.
Agree that Montemayor has the best historical videos, and in my opinion, perspective from each side on the Battle of Midway. He has 2 three-part series, one from the Japanese view, and the other from the US view, without any overlap so that you get the actual perspective from each. Highly recommend these 2 series.
Yes great series. Would love a reaction to it.
The decision to leave them there makes a lot of sense at the time.
The chances of puting together a fleet to go save them in time would have been slim wasting time a resources for other things.
We had just lost a good chunk of the Pacific fleet so if they sent a large enough fleet to contest wake it would leave Hawaii and the west coast relatively undefended.
Bringing ships from the Atlantic would take to long.
While valuable it wasn't absolutely necessary to keep wake like Hawaii or midway.
Even if they could get a large fleet there in time risking everything out the gate when we knew our biggest strength would be in the long term isn't a smart gamble.
Not a good looking decision but the right one.
Andre, I don't think you understand that every major ship in the US Pacific Fleet was either sunk or severely damaged at Pearl Harbor. The first attack on Wake Island was three days later.
The second attack took place two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. There was very little that the US Navy could do to defend Wake Island. There were only three aircraft carriers plus a few cruisers and destroyers. Loosing those vessels would have lead to certain defeat. It took several months for the US Navy to recover its strength after Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese Naval Commander, Admiral Yamamoto, predicted that Japan wold be successful for six months, but after that time, he could not predict the outcome of the war.
His prediction was amazingly accurate. Almost exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the US Navy sank FOUR Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway Island. Japan's fate was sealed. From that point on the US would only get stronger and Japan would get progressively weaker.
"...and probably five Samurais." I just spit out my tea- 😂
The nicest guys I new growing up were Marines that were island hopping in the South Pacific. I think they had seen enough.
Always playing his video till the end. A lot of times there is a bonus footage.
and his sponsored content... (you can edit in post.)
I would also recommend Operations Room’s video on both Iwo Jima and Desert Storm campaigns. His channel is still active and is working on a 2003 Iraq documentary as well.
As for The Fat Electrician videos, I must recommend his video on “Old 666”, the craziest (and arguably best) bomber crew of World War 2. If you think Dan Daly’s story is something straight out of a Hollywood movie, wait until you hear about Old 666.
Probably my second favorite video of his. Cassius Clay is number one.
Two things. 1. These men were Marines. 2. They woke us and the only time we nodded off was on 9/11. If anyone wonders why America tends to overreact, Dec 7, and 9/11.
you should react to the battle at midway
5 samurai? I love it.
I recommend operation paul bunyan. it was my go to story when i was in the military
There are many documentaries about Wake Island that go all the way back to the war itself.
Camp Garrisons usually dont hold that many personal even on the mainland. The only time you see a large amount of people fighting in a battle is when you are trying to siege down a city or in this case a Island cause oceans and reinforcements are sent to save the defenders or attackers require more firepower.
The island hopping campaign was ruthless its why we dropped the nukes
Watch “The Eager Beavers/ Old 666”
The Ranking officer on Wake Island was a Navy officer Commander Cunningham. He ordered the surrender of the Marines.
you know in the outro he usually has a little post credit like scene, skit or footage as a bonus for sticking around to the very end, worth watching them, their good
No more civilian construction crews are needed as during WWII the Navy Seabees were created...Seabee stands for CB or Construction Battalion. Their symbol is an angry bee wearing a Navy cap with construction tools in one hand and a machine gun in the other. Movie recommendation is "The Fighting Seabees" starring John Wayne.
Even though they lost (and I use that term loosely) the second battle they still straight up kicked the Japanese ass. Japanese lost 600 out of the 900 that landed and the Marines lost a little over a hundred? The there are the two pilots who shout downs 21 planes. And the Marines of WW2 were just barely getting going.
Wake Island was celebrated as "the Alamo" of the Pacific
You stopped short on the video. TFE included the video footage of Wake Island survivors talking about the dog.
These were not American soldiers, they were United States Marines. There is a significant difference.
The Army is something you join, the Marines is something you become.
this is a very FAMOUS true story,,,,,Americans, especially American Marines are BADASS
If you like this one i think you would like the battle of Iwo jima by the operations room.
Edit:just finished the video and it was superb as always
I will take a look!
Never take the Marines lightly!!!
Every Marine is first and foremost a fighter/rifleman. Everyone of them from the officers to the cooks are trained to fight.
If only the "politicians" had an ounce of heart and courage a soldier has. Unfortunately, there have been several incidents in which soldiers have died because of the cowardice in those who wear suits.
Although most of the Wake Island Marines and construction workers survived, the Japanese executed about 98 American construction workers that remained on the Island as slave laborers in October 1943. Five Marines were executed soon after the battle and about 45 Marines and civilians died in POW camps. Overall, they had a relatively high survivor rate for the Pacific War.
Part of the reason that the massacre of the 98 is known is that one guy escaped temporarily and carved "98 US PW 5-10-43" on a rock before being captured and eventually killed.
You should really take a look at his video on the Berlin Airlift.
Absolutely love your reactions vids.
I greatly enjoy your channel!
Side note, you have an incredible gift of pausing the video just before the punchlines! 😂
Wake Island did eventually fall to the Japanese. The people there (not just Marines) did put up a hell of a fight. It was a sad story.
It was sad because the rescue mission for the Marines was aborted. Inexcusable!
@@kokomo9764 It was. I assume the relief they could have sent would have been insufficient so I won't assume it was inexcusable. They may have not known that just a little help may have made all the difference. Sometimes you are blinded to the actual situation.
It was aborted because we lost too many vessels at Pearl Harbor and couldn't afford to risk an aircraft carrier. Agree or disagree it's reasonable. @@kokomo9764
My dad was on Wake Island, he went over as a 19-year-old young man as a carpenter. Shortly after arriving the war broke out they fought the Japanese off for 16 days before being captured. He remembers seeing the American flag coming down and the Japanese flag going up and he said when our flag does not fly there is no freedom. He saw our flag wadded up in a fishnet and Japanese used it for a door stop. He was a prisoner of war the whole four years.
Very True
11:46 Note, during this time, a good portion of the U.S. navy's main force was either destroyed or out of position
Moa and Stalin are accountable for 140-180 million death's of their own civilian's. The reason why Russia had the most death's in WW2 was because of Stalin's death marches, and alot were killed during the rising of the Iron curtain and starvation. Moa's leadership led to alot of mass execution's and starvation.
Pausing was out of control this time. Pause, finish your thought then play. The back to back pauses were killing us.
Gotta check out Roy Benavidez. "The green beret who went on a one man rampage to save his comrades".
It HAS to be pointed out that the US Navy's aircraft were FAR superior to the Japanese aircraft as FIGHTING platforms.
The Japanese planes were lighter, faster, tended to be more agile and often even had better gas mileage. HOWEVER, they were also VERY lightly armored (basically NONE except the strength of the wood to make them, and their guns were considered "too weak to be effective" by basically EVERYONE in WW 2). In short, they were "fast/agile planes with NO punch and too fragile to fight".
The US Navy's planes, on the other hand... were often accused of being TOO slow to be of any real use AND too "heavy" to be effective in a dogfight. However, in typical USA fashion.... what they lacked in speed and agility, they made up with BIG PUNCHING guns (4 .50cals as "standard" with some being modified with MORE than just 4 guns .. vs Japan's 2 .303 guns and 2 20mm guns that had a far bigger "drop" effect, requiring MORE "lead" to hit.... often resulting in the Japanese "Zero" to actually shoot BELOW what the pilot could see to properly lead their targets).
But in REALITY.... what you had with the Wildcats were USA Navy planes that were better armed, had better armor AND had engines powerful enough to outrun most Japanese planes AND were more agile than you would expect them to be. So, for several encounters in the Pacific (US/Japan dogfights) the USA Navy basically DOMINATED more encounters from sheer ability to both GET hit and TO hit the Japanese planes. Which is why at Wake, 2 airplanes could easily get into a fight and "out perform all expectations" because the tactics at the time REQUIRED Japanese planes to "stick together" (Wingman being close by) often leading to USA pilots being able to "quickly switch" from 1st target to the wingman of the 1st target and back again.
Is this guy crazy 4000 yards is a long way for a rifle specifically a ar m16 type rifle 1000 yds is a good shot
There's a movie called Midway that has a lot of information about the decisions having to be made by the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Americans got ships repaired and out faster than the Japanese expected, and there was a lot of unreliable information, with the Japanese needing to know how to equip their planes - for air battle or sea attack.
Another reason why the marines were extremely skilled soldiers is that the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7th 1941 and fighting started on December 8th to December 23rd on Wake Island several thousand miles past Hawaii. The Marines who were there wanted to be there. There wasn’t time to train newly enlisted or drafted soldiers. By the time the news of fighting at Wake Island reached American Soil they were already well into the battle. The Marines already had the reputation of being the “Hounds of Hell” and the “Devil’s War Dogs” or Devil Dogs that they earned in WWI from German Soldiers.
I believe there were some civilians who contributed to the fight, too!
This IS true!
There's a lot of controversy about whether Isoroku Yamamoto really wrote that.
The quote was originally brought to the Americans attention in the movie Toro Toro Toro which was well after Wake Island.
One of the many reasons the people who lived through that war are called 'The Greatest Generation'.
I’m not sure if you know who George Bush is, he was the 41st US President from 1988-1992. He continued to parachute up until his 90th birthday
8:10 Didn’t a German ship get sunk by a Norwegian coastal defense gun?
I don't think they won that battle though, versus the first battle of wake Island which was a win.
Us Marines are absolutely way outside the margins of statistics in every campaign they've ever been in
Loved your video. Another great one.
Great stories ❤
You should look up the Chichijima incident (also known as the Ogasawara incident) where Japanese soldier ate US soldier alive bit by bit
Lmao "now I get it America sends a bunch of backup and win." NOPE.
The reason why the US Government didn't help Wake is somewhat justified considering the situation. You have to remember that it happened a couple days after Pearl Harbor and the start of the war. Japan was already mobilized and had their navy in position for a war while America's navy was split between the Atlantic and Pacific and they had just lost their strongest force in the Pacific at pearl harbor with eight sunk or heavily damaged Battleships. The US did have 3 carriers in the pacific but that was against 6+ Japanese ones. The Japanese carriers had just proven their effectiveness at Pearl Harbor while the US carriers were untested and may have not been supplied with the right armaments and pilots for a major battle. A US force sent to save Wake could be destroyed before it could be properly prepared for a war and thousands of men could be lost to save hundreds. It was a pragmatic decision at the time.
And the US abandoned way more men in the Philippines than at Wake just a couple months after this. Again for the same reasons. Look up the Battle of Bataan and the Bataan Death March.
The Japanese had started the war and were ready to go from the onset while the US had to recover, build up, and fix a lot of things. Which they eventually did. Every country in the war had to make some tough calls and had to sacrifice some men somewhere. And stuff like this is why the modern US military spends so much effort building up war supplies all over the place now.
Unfortunately, our fleet wasn't able to respond to Wake Island. All of our battleships were out of action and wouldn't start coming back online until February 1942, 2 months after this battle started. We also only had 3 carriers with no combat experience vs their 6 highly-trained and battle-hardened carriers, and their surface combatants (cruisers and destroyers) dramatically outnumbered ours. And Japan at the time also had a mix of 11 battleships and battlecruisers, all of which could shrug off anything we could throw at them short of dive bombers and torpedo bombers for the duration of this battle.
Furthermore, and this wasn't known at the time, our standard torpedo at the time, the Mark 14 was almost worse than useless due to a shitload of design flaws that the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance flat-out refused to acknowledge while Japan had the Type 93 "Long Lance" which was the longest range and most powerful torpedo in the world. The Mark 14 had a maximum range of 8.2 km on its low speed setting (57 km/h, which is around 5.5 km/h to 11.1 km/h) slower than many of Japan's cruisers and destroyers) and 4.1 km on its high speed setting (85 km/h). The Type 93, on the other hand had a maximum range of 40.4 km on it's low speed setting (67 km/h) and 22 km on its high speed setting (93 km/h). Further, the Mark 14's warhead was between 230 and 292 kg of explosives while the Type 93's warhead was 490 kg.
To add to this, we didn't know if another attack on Pearl Harbor was going to occur and even if we did try to send out our fleet to assist in Wake Island, we'd be sending them into the teeth of a superior enemy fleet and all we would accomplish is to allow Japan to finish what they started at Pearl Harbor and destroy what we had left in one stroke.
Been watching your videos the last couple days enjoying them very much I subscribed not shure are you in Russia sorry if I'm wrong. I live in Moscow Indiana population 88 people most of them are Amish I see more horse an buggies than cars going by my house nice an peaceful here I live on the Flat River Amish are great neighbors they grow everything always bring food by lived here my entire life theres never been any crime here since I been alive we leave keys in are cars nobody locks doors we all have lots of firearms this is a rural area everyone hunts an has served in the military I spent 16yrs years in the marine corps 2003-2019 deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan feel blessed to live in a peaceful place. My family raises horses always have thats what what I do for a living know. What do you do for work where you live you speak English very well by the way
“That’s a start” hahaha I died laughing at that (as an American$, I died laughing 😂 five of my grandma’s brothers died liberating Europe! As we damn well should have. Currently it’s so gross we can’t vote for more Ukraine money - don’t worry, I’ve sent SO MANY nastygrams to the US reps opposing that aid.
My uncles didn’t die in Europe for us to be assholes with Ukraine
agreed
@@slightlySuperior too many generations ?? LOL to a gen x'er that's only 2 gens back. younger millenials MAYBE...3 gtfo
you should react to the texas revolution, it epxplains why texans are so patriotic to their state
I was thinking, "Remember the Alamo!" through this whole video. 😢 🪖 🇺🇸
@@lianabaddley8217 yeah so was i, it reminded me a lot of that
Have to remember Pearl Harbor damaged our navy terribly so options were hard to re-enforce
Don't worry about how often you pause a video after all it's your reaction. Have a great day.
You do understand the StormTrooper reference right?
I have to think you dont or you would have laughed when he said it...twice.
European Reacts: 450 Marines Vs The Imperial Japanese Navy - Wake Island
You may call Wake Island the Thermopylae of the Pacific in Europe but in the states we call it the Alamo of the Pacific.🙂
It is ALL true!!!
As a veteran this is why our country right to have guns is so important Japanese had a saying no way any country could attack them on American soil because Japanese said behind every blade of grass is a citizen with a gun , we have over 90 million people with guns every dictator around the world first took peoples guns now Biden wants our guns
sadly Japan had taken out the Pacific Fleet at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. The USA was low on ships and didn't want to risk them.
You asked in one of your videos why people thought you were Russian, because you're Portuguese. I lived in a small town with several thousand Russian Immigrants, and spoke with them on a daily basis. Your accent sounds exactly like theirs when you speak English. We're you born in Russia, or maybe did your parents move to Portugal when you were young?
Reminds me of a little tune called "AMERICA, FUCK YEAH" 🇺🇲
Early on in the war our navy wasn't that good so we couldn't do much.
I lnow this is small criticism. But, you should never refer to a Marine as a "soldier," they are Marines and that is how they should be referred to. We former Marines take offense at that.
American history is crazy when we talk about individuals. As you saw the political side sided with being safe and cost effective. Its all too true. Capitalism and democracy have major faults. They are just isolated with freedom. “What mama dont know. Dont hurt her” and it works lol.
"Oh, dat dzhapponeeese jarmy
as much as it sucked, leaving them alone on Wake was not a bad decision. America was in no position to contest for that island and ships they sent would have just been sunk in a vane attempt to throw good money after bad.
I'd be so ticked if I got an order to surrender when we were winning.
You ALWAYS say that "Oh, no, this is looking really bad for the Americans" you know that's when we DO IT.
YES this is actually true. 2:1 w/ Marines 'outnumbered'? NP. If their commander had not been an idiot and surrendered, I bet we'd have held the island for the duration.
Surrendering against an overwhelming force is neither stupidity or cowardice.
I would've thought every failed banzai charge or 'decisive battle' prove that
@@conservativedemocracyenjoyer at the point of surrender there was only 300 Japanese soldiers left. just over 400 Marines left, plus the civies. surrender WAS stupid at this point in time as they were the victors. At least in the sense of having the numerically superior force.
At 11:30 you have no idea......
They are US Marines - Loosing not really an option for these guys!
This information could save your life someday. Do not call a Marine a soldier. They are Marines, and they will fight you about it.
Pretty much the moral of the story is... Never piss off the United States Marines, they thrive off the impossible and make you regret every decision you've ever made in life if your so unfortunate as to get on their bad side 😂
" No better friend...No worst enemy. " 😁
And yes,you really paused a lot.
In fact it got frustrating after awhile.
Can you please stop pausing it and just let play
7 please watch more fat electrician
Too much pausing.
The problem with this guy as well as oversimplified history is they aren’t exactly square with the facts. He gets the general gist of it though.
Although possible for most of this to be based on truth and the exploits of Davey Crocket in WW2, the rest of the USA's WW2 exploits are the opposite.
The US soldiers were inept and famouse for killing more allies, and each other, than the enemy ever did .
Trained to march real " pretty " and kitted with the most advanced weaponry with full military , naval and air support.......the US soldier was untrained for combat and mostly inept.
Fatty electrician does not lie. He goes through extensive research to get to make these videos for us all to enjoy🫡🇺🇸