Here is information about the history of the Kyrgyz Khaganate, I hope you will make a video on this topic, it is very important for me, thank you in advance 👇 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BA%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8E ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%83 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D1%83%D0%B9%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%83-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B5 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B9%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82 ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B6%D0%BE
Many Filipinos remember General MacArthur, but have largely forgotten General Wainwright.. The Philippines awarded him the medal of valor, the philippine army highest honor (MacArthur was the other foreigner who got the award). However, unlike MacArthur, Wainwright stayed with his troops and fought until the end.
That's because the US government original plan was to abandoned the Philippines when the IJ forces invasion begun. MacArthur refuse and try to resist the invasion but when he realize his resistance is futile he follow the original plan he receives criticism from the media that if he had abandon the Philippines early there will only be few loses of US troops. And US original strategic island plan was to land in Formosa island (Taiwan) to support the Chinese rather than the Filipino because it has more advantage being closer to Japan. If it wasn't for MacArthur being a Head in the Asiatic fleet and his promised to return in the Philippines then we will suffered the Japanese occupation more than we ever did in this timeline. This shows how US truly don't care of the Philippines but their own interest but MacArthur fulfilled his promises. He may be the US hated ww2 general for now because of his disobedient nature calling him the Trump of the US forces. But he saved the Filipino more than the entire Allies did in ww2 which in my opinion he truly deserve the Philippine medal of Valor.
Honestly General Wainright is underrated, same with General Parker, and the other generals that I forgot the names of, and the US division stationed in Panay, where I'm from. I'm gonna share this to everyone😅
@@darkflamemaster6541MacArthur didn't want to leave and actually threatened to resign his commission and enlist in the Philippine army as a private. Roosevelt made a personal appeal for him to leave because it would be a propaganda coup for the Japanese if they could capture a four star general.
My grandfather was a survivor of the Bataan death march and he would recount that they would bury comrades who died along the march not knowing that it might be their bodies being buried the next day. Thank you for this documentary video.
My grandfather was also in the bataa death march..he had many opportunities to escape as he knew the area well. But he would not since he was an officer and knew the japanese would behead 10 ppl if an officer escaped. He died 2 months before the liberation. We got this message from survivors who were with him.
My late grandfather who hails from Pototan, Iloilo was a guerrilla fighter in Panay under the leadership of Col. Peralta. It was during the war that he met my teenaged grandmother who was supplying intel to the guerrillas and smuggling food and medical supplies. They got married after the war and was survived by 8 children and 28 grandchildren. Thank you Kings and Generals for making this video. Much appreciated.
@@nick.v.g yes we study ww2 especially the japanese occupation in detail. We studied the fall of bataan and corregidor though not in great detail like mentioning strategies, battle formations, etc. In fact, to ensure that those battles were never forgotten, the day bataan fell was marked as the Day of Valor and considered national holiday. The Japanese atrocities were also mentioned, especially the comfort women, kempeitai, etc. The continued struggle by not only the guerrillas but also ordinary filipino civilians, MacArthur's "I shall return" was also emphasized and his subsiquent fulfillment of his promise by landing in Tacloban, Leyte and the liberation of the Philippines. Most of the Filipinos still see MacArthur as hero though I do admit we weren't taught about MacArthur's mistakes and how narcissistic he is. And our view about Japanese people? Most of us see them nowadays in a greater light, in fact, many love Japan, including me as I want to visit the country one day. Plus Japan now is so different from Imperial Japan of the past. We even see them as allies as what worries us nowadays is freaking China with there ambitions on Taiwan and their continued bullying and occupations of OUR islands in the West Philippine Sea. If the literal powder keg that was Taiwan and South China Sea/WPS were lit, we'll see our islands as battlegrounds again like all those years ago. Still in regards to what the Japanese did in the past, I like to say "Forgive but not forget".
Thanks for your reply, I always like to hear about these things directly. I myself am Dutch with Jewish heritage. My family had a hard time when the Nazis came here. But nowadays just Like you guys we see the Germans as our allies and friends. Both armies are actually integrating with some divisions. And with China I do understand the fear you guys have. Both military are just not playing in the same league. Hopefully country's like Vietnam can steal some more jobs from the Chinese so they become a bit weaker.😁
My grandfather was forced to endure the death march after Bataan fell. He was then loaded onto a death ship and eventually brought to Japan where he was a prisoner of war and tortured for the remainder of the war. He taught me a lot of the Japanese language when I was a kid. He actually met a man in one of those camps who happened to have a picture of his beautiful niece and my grandfather was smitten immediately. After he returned back to the states he began correspondence with her in Michigan and they would eventually get married. My mother was born as their 3rd child in 1952 and in 1953 they decided to move to Texas to my grandfather’s home state. I’m glad they did because my mother met my father in Texas and now I’m here. 😊 My grandfather endured something terrible that I couldn’t even begin to imagine, but he also received a gift that is still giving to this day as he now has 9 great grandkids and already 3 great great grandsons as well!
Wait your grandfather married the baby of his sister? Maybe you translated that wrong, a niece is your sister or brothers child. Well i hope you translated it wrong if you didnt i guess things were different back then and rip to him.
@@TheGrimeekid read it again, there’s no translation mistake as I’m a native English speaker. He met a man who had a picture of his niece (the man’s niece who he met in camp, not my grandfather’s niece). He thought the man’s niece in the picture the man was carrying with him was beautiful. My grandfather was in prison camp with my grandmother’s uncle. She was an only child and he didn’t have any kids of his own and they were very close so he carried a picture of her with him.
Thanks! Great vid! Hit all the marks: US torpedo's that wouldn't explode, MacArthur bungling the early weeks of the campaign (and the suffering his mistakes caused the men under his command) The possibility of MacArthur ignoring direct orders in the hopes of the Philippines making a seperate peace with Imperial Japan (certainly treason) and getting promoted and the Medal of Honor for it. The FEAF being unprepared for war and decimated because of that (why no CAPs above the air fields, planes not dispersed, no extra patrols, observers, or picket boats along likely approaches). And if the 35 B17s had flown to Formosa, what would they have bombed and how many would have made it back? The only thing you missed was the ROYCE SPECIAL MISSION from April 11-13th an ad hoc squadron of B-25s and B-17s flew from Australia, staged out of Mindanao and bombed Japanese troops in the Philippines.
You may also want to mention that the PT boats used by the Philippine offshore patrol were actually British made, they actually were the blockade runners for bataan and corregidor. They smuggled medicine and radio parts from other military areas and slip them to Bataan-Corregidor area whilst heavy blockade. This may have forced the IJA/IJN to the early takeover Mindoro island to utilize as base for a much tighter blockade of patrol boats and destroyers. McArthur slipped through the blockade on a PT Boat/Q-Boat commanded by future Vice Admiral Bulkley
If they were British, they weren't PT Boats. IF they were British, and I don't recall ever reading about any British boats in the Philippines, they would have been MTBs- Motor Torpedo Boats.
@@mikeaguilar5764 they were bought by the Philippine commonwealth government before the us naval buildup of 1940. They predate serial production PT Boats. They were originally intended to just serve an offshore patrol unit of the Philippine Army before they were integrated to USAFFE. Its in a book somewhere that ord and Eisenhower recommended the purchase as part of commonwealth act no. 1 (Philippine National Defense Act)
@@jxmagno I did not know that. No e of what I've read over the decades mentions British-made boats there. But British torpedo boats were MTBs. Edit: Damn Auto-"correct."
@@mikeaguilar5764 PT Boats and MTB is a murky designation even in the allied navies. MTB was the pre WW2 designation of a type, then PT Boat designation was used as role/type designator for MTB mounted with torpedo tubes and launchers. Then a class of boats came out as PT Boats. Then there is the Q Boat designation to mean Quezon’s Boat. Its very confusing.
Thank you for covering this. My grandfather was taken prisoner by the japanese and was a part of the bataan death march. He made it home. My father said he would never speak of the things he endured. Wish I could of met him but he passed before I was born. I found this enlightening.
Thank you for this documentary and for highlighting the role of Filipino Guerillas in the war. In the U.S history books it is rarely recognized. And some Filipinos only glorify the Americans and seem to forget their own who sacrificed their lives for liberty. Today many Filipinos also seem to forget these events of the past. And are hooked on Japanese culture. I hope we Filipinos never forget our history! We forgive but we never forget! Don’t get me wrong I love Japan and it’s culture as well but I will never forget the sacrifices Americans and Filipinos did for my country! 🇵🇭
You do realize that America and the Philippines were at war with one another from 1899 to 1902, right? The U.S. defeated the Philippines, and established their military bases there. The only reason America helped to defend the Philippines against the Japanese is because America has military bases there. The Philippines is an independent nation on paper, but they rely on the United States for protection. If it were not for the presence of U.S. military power in the Philippines, China would have taken over the Philippines long, long ago. And today Japan is one of the United States' most loyal allies. If China became very aggressive against the Philippines today, you can be certain that both the U.S. and Japan would defend the Philippines. Isn't it really weird how the world works? Two nations can be enemies one moment, then be allies the next....
Incredible. Thanks for sharing this Kings and Generals. The Filipino and American resistance of the Philippines was some of the most famous, impressive, heartbreaking and storied fighting of the Second World War. So many heroic stories from that theatre to still be shared with the masses.
Really appreciate you going through the massive list of Guerrilla units that were organized during the Japanese Occupation. Most people aren't aware of just how significant and successful the Filipino guerrilla resistance was. Slight correction: the founders of the Hunters ROTC were junior Philippine Military Academy cadets (the senior cadets were inducted into the Philippine Army and sent into battle, but the younger ones were told to go home), but most of their initial recruits were undergraduate ROTC cadets. Excited to see how you guys will show how many guerrilla groups became frontline combat units during the Liberation Campaign of 1944-1945.
My Grandfather was part of the Luzon Guerrilla forces. He fought sometime after the Bataan march and became a captain. When he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Fort Santiago, my family went into hiding. One of those family members being my pregnant grandmother who would later give birth to my dad in 1944. My dad was born in a small little bunker hidden near a rice field. My grandpa later escaped by jumping into the nearby Pasig river during a prison riot. Where he continued the fight and later helped and fought side by side with the Americans to liberate Manila. Another cool but terrible thing is that when my dad was an infant, the Japanese were retreating back and in retaliation started executing any Filipino they see. They were literally right on top of the bunker where my family was hidden so my dads aunt had to hold his mouth shut so he wouldn’t cry till he turned blue, considering I am alive rn it obviously saved my family’s life. Thanks for telling about the part of WWII that is often forgotten by anyone not filipino.
1:40:25 "President Quezon had visited Tokyo in 1938, where Japanese officials told him that Japan had no aggressive intentions towards the Philippines and only wanted trade." This is very sus, and might happen again with CHINA-PH relations.
Kings and Generals, thank you for making a two hour long video about our country and there are a lot of information that I didn’t were fascinating to understand more about the guerilla against the Japanese. - Greetings from The Philippines ❤❤❤
rhank you for this video.. i never knew how the USAFE AND Filipino soldiers fought and this showed it. Awesome video. I am an American Filipino.. my American great grandfather was a civilian a POW in UST/ bilibid prison during the whole WW2.. he was one of the 4000+ civilians american / British who were bank presidents, corporate executives, business owners , American commonwealth govt officials and their families. He survived the war but never fully recovered...died early ' 52...my Lola was Filipina.. 2 of my grand uncles were in USAAFE Philippine Scouts and was in Bataan..Did the Death March.. but got sick upon reaching Capas then died ..they were young men aged 21 & 24... They're now buried at the American cemetery in fort Bonifacio ( fort McKinley).. God bless America and Mabuhay ang Pilipinas
it may be worth to mention that maj eisenhower and maj ord who were from the army war plans office in DC, good planning officers, were specifically assigned to McArthur to select WPO3 and Rainbow 5 (provisional) sites for staging areas and airfields (they even processed the purchase of land thru Quezon's office). To expedite their task they took flying lessons in the Philippine Army Air Corps as their oldest flying students. They did all their site selection and survey via biplane (Ord died in a plane crash in one of these sorties). Vigan Field, Tugerarao Field, Iba Field and Del Carmen Field as well as the conversion of Fort Stotsenburg into clark field was the product of this build up activity as part of McArthurs mandate, executed by Eisenhower and Ord.
My best friend's maternal great-grandfather was Wainwright's personal chef. He wanted to stay with Wainwright but the general sent him away, saying he needed to look after his young wife (who was either pregnant or just had their first child). And then, the Bataan death march happened. He had a lot of guilt for it. Im not sure if he would have survived it, but he went on to have my bestie's grandfather. Im sharing this docu to my bestie cause it holds as much of her family history as it does mine; my father's from Cagayan de Oro, and my mother's from La Union, near San Fernando. This docu's def gonna make the rounds in my family. :D amazing job, once again.
Shortly before the final Japanese attack on the Orion-Bagac line, a group of 35 American volunteers, under the command of Lt. Robert W. Lapham, managed to sneak through the Japanese lines. Their mission was to sneak their way to Clark airfield, 50 miles to the north and blow up as many Japanese planes as they could. However, only 10 miles from their target, the forces on Bataan surrendered. Instead of surrendering, they decided to split up and head for the hills. Lapham's intelligence would play a crucial role in the raid on Cabanatuan POW camp on 30 January 1945, which saved 550 starving Death March survivors from certain death at the hands of their guards.
Excellent work, K&G! There are so many untold stories of the Philippine Resistance. Even this detailed account can only begin to convey the scale of the events that involved thousands of soldiers & civilians who took incredible risks for the cause of freedom. My father was one of them, who as a sergeant of the Philippine Scouts HQ Division escaped capture at Bataan and joined a group of remnants of the 21st Infantry Regiment, later absorbed into Major Ramsey's Guerrilla Army. Dad told me nothing of his wartime experiences. When I obtained his Army records after his death, I finally understood why (children of veterans will know what I mean).
I have come across so many documentaries about the events in the Philippines during WW2 but this documentary is so detailed and as a Filipino, I am impressed. Thank you for sharing!
My uncle PFC Leon Quin "Huck" Hoxie was part of the 27th Bomb Group Light. He was stationed at an airfield south of Manila, Part of Operation Plum. The group's planes never got to the Philippines being diverted to Brisbane Australia. The lead elements of the group arrived in early November. After December 8th the group was sent to Bataan. Key personnel were shipped out by submarine. My uncle was not one of them. When Bataan flee he survived the Death March, but died of beriberi in Zero Ward of Cabanatuan P.O.W. Camp. He was buried 3 times. At the prison camp then the national cemetery north of Manila and then in the family plot in his home town in the summer of 1949.
Happy New Year everyone 😊 Heres to a new year with growing relations between the US and Philippines! My grandfather fought in the Pacific war so watching these makes me realize what he went through. Sending love to the Philippines ❤ 🇺🇸🇵🇭
I'm glad you made this full-length documentary, K&G. One thing I noticed is that the urban sprawl of the Manila metropolitan area appears to show its current huge extent. Manila was much smaller in 1941.
General Douglas MacArthur may have done some blunders, but he shouldn't be blamed solely for those. Variables like Fog of War, political considerations, defective torpedoes, timing of Japanese invasion and the Japanese themselves are more to blame. Many youth and modern historians today may hate him now, but the Filipinos who were there at that time (our grand parents) saw him as a hope and a liberator. It is rightfully so, and a must, that we study both MacArthur's failures and triumphs. So that we learn from his mistakes, and hail his successes and his love for the Filipinos. General Douglas MacArthur, human as he is, will always be a Filipino hero, OUR HERO. Thank you @Kings and Generals for this informative documentary. Hoping you cover more about the Battle for the Philippines, from 1943 all the way to end of war.
Even after watching the video, despite having a huge section on the failures of MacArthur, you can tell that he truly cared for the Filipino people. No preemptive bombing run because he was hoping that Japan wouldn't attack to begin with, avoiding bloodshed. And not initially committing to WPO-3, as the video said, he thought it was a "defeatist" strategy so he wanted to try to defend all of the philippines. Obviously, in hindsight, knowing how history played out, we can say he made naive decisions, but I think he's still seen in a good light for good reasons, I don't see any crime in it.
I surprisingly learned a lot from this. Before watching, I only knew about what happened in Luzon during the Japanese invasion. I barely had any knowledge of what was going on in Visayas and Mindanao. Macarthur was the only commander I knew of during the campaign, but there were more heroic ones like Wainwright, Sharp, and Filipino officers like Capinpin. Another thing I was surprised you covered were the Filipino guerilla groups that formed after the fall of the Philippines. I didn't know they were organized into military districts and regiments. Thank you so much for covering the Philippines Campaign and more! It was well worth the two hours!
This documentary is excellent for those who do not know about the real horrors during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Here it shows how the Filipino and American allies gave everything they've got, including giving up their lives to save us and continue our way of life.
Perfect timing... just saw the Fall of Malaya documentary and was searching your channel for the fall of the Phillippines! Excellent content, keep it up!!
Thank you for covering this important campaign. My grand uncle, private Alberto Rayla of the Philippine Scout 86th field artillery battalion, served in this campaign. You honor his sacrifice by providing an excellent material from which future generations of his people can learn about the Pacific War.
1:03:58 My grandfather from my father's side was stationed in his hometown, Oton, just west of Iloilo. They fled to the mountains of Antique just as they got word from Christie to flee and initiate a guerilla war there. For the rest of the war, they fought in the mountains, mainly settling on a midpoint on Mount Baloy. Often times, low-lying Japanese recon planes would pass by their encampment, but rarely they were spotted. My favorite moment however, is that one day, my grandpa and four other dudes got captured by a Japanese platoon patrolling nearby during one of those raids on ammo depots. And just as they were about to execute him (the four dudes are already beheaded by then), he merely fainted due to the blade giving him too much chills., thus sparing his life somehow. He is then rescued by an intelligence officer working for the Japanese, and helped him flee back to the mountains. He survived the war, and passed away in 1998. I'm quite happy that the lesser known fronts in Visayas and Mindanao gets some spotlight. :D
This kind of long videos, however difficult they can be for you to make and profit from, are really enjoyable when talking on this kind of campaign. They allow you to make a full picture of it in one go and that's somewhat easier to follow.
You've outdone yourself with this. Good details on each chapter. Also, I was expecting MacArthur's blunders but I wasn't expecting the local resistance and guerilla details. Rarely laid out discussed these days.
It’s crazy to watch this and have family stories that color how awful everything really was. From my grandfather being caught up in the death march to other family members enduring bombings and attacks from both the Japanese and the Americans, to dealing with family, friends and neighbors dying from violence and starvation. There’s a Japanese bayonet still hanging in the old family house and we held on to the money issued by the Japanese during that time, as a reminder how close my family line actually came to not existing and that life is all the more precious from having to endure and survive hardship.
Tuguegarao (Two-Geg-Ar-awe) and Baguio (Bag- yo') , other than these two, all your pronounciations are mighty nice mate, bloody good even. thanks for this long video compilation of the Philippine campaign!
He pronounced so so many places wrong but half were correct and he had to name at least 100 places if not more so im not hating, but panay, iloilo, kalibo, visayas etc he all got wrong lol. Easy to guess what island i live on haha.
it's hilarious hearing him butchered those towns and cities names 😂 i mean if he had spent so much time with research to produce this, surely he could have researched as well how to pronounce these names 😅 regardless, i think this is hands down the best detailed docu about this campaign that's ever been uploaded on youtube. so no hating as well 😏👍🏻
This feel like watching a documentary and at the same time feels like playing a game like Age of Aempires! The attention to details is perfect! For someone of a WW2 nerd like me this is special!! SUBSCRIBED!!
i love the dedication you guys made for this 2-hour yet informative video on the Pacific front especially in the Philippines Campaign. I hope to see more with the same length since it really is worth the watch.
Thank you for making this video. My great-grandfather was a prominent politician when the Japanese took over and secretly financed guerilla groups with his own money and practice as a doctor. Eventually, the Kempeitai found out and he was arrested while he was hearing mass in church. Imprisoned in Fort Santiago and tortured by the Japanese, he created a paper rosary out of toilet paper and mass leaflets that were in his pocket upon capture just to keep himself sane. He escaped prison during the liberation of Manila and resumed his career as a politician. To this day, there is a street named after him in our city.
Excellent historical documentary. The defense of Bataan and Corregidor lasting well over four months was the greatest defensive achievement of WW2 done without resupply or reinforcement and credit to the bravery and brilliance of the Filipino and American armed forces officers and men delaying the timeline of the Japanese significantly.
I lived in the Philippines from 1957 until I graduated from high school in 1968. In the rice patties in the back of our house were the remains of a Japanese R&R center. I heard many stories about the Japanese atrocities inflicted on the Filipinos in our bario. When I was there, I couldn't have had more hospitable friends from the barrio. I had the privilege of visiting many battlefield sites. I met many resilient Filipinos. I really enjoyed the excellent factual accounts of the WW2 campaign. Thanks (maraming salamat po)
Thank you for this! As someone from Bataan and has grandparents who experienced the horrors of the war, this video really opened my eyes to what happened.
As a Filipino who had great-grandfathers who fought in the war (a mexican-american officer who was stationed at Samar, and a university professor who became a spy for the Filipino and American guerillas in Visayas particularly in the island of Bohol) I never fully grasped why my grandparents always tell me that MacArthur was no hero. I was only told that he was incompetent, indecisive and cowardly. Thank you for making this video, hopefully more people will know this documentary.
Salipada K. Pindaton is not just a Muslim Datu but he was an Actual Army Major of the Philippine Army and was a Philippine Military Academy graduate himself.
I am not frm philippines but been there and saw bataan and travelled the death march route. Do not know how many saw the pit where they put american pow but man the place will make hell look like a children’s park . Salute the brave souls . ❤ from India.
One thing I've always wondered is why General Sharp was never ordered to reinforce Bataan... but then the high command had already decided to abandon the Philippines in favor of a leap-frogging strategy by the US Navy.
Thank you for this comprehensive video history of the Philippines during WW2. Special thanks on details of the Guirella struggle against the Japanese occupation.. More videos please
I like history.. Much so because its about my country.. I appreciate foreigners puting emphasis on our history and it is sad that we Filipinos do not. Thank you, Sir
thanks for this great documented history of philippines, my great grandfathers are part of the guerilla group called HUKBALAHAP; the Vinzon of bicol and also the Paulino of samar. Quezon is a great leader, he prioritize the safety of the Pilipino populace even under a threat of attack, and it somehow become disadvantageous to military operation of McArthur. This is an another great information unknown for me. Thanks again!
I met Glen Fraiser. He was captured at Bataan and endured the death March. He wrote a book called “Hell Guest”. So honored to have met him. A true hero.
Great stuff, really glad to see how the war progressed and not just a summary of what went down. I know this might've been echoed by others already but as a local I have a small gripe with the pronunciations of places.
As a Filipino and long time follower of this channel since 2018, I’m proud that this channel produced a video series that are complete with maps, visuals, and strategies. And I will say this confidently, this video will produce more than 400,000 views in less than 3 months (fingers cross) because Filipinos would flock to this video due to our nationalist pride.
Cause of this video i remember my late grand father, who used to become a guerilla in Pangasinan. I still remember that he used to give us 50 pesos every month from his pension. RIP Lolo Modesto Organo 😢
this video should have been called: "the japanese conquest of the philippines" as the actual title implies it would cover the eventual liberation of the philipines as well
Nice! I'm almost through he Pacific War Podcast and getting to the end of the Fall of the Philippines. Just finished the segment of the Battling Bastards of Bataan.
Our ancestors really fought till the end. They fought guerrilla warfares while most of the US forces were POWs and waited to be rescued. Mabuhay ang mga Pinoy!
Amazing! A Filipino avid fan of Kings and Generals here. This is just a comment. You could have consulted a Filipino on the proper pronunciation of the names of places to make it more pleasing especially to us. Although it was pronounced in the American way, it's still a 5-star rating for me. I have a request for a video on the Spanish conquest of the Philippines, with highlights on the Battle of Mactan. Long Live Kings and Generals!
This brought back memories of my grandfather. He was a sergeant in the USAFFE. A radioman if i remember correctly. He escaped being sent on the death march by taking to the mountains with a few other survivors and waging unconventional warfare, intel gathering, and sabotage during the occupation. One of his favorite stories was when he was on a scouting mission with a few others to locate Japanese encampments and positions and was given strict orders not to engage in a firefight. On the way back, his group came face to face with Japanese scouts and was forced to hightail it back into the mountains while being shot at. I think he avoided telling us about the more brutal aspects of the occupation since we were just kids.
This was a very detailed and well-made video. Good job. The part where you circled back to MacArthur's blunders was kind of jarring because it came after you completed showing how the whole Philippine Campaign ended. still good though.
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Many Filipinos remember General MacArthur, but have largely forgotten General Wainwright.. The Philippines awarded him the medal of valor, the philippine army highest honor (MacArthur was the other foreigner who got the award). However, unlike MacArthur, Wainwright stayed with his troops and fought until the end.
That's because the US government original plan was to abandoned the Philippines when the IJ forces invasion begun. MacArthur refuse and try to resist the invasion but when he realize his resistance is futile he follow the original plan he receives criticism from the media that if he had abandon the Philippines early there will only be few loses of US troops. And US original strategic island plan was to land in Formosa island (Taiwan) to support the Chinese rather than the Filipino because it has more advantage being closer to Japan. If it wasn't for MacArthur being a Head in the Asiatic fleet and his promised to return in the Philippines then we will suffered the Japanese occupation more than we ever did in this timeline. This shows how US truly don't care of the Philippines but their own interest but MacArthur fulfilled his promises. He may be the US hated ww2 general for now because of his disobedient nature calling him the Trump of the US forces. But he saved the Filipino more than the entire Allies did in ww2 which in my opinion he truly deserve the Philippine medal of Valor.
that's because Gen. Wainwright was ordered to stay, and Gen. MacArthur was ordered to leave. They're both following orders as a soldier.
Honestly General Wainright is underrated, same with General Parker, and the other generals that I forgot the names of, and the US division stationed in Panay, where I'm from. I'm gonna share this to everyone😅
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@@darkflamemaster6541MacArthur didn't want to leave and actually threatened to resign his commission and enlist in the Philippine army as a private. Roosevelt made a personal appeal for him to leave because it would be a propaganda coup for the Japanese if they could capture a four star general.
My grandfather was a survivor of the Bataan death march and he would recount that they would bury comrades who died along the march not knowing that it might be their bodies being buried the next day. Thank you for this documentary video.
My grandfather was in the death march as well. New Mexico 200th coast artillery!
Well, I give both of you a salute 🫡
my grandfather deserted😑
My grand grand grandfather was in the death march too
My grandfather was also in the bataa death march..he had many opportunities to escape as he knew the area well. But he would not since he was an officer and knew the japanese would behead 10 ppl if an officer escaped. He died 2 months before the liberation. We got this message from survivors who were with him.
My late grandfather who hails from Pototan, Iloilo was a guerrilla fighter in Panay under the leadership of Col. Peralta. It was during the war that he met my teenaged grandmother who was supplying intel to the guerrillas and smuggling food and medical supplies. They got married after the war and was survived by 8 children and 28 grandchildren.
Thank you Kings and Generals for making this video. Much appreciated.
We really need to have a National Memorial Day for Major Peralta in Panay
As a Filipino, thank you for this amazing 2 hour documentary about this campaign. Keep it up Kings and Generals!
I'm wondering, does the Philippines education system teach about this kind of history?
And how is the sentiment to japanese people nowadays?
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@@nick.v.g yes we study ww2 especially the japanese occupation in detail. We studied the fall of bataan and corregidor though not in great detail like mentioning strategies, battle formations, etc. In fact, to ensure that those battles were never forgotten, the day bataan fell was marked as the Day of Valor and considered national holiday. The Japanese atrocities were also mentioned, especially the comfort women, kempeitai, etc. The continued struggle by not only the guerrillas but also ordinary filipino civilians, MacArthur's "I shall return" was also emphasized and his subsiquent fulfillment of his promise by landing in Tacloban, Leyte and the liberation of the Philippines. Most of the Filipinos still see MacArthur as hero though I do admit we weren't taught about MacArthur's mistakes and how narcissistic he is.
And our view about Japanese people? Most of us see them nowadays in a greater light, in fact, many love Japan, including me as I want to visit the country one day. Plus Japan now is so different from Imperial Japan of the past. We even see them as allies as what worries us nowadays is freaking China with there ambitions on Taiwan and their continued bullying and occupations of OUR islands in the West Philippine Sea. If the literal powder keg that was Taiwan and South China Sea/WPS were lit, we'll see our islands as battlegrounds again like all those years ago. Still in regards to what the Japanese did in the past, I like to say "Forgive but not forget".
Thanks for your reply,
I always like to hear about these things directly.
I myself am Dutch with Jewish heritage.
My family had a hard time when the Nazis came here. But nowadays just Like you guys we see the Germans as our allies and friends.
Both armies are actually integrating with some divisions.
And with China I do understand the fear you guys have. Both military are just not playing in the same league.
Hopefully country's like Vietnam can steal some more jobs from the Chinese so they become a bit weaker.😁
@@nick.v.g lol both nazis dutch or german or jews not diffirence criminals.
My grandfather was forced to endure the death march after Bataan fell. He was then loaded onto a death ship and eventually brought to Japan where he was a prisoner of war and tortured for the remainder of the war. He taught me a lot of the Japanese language when I was a kid. He actually met a man in one of those camps who happened to have a picture of his beautiful niece and my grandfather was smitten immediately. After he returned back to the states he began correspondence with her in Michigan and they would eventually get married. My mother was born as their 3rd child in 1952 and in 1953 they decided to move to Texas to my grandfather’s home state. I’m glad they did because my mother met my father in Texas and now I’m here. 😊 My grandfather endured something terrible that I couldn’t even begin to imagine, but he also received a gift that is still giving to this day as he now has 9 great grandkids and already 3 great great grandsons as well!
Wait your grandfather married the baby of his sister? Maybe you translated that wrong, a niece is your sister or brothers child. Well i hope you translated it wrong if you didnt i guess things were different back then and rip to him.
@@TheGrimeekid read it again, there’s no translation mistake as I’m a native English speaker. He met a man who had a picture of his niece (the man’s niece who he met in camp, not my grandfather’s niece). He thought the man’s niece in the picture the man was carrying with him was beautiful. My grandfather was in prison camp with my grandmother’s uncle. She was an only child and he didn’t have any kids of his own and they were very close so he carried a picture of her with him.
@@heathmahaffey2342 my bad im a little drunk lol.
@@heathmahaffey2342Dang. What a wonderful wingman
Thanks! Great vid! Hit all the marks: US torpedo's that wouldn't explode, MacArthur bungling the early weeks of the campaign (and the suffering his mistakes caused the men under his command) The possibility of MacArthur ignoring direct orders in the hopes of the Philippines making a seperate peace with Imperial Japan (certainly treason) and getting promoted and the Medal of Honor for it. The FEAF being unprepared for war and decimated because of that (why no CAPs above the air fields, planes not dispersed, no extra patrols, observers, or picket boats along likely approaches). And if the 35 B17s had flown to Formosa, what would they have bombed and how many would have made it back?
The only thing you missed was the ROYCE SPECIAL MISSION from April 11-13th an ad hoc squadron of B-25s and B-17s flew from Australia, staged out of Mindanao and bombed Japanese troops in the Philippines.
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You may also want to mention that the PT boats used by the Philippine offshore patrol were actually British made, they actually were the blockade runners for bataan and corregidor. They smuggled medicine and radio parts from other military areas and slip them to Bataan-Corregidor area whilst heavy blockade. This may have forced the IJA/IJN to the early takeover Mindoro island to utilize as base for a much tighter blockade of patrol boats and destroyers. McArthur slipped through the blockade on a PT Boat/Q-Boat commanded by future Vice Admiral Bulkley
If they were British, they weren't PT Boats. IF they were British, and I don't recall ever reading about any British boats in the Philippines, they would have been MTBs- Motor Torpedo Boats.
@@mikeaguilar5764 they were bought by the Philippine commonwealth government before the us naval buildup of 1940. They predate serial production PT Boats. They were originally intended to just serve an offshore patrol unit of the Philippine Army before they were integrated to USAFFE. Its in a book somewhere that ord and Eisenhower recommended the purchase as part of commonwealth act no. 1 (Philippine National Defense Act)
@@jxmagno I did not know that. No e of what I've read over the decades mentions British-made boats there. But British torpedo boats were MTBs.
Edit: Damn Auto-"correct."
@@mikeaguilar5764 PT Boats and MTB is a murky designation even in the allied navies. MTB was the pre WW2 designation of a type, then PT Boat designation was used as role/type designator for MTB mounted with torpedo tubes and launchers. Then a class of boats came out as PT Boats. Then there is the Q Boat designation to mean Quezon’s Boat. Its very confusing.
@@jxmagno Considering that what ended up becoming the US Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat was an American version of an early MTB, that is somewhat true.
Thank you for covering this. My grandfather was taken prisoner by the japanese and was a part of the bataan death march. He made it home. My father said he would never speak of the things he endured. Wish I could of met him but he passed before I was born. I found this enlightening.
As Filipino and someone majoring in history, I’m grateful for this 2 hour documentary and appreciate it with all my heart ❤️🔥
Brilliant job Kings and Generals! This two-hour video completely explains WW2 Philippines more than what our teachers taught us in ten years!
Thank you for this documentary and for highlighting the role of Filipino Guerillas in the war. In the U.S history books it is rarely recognized. And some Filipinos only glorify the Americans and seem to forget their own who sacrificed their lives for liberty. Today many Filipinos also seem to forget these events of the past. And are hooked on Japanese culture. I hope we Filipinos never forget our history! We forgive but we never forget! Don’t get me wrong I love Japan and it’s culture as well but I will never forget the sacrifices Americans and Filipinos did for my country! 🇵🇭
Long live the fighters, long live the Filipino Fighters
You do realize that America and the Philippines were at war with one another from 1899 to 1902, right? The U.S. defeated the Philippines, and established their military bases there. The only reason America helped to defend the Philippines against the Japanese is because America has military bases there. The Philippines is an independent nation on paper, but they rely on the United States for protection. If it were not for the presence of U.S. military power in the Philippines, China would have taken over the Philippines long, long ago. And today Japan is one of the United States' most loyal allies. If China became very aggressive against the Philippines today, you can be certain that both the U.S. and Japan would defend the Philippines.
Isn't it really weird how the world works? Two nations can be enemies one moment, then be allies the next....
Incredible. Thanks for sharing this Kings and Generals. The Filipino and American resistance of the Philippines was some of the most famous, impressive, heartbreaking and storied fighting of the Second World War. So many heroic stories from that theatre to still be shared with the masses.
Really appreciate you going through the massive list of Guerrilla units that were organized during the Japanese Occupation. Most people aren't aware of just how significant and successful the Filipino guerrilla resistance was. Slight correction: the founders of the Hunters ROTC were junior Philippine Military Academy cadets (the senior cadets were inducted into the Philippine Army and sent into battle, but the younger ones were told to go home), but most of their initial recruits were undergraduate ROTC cadets.
Excited to see how you guys will show how many guerrilla groups became frontline combat units during the Liberation Campaign of 1944-1945.
My Grandfather was part of the Luzon Guerrilla forces. He fought sometime after the Bataan march and became a captain. When he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Fort Santiago, my family went into hiding. One of those family members being my pregnant grandmother who would later give birth to my dad in 1944. My dad was born in a small little bunker hidden near a rice field. My grandpa later escaped by jumping into the nearby Pasig river during a prison riot. Where he continued the fight and later helped and fought side by side with the Americans to liberate Manila. Another cool but terrible thing is that when my dad was an infant, the Japanese were retreating back and in retaliation started executing any Filipino they see. They were literally right on top of the bunker where my family was hidden so my dads aunt had to hold his mouth shut so he wouldn’t cry till he turned blue, considering I am alive rn it obviously saved my family’s life. Thanks for telling about the part of WWII that is often forgotten by anyone not filipino.
As an American born in The Phillipines in 1960..growing up there the echoes of WW2 were still pervasive..well done!
1:40:25 "President Quezon had visited Tokyo in 1938, where Japanese officials told him that Japan had no aggressive intentions towards the Philippines and only wanted trade." This is very sus, and might happen again with CHINA-PH relations.
Kings and Generals, thank you for making a two hour long video about our country and there are a lot of information that I didn’t were fascinating to understand more about the guerilla against the Japanese.
- Greetings from The Philippines ❤❤❤
rhank you for this video.. i never knew how the USAFE AND Filipino soldiers fought and this showed it. Awesome video.
I am an American Filipino.. my American great grandfather was a civilian a POW in UST/ bilibid prison during the whole WW2.. he was one of the 4000+ civilians american / British who were bank presidents, corporate executives, business owners , American commonwealth govt officials and their families. He survived the war but never fully recovered...died early ' 52...my Lola was Filipina..
2 of my grand uncles were in USAAFE Philippine Scouts and was in Bataan..Did the Death March.. but got sick upon reaching Capas then died ..they were young men aged 21 & 24... They're now buried at the American cemetery in fort Bonifacio ( fort McKinley).. God bless America and Mabuhay ang Pilipinas
it may be worth to mention that maj eisenhower and maj ord who were from the army war plans office in DC, good planning officers, were specifically assigned to McArthur to select WPO3 and Rainbow 5 (provisional) sites for staging areas and airfields (they even processed the purchase of land thru Quezon's office). To expedite their task they took flying lessons in the Philippine Army Air Corps as their oldest flying students. They did all their site selection and survey via biplane (Ord died in a plane crash in one of these sorties). Vigan Field, Tugerarao Field, Iba Field and Del Carmen Field as well as the conversion of Fort Stotsenburg into clark field was the product of this build up activity as part of McArthurs mandate, executed by Eisenhower and Ord.
Don't worry Kings and General, once you mention Philippine you are now summoning the entire nation to watch this.
Amazing. Puts what, two 15+ minute videos a week for who knows how long and then drops a 2 hour video. Great work
My best friend's maternal great-grandfather was Wainwright's personal chef. He wanted to stay with Wainwright but the general sent him away, saying he needed to look after his young wife (who was either pregnant or just had their first child). And then, the Bataan death march happened. He had a lot of guilt for it. Im not sure if he would have survived it, but he went on to have my bestie's grandfather.
Im sharing this docu to my bestie cause it holds as much of her family history as it does mine; my father's from Cagayan de Oro, and my mother's from La Union, near San Fernando. This docu's def gonna make the rounds in my family.
:D amazing job, once again.
Shortly before the final Japanese attack on the Orion-Bagac line, a group of 35 American volunteers, under the command of Lt. Robert W. Lapham, managed to sneak through the Japanese lines. Their mission was to sneak their way to Clark airfield, 50 miles to the north and blow up as many Japanese planes as they could. However, only 10 miles from their target, the forces on Bataan surrendered.
Instead of surrendering, they decided to split up and head for the hills. Lapham's intelligence would play a crucial role in the raid on Cabanatuan POW camp on 30 January 1945, which saved 550 starving Death March survivors from certain death at the hands of their guards.
Excellent work, K&G! There are so many untold stories of the Philippine Resistance. Even this detailed account can only begin to convey the scale of the events that involved thousands of soldiers & civilians who took incredible risks for the cause of freedom. My father was one of them, who as a sergeant of the Philippine Scouts HQ Division escaped capture at Bataan and joined a group of remnants of the 21st Infantry Regiment, later absorbed into Major Ramsey's Guerrilla Army. Dad told me nothing of his wartime experiences. When I obtained his Army records after his death, I finally understood why (children of veterans will know what I mean).
Filipino fought till the end. Our ancestors really wanted freedom which the present generations enjoy today
Mindanao has unlimited stories of this home of veterans ,rebels and vigilantes aka guerrilla past to present..
I have come across so many documentaries about the events in the Philippines during WW2 but this documentary is so detailed and as a Filipino, I am impressed. Thank you for sharing!
My uncle PFC Leon Quin "Huck" Hoxie was part of the 27th Bomb Group Light. He was stationed at an airfield south of Manila, Part of Operation Plum. The group's planes never got to the Philippines being diverted to Brisbane Australia. The lead elements of the group arrived in early November. After December 8th the group was sent to Bataan. Key personnel were shipped out by submarine. My uncle was not one of them. When Bataan flee he survived the Death March, but died of beriberi in Zero Ward of Cabanatuan P.O.W. Camp. He was buried 3 times. At the prison camp then the national cemetery north of Manila and then in the family plot in his home town in the summer of 1949.
Thank you for also shedding light on the rarely talked about Visayas and Mindanao fronts. My first time hearing them in depth like this
Happy New Year everyone 😊
Heres to a new year with growing relations between the US and Philippines! My grandfather fought in the Pacific war so watching these makes me realize what he went through. Sending love to the Philippines ❤ 🇺🇸🇵🇭
I'm glad you made this full-length documentary, K&G.
One thing I noticed is that the urban sprawl of the Manila metropolitan area appears to show its current huge extent. Manila was much smaller in 1941.
General Douglas MacArthur may have done some blunders, but he shouldn't be blamed solely for those. Variables like Fog of War, political considerations, defective torpedoes, timing of Japanese invasion and the Japanese themselves are more to blame. Many youth and modern historians today may hate him now, but the Filipinos who were there at that time (our grand parents) saw him as a hope and a liberator. It is rightfully so, and a must, that we study both MacArthur's failures and triumphs. So that we learn from his mistakes, and hail his successes and his love for the Filipinos. General Douglas MacArthur, human as he is, will always be a Filipino hero, OUR HERO. Thank you @Kings and Generals for this informative documentary. Hoping you cover more about the Battle for the Philippines, from 1943 all the way to end of war.
Even after watching the video, despite having a huge section on the failures of MacArthur, you can tell that he truly cared for the Filipino people. No preemptive bombing run because he was hoping that Japan wouldn't attack to begin with, avoiding bloodshed. And not initially committing to WPO-3, as the video said, he thought it was a "defeatist" strategy so he wanted to try to defend all of the philippines. Obviously, in hindsight, knowing how history played out, we can say he made naive decisions, but I think he's still seen in a good light for good reasons, I don't see any crime in it.
I surprisingly learned a lot from this. Before watching, I only knew about what happened in Luzon during the Japanese invasion. I barely had any knowledge of what was going on in Visayas and Mindanao. Macarthur was the only commander I knew of during the campaign, but there were more heroic ones like Wainwright, Sharp, and Filipino officers like Capinpin. Another thing I was surprised you covered were the Filipino guerilla groups that formed after the fall of the Philippines. I didn't know they were organized into military districts and regiments. Thank you so much for covering the Philippines Campaign and more! It was well worth the two hours!
This documentary is excellent for those who do not know about the real horrors during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Here it shows how the Filipino and American allies gave everything they've got, including giving up their lives to save us and continue our way of life.
Perfect timing... just saw the Fall of Malaya documentary and was searching your channel for the fall of the Phillippines! Excellent content, keep it up!!
The amount of research it must take to make these videos is astonishing.
Thank you for covering this important campaign. My grand uncle, private Alberto Rayla of the Philippine Scout 86th field artillery battalion, served in this campaign. You honor his sacrifice by providing an excellent material from which future generations of his people can learn about the Pacific War.
1:03:58 My grandfather from my father's side was stationed in his hometown, Oton, just west of Iloilo. They fled to the mountains of Antique just as they got word from Christie to flee and initiate a guerilla war there.
For the rest of the war, they fought in the mountains, mainly settling on a midpoint on Mount Baloy. Often times, low-lying Japanese recon planes would pass by their encampment, but rarely they were spotted.
My favorite moment however, is that one day, my grandpa and four other dudes got captured by a Japanese platoon patrolling nearby during one of those raids on ammo depots. And just as they were about to execute him (the four dudes are already beheaded by then), he merely fainted due to the blade giving him too much chills., thus sparing his life somehow. He is then rescued by an intelligence officer working for the Japanese, and helped him flee back to the mountains.
He survived the war, and passed away in 1998.
I'm quite happy that the lesser known fronts in Visayas and Mindanao gets some spotlight. :D
The Philippine Scout is the finest Filipino unit fighting in Bataan... unfortunately, the HQ forgot that soldiers also eat...
This kind of long videos, however difficult they can be for you to make and profit from, are really enjoyable when talking on this kind of campaign. They allow you to make a full picture of it in one go and that's somewhat easier to follow.
You've outdone yourself with this. Good details on each chapter. Also, I was expecting MacArthur's blunders but I wasn't expecting the local resistance and guerilla details. Rarely laid out discussed these days.
my lolo lived thru the bataan march and survived, honor and respect to all the pinoy and american pows and civilians who endured that suffering.
Brilliant 2-hour documentary. This is probably the most excellent presentation of Japanese invasion of the Philippine islands on UA-cam!
It’s crazy to watch this and have family stories that color how awful everything really was. From my grandfather being caught up in the death march to other family members enduring bombings and attacks from both the Japanese and the Americans, to dealing with family, friends and neighbors dying from violence and starvation. There’s a Japanese bayonet still hanging in the old family house and we held on to the money issued by the Japanese during that time, as a reminder how close my family line actually came to not existing and that life is all the more precious from having to endure and survive hardship.
Tuguegarao (Two-Geg-Ar-awe) and Baguio (Bag- yo') , other than these two, all your pronounciations are mighty nice mate, bloody good even. thanks for this long video compilation of the Philippine campaign!
He pronounced so so many places wrong but half were correct and he had to name at least 100 places if not more so im not hating, but panay, iloilo, kalibo, visayas etc he all got wrong lol. Easy to guess what island i live on haha.
it's hilarious hearing him butchered those towns and cities names 😂
i mean if he had spent so much time with research to produce this, surely he could have researched as well how to pronounce these names 😅
regardless, i think this is hands down the best detailed docu about this campaign that's ever been uploaded on youtube. so no hating as well 😏👍🏻
I'm a very busy person. I stay busy a lot but I really enjoy what you do. Thank you so much
This feel like watching a documentary and at the same time feels like playing a game like Age of Aempires!
The attention to details is perfect! For someone of a WW2 nerd like me this is special!!
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This is awesome! Thank you for putting this together. Please continue this Philippines Campaign!
Thank you kings and general...love from Philippines 🇵🇭
i love the dedication you guys made for this 2-hour yet informative video on the Pacific front especially in the Philippines Campaign. I hope to see more with the same length since it really is worth the watch.
Thank you for making this video. My great-grandfather was a prominent politician when the Japanese took over and secretly financed guerilla groups with his own money and practice as a doctor. Eventually, the Kempeitai found out and he was arrested while he was hearing mass in church. Imprisoned in Fort Santiago and tortured by the Japanese, he created a paper rosary out of toilet paper and mass leaflets that were in his pocket upon capture just to keep himself sane. He escaped prison during the liberation of Manila and resumed his career as a politician. To this day, there is a street named after him in our city.
Im a filipino, and love military strategy. This video is a wow. And im proud to support your channel
Excellent historical documentary. The defense of Bataan and Corregidor lasting well over four months was the greatest defensive achievement of WW2 done without resupply or reinforcement and credit to the bravery and brilliance of the Filipino and American armed forces officers and men delaying the timeline of the Japanese significantly.
finally a well documented history about our country.. really appreciate the time and effort dedicated to make this kind of masterpiece
The US Army University Press also has extensive strategy documentaries of the defense of the Philippines on UA-cam. I'd highly suggest watching them!
I lived in the Philippines from 1957 until I graduated from high school in 1968. In the rice patties in the back of our house were the remains of a Japanese R&R center. I heard many stories about the Japanese atrocities inflicted on the Filipinos in our bario. When I was there, I couldn't have had more hospitable friends from the barrio. I had the privilege of visiting many battlefield sites. I met many resilient Filipinos. I really enjoyed the excellent factual accounts of the WW2 campaign. Thanks (maraming salamat po)
K&G set the bar on top quality ww2 content. Hands down the best. Great work! And thank you!
That's the kind of content History Channel should air.
Except theyprefer Aliens…
Two hours on the fall of the Philippines? Count me in!
Nowhere else in Southeast Asia can you find intense guerilla resistance against the Japanese but only the Philippines.
Long Live The Fighters! Long Live The Filipino People!
Absolutely correct.
Amazing how they fought, just a shame how their elected government has turned out. So corrupt to an insane level.
Vietnam?
@@L.P.1987 No.
Thank you for this! As someone from Bataan and has grandparents who experienced the horrors of the war, this video really opened my eyes to what happened.
I couldn’t wait for the next episode. Thank you for this documentary.
Thank you for creating a documentary about the involvement of our country in WW2
Thank you for your time and effort in our country's history. History greatly interest me. Your subscriber since 2016.
watched ALL the way to the end it was so good! amazing story telling, the attention to detail is perfect!
Such a very good and detailed documentary! Can't wait for the liberation part.
As a Filipino who had great-grandfathers who fought in the war (a mexican-american officer who was stationed at Samar, and a university professor who became a spy for the Filipino and American guerillas in Visayas particularly in the island of Bohol) I never fully grasped why my grandparents always tell me that MacArthur was no hero. I was only told that he was incompetent, indecisive and cowardly.
Thank you for making this video, hopefully more people will know this documentary.
Salipada K. Pindaton is not just a Muslim Datu but he was an Actual Army Major of the Philippine Army and was a Philippine Military Academy graduate himself.
Appreciate these longform videos. Super nice to put on in the home office.
Thank you K&G for this superb docu...its sunday today and it feels like this is my dose for my day off....very very worth it subscribing
I am not frm philippines but been there and saw bataan and travelled the death march route. Do not know how many saw the pit where they put american pow but man the place will make hell look like a children’s park . Salute the brave souls . ❤ from India.
Just what I needed at the begining of the school year.
Been watching your history war documentary videos and Im so glad you made one for my country. Maraming salamat 🙂
The details in here are insane and informative just imagine the time and effort spent in making this video. Thank u
I am recently reading on the Japanese invasion, so how fitting this uploaded!
Edit: your Filipino name pronounciations can be fixed but great video!
One thing I've always wondered is why General Sharp was never ordered to reinforce Bataan... but then the high command had already decided to abandon the Philippines in favor of a leap-frogging strategy by the US Navy.
Thank you for this comprehensive video history of the Philippines during WW2. Special thanks on details of the Guirella struggle against the Japanese occupation..
More videos please
Amazing work as always KnG!
I like history..
Much so because its about my country..
I appreciate foreigners puting emphasis on our history and it is sad that we Filipinos do not.
Thank you, Sir
I can never keep my guard down in these videos, I’m always ready for a sponsor tangent mid sentence.
1:15 I like how to positioned the flag correctly on this segment. In times of war, red is on the left when hang vertically
thanks for this great documented history of philippines, my great grandfathers are part of the guerilla group called HUKBALAHAP; the Vinzon of bicol and also the Paulino of samar. Quezon is a great leader, he prioritize the safety of the Pilipino populace even under a threat of attack, and it somehow become disadvantageous to military operation of McArthur. This is an another great information unknown for me. Thanks again!
I met Glen Fraiser. He was captured at Bataan and endured the death March. He wrote a book called “Hell Guest”. So honored to have met him. A true hero.
So its true, Philippines was the graveyard of the Japanese Imperial Army.
Great stuff, really glad to see how the war progressed and not just a summary of what went down. I know this might've been echoed by others already but as a local I have a small gripe with the pronunciations of places.
As a Filipino and long time follower of this channel since 2018, I’m proud that this channel produced a video series that are complete with maps, visuals, and strategies. And I will say this confidently, this video will produce more than 400,000 views in less than 3 months (fingers cross) because Filipinos would flock to this video due to our nationalist pride.
Our DepEd should be showing this to our schools
lol proud of penoy baiting phenomenon 🤓🤓
@@Agent-ie3uv at least they will earned from the video
@@Philip_of_Santos That's the point of penoy baiting philipina hahaha. you just 🤡yourself
@@Agent-ie3uv Go back being communist
This was awesome. I love the animated map.
Cause of this video i remember my late grand father, who used to become a guerilla in Pangasinan. I still remember that he used to give us 50 pesos every month from his pension. RIP Lolo Modesto Organo 😢
excited to watch the next episode on this documentary
Thanks for the 2 hours of documentary video, worth watching for ❣ please of a video of battle of bessang pass
this video should have been called: "the japanese conquest of the philippines" as the actual title implies it would cover the eventual liberation of the philipines as well
Nice! I'm almost through he Pacific War Podcast and getting to the end of the Fall of the Philippines. Just finished the segment of the Battling Bastards of Bataan.
Our ancestors really fought till the end. They fought guerrilla warfares while most of the US forces were POWs and waited to be rescued. Mabuhay ang mga Pinoy!
Amazing! A Filipino avid fan of Kings and Generals here. This is just a comment. You could have consulted a Filipino on the proper pronunciation of the names of places to make it more pleasing especially to us. Although it was pronounced in the American way, it's still a 5-star rating for me. I have a request for a video on the Spanish conquest of the Philippines, with highlights on the Battle of Mactan. Long Live Kings and Generals!
Fantastic documentary! Thank you for making this video. I look forward to part 2. Keep them coming.
This is my favourite channel, thanks 👍
this video gained my like and sub. truly amazing, really. this campaign is one of the biggest parts of ww2
MacArthur is overstated. He don’t know how to win a battle when enemy has more manpower and firepower.
So as every single Japanese generals, that’s why Japan came out as the loser during WW2
Thank you for exploring this part of our history.
This brought back memories of my grandfather. He was a sergeant in the USAFFE. A radioman if i remember correctly. He escaped being sent on the death march by taking to the mountains with a few other survivors and waging unconventional warfare, intel gathering, and sabotage during the occupation. One of his favorite stories was when he was on a scouting mission with a few others to locate Japanese encampments and positions and was given strict orders not to engage in a firefight. On the way back, his group came face to face with Japanese scouts and was forced to hightail it back into the mountains while being shot at. I think he avoided telling us about the more brutal aspects of the occupation since we were just kids.
This was a very detailed and well-made video. Good job. The part where you circled back to MacArthur's blunders was kind of jarring because it came after you completed showing how the whole Philippine Campaign ended. still good though.