@@XxBloggs And New Zealand ! E We got some of the same subs too. He didn't mention the board ING/sleep ship that got torpedoed in Sydney Harbour killing many.
@@thehonners Or our interisland ferry that had a torpedo fired at it (missed) & the minefield laid outside our harbour & it's scout plane flying over our city in the dead of night.(Wellington, the capital ) Trev New Zealand
@@paulschlusser1085 hahaha you have to give him some slack for that. I live in Hong Kong, but from Sydney, and there is a chain of steak houses called Woolloomooloo ... no one knows how to pronounce it.
My grandmother lived at Tyrrell St Newcastle during the war, I'm told she watched the attack along with many others that night. Presumably people left their homes to find a good vantage point to watch the spectacle. I've thoroughly enjoyed this three part episode thanks Mark. From Newcastle.
As a 71yo Australian born in 1949, i found this audio only documentary fascinating. Through the 1950's & 60's we were taught nothing at school about these attacks. I knew of the 2 midget submarines sinking ships in Sydney Harbour, but knew nothing about the shelling of Sydney & Newcastle suburbs by larger submarines. One of the oddities about growing up in Australia during my school years, was that we were taught more about the suffering of Great Britain. Ps my father was sunk on the Hmas Canberra in the battle of Savo Island in August 1942, but he was rescued by sailors on the Uss Blue.
Dr Mark Felton...a man so unbiased that it makes some of my fellow history buffs uncomfortable. I however love it. History is history and can't be changed. We can however apply it to our future to avoid tragedies as seen in the past.
@Wise and Free And to use a very relevant example. If my generation actually studied history a bit they'd realize what a disaster socialism/communism really is. Not to mention the many other terrible regimes in history.
If Professor Doctor Mark-On-History sees this comment, I want him to know the occasional maps are tremendously helpful for those of us who recall Australia as the dog-shaped island off the west coast of NZ.
There was one further submarine attack on Australia; the shelling of Port Gregory in Western Australia on 28 January 1943 by I-165, an operation intended to distract attention away from the evacuation of Guadalcanal. Ten 10-cm shells were fired at what was thought to be an ammunition factory, but was actually a disused crayfish cannery, to no effect, and while the gunfire was heard by locals, Allied command only learned about the attack when a report on the action transmitted from I-165 was intercepted and decrypted.
It would be quite unseemly. No doubt he grew up into an irascible old tomcat covered in scars, menace of anything small and furry that dared disturb his naps.
I think the bravest is the child. While admitting her own fright (and one can image a child being terrified of a “air raid”) despite the frightening experience, she noticed the behavior of her kitten and took comfort in its nonchalance and later reflected upon it. I’d wager the kitten was clueless.
Target Australia provided great detailed information for me Mark, I can remember as a youngster listening to these events on our wireless (radio) the Japanese were really knocking on our door and the bulk of our fighting troops were over in the desert fighting the Germans and Italians, things were looking bleak for Australia at that time. you have now filled in the details that were not reported at the time, for which I thank you
My school was located near where the i24 attack happened. We had always been told that a shell landed on the sports oval, thanks for pulling this together Mark!
Thank you for your record of the submarine attacks along the East coast of Australia. I studied engineering in Newcastle in the late 1960's and was well aware of the WW2 Japanese torpedo runs. Thanks again for an informative and well spoken audio of the events. My father was one of the Australian soldiers who fought in New Guinea.
An incredible piece of history from sydnay and Newcastle during WW2. As a nurse in aged care I've spoken to many novacastrains who remember the raid a fascinating time in Australian history. Fort scratchly with great views of newcastle, house memorabilia from the Japanese and Australian defense forces. If people get a chance and in Newcastle its worth a visit.
"One soldier leaped out of bed and twisted his ankle"! Wrong use armor piercing Japanese shells were kept stored in the waterlogged ready locker and failed to function properly when used. "Perhaps moisture seeped into them as well?" Sounds like a classic Donnybrook!
5:10 There was panic in the eastern suburbs of Sydney after the shell attack. People sold their homes for a fraction of their original price due to fear of more attacks. This continued until the war ended. Woollahra Municipal Council's website has the listing where the shells landed. lucky there was no night time golf in those days!
@@simonlavelle5572 "I don't know what you know but I doubt very much you know anything ..." You are not considering what you are saying before you say it Simon. Are you deliberately trying to be a fool? If so I know of a second hand bridge in Sydney that I can sell you for a fair price. What references has the "the guy who makes these videos" provided to substantiate his claims? You cannot get a degree without sitting for an exam and providing answers/references to establish the truth of the claims provided.
I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit I spent several hours at the Royal Australian Navy heritage Centre in Sydney and failed to come across ANYTHING covered by Dr Felton’s videos with regard to the Japanese submarine attacks. I am left doubting my own eyes, or that the museum simply did not have the appropriate display in place.
@@GJ-zb3me Thank you, I’ve been planning a return trip to Australia from the moment I left. I shall definitely add Canberra to my list of Australian destination cities.
@@MyLateralThawts the displays are rotated from time to time at the RAN heritage centre, I am Australian so it’s a bit easier for me to go there more often, but they have had accounts of the Japanese attacks on Australia (East and Northern coasts) featured before.
@@unlocated7448 thank you. I was starting to doubt my own sanity, as the story Dr Felton told is precisely the kind of thing that would catch my attention. You have given me another reason to revisit Sydney, which is already in my top five of favourite cities BTW.
My mother passed about six weeks ago, at times she spoke vividly about that night in Newcastle and seeing the many unexploded shells in her suburb the next day. Also my grandmother's brother died in the ferry that was sunk by the midget subs in Sydney Harbour. It was great to hear such a detailed account, thank you. Sorry but you didn't nail any pronunciations of any Australian locations during the three episodes ;) non english!
Same regarding my father and the attacks on Sydney, he was a child at the time. Fancy the connection to the ferry, wow. Got to give him some slack on Woolloomooloo haha.
Pronouncing a lot of the names of our places usually requires our unique accent. Especially some of the Aboriginal names. He did decently without our accent and seems to at least have looked up how to say it, rather than just reading the names.
2nd story. My maternal grandfather was working on the new Hawkesbury River railway bridge and they reported seeing submarine periscopes. Reported it to the authorities. Nothing! Next day they attacked Newcastle.
Here in India we have a proverb "sword can't do what a needle can" I think it fits perfectly well on this video although there are many videos of war stories with animations and all but I can't really understand them when I'm driving.
Hi Mark I recently discovered a mildly related bit of information. You would be aware that Isoroku Yamamoto was born Isoroku Takano. He changed surnames in 1916. In April 1910 the cruisers Aso and Soya (captured from the Russians at Port Arthur) were sent on tour, which included some Australian ports. If you go to the following link you will see a newspaper article listing all the senior crew. One of these is I. Takano. Better experts than me might want to review these other names for anyone else to later become famous. So it would seem that Yamamoto had toured Australia trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57372993?searchTerm=Takano%20navy#
Great video Dr Felton. I think operations Jaywick and Rimau would make for compelling material and I'm sure you would find a new aspect to these raids like you have with these ones. My father was 5 years old but remembered the Japanese raids and told me of hearing the guns firing.
Thanks for history lesson I never had at school. I'm an Aussie, who's grandfather served in Darwin as a gunner. I had no idea about these large subs and their attacks directly on our coasts. Most Australian attack stories focus on the midget sub attacks in Sunday.... I was unaware of any land targets.
Dangermouse, during the war most news about most such incidents was suppressed by the authorities in order to preserve civilian morale. look up the first stories about the first Darwin bombings, which avoided any mention of casualties, look up the bombing of the Dutch Flying boats moored at Broome in Western Australia, which was attacked by Japanese fighter planes on 3 March 1942, during World War II. At least 88 civilians and Allied military personnel were killed, look up the destroyer load of Japanese Marines which landed in the Kimberleys, in search of a supposed naval base, and wandered around the outback in summer for a week or so until they left. The breakout from Cowra was kept under wraps for a long time as well.
I was 6yrs old and in an orphanage in Iowa in 1942-46 Even though I had both parents. Only remember the black long curtains at night,which only scared me more. My Mother had left 6 of us and went off with a soldier who she had another child from. Have often wondered what we were in not knowing it was WW11. I’m so enjoying these accounts and Thank you for each of them. I want to send some money to help you keep going and educate myself more. Love your episodes and your wonderful voice. Thank you again. Wonderfully done
Apparently not designed for Australia. "In 1942 the Japanese issued a 1 and a ½ shilling notes for use in these areas. This money is sometimes wrongly identified as being printed in preparation for an invasion of Australia; no such invasion was ever planned and this denomination was not used in Australia." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_money#:~:text=In%201942%20the%20Japanese%20issued%20a%201%20and%20a%20%C2%BD,was%20not%20used%20in%20Australia.
Both the invasion money and the invasion plans to land on the Queensland Sunshine Coast. Had Churchill succeeded in sending the Australian troops returning from North Africa, Greece and Crete to Rangoon, it is doubtful that the invasion plans would have been shelved. UA-cam videos are a great place to make statements without proof, whereas a proper historical book contains a bibliography listing primary source documents. This account does not concur with historical books I have read. Until now I have given Mark Felton's ad libs the benefit of the doubt, now his clips are firmly in grain of salt territory.
@@mikenewman4078 what's your source for said invasion plans? According to materials I have read the Japanese high command was not interested in an invasion, although there was some debate between the Japanese Imperial Navy and Army.
Great stuff as always. I grew up in Bondi though I wasnt yet born when the attack occured. But my parents and sister were present on our verandah that day and heard the shells going over. My Dad always believed that the shells were aimed at the flying boat base at Rose Bay in the harbour. Most of the shells fell in that area. By the way, Woollahra is pronounced wool-ah-raa.:)
Having awakened the Australians, the Japanese submarine forces seek new ways to attack/frighten local ships and ports. In an ironic twist World War II twist, Japanese torpedoes (mostly) worked, but deck gun shells did not.
Thanks Mark for covering this little known piece of Australian history so comprehensively and excellently. Kudos for the 95% achievement on nameplace pronunciation !! (We will forgive you the Wollahra!)
Correct; that was AHS Centaur, a victim of IJN submarine I-177. Centaur was prominently marked as a hospital ship in accordance with international treaties. 268 lives were lost.
The Australian Hospital Ship 'Centaur' was sunk off North Stradbroke Island on 14 May 1943, probably by the I-177. Only 64 of the 362 on board survived. The wreck wasn't located until 2009. As a side note, you may be interested in checking the submarine USS Triton story.
Astonishing how little of all this I knew anything about! Though I’m not surprised the Japanese weren’t interested in invading. The size of this island makes it impracticable.
Excellent! 99% correct pronunciation of Australian town/city names too! Well done - warts and all Australian history - we have learned very well from this. Never again! ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇦🇺
3:30 The *Iron Chieftan* was *NOT* British! It was one of a fleet of ships owned and operated by the Broken Hill Proprietory Ltd. (BHP). It was an *AUSTRALIAN* ship!
Thanks Mark for a great series on the Japanese submarine campaign on the Australian East Coast. An honest appraisal of the various attacks and our rather nonchallannt Aussie attitude towards them. BTW It’s very easy to mispronounce some Aussie place names, in this case Woollahra which is actually pronounced WOOL-LAR-RAH. Best wishes SQNLDR Terry New RAAF (Rtd)
I grew up in Maitland, only a very short distance inland from Newcastle and I have NEVER HEARD OF THIS ENGAGEMENT!! WTF!! Did they not want us to know?? We are proud of any action by our armed forces whether we win or lose so how have I never heard of this!!?? I'm also an Infantry veteran from the Royal Australian Regiment so I don't understand why this was not taught to us in school!!
If they taught this rubbish to us we would all be as stupid as Mr Felton. You live 30 kms away from Fort Scratchley in Newcastle and you are being "educated" by somebody the other side of the planet? Its a half hour drive and there is a museum there. Proud ???? My unit fired those rounds at the Japanese.
Captured is one way of describing it. Nepean actually did it in both wars. They fired a bring-to round i.e. one across the bows. A subtle way of saying stop we will make some substantial modifications to your ship which may affect its sea worthiness.
Facts few Australians have ever heard. Years ago I worked with a guy a young man on a Cattle Station in the Northern Territory who said they were issued Lee Enfield rifles and hundreds of tracer rounds in case of invasion to shoot cattle the idea being if not killed outright the Phosphorus in the Base would poison them.
Video’s not even up for a minute, and I’m already here to finish this amazing series. This part of WWII history should be more well known
It is well known in Australia
@@XxBloggs was a hour program on radio national pretty much when this was posted.
@@XxBloggs And New Zealand ! E
We got some of the same subs too. He didn't mention the board
ING/sleep ship that got torpedoed in Sydney Harbour killing many.
@@trevorking8985 that was in episode 2
@@thehonners Or our interisland ferry that had a torpedo fired at it (missed) & the minefield laid outside our harbour & it's scout plane flying over our city in the dead of night.(Wellington, the capital ) Trev New Zealand
As an Aussie, this series was the most comprehensive esposè of these events i've ever heard.
it is truly the only Comprehensive documentary
Ditto to that
Except that the suburb is pronounced wool-ARR-a. Rather than WOOL-ara.
@@paulschlusser1085 hahaha you have to give him some slack for that. I live in Hong Kong, but from Sydney, and there is a chain of steak houses called Woolloomooloo ... no one knows how to pronounce it.
@@sinoxenon1005 Indeed I do. Fabulously well researched and produced work. Minor pronunciation variations are entirely understandable.
My grandmother lived at Tyrrell St Newcastle during the war, I'm told she watched the attack along with many others that night. Presumably people left their homes to find a good vantage point to watch the spectacle. I've thoroughly enjoyed this three part episode thanks Mark. From Newcastle.
Darwin wasnt so lucky
As a 71yo Australian born in 1949, i found this audio only documentary fascinating.
Through the 1950's & 60's we were taught nothing at school about these attacks.
I knew of the 2 midget submarines sinking ships in Sydney Harbour,
but knew nothing about the shelling of Sydney & Newcastle suburbs by larger submarines.
One of the oddities about growing up in Australia during my school years,
was that we were taught more about the suffering of Great Britain.
Ps my father was sunk on the Hmas Canberra in the battle of Savo Island in August 1942, but he was rescued by sailors on the Uss Blue.
Dr Mark Felton...a man so unbiased that it makes some of my fellow history buffs uncomfortable. I however love it. History is history and can't be changed. We can however apply it to our future to avoid tragedies as seen in the past.
@Wise and Free And to use a very relevant example. If my generation actually studied history a bit they'd realize what a disaster socialism/communism really is. Not to mention the many other terrible regimes in history.
@Wise and Free Well yea for many feelings and emotions override facts.
It can be erased from public records...as you may have guessed, I'm from the United States ...
@@scottnixon2899 as am i
"...this is an audio only episode"
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WE HAVE BEEN SPOILED !!!! 🤩🥰😎
A few image swaps do wonders. Having a map show once in a while at the very least.
If Professor Doctor Mark-On-History sees this comment, I want him to know the occasional maps are tremendously helpful for those of us who recall Australia as the dog-shaped island off the west coast of NZ.
@@77thTrombone new what ? Never heard of it.
He is sneaky like that.
Man Mark you are without a doubt the best Historian I have the pleasure of listening and teaching me. Thank you very much for what you do
There was one further submarine attack on Australia; the shelling of Port Gregory in Western Australia on 28 January 1943 by I-165, an operation intended to distract attention away from the evacuation of Guadalcanal. Ten 10-cm shells were fired at what was thought to be an ammunition factory, but was actually a disused crayfish cannery, to no effect, and while the gunfire was heard by locals, Allied command only learned about the attack when a report on the action transmitted from I-165 was intercepted and decrypted.
Bloody hell...that's something I didn't know
Anyone else think "Mr Churchill" is a great name for a kitten?
Bulldog.
Purrfect!
A woman once told Mr Churchill that her baby looked exactly like him. The PM answered, "Madam, ALL babies look exactly like me."
Glad it wasn’t called Lord Halifax.
My wife insisted on Winston Churchill for our cat. The cat is more like Chamberlain or Attlee.
I imagine a cat named Mr. Churchill would show no fear like his human counterpart
It would be quite unseemly. No doubt he grew up into an irascible old tomcat covered in scars, menace of anything small and furry that dared disturb his naps.
I think the bravest is the child. While admitting her own fright (and one can image a child being terrified of a “air raid”) despite the frightening experience, she noticed the behavior of her kitten and took comfort in its nonchalance and later reflected upon it. I’d wager the kitten was clueless.
@Julian Palmer Quite right. Mentioned in dispatches and a gong each.
Churchill was a coward he had his bags packed ready for Canada, during the nazi onslaught at Dunkirk 😂😂😂
@@YUSKHAN He had to be ordered by the King himself not to go out in the first wave of D-Day. He is anything but a coward.
Another interesting presentation from Dr. Felton for a Sun. afternoon here in the US..
Target Australia provided great detailed information for me Mark, I can remember as a youngster listening to these events on our wireless (radio) the Japanese were really knocking on our door and the bulk of our fighting troops were over in the desert fighting the Germans and Italians, things were looking bleak for Australia at that time. you have now filled in the details that were not reported at the time, for which I thank you
The last time I was this early, the Wehrmacht had 3 months of fuel remaining.
This was fantastic, as someone who lives in Sydney and knows all the places mentioned I definitely learnt some new things!
Aussie are tough, their kittens tougher.
Emus and Cats are known to be tough animals
@@Trek001 Indeed, They can be very nasty, like kangaroos and believe it not not, Koala bears
I saw a Koala in a rescue hospital that was hit by a freight train,bounced right off, he was sitting in a tree munching looked ok to me
they were not seriously prepared for the war
I have learned more about WW2 history from these videos than all of my high school, collage classes as well as PBS combined combined, thank you.
As an Aussie and with an uncle who served in the RAAF I've found this series fascinating Dr Felton. Thanks for sharing!
Ten year old Barbara’s kitten Mr. Churchill was unfazed. How classic!
My school was located near where the i24 attack happened. We had always been told that a shell landed on the sports oval, thanks for pulling this together Mark!
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for your prolific accounts of lesser known battles (lesser known to me).
Thank you for your record of the submarine attacks along the East coast of Australia. I studied engineering in Newcastle in the late 1960's and was well aware of the WW2 Japanese torpedo runs. Thanks again for an informative and well spoken audio of the events. My father was one of the Australian soldiers who fought in New Guinea.
I had tothink of this why would anybody want to over aus u gotta be joking hard country hard ppl
those Diggers saved the day in New Guinea before the Americans showed up
I said last week, and again before: thank you Mark for doing this series. This three part series has been like Christmas come early for me.
Fort Scratchley in Newcastle is a fantastic museum to visit highly recommended.
An incredible piece of history from sydnay and Newcastle during WW2.
As a nurse in aged care I've spoken to many novacastrains who remember the raid a fascinating time in Australian history.
Fort scratchly with great views of newcastle, house memorabilia from the Japanese and Australian defense forces. If people get a chance and in Newcastle its worth a visit.
I just bought a world war I German iron cross first class medal. I don't just watch Mark Felton historical videos, I live them.
11:09 - a cat that is steadfast in the face of enemy fire
Amazing depth and details, as usual! Thank you Mark Felton :)
Great Vid!
Fort Scratchley was always one of my favourite places to visit as a kid!
"One soldier leaped out of bed and twisted his ankle"! Wrong use armor piercing Japanese shells were kept stored in the waterlogged ready locker and failed to function properly when used. "Perhaps moisture seeped into them as well?" Sounds like a classic Donnybrook!
5:10 There was panic in the eastern suburbs of Sydney after the shell attack. People sold their homes for a fraction of their original price due to fear of more attacks. This continued until the war ended. Woollahra Municipal Council's website has the listing where the shells landed. lucky there was no night time golf in those days!
my grandfather immediately sent his wife and two children up to the Blue Mountains for a few months to avoid any future attacks.'
Thank you Mark Felton for these videos, ive lived in Newcastle my entire life and its great learning of its history during the war.
Thank you very much Dr mark
Phenomenal piece of work, enthrallingly narrated. Fascinating stuff Mark. Thanks.
This guy is a wonderful historian and excellent at relaying the information to us.
The blokes an idiot if he does not provide the truth.
@@newcastledefence1272 Are you claiming that you know more than he does?🤔
@@simonlavelle5572 Yep. You claiming you know more than I do?
@@newcastledefence1272 I don't know what you know but I doubt very much you know anything near what the guy who makes these videos does
@@simonlavelle5572 "I don't know what you know but I doubt very much you know anything ..." You are not considering what you are saying before you say it Simon. Are you deliberately trying to be a fool? If so I know of a second hand bridge in Sydney that I can sell you for a fair price. What references has the "the guy who makes these videos" provided to substantiate his claims? You cannot get a degree without sitting for an exam and providing answers/references to establish the truth of the claims provided.
The amount of history, this man has is the great.
Always entertaining.. Thanks Mr. Felton.
Almost like a bit of theatrics on the edges of the greater war. Fascinating story, absolutely intriguing.
The three episodes were riveting and very well documented, thank you Mark on a job well done.
A truly great 3 part series! I have always been fascinated by the giant Japanese submarines from WWII.
I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit I spent several hours at the Royal Australian Navy heritage Centre in Sydney and failed to come across ANYTHING covered by Dr Felton’s videos with regard to the Japanese submarine attacks. I am left doubting my own eyes, or that the museum simply did not have the appropriate display in place.
Maybe its not something they want to go into in too great detail. Considering their performance being next to useless. Could be described as impotent
The war memorial in Canberra has an amazing presentation with a midget submarine as the centre piece of a sound and light presentation.
@@GJ-zb3me Thank you, I’ve been planning a return trip to Australia from the moment I left. I shall definitely add Canberra to my list of Australian destination cities.
@@MyLateralThawts the displays are rotated from time to time at the RAN heritage centre, I am Australian so it’s a bit easier for me to go there more often, but they have had accounts of the Japanese attacks on Australia (East and Northern coasts) featured before.
@@unlocated7448 thank you. I was starting to doubt my own sanity, as the story Dr Felton told is precisely the kind of thing that would catch my attention. You have given me another reason to revisit Sydney, which is already in my top five of favourite cities BTW.
The stones on that airraid warden who carried that live shell out of the family's home.
Respect...
At Fort Scratchley museum I looked up at the list of 34 ships lost to Japanese submarines off the east coast of Australia
My mother passed about six weeks ago, at times she spoke vividly about that night in Newcastle and seeing the many unexploded shells in her suburb the next day. Also my grandmother's brother died in the ferry that was sunk by the midget subs in Sydney Harbour.
It was great to hear such a detailed account, thank you. Sorry but you didn't nail any pronunciations of any Australian locations during the three episodes ;) non english!
Same regarding my father and the attacks on Sydney, he was a child at the time. Fancy the connection to the ferry, wow. Got to give him some slack on Woolloomooloo haha.
Pronouncing a lot of the names of our places usually requires our unique accent. Especially some of the Aboriginal names. He did decently without our accent and seems to at least have looked up how to say it, rather than just reading the names.
2nd story. My maternal grandfather was working on the new Hawkesbury River railway bridge and they reported seeing submarine periscopes. Reported it to the authorities. Nothing!
Next day they attacked Newcastle.
One shell landed in the backyard of a house just down the road from my mother's home. Destroyed the outdoor toilet!!
The Japanese were using the Mark 14 torpedo 😂
I'm going back to watch all over from Episode 1. .... Don't know why, but I know it'd be worth it.
Always a treat to see a new video
Dr Felton, the stories from the Battle of Kohima need to be told!
Excellent! Andy McKane, Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii.
Of course Mister Churchill wasn't frightened. That would've been bad form, what!
What an amazing series. Keep up the great work.
One landed in my old street of Manion Avenue in Rose Bay.
Here in India we have a proverb "sword can't do what a needle can" I think it fits perfectly well on this video although there are many videos of war stories with animations and all but I can't really understand them when I'm driving.
Hi Mark
I recently discovered a mildly related bit of information. You would be aware that Isoroku Yamamoto was born Isoroku Takano. He changed surnames in 1916. In April 1910 the cruisers Aso and Soya (captured from the Russians at Port Arthur) were sent on tour, which included some Australian ports. If you go to the following link you will see a newspaper article listing all the senior crew. One of these is I. Takano. Better experts than me might want to review these other names for anyone else to later become famous. So it would seem that Yamamoto had toured Australia
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57372993?searchTerm=Takano%20navy#
Thrilling series
Well made video Dr. Felton
Great & informative!❤️🇨🇦
Excellent video, thank you!
Great video Dr Felton. I think operations Jaywick and Rimau would make for compelling material and I'm sure you would find a new aspect to these raids like you have with these ones.
My father was 5 years old but remembered the Japanese raids and told me of hearing the guns firing.
A big...Thanks very much....!
Thanks for history lesson I never had at school.
I'm an Aussie, who's grandfather served in Darwin as a gunner.
I had no idea about these large subs and their attacks directly on our coasts.
Most Australian attack stories focus on the midget sub attacks in Sunday.... I was unaware of any land targets.
Dangermouse, during the war most news about most such incidents was suppressed by the authorities in order to preserve civilian morale. look up the first stories about the first Darwin bombings, which avoided any mention of casualties, look up the bombing of the Dutch Flying boats moored at Broome in Western Australia, which was attacked by Japanese fighter planes on 3 March 1942, during World War II. At least 88 civilians and Allied military personnel were killed,
look up the destroyer load of Japanese Marines which landed in the Kimberleys, in search of a supposed naval base, and wandered around the outback in summer for a week or so until they left. The breakout from Cowra was kept under wraps for a long time as well.
I was 6yrs old and in an orphanage in Iowa in 1942-46 Even though I had both parents. Only remember the black long curtains at night,which only scared me more. My Mother had left 6 of us and went off with a soldier who she had another child from. Have often wondered what we were in not knowing it was WW11. I’m so enjoying these accounts and Thank you for each of them. I want to send some money to help you keep going and educate myself more. Love your episodes and your wonderful voice. Thank you again. Wonderfully done
I'm wondering if the orphanage was the Annie Wittenmeyer Home.
Great job as always Mr. Felton.
Oddly though, the Japanese printed Occupation money for Australia. So there was at least more than just the notion of invasion at some stage.
Yes, I have seen some of the Occupation notes. A friend's dad was in New Guinea and bought some back after the war.
Very interesting. I wonder why.
Apparently not designed for Australia. "In 1942 the Japanese issued a 1 and a ½ shilling notes for use in these areas. This money is sometimes wrongly identified as being printed in preparation for an invasion of Australia; no such invasion was ever planned and this denomination was not used in Australia." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_money#:~:text=In%201942%20the%20Japanese%20issued%20a%201%20and%20a%20%C2%BD,was%20not%20used%20in%20Australia.
Both the invasion money and the invasion plans to land on the Queensland Sunshine Coast.
Had Churchill succeeded in sending the Australian troops returning from North Africa, Greece and Crete to Rangoon, it is doubtful that the invasion plans would have been shelved.
UA-cam videos are a great place to make statements without proof, whereas a proper historical book contains a bibliography listing primary source documents.
This account does not concur with historical books I have read.
Until now I have given Mark Felton's ad libs the benefit of the doubt, now his clips are firmly in grain of salt territory.
@@mikenewman4078 what's your source for said invasion plans? According to materials I have read the Japanese high command was not interested in an invasion, although there was some debate between the Japanese Imperial Navy and Army.
Great stuff as always. I grew up in Bondi though I wasnt yet born when the attack occured. But my parents and sister were present on our verandah that day and heard the shells going over. My Dad always believed that the shells were aimed at the flying boat base at Rose Bay in the harbour. Most of the shells fell in that area. By the way, Woollahra is pronounced wool-ah-raa.:)
I have wonderedliving at melb how many fot thru the heàds
Most enjoyable and educational. Loved your attempts to pronounce Woollahra.
Pretty sure if a president used his intro theme as their campaign song, they would conquer the world.
Always waiting for new videos. You do a great job
Spot the happy octopus at 14:07
It's in there all right once you see cannot unsee!
This has been Mark Felton's hidden easter eggs by anonymous!
Having awakened the Australians, the Japanese submarine forces seek new ways to attack/frighten local ships and ports. In an ironic twist World War II twist, Japanese torpedoes (mostly) worked, but deck gun shells did not.
Thanks Mark for covering this little known piece of Australian history so comprehensively and excellently. Kudos for the 95% achievement on nameplace pronunciation !! (We will forgive you the Wollahra!)
Thanks Mark.
Great set of videos, totally loved it, so much so I'll forgive your mis pronouncing of Wool-lar-raaa haha
Good Video!
Apparently there is a hospital ship sunk off Stradbroke Island from ww2 heard from fishermen
Correct; that was AHS Centaur, a victim of IJN submarine I-177. Centaur was prominently marked as a hospital ship in accordance with international treaties. 268 lives were lost.
The Australian Hospital Ship 'Centaur' was sunk off North Stradbroke Island on 14 May 1943, probably by the I-177. Only 64 of the 362 on board survived. The wreck wasn't located until 2009. As a side note, you may be interested in checking the submarine USS Triton story.
yes indeed, here is teh link to the sotry on wikipedia
oops, yes indeed, here is the link to the tory on wikipeadia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHS_Centaur
@@IntrospectorGeneral Found by David Mearns who also found HMAS Sydney, HMS Hood, IJN Mushashi , Derbyshire and many more.
Astonishing how little of all this I knew anything about! Though I’m not surprised the Japanese weren’t interested in invading. The size of this island makes it impracticable.
I love hearing non Australia's pronounce Australian town names, half the time we cannot pronounce them ourselves.
Dr Feidman, you said something very interesting: both Japanese navy and the US navy in WWII, had problems with malfunctioning torpedoes.
Australians: Crikey! Finally some entertainment!
There is something especially terrifying about slowly dying, trapped, on a midget submarine.
Oz: Apartments and homes shelled? Mild annoyance.
Also Oz: Uses one of the offending shells as a door-stop.
Excellent! 99% correct pronunciation of Australian town/city names too! Well done - warts and all Australian history - we have learned very well from this. Never again! ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇦🇺
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Great video , I wasn't aware of the bombardment of Sydney and I lived in the Wollongong area for several years and visited Sydney often....cheers 🙂
Hey Mark, great series. Just letting you know Whyalla is pronounced with a hard A. So the ALL sounds the like alligator.
I hope they gave Hanabusa some sort of medal for all this work
3:30 The *Iron Chieftan* was *NOT* British! It was one of a fleet of ships owned and operated by the Broken Hill Proprietory Ltd. (BHP). It was an *AUSTRALIAN* ship!
John Curtin one eye looking at you, one eye looking for you! 😂
Thanks Mark for a great series on the Japanese submarine campaign on the Australian East Coast. An honest appraisal of the various attacks and our rather nonchallannt Aussie attitude towards them.
BTW It’s very easy to mispronounce some Aussie place names, in this case Woollahra which is actually pronounced WOOL-LAR-RAH.
Best wishes
SQNLDR Terry New RAAF (Rtd)
Great video! Glad to see the U.S. wasn't the only navy with P.O.S. torpedo's.
GOOD VIDEOS WELL PRESENTED 👍 THANK YOU AGAIN ,NEVER TOLD THIS HISTORY CHEERS .
I grew up in Maitland, only a very short distance inland from Newcastle and I have NEVER HEARD OF THIS ENGAGEMENT!! WTF!! Did they not want us to know?? We are proud of any action by our armed forces whether we win or lose so how have I never heard of this!!?? I'm also an Infantry veteran from the Royal Australian Regiment so I don't understand why this was not taught to us in school!!
If they taught this rubbish to us we would all be as stupid as Mr Felton. You live 30 kms away from Fort Scratchley in Newcastle and you are being "educated" by somebody the other side of the planet? Its a half hour drive and there is a museum there. Proud ???? My unit fired those rounds at the Japanese.
Always the highlight of my erratic days .
Positive comment for the UA-cam algorithm.
I like your content, please keep it coming.
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In WW1 Fort Napean in Melbourne captured a German Merchant Navy ship trying to escape upon outbreak of war.
Captured is one way of describing it. Nepean actually did it in both wars. They fired a bring-to round i.e. one across the bows. A subtle way of saying stop we will make some substantial modifications to your ship which may affect its sea worthiness.
79 years today.
Top quality content !!
So glad to hear Mr Churchill was unfazed.
You have to admire the set of pairs required to start interdiction patrols so far from home.
Facts few Australians have ever heard. Years ago I worked with a guy a young man on a Cattle Station in the Northern Territory who said they were issued Lee Enfield rifles and hundreds of tracer rounds in case of invasion to shoot cattle the idea being if not killed outright the Phosphorus in the Base would poison them.