I watch youtube way too much, most of the stuff I watch has become monotonous and mind-numbing to consume. Your captivating storytelling and contagious enthusiasm is a breath of fresh air. I've always consumed information on other 20th century conflicts and never thought I'd be interested in Chinese military events until I found this channel, I always leave your videos feeling like I've learned something.
This historical lesson is magnitute better than some of the popular political historians such as Sarah Paine and Stephen Kotkin, not because you didn't bash China for the sake of bashing it, but you just tell the story as it happened, with a ton of facts and humor. Some of these very influential historians made the same mistake the Chinese historians often make: they look at history through the lens of ideology. Everything has to be distorted to fit certain ideological box. I hope this series will continue to tell the story as is - for good and bad and ugly.
I just have to say this has been one of my favorite series I have ever watched. The heart of it all, the story telling abilities, and the information of it all. I truly feel like I am sitting in on my inspired professors who make the class worth going to just because they teach it. Thank you for making this course I am so excited to continue supporting it.
Hi! Just discovered your channel and I am highly enjoying the content. You communicate your expertise very well and I am not used to someone discussing such topics so professionally. Keep it up
I would argue, that but for the destruction of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese economic miracle of the past 40 years would not have occurred. China was forced to start fresh with a tabula rasa, a turn towards pragmatism, and an understanding of the dangers of ideology.
@Hystericall, do us a favor and try to keep this line of thought alive in the next few units. Here in the "comments seminar," we're going to need a few capable spokesmen for just this position. Til then, thank you for thinking outside the box!
A special kudos to Professor Clower, not only for this entertaining and educational video, but also for your great timing. The Battle of Yijiangshan, seventy years ago on this date, is still commemorated by the Republic of China on Taiwan as a great tragedy, with the fallen garrison commander, ROC Army Colonel (posthumously promoted to Major-General) Wang Sheng-ming [王生明 1910-1955] regarded as a national hero and martyr. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yijiangshan_Islands
God, I love it when a specialist just can't talk about their favored subject enough so they start a youtube channel. My absolute favorite thing about your videos is how personal the stories are. So often the PLA are just a faceless hoard, but you bring so much humanity and personality to these stories. Thank you so much for this channel. It's been an incredible find.
Gotta say sir i found your videos by accident in the last week and have been on a never ending dive down the rabbit hole. I didnt realize how much i didnt know about the early PLA and your videos are superb. I really appreciate the first person accounts and your use of the language is excellent as well. Keep up the good work!
You are such a professional and have such a breathtaking wealth of knowledge on the subject, and being able to hear it in such engaging form is a treat I almost never get. Absolutely one of my favorite channels right now.
48:50 when he describes "its time to bring out the wolfpack of torpedo boats!" Its the same vibe as some comically evil supervillain unleashing their comically large and undefeatable horde of demons/minions/summons
This whole story reminds me of some crappy movie about a high school sports team that's never won a game get taken under by a new smart coach who takes them to the state finals, but good.
Finally, I got around to watching this. Most informative as always Professor. 41:45 Also, that story of Mao telling the Air Force to not yell at the pilot who buzzed him cause he liked it. 😂😂
Excellent story! The invasion reminded me of the Battle of Sa Jacinto where 800 Texans attacked 1500 Mexicans during their siesta and the battle took only 18 minutes. Mixing in the Doolittle Raid and a three-hour tour from Gilligan's Island made this story amusing. I'm waiting on pins and needles for the rest of this story. Purging competent but unpleasant people tends to be a bad idea.
In the midst of all these important, named individuals are the unnamed, thankless middle managers and pencil pushers. It's understandable but also a damn shame that the people who actually pulled off the nitty gritty work that needed to be done to follow the orders given by the unmistakably talented and great people above them won't ever truly be recognized.
Very enjoyable and super interesting! You, sir, are a marvelous story teller. Thank you, and Regards from the Left Coast of Canada formally known as British Columbia 😂
And I fully agree with @HealthcareAB...this is by far the highest quality channel on YT today...the magic of what words can do when they're mustered and marshalled into service by a very highly articulate, knowledgeable, intelligent, entertaining, polyglottal and fun Commander...Professor Jason could take anything and turn in into a passionately fascinating subject...he is THE man!!!...GO JASON GO!!!...
Disappointment the high command didn't even consider how many office tables will be needed to be transported day one of the invasion and what party supplies to bring with them.
I must now decide if my professor of capitalist discrimination law and subjugation, who I pay (as he is a capitalist) or the People’s professor is more worthy of my time.
They told him "But you've seen Americans, make a NAVY for us." I love this course, haven't missed a class. Now Ive almost been shot, in America, for asking this; Does The People's Liberation Army Navy have an Airforce? 😬 Thanks
When I was (a very non-combat arms) Marine, they told us the ooorah came from Turkey, but it seems very, very similar to the Russian/Soviet battle cry of . . . well it transliterates as "ooorah" as well.
I don't think the criticism of chairman mao will go over well there. Not that the Chinese aren't aware that Mao made some big mistakes, it just isn't seen as proper etiquette to discuss it with ill intentioned foreigners
@ Maybe he can post the videos where Mao isn’t mentioned. And I don’t think he is ill intentioned. This series seems to be pretty unbiased about the PLA and the CCP.
The algorithm is pure and absolute idiocy, nothing but laziness clumsily disguised as adherence to some mythical "morality" standard. That a content creator must take such ridiculous semantic leaps in order to substitute ordinary words that are perfectly appropriate, words that in *no way* encourage the activity being described, is maddening. I hate that it informs my own comments, causing me to self-edit lest my words be consigned to YTs trash can. Absurd.
Bravo! Your best episode to date. Like you said, this episode was exactly like a gripping war drama, such as The Dambusters. Taiwan sound like (and still are) assholes - holding islands a few miles off the Chinese coast just to block trade and be annoying.
The brilliance of this episode begs you to continue with your analysis of the PLA up through the present day. In the 1960s, the PLA was torn apart by the cultural revolution which you are explaining so well. Today, the PLA seems to be tearing itself apart With gluttonous corruption. For those of us living in the present, it is vital to know if the PLA has been so rotted by corruption that it is doubtful that it can be effective or if the corruption is only superficial and the PLA still has working muscle.
I found that the YT algo is funny. It seems like their filtering algo is protecting something. Something that dare not see number four and number six combined in certain form. Just be ware.
This is the best thing on youtube right now.
Right? Dr. C's videos transcend the most engaging lectures I had at university. Top notch.
An hour? Professor you spoil us too much!
I watch youtube way too much, most of the stuff I watch has become monotonous and mind-numbing to consume. Your captivating storytelling and contagious enthusiasm is a breath of fresh air.
I've always consumed information on other 20th century conflicts and never thought I'd be interested in Chinese military events until I found this channel, I always leave your videos feeling like I've learned something.
I've been checking for this video all week, hooray!
This historical lesson is magnitute better than some of the popular political historians such as Sarah Paine and Stephen Kotkin, not because you didn't bash China for the sake of bashing it, but you just tell the story as it happened, with a ton of facts and humor. Some of these very influential historians made the same mistake the Chinese historians often make: they look at history through the lens of ideology. Everything has to be distorted to fit certain ideological box. I hope this series will continue to tell the story as is - for good and bad and ugly.
I just have to say this has been one of my favorite series I have ever watched. The heart of it all, the story telling abilities, and the information of it all. I truly feel like I am sitting in on my inspired professors who make the class worth going to just because they teach it. Thank you for making this course I am so excited to continue supporting it.
Hi! Just discovered your channel and I am highly enjoying the content. You communicate your expertise very well and I am not used to someone discussing such topics so professionally. Keep it up
I would argue, that but for the destruction of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese economic miracle of the past 40 years would not have occurred. China was forced to start fresh with a tabula rasa, a turn towards pragmatism, and an understanding of the dangers of ideology.
@Hystericall, do us a favor and try to keep this line of thought alive in the next few units. Here in the "comments seminar," we're going to need a few capable spokesmen for just this position. Til then, thank you for thinking outside the box!
A special kudos to Professor Clower, not only for this entertaining and educational video, but also for your great timing.
The Battle of Yijiangshan, seventy years ago on this date, is still commemorated by the Republic of China on Taiwan as a great tragedy, with the fallen garrison commander, ROC Army Colonel (posthumously promoted to Major-General) Wang Sheng-ming [王生明 1910-1955] regarded as a national hero and martyr.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yijiangshan_Islands
Babe wake up type 56 has posted 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Lessgoo
Thanks for another one! Im sure its a banger like the rest
God, I love it when a specialist just can't talk about their favored subject enough so they start a youtube channel. My absolute favorite thing about your videos is how personal the stories are. So often the PLA are just a faceless hoard, but you bring so much humanity and personality to these stories. Thank you so much for this channel. It's been an incredible find.
I really appreciate the growing length of the episodes
Gotta say sir i found your videos by accident in the last week and have been on a never ending dive down the rabbit hole.
I didnt realize how much i didnt know about the early PLA and your videos are superb. I really appreciate the first person accounts and your use of the language is excellent as well. Keep up the good work!
absolutely fascinating! 😍
Never did I imagine that I would one day be able to watch hours of content on the great SKS vs AK debate. This is fantastic. Thank you!
Incredible storytelling, wish I'd had tutors like this in Uni!
Your chanel is pure gold, makes me nostalgic about college. Oh to be blown away by someone who's deep into a subject. Cheers from Rio de Janeiro.
The passion and the storytelling is why i stay. Amazing video as always
Magnificent content proffesor! I raise to you my most aromatic glass of rice wine
You are such a professional and have such a breathtaking wealth of knowledge on the subject, and being able to hear it in such engaging form is a treat I almost never get. Absolutely one of my favorite channels right now.
Prof: You are an excellent historical story teller. Keep it up
48:50 when he describes "its time to bring out the wolfpack of torpedo boats!" Its the same vibe as some comically evil supervillain unleashing their comically large and undefeatable horde of demons/minions/summons
This whole story reminds me of some crappy movie about a high school sports team that's never won a game get taken under by a new smart coach who takes them to the state finals, but good.
Actually Zhang Aiping's story did eventually make it to the big screen in 2005, titled "Coach Carter" starring Samuel L. Jackson in the lead role.
41:55 I did not expect Mao to be like “bro that shit was SICK”, lol.
Great presentation skills. A most engaging lecture style.
Finally, I got around to watching this. Most informative as always Professor.
41:45 Also, that story of Mao telling the Air Force to not yell at the pilot who buzzed him cause he liked it. 😂😂
My weekly dose of PLA history has returned! How dare youtube hide this from me for 15 hours!
Is this where I ironically say that "They hate us for our freedoms"?
Excellent story! The invasion reminded me of the Battle of Sa Jacinto where 800 Texans attacked 1500 Mexicans during their siesta and the battle took only 18 minutes.
Mixing in the Doolittle Raid and a three-hour tour from Gilligan's Island made this story amusing.
I'm waiting on pins and needles for the rest of this story. Purging competent but unpleasant people tends to be a bad idea.
3:00 self defenestration
I wasn't expecting that reference about Argentine pilots in Malvinas in a 1 hour episode about the Chinese Army 😅
Professor you are a great story teller, I can imagine you pitching this to C-drama producers as their next true history drama.
Another great video. Some of the best content on UA-cam right now.
谢谢教授
In the midst of all these important, named individuals are the unnamed, thankless middle managers and pencil pushers. It's understandable but also a damn shame that the people who actually pulled off the nitty gritty work that needed to be done to follow the orders given by the unmistakably talented and great people above them won't ever truly be recognized.
You have just psychically intuited our next episode!!!!!
Brilliant episode as always. Thank you Prof. Clower!
Very enjoyable and super interesting! You, sir, are a marvelous story teller. Thank you, and Regards from the Left Coast of Canada formally known as British Columbia 😂
And I fully agree with @HealthcareAB...this is by far the highest quality channel on YT today...the magic of what words can do when they're mustered and marshalled into service by a very highly articulate, knowledgeable, intelligent, entertaining, polyglottal and fun Commander...Professor Jason could take anything and turn in into a passionately fascinating subject...he is THE man!!!...GO JASON GO!!!...
Comrade Professor, I am obsessed with the P-47 Thunderbolt! Perhaps you could talk about the PLAAF-ROCAF air skirmishes over the South China Sea?
Disappointment the high command didn't even consider how many office tables will be needed to be transported day one of the invasion and what party supplies to bring with them.
thank you professor clower
What an interesting tale!
Type 56 red note when? Great video as always
didn't know Mao was chill like that 😎🤙
I must now decide if my professor of capitalist discrimination law and subjugation, who I pay (as he is a capitalist) or the People’s professor is more worthy of my time.
They told him "But you've seen Americans, make a NAVY for us." I love this course, haven't missed a class. Now Ive almost been shot, in America, for asking this; Does The People's Liberation Army Navy have an Airforce? 😬 Thanks
@@CaptainSkanté YES! It really does!
@Type56_Ordnance_Dept they deadass call their airwing PLANAF?
I especially liked the unicorns.
Dr Clower does the PLA have a scream or saying that they do as they go into battle? I’m thinking of something similar to the USMC oooorah.
I guess it's a 冲, from what I see in Chinese movies?
@@ZastavaM70AB2phonetically? for the westoids like me
When I was (a very non-combat arms) Marine, they told us the ooorah came from Turkey, but it seems very, very similar to the Russian/Soviet battle cry of . . . well it transliterates as "ooorah" as well.
Oh boy, this video might be more relevant than expected, given the recent naval revelations in East Asia.
We call it "dirt poisoning."
It’s hard history rooting against the protagonists. Great series.
The professor will reign for ten thousand years!
Please try posting some of your content to Xiao Hong Shu. I would love for more people to see your great work!
I don't think the criticism of chairman mao will go over well there. Not that the Chinese aren't aware that Mao made some big mistakes, it just isn't seen as proper etiquette to discuss it with ill intentioned foreigners
@ Maybe he can post the videos where Mao isn’t mentioned. And I don’t think he is ill intentioned. This series seems to be pretty unbiased about the PLA and the CCP.
YAY!!!...at long last, the Cultural Revolution...I've been waiting for this for a loooooong time!!...
Stealth is great but there is no radar in the world that can detect a low flying plane through 100m of rock and earth
Oh no, a political storm from the north! Why didn't the meteo guys see it coming?
Great storytelling!
Love the videos! (can you please clean the lens?)
you should be on xiaohongshu comrade
All this story needs is a “Chinese Penny Benjamin“!
😂
The algorithm is pure and absolute idiocy, nothing but laziness clumsily disguised as adherence to some mythical "morality" standard. That a content creator must take such ridiculous semantic leaps in order to substitute ordinary words that are perfectly appropriate, words that in *no way* encourage the activity being described, is maddening. I hate that it informs my own comments, causing me to self-edit lest my words be consigned to YTs trash can. Absurd.
Bravo! Your best episode to date. Like you said, this episode was exactly like a gripping war drama, such as The Dambusters. Taiwan sound like (and still are) assholes - holding islands a few miles off the Chinese coast just to block trade and be annoying.
Godsend
The ship in this story has an island named after it. Do you know where it is?
Are we ever going to cover two bombs one satellite?
Lãoshī, what was the name of the maverick pilot who buzzed Mao? Jiang Weibiang?
It was Zhang Weiliang 张伟良
@Type56_Ordnance_Dept Thank you, still learning by ear
I ❤loved❤ listening to this movie🎭
Separately it would be fascinating to see your content on 小红书 though I think the subject matter might need to be slightly different...
The brilliance of this episode begs you to continue with your analysis of the PLA up through the present day. In the 1960s, the PLA was torn apart by the cultural revolution which you are explaining so well. Today, the PLA seems to be tearing itself apart With gluttonous corruption. For those of us living in the present, it is vital to know if the PLA has been so rotted by corruption that it is doubtful that it can be effective or if the corruption is only superficial and the PLA still has working muscle.
Greta video as always. Do you have any other channels or video type classes on UA-cam or anywhere ? This is a top tier channel.
Thank you so much for your appreciation! I'm talking to my university about making this a proper, for-credit class.
That’d be awesome. What university would it be under?
@ I'm at Chico State (in California). I'll get back to you.
Thank you
UA-cam is looking like the reds.
I found that the YT algo is funny. It seems like their filtering algo is protecting something. Something that dare not see number four and number six combined in certain form. Just be ware.
For now I'll keep it eight and one (but I don't know how well YT likes that either).
The PLA were involved in the rescue of the Doolittle fighters? Did we coordinate with them outside of the nationalist forces or in conjunction?
One should know that the Japanese exacted terrible revenge upon the Chinese civilians for recovering the Doolittle raid aircrews.
PLA or Communist force was part of the NRA at that point. They only formally split with KMT after WW 2.
I would rather listen 3 hours long lecture about Chinese army then sleep 🫡
Is this going to be on the exam, professor?
An hour long? And I overslept til mid day to watch it? Caught lacking here from your friendly neighborhood VPA millitia men.
I already forgot this channels old name
The channel has always been called “Type 56: The Story of China's Army,” just like Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.
@CSSVirginia. Excellent. Keep it that way and you will go far in Party politics :)
Giáo sư Clower có biết tiếng Việt không ạ? Em cần giáo sư tư vấn!
Sadly, no :( I wish I could read Vietnamese sources about the wars with France and China :(
Koment😂
u joining the redbook app with all the tiktok refugees?
He's Canadian. Canada doesn't ban TikTok. So he still able to use TT.
@@Moeflyer6213 He's American he teaches at US University
I thought he taught in SF
He teaches at University California Chico. Chico is north of Sacramento so it’s inland and in Northern California.
Plz censor the India episode
you are the fkin dude tbh, good video, so good i watched it twice
谢谢教授