Battle Of Midway Ended In Surprising American Victory And Crushing Japanese Defeat
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"Dive into the gripping WWII series that unveils the transformative journey of Japan's most renowned aviator, from leading the pivotal attack on Pearl Harbor to experiencing the devastating aftermath of Hiroshima. Witness firsthand the battles that reshaped the Pacific: Midway, Leyte Gulf, and the steps leading to the historic surrender aboard the USS Missouri. Beyond the war, explore a remarkable story of reconciliation and redemption as this former Imperial Japanese Navy officer finds peace through faith, forming unlikely friendships with American icons, including former Presidents and military adversaries. This series not only challenges the conventional narratives of the Pacific War but also presents a unique perspective of enmity turned into alliance. Join us as we traverse the thin line between war and peace, enmity and friendship, through the eyes of a man who lived through it all."
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• Memoirs of a Japanese ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 5 of memoirs of a Japanese top aviator, who was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He was best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the overall fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, he was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack.
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Thank you for another series.
@@sgt.grinch3299 Dear Sir we are very much grateful to you for your kind words of appreciation
ua-cam.com/video/23vL8AvqbDc/v-deo.html Unfortunately, as riveting as his account is, Fuchida is not very accurate. John Parshall has a lecture and book about it.
@@Savagegloryphot Sir please check memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida
Ok this is an autobiography from what he knew or believe he knew from his own service. Its not an academic paper, there are bound to be inaccuracies
Reading the life's story of Jimmy Doolittle has me convinced that this man had balls of a material not yet known to man.
Space titanium.
A very bright, educated and brave man. Unique.
Watch some films of him piloting one of those Gee Bee racers.
You mean the man who did the first instrument landing blind under the hood? Yeah, that guy was a special kind of man!
Unubtanium.
The Japanese military cheered for the impending surprise attack against United States, with whom they had not declared war. The pilots of the Doolittle raid cheered because it was a strike back at the Japanese after the sucker punch at Pearl Harbor. Not the same thing at all.
Exactly my thought when I heard that nonsense.
The mission was not just "confidential," it was classified "top secret."
Doolittle did not propose the idea of the raid. He volunteered to lead it after it was offered to him. Also, the plane that went to Soviet territory didn't crash, but the crew members were detained for a year as the Soviet Union was not at war with Japan.
The idea of the raid was conceived by a non aviator Navy Captain. The idea was taken to King who went to Hap Arnold with it. Doolittle was offered the job.
Remember, these are the memoirs of a Japanese Veteran, not an history expert. It's told from his eyes, so he doesn't have all the facts.
@@captainobvious9233Exactly. He wrote in the early post-war years.
@@bobharrison7693😊who was Navy officer who first advanced “ the Tokyo raid” concept?😮
As I understand it the idea actually came from a submariner. As Roosevelt says, I like sub captains they don’t have time for bullshit! See Pearl Harbour movie!
“Arrogance from top to bottom was to blame”. Seem Mr. Fuchida is still infected.
Yamamoto sure screwed this midway battle up. Too complex of a plan and split forces all over the place. He should have had his battleships in front of his carriers, not far behind. He also had two small carriers in Alaska battle that would have helped in Midway. 50+ planes that might have changed the result!
In April 1942, Jimmy Dolittle was a Lt. Colonel, USAAF. Not a Lt. Commander, a navy rank equal to an army Major.
not in the USAAF you know it all jackass...it was called the Army Air Corps
Near as I could dig out his original version was 1953. Eight years was not time enough for him to see what the US would become. His writing’s still full of coulda, woulda, shouldas. Battles are lost on coulda, woulda, shouldas. Mitsuo lived to 1976 so air warrior that he was, he lived to see real air power to the moon and back.
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Not totally accurate. US Navy Captain Francis Low thought up the idea and submitted it to his superiors who asked for a feasibility study which , in turn, determined that Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle should lead the dangerous and risky mission.
Mitsuo Fuchida probably didn’t know this in the late 40s/early 50s when he wrote. But he could have gone back to update or rewrite since he lived to 1976.
Why was USS Lexington/CV-2 the photo for this episode? Lexington was sunk during the Battle of Coral Sea and didn't take part in either the Doolittle Raid or the Battle of Midway.
Nice picture though. 😂
Brewster Buffaloes grazing near the forward end of the flight deck. Yikes!
@@ronnelson7828Good eyes! There's SBD Dauntlessness amidship and are those TBD Devastators on the fan tail?
Pearl Harbor was far from a total loss. The attack did not severely damage US naval capabilities.
What an annoying man. He knows everything better and thinks he could have won the war on his own,
If only the IJN had done what this genius suggested we’d all be speaking Japanese. 🤣😂😆
It's a common theme in these Japanese memoirs. "If only the high command had been perfect, we would have won the war". It's delusion to expect perfection in any human endeavor. Midway was a good target for them because they could have continued to raid Pearl Harbor, making logistics for the US Navy extremely difficult. Even with the code break warning, that battle could have turned out very differently. It depended on the American fleet hiding in a blind spot caused by a scout plane failure. The Japanese were much more accomplished at launching coordinated carrier attacks at that point in the war.
Don’t forget Mitsuo was writing in the late 40s to the early 50s. I don’t see this so much as actual history but as a faithful record of his mindset. The memoir reeks of warrior militarism riding high off all of Japan’s “glorious victories” in the early 20th century. Mitsuo lived to 1976 so I hope he grew to see things differently. But if he did, he still didn’t insert facts and correct his memoirs.
@@alainaaugust1932 The Japanese Gov't - with Emperor (cough cough) MacArthur''s blessing, locked up Japanese war-records by degree until 1985, and while some books resulted quickly, most have much later studies with a far more thorough research (ie, researchers uncovering same-group's records and logs hidden over many parts of Japan. This castrated Japanese war-authors from having supporting evidence and records from 1946 on. Very few Japanese-authored books were published before 1990, and most of those were either researchers or source-material authors used by American and Western authors of the 1960's.
@@alainaaugust1932: his memoir.
Yorktown was not towed to Pearl Harbor; she returned there on her own power to be sufficiently repaired before the Battle of Midway.
Repaired and sailed in 72 hours!
The story about "nine" dive bombers attacking Akagi was nonsense. Just three did, and the bomb of the first is the one that hit. Nor did his legs break at that time, but later when trying to evacuate the bridge on a rope.
People today forget Jimmy Doolittle was one of the greatest American pilots of his day. He won multiple flying trophies between the wars, and he earned one of the first Phds in aeronautical engineering. I challenge anyone to name a more qualified commander for the mission.
Hubris or contempt for your enemy has never been the foundation of any long-term military success. Picking a fight to the death with an adversary you can't possibly overpower is not brilliant planning. Relying on the cowardice or lack of manhood of enemy combatants is not a war strategy. In general, the high command of the IJN was notoriously incompetent in gathering and making use of intelligence - including the failure to realize that their own codes had long-since been broken. They never again managed to beat the US to the punch like they did with the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. And even worse, they couldn't concede to themselves that an inferior race had outsmarted them, repeatedly.
Occasionally brilliant successes in springing torpedo attacks at night do stand out as their one area of real technical superiority after the US victory at Midway. From that point forward, even they came to eventually grasp the fact that Japan could not win. The entire undertaking of a war of conquest by the JE was a blunder for the ages. The thought that changing a bungled opportunity here or there, along the way would have changed the outcome of the war is wistful at best and dangerously foolish at worst. The war should never have been fought. Japan has rebuilt a great nation without militarism or Bushido and the world is better for it.
So true. Keep in mind Mitsuo wrote this before 1953. He couldn’t then know how far the post-war US would ascend. At the time of writing he’s still reeling from the humiliating defeat, along with his compatriots. Only when I traveled in Asia did I fully grasp how very much the concept of “saving face” is welded into their culture. Their heritage is literally to commit suicide rather than have the family lose face. Our conquest of them was the greatest thing that ever happened to them-sincerely. It opened Japan up to new ideas, not just about democracy, but about being human. Buddhism, compassion, forgiveness, never really reached deeply into Japan. Christians they killed, more than once. Our occupation stopped such nonsense. We’ve been idiots many times in our history, but we left duels fought for wounded “honor” back in the 19th century. Japan did not-honor was everything. Our offenses were not just somehow against their industry, if that was true. Rather we had *insulted* them, so they had to bomb Pearl to save face. Nonsense, from our point of view. Sometimes directly, sometimes between the lines, you can hear Matsuo longing for the old days. That was 1953. Like so many Japanese, he changed.
Thank you for your amplification and for sharing your experience and insight. Japan has largely redeemed itself by turning from the sword and expressing its tremendous national dynamism in saner, more humane ways. They deserve credit for reforming a disastrous code of societal "norms" and generally brutal conduct toward foreigners and even their own population. They have transformed themselves on many levels and deserve respect for doing so.@@alainaaugust1932
The goal of Imperial Japan wasn't to conquer but rather to force a negotiated peace more favorable to the Japanese than the conditions were before the war.
The Japanese openly posited their grand ambition of "bringing the entire world together under a single roof " - theirs, well before the war ever started. Whether they were truly that deluded about the balance of power in the world or not, they undeniably engaged in a lengthy campaign of particularly savage, foreign conquest as national policy - starting in China in the 1930s. The war plan to bleed the Allies so badly that they would sue for a peace agreement that was more advantageous to Japan was a pipe dream that gained currency after the attack on Pearl fell short of knocking the US out of the war at the very start. Later, it became their only viable war aim, after their own, belated realization of their inevitable defeat. Any hope that the West would shrink from the carnage was a catastrophic misreading of American and Allied resolve that resulted in millions of unnecessary deaths.@@larrylaferriere3075
The Japanese made the same error in judging their enemy's courage and fighting abilities as the Confederacy made against the Union in the American civil war. Southern soldiers boasted each southerner could whip 10 Yankees. 600,000 dead later, that bragadoccio was proved wrong.
They did low-level training in Pendleton, Oregon
Radar intelligence and proximity fuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Refuel in “Spain”! Someone really needs to get this guy a map.
Perhaps he meant Saipan?🤷
@@rixxroxxk1620 Why would the Japanese assist the bombers in refuelling? Would they fight their way into Saipan to refuel? From there, whence?
Although Spain was officially neutral, Franco was beholding to Hitler for several reasons; therefore, Spain would not have assisted the Americans in any attack against an ally of Germany.
@@georgegay4750: beholden
He does seem to have quite a selective recollection, especially about things largely undisputed. ie: Coral Sea left Zuikaku undamaged, but her air complement was savaged. It is furthrt interesting that he chose not to remember Coral Sea until partially through his description of the Midway battle.
Also, his memory of the battle of Midway might have been clouded due his medical condition and whatever drugs he might have been on at the moment, aside from trying to save his own hide as the Akagi erupted around him.
Actually Zuikaku might have received self inflicted damage (from landing her damaged planes) that the US wouldn’t have known about and the Japanese didn’t actually disclose.
@@rinkevichjmThat's purely speculative though. Virtually all historical sources state the Zuikaku was undamaged at Coral Sea.
Total loss at Pearl Harbor, don’t think so. We think of it as foreplay.
bad foreplay. you made lady liberty mad....
If you are going to talk about the Doolittle raid, why not show a picture of the USS Hornet and not USS Lexington?
There are sources that say that Japanese pilot Tomoanaga didn't crash his plane into the Yorktown and his torpedo also missed.
"Leading from 300 miles behind the Nagumo Battle Fleet" not the only example of Japanese officers leading from behind not that they did any better up front.
The Japanese mistakes were many; they scattered their forces to the point to where they couldn't quickly come to each other's aid, the Aleutian attack bleed forces away on an unnecessary attack, Japanese plans were based on what the Americans WOULD do not what they COULD do. It was a fatal combination. Good luck in War doesn't always stay on one side.
The irony is the raid was deemed 'Do nothing' by the IJM but in the end it was their downfall because the Midway operation was the response.
This is an important point. The Doolittle raid itself did not cause much hassle for the Japanese war effort. It did likely have a much larger psychological effect on the Japanese citizens than they wanted to admit but the real success is that this raid led to the attack on midway.
The authour's view of Yamamoto is just fascinating ... what is the name of the book? Want to buy & read. Many thx for posting!
@Laurencemardon Sir please check memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida about attack on Pearl Harbor
@@WW2Tales Thank you!
@Laurencemardon Most welcome Sir
The planes were not on the deck ready for the attack Hiryu won’t launch for 45 minutes
Read the book "Shattered Sword". It tells Midway but from the Japanese point of view. Brilliant book. Give it a read.
One of the great marketing-efforts for Monday Morning QB'ing, too.
The plan was proposed by a Navy submarine officer.
Es intersante ver la historia desde ambos lados,, y ver el punto de vista japonés de la batalla. Algo que los almirantes japoneses parecen no haber aprendido, a pesar de la destrucción de los acorazados Prince of Wales y Repulse cerca de Singapur, es que los barcos clave ya no eran los aorazados, sino los portaviones. Japón perdió sus portaviones en esta Batalla de Midway, y co ellos perdió la iniciativa. En realidad la fuerza de ofensiva mas potente de Japón era el Kido Butai, no sus acorazados, que resultaron dada la mala distribución de las fuerzas, ser totalmente inútiles en la Batalla.
Fuchida no. 5. Thx.
@Bob.W. Sir Bob thanks to you too :)
The video needs to have more clips than the one image.
Interesting that the pic you chose was the Lexington or possibly the Saratoga for the pice, neither of which had anything to do with the Doolittle raid.
My first thought was Sara.
In “God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor” by Gordon W. Prange the facts are different. Perhaps Gordon’s input helped soften some of Mitsu’s arrogance.
Why did the Japanese think that aid is why did the Japanese think a decisive battle with and the war for Japan, you can win every battle of lose the war like the Japanese learn the hard way
when WW2 Japanese's say 'interrogate' the mean torture. awful.
It is a false belief that the Japanese carriers had their decks all full of fully armed and fueled planes ready to take off against the newly discovered American carriers. Only the timely arrival of American dive bombers prevented the Japanese planes from taking off. This story has been proven false. Japanese flight decks were clear except for their fighters landing and taking off. This was being done continuously to handle the almost continual American Air attacks. The rest of the Japanese planes were down in the hanger decks when the American dive bombers attacked.
Jesus Japan can you have a ship name not ending in a vowel. 😂
The Divine when was just that a bunch of wind
Conventional wars are usually won by the side with the most resources and makes the fewest mistakes. The Americans made mistakes during the battle too, but they still won. All his pathetic excuses can't change that.
The takedown of his rendition of the battle by the succeeding video series specifically about Midway is great
Another "Monday morning" quarterback with all the answers.
The delusional "thinking" and general arrogance are typical of that organization. But it's still difficult to swallow in light of the false assumptions re the strengths of his enemy, while grossly overestimating the military capabilities of his own nation. Sadly, the intentional deceit buried in his commentary, added to his self-exalting contempt for Westerners and for some his own senior leadership, was the source of his undoing as a reliable source of factual, historical information.
Think Japan lost the war when they bombed Pearl Harbor.
It is enligtening to listen to the impression the Battle of Midway did on the Japanes aviator who wrote this story. The fact is Japan coiuld never recore her momentum, ad was on the defensive after this battle, which proved, once and for all, that the actual power of a Navy was in her Aiecraft Carrier force, not in her Battlehips. In reality Japan lost as her Main Fleet was made up of the Carriers she lost, not in her Battleships.
30:09 Proverbs 16:18 While that notion is certainly a universal truth, I wonder where he got that exact quote.
30:09? Don’t see that. But he became a Christian after the war. He called his memoir From Pearl Harbor to Golgotha. Fairly Christian title.
@@alainaaugust1932 "Pride goes before a fall" _is_ Proverbs 16:18.
And thank you for showing the name of his memoirs. The fact that he knew about Golgotha means that he learned about Christianity _somewhere_ (probably during the occupation).
Jacob Deshazer of Doolittle plane #16 “Bat Out of Hell” (the one hanging off the stern) became a missionary to Japan after his time as a POW gave Fuchida a Bible tract.
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Literally has a swastika as a profile pic but hasn't done anything german for awhile 😢
Even if all this may be true but this guy sounds like an “after the facts expert” and doesn’t reflect good on him. Easy to second guess after the fact but he was there. Why didn’t he apply all these mistakes he knew was made in further campaigns.
So wounded at Midway, he was sent to Japan to heal. Afterwards he was promoted to land-based staff officer for the rest of the war. In that official capacity he visited Hiroshima the day before the bomb fell.
What's crazy is today.. the USA has hydrogen aircraft carriers. They don't even have to dock to refuel...
How did the Japanese know the details of Doolittle raid. Looks like a fake writer after the fact. Added fluff. Or fictional.
I suspect that Fujita is a conman. Aerial photos of the Japanese carriers show no strike force on Akaga's flight deck or any flight deck. Further carrier operations to put planes on flightdecks. much less launch, would have been impossible while dodging torpedos and bombs. if this man were who he claimed, he would know better.
You are correct. He purposely lied to cover for Nagumo. This was known in Japan for decades but no English translation existed that described these events. Jon Parshall's book Shattered Sword put this "5 minute" myth to rest, and he has spoken about this on a few other podcasts on UA-cam.
He was. Full of shit, actually.
Six whole months before a definite US victory. Meanwhile the British had been at war for almost three years and 18 months alone.
So? Your point? This is not about Britain. What the hell do you want? The U.S to time travel and join the war early?
And no, they were not alone, the U.S sent tons of Aid, ships, tanks, supplies and even helped escort convoys.
Who the hell cares how long other countries were in the war beforehand. Big freaking deal. Grow up.
@@captainobvious9233 : Taking it pretty personally. What’s your problem?
Where does Britain come into the picture in this video?
@@blockmasterscott : It’s not in the video. I mentioned it in my remarks. You’re really struggling with this.
@@bloodybones63 : Glad I could help.