@@Neion8 dude look at the battle of midway. Our fleet was shit, the Japanese ran through pretty regularly. It was the innovations and the deployment of the new never before existed carriers that changed the face of war. I wish people knew more than what was taught in school and play in movies…
@@lieutenantcoffee5410 America got jacked in midway the casualties and lots of ships was insane…(not saying it was lost, just it wasn't a runaway victory).
The hate isn't for your sacrfice, the hate comes from the fact your 'patriotic ego' usually comes with an obnoxious flavor of ignorance and misplaced elitism that puts a lot of people in danger and even gets people killed that shouldn't have died in the first place if reason was applied.
I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in the late 70's. From where my submarine was docked, I could look across the harbor and see the U.S.S. Arizona memorial.
Fun fact about the battle there was supposed to be three waves of planes but only two were launched the third wave was to attack the Fuel Depot and the Submarine Base, he did not launch the third wave because the admiral thought they lost the element of surprise.
Ive sailed past the USS Arizona when I was stationed on a Guided Missile Cruiser . We manned the rails and rendered honors as our Chaplain told the story of her sinking over the general announcing system . It was a moving experience.
That was a line by is a quote by iosroku yamamoto Who after the attack said " I fear all we have done is a waken a sleeping giant and fill him with incredible resolve"
@@marystiver6051 it's not. The quote in the film Pearl harbor & midway Is a abridged version of his original quote from the 1970s movie Tora Tora Tora. Also the book it was based on. This quote was taken from notes of the admiral himself. Also suspected to have been inspired by Napoleon and his quote regarding China. Where he said " China is a Sicky, Sleeping Giant. But when she awaken the World will Tremble.
“Those uhh....... Japanese planes are getting kinda close don’t you think?”- john L. Pratt,captain of USS Bismarck sea (CVE-95) witnessing Japanese kamikaze attacks
@@tyoop8040 it did actually, the great boom and after less than 6 months, US had recommissioned and replaced all fallen ships and cruisers and proceeded to crazily build a massive navy. You forget to realize that drafts occured and engineers working on civil duties were then proceeded to work in military. Many ships were created. A quick Google search and you would see: By war's end in 1945, the United States Navy had added nearly 1,200 major combatant ships, including twenty-seven aircraft carriers, eight "fast" battleships, and ten prewar "old" battleships totaling over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater 27 aircraft carriers Aircraft Carriers Those things that carry like 500 airplanes USS Intrepid sized ships 27 of them.
@@cukuceral It should be noted that only TWO ships sunk at pearl harbor were sunk permanently. (the Arizona was one of the two) Every other ship was raised and fought in the war or was used elsewhere.
@@speedy01247 Eighteen ships In total, 2,403 Americans were killed, and 1,143 were wounded. Eighteen ships were sunk or run aground, including five battleships. All of the Americans killed or wounded during the attack were legally non-combatants, given that there was no state of war when the attack occurred. Google search proves you're wrong... I searched it so at least I don't look like a fool naming the ships, Arizona, Nevada, California, cassin, downes, oglala, west Virginia, Oklahoma. To name a few. And the ships that were saved like the Nevada were never instituted into actual war activities like nevada, it was made into a convoy ship.
@@speedy01247 we also supplied Britain and french rebels with ammunition and resources and ships/planes for their armies as well. All while creating our own.
Admiral Yamamoto is quoted as saying in a letter to a friend “to invade the United States would prove most difficult because behind every blade of grass is an American with a rifle."
@@diestv420 While still true, during WWII people were absolutely more willing to defend their country than today. There was almost no one in the US during WWII that wasn't aiding the war effort.
AntiSkillshot, practitioner of Diogenes I wonder what that kind of unity feels like? We saw a mere glimmer after 9/11, but it was quickly swallowed by Political Correctness and people have forgotten.
and then said COOL, Hay America We declare WAR on you! And Congress said Fine You first Dolf! And what the Axies thought would never happen, happened one nation indivisible went to total war!
@@koboldparty4708 Hitler's plan was to keep the US out of it as long as possible, and once he had control of all of Europe, and Russia had control of Asia, They would attack the US from both East and West. Japan literally screwed him over and honestly the US was trying to stay out of the war until then.
Good thing that Hitler didn't just tear up the 'Mutual Assistance Pact' or whatever it was called like he tore up those other agreements. It might have delayed the US participation in the war even more. Smart Hitler to Japan: "Sorry. The agreement doesn't apply as Japan wasn't attacked." Smart Hitler to USA: "Germany offers its condolences for the deaths at Pearl Harbor. Is there anything we can do to help?" I can't think of anything more dangerous than a smart Hitler.
To think that all of this happened less than a century ago, truly mind blowing how much technology has progressed over time. Imagine if they used today's nuclear weapons.
@JSENNER83 but there would also be sams, transponders to recognize the planes (which i understand was part of the problem, they were spotted on radar but thought to be B-17s coming in), etc
He says both most of the time that I know of could be wrong. But he does this to reinforce the fact he is a soldier and He will not have the people watching UA-cam who comment on his videos FORGET IT! LOL
I remember we did exercises as Pearl when I was a Marine in the 80's. They took us to the roof of one of the buildings that had an anti-aircraft gun up there. Scattered on the roof was the brass from the attack. They never policed it. Left as a memorial, I guess. Having front gate duty at the base at Wahiawa (on Oahu just like Pearl) we would often see and talk to an old native guy who actually saw the Japanese plans come over the pass that morning. It was cool talking to that guy. I also remember walking out of the barracks at Pearl at around sunrise. I don't believe in ghosts, but there was something really eerie in the air on that base. I never want to go back there again. lol
Camp Hanson on Okinawa. One of the back gates that opens up into the jungle has a lot of ghost sightings. Those that have sat in the guard house have said they've seen a shadow figure step out from the jungle and say "Mac, you got a cigarette?" then fade back into the jungle. I, myself, have toured the Japanese underground Naval Headquarters building on Oki. After descending the stairs I stopped dead in my tracks. I felt a cold chill down my spine and felt about 1,000 eyes staring at me. There was no one else in there.
Bodies are still being identified and returned home from this attack. I ride with the Patriot Guard Riders in Missouri and over the past few months I have helped provide motorcycle escorts for funerals for two of the sailors killed in this attack who were identified by DNA in recent months, one from the USS Oklahoma and one from the USS West Virginia.
Admiral Yamamoto spent several years in America before WWII. He told the Imperial Japanese High command "a ground invasion will never work in America because there will be a gun behind every blade of grass" He also said when learning that the attack on Pearl Harbor happened before War was formally declared. "We have awoke a sleeping giant "
Yamamoto probably was the only high ranking Japanese officer who had studied in the US. He had seen the oil fields in Texas, and the steel mills in Pennsylvania. But the Japanese discounted his experiences and some thought he was even disloyal to even suggest that Japan would have trouble defeating the US. But in the end he agreed to plan the attack, saying "I am the sword of my Emperor". In 1943 he was assassinated by P-38 fighters while on a inspection tour of a forward navy base. The Japanese paid a horrible price because of their pride and arrogance, millions dead and their country turned into a vast ash pile, two being radioactive.
You need to remember that at this point in history the coming dominance of the Carriers was not yet established. Battleships where still seen as the backbone of any modern fleet.
true. . atleast in america. . japan had rightly realized the potential of carriers. . but it wasnt till pearlharbor that america realized that potential
@@Blizzard0fHope Some in Japan may have seen tbe coming importance of the carrier, but not all. Otherwise why use precious resources to build Yamato and Mushashi?
@@CanisMythson It was not one event but a gradual process, but the final straw was not Pearl Harbor. Those ships where after all at anchor and half manned. No it was when Japanese aircraft sank the British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales, while they where underway and battle ready, when the naysayers weer finally silenced.
@@Blizzard0fHope Japan hadn't fully appreciated how dominant carriers would be. Everyone understand that they would have an important role, but at first it was only a few pie-in-the-sky thinkers that thought they would unseat battleships as the center of the fleet.
You’re wrong about that the sun is powered by nuclear fusion a nuclear explosion is powered by nuclear fission but I get what you are saying and if I had been near one of those Two city’s when the bombs were drops I probably would say they drop the sun on (insert City name/names here) as well
USS Gray Ghost fusion is what powers the sun, fission does occur there also. It was still an incredible blinding light produced from a nuclear reaction.
In terms of Navy, Japan's fleet was incredible and in the early stages of the war could match the US. The problem for Japan is that the US had way more industrial potential and there was no way they could reach the US Mainland.
exactly. Yamamoto knew that. and was against the war because he knew the issues. but the other leaders were idiots so he gave them the best chance he could. He hoped by wiping out the Pacific fleet the US will not have the will to contest. But luck turned against him. with the carriers away, both repair yards and oild storage not hit, and the declaration late in arriving his plan failed.
That’s wrong the Japanese navy overwhelmed the pacific fleet in carriers! Remember that when your fighting over the ocean whichever side has more carriers (which the Japanese had six fleet carriers against the pacific fleet’s three carriers) will have control over the skies.
Even if the U.S were able to get more carriers built if the Japanese hadn’t lost their four carriers at Midway it would have still been in the Japanese favor for a while as they would have still had all six of their fleet carriers as division five weren’t at the battle due to the heavy loses both carriers took during the battle at Coral sea which by then the pacific fleet had lost one carrier already leaving the numbers again still in the Japanese favor with six going against three as another carrier was also being repaired when both battles took place, the Americans couldn’t be on the offensive against the Japanese due to the naval power being in their favor, they only went on the offensive once the Kido Butai was destroyed at Midway.
@@cursedhawkins1305 but with the American industry, the loss of the entire carrier fleet would be a major inconvenience, but, still, an inconvenience. We literally built around 24 Essex class, with the Midway Class closely following behind, and hundreds of escort carriers, it was a loss any way you look at it. Japan as a whole made about 12 carriers, none survive. One even sank because a torpedo struck the ship, leading to a fuel leak, and the damage control officer made a mistake that lead to the ship becoming an air fuel bomb, which was set off by a spark or something.
I’m not sure how UA-cam got me here, i’m definitely not your target audience, but I found your video so incredibly interesting. Your passion for war history made it very exciting.
I've been to Pearl Harbor. I was in Hawaii for a wedding in December, and we stopped to see the USS Arizona and the USS Missouri. It was such an eerie feeling, looking down at the wreck, knowing that hundreds of bodies were still in the lower decks of the ship.
Fun fact: the US carriers were suppose to be at the harbor on the day of the attack, but they were out at sea because of a storm This storm changed everything
“Watched the Movie Pearl Harbor”. Oh dear god nooooooo.. Please find a copy of “Tora, Tora, Tora” and watch that instead. So much better. Also, “In Harms Way” is another good movie (not historically accurate but very good still)
Fun fact. I watched the filming of Tora Tora Tora laying on the front lawn above our house when I was 2 years old. Sadly I wasn't old enough to remember it.
"The US can put together another fleet in 2-3 years" that's actually exactly what happened. Not only was the attack on Pearl Harbor not as successful as the Japanese hoped, but it was basically a losing strategy. Yamamoto's attack would, he hoped, demoralize. Admiral Yamamoto was actually against war with the US and felt that unless he could defeat the US Navy utterly within a year, there was no hope of victory. In fact, his prediction nearly matched the exact turning point of the war, at Midway.
The rape of Nanking led to this in a roundabout way. The Japanese encouraged suicide bombing and used up their most experienced pilots time and again. Once pilots on the US side had a lot of experience they went back to be trainers.
This: It takes a few months at most to make a plane, but it takes 18+ years to make the person flying it, so if you've already got a lower population than your enemy; suicide bombing is a logistical nightmare, and while courage, cunning and weapons might win battles, it's logistics that wins wars.
48% hits on sitting ducks, no fighters in the air at Pearl....Japanese Carriers at Midway where maneuvering to avoid being hit and they had CAP over them for protection
The hit rate of US torpedos during Midway was 0%. The 60% duds of the armor breaking bombs is due to the fact that they where used for the first time. They where battleship shells refitted to be dropped from planes. The US torpedos (for planes and submarines) where just bad constructed and not tested and it took the Navy until 1943 to accept that it wasn't a mistake of the pilots and crews that they missed so often.
There is a good old documentary series called "Battle 360" which follows the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise through it's campaigns in the pacific during ww2, definitely recommend it
Funny thing, They screwed themselves. If they waited one more day, they could have gotten rid of the Grey Ghost which was a pain in the butt for Japan.
To be perfectly honest the American naval doctrine of the time had essentially no place for carriers yet, it was still very focused on battleship supremacy. The only reason that carriers became so important to the Americans was the fact that they were what was in a position to fight the early battles in the pacific. After proving themselves to be dominant at midway the US navy recognized their overbearing strength in the vast emptiness of the pacific ocean.
Yeah, after all of the US island ports got attacked at once, the Navy was like. "What've we got left?" and the answer was, "Well, most of the ships in Pearl Harbor can be repaired, but right now, we've got the Enterprise, Long Island, and Saratoga, plus some destroyers, a couple of cruisers and some transport ships." "Well better use those carriers then."
@@bobswaget118 Modern tech, I'm talking about how when the United States got in the war, they pumped out more equipment than had ever been seen in a short period of time (basically, fast reaction and insane production). With reports of warships (most likely cruisers and destroyers) being created in about a week. Modern day, yeah, we're a lot slower, but to be fair, there are more toys to add so...
From what I remember, there were actually three people who were stuck inside of the West Virginia when it sank. They were in the freshwater room and the guards who were near where the West Virginia sunk could hear them banging from inside the ship. The soilders died after 16 days, I believe.
So a thing that makes the attack even more of a failure is that most if the ships they sank were refloated and repaired in a few months, and sent into battle.
As far as percentage of hits compared to Midway, remember, these ships are sitting still. At Midway the ships were moving and trying to avoid bombs and torpedoes and they had air cover already in the air.
Japanese intel was actually fine. Two of the three carrier were supposed to be in port that day but were delayed by a day and a half due to a tropical storm.
6:10 ; In regards to Aircraft carrier numbers and ship numbers over all the amount that Japan had early war 1941/1942 was comparable to the American Navy but in the latter half of the war, the US Navy overwhelmingly outnumbered the Japanese. By 1945 the US had 27 fully functional aircraft carriers with many others under construction, plus an addition 60+ escort carriers. If you want a visual representation, watch "Why Japan had NO Chance in WW2" by Military History Visualized.
Not to mention the most legendary Aircraft Carrier=CV/N-6 USS Enterprise. The N which stands for Night operations was added making her CVN after her first night attack
Of course the American navy was op against Japan’s cause after midway japan couldn’t rebuild their navy unlike America who could easily rebuild our navy
What's that supposed to mean in midway the us demolished the Japanese and had a lot less misses than the Japanese and destroyed the whole Japanese task force
Randy J yea, there wasn’t any real concrete criteria for what is and is not a carrier, back then, if a ship could launch a plane and recover it it was an aircraft carrier, now there’s set criteria for a carrier, which is good because if the old criteria was in place, most of the USN would be considered carriers
@@saintmichaelsarchangel2644 considering what the rest of the world calls a carrier we call an amphibious assault ship I'm going to say there are still areas where that definition needs ironing out.
You had the main Fleet Carriers like the Yorktown and Essex-class and then you had Light or Escort Carriers that could guard convoys or support Amphibious Operations where putting a Fleet Carrier would be reckless and dangerous.
@@danielhenderson8316 I think it was more a matter of wasteful to assign fleet carriers to escort duty, no point in having a high speed fleet carrier dawdling along at 18 knots with Liberty ships when they were needed for offensive missions.
Finally joined the Discord and became a Patron! In fact, you're the first person I'm a patron for! Thanks for always producing fun videos and giving us viewers a reason the laugh!
Off topic but I’ve been watching vlogs of creators from other countries across the world, and man, I’ve never been to any of them but just looking at it, I love it, each country is beautiful and has amazing things about it and it’s amazing
That picture of the USS Utah if I am correct was taken after the attack, those tugs were likely trying to get the ship upright to either start rescue operations, or attempt to salvage the ship
you should read the book the big E the story of the USS Enterprise, and how the japanese thought that they had sunk it 7 times and thought it was a ghost ship!.
@@RealYankee I mean, it's not like the entire crew went down with the ship.... You can see that even on the military documents on who was in/on or around the ship that morning. Some people bailed before the bombs were dropped on top of the hull.
The cluster of ships just off Ford Island, and near the Arizona (seen at 26:50 and other moments in this video) consists of the USS Dobbin (AD-3 - Destroyer Tender) and a cluster of small destroyers. My granddad served on the Dobbin and was there 12/7/41. My dad (born 1938) and family were at military family housing just a mile or so away.
Just found this channel and it’s simply amazing. Love the interaction with the fans and history even though the history is “oversimplified”, it’s still fun to watch
You should check out the mostly Japanese-American unit that fought in WW2. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is the most decorated American military unit in history.
And many had bad automatic arming switches that were bad and dropped the payload prematurely. Those bombers went in anyway to take fire away from the planes that actually had bombs. Sacrifice.
There are several things to keep in mind when remembering PH. First, most of those ships were already obsolete pre-war designs and several years old. Second, the NAVY was full of stuffed shirts that refused to believe that airplanes were more powerful and useful than ships. They were focused on big guns and lots of armor. Speed and range were the new kings, but they could not see it. The fuel depot was the real prize. All of those ships were just scrap without fuel. They could maybe sail one way to Japan, but would be helpless without the huge fuel bunkers at Perl. Also, the small support ships like destroyers and fleet oilers were critical to operations. Yes, they could be replaced fairly quickly, but the fleets would be drastically crippled without them and that have virtually no armor and are loaded with fuel and explosive, very easy targets. At this point in time, wars were still won or lost based on logistics, not tactics or firepower.
I live in Hawaii and my grandfather worked at Pearl Harbor docks in the 1940’s. He vividly remembered being woken up to the sound of explosions and Zeroes flying overhead. I was adopted at birth from Japan, so it’s a strange feeling knowing my blood relatives more than likely supported the Japanese war efforts during WWII. It’s quite sobering to stand on Ford Island seeing the actual hangars still standing, and even more impactful at the USS Arizona memorial. Oil from the USS Arizona still seeps into the harbor to this day...
When you say we could have built another fleet in 2 or 3 years, try two or three months. Supply ships in particular were being pumped out in days, and not small supply ships. I'll provide a link to the wikipedia article about the fastest ship turned out, which took 4 days from keel to launch. The United States was centrally planned more severely and more successfully than any communist country in the history of the world, and the power and unity was something incredible. The wealth and power of the US in the 1940's was absolutely terrifying. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Robert_E._Peary
That had nothing to do with anything on the attack plans. The whole plan essentially circled around taking out those 2 carriers so they could actually cripple the fleet. The only reason why those 2 carriers weren't docked was b/c the Navy took them out for training. Had the spy stuck around longer, then the attack would have been pushed back. But he chose to run away due to suspicions of a spy in the area. Either the attack would have been pushed back or they would have targeted the 2 carriers only. They weren't very far but the Japanese had no idea where they were that morning.
This was still the era of the battleship as the capital ship, the aircraft carrier was still a novelty that was still unproven as capital ship material. That's the whole reason that Japan went after battleship row. The carriers were supposed to be in port as targets of opportunity.
Yeah, we've absolutely just had a decent amount of guns for a long time per household. A vast majority of the people I know don't own quite as many as that guy but most own at least a handgun and a hunting rifle or two. In my own house we have a shotgun and a pistol. It's also not abnormal for people to have hunting bows along side those as well. I assume back in the 1940s a normal out of the city family would have been similar to today in how many guns they own (one or two).
Hello Artur. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, early in his career in the Japanese Navy, was assigned to the diplomatic staff in Washington DC. Yamamoto arrived in San Francisco and rented a car and drove across the US to reach his posting in Washington. During his trip, he passed through or by hundreds of small towns, and larger cities, and noted all the industry. Factories making lipstick, perfumes, cookies, cakes, cars, trains, aircraft, even ones making such things as trinkets for tourists to take home as memorabilia of their trip. Yamamoto had plenty of time during his drive to ponder what would happen if all that industry were to be channeled into warfare production. This is why he is credited with having said: "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant". Because he knew that any war with the US would make them rapidly turn from civilian production to warfare. And the numbers of factories, all well inland and totally out of reach of any possible attack from any coastal fleet, would severely out-produce any nation, or combination of nations that he knew of. This, proved to be prophetic. During WWII, the US basically armed it's allies and itself, and out-produced the Axis nations by several orders of magnitude.
@Thibault Derese The Germans did have Quality, but... what good is a slow to produce, tight tolerances, prone to break down, Tank... versus something that is lower quality, fast to produce in mass numbers, faster than the opposition's tanks, and gunned just enough to penetrate their rear armor at close to medium ranges. This is why the US Sherman, and UK Churchill tanks were so effective against German tanks that were technically superior. Those 'superior' tanks were prone to break down, require massive numbers of man-hours to repair, expensive and hard to produce spares, and hard to obtain fuel. The US and UK tanks were easy to replace, faster, more maneuverable, lighter armed, and used less fuel per mile traveled than German tanks. If I can out maneuver you, it does not matter if you can kill my tanks in one shot. I have enough to get around you to your vulnerable spots and place my firepower effectively. I can 'lose' 4 or even 6 to one, and be able to salvage and repair most of those 'kills' and put them back into action with new crews in a matter of a month... where you need months to make even spares, let alone new tanks. Look at the historical records. Look at German Production figures, and US & UK numbers. You will see that even though the US and UK fielded 'lesser' tanks, the produced and fielded enough to overwhelm their foe.
your question to carriers, they are some the fastest ships for their size. Modern carriers dont NEED to be escorted anywhere, but they still do because it makes more sense to have a larger presence surrounding them because theyre more valuable. modern carriers have aircraft onboard to deal with any threat that their guns cannot subvert. with powerful sonar and intricate communication from both other ships, and the carrier itself it NEEDS nothing to protect it. in never goes in water that isn't cleared of mines or submarines because the other ships make essentially a net around it. Between a CWIS/CRAM system and the Fighter jets onboard combined with helos for medium and short range assault they are not in need of much. theyre truly floating cities with enough firepower to level anything they need to. This is my opinion, others may not see it that way
I was born and raised on Oahu. I remember asking my grandma what she saw that day. She was outside her house waiting for the rest of the family to get ready for church and remember seeing the planes flying over her and saying that she could see the pilots faces and waving to them. She also said that she saw a couple a houses down the street get shot up by planes and she said at one point she heard a loud boom and what felt like a earthquake I’m half japanese 😂 and whenever we went over this topic in school everyone would look at me. Even my ex asked me recently how do I feel being japanese and living in Hawaii. All I can think about tho is the fact that many of my uncles fought in WW2 because of the racism like that and the mistrust towards the Japanese. Serving in the 442nd rcbt and the 100th battalion
When the ships are at dock and they're shooting at attacking planes, how many of those bullets went inland? Had to be some civilian casualties from that.
@@jsl151850b you’re right. I forget when I heard this but I think it’s when we went to Pearl Harbor for a field trip and they told us that a lot of civilian casualties was from Americans shooting at the planes
2403 The official death toll was 2,403, according to the Pearl Harbor Visitors Bureau, including 2,008 Navy personnel, 109 Marines, 218 Army service members and 68 civilians.
Definitely watch "Tora! Tora! Tora!" For more modern movie goers, the first half may seem very slow. It portrays the events leading up to the attack. But from an historical perspective, it will give you a very good idea what lead up to it.
The strange part is that they could have done so much more damage to the fleet by bombing their fuel supplies. A lot of the fuel had been reserved for the war in Europe so it would have taken a couple of months to resupply and would have allowed the japanese to expand unopposed in the pacific.
He doesn’t realize that the carriers we have today can take on an entire navy of that time if we use it good enough. The modern us fleet could take on the whole world in world war 1-2
No fleet can take on shit right now because of nukes and mutually assured destruction. Can have an army 1,000,000 times bigger than anyone else, more powerful, but in the end everything will just get nuked. Fleets and armies are pussy shit and pointless. This is the age of cyber warfare and nukes. If it isn't a computer or a nuke, it's not shit.
In 1991, the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I was working with several Japanese TV networks as their film coordinator/translator. One of them had brought a guest, a pilot from the Akagi. One of the Pearl Harbor Admirals wanted us to grant an interview with his hometown buddy, who was a news correspondent. We needed all the goodwill we could get so we granted the interview. I was translating. It ended up being three hours of every single detail that this sweet, 72-year old man had kept alive in his mind for all these years. He told us the entire attack, starting from his taking off from the Akagi until he put a torpedo into the West Virginia. It was fascinating to see from his standpoint. He mentioned that he stayed on the Akagi through the Coral Sea and on to Midway. When the interviewer mentioned that the Akagi went down at Midway, this little man proceeded to tell us the entire Battle of Midway! He spoke like he was in a daze; he was seeing the story in his memory. An extraordinary experience for me to hear all the action.
You Should react to the battle of the coral sea, another intersting Battle if you are into Naval Warfare, and it is the first carrier Battle in History.
@@user-jw8yh6yq1p I was referencing the capture of the Dutch colony of Indonesia by the Japanese, that is in the video. I contrast it with the fact that another axis power: the Germans, also 'pushed right thru the Dutch': by capturing the actual Netherlands to get to Belgium/France.
Getting back to Midway, you need to try to catch the latest Midway movie (2019). It's fairly good as uses CGI to show historical ships, etc. Older films used current ships and therefore wasn't historically accurate.
'A sleeping giant' I freaking love that line in the movie Midway. My grandfather was actually in the navy and he was at the battle bringing more supplies I think (probably wrong he didn't talk about it)
"America can build another fleet in two to three years, if they really go into it. Right? You guys could do that."
We did do that.
Not even mentioning you guys already had multiple fleets at play haha
Japan: (thinks that have sunken most of the ships.) We have sunken many ships!
*Gets fucked up in Midway*
*BuT thEre Is aNothEr*
But the part that makes that so boss is that no one did it before and we didn't really know if we could. We just did it.
@@Neion8 dude look at the battle of midway. Our fleet was shit, the Japanese ran through pretty regularly. It was the innovations and the deployment of the new never before existed carriers that changed the face of war. I wish people knew more than what was taught in school and play in movies…
@@lieutenantcoffee5410 America got jacked in midway the casualties and lots of ships was insane…(not saying it was lost, just it wasn't a runaway victory).
With all the hate America gets, this guy has found quite the niche in stroking our patriotic ego.
yep. Especially when a lot of people like to bash america for stupid things
C H they may bash us but we all have guns and don’t know how to use them beware
It basically goes:
"America is so ___"
*Spins the wheel*
"Dumb!"
@liam B it's still pretty great, I enjoy living here and so do most others :)
The hate isn't for your sacrfice, the hate comes from the fact your 'patriotic ego' usually comes with an obnoxious flavor of ignorance and misplaced elitism that puts a lot of people in danger and even gets people killed that shouldn't have died in the first place if reason was applied.
I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in the late 70's. From where my submarine was docked, I could look across the harbor and see the U.S.S. Arizona memorial.
Fun fact about the battle there was supposed to be three waves of planes but only two were launched the third wave was to attack the Fuel Depot and the Submarine Base, he did not launch the third wave because the admiral thought they lost the element of surprise.
Ive sailed past the USS Arizona when I was stationed on a Guided Missile Cruiser . We manned the rails and rendered honors as our Chaplain told the story of her sinking over the general announcing system . It was a moving experience.
Thanks Shipmate !
Victor Waddell what ship?
@@stonks6616 USS Antietam CG54. We were homeported Long Beach California in the 1990s . What was your command in Pearl ?
“The Japanese had awoken a sleeping giant.” That line gave me chills
That was a line by is a quote by iosroku yamamoto Who after the attack said " I fear all we have done is a waken a sleeping giant and fill him with incredible resolve"
The line is we have awoken a sleeping giant.......and filled it with terrible resolve
From the movie midway and the admiral himself
@@marystiver6051 it's not. The quote in the film Pearl harbor & midway Is a abridged version of his original quote from the 1970s movie Tora Tora Tora. Also the book it was based on. This quote was taken from notes of the admiral himself. Also suspected to have been inspired by Napoleon and his quote regarding China. Where he said " China is a Sicky, Sleeping Giant. But when she awaken the World will Tremble.
“Those uhh....... Japanese planes are getting kinda close don’t you think?”- john L. Pratt,captain of USS Bismarck sea (CVE-95) witnessing Japanese kamikaze attacks
Two years after Pearl Harbor the U.S. had a Navy, larger than all of the Navies of the World, combined.
Except it didn't
@@tyoop8040 it did actually, the great boom and after less than 6 months, US had recommissioned and replaced all fallen ships and cruisers and proceeded to crazily build a massive navy. You forget to realize that drafts occured and engineers working on civil duties were then proceeded to work in military. Many ships were created. A quick Google search and you would see: By war's end in 1945, the United States Navy had added nearly 1,200 major combatant ships, including twenty-seven aircraft carriers, eight "fast" battleships, and ten prewar "old" battleships totaling over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater
27 aircraft carriers
Aircraft
Carriers
Those things that carry like 500 airplanes
USS Intrepid sized ships
27 of them.
@@cukuceral It should be noted that only TWO ships sunk at pearl harbor were sunk permanently. (the Arizona was one of the two) Every other ship was raised and fought in the war or was used elsewhere.
@@speedy01247 Eighteen ships
In total, 2,403 Americans were killed, and 1,143 were wounded. Eighteen ships were sunk or run aground, including five battleships. All of the Americans killed or wounded during the attack were legally non-combatants, given that there was no state of war when the attack occurred.
Google search proves you're wrong... I searched it so at least I don't look like a fool naming the ships, Arizona, Nevada, California, cassin, downes, oglala, west Virginia, Oklahoma. To name a few. And the ships that were saved like the Nevada were never instituted into actual war activities like nevada, it was made into a convoy ship.
@@speedy01247 we also supplied Britain and french rebels with ammunition and resources and ships/planes for their armies as well. All while creating our own.
Admiral Yamamoto is quoted as saying in a letter to a friend “to invade the United States would prove most difficult because behind every blade of grass is an American with a rifle."
Sounds about right
Still true
@@diestv420 While still true, during WWII people were absolutely more willing to defend their country than today.
There was almost no one in the US during WWII that wasn't aiding the war effort.
Pretty sure this is a fake quote and he was never confirmed to have said this. Correct me if I'm wrong though.
AntiSkillshot, practitioner of Diogenes I wonder what that kind of unity feels like? We saw a mere glimmer after 9/11, but it was quickly swallowed by Political Correctness and people have forgotten.
"The US could have created another fleet in 2 or 3 years."
That's exactly what they did! lol
In 1943 America was building 1 fleet carrier every month (check out how big they are, they are HUGE) no light carriers
Japan: Hey Germany, i just-
Germany looks over at what they just did: YOU WHAAT!!!??
Not really. Hitler figured that he'd be at war with the U.S. eventually, and was quite happy to export the naval war to Japan.
and then said COOL, Hay America We declare WAR on you!
And Congress said Fine You first Dolf!
And what the Axies thought would never happen, happened one nation indivisible went to total war!
@@koboldparty4708 eventually. not all at once.
@@koboldparty4708 Hitler's plan was to keep the US out of it as long as possible, and once he had control of all of Europe, and Russia had control of Asia, They would attack the US from both East and West. Japan literally screwed him over and honestly the US was trying to stay out of the war until then.
Good thing that Hitler didn't just tear up the 'Mutual Assistance Pact' or whatever it was called like he tore up those other agreements.
It might have delayed the US participation in the war even more.
Smart Hitler to Japan: "Sorry. The agreement doesn't apply as Japan wasn't attacked."
Smart Hitler to USA: "Germany offers its condolences for the deaths at Pearl Harbor. Is there anything we can do to help?"
I can't think of anything more dangerous than a smart Hitler.
Bro I’m so glad he popped up on my recommended he’s seems like a chill and smart guy, also a nice accent
Cause it's fake! Dude he's from Minnesota.
@@foreal69tu50 lol I mean he says some ignorant stuff and other signs he is legit funny though
To think that all of this happened less than a century ago, truly mind blowing how much technology has progressed over time. Imagine if they used today's nuclear weapons.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache why... why are you here as well😂
@JSENNER83 but there would also be sams, transponders to recognize the planes (which i understand was part of the problem, they were spotted on radar but thought to be B-17s coming in), etc
It’s a good bet to guess whether he will say “Estonian UA-camr” or “Estonian Soldier” at the beginnings of his videos
I'd say it's mostly up to the topic, if it's non-military he will probably say UA-camr and if it is he will probably say, soldier.
Before I watch it.. I’m going to guess “Estonian UA-camr”.. now let’s see how I went lol
He says both most of the time that I know of could be wrong. But he does this to reinforce the fact he is a soldier and He will not have the people watching UA-cam who comment on his videos FORGET IT! LOL
Damn! Wrong. Maybe next time
I wouldn’t put money against it.
Japan:hmmmm maybe we can scare them
USA:wut
Japan: *does thing*
USA: *angry eagle noises*
😂😂😂
USA: *proceeds to unleash the sun on Japan....twice*
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And oh did the tables turn...
Check out what bald eagles actually sound like.
I remember we did exercises as Pearl when I was a Marine in the 80's. They took us to the roof of one of the buildings that had an anti-aircraft gun up there. Scattered on the roof was the brass from the attack. They never policed it. Left as a memorial, I guess.
Having front gate duty at the base at Wahiawa (on Oahu just like Pearl) we would often see and talk to an old native guy who actually saw the Japanese plans come over the pass that morning. It was cool talking to that guy.
I also remember walking out of the barracks at Pearl at around sunrise. I don't believe in ghosts, but there was something really eerie in the air on that base. I never want to go back there again. lol
Camp Hanson on Okinawa. One of the back gates that opens up into the jungle has a lot of ghost sightings. Those that have sat in the guard house have said they've seen a shadow figure step out from the jungle and say "Mac, you got a cigarette?" then fade back into the jungle. I, myself, have toured the Japanese underground Naval Headquarters building on Oki. After descending the stairs I stopped dead in my tracks. I felt a cold chill down my spine and felt about 1,000 eyes staring at me. There was no one else in there.
Then there is just iwo jima.
Bodies are still being identified and returned home from this attack. I ride with the Patriot Guard Riders in Missouri and over the past few months I have helped provide motorcycle escorts for funerals for two of the sailors killed in this attack who were identified by DNA in recent months, one from the USS Oklahoma and one from the USS West Virginia.
I'm glad they were finally able to return home. And I hope same for more of our dead in the future.
Wow I did not know this!
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"Oh no, they have submarines what do we do."
America: *r a m*
Admiral Yamamoto spent several years in America before WWII. He
told the Imperial Japanese High command
"a ground invasion will never work in America because there will be a gun behind every blade of grass"
He also said when learning that the attack on Pearl Harbor happened before War was formally declared. "We have awoke a sleeping giant "
"Allegedly" said for that last part
Say this on Facebook and those little Brown Shirts will throw you in a timeout. Be it they cannot find the gender out of the 5000k they claim to be.
Yamamoto probably was the only high ranking Japanese officer who had studied in the US. He had seen the oil fields in Texas, and the steel mills in Pennsylvania. But the Japanese discounted his experiences and some thought he was even disloyal to even suggest that Japan would have trouble defeating the US. But in the end he agreed to plan the attack, saying "I am the sword of my Emperor". In 1943 he was assassinated by P-38 fighters while on a inspection tour of a forward navy base. The Japanese paid a horrible price because of their pride and arrogance, millions dead and their country turned into a vast ash pile, two being radioactive.
David Marquardt all nations paid a terrible price for WW2
Listen to Dan Carlin Supernova in the East. The amount of information he goes into is ridiculous.
You need to remember that at this point in history the coming dominance of the Carriers was not yet established. Battleships where still seen as the backbone of any modern fleet.
you could argue that Pearl Harbor *was* the time people learned of the dominance of carriers. Because it wouldn't have been possible without them.
true. . atleast in america. . japan had rightly realized the potential of carriers. . but it wasnt till pearlharbor that america realized that potential
@@Blizzard0fHope Some in Japan may have seen tbe coming importance of the carrier, but not all. Otherwise why use precious resources to build Yamato and Mushashi?
@@CanisMythson It was not one event but a gradual process, but the final straw was not Pearl Harbor. Those ships where after all at anchor and half manned. No it was when Japanese aircraft sank the British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales, while they where underway and battle ready, when the naysayers weer finally silenced.
@@Blizzard0fHope Japan hadn't fully appreciated how dominant carriers would be. Everyone understand that they would have an important role, but at first it was only a few pie-in-the-sky thinkers that thought they would unseat battleships as the center of the fleet.
“We destroyed 3 boats, *they dropped the sun on us twice!* “
Russianbadger fan I see
You’re wrong about that the sun is powered by nuclear fusion a nuclear explosion is powered by nuclear fission but I get what you are saying and if I had been near one of those Two city’s when the bombs were drops I probably would say they drop the sun on (insert City name/names here) as well
USS Gray Ghost fusion is what powers the sun, fission does occur there also. It was still an incredible blinding light produced from a nuclear reaction.
Seems we always have that attitude of, you hit me and I’ll hit you back harder 🤷♂️
USS Gray Ghost r/Woooooosh
In terms of Navy, Japan's fleet was incredible and in the early stages of the war could match the US. The problem for Japan is that the US had way more industrial potential and there was no way they could reach the US Mainland.
exactly. Yamamoto knew that. and was against the war because he knew the issues. but the other leaders were idiots so he gave them the best chance he could. He hoped by wiping out the Pacific fleet the US will not have the will to contest. But luck turned against him. with the carriers away, both repair yards and oild storage not hit, and the declaration late in arriving his plan failed.
That’s wrong the Japanese navy overwhelmed the pacific fleet in carriers! Remember that when your fighting over the ocean whichever side has more carriers (which the Japanese had six fleet carriers against the pacific fleet’s three carriers) will have control over the skies.
@@cursedhawkins1305 It doesn't matter how many carriers your country has if you are facing a country that can outproduce you and build more.
Even if the U.S were able to get more carriers built if the Japanese hadn’t lost their four carriers at Midway it would have still been in the Japanese favor for a while as they would have still had all six of their fleet carriers as division five weren’t at the battle due to the heavy loses both carriers took during the battle at Coral sea which by then the pacific fleet had lost one carrier already leaving the numbers again still in the Japanese favor with six going against three as another carrier was also being repaired when both battles took place, the Americans couldn’t be on the offensive against the Japanese due to the naval power being in their favor, they only went on the offensive once the Kido Butai was destroyed at Midway.
@@cursedhawkins1305 but with the American industry, the loss of the entire carrier fleet would be a major inconvenience, but, still, an inconvenience. We literally built around 24 Essex class, with the Midway Class closely following behind, and hundreds of escort carriers, it was a loss any way you look at it. Japan as a whole made about 12 carriers, none survive. One even sank because a torpedo struck the ship, leading to a fuel leak, and the damage control officer made a mistake that lead to the ship becoming an air fuel bomb, which was set off by a spark or something.
I’m not sure how UA-cam got me here, i’m definitely not your target audience, but I found your video so incredibly interesting. Your passion for war history made it very exciting.
I've been to Pearl Harbor. I was in Hawaii for a wedding in December, and we stopped to see the USS Arizona and the USS Missouri. It was such an eerie feeling, looking down at the wreck, knowing that hundreds of bodies were still in the lower decks of the ship.
Fun fact: the US carriers were suppose to be at the harbor on the day of the attack, but they were out at sea because of a storm
This storm changed everything
Butterfly flapped its wings, cased a storm... that's how stuff happens.
Deus Vult!!
Imagine if there was no storm...will there be no Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing?
Will Indonesia ever declare their indenpendece?
If they took out one of our supercarriers we probably wouldn't have stopped nuking them ._.
@@FractalNinja super carriers did not exist yet
“Watched the Movie Pearl Harbor”. Oh dear god nooooooo.. Please find a copy of “Tora, Tora, Tora” and watch that instead. So much better. Also, “In Harms Way” is another good movie (not historically accurate but very good still)
Fun fact. I watched the filming of Tora Tora Tora laying on the front lawn above our house when I was 2 years old. Sadly I wasn't old enough to remember it.
But if you want to learn some REAL SHIT check out "The Final Countdown" that shit really happened.
Midway 2019 is very good as well. Pretty accurate historically
I honestly think Midway showed it better
Kaore didn’t see your comment🤣
"The US can put together another fleet in 2-3 years" that's actually exactly what happened. Not only was the attack on Pearl Harbor not as successful as the Japanese hoped, but it was basically a losing strategy.
Yamamoto's attack would, he hoped, demoralize. Admiral Yamamoto was actually against war with the US and felt that unless he could defeat the US Navy utterly within a year, there was no hope of victory. In fact, his prediction nearly matched the exact turning point of the war, at Midway.
"japan decided they needed to take out america too and so with that history was set"
america then released the sun
@@tenaka_khan where did you hear that xD
@@tarkelson2457 My bad that was supossed to be vice versa it seems my knowledge of history elwas wrong....lol...
Atomic bombs are hotter than the sun.
Realeses the power of the nucleus.
@@AlechiaTheWitch atom
The rape of Nanking led to this in a roundabout way.
The Japanese encouraged suicide bombing and used up their most experienced pilots time and again. Once pilots on the US side had a lot of experience they went back to be trainers.
This: It takes a few months at most to make a plane, but it takes 18+ years to make the person flying it, so if you've already got a lower population than your enemy; suicide bombing is a logistical nightmare, and while courage, cunning and weapons might win battles, it's logistics that wins wars.
@@Neion8 they did it cuz pilots were new. Most Kamikaze bombers were newly trained.
48% hits on sitting ducks, no fighters in the air at Pearl....Japanese Carriers at Midway where maneuvering to avoid being hit and they had CAP over them for protection
Yep, the US was attacked during a time of peace with Japan, which fueled anger even more.
The hit rate of US torpedos during Midway was 0%. The 60% duds of the armor breaking bombs is due to the fact that they where used for the first time. They where battleship shells refitted to be dropped from planes. The US torpedos (for planes and submarines) where just bad constructed and not tested and it took the Navy until 1943 to accept that it wasn't a mistake of the pilots and crews that they missed so often.
It wasn't even a good or efficiently maintained CAP The book Shattered Sword was very enlightening... Dense, but enlightening.
There is a good old documentary series called "Battle 360" which follows the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise through it's campaigns in the pacific during ww2, definitely recommend it
I agree, it's a great documentary.
And it's currently on Prime.
Funny thing, They screwed themselves. If they waited one more day, they could have gotten rid of the Grey Ghost which was a pain in the butt for Japan.
I was in the USS Midway and there was a jet that had USS Enterprise as it’s ship of origin and I honestly thought someone had pranked them
I second that and highly recommend battle 360 as well. Also recommend Patton360
To be perfectly honest the American naval doctrine of the time had essentially no place for carriers yet, it was still very focused on battleship supremacy. The only reason that carriers became so important to the Americans was the fact that they were what was in a position to fight the early battles in the pacific. After proving themselves to be dominant at midway the US navy recognized their overbearing strength in the vast emptiness of the pacific ocean.
Yeah, after all of the US island ports got attacked at once, the Navy was like. "What've we got left?" and the answer was, "Well, most of the ships in Pearl Harbor can be repaired, but right now, we've got the Enterprise, Long Island, and Saratoga, plus some destroyers, a couple of cruisers and some transport ships." "Well better use those carriers then."
"get bombed with the bombs" camera shakes as if he was getting bombed 17:53
"You guys could build a new fleet in 2-3 years, right?"
Me: Laughs in building a cruiser every week, and a battleship every month.
It would take 2 - 3 years for a super carrier, which is pretty damn fast for something that big
@@bobswaget118 Modern tech, I'm talking about how when the United States got in the war, they pumped out more equipment than had ever been seen in a short period of time (basically, fast reaction and insane production). With reports of warships (most likely cruisers and destroyers) being created in about a week.
Modern day, yeah, we're a lot slower, but to be fair, there are more toys to add so...
Modern day problem is that we would have to beg china to build us stuff, "Manufacturing is never coming back" - Obama, remember?
@@jimmahr.4665 Not military stuff. We don't shoot Chinese bullets or fly Chinese planes.
From what I remember, there were actually three people who were stuck inside of the West Virginia when it sank. They were in the freshwater room and the guards who were near where the West Virginia sunk could hear them banging from inside the ship. The soilders died after 16 days, I believe.
That is how a ship gets haunted
Best movie on pearl harbor is "tora, tora, tora"
"ground invasion of us is damn impossible" please remind the rest of the world of this. and congress.
Some areas in the midwest would be. Difficult lets say. Guerrilla warfare in its finest
@@AlechiaTheWitch you spelt "most of the area outside of cities" wrong.
So a thing that makes the attack even more of a failure is that most if the ships they sank were refloated and repaired in a few months, and sent into battle.
A few of them were even present in Tokyo bay for their surrender which I think is pretty ironic.
The attack would have been much worse if they had hit the dry docks.
@@wmason1961 and the bunker fuel storage tanks. Those dry docks and fuel tanks were vital for the attack on Midway.
Battleship with patch holes sitting in the harbor next to a super carrier: *That's them big brother, they're the ones who hit me*
As far as percentage of hits compared to Midway, remember, these ships are sitting still. At Midway the ships were moving and trying to avoid bombs and torpedoes and they had air cover already in the air.
Japanese intel was actually fine. Two of the three carrier were supposed to be in port that day but were delayed by a day and a half due to a tropical storm.
One being enterprise
6:10 ; In regards to Aircraft carrier numbers and ship numbers over all the amount that Japan had early war 1941/1942 was comparable to the American Navy but in the latter half of the war, the US Navy overwhelmingly outnumbered the Japanese. By 1945 the US had 27 fully functional aircraft carriers with many others under construction, plus an addition 60+ escort carriers.
If you want a visual representation, watch "Why Japan had NO Chance in WW2" by Military History Visualized.
Not to mention the most legendary Aircraft Carrier=CV/N-6 USS Enterprise. The N which stands for Night operations was added making her CVN after her first night attack
And the abbreviation for an escort carrier aka Jeep Carrier in the US Navy of WW2 is CVE
Of course the American navy was op against Japan’s cause after midway japan couldn’t rebuild their navy unlike America who could easily rebuild our navy
@@USS_Grey_Ghost The documentary about USS Enterprise finded by the Enterprise rental car company is a must see .
I’ve had that on DVD for years as well as the whole battle 360 series
Japan : 3:58
USA: Let me show you how it's done, and here's a second one just in case you didn't get the memo the first time.
Now Hitler is thinking "You did what?!?!"
Yah we missed more in midway but those targets were moving and turning.
What's that supposed to mean in midway the us demolished the Japanese and had a lot less misses than the Japanese and destroyed the whole Japanese task force
The USN at one point had more than 100 carriers of all types deployed during the war. Scary for anyone
the US had 151 ships that could be classified as aircraft carrier. that being ships that could launch and recover aircraft on deck.
Randy J yea, there wasn’t any real concrete criteria for what is and is not a carrier, back then, if a ship could launch a plane and recover it it was an aircraft carrier, now there’s set criteria for a carrier, which is good because if the old criteria was in place, most of the USN would be considered carriers
@@saintmichaelsarchangel2644 considering what the rest of the world calls a carrier we call an amphibious assault ship I'm going to say there are still areas where that definition needs ironing out.
You had the main Fleet Carriers like the Yorktown and Essex-class and then you had Light or Escort Carriers that could guard convoys or support Amphibious Operations where putting a Fleet Carrier would be reckless and dangerous.
@@danielhenderson8316 I think it was more a matter of wasteful to assign fleet carriers to escort duty, no point in having a high speed fleet carrier dawdling along at 18 knots with Liberty ships when they were needed for offensive missions.
It’s hard to believe how fast your channel has grown. Love the vids man!
Finally joined the Discord and became a Patron! In fact, you're the first person I'm a patron for! Thanks for always producing fun videos and giving us viewers a reason the laugh!
Legend!
Off topic but I’ve been watching vlogs of creators from other countries across the world, and man, I’ve never been to any of them but just looking at it, I love it, each country is beautiful and has amazing things about it and it’s amazing
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (...maybe)
At this point we need an Estonia youtuber and Addidas colab
Comander Gromit adidas
Notice how the Japanese Carrier fleet that attacked Pearl were later sank at Midway to get revenge on Dec 7th.
The best video's was a series called Victory at Sea. My grandfather who was on Halsey's Flag ship and they saw some serious engagements.
what did Dec 7th do to deserve that?
i like this soldier. he admits immediately if he doesn't know something and wants to learn from it.
14:14 Sounds like he says "Cool fuck to know."
oh hey its one of the videos i recommended last time, this likely is not because of me ofc but still nice of you to react to it
Peral harbor the no no square of the us in the 1940's
Its like poking a dragon with a stick
That picture of the USS Utah if I am correct was taken after the attack, those tugs were likely trying to get the ship upright to either start rescue operations, or attempt to salvage the ship
you should read the book the big E the story of the USS Enterprise, and how the japanese thought that they had sunk it 7 times and thought it was a ghost ship!.
KHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!
“I fear that we have just awoken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve “
-General Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy
My friend’s dad was at Pearl Harbor. He was at most of the major battles in the Pacific.
You should do a video on FDR's speech to Congress on the following day; December 8, 1941.
My grandpa was in the navy and lived through Pearl Harbor and the remainder of the war and made it out alive 👌🏿(he was on Arizona I believe)
Sean Mardjani yeah there’s still a lot of people born back around 1920 ish that are in there 80s and stuff
Your grandfather was one lucky bastard if it was the Arizona.
@@RealYankee I mean, it's not like the entire crew went down with the ship.... You can see that even on the military documents on who was in/on or around the ship that morning. Some people bailed before the bombs were dropped on top of the hull.
The cluster of ships just off Ford Island, and near the Arizona (seen at 26:50 and other moments in this video) consists of the USS Dobbin (AD-3 - Destroyer Tender) and a cluster of small destroyers. My granddad served on the Dobbin and was there 12/7/41. My dad (born 1938) and family were at military family housing just a mile or so away.
Just found this channel and it’s simply amazing. Love the interaction with the fans and history even though the history is “oversimplified”, it’s still fun to watch
You should react to Taistelukenttä 2020. It's how Finland would go to war if it comes.
You should check out the mostly Japanese-American unit that fought in WW2. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is the most decorated American military unit in history.
3:17 "crazy gun collection" - that's about every General officer in every country for you lol
And many had bad automatic arming switches that were bad and dropped the payload prematurely. Those bombers went in anyway to take fire away from the planes that actually had bombs. Sacrifice.
@Sandman Huffmaster LOL. So true.
There are several things to keep in mind when remembering PH. First, most of those ships were already obsolete pre-war designs and several years old. Second, the NAVY was full of stuffed shirts that refused to believe that airplanes were more powerful and useful than ships. They were focused on big guns and lots of armor. Speed and range were the new kings, but they could not see it. The fuel depot was the real prize. All of those ships were just scrap without fuel. They could maybe sail one way to Japan, but would be helpless without the huge fuel bunkers at Perl. Also, the small support ships like destroyers and fleet oilers were critical to operations. Yes, they could be replaced fairly quickly, but the fleets would be drastically crippled without them and that have virtually no armor and are loaded with fuel and explosive, very easy targets. At this point in time, wars were still won or lost based on logistics, not tactics or firepower.
I live in Hawaii and my grandfather worked at Pearl Harbor docks in the 1940’s. He vividly remembered being woken up to the sound of explosions and Zeroes flying overhead. I was adopted at birth from Japan, so it’s a strange feeling knowing my blood relatives more than likely supported the Japanese war efforts during WWII. It’s quite sobering to stand on Ford Island seeing the actual hangars still standing, and even more impactful at the USS Arizona memorial. Oil from the USS Arizona still seeps into the harbor to this day...
Please React To The “Fallen Of WW2”. Its very interesting.
definitely
He has already done it
He has
He already did it
@@topimatero2807 I can't find it. Link?
"I miss you as much as Pearl Harbor [the movie] missed the point."
Double entendre 👌🏾
My grandfather who was there had nothing good to say about that movie.
When you say we could have built another fleet in 2 or 3 years, try two or three months. Supply ships in particular were being pumped out in days, and not small supply ships. I'll provide a link to the wikipedia article about the fastest ship turned out, which took 4 days from keel to launch. The United States was centrally planned more severely and more successfully than any communist country in the history of the world, and the power and unity was something incredible. The wealth and power of the US in the 1940's was absolutely terrifying.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Robert_E._Peary
Gotten hooked on your channel during quarantine and subscribed. Keep up the good content man
Back then, the carriers weren't the main focus of task groups. They were secondary ships. It was the battleships that were the main fighting ships.
Had I not joined the discord last night, I wouldn't have known about this for a while.
you gotta remember that when they initially attacked pearl harbor carriers were still a fairly new thing
That had nothing to do with anything on the attack plans. The whole plan essentially circled around taking out those 2 carriers so they could actually cripple the fleet. The only reason why those 2 carriers weren't docked was b/c the Navy took them out for training. Had the spy stuck around longer, then the attack would have been pushed back. But he chose to run away due to suspicions of a spy in the area. Either the attack would have been pushed back or they would have targeted the 2 carriers only. They weren't very far but the Japanese had no idea where they were that morning.
@@Kikan319 The Lexington was training , Enterprise was take extra fighters to Wake Island, for the marines incase Wake was attacked.
This was still the era of the battleship as the capital ship, the aircraft carrier was still a novelty that was still unproven as capital ship material. That's the whole reason that Japan went after battleship row. The carriers were supposed to be in port as targets of opportunity.
Yeah, we've absolutely just had a decent amount of guns for a long time per household. A vast majority of the people I know don't own quite as many as that guy but most own at least a handgun and a hunting rifle or two. In my own house we have a shotgun and a pistol. It's also not abnormal for people to have hunting bows along side those as well. I assume back in the 1940s a normal out of the city family would have been similar to today in how many guns they own (one or two).
Hello Artur.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, early in his career in the Japanese Navy, was assigned to the diplomatic staff in Washington DC. Yamamoto arrived in San Francisco and rented a car and drove across the US to reach his posting in Washington. During his trip, he passed through or by hundreds of small towns, and larger cities, and noted all the industry. Factories making lipstick, perfumes, cookies, cakes, cars, trains, aircraft, even ones making such things as trinkets for tourists to take home as memorabilia of their trip. Yamamoto had plenty of time during his drive to ponder what would happen if all that industry were to be channeled into warfare production.
This is why he is credited with having said: "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant". Because he knew that any war with the US would make them rapidly turn from civilian production to warfare. And the numbers of factories, all well inland and totally out of reach of any possible attack from any coastal fleet, would severely out-produce any nation, or combination of nations that he knew of.
This, proved to be prophetic. During WWII, the US basically armed it's allies and itself, and out-produced the Axis nations by several orders of magnitude.
@Thibault Derese
The Germans did have Quality, but... what good is a slow to produce, tight tolerances, prone to break down, Tank... versus something that is lower quality, fast to produce in mass numbers, faster than the opposition's tanks, and gunned just enough to penetrate their rear armor at close to medium ranges.
This is why the US Sherman, and UK Churchill tanks were so effective against German tanks that were technically superior. Those 'superior' tanks were prone to break down, require massive numbers of man-hours to repair, expensive and hard to produce spares, and hard to obtain fuel. The US and UK tanks were easy to replace, faster, more maneuverable, lighter armed, and used less fuel per mile traveled than German tanks.
If I can out maneuver you, it does not matter if you can kill my tanks in one shot. I have enough to get around you to your vulnerable spots and place my firepower effectively. I can 'lose' 4 or even 6 to one, and be able to salvage and repair most of those 'kills' and put them back into action with new crews in a matter of a month... where you need months to make even spares, let alone new tanks.
Look at the historical records. Look at German Production figures, and US & UK numbers. You will see that even though the US and UK fielded 'lesser' tanks, the produced and fielded enough to overwhelm their foe.
If you can not tell cruisers are sometimes named after state capitals
The thing is the US being able to build a new fleet wasn't a known thing, so Japan expected to hit the US so hard they would sue for peace.
"We took out like 3 boats and they released the sun. Twice."
“The Japanese has awoken a sleeping giant” amazing
your question to carriers, they are some the fastest ships for their size. Modern carriers dont NEED to be escorted anywhere, but they still do because it makes more sense to have a larger presence surrounding them because theyre more valuable. modern carriers have aircraft onboard to deal with any threat that their guns cannot subvert. with powerful sonar and intricate communication from both other ships, and the carrier itself it NEEDS nothing to protect it. in never goes in water that isn't cleared of mines or submarines because the other ships make essentially a net around it. Between a CWIS/CRAM system and the Fighter jets onboard combined with helos for medium and short range assault they are not in need of much. theyre truly floating cities with enough firepower to level anything they need to. This is my opinion, others may not see it that way
im from garland texas it warmed my heart to see texas be the state off the day... Keep it rockin everyone!
I had to do a presentation on Pearl Harbor in class
was it a blast?
I was born and raised on Oahu. I remember asking my grandma what she saw that day. She was outside her house waiting for the rest of the family to get ready for church and remember seeing the planes flying over her and saying that she could see the pilots faces and waving to them. She also said that she saw a couple a houses down the street get shot up by planes and she said at one point she heard a loud boom and what felt like a earthquake
I’m half japanese 😂 and whenever we went over this topic in school everyone would look at me. Even my ex asked me recently how do I feel being japanese and living in Hawaii. All I can think about tho is the fact that many of my uncles fought in WW2 because of the racism like that and the mistrust towards the Japanese. Serving in the 442nd rcbt and the 100th battalion
When the ships are at dock and they're shooting at attacking planes, how many of those bullets went inland? Had to be some civilian casualties from that.
@@jsl151850b you’re right. I forget when I heard this but I think it’s when we went to Pearl Harbor for a field trip and they told us that a lot of civilian casualties was from Americans shooting at the planes
“Get some green tea.”
*looks down at coffee*
American green tea
2403
The official death toll was 2,403, according to the Pearl Harbor Visitors Bureau, including 2,008 Navy personnel, 109 Marines, 218 Army service members and 68 civilians.
Rest in peace my great grandfather who died this year he was at pearl harbor
Japan: crush their moral and prevent a long war
America laughing: *so you’ve chosen death*
Definitely watch "Tora! Tora! Tora!" For more modern movie goers, the first half may seem very slow. It portrays the events leading up to the attack. But from an historical perspective, it will give you a very good idea what lead up to it.
The strange part is that they could have done so much more damage to the fleet by bombing their fuel supplies. A lot of the fuel had been reserved for the war in Europe so it would have taken a couple of months to resupply and would have allowed the japanese to expand unopposed in the pacific.
My grandfather was a civilan docworker having breakfast when the bombs dropped. He helped to raise and repair ships.
If you’re in the states, the USS North Carolina is open as a museum ship, kept mostly in original condition. It’s absolutely worth the visit
Umm had alot of guns? Americans still do have ALOT of guns lol
Especially now considering the recent events. Gun stores have been picked clean since March!
I cant even get ammunition right now for my firearms. I’m in Texas, I never knew I’d ever see the shelves so bare.
Love how he was blown away by that safe, i know a dozen people with twice as many guns, and we know how to use them very very well over here
meh, barely one per man, woman and child - that's not a LOT lot.
Largest export of guns on the planet
Artur: "carriers cannot travel alone"
Enterprise: "hold my damage control"
USS Franklin agrees
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He doesn’t realize that the carriers we have today can take on an entire navy of that time if we use it good enough. The modern us fleet could take on the whole world in world war 1-2
No fleet can take on shit right now because of nukes and mutually assured destruction. Can have an army 1,000,000 times bigger than anyone else, more powerful, but in the end everything will just get nuked. Fleets and armies are pussy shit and pointless. This is the age of cyber warfare and nukes. If it isn't a computer or a nuke, it's not shit.
No they can't. That's false. It would take one or two nukes to destroy a huge fleet. Come down of your high horse.
@@NickDuxPlak umm he was talking about if you were to send one of the U.S. carrier fleet to WW 1 or 2 it would beat the world. Not the modern world
David Moak not true
Montemayor is a GREAT youtuber! The amount of research he puts into his videos are mind blowing.
In 1991, the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I was working with several Japanese TV networks as their film coordinator/translator. One of them had brought a guest, a pilot from the Akagi. One of the Pearl Harbor Admirals wanted us to grant an interview with his hometown buddy, who was a news correspondent. We needed all the goodwill we could get so we granted the interview. I was translating. It ended up being three hours of every single detail that this sweet, 72-year old man had kept alive in his mind for all these years. He told us the entire attack, starting from his taking off from the Akagi until he put a torpedo into the West Virginia. It was fascinating to see from his standpoint. He mentioned that he stayed on the Akagi through the Coral Sea and on to Midway. When the interviewer mentioned that the Akagi went down at Midway, this little man proceeded to tell us the entire Battle of Midway! He spoke like he was in a daze; he was seeing the story in his memory. An extraordinary experience for me to hear all the action.
You Should react to the battle of the coral sea, another intersting Battle if you are into Naval Warfare, and it is the first carrier Battle in History.
The battle of the Coral Sea is way too often overlooked and yet it's one of the most fascinating battles in the pacific.
WWII: Germany: 'lets push right thru the Dutch'
WWII: Japan: 'lets push right thru the Dutch'
The Dutch: ...
Uh this isn't the Dutch though. It's the Americans
@@user-jw8yh6yq1p I was referencing the capture of the Dutch colony of Indonesia by the Japanese, that is in the video. I contrast it with the fact that another axis power: the Germans, also 'pushed right thru the Dutch': by capturing the actual Netherlands to get to Belgium/France.
Getting back to Midway, you need to try to catch the latest Midway movie (2019). It's fairly good as uses CGI to show historical ships, etc. Older films used current ships and therefore wasn't historically accurate.
While the CGI is.. bad, it was pretty fun with all the historical stuff it had, including things like the ijn and ija hating each other
@@battleship217 the movie is good if you just want action but not so good for historical accuracy and such
@@battleship217 how is the CGI bad it looks like every other modern action movie
Son of Dathomir compared to other cgi it’s relatively bad
@@spicysnowman8886 No. Compared to other movies and shows the CGI is practically cartoonish in comparison.
'A sleeping giant' I freaking love that line in the movie Midway. My grandfather was actually in the navy and he was at the battle bringing more supplies I think (probably wrong he didn't talk about it)
You're entertaining as hell. Well done soldier.