The Doolitte Raid on Tokyo (1942): The US Strikes Back | Battle 360 | History
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- In April 1942, B-25 bombers took off from the USS Hornet for a dangerous bombing run over mainland Japan in this clip from Season 1, "Call to Duty". #Battle360
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Actually the Doolittle raid turned out to be a very good strategic move, even though it was intended to be a morale-booster revenge raid...it forced Japan into keeping more resources for home defense instead of for offensive operations, as they previously they believed they were immune to homeland attack.
Happy Hertzair YES YES YES!!
Happy Hertzair thank you
@@user-qu7qh7qj2t Yes, but at the same time we mostly believed the same of ourselves until Pearl Harbor happened.
That was a very interesting fact...
That and they were the first to hit them right in their back yard and send a message. “You may think you’re safe... wait til we get a little closer” Then a few years later we drop 2 nukes.
When the HISTORY channel should be showing documentaries like these and not a show of guys buying garbage.
Or trading garbage
Absolutely
History really likes money
there's a knowledge and history in that garbage,and that's the point that ur tiny mind can't comprehend
You have a choice, watch guys try to trade stuff at a Pawn Shop, or watch guys go to hoarders barns and buy old rusted junk. If your not into junk, you've got wild alien conspiracies and you've also got......chopping trees........and...driving trucks on ice........ Very historical indeed.
Let's never forget the courage and sacrifice of Doolittle and his men who did this raid 80 years ago. My great uncle was the navigator on plane 6, the Green Hornet. Amazing story.
Did he make it back OK?
@@phillipshearman5597 Doolittle did. Many flyers did not.
I think he meant did your great uncle make it back?
Cool! My science teachers Doolittle grandson.
It's a shame The History Channel stopped running shows like this in favor of the drivel it runs now.
rjc63 Yep
Yep, I miss these types of show from the history channel
Even this is a far cry from what they used to air.
@M Detlef 100 percent of the Roman empire are dead now....what's your point?
I remember people whining about too much WW2 on History. Now there's hardly any.
I had the opportunity to meet Gen. Doolittle in person in the early 1990's. At that time he must have been in his upper 80"s but was very personable and you could sense his inherent leadership qualities....quite an honor.
You're a Liar. Liar, Liar your pant on fire. You better repent your sins.
@@christophercardono6274 .......
@@christophercardono6274 how do you know what he said is true or not?
You lucky dog!
He died in 93
Another "Greatest Generation" moment...Doolittle and his guys HAD to know that there was a really good chance that this was going to be a one-way ride...but the thought of being the first Americans to give the sons of the emperor a preview of coming attractions was a temptation they just couldn't pass up...
Considering the Japanese preformed experimental surgery’s on POW’s without anesthesia. Took a lot of guts or stupidly to decide to take off 650 miles away. Imagine 18 year old boys getting their gallbladders cut out then left to die on the table as the doctor finishes his notes. Or the dr says shoot this one in the stomach then put him on the table and I’ll dig around without anesthesia and take notes, opps this one died. Go shoot another one and put him on the table. They must have been praying for death towards the end.
The bombs of Doolittle's Raiders were rated E for Everybody
Ryan Jones unit 731. Japan still denies involvement. Was off the record, top secret, so they played dumb. Americans traded them being on trial for giving them the data they gathered.
@@namedisclosed1849 it all about how horrible an unjust America is .. i have a question, i read all the time comments with this kind of thing against the American culture an our government.. the whole time the ones hating on America stay living here or strives to come to America to live.. i never understand that part of the Equation.
The Japanese were brutal to all nations. In Singapore, where I am from. They rounded up at random, military aged Chinese men and machine gunned 100,000 in a few days.
The Doolittle Raid was only a harbinger of things to come. 2 years later, the B-29s began to fly over Japan by the hundreds, which became a daily bombing routine.
How would you rather die. Burned alive like the Japanese citizen’s or buried alive in rubble and die three day later from dehydration like the English, German, Russian, citizens. Must have sucked to live during that point in history.
more like by the thousands lol
@@ryanjones9498 not sure about the Germans citizen but the Soviet experienced worst than dehydration depends on location. Such as the case in Stalingrad.
Victory belongs to those that believe in it the most, and believe in it the longest. We're gonna believe.
- Colonel Doolittle
It's hard to ignore that Japan had never been attacked on it's own soil. This raid was the first time. It's why it was so significant to Japan.
Kublai Khan : Am I a joke to you!?
@@srikasturihsi6496 never manage to get to honshu thanks to weather. so yes... no foreign forces ever manage to attack japan (mainland, that is)
SriKasturi HSI are you joking?
They never landed in japan due to kamikaze (holy wind)
Alif Kazeryu they did actually got to the shoreline and landed men, through those men were defeated and the fleet was knocked by a storm
Kublai Khan was joke... to Japan, twice. Not that he could have done anything about it
The biggest middle-finger in history of mankind.
@@Megadog33 middle finger non the less
Smaller than the middle finger on hiroshima & nagasaki, but okay
@@Megadog33 I know. It made me laugh out loud
I wouldn't say the biggest, but yeah it was pretty big.
I would say midway was the biggest middle finger to japan
The B-21 Raiders, the successor of the B-2 Spirit, is named after these Dolittle Raiders. Sadly none of them are still alive today, the last one passed away around 2019. These raiders are heroes.
Wait, what about Ben Affleck!??
@@DOI_ARTS uhh that's a movie. I'm mentioning about the real raiders that participated the raid in 1942.
Im sorry it was a joke... Sorry
@@DOI_ARTS well I thought u really think that Ben Affleck was in the mission.
b-25...
It's crazy how the Doolittle Raid took place a month before Midway.
It was likely not a coincidence. The surprise of the Doolittle raid on Japan triggered a desire for revenge by Japan's leaders. That lead to Midway.
@@Zhonguoria Midway wasn't product of revenge. It was a key element of Japanese strategy of taking over the Pacific. No Midway - no Pearl Harbor. No Pearl Harbor - no control of their side of the Pacific.
I just met doolitlles grandson yesterday and he is one great guy
Hello Japan: Surprise! and hello China bigger surprise. They never talk about OUR blunder when this raid is heralded: The Chinese were not expecting our bombers because we gave them the wrong date! We did not calculate crossing the International Date Line!
Think about it - the Japanese Navy and Army were dire enemies internally, always in competition for power and funds - while the US Navy was carrying Army Bombers.... (cooperation is a huge advantage)
This was the exception, not the norm. Do more research, and you will find there was plenty of rivalry in US military groups
I live in Monterey, California and I work in nearby Pebble Beach. On the way home from work I pass by Jimmy Doolittle's house every day. The front lawn has wooden letter blocks that simply spell out "Doolittle." It is located at the bottom of Del Ciervo Road, just before you enter Crespi Lane. I think that home has an ocean view of Carmel Bay. There is another street in Pebble Beach named after him. Raymond Spruance also lived in Pebble Beach in his final years, though I don't know where his house is; there is also a street in Pebble Beach named after him.
That guy sounds like he's still personally mad about pearl Harbor
Who wouldn’t? I came from one of the countries they conquered and the atrocities they did was unimaginable.. They deserved their fate many times over!
@@kysike666 Yeah but pretty much all of them are dead now. It's important to remember history but no point in remaining angry at ghosts
He sounds like an adolescent quarterback in a high school corridor. Just missing a varsity jacket. Pointless patriotic chest thumping. He spoke a lot and said nothing. The Cdr was a bit more insightful but then I suppose that's the difference.
@@Quantiad those are the men who actually do things.
I dont think so.. he's not mad
.
He is just trying to send a clear message to other powerful countries today - "Don't mess with us"
I miss the old history channel when they actually showed history not stupid shows like pawn stars.
You probably didn’t realise how the rest of the world especially in Asia felt about this event, it was probably one of the happiest news to a lot of Asian countries for a long time, well done the American heroes!
" American heroes " come to defeat Japan only AFTER they attack the US and mainly attack them as revenge rather helping the Asian nations, but they " heroes " huh? Lol ok 😂😂👌
@Kevin S Rich coming from the people thinking of themselves as heroes when all the while they were just helping themselves, Egotistic much? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Commander Red I’d bet you also blame USA for being too intrusive in world affairs in the same breath that you blame them for only defending themselves. You’re a bad troll.
@@andrewmasters5573 " Defending themselves " huh? The US homeland hasn't been attacked once since the end of WW2( in fact it wasn't even attack much at all during WW2 compared to other nations), but u still are " defending urselfs " huh? Lol ok, i guess u need to defend against those made up weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and as such before they could be used u leveled a entire country based on speculations and assumption, very righteous indeed. I see i have been mistaken, since America must defend itself by striking first and taking out potential enemies before they strike. So all these wars and proxy wars the US has been waging are just to " defend " themselves since clearly these countries are quite close to the US in terms of economy and military prowess and definitely could pose a serious threat. Yes the USA = Just, Rest of the world = evil, yes thank you fair American brave hero for opening my eyes. I too now shall subscribe to that nationalism propogenda that ur government has-been feeding so i too can see how US constantly fights and invades countries to " defend themselves " 😮
Commander Red u contradict yourself I’m done with you troll
"Your grandmother can take a B-25 off on a mile-long runway. Well I'm going to teach you how to do that in 467 feet. Because at 468 feet, you're DEAD. Once up in the air I'm going to teach you how to fly it like a fighter, 30 feet off the ground"
Some of you might know where those words came from.
2001
@@coromark correct
"Victory belongs to those who believe in it the most. Believe in it the longest. We're gonna believe. We're gonna make America believe too." 😉
@@coromark "Open the _bomb bay_ doors, Hal."
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
Those balls of steel weighed those planes down too much to make it to china. RESPECT!
Hello Japan: Surprise! and hello China bigger surprise. They never talk about OUR blunder when this raid is heralded: The Chinese were not expecting our bombers because we gave them the wrong date! We did not calculate crossing the International Date Line!
Those Boys were built different.
Little did they know we'd be back on 8/6 and 8/9/1945...
Ah yes, the 2 suns after sunking 3 ships
back when history channel was about history
"At Pearl, they hit us with a sledgehammer. This raid, even if we make it through, it'll only be a pinprick. But it'll be straight through their hearts."
Jimmy Doolittle 2001
I never know that last part of Pearl Harbor movie was real and now I know origin of Doolittle skill for Hornet.
They have the doolittles raiders memorial here in pendleton or....its where they trained...the barracks are now apartments
That First Sergeant looks like he’s eaten a couple of enemy combatants...
If you say him in the streets not in uniform you could still tell he's a soldier
I’m hella weak !
and they all live inside his massive forehead
@@nczioox1116 he is not a soldier, he a Marine- a TON of difference.
@@mikemissildine370 k
That Marine guy has an attitude ...
That's just the baseline marine lol
Lol I remember iran saying you can't do anything then ka boom!
Comes with being a Marine.
We don't expect a civilian to understand it.
@@snigie1 Since when Iran said that?
@@Leny1777 hey there! Just before America smoked that general, they put out this tweet that started with 1: You can't do anything.
Yeah, not a good start guys! They learnt soon after!
Honestly I don’t think Battlefield historians give this raid enough credit. I argue that it was a strategic victory even if it wasn’t expected. This seemingly small and supposedly insignificant raid caused a change in Japanese naval strategy. After this raid, the Japanese split their carrier force. An action that would have disastrous consequences during the battle of Midway about two months after the Doolittle raid. Four of Japan’s six fleet carriers were sunk during midway.
Small and insignificant.
Cavalier and Hollywoodish.
Zigzag
Hello Japan: Surprise! and hello China bigger surprise. They never talk about OUR blunder when this raid is heralded: The Chinese were not expecting our bombers because we gave them the wrong date! We did not calculate crossing the International Date Line!
I wish they would have hit the imperial palace.
It did but miss
I haven't watched the History Channel in sooo many years, it used to be my favorite before the reality TV garbage took over 😢
Pyramid ✴️ Aliens 👽 took over too
Guess you could say the pilots of the B-25's
Were flying on the highway to the danger zone
Joshua Lin YESSSSS
I play that song when flying my Bombushka In Gta
there should be a channel that shows history like this
There is, check out Mark Felton Production's video's. You'll love them. Everyone says they're what History Channel should be.
Yes Mark Felton p
Productions... outstanding in every way extremely well researched and presented I look forward to his videos daily...
So glad I was in the south Pacific!!!
We needed this so bad, it’s so cool these guys had a reunion every year until the last one died a few years. Imagine the navy guys seeing army planes on their ships haha they must have been shocked. It’s truly sad how many Chinese people were massacred just for help our boys get out they estimate 250k Chinese were killed
Japan's mistake is to poke the sleeping giant, and its been awake ever since. If japan didnt attack pearl harbor. The world might be different today.
Japan is a dumb,ignorant nation so as China and N Korea.
@@crisantorivera14 I wouldn't call Japan dumb. It just so happen they were being led by actual dumb leaders. Just like how Germany was. Germany is one of the greatest country of Europe if not the best but was just led by tyrannical governments.
Right man US just showed that they are always two steps forward Japan and that's why they are considered superpower
@@crisantorivera14 you reveal your uber ignorance calling nations dumb. Grow up, read and perhaps even go back to school so that hopefully, one day, you can write a complete sentence properly. (even if it does shed further light on your mental limitations)
Not might, but would, I believe.
''Wind over the deck'' means 1. they launched the bombers into the wind, and 2, the carrier steamed at TOP speed into the wind. I'd guess that would give the planes about a 35 knot jump before they even started down the runway.
Jimmy Doolittle had a doctrine from MIT. So he was Doc. Doolittle.
I saw what you did there!
Thank God Almighty for Jimmy Doolittle and this battle group. What balls of steel. Great story, every time I hear it!
I’m surprised they made it 6 mins on the history channel without implying aliens “might be” responsible
Every video of history deserves a caption/subtitle
Even though the Doolittle Raid didn’t destroy much, Japan quickly learned that America was not playing around and were very capable in fighting.
very cool, great retelling
The members of the Dolittle raid were all incredibly brave and patriotic to do what they did and sacrifice their lives. However, what usually gets ignored is the hundreds if not thousands of Chinese villagers who were tortured and executed by the Japanese because they hid, sheltered and provided for the Americans .
Hello Japan: Surprise! and hello China bigger surprise. They also never talk about OUR blunder when this raid is heralded: The Chinese were not expecting our bombers because we gave them the wrong date! We did not calculate crossing the International Date Line during the raid!
Well, Ben Affleck survived, lucky him !
Frec Menta he did but RIP Danny
Josh Hartnett didn't.
@@justinm1319 i meant matt
Just watched an interview with one of the crew! Amazing bravery, grit and determination.
Hello Japan: Surprise! and hello China bigger surprise. They never talk about OUR blunder when this raid is heralded: The Chinese were not expecting our bombers because we gave them the wrong date! We did not calculate crossing the International Date Line!
Today's the 80th anniversary since the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo! It's also the same day when my grandmother (my mom's mother) was born in Utah.
This was a very daring raid. Using B-25 bombers that had not been designed for carrier takeoff, and which were too heavy for normal carrier usage, took a lot of special training for their pilots and the fact the Naval Task Force was discovered and reported whilst still away from the proposed launching point, complicated things further. Yet they pushed into the Japanese's throat their boast, that Tokyo would never be bombed.
Please upload the whole episode
I work for a church that's hosting the funeral for one of these pilots. I've talked to the dude, his story was awesome
As a Mexican i can apreciate our big brother's (God bless América)
Hola! Yes God bless america!
Si!
Unfortunately,
The Japanese killed more POW’s & during the Death March of Bataan
IIn the Phillippines in WW2
I totally love /enjoyed this video😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Please release all the full episodes.
Great job
0:54 that guy looks good for being 96
I'm truly amazed they didn't get detected by an enemy submarine before getting that close. Obviously the Japanese weren't expecting the attack.
Huge brass balls, real men, each one a Hero.
I didn't know the History channel did documentaries. That's kinda weird but I liked it
I luv history
That’s why aircraft carrier nowadays are equipped with steam catapult hooked to the front wheel to pull jets on the aircraft carrier runway - all aircraft now can have fully loaded ordinance to finish their mission and all aircraft carrier are nuclear powered so it will have minimal impact on their combat operations like need to disengage form a battle to refuel
Ever consider that the two most dramatic encounters in the Pacific involved us being on the edge of defeat or disaster, ie. the Doolittle Raid and the Leyte Gulf (Samar Bay) fight. The Doolittle Raid actually won the Pacific battle. No, it did little damage, but it led directly to Midway and that victory clearly handed the control of the Pacific to us...
The battle of Midway might not have happened but for the Doolittle raid...
Back when the History Channel was about HISTORY
UP until 1969 Eglin AFB where they trained was still Top Secret and nobody was allowed near the place. I know I was there
Back when my fellow Americans had balls and didn't let outsiders destroy our beautiful sacred land. Hero's! These men , all of them , real God's honest hero's! R.i.p gentleman thank you for my freedom and liberties
Eloquently and Accurately expressed 🇺🇸
@@jnstonbely5215 Far from accurate, but okay...
PERHAPS Doolittle should have been named Doomuch or Dooalot because he accomplished so much in life 😁😂
oh you know youtube, how to put recommendation today on the Anniversary of Doolittle raid
The shock japan 🇯🇵 had when USA 🇺🇸 gave japan 🇯🇵A black eye 👁 😂
My friend edd welborn went on this raid he made it to Japan dropped his boys made it to China it took a year to get him out of china
Legends 💪🏻
I’ve always thought they panicked a little when they immediately launched the bombers after seeing one small patrol boat. It would’ve taken hours, at least, for a warship to intercept them. They could’ve sailed hundreds of miles closer and given the fliers a better chance. It’s just something that has bugged me for years.
this shifted mankind
Never knew about this until the Battle of Midway movie came out! if you havent seen it, GO SEE IT!
Legend has it that wasn't even the biggest bombing run over Japan...
Ukraine hit Russian fuel depot. Those helicopter pilots are heroes like Doolittle's crew!!!!!!!!!!
Back here to remember the 80th anniversary of Doolitte Raid
Yes
Doolittle raid wasn't made to hurt Japan but to let them know we can reach out and touch you,the Japanese was very angry because now the emperor of Japan life is threatened.
The objective was to boost American morale and cast doubt in the japanese's ability to defend their home islands
Yes, Doolittle’s planes flew OVER The “Imperial Palace , but had orders not to bomb it .
But the raid greatly embarrassed Yamamoto ; the architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, causing him
“ loss of face” which is a huge issue amongst Japanese,
because he told Hirohito “ we will never be bombed” after Pearl,
so Yamamoto had to go , prostate to the Palace to apologize and promise to Hirohito that Japan would not be bombed again .
Then he had to take valuable resources away from his conquered territories and put them nearby to protect the home islands.
This in turn affected the resources he was able to put into both the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway! 🇺🇸
So truly; Doolittle’s Raid was the first ‘out’ in our “Triple Play”, against the Japanese ,
including Coral Sea and Midway ! 🇺🇸
Don't bring a torpedo plain to a B25 fight
@Nguyễn Minh Hiếu Miku Hatsune thay did but showed mercy to the good people and rebuilt it to let the world know we are BETTER !
Watching good
They SHOULD have:
- mounted wing extensions
- stipped all paint
- flown in ground effect until the coast
- added more fuel to be exclusively used until exit of ground effect flight
Yay
A classic Joint Forces ( Army Air Force and Navy) Special Operations Mission. Hooah and Hallelujah!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🗽🗡️🔪⚔️🔫💣💥🔥☠️💀
John Rodriguez you need help
The US Air Force as a branch of the US Military did not exist in 1942.
1st Sgt. Bodette (1:25), Ladies and Gentlemen ... that is the spirit of the American Fighting Man.
halsey in that rain slicker looks like he should be selling fish sticks .
Only the History channel would have a jarhead chiming in about a Army Air Corps operation...
If the US was a person it would be that SGT. 'Murica!
I usually keep negative comments to myself and I’m sorry but this is terribly unfunny 😂
4:59 they used multiple Shuri Castles to try to make it look like Tokyo lmao. That building is in Okinawa.
End User lol noticed that too. They tried lol
History Channel before:
History Channel now: 👽👽👽👽
What effect will a ski jump have?
Wish I can find more of documentary about the Doolittle Raid.
Jayjay battle of midway movie shows a little more of the Doolittle raid
Dude watch Pearl Harbor
Honor to our heroes.
THE US STRIKS BACK
In the opening comments of the video, the narrator mentioned something incorrect.....that the sailors on the Enterprise were looking at strange aircraft on the Hornet, that were not Naval. The Navy and Marine Corps DID fly a version of the B-25, known as the PBJ....although from land bases, and it was true that the Army version was on the Hornet.
Good point. Also, narrators always talk like everyone is that one person who made the comment. Some sailors had it figured out pretty quickly. My Dad was on the Enterprise (probably the one person there who was later "Knighted".
Good comment but: They never talk about HIS blunder when this raid is heralded: The Chinese were not expecting our bombers because we gave them the wrong date! We did not calculate crossing the International Date Line!
April 18, 1942 Doolittle Raid on Japan.
May 4-8, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea.
June 4-7, 1942 Battle of Midway.
In about a month and a half the U.S. went from getting beaten everywhere in the Pacific to bombing Tokyo, stopping the Japanese from cutting off Australia, and ending Japanese dominance in the Pacific for good at Midway. Not bad for a bunch of scruffy nerf herders.
1945 Biggest firestorm and 2 suns
i wish the music was louder
Japan:Surprise attack
USA:0k Were Coming after You
Red Skeleton had a skit about a little boy that said “if I doed it, I get in trouble. I doed it”. When newspapers reported the bombing of Tokyo, the headline was “Doolittle doed it”.
80 years ago.