Pär just called to remind me to tell you about the Sabaton History special editions we get to give to those who support this channel on Patreon. Here's how it works. If you support us via Patreon, you will part of the production of this amazing documentary series on the historical context of each and every one of the Sabaton songs. We could not do this without our supporters. As a token of gratitude, we have designed a very special limited 'Sabaton History' edition of each and every Sabaton album. If you support us now at a certain tier for a certain amount of time (more info the Patreon website), you will receive said the special edition of the album 'Heroes', which includes Indys introduction for every song. Check it out right here: www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory Cheers, The Sabaton History team.
I've been a happy supporter since the first month of the patreon and this program started. I'm happy to continue supporting And can't wait to get my hands on the next special history Edition. Saw Sabaton in Atlanta by the way and loved every moment of it.
So a bit of a correction. The CV-41 USS Midway (first of three Midway class carriers) that is in San Diego, was launched March 20th 1945 and commissioned September 10th 1945 and never participated in WW2. The one that was originally named after the Battle of Midway, it was naming practice then to largely name carriers after US battles at this time, was the escort carrier CVE-63 USS St. Lo which was renamed from USS Midway after the latter ship was laid down. In something of an ironic twist given the sailor belief that it is bad luck to rename a ship. The USS St. Lo would be sank in the Battle of Samar during the Philippine Islands campaign in late 1944 by a kamikaze attack immediately following Samar which has the distinction of being the single most lopsided naval battle in US naval history, if not world history of task force 77.4.3 (Taffy 3) vs the Japanese Center Force. Six escort carriers, three destroyers, and four destroyer escorts against three battleships, six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and 11 destroyers; which included the IJN Yamato that out weighed every ship in Taffy 3 combined ua-cam.com/video/4AdcvDiA3lE/v-deo.html an excellent video on the battle by Drachinifel
Yes, and a bit of a slide puzzle having to manage the re-arming and refueling of aircraft, assembling aircraft in preparation of launching and keeping the deck clear enough for aircraft that need to land. And don't have all those bombs and fuel out when you get hit with anything explosive....
Yes, but Nagumo already knew that surprise was lost hours before the battle even started. An American submarine was foolish enough to reveal itself & attempt to attack the Kido Butai. The sub was chased off by an escorting destroyer.
@@6th_Army Yeah but said destroyer led Enterprise dive bombers right to the Japanese carriers. Also the battle had technically already started at that point.
Oh boy, for all the people who didn't get the joke: It's ironic that he said "They where nowhere to be seen" because submarines are not supposed to be seen. It is quite clear to me that Indy meant that they were not where they needed to be and that it was a figure of speech expressing that they simply weren't in the area.
Par: "I don't wanna join the Swedish military because I want to play Heavy Metal until I die." Swedish Military: "That's not a reason to not join." Par: "Okay, give me a gun and I'll go kill everybody inside." Swedish Military: "Here's a microphone and guitar. Now go play Heavy Metal until you die." *A Few Years Later* Swedish Military: "Carolus Rex fucking rocks!"
Reminds me of a story I heard about a US Soldier/Marine during the Vietnam War, he knew he was gonna be drafted so figured screw it he'd just enlist and get it over with, or maybe he did get drafted, I can't remember. His uncle or a family friend or something was already in the US military with a decent enough rank to know how well Vietnam was going, and gave him the advice to let his recruiter or whoever know he was happy to quote "Go and kill as many *Insert Slur for the Vietnamese at the time starting with G* as possible" or something to that effect. He was accepted into the Army or Marines, can't remember which branch, and after passing all his training got promptly deployed... To Germany.
I recently went to see the Yorktown, that is definitely true. They had drawn large black circle outlines on spots that the bombs had destroyed, and I counted at least 5 outlines.
If they are gonna do a sing about a US navy ship it should be the Enterprise. The ship was unsinkable, the Japanese thought they had sunk it about five times and then it would just reappear in a different part of the Pacific where the Japanese would then think they had sunk it until it would reappear. The ship survived the war which is pretty impressive considering only two other US carriers survived from those that had been in service before the war.
There was practically a mutiny when the Grey Ghost's heir was retired from service without the next heir being designated. Citizens writing the CNO literally filled his office with letters saying the fleet simply isn't the fleet without an Enterprise in service.
To be fair the Japanese literally reported sinking over 100 US fleet carriers in the war. There were only about 35 throughout! The reason for this is both japanese mistaking sunk escort carriers and resupply barges for fleet carriers but also the superb us damage control crews. If a Kate hits a fleet carrier with a torpedo its pilot is gonna think it just scored a mortal blow. But in reality, a little repair time back at the anchorage and the carrier will be back in service.
"Enterprise vs Japan" Indy barely scratched the surface on how lucky the US Navy was that day, like how the dive bombers followed a destroyer who had been hunting the Nautilus back to their fleet, to how because of the sacrifice of the Devastators the A6M's were way too low when the SBD's struck, and about before this about Yorktown's rapid repairs at Pearl.
@@Rainbowhotpocket There's an excellent book called "Pacific Crucible," which talks about how lessons learned from Pearl Harbor influenced the US Navy, and paved the way for victory. Lessons like massively increasing AA, damage control, and the superiority of the aircraft carrier over the battleship. Hell, the Enterprise was accompanied by a cruiser or battleship, and a destroyer whose job it was simply to act as floating AA platforms for her defense. Battleship South Dakota, cruisers Northampton, and Salt Lake City did their job well.
My great uncle was a sailor onboard the DD 412 USS Hammann and died when it was torpedoed, along with the USS Yorktown, by the IJN submarine I-168. Fair Winds and Following Seas Petty Officer Belcher.
For those wanting to learn more about Midway, "Miracle at Midway" is a classic work, but I highly recommended "Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway" by Anthony P. Tully and Jonathan B. Parshall. They did extensive research into Japanese resources unavailable to previous historians writing about Midway and debunk many myths and misunderstandings about the battle.
Chicago Illinois has an awesome mini museum at midway airport dedicated to the memory of this. My favorite quote is from a navy veteran turned Chicago schoolteacher who wrote on the wall “to all the men who went and did not come home. I will tell the kids what you did and why.” Thank you for keeping history alive.
It's something of a misconception that the Japanese flight decks were crowded with planes when the dive bombers attacked. The planes were still in the enclosed hangar decks being fueled and armed--which made the explosions even more devastating. The best book on the subject of the battle is Jon Parschall & Anthony Tully's "Shattered Sword."
The planes still being in the hanger instead of on deck is what made the dive bombers hit worse. The planes cooking off in the enclosed space magnified the damage and just kept feeding the ships more as there was nowhere for the fire to go.
USS New Jersey "The big J" was the ship my dad served on in the 80s during the crisis in Lebanon. That ship had a big impact on the war. Check out Drachinifel's history on the New Jersey and maybe the rest of the Iowa Class battleships.
Wow. Cool! Yeah, an Iowa-Class can definitely ruin your day. I know all about that- I play World of Warships. Who says video games aren’t educational? 😄
Jason Cross - It’s just you. Except that it *isn’t*. files.tofugu.com/articles/japan/2013-11-26-japanese-memes/itsuyaruka.jpg (Pretend that’s Admiral Yamamamato all like “Oh, SHI-!” [Pun totally intended.])
Slight correction: torpedo bombers and dive bombers were both effective against carriers. Nagumo's problem was the torpedo bombers doubled as land attack planes (but of course using bombs instead of torpedoes) and the dive bombers often used different bombs against land targets than ships. So if he was going to arm his planes to attack ships (of any kind) they needed completely different armament than if he was going to attack Midway again. Midway's runway was still operational after the first Japanese air strike, and planes from Midway had been attacking the Japanese all morning (albeit ineffectively) even before the futile torpedo bomber attacks from the US carriers.
Now we only need: Primo Victoria Attack of the Deadmen Art of War Winged Hussars - The Meme song to meme all songs Night Witches - Maybe a Halloween special? Get it? Cause witches... I can already see Indy dressed up as a witch for this episode.
For anyone who sees this: the channel Montemayor has a video about Midway from the Japanese pov. Highly recommend it. Hopefully the second part comes out soon
USS North Carolina is in Wilmington, NC. If you decide, the ship served in the entirety of the American involvement in the Pacific and was the most decorated US Battleship of the war. I believe this places it at 4th or 5th most decorated US Battleship.
Kyle Jordan Gaming the men working in the bowels of the ships that were cooked alive most certainly did not start anything. Don’t blame the common sailor for the fault of the admirals who attacked us.
A song about the B-26 Marauder known as Flak-Bait. Flak-Bait survived 207 combat missions, which is more than any other American plane I WWII. The mission count amounts to 700 plus hours of combat. The best part is that she's still around
My Grandfather fought in and survived the battle of Midway. My family would tell me stories he told them about his life in the Navy. Though he never shared his experience during the battle of Midway to anyone. I've always wondered what he saw to make him shutdown when being asked about it.
It's so bad that people think that barely any resistance when the japanese invaded the Pacific. But the battling bastards of bataan put up a great fight, holding out for 3 months against low supplies and being surrounded
I'm gonna butt in late, but you are exactly right. Had the Japanese faced troops that had the same equipment/supplies as the ones getting funneled to other theatres, the Japanese wouldn't even have those early successes to their name.
@@jawwer00 Actually BECAUSE the Americans retreated to Bataan (after Macarthur sacrificed their supplies on the beaches), they allowed the Japanese to speed up their timetable across the Pacific. As well, the Japanese left a lone Independent Brigade of 8,000 troops to keep an eye on 30,000 American and their commonwealth forces after the Japanese withdraw their division. And the US had gone 40+ years of their own doctrine and had massively reinforced the Philippines on Macarthur. whims.
Just a few thing to note, first Admiral Fletcher was in command of the engagement Spruance was only in command of Halsey’s task force which was Enterprise and Hornet. Second the Yorktown’s planes took out the Soryu. The Enterprise was responsible for savaging Kaga and Best took out the Akagi.
00:06 whadayamean ”often do songs about naval warfare”? You’ve got this one, Bismarck and Wolfpack and that’s it. You even missed Jutland on the last album.
This is the battle that heralded the end of the domination of battleships in naval warfare and the rise of the importance of the carriers in their place. Two mighty fleets fighting an entire battle without either fleet ever coming into visual range of each other, fighting solely using their planes against the enemy.
The song which introduced me to Sabaton. I was just watching random videos when I stumbled upon this song and loved it. Bismarck made a fan but Midway started it. Thanks for telling the story of how we the United States of America turned the war around USS Enterprise CV-6 song when?
“Midway” has had such a huge impact on me, anytime I even hear the word “midway” (not even in reference to the islands) I have to shout it. And it brings me immense joy
We could really use a song about the USS Texas BB-35. A Dreadnought that survived both WW1 and WW2, and assisted in the D-Day landings, where she purposefully took on water to increase the firing angle of her guns to hit land targets.
Future Naval themed song suggestions: -The last stand of Taffey 3. Literally perfect material. A bunch of destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers against a massive task force led by Kongo and Yamato where the DDs and DEs rushed them like the mad lads they were. And they managed to convince those mighty battleships to turn away and flee. -The Naval Battle of Jutland. Its a major historical battle so why not? -The Naval Battles of Guadalcanal, especially on Iron Bottom Sound. Crazy night actions, ships taking horrendous beatings, USS Laffey (DD-459) rushing the battleship Hiei and coming within 20 feet of her as well as killing her Captain before sinking in an insane last stand of her own... There's a lot to work with there. -The Battle of Leyte Gulf where the first kamikazes appeared. And I cant think of any more but more suggestions are welcome.
The battle of Trafalgar? Where Napoleon's Navy was utterly destroyed. It was Horatio Nelson's final battle. As he was shot during it, and died after he heard of the Royal Navy's Victory. John Paul Jones's victory against the Serapis. John Paul Jones would famously shout "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!"
I'd like to divide Guadalcanal into 4 parts (Savo Island, Eastern Solomons, First Guadalcanal, Second Guadalcanal). Same goes for Leyte Gulf (Samar, Cape Engaño, Sibuyan Sea, and Surigao Strait, with the last one portrayed from Shigure's perspective)
So Pär like naval stuff? So you're saying there is actually a chance I'll eventually get my song about John Paul Jones raid on Whitehaven and the last stand of Taffy 3?!
Ah, the Battle of Midway. The battle where LCDR Wade McClusky, LCDR Max Leslie, and LT Dick Best completely bushwhacked three of six attackers of Pearl Harbor. Shame about the Yorktown. So close keeping her afloat.
The USS Jeremiah O’Brien is going out for a cruise this weekend. it’s the last functioning merchant marine vessel from WWII and since your going to be in san Francisco this weekend I think sabaton would really enjoy it. It’s a great museum ship and it is interesting to see the less glamorous parts of the navy.
I really love this song because of that amazing part ''Far from shore, a pacific War! bombs are falling from the skies Its a bombrun day, it the naval way! A bloodred sun is on the rise'' I love it so much omg this is one of the sabaton songs which makes me tear up
If you have the time, I would really reccomend montemayor's 40 min video about midway. It's only part 1 and no part 2 is released yet afaik, but it's a great look at the battle moment by moment
If you're going to do another song about another Singular ship? You need to do one to CV-6 Enterprise. The Grey Ghost's story reads like a thriller and her service history is legendary In regards to the sheer amount of participation in the Pacific war she had seen, Having an involvement from Pearl Harbor to the final months of the war. Surviving everything the Japanese Navy threw her way. IF only efforts to turn her into a museum could've succeeded...
TheTaintedWisdom - Well, Joakim said they keep a list of song concepts they’re working on- there’s over 10,000 left. He sounded dead serious. I’d believe it...
In November (or December, around that time) of 2019 I watched the movie midway. I then wanted to re-see some clips so I searched it up on yt. Hard to find some as it was new in the cinema's but after not so long of searching I found this song. Welp, now Sabaton is my favourite music to listen to, all because of this song introducing me. Thanks for the music, keep it up
Holy crap some of the footage is amazing. Finding videos of TBD Devastators and SB2U Vindicators is really rare since they were pretty much retired after Midway.
When you love Warships you should visit the historical Dockyards in Portsmouth, England. The HMS Victory lies there, the second most famous warship of all time (after the Bismarck) Also there is a small Gunship, that served in the Battle of Gallipoli. Inside of that Gunship they show a short documentary about the Battle of Gallipoli and I feld like your song whould have perfectly fit in there
Again, I really dig that Indy went into a quite detailed description of the battle, however, I shivered meanwhile as my deepest fear is burning alive...but, we need reminders again and again about how messy war can be. Also, sorry Pär, but I can't imagine you killing everybody in sight. 😀 (And how nice it is from Indy he allowed you to use one of his WW2 phones. 😛 )
Ágnes Keresztury i watched Dunkirk in Cinemas, and there’s a bit when a destroyer gets torpedoed and leaks fuel into the water. I’ll spare you the details, but it made me shiver.
13:36, When you're in Seattle in a few days here, maybe you can take the ferry across Puget Sound and visit the USS Turner Joy museum ship in Bremerton- its a Forest Sherman class Vietnam era destroyer that fired the first and last shots of all warships in Vietnam. It was also involved in the Gulf Of Tonkin incident.
What Sabaton's next album should be: all about naval warfare Track listing?: 1. Spanish Armada decimation 2. Pearl Harbor 3. Battle of Trafalger (The Royal Navy's "finest hour") 4. Battle of Leyte Gulf/Taffy 3's miracle charge 5. Battle of Jutland Sea (WW1) 6. Battle of Tsushima (from the Russian-Japanese War in 1905) 7. Battle of Salamis (2nd Greco-Persian War) 8. Iron Bottom Sound (The Guadalcanal Campaign, which had 3 naval battles: Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, and Gaudalcanal) 9. The Graf Spee Add Bismarck as a bonus track Please add more if I missed something, there's plenty of content
8:30 Kaga (and Akagi) was sunk by planes from USS Enterprise, Soryu was hit by USS Yorktown bombers. 11:40 Well, it is not so simple. Enterprise send that planes: hers, planes from Yorktown (air group VB-3) that landed on Enterprise's deck, and to this force joined bombers from USS Hornet and Midway. On Hiryu attacked planes under command of Earl Gallaher, other planes decided to go after other ships of enemy's fleet. So, USS Enterprise - one ship - sunk in one day three aircraft carriers and change the tide of war.
The best part is how an American submarine indirectly caused it by distracting a Japanese Destroyer long enough to be able to lead the Enterprise dive bombers to the carriers
the USS Enterprise the most decorated us navy ship in WW2 nicknamed the grey ghost and the Lucky E she fought in more battles then any other ship and her crew never gave up even when She was damaged they kept fighting and never stopped.
Excellent work as always but I wish you had credited Yamaguchi at 10:55. The shell-shocked Nagumo had been dragged into a destroyer and was out of the picture for a while. It was admiral Yamaguchi who made the decision to keep striking, and ultimately go down with his ship when the Hiryu was sunk. Side note, when planning to assassinate Yamamoto, the US had only one concern - what if Yamamoto was replaced by an even better leader? They decided that since Yamaguchi was already dead at Midway, there was no one else of Yamamoto's caliber to replace him.
Small Correction that isn't really a problem at 6:01 - 6:10 You can actually use dive bombers against destroyers but it is preferable that they carry HE bombs. For the carriers you can use HE or AP depending on the type of deck that the enemy ships carry. Torpedo squads can also fit very great for the role of attacking the carriers.
If Pär and the band get a chance, there's tours of the USS Torsk in Baltimore, which isn't that far from Silver Spring. There's also the USS Constellation, the USCGC Taney, and the S.S. John W. Brown, a fully functioning Liberty Ship that will occasionally take cruises, although the next one isn't until May.
If y’all like visiting old warship museums then you should visit the USS Yorktown in Charleston, SC. They renamed another aircraft carrier Yorktown in honor of the original and it saw service throughout the rest of WWII. Also you should look up the USS Laffy aka the ship that wouldn’t die
Wasn't Warspite one of the RNs battleships that sunk so many enemy ships but received such little damage in return? It's definitely Britian's USS Enterprise
I am always shocked at the fact, that basically all the damage done to the Japanese ships. Was done by the Dauntless Dive Bombers towards the end of the Battle...!!!
Back when I was in the Army ('85 to '88), I took a shine to military history courtesy of a roommate, especially naval battles. In the PX, there were usually paperbacks of different eras and battles. One book I bought, and I wish I still had it or remembered the title, was an account of the Battle of Midway from the Japanese perspective from two officers who were there and also part of the planning. The upshot of the book was basically they suffered from victory disease, believing they couldn't lose. It was a very interesting read and I wish I still had the book. I'll have to see if google can help with finding that book.
I call what they do historical heavy metal. Great band and excellent historians in their own way. Thanks men of Sabaton. God bless you. Please come to Tallahassee or nearby.
i had a family member who served on the USS Yorktown, if im not mistaken the newer one after the one that got sunk at the battle of Midway, even though this wasnt the one i still cried ;-;
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Pär just called to remind me to tell you about the Sabaton History special editions we get to give to those who support this channel on Patreon. Here's how it works. If you support us via Patreon, you will part of the production of this amazing documentary series on the historical context of each and every one of the Sabaton songs. We could not do this without our supporters. As a token of gratitude, we have designed a very special limited 'Sabaton History' edition of each and every Sabaton album. If you support us now at a certain tier for a certain amount of time (more info the Patreon website), you will receive said the special edition of the album 'Heroes', which includes Indys introduction for every song. Check it out right here: www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory
Cheers,
The Sabaton History team.
Thanks Sabaton you guys were awesome at Phoenix last night, come back soon
I've been a happy supporter since the first month of the patreon and this program started. I'm happy to continue supporting And can't wait to get my hands on the next special history Edition. Saw Sabaton in Atlanta by the way and loved every moment of it.
God damn, I want to be a Patreon already
I'm still waiting on camouflage
So a bit of a correction. The CV-41 USS Midway (first of three Midway class carriers) that is in San Diego, was launched March 20th 1945 and commissioned September 10th 1945 and never participated in WW2. The one that was originally named after the Battle of Midway, it was naming practice then to largely name carriers after US battles at this time, was the escort carrier CVE-63 USS St. Lo which was renamed from USS Midway after the latter ship was laid down.
In something of an ironic twist given the sailor belief that it is bad luck to rename a ship. The USS St. Lo would be sank in the Battle of Samar during the Philippine Islands campaign in late 1944 by a kamikaze attack immediately following Samar which has the distinction of being the single most lopsided naval battle in US naval history, if not world history of task force 77.4.3 (Taffy 3) vs the Japanese Center Force. Six escort carriers, three destroyers, and four destroyer escorts against three battleships, six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and 11 destroyers; which included the IJN Yamato that out weighed every ship in Taffy 3 combined ua-cam.com/video/4AdcvDiA3lE/v-deo.html an excellent video on the battle by Drachinifel
Nimitz : I'm about to end this man's whole Carriers.
Literally Nobody - I lol’d for real. Nice. 👍
US Navy: Ooooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! 😂😸😜👍✊👏💪🔥🏆🇺🇸
MIDWAY!!!!!
Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes.
US navy: [releases USS Midway]
A week later
*”Guys...”*
Carrier warfare is just really intense game of rock paper scissors
Or is Rock Paper Scissors just slightly less intense game of carrier warfare..?
@@KyleJordanGaming Gasp :o
#IlluminatiConfirmed
Isn't all warfare just a really intense game of rock paper scissors?
Yes, and a bit of a slide puzzle having to manage the re-arming and refueling of aircraft, assembling aircraft in preparation of launching and keeping the deck clear enough for aircraft that need to land. And don't have all those bombs and fuel out when you get hit with anything explosive....
“After all surprise was on their side”
“Except it wasn’t”
😂😂
Yes, but Nagumo already knew that surprise was lost hours before the battle even started. An American submarine was foolish enough to reveal itself & attempt to attack the Kido Butai. The sub was chased off by an escorting destroyer.
True, but by that time it was too late. They were already committed.
@@Sorain1 Exactly.
I was suprised when he said that!
@@6th_Army Yeah but said destroyer led Enterprise dive bombers right to the Japanese carriers. Also the battle had technically already started at that point.
3:00 "Their submarines were nowhere to be seen".
Well, that's what they were designed for after all xD
I think that Indy had Japanese sub's in mind...
No, the Japanese subs were sent ahead to Pearl Harbour to ambush the American carriers as they left port.
“No were to be seen.” While yes that’s ironic but I think what he meant was “hadn’t reported their position in days.”
Oh boy, for all the people who didn't get the joke: It's ironic that he said "They where nowhere to be seen" because submarines are not supposed to be seen. It is quite clear to me that Indy meant that they were not where they needed to be and that it was a figure of speech expressing that they simply weren't in the area.
Par: "I don't wanna join the Swedish military because I want to play Heavy Metal until I die."
Swedish Military: "That's not a reason to not join."
Par: "Okay, give me a gun and I'll go kill everybody inside."
Swedish Military: "Here's a microphone and guitar. Now go play Heavy Metal until you die."
*A Few Years Later*
Swedish Military: "Carolus Rex fucking rocks!"
They made the right call
Damn straight!
I laughed so hard when they went right to the picture of him with a big gun. Lol
Reminds me of a story I heard about a US Soldier/Marine during the Vietnam War, he knew he was gonna be drafted so figured screw it he'd just enlist and get it over with, or maybe he did get drafted, I can't remember.
His uncle or a family friend or something was already in the US military with a decent enough rank to know how well Vietnam was going, and gave him the advice to let his recruiter or whoever know he was happy to quote "Go and kill as many *Insert Slur for the Vietnamese at the time starting with G* as possible" or something to that effect.
He was accepted into the Army or Marines, can't remember which branch, and after passing all his training got promptly deployed... To Germany.
Akagi: Goes down after 1 bomb hit.
Yorktown: *Pathetic*
I recently went to see the Yorktown, that is definitely true. They had drawn large black circle outlines on spots that the bombs had destroyed, and I counted at least 5 outlines.
@กล้วยหอมจอมซน tbf Yorktown was beaten up no excuse for Akagi to one shotted
Enterprise: skill issue
What Damage Control Doing?
Fact: 1 week after this video has been release, on 18 october 2019, Kaga's wreck has been finally found.
If they are gonna do a sing about a US navy ship it should be the Enterprise. The ship was unsinkable, the Japanese thought they had sunk it about five times and then it would just reappear in a different part of the Pacific where the Japanese would then think they had sunk it until it would reappear. The ship survived the war which is pretty impressive considering only two other US carriers survived from those that had been in service before the war.
There was practically a mutiny when the Grey Ghost's heir was retired from service without the next heir being designated. Citizens writing the CNO literally filled his office with letters saying the fleet simply isn't the fleet without an Enterprise in service.
To be fair the Japanese literally reported sinking over 100 US fleet carriers in the war. There were only about 35 throughout! The reason for this is both japanese mistaking sunk escort carriers and resupply barges for fleet carriers but also the superb us damage control crews. If a Kate hits a fleet carrier with a torpedo its pilot is gonna think it just scored a mortal blow. But in reality, a little repair time back at the anchorage and the carrier will be back in service.
"Enterprise vs Japan"
Indy barely scratched the surface on how lucky the US Navy was that day, like how the dive bombers followed a destroyer who had been hunting the Nautilus back to their fleet, to how because of the sacrifice of the Devastators the A6M's were way too low when the SBD's struck, and about before this about Yorktown's rapid repairs at Pearl.
@@Rainbowhotpocket There's an excellent book called "Pacific Crucible," which talks about how lessons learned from Pearl Harbor influenced the US Navy, and paved the way for victory. Lessons like massively increasing AA, damage control, and the superiority of the aircraft carrier over the battleship. Hell, the Enterprise was accompanied by a cruiser or battleship, and a destroyer whose job it was simply to act as floating AA platforms for her defense. Battleship South Dakota, cruisers Northampton, and Salt Lake City did their job well.
My grandfather was on the USS Enterprise CV6
Man, you guys should do more naval battles.The insanity of Taffy 3 would be perfect as a Sabaton song.
Yamato: outweighs entire Taffy 3 Taskforce
USS Fletcher: Charge!
Ja🤘LG Alex:)
@@avidficreader5040 Actually it's Johnston
Yep, 'Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors' was an AWESOME read!
Was about to mention it, has to be one of the more "Metal" naval moments from WWII.
Midway, Bismarck, Wolfpack... You said that you made a lot of songs about naval warfare, but I can only think of those three...
Same, I was trying to figure it out as well
Technically "Back in Control" is also Naval Warfare?
@@TheNeonwing at a stretch since its more about the conflict as a whole, instead of those 3 which was full Naval focused
clearly they need more naval songs- suggestion time?
I would love a song about battle of river plate :P
My great uncle was a sailor onboard the DD 412 USS Hammann and died when it was torpedoed, along with the USS Yorktown, by the IJN submarine I-168. Fair Winds and Following Seas Petty Officer Belcher.
Fair Winds and Following Seas to him . US Navy vet here .
For those wanting to learn more about Midway, "Miracle at Midway" is a classic work, but I highly recommended "Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway" by Anthony P. Tully and Jonathan B. Parshall. They did extensive research into Japanese resources unavailable to previous historians writing about Midway and debunk many myths and misunderstandings about the battle.
Thanks for sharing!
9:50 "burning is bad" -life advice from Indy Neidell
3:16 "Yeah, except that it wasn't." I don't know why I found this so funny, lmao.
Yamamoto : HAHA SUPRISE MOTHERFCKER!
Nimitz : haha no u...
Chicago Illinois has an awesome mini museum at midway airport dedicated to the memory of this. My favorite quote is from a navy veteran turned Chicago schoolteacher who wrote on the wall “to all the men who went and did not come home. I will tell the kids what you did and why.” Thank you for keeping history alive.
It's something of a misconception that the Japanese flight decks were crowded with planes when the dive bombers attacked. The planes were still in the enclosed hangar decks being fueled and armed--which made the explosions even more devastating.
The best book on the subject of the battle is Jon Parschall & Anthony Tully's "Shattered Sword."
Just finished Shattered Sword! Awesome book.
The planes still being in the hanger instead of on deck is what made the dive bombers hit worse. The planes cooking off in the enclosed space magnified the damage and just kept feeding the ships more as there was nowhere for the fire to go.
USS New Jersey "The big J" was the ship my dad served on in the 80s during the crisis in Lebanon. That ship had a big impact on the war. Check out Drachinifel's history on the New Jersey and maybe the rest of the Iowa Class battleships.
Wow. Cool! Yeah, an Iowa-Class can definitely ruin your day. I know all about that- I play World of Warships. Who says video games aren’t educational? 😄
Is it just me a does "yeah, except that it wasn't" have meme potential?
It has a potential
Jason Cross - It’s just you.
Except that it *isn’t*.
files.tofugu.com/articles/japan/2013-11-26-japanese-memes/itsuyaruka.jpg
(Pretend that’s Admiral Yamamamato all like “Oh, SHI-!” [Pun totally intended.])
Yeah and when he said they wasn't suprised, i was suprised!
Except i wasn't, because i've seen the movie.
Honestly, if my Grandfather was still alive, I think he'd like Sabaton.
I wish the song had an extend version, so I wouldn't have press replay button so often.
You can turn on loop btw
The Battle of Midway was the First Battle I ever did a history report on. And is still a battle I'm fascinated by to this day
Happy to hear that!
Slight correction: torpedo bombers and dive bombers were both effective against carriers. Nagumo's problem was the torpedo bombers doubled as land attack planes (but of course using bombs instead of torpedoes) and the dive bombers often used different bombs against land targets than ships. So if he was going to arm his planes to attack ships (of any kind) they needed completely different armament than if he was going to attack Midway again.
Midway's runway was still operational after the first Japanese air strike, and planes from Midway had been attacking the Japanese all morning (albeit ineffectively) even before the futile torpedo bomber attacks from the US carriers.
My grandfather was in the Navy, from what I was told, this was his first active battle. Thank you for this song, it always keeps him in my mind!
Par: “Give me a gun, I kill *everyone* in sight! 😄”
Military Recruiter: “You... go play music... 🤨”
😂😂😂🤘👍
When you guys are around in Houston, there is a battleship known as the USS TEXAS, as well as a sub not to far off in Galveston known as the Seawolf.
Last I heard the Texas was down for repairs, or did I miss something. We got USS Iowa down here in Long Beach.
madogthefirst the Texas was down for repairs, but is back up for the most part
That's right USS Texas ftw
Not that much further is the USS Lexington in Corpus, the Blue Ghost
Matt Hort - It’s a Premium Ship in World of Warships, so you know it’s badass. Plus it’s named after Texas.
"burning is bad"
#RealTalk
Next album: a concept album on naval warfare, including pirates
Featuring the fictional Edward Kenway and Edward Thatch call'd Blackbeard.
I'm Nindy Eyedell, and I'm Sar from Pabaton, and I just had a stroke
Dominik Ajdučić
Lol
That's a massive spoonerism.
Oh no. Stahp
"Maybe you can't beat it... maybe you can't change fate." - Akagi
Is this an azur Lane ref?
@@weebshit1048 Kancolle
cue in Fubiki entering from nowhere and Yamato actually being useful on that fight
@@estebangrafeuille9111lmao
@@IodizedNaCL to be precise, it would be fubuki raising from de depths. at the time she had been sunk for a while iirc
Now we only need:
Primo Victoria
Attack of the Deadmen
Art of War
Winged Hussars - The Meme song to meme all songs
Night Witches - Maybe a Halloween special? Get it? Cause witches... I can already see Indy dressed up as a witch for this episode.
Warlock?
"In the Name of God" and "Unbreakable" we need that so badly as well. Historical and still so relevant to current events.
Resist and Bite
@@archstanton6102 Hi lieber Nik Turk,the Warlock from my lovely Doro is always great🤘☺ LG Alex
Hi lieber Isaiah Belter🤘☺,all songs we need.LG Alex
For anyone who sees this: the channel Montemayor has a video about Midway from the Japanese pov. Highly recommend it. Hopefully the second part comes out soon
USS North Carolina is in Wilmington, NC. If you decide, the ship served in the entirety of the American involvement in the Pacific and was the most decorated US Battleship of the war. I believe this places it at 4th or 5th most decorated US Battleship.
I know this is late, but everything I see shows her second only to new Jersey. Not bad for her only fighting in WWII
and I learned another part of History.
Sabaton is fantastic!
Those poor bastards died some of the most painful deaths imaginable.
Yeah. :/
I mean, they started it, tho... Just saying...
Kyle Jordan Gaming the men working in the bowels of the ships that were cooked alive most certainly did not start anything. Don’t blame the common sailor for the fault of the admirals who attacked us.
That's nothing compared to the Asian countries they've murdered and raped.
Those bastards deserves it.
@@jameseliseoroble7386 i doubt those sailers were the ones commiting warcrimes hundreds of miles into china.
@@Legitpenguins99 yes , but they will carry that curse in the name of their country and their people for the rest of their existence.
A song about the B-26 Marauder known as Flak-Bait. Flak-Bait survived 207 combat missions, which is more than any other American plane I WWII. The mission count amounts to 700 plus hours of combat. The best part is that she's still around
My Grandfather fought in and survived the battle of Midway. My family would tell me stories he told them about his life in the Navy. Though he never shared his experience during the battle of Midway to anyone. I've always wondered what he saw to make him shutdown when being asked about it.
"...submarines nowhere to be seen." ? lol Sounds like they were doing their job...
Nautilus was there. She did play a role.
@@Themaxwithnoname Putting Arashi conveniently out of place for McClusky to follow her back to the fleet right?
History is funny like that
My son is going to see you in San Francisco tomorrow. Thank you for giving us something else to bond over.
It's so bad that people think that barely any resistance when the japanese invaded the Pacific. But the battling bastards of bataan put up a great fight, holding out for 3 months against low supplies and being surrounded
I'm gonna butt in late, but you are exactly right.
Had the Japanese faced troops that had the same equipment/supplies as the ones getting funneled to other theatres, the Japanese wouldn't even have those early successes to their name.
@@jawwer00
Actually BECAUSE the Americans retreated to Bataan (after Macarthur sacrificed their supplies on the beaches), they allowed the Japanese to speed up their timetable across the Pacific.
As well, the Japanese left a lone Independent Brigade of 8,000 troops to keep an eye on 30,000 American and their commonwealth forces after the Japanese withdraw their division.
And the US had gone 40+ years of their own doctrine and had massively reinforced the Philippines on Macarthur. whims.
Just a few thing to note, first Admiral Fletcher was in command of the engagement Spruance was only in command of Halsey’s task force which was Enterprise and Hornet. Second the Yorktown’s planes took out the Soryu. The Enterprise was responsible for savaging Kaga and Best took out the Akagi.
00:06 whadayamean ”often do songs about naval warfare”? You’ve got this one, Bismarck and Wolfpack and that’s it. You even missed Jutland on the last album.
@@Triflame. Kinda... eh, a bit.
Well they do plan to drop a second Great War album so possibly they'll have Jutland on that one
@@Triflame. I had no idea they did a song about that war, I have to hear it... Or maybe not, my country was the agresor :S
Wolf Pack
I am not sure Jutland would be worth writing about.
The war in the Pacific was just one big "they had us in the first half not gonna lie" XD
This is the battle that heralded the end of the domination of battleships in naval warfare and the rise of the importance of the carriers in their place. Two mighty fleets fighting an entire battle without either fleet ever coming into visual range of each other, fighting solely using their planes against the enemy.
Battleships were still useful for bombarding coasts
The song which introduced me to Sabaton. I was just watching random videos when I stumbled upon this song and loved it. Bismarck made a fan but Midway started it. Thanks for telling the story of how we the United States of America turned the war around
USS Enterprise CV-6 song when?
Thanks! You're welcome!
“Midway” has had such a huge impact on me, anytime I even hear the word “midway” (not even in reference to the islands) I have to shout it. And it brings me immense joy
Amazing episode. Part of me wishes you went into more detail but then it would turn into a Drachnifel 5 min. guide...
Drachinifel is amazing
5 min = 20 in Drach world
Obviously drach is using nautical minutes
We could really use a song about the USS Texas BB-35. A Dreadnought that survived both WW1 and WW2, and assisted in the D-Day landings, where she purposefully took on water to increase the firing angle of her guns to hit land targets.
She was the only US Ship to hit it's targets during the opening bombardment
Future Naval themed song suggestions:
-The last stand of Taffey 3. Literally perfect material. A bunch of destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers against a massive task force led by Kongo and Yamato where the DDs and DEs rushed them like the mad lads they were. And they managed to convince those mighty battleships to turn away and flee.
-The Naval Battle of Jutland. Its a major historical battle so why not?
-The Naval Battles of Guadalcanal, especially on Iron Bottom Sound. Crazy night actions, ships taking horrendous beatings, USS Laffey (DD-459) rushing the battleship Hiei and coming within 20 feet of her as well as killing her Captain before sinking in an insane last stand of her own... There's a lot to work with there.
-The Battle of Leyte Gulf where the first kamikazes appeared.
And I cant think of any more but more suggestions are welcome.
The battle of Trafalgar? Where Napoleon's Navy was utterly destroyed. It was Horatio Nelson's final battle. As he was shot during it, and died after he heard of the Royal Navy's Victory.
John Paul Jones's victory against the Serapis. John Paul Jones would famously shout "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!"
I'd like to divide Guadalcanal into 4 parts (Savo Island, Eastern Solomons, First Guadalcanal, Second Guadalcanal). Same goes for Leyte Gulf (Samar, Cape Engaño, Sibuyan Sea, and Surigao Strait, with the last one portrayed from Shigure's perspective)
5:00 Ah the 3 Yorktown aircraft carriers.
Me, an Azur Lane fan: Midway Atoll missions. *crys*
So Pär like naval stuff? So you're saying there is actually a chance I'll eventually get my song about John Paul Jones raid on Whitehaven and the last stand of Taffy 3?!
Ah, the Battle of Midway. The battle where LCDR Wade McClusky, LCDR Max Leslie, and LT Dick Best completely bushwhacked three of six attackers of Pearl Harbor. Shame about the Yorktown. So close keeping her afloat.
Best took out Akagi with one bomb
The USS Jeremiah O’Brien is going out for a cruise this weekend. it’s the last functioning merchant marine vessel from WWII and since your going to be in san Francisco this weekend I think sabaton would really enjoy it. It’s a great museum ship and it is interesting to see the less glamorous parts of the navy.
That ship was built in my hometown.
I really love this song because of that amazing part ''Far from shore, a pacific War!
bombs are falling from the skies Its a bombrun day, it the naval way! A bloodred sun is on the rise'' I love it so much omg this is one of the sabaton songs which makes me tear up
The Japanese at Pearl Harbor: yay we took down most of America’s fleet
America: ya’ll bon your last zai
If you have the time, I would really reccomend montemayor's 40 min video about midway. It's only part 1 and no part 2 is released yet afaik, but it's a great look at the battle moment by moment
I vouch for this
Its pretty good
Have you seen Battle 360 about Midway?
If you're going to do another song about another Singular ship? You need to do one to CV-6 Enterprise. The Grey Ghost's story reads like a thriller and her service history is legendary In regards to the sheer amount of participation in the Pacific war she had seen, Having an involvement from Pearl Harbor to the final months of the war. Surviving everything the Japanese Navy threw her way. IF only efforts to turn her into a museum could've succeeded...
14:57 - How? HOW?! No, seriously: *HOW?!?*
How does a Sabaton song about Admiral Yi Sun-sin and/or his naval battles *not* exist?!?
Because you haven't emailed them a write up yet!
Now that i think Admiral Yi was the father of all Navy! Sabaton should definitely do a song about him!
TheTaintedWisdom - Well, Joakim said they keep a list of song concepts they’re working on- there’s over 10,000 left. He sounded dead serious. I’d believe it...
I live right next to the place where the USS New Jersey is docked in philly.
I don’t know why I’m crying as I watch this...
In November (or December, around that time) of 2019 I watched the movie midway. I then wanted to re-see some clips so I searched it up on yt. Hard to find some as it was new in the cinema's but after not so long of searching I found this song. Welp, now Sabaton is my favourite music to listen to, all because of this song introducing me.
Thanks for the music, keep it up
Man, I would love to see a complete videoclip like the one playing in the video, because it synchs really well
My wife and I LOVED you in Dallas at The House of Blues!!! Thank you Sabaton!!!
Holy crap some of the footage is amazing. Finding videos of TBD Devastators and SB2U Vindicators is really rare since they were pretty much retired after Midway.
When you love Warships you should visit the historical Dockyards in Portsmouth, England.
The HMS Victory lies there, the second most famous warship of all time (after the Bismarck)
Also there is a small Gunship, that served in the Battle of Gallipoli.
Inside of that Gunship they show a short documentary about the Battle of Gallipoli and I feld like your song whould have perfectly fit in there
Honestly, it's a shame Britian scrapped every RN vessel besides Belfast. I wish they kept KGV or maybe Warspite
Just yesterday watched Midway movie. Thanks for background information. 👌
Again, I really dig that Indy went into a quite detailed description of the battle, however, I shivered meanwhile as my deepest fear is burning alive...but, we need reminders again and again about how messy war can be.
Also, sorry Pär, but I can't imagine you killing everybody in sight. 😀 (And how nice it is from Indy he allowed you to use one of his WW2 phones. 😛 )
Ágnes Keresztury i watched Dunkirk in Cinemas, and there’s a bit when a destroyer gets torpedoed and leaks fuel into the water. I’ll spare you the details, but it made me shiver.
I laughed at the image at 16:13 very funny but yes war is a horrible thing
thank you history team for this new episode
13:36, When you're in Seattle in a few days here, maybe you can take the ferry across Puget Sound and visit the USS Turner Joy museum ship in Bremerton- its a Forest Sherman class Vietnam era destroyer that fired the first and last shots of all warships in Vietnam. It was also involved in the Gulf Of Tonkin incident.
The US Navy Undersea Museum would also be worth a visit if they're out in that direction too.
@@Themaxwithnoname yep I've been there too
What Sabaton's next album should be: all about naval warfare
Track listing?:
1. Spanish Armada decimation
2. Pearl Harbor
3. Battle of Trafalger (The Royal Navy's "finest hour")
4. Battle of Leyte Gulf/Taffy 3's miracle charge
5. Battle of Jutland Sea (WW1)
6. Battle of Tsushima (from the Russian-Japanese War in 1905)
7. Battle of Salamis (2nd Greco-Persian War)
8. Iron Bottom Sound (The Guadalcanal Campaign, which had 3 naval battles: Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, and Gaudalcanal)
9. The Graf Spee
Add Bismarck as a bonus track
Please add more if I missed something, there's plenty of content
A track about the SMS Emden.
The Falklands Naval battle in WW1!
Taffy 3 is a metal name
What a perfect day to start off with Sabaton
One of my all-time favourite songs! Wish you would play it live more often!
8:30 Kaga (and Akagi) was sunk by planes from USS Enterprise, Soryu was hit by USS Yorktown bombers. 11:40 Well, it is not so simple. Enterprise send that planes: hers, planes from Yorktown (air group VB-3) that landed on Enterprise's deck, and to this force joined bombers from USS Hornet and Midway. On Hiryu attacked planes under command of Earl Gallaher, other planes decided to go after other ships of enemy's fleet. So, USS Enterprise - one ship - sunk in one day three aircraft carriers and change the tide of war.
The best part is how an American submarine indirectly caused it by distracting a Japanese Destroyer long enough to be able to lead the Enterprise dive bombers to the carriers
Akagi: *smug fox noises*
E: Owari da!
16:12 legendary
the USS Enterprise the most decorated us navy ship in WW2 nicknamed the grey ghost and the Lucky E she fought in more battles then any other ship and her crew never gave up even when She was damaged they kept fighting and never stopped.
The Japanese thought they sunk Lucky E multiple times. They must've lost their shit when Enterprise showed up at Midway
And the galloping ghost
Excellent work as always but I wish you had credited Yamaguchi at 10:55. The shell-shocked Nagumo had been dragged into a destroyer and was out of the picture for a while. It was admiral Yamaguchi who made the decision to keep striking, and ultimately go down with his ship when the Hiryu was sunk.
Side note, when planning to assassinate Yamamoto, the US had only one concern - what if Yamamoto was replaced by an even better leader? They decided that since Yamaguchi was already dead at Midway, there was no one else of Yamamoto's caliber to replace him.
3:16
Is that a Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World reference?
Small Correction that isn't really a problem at 6:01 - 6:10
You can actually use dive bombers against destroyers but it is preferable that they carry HE bombs.
For the carriers you can use HE or AP depending on the type of deck that the enemy ships carry.
Torpedo squads can also fit very great for the role of attacking the carriers.
Cool that you guys went to the USS New Jersey, the state I live in
If Pär and the band get a chance, there's tours of the USS Torsk in Baltimore, which isn't that far from Silver Spring. There's also the USS Constellation, the USCGC Taney, and the S.S. John W. Brown, a fully functioning Liberty Ship that will occasionally take cruises, although the next one isn't until May.
The USS Pampanito is also in San Francisco right at Fisherman's Wharf, she's a lovely submarine.
I needed this vid
Par: "Give me a gun and I'll kill everyone in sight"
Army: "ok, you can play heavymetal".
HAHA!!!
If y’all like visiting old warship museums then you should visit the USS Yorktown in Charleston, SC. They renamed another aircraft carrier Yorktown in honor of the original and it saw service throughout the rest of WWII. Also you should look up the USS Laffy aka the ship that wouldn’t die
You should make a song about HMS Warspite Pls
She isnt well known compared to alot of ships yet she did so much for Britain
Pls consider
Wasn't Warspite one of the RNs battleships that sunk so many enemy ships but received such little damage in return? It's definitely Britian's USS Enterprise
14:36
CVE Midway (St Lo) is waving
I am always shocked at the fact, that basically all the damage done to the Japanese ships. Was done by the Dauntless Dive Bombers towards the end of the Battle...!!!
Well, the first 3 carriers were hit at the 10:20 attack. So very early in the American attack.
Dankeschön 🤘I did wait for ,, Midway “ LG Alex🤘🍻😎👍😘
Back when I was in the Army ('85 to '88), I took a shine to military history courtesy of a roommate, especially naval battles.
In the PX, there were usually paperbacks of different eras and battles. One book I bought, and I wish I still had it or remembered the title, was an account of the Battle of Midway from the Japanese perspective from two officers who were there and also part of the planning.
The upshot of the book was basically they suffered from victory disease, believing they couldn't lose.
It was a very interesting read and I wish I still had the book. I'll have to see if google can help with finding that book.
John parschall. Shattered Sword.
When the battle of midway is the same day as your birthday
Like when you're born between June 4-7?
@@RedditzGG Well started on
I call what they do historical heavy metal. Great band and excellent historians in their own way. Thanks men of Sabaton. God bless you. Please come to Tallahassee or nearby.
I'm gonna blast Midway by sabaton when I go to see the new movie Midway in November
This is legendari story, thank you Sabaton history ❤️❤️🔥🔥
Amazing song ❤️🔥🤘
Still to this day one of my favorite songs!
Good thing i wasn't there during the Battle of Midway since i was so bad at decisions making.
i had a family member who served on the USS Yorktown, if im not mistaken the newer one after the one that got sunk at the battle of Midway, even though this wasnt the one i still cried ;-;
You could never disappoint me with this series
My grandfather was part of Admiral Halseys Fleet on a naval ammunition ship. He got one of his 4 battle stars from Midway 🤘
The song that made me discover Sabaton
If I was a history teacher I would use Sabaton as a reinforcement tool