The WWII Flying Superfortress - B-29

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  • @poscoroofing
    @poscoroofing 4 роки тому +487

    "At almost twice the cost of the Manhattan Project... it is also the most expensive weapons program of all WWII." Wow!

    • @lemonbikini777
      @lemonbikini777 4 роки тому +7

      포스코지붕공사 1:10

    • @poscoroofing
      @poscoroofing 4 роки тому +2

      @@lemonbikini777 Thanks!

    • @Blopartyhut
      @Blopartyhut 4 роки тому +15

      Not surprising considering the silver lion cost.

    • @datboi1026
      @datboi1026 4 роки тому +3

      Crazy to also think of how 88 took off that day, but only 2 of those planes (not the exact ones) still fly.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 3 роки тому +5

      The industrial power of the US never cease to amaze me. WW1 the US feeds and supplies the biggest war in human history. WW2 the US does ths same while also handling a large portion of all global shipping, also researching a big portion of technological innovation, and also fighting on 3 continents and from the other side of the globe. Cold War the US rebuilds the western world and supplies/funds nations as diverse as South Korea, south Vietnam, western Europe, and various parties, freedom fighters/terrorists, and governments across the world effectively out spending the Soviet Union and PRC several times over. Even Today the States of New York, California, and Texas each individually have economies roughly the size of Russia.

  • @bestguywhotellsitlikeitis
    @bestguywhotellsitlikeitis 4 роки тому +2011

    I'm glad I wasn't required to imagine I was a WWII pilot in order to watch this video.

    • @khievchaya8337
      @khievchaya8337 4 роки тому +20

      I dont get it

    • @sturmtiger1508
      @sturmtiger1508 4 роки тому +59

      "Imagine what would it be like being a Pilot in this WW2 Strategic bomber"

    • @theisgood0
      @theisgood0 4 роки тому +38

      sewer rat sigh I’ll explain in almost every infographics video he says “imagine if you were this guy and had to go through this”
      Lol

    • @ketongglembong8338
      @ketongglembong8338 4 роки тому +39

      My grandpappy was a gunner at an B-29 he was shot by a Me-262

    • @vanillavilla.
      @vanillavilla. 4 роки тому +9

      sewer rat
      Are you slow??

  • @pov1698
    @pov1698 4 роки тому +608

    Japanese when they send fighters without ammo:prepare to take down some bombers
    Pilot:how will we?
    Commander:we are gonna use a tactic that guarantees death.

    • @lockheedmartin2112
      @lockheedmartin2112 4 роки тому +12

      None of them hit a bomber though and were shot down before they had the chance.

    • @pov1698
      @pov1698 4 роки тому +12

      @@lockheedmartin2112 actually Japanese would mostly ram b17s

    • @lockheedmartin2112
      @lockheedmartin2112 4 роки тому +12

      @@pov1698 I meant no B-29 Superfortress was ever rammed, but I should've clarified that in the first comment I made.

    • @BusinessMan_ForthePeople
      @BusinessMan_ForthePeople 4 роки тому +8

      mrwiggles The germans did ram Americans b-17 in the European theater

    • @pov1698
      @pov1698 4 роки тому +3

      @@BusinessMan_ForthePeople yes but Japan added honor to their deaths

  • @junebug8485
    @junebug8485 4 роки тому +270

    Normal girl:
    -Will probably leave you for another dude
    -no protection from enemies
    -almost no hugeness
    B-29 flying fortress:
    -could stick with you for the duration of war
    -offers thick armor plating from aa guns
    -over 100 ft long and over 140 feet wide

  • @JohnDoe-vf2yo
    @JohnDoe-vf2yo 4 роки тому +308

    My Grandpa was the waist gunner on the B-29 called "The Duchess". The way they had to sit and turn their bodies to look through the periscopes to aim the guns took a toll on almost all waist gunners and they now have severe back problems.

    • @geoffreywozniak3553
      @geoffreywozniak3553 4 роки тому +24

      My Grandpa was a flight engineer on a B-29, never learned the name of the plane he was on though.

    • @rand0mguy753
      @rand0mguy753 4 роки тому +17

      @@geoffreywozniak3553 my great uncle was the pilot of the Chicago Queen. I have a list of the people who dealt with some of the people who dealt with the plane and everyone on the crew. if you want i could look and see if this one was his? Does he share your last name?

    • @drmegasteve4335
      @drmegasteve4335 4 роки тому +8

      Why great grandpa was Part of the US military (can't remember the branch) in WW2. He was in Japan when one of nukes hit.

    • @monty6512
      @monty6512 4 роки тому +6

      @Christopher Morey I'm pretty sure the bullets wouldn't be able to hit them since they're 25000 feet in the air

    • @waitthatscopyrighted3198
      @waitthatscopyrighted3198 4 роки тому +1

      Wow

  • @SighNaps
    @SighNaps 3 роки тому +172

    My grandfather was an Irish man who fought for the Americans (he refused to fight for the English crown and Ireland was neutral). I was talking to him once about serving in the American army and something he said that I always found funny was "One thing the Germans never understood about the Americans was that if they had enough room to fit another .50 caliber machine gun in something, they were going to do it."

    • @zumis1011
      @zumis1011 2 роки тому +5

      Haha that's gold, sounds like it would be a famous war hero quote

    • @santigaru40
      @santigaru40 2 роки тому +1

      dang das coo

    • @AgentDanishMan
      @AgentDanishMan 2 роки тому +1

      🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪

    • @SighNaps
      @SighNaps 2 роки тому +1

      @@AgentDanishMan Sláinte

    • @SighNaps
      @SighNaps 2 роки тому +2

      @@zumis1011 He was a hero in his own way. He was awarded the silver star for assaulting a machine gun nest from across a bridge by himself, despite him being the commanding officer of his detachment.

  • @daveanderson3805
    @daveanderson3805 4 роки тому +321

    During the latter part of WW 2 a couple of B 29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory The Soviets returned the air crews but hung onto the planes They later reverse engineered and build them as the Tupolev TU 4 NATO code Bull

    • @zumis1011
      @zumis1011 4 роки тому +9

      A NATO plane? The USSR was never apart of NATO

    • @GlurglePop
      @GlurglePop 4 роки тому +95

      US: Whew! You saved us, thanks for the fuel.
      Soviets: What fuel?
      US: The uhh... fuel for our planes
      Soviets: What planes?

    • @aboodmki3
      @aboodmki3 4 роки тому +42

      Eddie Pancho
      Code named “The Bull” by NATO, just like how the NATO cade names the MIG-29 by “Fulcrum” and so on.

    • @cristobalalvarez5491
      @cristobalalvarez5491 4 роки тому +10

      Eddie Pancho nato code is how NATO refers to enemy aircraft,tanks,etc

    • @comradekarlvonschnitzelste8218
      @comradekarlvonschnitzelste8218 4 роки тому +2

      Mike Murray yeah they were jerks when it came to having stuff

  • @Enzi_Meteori_902
    @Enzi_Meteori_902 4 роки тому +285

    Him: the B-29 is the older brother of the B-17
    Also him:calls the B-29 a (her)

    • @floppi7098
      @floppi7098 3 роки тому

      Lol

    • @lilhomiebro7539
      @lilhomiebro7539 3 роки тому +9

      Well in the beginning of the video the b-29 identified as a male but half way through it changed it mine. C’mon bro it classic gender studies 101

    • @crispylizard8295
      @crispylizard8295 3 роки тому +8

      @@lilhomiebro7539 don't mind him hes just a cis white male he doesn't get the genderfluidity of aerial combat vehicles

    • @lilhomiebro7539
      @lilhomiebro7539 3 роки тому +3

      @@crispylizard8295 did you just assume his gender though? 🤨

    • @lilhomiebro7539
      @lilhomiebro7539 3 роки тому +6

      @@crispylizard8295 oh sh*t I just did too. None of us are safe.

  • @معازطارق-ذ8ج
    @معازطارق-ذ8ج 4 роки тому +2141

    When you already know everything about it due to playing war thunder.

    • @cardiv5zuikaku944
      @cardiv5zuikaku944 4 роки тому +155

      In War Thunder bombers like this almost got no chance to prove itself tho, almost always get bullied

    • @legitgamer5742
      @legitgamer5742 4 роки тому +58

      Haha so true even tho the b-29 is a superfortress of sticks

    • @RagavJanardhan
      @RagavJanardhan 4 роки тому +16

      @@cardiv5zuikaku944 they lowered the repair costs a littks though, right?

    • @luftwaffle4327
      @luftwaffle4327 4 роки тому +17

      Ragav Janardhan I believe so, the me264 definitely got its cost reduced to like 6000

    • @cardiv5zuikaku944
      @cardiv5zuikaku944 4 роки тому +16

      @@RagavJanardhan still 47K tho, it gonna take yours SL like no tomorrow lol

  • @jabba233hutt3
    @jabba233hutt3 4 роки тому +70

    2:05 B29s are pretty vulnerable to hostile fighters actually. The fact that late war US Air Force was able to provide air protection by launching P51 in Okinawa thus diminishing the casualties of the flight crew may have contributed to the misconception that is B29 crews can “can perfectly protect themselves” with the machine guns.

    • @ramal5708
      @ramal5708 3 роки тому +1

      But only a FEW Japanese fighters that could reach B-29s altitude, secondly the USAAF focused more on low level firebombing of Japan and then climb back to their high altitude again during their return flight

    • @Cuccos19
      @Cuccos19 2 роки тому +3

      @@ramal5708 The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Jack) was a the only real interceptor and maybe the Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (Tojo). The other fighters could reach up high could be the Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Frank) and Kawasaki Ki-100 Hien (Tony maybe? Its predecessor the Ki-61 was Tony for sure).

    • @michlo3393
      @michlo3393 2 роки тому

      Mainly because the bombsights on the B-29's weren't accurate enough from such high altitudes. The bombers were thus sent to fly low altitude missions for greater accuracy but at the cost of greater losses.

  • @badpancake8972
    @badpancake8972 3 роки тому +121

    360 gunner range... with cross fire ability...
    Zeros:
    Ight have a nice time...

  • @kippert8912
    @kippert8912 4 роки тому +468

    Imagine how badass you would feel being a gunner on this machine
    Also, you guys in the replies are thinking of the B-17. The B-29 Was *Marginally* Safer.

    • @stodgers
      @stodgers 4 роки тому +43

      Being a bomber crewman in ww2 had some of the highest mortality rates so probably not very badass

    • @michaelliu8842
      @michaelliu8842 4 роки тому +27

      If you consider being pumped with flak shrapnel and high calibre cannons "Badass", then sure

    • @blobbyfisherson8368
      @blobbyfisherson8368 4 роки тому +3

      Well badass and freezing

    • @shaycormaic5365
      @shaycormaic5365 4 роки тому +5

      PTSD FOR THE WIN BABBY

    • @Rammstein0963.
      @Rammstein0963. 4 роки тому +13

      @StodgyPigeon061, Actually B-29 gunners had it easy, the guns were remote operated, and given that the B-29 had a maximum service ceiling of around 33 THOUSAND feet and max airspeed of (and no this isn't bs) 350mph... the Japanese had little that could even HOPE to touch this thing.
      Funny enough though, that's probably why the B-29 wasn't approved for European use, because the B-17 was considered adequate, and the Germans actually had planes that could reach this plane reliably.

  • @andrew19925
    @andrew19925 4 роки тому +531

    The running animation for the soldiers tho
    (My comment is to no offence to anyone. )

    • @kenju6610
      @kenju6610 4 роки тому +18

      Dude, they upload everyday do you really think they are gonna put 10 hours in running animations??

    • @andrew19925
      @andrew19925 4 роки тому +13

      @@kenju6610 lol no. It's all about the content IN the video :D

    • @RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts
      @RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts 4 роки тому +6

      You'd think being called the Infographics show they'd put a little more effort into the graphics part

    • @ashc4167
      @ashc4167 4 роки тому +4

      That’s how we really run

    • @gclapz6108
      @gclapz6108 4 роки тому

      Bahahaha

  • @gamingmoth4542
    @gamingmoth4542 4 роки тому +125

    GENERAL MACARTHUR: "That's cool but wanna know what's better than Bombs? Fire Bombs."

  • @RB-yj5fy
    @RB-yj5fy 3 роки тому +44

    My grampy flew the B-29 “Pride of the Yankees” over Tokyo, 1 engine got hit very badly, the other had its propellor go wild and fly off, yet with only 2 engines left a zero attacked the bomber, lined up with the nose of the plane, ( he was a pilot ) and opened fire. A bullet hit his knee, then pulled back. Yet he still said with 2 engines out, he said “I’m taking this son of a b*tch all the way back!” And he did. He died in I think January 2014, I was 3 years old when he died. I miss him, but life is life, you can’t bring back dead people, even if they were a loved one. That is his story. Thanks for reading.

    • @brq44
      @brq44 2 роки тому +1

      so you are 11?
      also great story

    • @Chuguspee
      @Chuguspee 2 роки тому +2

      We thank your grandpa for fighting. God bless him

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Рік тому

      And he told you that story when you were 3 or younger and you remember it?
      Yea right.

    • @SlabFor1
      @SlabFor1 10 місяців тому

      @@dukecraig2402 His mom could have told him later

    • @ContendCreators
      @ContendCreators 7 місяців тому

      ​@@brq44M FOR MATURE

  • @mikestanly749
    @mikestanly749 4 роки тому +62

    MY Grandpa enlisted in 1940's he flew this plane for over 20 years., thankyou to all warriors for U.S.

    • @SpewtGG
      @SpewtGG 4 роки тому +7

      Was he a captain, because my great grandfather was a captain on one which is in a museum today, it’s amazing

    • @ryan-angusdonaldson9573
      @ryan-angusdonaldson9573 3 роки тому +1

      your families died quickly if your great great grandfather was in WW2 my great grandfather was in WW1

    • @eeeee9524
      @eeeee9524 3 роки тому

      @@ryan-angusdonaldson9573 how?

  • @jibnut6566
    @jibnut6566 4 роки тому +407

    0:43
    They pointing finger guns at their heads

  • @yeettheheat
    @yeettheheat 4 роки тому +40

    "War was finally coming to Japan."
    Dolittle and his B25's:"Are we a joke to you?"

    • @AlechiaTheWitch
      @AlechiaTheWitch 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah. Dont forget those small little pt boats that i think zoomed into japanese bays and well. Yeah

    • @ralphkerr6809
      @ralphkerr6809 3 роки тому

      and johnston

  • @channels7446
    @channels7446 4 роки тому +86

    rolling thunder, a powerwave
    when you hear expect a hurricane

  • @pantherplatform
    @pantherplatform 4 роки тому +31

    I'm glad my maternal grandfather's B-29 never got shot down. I would've liked to fly one of those if I was in his shoes.

    • @killerqueenbiteszadusto1771
      @killerqueenbiteszadusto1771 3 роки тому +1

      Your grandfather did something considered impossible, attack mainland Japan, he has my best wishes

  • @nicse100
    @nicse100 4 роки тому +201

    me:drops cookie
    ants on my house: 00:02

  • @michaelmurray11189
    @michaelmurray11189 4 роки тому +9

    Two things I wanted to point out. First, the B-29 had a tricycle landing gear with a nose wheel in the front while the main landing gear in the wings rather than the bicycle gear as seen in the video. Second the Zero had it's main landing gear in the wings as well and a much smaller tail wheel. Just something I'd like point out as an aviation enthusiast myself, as constructive criticism of you will.

  • @olakolade6656
    @olakolade6656 4 роки тому +39

    step one: Love infographics show
    step two: Love history of ww2
    step three: enjoy stories

  • @braydencromar
    @braydencromar 4 роки тому +14

    This is seriously so advanced for the time.

  • @Le_Flatfish
    @Le_Flatfish 4 роки тому +22

    5:25 : Gets hit by a torpedo in the *front* ...
    Later then goes to sinking from the back of the Warship?? Lets just Call that infographic logic

    • @lukelyall5879
      @lukelyall5879 3 роки тому

      War Thunder be like

    • @Prokerboss
      @Prokerboss 3 роки тому +1

      @@lukelyall5879 even war thunder is more realistic that that

  • @datflyguy9918
    @datflyguy9918 4 роки тому +11

    5:26
    U.S. Sub: Im about to end this mans whole career
    Physics: Aight Imma head out

  • @craftyyt2745
    @craftyyt2745 4 роки тому +23

    F-ZERO: i'm the best plane ever!
    b-29: *hold my nuke*

    • @waitthatscopyrighted3198
      @waitthatscopyrighted3198 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @michaelliu8842
      @michaelliu8842 4 роки тому +2

      I see the comedy in the post, but the Zero was never the best plane. It couldnt dive, and couldnt catch US fighters in a straight line. US pilots took advantage of it and used Energy fighting to beat the zeros

    • @rempuia69
      @rempuia69 4 роки тому +1

      @@michaelliu8842 r/themoreyouknow

    • @michaelliu8842
      @michaelliu8842 4 роки тому

      @@rempuia69 lol

  • @cain_chamomille
    @cain_chamomille 4 роки тому +244

    The then:
    **USA and China be fwends to fight da Imperial Japan**
    The now:
    **USA and China now gone into another Cold War... again?**

    • @CharTheProspectYT
      @CharTheProspectYT 4 роки тому +8

      It's called a fake friend

    • @ramenns9693
      @ramenns9693 4 роки тому +24

      Because back then China wasn't a communist country

    • @cain_chamomille
      @cain_chamomille 4 роки тому +4

      @@ramenns9693 Yup, and then Mao and Communism strikes. Whoa.

    • @mamiamracha353
      @mamiamracha353 4 роки тому +3

      George Bush said there is a strategy I have, which is to control a country, which will lead to attracting Muslims, overthrowing Western and American regimes, and establishing an Islamic empire from Spain to Indonesia.
      Richard Myers said: Our exit from Iraq will lead to the emergence of an Islamic caliphate
      French President Sarkozy said: There is no need to use the language of wood. There are Islamic extremists seeking this confrontation to establish an Islamic caliphate, and I do not underestimate the possibility of a confrontation between Muslims.
      Vladimir Putin said: The international terrorist group has declared war on Russia to carve out and control parts of Russia and establish an Islamic caliphate.
      The British Minister said: There is no discussion regarding the possibility of an Islamic caliphate

    • @greenhat7618
      @greenhat7618 4 роки тому +2

      The ccp is evil and is killing its people, e.g. the Uyghur.

  • @trbedsidegaming1005
    @trbedsidegaming1005 4 роки тому +114

    Me: comments
    Me: refreshes page
    My comment: Aight I’m out

    • @chris-8597
      @chris-8597 4 роки тому +2

      Chip at ur moms house

    • @Mahsterch
      @Mahsterch 4 роки тому +1

      @@chris-8597 Not funny, didn't laugh.

    • @SoloWaterCup
      @SoloWaterCup 4 роки тому

      Masterc that was a master piece fym

    • @Mahsterch
      @Mahsterch 4 роки тому

      @@SoloWaterCup I have made a severe lapse in judgement, and I do not expect for me to be forgiven.

  • @luckygamermemberofvma7903
    @luckygamermemberofvma7903 4 роки тому +12

    lol the guys eyes at 1:30 he is probably thinking I'm in love

  • @standardzach8780
    @standardzach8780 4 роки тому +17

    5:27
    Torpedo: hits bow
    Ship: sinks from the stern
    That plot

  • @ramal5708
    @ramal5708 3 роки тому +4

    The fact that the engines are not so perfect and sometimes problematic, they solved this problem with B-50 variant with a better engines

  • @lhmontages4459
    @lhmontages4459 4 роки тому +26

    Gotta love ww2 history

    • @_M27_
      @_M27_ 4 роки тому

      I'm more of a cold war type of person

    • @waynebeshear7684
      @waynebeshear7684 4 роки тому

      I'm Both

    • @israelithewarrior6394
      @israelithewarrior6394 4 роки тому

      Us army dafet ussr army the cold war is iconomy war this is soo not poosibole to dafet red army people nead to idiots to fink lik thet

    • @israelithewarrior6394
      @israelithewarrior6394 4 роки тому

      @@_M27_ shut up you my food for my musclees

    • @israelithewarrior6394
      @israelithewarrior6394 4 роки тому

      @@_M27_ you fooll of prootin and mitiriul

  • @N1mr
    @N1mr 4 роки тому +5

    A few things
    1.SOME B29 had 20mm in the rear but was removed later for only 12.7
    2. Zero had mostly wood as the reason USA RAN MOSTLY APIT ,
    3. There was a gunner in the rear of B29
    4. B29 Gun computer was one of the first PC IN AN AIRPLANE and took into account many factors including weather in solutions

  • @Volcanoboy-zh9oh
    @Volcanoboy-zh9oh 4 роки тому +3

    I saw a genuine airworthy B 29 at an air show in October of last year nicknamed "Doc" and it was an awesome piece of history

  • @Kolleo5.3
    @Kolleo5.3 4 роки тому +17

    I’ve had the privilege to see fifi the Boeing b-29 flying over my house every year at the mid Atlantic air show in Reading PA. She’s a very gorgeous bomber I hope to ride her one day

    • @lelandgaunt9985
      @lelandgaunt9985 4 роки тому +3

      I have been on her when I was a kid, she was set up as a static display.

  • @guccidan719
    @guccidan719 4 роки тому +5

    My grandpa got shot down in a b17 over germany and was a pow and eventually escaped and walked hundreds of miles until they found allied forces. Then he came home and went to fight in the pacific 💪

  • @ppl6660
    @ppl6660 4 роки тому +18

    You should make a video on Richard Halsey best who sank 2 Japanese carriers in a day

    • @wheelhim
      @wheelhim 4 роки тому +1

      I think he didn't made it sank but he hit carrier twice in a single day

  • @Automalice
    @Automalice 3 роки тому +4

    my favourite hike here in the UK is to the overexposed Superfortress. It's amazing how much wreckage still remains

  • @darkninjamandelta
    @darkninjamandelta 4 роки тому +5

    My neighbor was a turret gunner in a B24 bomber, he passed away sadly but I'm glad to have met him. He was one of the greatest men I've known.

  • @MikaelK5
    @MikaelK5 4 роки тому +5

    This plane is an absolute beast and it looks gorgeus!

  • @austinc0743
    @austinc0743 4 роки тому +3

    This was awesome it was very sucurit and I can tell you did a lot of research and time on it
    Keep it up this is why I still watch these videos

  • @samkemp1566
    @samkemp1566 4 роки тому +30

    Me: watching Pewdiepie.
    Infographics: uploads.
    Me: Wait, that's illegal

  • @pngoy
    @pngoy 4 роки тому +2

    I been waiting for this video forever...

  • @Ty-vj4wg
    @Ty-vj4wg 4 роки тому +48

    I hope that one day in my life we have a flying aircraft carrier. Kind of like the helicarrier in Avengers.

    • @tatevolk7553
      @tatevolk7553 4 роки тому +5

      The Russians actually built a TB-3 parasite aircraft carrier, I believe it was even used in combat once and I think it was quite effective, the Americans passed around the idea of doing the same thing with the 747.

    • @Ty-vj4wg
      @Ty-vj4wg 4 роки тому

      @@tatevolk7553 I just looked into it, it is called Zveno project. It wasn't a full blown carrier but it held a few aircraft. It was actually very effective. Too bad nothing came of it after 1942.

    • @ne9835
      @ne9835 4 роки тому

      @@tatevolk7553 Oh man!!! Really!!

    • @midgetlemon5149
      @midgetlemon5149 4 роки тому +7

      You know what i hope for? I hope for racism to be over in my lifetime.

    • @nrgbladex7670
      @nrgbladex7670 4 роки тому +2

      A better carrier would be the aigaion

  • @A_Royal_Duck
    @A_Royal_Duck 3 роки тому +1

    1:49 is the best information I have ever seen

  • @mlook6348
    @mlook6348 4 роки тому +67

    Is’t it a war crime beca-
    “Sussssss they won”

    • @Tacticalgoose666
      @Tacticalgoose666 4 роки тому +2

      😅🤣

    • @duddude321
      @duddude321 3 роки тому +1

      Nope, the conventions that established air bombardment warcrimes happened after this.
      A lot of the things that became war crimes were made war crimes because of WW2. Many of them were brought up because of WW1, but the nations of the world couldn't agree on much of anything and thus did a whole lotta nothing.
      Also, Imperial Japan had a different idea about what constituted acceptable wartime conduct so it's entirely possible that Japan wouldn't have been protected by international agreements or internal policies anyway. Many such rules have conditions for excluding bad faith actors, noncompliants, and/or non signatories. It's a warcrime to bomb a church, but hypothetically if enemies are fighting from inside it it's a free target. If it has been militarized it is a free target. If the enemy makes a regular habit of bombing churches themselves turnabout is fair play. While these international agreements (and internal policies they influence) generally also cover engagements with non signatories; non participation in the agreements doesn't usually engender much sympathy when the protections are needed, especially if paired with noncompliance or bad faith actions.
      Gotta play by the rules or nobody will care when you get cheated.

    • @mlook6348
      @mlook6348 3 роки тому

      @@duddude321 I personaly think that in all out war nobody cares about the rules if they are losing.

  • @lordraj365
    @lordraj365 4 роки тому +2

    Best animation hand down love it.

  • @AdamTheHammer
    @AdamTheHammer 4 роки тому +18

    look into operation charriot from ww2, that story will blow your mind

  • @vergil1155
    @vergil1155 3 роки тому +11

    Engineering masterpiece. It was literally years ahead of its time if you think about it. Especially the pressurized compartments and remotely connected 50 caliber machine guns.

    • @ramal5708
      @ramal5708 3 роки тому

      Not to mention the Analog Computer guidance for the guns and An/APY-7 Radar

    • @Cuccos19
      @Cuccos19 2 роки тому

      Big deal... the Junkers Ju-86P and R had it as well years before... but only for two man crew and only for a single rifle caliber MG in the tail.

    • @cristobalalvarez5491
      @cristobalalvarez5491 2 роки тому

      @@Cuccos19 they didn’t lol

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Рік тому

      Yes but something people don't realize and like most other poorly researched videos on the B29 that get things wrong is that while in combat the cabins weren't pressurized, standard procedure was for the crew to don their oxygen masks and for the flight engineer to depressurize the fuselage to eliminate the possibility of an explosive decompression during battle in the event they were hit.

  • @thesilenthero422
    @thesilenthero422 4 роки тому +8

    I got to see one of these take off a few years ago, just the roar of one plane was intimidating. Makes you appreciate how the Japanese must have felt when hundreds flew over at a time dropping bombs

  • @pilot133
    @pilot133 4 роки тому +3

    Can we just take a moment to realise how cool the transitions are

  • @alishalothringer4282
    @alishalothringer4282 4 роки тому +479

    I feel like I’m watching a propaganda documentary.

    • @danialxiv591
      @danialxiv591 4 роки тому +25

      @Hariom Shree lol just a history video.

    • @definitelyjustcj4148
      @definitelyjustcj4148 4 роки тому +41

      Nope the B29 was the best bomber of the war statistically. And yeah we built it 😎💪🇺🇸

    • @cicciomalino4956
      @cicciomalino4956 4 роки тому +5

      Same lol he always says finally the us are stronger than japan

    • @zippyparakeet1074
      @zippyparakeet1074 4 роки тому +31

      @@cicciomalino4956 I mean... they were and are stronger. That's why they managed to win the war...

    • @Oh-ss8rl
      @Oh-ss8rl 4 роки тому +3

      @@definitelyjustcj4148 don’t use those emojis together

  • @joeyfrazer2067
    @joeyfrazer2067 4 роки тому

    Thank you for always making your videos ad free!!!!❤️❤️❤️

  • @herenciadebravo
    @herenciadebravo 4 роки тому +14

    Infographics Show: Posts
    Everyone: goes straight to the comments

  • @DaddyM7MD
    @DaddyM7MD 4 роки тому +1

    4:43 😂😂😂😂😂 Look at the little fighter screaming 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @smartboars887
    @smartboars887 4 роки тому +18

    Last time I was this early
    Italy was still switching sides

    • @Euoplocephalus
      @Euoplocephalus 4 роки тому

      @Don’t click my profile! His grammar was fine

    • @BattleSteam3821
      @BattleSteam3821 4 роки тому

      That doesn’t mean much they always switch sides

    • @keenan_wt
      @keenan_wt 4 роки тому

      @@Euoplocephalus no it wasnt lol

    • @Euoplocephalus
      @Euoplocephalus 4 роки тому

      Keenan's clips what was wrong with it?

  • @DividedByZeero
    @DividedByZeero 4 роки тому +11

    2:01
    Well the B-29s over japan got P-51 fighter escorts

  • @edwardreilly3500
    @edwardreilly3500 4 роки тому +4

    I love learning about WW2 and anyone else remember the name of the b-29 superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on hirishema because I do

  • @anthonyleegore2465
    @anthonyleegore2465 3 роки тому +1

    this will help me during school thanks!!!!!

  • @uqaabijazba5832
    @uqaabijazba5832 3 роки тому +3

    War can only be felt by those who are fighting in the war.
    After that, the story of the wars seems interesting to everyone.

  • @rookiegamer9380
    @rookiegamer9380 3 роки тому +1

    I like the info graphics show keep up the great work 👍

  • @ThatoneWW2lover
    @ThatoneWW2lover 2 роки тому +3

    10:30 that happened to a b17 as well named “mizpah”

  • @bingliang1189
    @bingliang1189 3 роки тому +2

    No one:
    The Infographics show: State of the Art...

  • @Voucher765
    @Voucher765 4 роки тому +4

    The B-29 continued to be used in Korea and throughout the 1950s as the primary bomber of the newly formed formed USAF and was the main bomber used in most of the raids until the Soviet Migs made them easy targets for the jet fighters restricting them to nighttime runs.

    • @lenoreallen8859
      @lenoreallen8859 4 роки тому

      yep it became te B-50 superfortress

    • @Voucher765
      @Voucher765 4 роки тому

      @@lenoreallen8859 Basically the same but with new features

  • @germandalek9687
    @germandalek9687 4 роки тому +1

    This is exactly what I needed right now

  • @yoseipilot
    @yoseipilot 4 роки тому +3

    There is not only A6M Zero Fighter, there is Kawanishi N1K and Nakajima Ki-84 too, they can reach with their service ceiling against B29.

  • @itsyourday
    @itsyourday 3 роки тому +1

    i JUST saw one of these amazing planes today 4/7/2021 Fort Worth Texas. flew right over me and was pretty low too i was completely awestruck and the sound of it too was soo badass and cool I'll never forget that moment

  • @UPacificTR
    @UPacificTR 4 роки тому +7

    A legend once said:
    "That's a B-29 bub. There's no outrunning what's coming!"

    • @tamyubin3579
      @tamyubin3579 3 роки тому

      *Messerschmitt 262 Jet interception aircraft has entered the chat*

  • @someguywithmusic467
    @someguywithmusic467 3 роки тому

    My grandfather was a gunner in this plane and he was lucky to live. Makes you a lot more thankful of this country. And to think people even dare to kneel for the flag. Sadly my grandfather died of COPD when he was in his late 80s, but he was very lucky to be alive after the war.

  • @taylor7772
    @taylor7772 4 роки тому +4

    My great grandfather escorted B-29’s on missions to the Japanese home islands in his P-51 and P-38. He didn’t tangle with any Japanese fighter aircraft because they were practically unable to reach the bombers.

  • @murderouslawngnome
    @murderouslawngnome 3 роки тому +1

    5:53 those planes be noclipping through each other

  • @dragonsplayz1271
    @dragonsplayz1271 4 роки тому +40

    youtube: lets put in 2 views and 68 likes

  • @k.j5042
    @k.j5042 4 роки тому

    idk, but your channel is amazing. Been watching you since like forever.

  • @oko83
    @oko83 4 роки тому +13

    0:40 : What happens when you have siblings.
    Also, 12 50. caliber machine guns are basically 12 automatic Barret m82's.

  • @quinnlabelle1040
    @quinnlabelle1040 4 роки тому +1

    I have had the honour of flying in one of these and all this is completely true it is truly a deafening roar and powerfull queen of the skies.

  • @TheSurvivalDude723
    @TheSurvivalDude723 4 роки тому +7

    0:40 I thought they were all pointing pistols to their heads lol

  • @jetrickgordo4026
    @jetrickgordo4026 4 роки тому +1

    That Zero chasing a B-29 with a knife has yet to be funniest sh*t I've seen this week.

  • @greateraviationgl91
    @greateraviationgl91 4 роки тому +3

    B-29s: *emergency lands in the Soviet Union*
    Soviet Union: It's free real estate

  • @tmanoutdoors8277
    @tmanoutdoors8277 4 роки тому +4

    6:26. Maybe because he is in the infantry or marines

  • @huged_beau
    @huged_beau 4 роки тому +7

    B-52 Stratofortress: Allow me to introduce myself

  • @Silver-zerg
    @Silver-zerg Рік тому +1

    11:05 The bombsight is the Norden Mk. XV;
    The Norden bombsight functioned as a part of a whole system. As the bomber approached its target, the bombardier entered data about wind direction, airspeed and altitude into the bombsight's analog computer, which calculated wind drift and provided the correct aim point.
    (I don't think the information is classified anymore)

    • @nursestoyland
      @nursestoyland Рік тому

      yes, at the time it was very classified. in fact before the Doolittle Raid, the Nordens were removed for a fear that they would be captured. what replaced it during the raid? a homemade bombsight by one of the crew members of one of the B-25s, though what his name is escapes me

  • @frodtherock
    @frodtherock 4 роки тому +11

    2:35 The B-29 is known to crash on the runway because the plane is almost as heavy as the lift capability of the engines. I don’t know what you mean

    • @Old_user123
      @Old_user123 3 роки тому

      That’s only on naval ships witch did happen at one point but on normal airfields no.

  • @furn2313
    @furn2313 4 роки тому

    I just love these military videos

  • @JoeMama-cl1br
    @JoeMama-cl1br 4 роки тому +4

    Nobody:
    New Yorkers protesting: 0:40

  • @listopad09
    @listopad09 3 роки тому +1

    2:05 "They are more capable to defend themselves" 3:47 "That enemy fighters would never reach it" 4:43 "They are newsence than a threat" 6:15 "But it dosent make it less deadly to the big lumbering bombers!" logik

  • @Combatwombat-sn7ng
    @Combatwombat-sn7ng 4 роки тому +38

    The zero was the best fighter in the Pacific at the start of the war. Not the best in the world.

    • @zumis1011
      @zumis1011 4 роки тому +4

      @Ziad Khaled probably the German fighter, can't remember the name, it's all subjective though, since they fought on the same side.

    • @cardiv5zuikaku944
      @cardiv5zuikaku944 4 роки тому +1

      @Ziad Khaled early US Navy Planes kinda "sluggish" if you compare to Zero, that said, they are better armored, Saburo Sakai once feels confident and only shoot his 7.7 mm against american F4F wildcats, much to his surprise the wildcaf still flying despite taking so many hits, he said if it a Zero, it will already turn into ball of flame.

    • @RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts
      @RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts 4 роки тому

      If u watched 5 seconds longer they said it was only the best at the start of the war

    • @Combatwombat-sn7ng
      @Combatwombat-sn7ng 4 роки тому +1

      @@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts yes. Which it wasnt. It was the best fighter in the Pacific at the start of the war, not the world.

    • @HerrGoofball
      @HerrGoofball 3 роки тому +1

      @@zumis1011 BF109??

  • @Phoenix-ll9se
    @Phoenix-ll9se 2 роки тому +2

    History = never boring

  • @tomoshobbs
    @tomoshobbs 4 роки тому +8

    Hi guys, love the vids, please do one on Operation: Chastise!!! It would mean the world to me!

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 роки тому

    Keep up the great stuff

  • @trbedsidegaming1005
    @trbedsidegaming1005 4 роки тому +18

    When you are earlier that the re-fresh button😂💀

    • @liamwilliams8529
      @liamwilliams8529 4 роки тому +2

      What? Lol 🤔

    • @kanedawong
      @kanedawong 4 роки тому +1

      no it’s in the videos he didn’t add it to home

  • @christophercollins9987
    @christophercollins9987 4 роки тому +1

    The infographics show is like school but it actually teaches u things

  • @thecamocampaindude5167
    @thecamocampaindude5167 4 роки тому +3

    He forgot that (i think ) the B-29 can run on 1 engine and still be flying

  • @RA-el6zj
    @RA-el6zj 4 місяці тому

    Man. Nicely animated and all, but a pause here and there would not hurt.

  • @bishal1125
    @bishal1125 4 роки тому +3

    Such magnificent creative machines made for such a despicable job. The irony.

  • @RCT3Crashes100
    @RCT3Crashes100 7 місяців тому

    It's worth mentioning that Japan did have some fighters capable of reaching the B-29's cruising altitude, mainly the Kawasaki Ki-45 _Toryu_ ('Dragonslayer') and Nakajima Ki-84 _Hayate_ ('Gale'), but numbers of these were in short supply due to a lack of raw materials to manufacture them in significant numbers by the time raids on the main islands by B-29s became more frequent. Japan was also working on a purpose-built 'B-29 killer', the Kyushu J7W _Shinden_ ('Magnificent Lightning'), but this plane never left the prototype phase, as by the time it conducted its three test flights - two of which occurred on the same days as the nuclear bombings - the war was for all intents and purposes, over.

  • @williamdolezal9184
    @williamdolezal9184 4 роки тому +4

    I love the fact on a phone you can fast forward past all the commercials then replay the video without commercials

  • @wolfroze9703
    @wolfroze9703 4 роки тому +2

    Infographics show:This is the most deadly untouchable bombers ever created.
    Warthunder players:I wish that was true.

  • @311mdub
    @311mdub 4 роки тому +4

    Please please please infographics do one on the A10 Warthog!! That plane is a modern beast! There are stories of the A10 having wings blown off, and being able to return to base.. love these types of videos! Keep them coming!

  • @gdpumkin5729
    @gdpumkin5729 2 роки тому

    8:46 nice his gift is really good to Ftl player while fighting rebel flagship :D