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The Doolittle Raid - Animated
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2019
- On the 18th April 1942, the United States Army Air Force launched a daring raid on the Empire of Japan. Modified B25 Mitchells took off from the USS Hornet aircraft carrier in an attempt to inflict revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Note - takeoff experimentation was carried out at Naval Station Norfolk Chambers Field, Virginia where the carrier outline was painted on the runway. Crew training took place at Elgin AFB, Florida.
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The flight paths of aircraft 40-2282 (Holstrom), and 40-2242 (York) are not accurately recorded, and therefore having been estimated here.
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That is a lot of work and well done.
Subscribed 👌👍👍... Thank You for your time and efforts; a Labour of Love and Respect for the men and women who fought in WWII that others might have freedom. God bless.
Keep up the good work bud could listen to WWII videos all day hope you reach your goal and good luck.
I hope you can tell about war crimes! I mean those crimes made by the allied forces, They killed and raped civilians too, as axis soldiers, but were never seen as war criminals.
You have earned my sub.
USSR: “Oh no! Those prisoners we captured somehow made it halfway across the country and escaped into Iran!”
When asked...
"They walked and we couldn't catch them"
**shocked pikachu face**
USSR be like "We lost them. Well...shit happens I guess".
"Oh no! Anyway..."
The soviets upon hearing the japanese ambadassor.
@@JerBuster77 Comrade Vlad was on the Vodka again! He misfiled the paperwork and nobody noticed they had walked out, stolen a car, a driver, some money, clothes and enough food to last them till Iran! Ooops.
Doolittle was more than just a pilot. He was THE pilot. If I'm not mistaken, he was only the 2nd person to earn a doctorate in aeronautical engineering. He was the first person to complete a instrument only flight (cockpit completely covered from takeoff to landing, used instruments and radio signals from 2 or more towers). He set many speed records and won many air races. He safely flew many planes others considered death traps. All this before WWII. He showed B-29 pilots how to correctly lean out their engines so they could bomb Japan (before we captured a base within the B-29's normal range), and flew many unauthorized bombing missions himself. And as risky as his life seemed, he lived to be almost 97 years old (1896-1993).
Mat Helm
Thank you MH for a magnificent reprise of General Doolittle .
I understand that many of the speed records he set have never been surpassed by anyone else.
The raid itself was ; as I’ve always believed, “ the beginning of the end for Japan”, because after Pearl Harbor & taking many other islands, Yamamoto had promised Hirohito , “We will never be bombed”.
And now he had Loss of Face and had to get tough with us because he knew the clock was ticking & our industrial-military might would soon be upon him.
Hence the Battle of Coral Sea and of course, Midway put the Japanese back on their heels. Yet there was still much fighting & sacrifices our gallant military needed to do to bring us to Victory . 🇺🇸
He got his PhD from MIT
Vincent Dow
Thanks Vince.
I’m searching for a bio on Doolittle.
I believe there are at least a few on MacArthur .
🇺🇸
I was an AFROTC Cadet at San Jose State University. Our detachment and school hosted General Doolittle and he gave us an amazing briefing. I was awestruck that someone with such a great career and historical importance actually came to talk to us. He was old and well into his 80's by 1984. It was a great privilege to meet him. The book 'The Eighth Air Force' is a great chronicle of Doolittle's insight and leadership as a pilot and military strategist.
In his autobiography the general explained how he taught young, apprehensive B-26 (called such adoring sobriquets as “The Widowmaker”, “The Flying Prostitute”, “Baltimore Whore” and “Martin’s Maligned Madam”) pilots how how to fly it safely with only one of its two engines. I believe “The Little Man” could have flown a rusty kitchen sink if it had wings. Thanks for the great info, facts today’s young flyers should know. James H. Doolittle was one of the premier architects of aviation and airpower. Very outspoken, he once said neither he nor Charles Lindbergh (who went to the Pacific and got a “kill” with P-38) deserved the Medal of Honor. In my belief, Doolittle deserved a fourth star long before he ever pinned it on.
RIP Col. Richard Cole (9/7/1915 - 4/9/2019), Doolittle’s co-pilot and last surviving Raider. Godspeed Colonel.
He was the one making the sign of the Cross in the film Pearl Harbor.
I got the chance to talk with him a number of years back, truly sa humbling experience
😭😭
Amen. I hope he's with the rest of the Raiders in Heaven.
There are 300 thousand US WWII vets left out of 16 million. If you know one, visit them and hear their story right now
"Doolittle is the first off the deck." Those were the days of "leadership by example." Man, those wonderful guys had titanium balls, didn't they?!
Demef Yes they did. I guess they had to face a lot of fears and just say fuck it because such a large portion of the worlds population was dying. They done what they felt they had to I think most of the world did except the Nazi’s those guys where just sadistic and cruel meth heads and the Japanese wasn’t far behind them.
I have a lot of these pictures shown in the video. The actual photos. With Doolittle autograph. He says a day to remember. I’m trying to attach the picture of my frame with all of it in it protected
@@kimberlyreuter62386 - Please please consider donating them, at some point to either the Travis AFB "Jimmy Doolittle" Museum, or even the USAF Museum in Patterson Ohio. Not only would that be a phenomenal addition to the museum materials, but the folks at the museum will have the knowledge and technology to preserve them properly. The originals will deteriorate over time, which would be a very sad disposition for such significant photographs.
This still happens, most commanders lead the first sorties in combat and usually the last before rotation out... just rarely under these kinds of conditions today.
Tim Dake thanks for telling me that. I thought the frame would be the best. I’ll make sure that these are preserved till I donate them. I had no idea the frame wouldn’t be good enough
Hearing a story about the Soviets staging an "escape" for (at the time) allies to be able to get home without technically breaking a neutrality is the most Russian thing I've heard all week.
In my mind that will be the inspiration for the vokurta mission in black ops 1
It’s not an escape it’s a “special prisoner exercise operation”👌
What I don't understand is in the pre-internet age how would the Chinese even know an American aircraft landed in the Soviet Union? The Soviets could have just been hush hush and escorted them back to the allies without any need for the plausible deniability in the first place, right??
@@OhManTFE Since they weren't at war, I would guess there were probably some Japanese in Vladivostok. Something like a consulate, etc.
@@OhManTFE japanese could have seen the B25 heading for Russia, also the plane could have been tailed by a recon plane or spotted by patrol boats.
Also spies or diplomatic personnel actually watching the nearby facities.
Better safe than sorry
The raid actually was strategically brilliant.....because Japan realized their homeland was open to attack, it forced them to keep many resources at home, instead of being used in battle across the Pacific...
And force them to bring their main fleet from India Ocean to Midway, aka about 1/4 of the world.
Not that those resources they held back for homeland defense made a hell of a difference. The harsh lesson been forced down their throats, if you are inferior enough compare with the enemy, no matter how brave, how willing you are to die, you will still be defeated.
@@tonylam9548 The US still lost in Vietnam, to a large part due to a lack of war support.
IMHO, Japan guaranteed their loss when they enraged the United States by despicably attacking Pearl Harbor and killing thousands of U.S. citizens.
Yeah and it proved that the mainland could be touched. The Japanese people had been assured the mainland was untouchable and now they knew that wasn't true.
Basically they were just sending a message. It did, however, keep them looking up more and more.
So this is what happens when you have a madlad for a pilot
An absolutely mad lad!
This is what happens when your commander is a mad lad
My late dad was an employee at the Hunter’s Point USN Naval Shipyard in San Francisco in 1942 and the Hornet was no stranger to him as he was very familiar with all the ships he worked on. He told me he remembered seeing the Hornet underway, sailing out of San Francisco Bay with a deck-load of Army Air Corps B-25s. Since the B-25s were not Navy planes, he assumed she was sailing out to ferry the Army bombers to the frontlines of the Pacific as he had seen other carriers ferrying out aircraft in this similar manner many times before. It was only weeks later when he read the newspaper headlines: “TOKYO BOMBED!” and learned that the Hornet played a prominent role in launching the B-25s of the Doolittle Raiders, is when he came to realize way back weeks earlier, that the Hornet, on that day when he saw her underway, was departing en route to Japan on that special secret mission to strike Tokyo. 🇺🇸
He said the Hornet was personal to him when he worked on her and he later wept when he learned of the Hornet’s demise when she was sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942.
@@Chuked ?
Flak Jack Ed
Pretty cool.
@Flag Jack Ed...an amazing story...thanks.
What a great story
Thanks for sharing 🙂
My high school best friend's dad was the co-pilot on plane #7 (The Ruptured Duck), with pilot Ted Lawson. After dropping their bombs, they labored towards the Chinese coast and crash landed on the beach. His stories of this adventure were absolutely captivating. They are recounted in the movie "30 seconds over Tokyo". Unfortunately, he died in 2000. RIP Col. Dean Davenport. Thank you for your heroic service, your courage, and dedication. And thanks for raising a pretty cool son, Steve.
That sick my uncle was jimmy
The planes had names as well such as “The Ruptured Duck”
“Hari Kari-er”
“The green hornet”
“Fickle Finger of Fate”
“Whiskey Pete”
“The avenger”
“Bat out of hell”
“TNT”
would not be allowed w/ today's political correctness culture
@@bobpearsall7737 lol, yes they would be
If nothing else, those names are great song titles
@@bobpearsall7737 it literally is still allowed
@@jonathanpfeffer3716 you think the air force would allow a name like "kill goat fuckers"?
No. They would never allow it.
"Thirty Seconds over Tokyo" was the first serious movie I ever saw, and the first hard cover book I bought. That was 60 years ago. Neither the book or the movie went into as much detail as you. Thank you. (the last of the airmen, Doolittle's co-pilot Richard Cole, died last April. He was 103 years old)
Wow what a guy!
30 seconds over Tokyo by Ted Lawson was the first book I checked out in grade school. I still have it to this day. ^-^
@@KorbinX I've got a copy too, Korbin
KorbinX Got my copy too. Another good book that touches on this raid is Doolittle’s autobiography “I could never be so lucky again”.
I HAVE THE FIRST EDITION PRINT... WORTH A BIT OF MONEY... it’s in great shape... movies related to this subject... of course THIRTY SECONDS OVR TOKYO... DESTINATION TOKYO... BOMBADIER ... they are in the process of looking for some of the crashed planes in CHINA
My grandmother was a nurse with the Imperial Army during the war. She told of a story where the cherry blossoms were in bloom at their hospital. The doctors instructed the patients be taken outside to view them. As they admired its natural beauty a pair of aircraft 'it had two engines and two tails' Grandma said, flew low overhead. There were explosions in the distance. She didn't remember the exact date of this event, but remember that she was sent to Singapore after this event, in 1943. My Grandmother witnessed the Doolittle Raid.
This and Montemayor are the two best channels on UA-cam.
This one gives much more content, but Montemayor goes into incredible depth.
I literally came here after the Montemayor videos on Midway.
Well, then, I have good news for you.
Are you aware the historian Mark Felton has 2 channels on UA-cam?
try Simple History and Yarnhub. very underrated channels, they give out awesome info and straight to the point, no advertisements or trying to sell products, except for their sponsors everynow and then.
@@Deflection simple history isn't underated, its kinda annoying that their sponsorships last for 1 minute but it iz what it iz
@@Deflection Simple History has 3.87 million subs, way more than this channel. You don't know how to use the word underrated correctly. Yarnhub has 546k subs, which isn't far off this channel and an impressive number in its own right...
He dropped a note onto the deck of the Enterprise to preserve radio silence... HOW THE FUCK!? I mean the raid was impressive and all but I want to hear more about this madman who can aim a scrap of paper out of a dive bomber and a ship's deck...
Dive bomb then fold it into a paper plane?
Maybe they opened the window and threw the paper? Idk
Imagine if he thought it'd be a good idea to tape it to a 500 lbs bomb...oops
Hint: the paper was inside metal box. Technology widely used with early airplanes, which had no radio equipment.
For real
The fact that all of the bombers made it off the flight deck and none of them were shot down over Japan just blows my mind! And while physically the bombing damage was minimal the psychological victory that came out of this was significant. An important reminder that the human element is just as important as tactics and strategy in warfare. It shook the enemy's sense of invulnerability and convinced the American public to wholeheartedly endorse the war effort.
The Japanese were actually holding an air raid drill as the Mitchell's were overhead
All this effort for a statement. “We can and will reach you at home.”
Post Stalone it was a statement that rocked Japan. It threw the efforts of their military into a strategic imbalance from which they never recovered; the battle of the Coral Sea stopped them in midstep, the battle of Midway was the beginning of a retreat that ended at the home island.
Public psychology is important in war.
This is similar to the Vulcan bombing the Falkland islands, not just about causing damage but making your enemy think "if they can do that, what else can they do"
Knowing the Japanese were fanatical about the safety of the Emperor, the raid forced the Japanese to hold back military assets to assure the Emperor's safety.
Dennis Vance some people like the guy you replied to cannot comprehend beyond their nose. Why bother?
Thank you for telling the heavy Chinese losses of innocent life resulting from supporting this American air raid on Japan.
They used chemical and biological warfare on the civilians
@@Gabbyk77 Almost makes the 'got nuked twice' defense wear off :P
Ok boomer
Eringo ok pup
Bruce Poole ok boomer
I can't help but think both the Japanese and US forces were surprised at each others bravery and determination. The pacific front in WW2 was brutal warfare.
Having read nearly every book on the subject, your production is a very thorough and, may I add, COMPLETE encapsulation of the raid. Very well done.
HP Lovecraft, what do you mean by “that it was present”? He specifically says the fleet that left Pearl Harbour to rendevouz with the one from San Francisco was led by the USS Enterprise. Recon was done from the Enterprise, a note was dropped onto the deck of theEnterprise to maintain radio silence, etc, etc. 🙄😳🙄
@@beepboop9712 Considering how little attention you paid to the video, I cannot put any faith in your definition of "thorough".
@@beepboop9712 its litterally there
I can't begin to imagine the fear of getting shot down over japan after bombing Tokyo...
I remember watching a documentary about bombing raids against Japan in ww2. One guy who got shot down was stripped naked and placed in a cage for people to gawk at him.
Hap Halloran was the person
Very nice. One inaccuracy is that you show the B-25s circling in a formation above the Hornet. They did not do this because fuel was so tight. They were originally going to stagger, with Doolittle going first and arriving at sundown to mark the target with incendiaries, then having four successive waves staggered over the next several hours. Because of the early detection, they had to rush off at once. They definitely did not circle, though. Almost all the casualties were civilians (including some children). Of course, this was nothing compared to two years later when 65% of all Japanese urban area was burned to the ground.
grandfather worked in aerospace during the war. “We couldn’t wait to get back in the factory on Mondays.” On his deathbed - he told me he had worked on the aircraft for the Doolittle raid. The greatest generation.
Read, "I could Never be so Lucky Again" by Doolittle. Excellent book!
How he managed to survive all that he did is amazing.
I the first on the film it was stated training was done in California. The Doolittle Raiders trained at Eglin AFB Florida. I was honored to be part of their last reunion it was held in Ft Walton Beach Florida right outside of Eglin AFB. They wanted it to end where it began.
Never forget the greatest generation
I will not
Millenials?
@@talotalo1192 got some balls to say that
@@Jo2h_ millennials have inherited an economy that’s been raped by globalism and automation and it only gets worse year over year, government deficit spending driving the country into a ditch, the resurgence of great power competition and challenge to Pax Americana for which we’ve lost the initiative and political where with all to meet. Yes this does not match up to what the greatest generation had to endure but it certainly has the potential for a second Great Depression and a third world war.
@@HaydenLau. word.
Man, this is some phenomenal airmanship by the pilots of the Mitchells. That kind of flying takes some serious guts.
Seems like the one plane that was forced to go to the Soviet Union was the lucky one, they were able to land safely and the crew were returned home in a month.
Do you do this alone man? If so,this is some damn amazing work for one guy. You deserve more subs and views tbh.
I do these alone in my spare time. Thanks!
Ambient Light Of Darknesss what software r u using?.
The Operations Room what software r u using? Can u explain your process? Very interesting. Thx
@@1234clarknj I don’t think he’s gonna tell you what software he’s using
@@1234clarknj I REALLY dont think he's gonna tell you what software he's using
The Air Force's new bomber, the B-21 Raider, is named in honor of Doolittle's Raiders. Great video. Thank you for creating it.
The unit was the Thunderbirds, a close inspection of the patch on their jackets is a stylized thunderbird of myth
It's neat watching this, being familiar with your more recent work. You've come along way with the confidence of your presentation, the quality of your animations, and the production over all. But even then the detail and quality of the information and how simply and succinctly it is presented were all present. This is a top notch history channel and I'm so happy you guys are still going almost half a decade later! Keep it up!
Let's never forget the courage and sacrifice of Doolittle and his men who did this raid 80 years ago. My great uncle, Chase Nielsen, was the navigator on plane 6, the Green Hornet. Amazing story.
Man, please go on. It's superb work and unique approach to WWII warefare you are presenting
Thankyou Wojciech. I'm working on more. The next one coming around the second week in May!
I couldn't be prouder. Brave and talented souls we salute you everyday. A very well done vid, Thanks.
Japan, "America can't touch our Homeland!"
Doolittle, "Hold my beer..."
And the only reason he said that, was because they were saving every ounce to increase range.
Doolittle: "Hold my bombs"
Dan Kuchar Was that worth it? In Reality there’s only 16 plane, the bombs damage 1% or less for entire (50 dead).
After that the Operation was not worth it, because those 2 carriers cannot join Battle of Coral Sea.
@@henniquint6833 After the raid, Japan knew they were no longer untouchable. This had a huge effect on the Japan's wartime strategy. They dedicated a large portion of there fleet to defence of their Homeland, one of the things that led to their loss at Midway. The loss of their fleet carriers at Midway was the turning point for Japan in the war. After that the majority of their operations were defensive.
In taking with people who live d at that time, my dad being one, the Doolittle raid was a rallying cry of hope. The general population of the United States and their allies now knew that Japan was vulnerable.
The Battle of the Coral Sea a draw. But strategically it helped the United States learn to fight carrier battles. The number of the carriers the United States produced within a year made the two carriers that were not at the coral sea battle insignificant.
There are many books written about the Doolittle raid and its effects on the war. I refer you to any of those. From a morale standpoint, The Doolittle raid was profound. From a tactical standpoint, it caused little damage, but it did cause Japan to alter their offensive strategy by leaving large numbers of airplanes home to protect Japan, which left them more vulnerable at sea, and caused them to lose future battles, the largest being Midway.
Of course, you can debate the effectiveness of the Doolittle raid forever. I talked to the people that lived at that time. And for them, it changed everything.
@@henniquint6833 Psychological warfare against the Japanese plus a big, sorely needed morale boost for the Americans after the losses at Pearl, Wake, Guam, and the Philippines.
30 Seconds Over Tokyo is classic. Born in 1942 and love these and the AVG who risked everything for America.
I met mr David Thatcher in Missoula Mt years ago. He was the rear gunner on the Ruptured Duck.I asked if he would sign my Doolittle raiders print by Robert Taylor. He did. What a humble and wonderful man,so kind. What an honor to be in his presence. He passed in 2016.RIP mr Thatcher.
Just wanted to voice support for the channel! Came across this video yesterday and really enjoyed it. Excited for more content!
More to come!
In the mid-1980"s I had the pleasure of meeting General Doolittle in person in conjunction with his signing a series of lithographs. He must have been in his upper 80's at that time. I was very aware of his history as a pre-WWII aviation pioneer, his leadership of the Raid and subsequent command in Europe. He was intellectually sharp as a tack at that time and I could easily imagine the force of his personality in his prime...a rare opportunity for me to meet a ture man of history.
wow...
Feel honored
So far, every one I’ve watched has been terrific. Thank you, very well done and GREAT narrative voice and pace.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just one small addition. The initial inspiration for launching medium bombers from an aircraft carrier came from a Navy Lieutenant at Pensacola Naval Air Station. At that time Pensacola was the primary training facility for naval aviators and it was common practice to have the outline of a carrier painted on the runway for initial short takeoff/landing training of Navy and Marine carrier pilots. This Lieutenant happened to be present on a day when a group of medium bombers was taking off, one after the other, and on seeing the shadows of those bombers passing over the outline of the carrier suddenly wondered if it could be possible. He passed his idea up the chain of command, research was done, and the rest is history. Doolittle himself related this in his autobiography "I Could Never Be So Lucky Again".
@Incog Nito Yes, it was Norfolk, Va. Thanks for the correction. ;-)
I was going to make this comment. Glad you did. Credit where credit is due.
Read Doolittle's biography, he is an impressive man and a founder of the US Air Force. My biggest hero from WW2.
It is a privilege to be able to access content of this quality - just excellemt.
The picture of Doolittle's plane clawing itself into the air off that deck, little more than four months after Pearl Harbor was attacked, is the epitome of what America once was: aggressive, innovative, courageous.
It's enough to make you weep to see what we have become.
U guys r still very aggressive and filled with hate.
Trump kissed Putin's ass for four years. Constantly.
@Mente Maestra u must be one of the “few” goods ones trump mentioned.
@Mente Maestra my point is he has support from large swath of whites.
No matter what we have become, the giant is just sleeping, again, awaiting his next wakeup call.
Imagine being on duty at sea, that day.
As a JAPANESE sailor onboard a puny patrol ship.
Nothing to worry about, the Yanks are almost beaten and they wouldn't dare anything so close to our sacred homeland.
AudieHolland
“The fuck’s that low rumble I hear?”
*distant boom
US: hold my beer
Probably not much. There are plenty of US Ra Ra moments in the war. You don't have to make up any.
Japan: carries out a desperate long range surprise attack on a tiny US tourist island
Doolittle: carries out an even more desperate, even longer range surprise attack on the capital of Japan
Which happens to harbor the entire pacific fleet of the US Navy.
Moron
@@ironnads7975 he's obviously joking. I hope...
@@ironnads7975 ah that was small those ships that were targeted were obselete ship the modern destroyers or cruiser werent targeted carrier werent even there.
Incredibly well made video. It’s rare to have this type of quality these days with longer videos. Thanks for the effort you put into this!
This would would justify Pearl Harbor. I am ex- US Navy, my grandfather was part of the battleship Missouri’s battle group and was on a destroyer in Tokyo harbor when the treaty for surrender was signed by their prime minister. Awesome story and very well told. Thank you.
New sub. Nice detail, yet simple and uncomplicated works best. Good job!
As a simple being, i thank you :)
Subbed, very well explained vids in a small amount of time, nice work!
Thanks, a lot of effort went in. More to come
This is the third of your uploads that I've seen, and I've just subscribed. You are producing quality videos.
Very kind, thanks
Never in the history of the internet have anyone explained this event as clear!
Good job Sir!
Here an African (from a country in central Africa), passionate about military capabilities around the globe, I have to say that, the US military's power is really impressive. They seem to have this doctrine of no doctrine at all as they constantly adapt to the scenario at hand. The chain of command seems to favor initiative and leadership from all the levels of the pyramid. Plus, the only doctrine I can summarize from what I read and watch about them, it is that they like to apply overwhelming force to crush the enemy's moral. I mean, if they want to invade my country, I will just ask people not to fight, it is useless. Don't die for stupid politicians.
There's an old joke about American military doctrine:
The Soviets: "One of the serious problems in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine."
The Nazis: "The reason that the American army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos and the American army practices chaos on a daily basis."
America: "If we don't know what we are doing, the enemy certainly can't anticipate our future actions!"
@@colemanmoore9871 all tree points match lol.
These are so awesome!
Best historical channel on UA-cam. Such details on the tactical aspects of a battle!
Love it!
This is one of the most informative explorations of the Doolittle raid that I've seen. Superbly done.
Japanese ship: ummm there’s carriers at our front door
Japanese government: *surprised pikachu face*
2:25 In the book “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” the author describes how Doolittle’s bombers’ fuel systems were custom-tuned on the east coast for the raid then flown to Travis AFB a few days before being loaded onto the Hornet. During their brief stay at Travis a night maintenance sergeant, unaware of the secret mission, noticed that the B-25s’ fuel systems were too lean and had them readjusted to normal specs. This is what ultimately caused so many bombers not to reach their landing sites in China.
This was one of the clearest descriptions of a military operation I've ever read or heard. Thanks so much!!
America: We'll bomb you from a aircraft carrier.
Japan: That'll never work
*Dootile Raid happens.*
Japan: *Wait that's illegal*
gg rip
@archona54 so do you
America: *Uses ass bomb*
H
GAME!
Just subbed. Good video - just about the right balance between being comprehensive and concise, a clear narration and informative graphics. I appreciate the effort these take, and look forward to seeing more. Cheers.
Awesome, thank you!
The people in Doolittle's group HAD to know there was a very good chance they wouldn't come back from a trip like this....but the idea of being the first people to give the sons of the emperor a preview of coming attractions was apparently a temptation they couldn't resist......These were some of the greatest of the Greatest Generation.
Plane 5 Captain Davy Jones was an intelligence officer and selected the targets... An hour after takeoff the tail gunner Denver Truelove asked do we have enough fuel to reach China. Jones reply was Nope. If anyone has any questions about the raid PM me. I am Raider family and if I don't know the answer, I know folks that do!
Ironic that Maj. Davy Jones would fly one of those B-25s, crash land , make his way to the middle east and get shot down again. Got sent to Stalag Luft 3 where he took part in "The Great Escape". The guy had a short but memorable wartime career.
He piloted Plane 5 in the Raid. He chose the targets for the raid. When he crash landed in Germany, they recalled all the raiders. Doolittle wanted to bomb all 3 axis capitals but he was expressily forbidden to fly
As part of his graduate work at MIT, Doolittle advanced the idea that petroleum companies needed to refine better, enriched grades of aviation fuel for designs of more powerful aircraft engines. Aviation fuel development wasn't keeping pace with development of engines to power larger, faster aircraft for either military or civilian applications.
A good documenting of the Doolittle raid. The film '30 Seconds Over Tokyo' also follows the same line with Spencer Tracy in the role of Doolittle. I will not draw comparisons as to which one is better but thought this video effort clearly displayed some of features not covered elsewhere - and vice-versa. Thumbs up.
great mini-documentary as usual...this video actually made me realize to the full extent of how such a large risk-factor for the number of ships to place just 16 B-25s over Nippon was quite insane...if not for the morale-building effect and rattling the IJN staff, the mission would never been approved and be known as a wash. but in many ways it was huge for U.S. forces.
I am doing a study on the Doolittle raid and you have commented on some interesting events I have not heard before. Hope its all correct, makes it even more successful.
Your content is so good, I really enjoy the visualization of the events, thanks for all the great information!
Superb video! It's like watching an osprey book come to life
Thanks, an Osprey book was used here!
That headline should have read: "Doolittle Didalot!"
To hell with "Leroy Jenkins!" It should be JIIIMMMMYYY DOOOOOLITTTLLLLEEE!!!
I had heard merely that the target was Tokyo, and imagined we might have bombed civilians. It was a relief to learn that the targets were military and industrial. Thank you for this informative mini-documentary.
Barton Paul Levenson - There were civilian casualties since the military/industrial targets were intermingled with residential areas. Also, per their own post-strike reports, some bombs were dropped before or after planned target areas in response to Japanese ground or air units that fired on the Raiders during their strikes. War, especially in these early years, was not very precise. Civilian casualties were expected but minimized as much as possible. Some Raiders, angry about the Pearl Harbor attack, wanted revenge by striking the Imperial Palace, home of the Emperor of Japan, but Doolittle ordered his men to not attack it - he was concerned that attacking that Palace would enrage the Japanese to the point they would never forget/stop fighting. The Palace was left unharmed in these strikes.
"industrial" Always means killing the people that live around the factories too. This was back when they had wars to win.
@@MikeBrown-go1pc Nonetheless, intent matters.
@@bartonpaullevenson3427 Yes, they intended to kill the factory workers so those ones couldn't build more weapons of war.
@@MikeBrown-go1pc There is a difference between bombing military production facilities and targeting cities.
I love these videos. Getting to see the exact paths of the ships and aircraft is so fascinating. So glad I subscribed.
When I was a kid after the war, the family lived in Yokohama. Dad was based at Yokosuka. It’s so surreal seeing this places where I would play and go to school being bombed a few years earlier by Doolittle and his men. God I love these videos.
You really do a great job.
I wish you much success.
Reid.
This is one dynamite video, such a concise and detailed narrative in such a short time. Also, sometimes background music at this volume distracts from the story, but here it manages to be unintrusive and even elevate the drama.
The bravery and courage of men and women in this era are legendary. Country came first, individual came second.
I feel sorry for the crew who were captured. God bless them. Great doco.
Watching this four years after it was made. Neat to see how you've refined your video production over the years.
LT. COL. HORACE CROUCH, the navigator on bomber #10, was my 11th grade (62-63) geometry teacher! Definitely someone to admire and respect. In retrospect, wish I had been more inquiring about the RAID and his experiences, although he spoke of it a little when asked. Lost chances! He was a modest and mild mannered man! America produces few men like those on that RAID anymore! Sad!
Great video. I’ve always been interested in this mission. I feel like it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. My grandmother’s first cousin was a co-pilot on the raid and one of the captured POW’s. The picture included of the man blindfolded is him. Met him once, crazy ordeal he went through.
Outstanding dissertation!
I grew up in Ventura County California and was able to befriend #15s navigator bombardier Howard A Sessler, a great American that inspired and sculpted my life's path. We owe everything we are to this generation of selfless Americans willing to give it all. Thank you for making this video sir.
Brick Holustrum, one of the pilots was my great uncle! 🇺🇸
This is a binge-watch channel. The new kid on the block.
This is excellent. I have one small suggestion if you ever re-do it. After the bombers hit their targets they actually turned back out to sea in a Southeasterly direction and then, once over the horizon, turned South and then West to make for China. This maneuver was done to confuse the Japanese about where they were headed and hopefully lead them to assume that they were returning back to the Aircraft Carriers. It probably would have been suicide to overfly Japan where their position and direction would be constantly reported and the Japanese could have headed them off once they realized the bombers were obviously headed to China.
This was something that, for years, I never knew until I read "Target Tokyo" by James M. Scott. At the point the bombers were doing this in your animation (starting about 8:46) you switch focus to the loan bomber that flew to the Soviet Union and when you return to the other bombers they are already over the China Sea. I just thought it would be interesting to show the full route taken by the bombers after their bomb runs and how it added to the distance they needed to travel.
That makes sense. Crossing the entire width of Japan they would had to fly over other Japanese air bases.
I live next to Wright Patterson AFB. I have seen the Doolittle aircraft fly in for a anniversary gathering. Very impressed as they flew low over my house!
Thank you for your all your research beautifully illustrated and delivered. More please!
dropping a note, on a aircraft carrier deck, at 250+ MPH, sounds like a walk in the park - NOT. How the hell did these men pull of some of these acts of balls and bravery during the war.
In a small sandbag.
@@winomaster i assumed it was in something weighted so it wouldn't bounce etc. but that is still 1 HELL of a shot though.
They were well trained to drop various packages on the deck of the carrier, because in addition to their role as a dive bomber, they were a tactical recon aircraft. I also doubt they dropped the message at 250 MPH. Dauntless DIve Bombers were great little planes, but they were pretty slow. 255 MPH was their MAX speed. They cruised at 150-185 MPH, and could easily maintain control at 75 MPH, a secondary benefit of the huge flaps they had installed for being able to aim the plane even during the steep, 70 degree dive bombing runs on maneuvering enemy ships.
The stated 250+ mph speed is not accurate, yes maximum speed was 275 for the dauntless and 331 for the wildcat. However dropping a note on to a carrier's deck would involve flying at a much slower speed, a kind of touch and go, e.g. around 75 mph. Even at that much slower speed this is definitely not a walk in the park.
You find out what a man is made of when you threaten the lives of thier beloved countey, thier life and thier familes lives.
You wake a giant that cannot be put be put back to sleep.
Tremendous work
Thanks, glad you enjoyed
Best yet on this subject. I learned new stuff about ships I've studied. Nicely done. Brilliant perspective.
Just found your channel. Wow, I've never seen Doolittle's attack so well presented! Clear and concise, I can see the love you have for history. Thank you for this channel.
I may be mistaken, but I did not hear the fact that a submarine captain conceived of this operation, but it was Doolittle who engineered out the plan details and the strategy. Other than that great detail and facts that have not been related in other videos. This is one of the best regarding this fantastic event.
Not a submarine captain, but s Lieutenent who was a submarine officer
My dad told me that my uncle was a member of the Doolittle Raiders.
He eventually was a bombadier on a B-25 and was eventually shot down and KIA in 1943.
May he Rest In Peace
Who was your uncle?
Great video! Thank you.
Nice work putting this together, well done!
It was a very risky raid and well executed. One thing I wondered is why didn't they launch a raid using the B-24 from the Aleutian islands, I'm sure there was a good reason I just couldn't find anything on it.
Presumably range?
Great channel! More, I can't get enough!
Incredible video ! This is the most informative video I have ever seen about the Doo Little raid . Thank you
Thank you for this video. It's such an amazing story that doesn't get publicized much. I learned about it in high school by reading about WW II aviation on my own. Those men had such courage.
One of the planes safely landed in Vladivostok, Russia. The crew was arrested and jailed and the plane was confiscated. The crew was released after about one year but the Russians have never explained what happened to our B-25.
Destroyed for no trace?
mostly likely studied by russia since we didn't share military tech with them.
@@sauceboss1846 No, the US sahred a lot do military tech throught tue lend lease, they even gave the soviets b-25s
I was born on that day. Thanks for such an excellent presentation. You have a new subscriber.
My best friend in high school's father was co-pilot on the 7th bomber off the Hornet. Lt. Dean Davenport was the co-pilot, Lt. Ted Lawson was the pilot of the Ruptured Duck. I had several talks with then Colonel Davenport about the raid. The big fear was not having enough room on the carrier to become airborne. As it turned out, takeoff run was not a problem, as they had a very strong wind over the bow. Colonel Davenport told me they were so nervous that they forgot to lower the flaps, yet still became airborne without incident. His plane crashed just off the Chinese coast and the crew were assisted by the Chinese. His character was prominent in the movie "30 seconds over Tokyo". In a weird coincidence, Colonel Davenport was my dad's CO when I was born on Tyndall, AFB, Fl. Colonel Davenport died in 2000. Steve ... if you read this, give Dennis a call in Prattville, Alabama.
The best youtube channel i’ve ever come across. Congrats.