Invasion of New Britain - Pacific War #9 Animated DOCUMENTARY
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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues with another video on the early days of the war, as Japan is still on the offensive. In this episode we will talk about the invasion of the island of New Britain, as Japanese were trying to interrupt the lines of communication between Australia and the US. They also continued their advance across Borneo and the Celebes, a major breakthrough was achieved at Malaya and the Philippines.
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Previous episodes: Pacific War #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: ua-cam.com/video/ZzS1ZAulpoY/v-deo.html
Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: ua-cam.com/video/mpBGUC8OjE4/v-deo.html
Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake and the Philippines: ua-cam.com/video/MZ4d7Qeyivk/v-deo.html
Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: ua-cam.com/video/MhQrv82HHn8/v-deo.html Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: ua-cam.com/video/tgtagewcqKo/v-deo.html
Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: ua-cam.com/video/AGYaghICqkY/v-deo.html
Pacific War #7 - Battle of Slim River: ua-cam.com/video/meWALqmsXxs/v-deo.html
Pacific War #8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: ua-cam.com/video/lBwjgesFsFU/v-deo.html
Speaking of the home front, presumably there will be occasional weeks when nothing much happened, will you be covering home front activities during those times?
@@jesseberg3271 yep. But also bio episodes and episodes explaining various military aspects
How about making an episode on afghan Sikh wars. The ones after 1800s, in which sikhs continously defeated afghans in Every Battle. Took multan kashmir and even peshawar from afghans.
great content 👍. The animation makes it more interesting. One suggestion - plz Make a video on "Kanishka 1 or known as second Ashoka. The emperor of Kushan Dynasty"
@@KingsandGenerals is there one that explains how a small nation like japan mobilized such a force to almost simultaneously attacks all over the pacific in such a high pace?
The lesson of the Pacific War is that anything the generals consider “impenetrable”, is in fact, penetrable.
Seriously dude. You are everywhere. Don't you get tired?
It's well known that no terrain is truly impassible, particularly if you don't care how many lives are lost in the process eg Alexander and the Gedrosian Desert
I mean not really from a western army but the Japanese army's woodcraft (IDK what else you'd call it), was immense. They often found men on virtually deserted islands that hadn't been supplied for months who then attacked when American forces arrived.
@@WilliamJasonSherwood bushcraft
@@fredflintlocks9445 I mean I'm Australian do I'd have called it that, but most places don't call it the bush, typically in Asia it would be called Jungle, but I don't think you have 'Jungle Craft' so IDK.
When watching this video series I am always amazed about how much was going on at the same time.
Allied powers be like: *"lol you can't go there"* only to lose the entire front
1939 to roughly mid 1942 is mostly nothing going right for the Allied powers, with a few notable exceptions.
Mid 1942 to 1945 is mostly nothing going right for the Axis powers, with a few notable exceptions.
I still can't get my head around the overall Japanese strategy. The idea to conquer the entirety of East Asia and The Pacific while being bogged down in China is complete insanity.
exactly they’re really stretching themselves too thin with so many fronts it’s like a recipe for disaster
The Japanese imperial forces actually have 2 commands who are rivals, the army and the navy. The army was the one who was being bogged down in China. The navy was the one who decided to conquer South East Asia with the help of the army, the army did opposed it. The army and navy were political enemies.
@@mitjed Fun Fact: The Navy didn't inform the Army of the disaster that was Midway until months later, and the public in Japan not until after the war
Yea it was insane but crazy ambitious, just too see everything they accomplished and their objectives, but to try and hold it would be hard but they were banking on the USA coming to some sort of armistice not fighting until unconditional surrender, which actually isn't that crazy of an idea because rarely does a country fight to the end like they did.
At that point, Japan was a bit similar to old Prussia: an army with a state. You can considered the IJN and IJA as the 2 primary opposing political parties in the government at the time.
Not a good system in an all out war, that is for sure.
Love your videos kings and generals!!! Been watching for 5 years now and you guys never disappoint!!! Keep up the good work.
Can we appreciate whoever made the maps? Would kill to get a copy…
I appreciate the efforts you are putting forth on this series. Nothing of this was taught in the history classes in school with the exception of the battles to retake the Philippines.
the Indian contribution in British Burma and British Malay isn't even mentioned anywhere in school textbooks. like WW2 was just fought Europe according to Indian textbooks.
The allies doesn't really expect the war
Like UK doesn't want another huge war after world war 1 and US being an isolationist with great depression still raging
4:45 I think saying that Wavell ’negotiated’ with Chiang to get support is a bit of a misrepresentation of what happened. Chiang offered already in December 1941 to send his best troops to Burma, and even put them under British command. It was Wavell who refused anything more than a single Chinese division. This was a serious slap in the face to the Chinese, considering Burma was their last lifeline to the outside world, and the British was refusing to let them actually defend it. It wasn’t until February 1942 that Wavell finally relented, and let Chiang send in 3 Chinese armies to try and save Burma, only for it to be too late. One can only speculate how this part of the war would have gone, had the Chinese had those extra months to dig in and prepare defenses in Burma.
What are the reasons of Wavell for refusing Chinese aid, if I may ask?
@@johncedrickreyes3860 From Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943 by Peter Harmsen: "Britain on the other hand [than the US], expected little from China and often treated it as something in between an annoyance, and a strategic competitor. When china offered to send two armies to the British colony of Burma, which had up to then largely escaped Japanese aggression, Britain initially turned down the offer. This was based on the belief that Japan was too tied up elsewhere to attempt a major offensive onto Burmese territory. In this perspective, a Chinese presence on British-controlled soil was a price not worth paying considering expectation of only meager payoff."
I read the book Rice Paddy Navy, about American sailors working undercover in China to gather weather data, the book also mentioned about how Chiang and his senior officers distrusted and resented the British.
Thank you
Hindsight is a cruel mistress
Great series kinda crazy how for the past few episodes all we see is the Allies getting their asses handed to them. They form a line, Japanese flank it and they retreat forming a new line. Line after line falling so quickly.
Imperial Japan was like a Total War player--Just one more province... ...then just one more.
Thanks!
Had always wondered who controlled Rabaul before the Japanese. Makes sense that it would be the Australians. Great video. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Kings and general are the goats of the history side of UA-cam.
Goats? Wtf
@@d1agram4GOAT Greatest Of All Time
10:47 It's incidents like this that really infuriate me about the Pacific War, even looking back 80 years after the fact. The Japanese seem to have no intention of respecting their enemy regardless of their conduct in battle. If the British, Indians, and Australians meekly surrendered after a few shots the Japanese would call them cowards, shoot a couple for the fun of it, and send them off to work camps where many would die anyways. If they fought back heroically the Japanese would execute the survivors, bayonet the wounded as they lay in their stretchers, and perhaps even mutilate the dead. It's damned if you do, damned if you don't. I understand this treatment stems from Japan's frustration with the racial and imperial superiority complex of the West in addition to the overall treatment of Japanese rank and file servicemen by their superiors, but its nothing if not hypocritical for the IJA to think of itself as based on a code of honor if they don't extend equal treatment to the enemy that would otherwise meet their martial standards. After massacres like Parit Sulong the IJA have only themselves to blame when the Allies hereafter would shoot first, ask questions later on the field of battle.
Thats why its hard to feel bad for them over the nukes. They really had it coming.
@@captaindak5119 The chinese butchered in Nanking were civilians also.
@@captaindak5119 How many civilians under Japanese occupation, and PoWs were tortured and died every day Japan continued a war it new to be futile? How many of its own people was it willing to sacrifice in the hope of making its defeat too costly for the Allies to bear in the hope of making them negotiate peace (and evidently be allowed to keep many of its ill-gotten gains in Asia)?
It was only the threat of of nuclear annihilation (and their defeat in China at the hands of the USSR) that made them willing to finally stop the bloody, brutal madness they unleashed - it is absolutely fair to say the nukes weren't even the worst potential outcome for Japan's civilians, given the alternative of prolonged blockade and starvation, combined with an invasion of the mainland they could not defeat. The consequences of their actions is theirs and theirs alone.
@@onylra6265
Although you make a good argument, it's still besides the point.
The point was that the military was guilty of war crimes, and nuking civilians doesn't punish the military.
Like, I literally agree with every sentence you wrote, but it _still_ simply does not overlap with the initial statement 😅
@@croatiawarior
Yeah, the people in Nanking were civilians. Great job, such wisdom.
STILL does NOT mean that those victims were raped/butchered by Japanese civilians, NOR that it was "moral" to nuke Japanese civilians!
(I would definitely say it was _practical_ and probably even less-bad than a land invasion would have been, but STILL it's the Japanese military and government that was evil, not normal people who literally only knew what they were being told by their government)
This show is absolute genius. My hat's off to you, good people!
Finally I'll be able to see Burma Campaign,those about it are rare,most people don't know much about it,even the 14th army was nicknamed "The Forgotten Army" even though it was the largest army in the world at that time.And Burma was the biggest land campaign for the British in Pacific too.
Japanese be like:
"HOW DARE YOU RESIST OUR CONQUEST!!!!"
*commits warcrime*
"You surrender to stop bloodshed?"
*commits warcrime*
Killing soldiers is part of war
@@tugful killing surrendered soldiers less so
@@ej7416 Surrendered soldiers are still soldiers. They can resist and kill you comrades.
@@tugful you good?
@@Melly-Mang What you mean?
As a person who was born in Balikpapan, I'm glad to learn more about history of my city. That story is not always mentioned in the school's book and i only learn it a little when i was in elementary school
Damn, I never knew about that whole action with Charles Anderson and West Force making a fighting retreat like that, must've been harrowing
That was an amazing little story in the midst of this fighting and deserves a video all its own
When talking about the Japanese invasion of the Philippines the key and most important thing people always forget about when talking about it is the Philippines is the sole location that the Japanese attacked in their initial attacks that held out longer then the Japanese thought they would (way longer in fact). People like to blame MacArthur for mistakes made during the Philippine campaign (and there were some) but no matter who the commander of the Philippines was the islands were going to fall no matter what. The good things MacArthur did in the Philippines though are then never mentioned anymore. MacArthur lead a perfect fighting withdraw back to Bataan which is still taught today in most Western military schools as the perfect way to execute a fighting withdraw.
That fighting withdraw that MacArthur lead allowed the allies to hold out in Bataan and Corregidor island for months longer then the Japanese and American command thought that MacArthur and his forces would hold out for. That delay forced the Japanese to send reinforcements to the Philippines to secure their capture and threw off the Japanese timeline for their invasions. If the Philippines fell in the 1 month timeline the Japanese thought it would take to secure the islands the Japanese had the plan for the Philippine forces to invade New Guinea way earlier then the Japanese actually ended up invading it. Had the Japanese invaded New Guinea when they wanted to it would have basically been undefended and fallen within a week. That would have allowed for the Japanese to launch repeated air attacks against Australia like the Germans did to Britain after the fall of France. The quick fall of New Guinea would have also allowed the Japanese to attempt a invasion of Australia if they wished to do that. That invasion would have eventually failed with US reinforcements on the way and because of the sized of Australia. But such a invasion would have been a massive morale hit to the allies.
That is why I have taken major issue with the way this channel and especially the podcast that goes along with it treats MacArthur. They massively play up his failures and then don't mention his successes at all. The failures of MacArthur early in the war played no effect on the bottom-line result of the defense of the Philippines. Had MacArthur done everything the exact way that people call for him to do them in hindsight would not change the fact that the Philippines would fall. Many would not even play a effect in how long the forces hold out in Bataan either. The 2 major things that people complain about MacArthur during the Philippines campaign are the not sending the B-17s out to attack Formosa/Taiwan right away and not taking all of the food that Manila had out of the city and to Bataan. Neither of those even have the Philippines hold out any longer. People forget that early in the war B-17s bombing runs were no very useful at all unless you had a massive force and were attacking something like a city. MacArthur had less then 50 B-17s and they had no target at all. No scouting runs had been done of Formosa prior to the start of the war. So had the B-17s been sent out to attack Formosa they would have no idea where they should drop their bombs at. And this was during the point of the war that the Allies were still saying they would not purposefully bomb enemy cities without having a actual military target. I could continue with the issues with the bombing run that everyone thinks is a major issue but I'll leave it there. Next, as for taking more food from Manila to Bataan, yes that would have been nice to have but the bottom-line in Bataan is the Allies didn't surrender there due to lack of food. The Japanese broke through in the end and forced the troops in Bataan to surrender. The Allies took as much food as they could easily grab during the hurried retreat to Bataan. So food would be missed under any retreat by any commander. It also has to be said that that food that everyone criticizes MacArthur for not taking from Manila was food that was for feeding the people of the city of Manila, not for feeding MacArthur's troops. So had MacArthur taken that food I could see it now people complaining about MacArthur taking food from the people of Manila and forcing them to starve and taking more food then his troops needed for how long they held out for. Because the Japanese were not going to go out of their way to feed the people of the Philippines. Taking that food would have resulted in more suffering in the Philippines then they already suffered at the hands of the Japanese and it could have also resulted in the Philippines actually partially going to the side of the Japanese as happened in all the other colonies the Japanese attacked except for the Philippines. MacArthur had bred a strong loyalty to him and Manual Quezon the President of the Philippines to the level that the people of the Philippines did not switch to help the Japanese at all essentially. The people of the Philippines fought against the Japanese in guerilla warfare right from the Japanese initial invasion until the American liberation force arrived. That can't be said about any other colony except for the Philippines and the level that the Philippines worked against the Japanese actually puts all other countries occupied during WW2 to shame. And that includes all the nations of Europe beaten by the Germans as well. People today like to play up the work of the French resistance force which is a major reinvention of history. France was considered the best place to be stationed to as a German or Italian during WW2. The French resistance really didn't start attacking the Germans hard and consistently until just a few months prior to D-Day. Prior to that very few German troops stationed in Germany were killed or injured and acts of sabotage against German interests in the country were very low as well.
Yes very true. MacArthur has not been looked at kindly by historians right from the start of WW2 forward. This was because he and his family were strong Republican supporters and many newspapers, media members and historians were Democrats back then like they are today as well. MacArthur's open political opinions as a result hurt and helped him in his depiction in the media. Democrat run newspapers would always criticize MacArthur and Republican run newspapers would play up his successes as well. MacArthur's political opinions are what resulted in him not getting the Medal of Honor the 1st 2 times he was nominated for it. He would get the Medal of Honor at the end of the Philippines campaign when he probably didn't deserve it, it was more of a medal acknowledging the actions of all the troops in the Philippines. But MacArthur should have already gotten the Medal of Honor in one of his 2 previous nominations based on what other troops at the times were getting the medal for.
what an greatly written essay. well done. learned tons. only wished there's spacing for paragraph
@@MarkWTK Thanks, I was not planning on writing as much as I did but once I started I kept on thinking of more things I wanted to say.
The Japanese people regarded Macarthur as Gaijin Shogun (Foreign Shogun). He transformed the country in what it is today.
Filipinos resisted Japanese fiercely but other neighbors hated their foreign overlords to begin with that's why many collaborated with the Japanese to kick out the British, Dutch, and French.
A video with excellent content, congratulations. Your channel reinforces the learning of history friend, maybe you could make a video of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) or the Pacific War (1879-1883) or the sea lion operation that Hitler armed... greetings from Peru
15:05 Nagara is a light cruiser, not a heavy cruiser.
What an amazing seriers. I always knew about the general counter offensive of the American Army in the Pacific, but never knew how Japan expanded in the Pacific and Indochina
This may be your best series, Yall are amazing, I believe the Pacific/Asia was the worst theater in the war IMO. Seriously some of the most brutal battles in that Island hoping, Philippines, Papa New Guinea, China and in the Jungles of Burma that seem to be overshadowed by their European theater brothers. Imperial Japan we're just as bad as the Nazis and Fascist Italy...It was just incredible times. Amazing work again y'all, this was great.
Fascist Italy wasn't even that bad lol. As immoral as fascism is, it's not really a fair comparison
@@kevinelruler Fascist Italy was around as bad as Ba'athist Iraq.
@@kevinelruler they still sending Jews To Nazi German with small scales,Build Concentration Camp like German to killing 30.000-200.000 Libyan and Ethiopian,Using Toxic gasses During War with Ethiopia and Forced Native to get out From their home like "Lebenstraum" thing with Small scale....They're not Worst Like German or Japan but Still Evil A55hole And Think They were the Boss In Medditerannean Even When Greek army Give *Benito* Big SLAP on his face.
@@justacommonman5935 I agree with you 100%.
I'd still love to see more coverage on the Italian front, I know the Greeks kicked Mussolini's ass but I don't know the details of how the allies took back the Italian mainland or Sicily. Only how the Vatican was off limits to bombing (and still got bombed on accident)
Loving the Pacific War series!
New England: USA
New Scotland (Nova Scotia): Canada
New Britain: Somewhere in Papua????
New South Wales
New Ireland
Add in what the Dutch and French found too...
New Caledonia
New (Zee)land
New Guinea
New Scotland: Nova Scotia & New Caledonia
😍I wish I could do maps like yours. You guys are my inspiration, I love your maps!
I finally got a very detailed ww2 pacific theater battle series. History channel don’t have any documentation about history anymore. Just bunch of ghost stories. Finally get to see the Chinese Japanese war in detail. Thank you KG
That was like a history lesson in class. Great work can’t wait for the rest. 👍
Amazing series! Thanks so much. 🙏🇺🇸🇯🇵
This channel is so freaking awesome! I was always into history but this has taken it to the next level! Thank you! Keep up the good work!
Love learning about battles and campaigns not usually featured in pacific war documentaries
Wow!! I've never seen my country's past depicted like this. So cool.
Which country are you from?
i can see only Bataan holding organized resistance until the bitter end
The USAFFE at Bataan has become the metaphorical dangerous cornered animal with nowhere to go.
I'm Live In Kendari And My School (Even Though I'm Schooled In The Best Schools In My Town) Didn't Even Teach Us About Battle Of Kendari Let Alone The Bay Kendari Incident
Thanks Kings And Generals
These videos are amazing, careful now I might start liking them more than medieval warfare!
Amazing work by kings and generals. Really enjoying this series and its details. This part of the war is hardly spoken about
This is the series that I look forward most
Another excellent video 📹
Actually the Japanese Imperial forces conducted an ancient form of warfare.
'Forage as you conquer '
The Netherlands Empire had built up vast infrastructure and resources in the East Indies over 300 years, as had the British in Malaya, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Also the Americans had developed the Philippines into a self sufficient quasi colony with vast resources and infrastructure.
All the Japanese had to do was to land troops and conquer these resources,
Game 🎮 over for the time being.
Except that without ships to transport these resources, its all for nothing. American submarines that where sinking Japanese supply ships were so effective it massively contributed to the lack of resources being shipped to Japan.
@@mitjed It was the Dutch submarines that were effective at this time. The US submarine torpedoes at this time were so defective, that they could score multiple direct hits and still not explode. It would take many, many months untill the US submarine force would start to sink Japanese ships in large numbers.
@@simonmunch1638 Early in the war, American subs were not effective as they where on the retreat and there were supply shortages. The mark 14 torpedoes were untested in combat. However, I'm talking about ships who were delivering shipments of resources back to Japan. By 1942 the navy sunk 242 ships while by 1943 they sunk 439 ships. Cutting Japanese imports from 20 million tons by 1942 down to 16 million tons. By 1944, the US Navy Pacific Submarines was now very effective with radar technology, they sunk 980 ships by then. By 1944, Japan imports was at low of only 10 million tons. By 1945, Japanese ships were now refusing to leave its ports.
I agree.
In the places you just mentioned, infrastructure was already in place when the Japanese landed. But later on, in the campaign along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea and later on in the offensive against Imphal and Kohima, we can clearly see the inefficiency of the Japanese supply system.
The reason for this was simple. If you expressed your concern about the supply situation/system, you be looked upon as not fully committed to the fighting.
Great series, very interesting and informative. If I may suggest, can you make the zoom-ins from a wide map to a detail somewhat slower? They are very fast now and it's difficult to locate where exactly they lead.
Also they sometimes will not zoom in on/zoom out from the actual place, but rather towards the center of a bigger map, even if detailed smaller map is not in the center.
LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT
Doubt K&G will see this, but, may I ask what software you used to draw those kick ass terrain maps?
Such a better job at showing the pacific war than those folks at timeghost. I'm glad that their formats catching on and being done better by other channels.
I especially like that y'all don't have a wobbly desk after years of asking people for money.
I just want to say that the music on these videos is excellent. It really sets the mood of desperation that the Allies experienced during these weeks and months.
LOVE THIS SERIES 🔥🔥🔥
this is so in-depth! i hope history teachers show these videos in school so kids can gain more interest in history! :)
Can you do a video about the Vietnam War battle, the battle of Khe Sanh?
Thank you , K&G .
Are you going to have the Pacific War Documentary until the end of the War?
watching this before playing Pacific Fire for strategies
I'm wondering that how much episodes you want to release?
I mean " are going to cover all of the Pacific war by weekly episodes?"
It makes it over 100 episodes!!!
This was an awesome video
I love this series so much 🔥👏
Hi Kings and General,
I have been following you for a long time. Your videos are great and very informative. Pleeeeeeeeease keep it up.
I have only one question: do you have a playlist of the music used in your videos? Because they are also great (especially the last one...)
The music they use is awesome, I'd like to know this too
The fruits of victory are tumbling into our mouths too quickly.
16:37 I remember having a seminar last month right beside the battle there
I could see the nuclear power plant as well
I’m sorry for making a recommendation for another video on a different one but have you guys ever thought about making a video about the military career of Crassus, similar to the one you made about Caesar in Gaul. I think it is a very under-covered topic and no one could do it better than you guys.
Tennōheika Banzai!!!
Great work .
My most anticipated weekly series (with AoT😅), I love it!
9:52 Tenno heika, banzaaaaaaai! Wait, I'm Australian?!
Yet again another episode i was hoping to watched 😌
I just celebrated my birthday on January 18th ♑️, so it was nice to hear my birth date repeated over and over. (Too bad it was bad guys winning.) 🎂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank-you Kings and Generals!
The Japanese had an interesting philosophy when it came to enemy resistance . It was damned if you do and damned if you don't . If you resisted you were tortured and killed for resisting . If you surrendered you were tortured and killed for being a coward .
6:53 Also General Claire Chennault’s Flying Tigers arrived Rangoon in December 1941 and defended Rangoon air in those air battles.
Cool story, bro.
Started quicker than the Japanese attack on pearl harbour.
Its impressive that the Japanese were able to conquer most of the Pacific while fighting a bloody war with China.
Got to love the term " happy accidents ".
I love this serie . Push forward 🔥🔥
great series, thanks!
Really excellent maps
Thank you for telling us the story of the Battle of Muar when even the Ministry of Education Malaysia doesn't even try to educate the Malaysian about it due to excessive nationalism dogmatic brainwash. Lest we forget the sacrifice made by the defending British forces in Malaya in 1942.
I am not malaysia but i am indian i think most defender were indian, Australian regiment so malay less defender whatever they did defend malay Peninsula from japanese
I look forward to these every week!
Hatsuharu was an old favorite, fun little dd :)
I remember when everything was just blocks with different colors....
41st Battalion Philippine Scout was led by Gen. Vicente Lim, who's sucessfully defended their line by was ordered to retreat at Bagac Orion Line.
I'm really enjoying this series, great job.
It really surprises me that the Japanese kept getting victory after victory, looking almost invincible. Besides better coordination and planning, what did the Japanese have at this point of the war that the Europeans and Americans lacked?
Concentration of force and effort
The British Commonwealth and the USA were busy with the North African campaign and maintaining the Atlantic supply routes. The colonial Dutch cannot be reinforced from their Nazi-occupied motherland.
The British had their hands full with the Germans, and the Americans had only a small military with World war 1 equipment. Also, the Japanese Navy was a lot better trained than the Americans, especially with coordinating large numbers of planes and Carriers. The Americans did not have that level of sophistication until the middle of 1943.
Ultra nationalism?
The Japanese were heavily focused on short intense warfare, which they knew could not be sustained over a long period as they had little in reserve to replace losses.
They basically went into this war already escalated to Total War (largely due to an ongoing war with China) while their opponents were only starting to implement their plans to escalate their forces in the Pacific.
There is a big advantage to already being mobilized for war against an opponent who was not mobilized (or in Europe's case, distracted). Training, logistics, etc. Consider for example how many troops in the Philippines were not completely trained and ready when the invasion hit.
Almost ironically their high intensity and rapid escalation of the war would not give them the quick victory they hoped, but instead fueled their enemy's resolve.
My son fought in that war too!
@@tek87 cause my son went back in time and fought in that war.
ahahaahahahaa
Harshly treated doesn’t even come close to covering the treatment of those men
Im a biggg fan ! I love this channel it gets me hyped to plan strategic planning in "conflict of nations app" lol.
as born in east kalimantan
seeing balikpapan, samarinda, and sanga2 still has their oil field even until today
My mind is confused itself...
Waiting for the next part to stop triumphs... 😁✌️
Thaks for this Kings amd Generals
the term of wet chicken is suitable to describe Brits in that period
Thank you for the great efforts
Finally haha my favorite series rn
Insane production 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Burmese campaign and the role /contribution of Indian forces in WWII for the Allies is usually downplayed or forgotten. Thanks for covering it! Some of the bravest soldiers of the war
Still waiting for that song at the beginning
I'm sure Allied soldiers would've rather kept fighting until their deaths instead of getting captured, brutally tortured, then executed by the Japanese.
I guess they started to do so, when their propaganda told them about japanese brutality.
Amazing
Quietly waiting until yall cover midway, I can't wait for your unbiased view of that battle.
I jump on these videos like a cat on a mouse.
I definitely heard New Ireland as New Island and was very, very confused for a second.
Yeh even they name Bismarck sea so they useing Europe name in pacifist region
Loving ❤ this series keep it up
It has taken videos like these to establish the almost complete incompetence of the leadership of the British professional army in early WW2
Very short videos, please cover more in one video