Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 18 of battle of midway from Japanese Perspective , Image used in this video depicts Imperial Japanese Naval destroyer Nowaki . Link of the playlist ua-cam.com/play/PLGjbe3ikd0XHzcsNpM8r8Z5NRMk_BaaCe.html Link of Part 1 ua-cam.com/video/aWoUWlMrEds/v-deo.html Link of Part 2 ua-cam.com/video/GUGTDrT1qPg/v-deo.html Link of Part 3 ua-cam.com/video/9t2eaS0eJs0/v-deo.html Link of Part 4 ua-cam.com/video/mFUEijdGMAc/v-deo.html Link of Part 5 ua-cam.com/video/so_yo4GI1T8/v-deo.html Link of Part 6 ua-cam.com/video/YzhxIC9J9q4/v-deo.html Link of Part 7 ua-cam.com/video/4UGnTwiGpOA/v-deo.html Link of Part 8 ua-cam.com/video/A7yy-RhWvao/v-deo.html Link of Part 9 ua-cam.com/video/wO-Z00X0y8U/v-deo.html Link of Part 10 ua-cam.com/video/6hW0BrvGm30/v-deo.html Link of Part 11 ua-cam.com/video/JEpZCwtKyPM/v-deo.html Link of Part 12 ua-cam.com/video/rlBarNXLGLY/v-deo.html Link of Part 13 ua-cam.com/video/AVpsQnWJU-c/v-deo.html Link of Part 14 ua-cam.com/video/SrlhQL9PAqI/v-deo.html Link of Part 15 ua-cam.com/video/5JVtF46dwV8/v-deo.html Link of Part 16 ua-cam.com/video/fxFlaYkFCgk/v-deo.html Link of Part 17 ua-cam.com/video/Fex1TKWgNKo/v-deo.html
Remember that at the close of June 4th, the Americans had taken severe losses in aircraft. The torpedo bombers were almost entirely gone. The dive bombers, too, had taken bad losses also. The Americans did have more planes than the Japanese, but they had to use them carefully. The Japanese fighters learned at Midway that the American Wildcat fighter and the SBD dive bombers were hard to shoot down and required a lot of ammo to indeed shoot down.
The American fighters used the tactic "Thatch Weave" at Midway for the first time in combat. This is a defensive maneuver designed to keep overwhelming numbers of enemy fighters at bay. It worked to perfection for the Americans. They even managed to shoot down 2-3 Zeros. The Japanese fighter pilots were surprised by this. Both sides pilots got their eyes opened at Midway.
Learned so much about this battle that I had never heard before. Obviously with the movie, there are many videos on this engagement, but you provided so much in technical data, the process from both sides and refuting some common misconceptions with data. As well it was enjoyable to listen to even without the graphics most other videos provide.
Been loving all the series from the Japanese perspective, knowledge, and tactics. Maybe I missed it, but every episode should state to whom this “diary” is from.
Japan saw 1941 as the now-or-never moment in a war with the US. If not _the_ turning point of the Pacific war, Midway was a corner that had been turned and many more corners were to follow in the past to mainland Japan. But at midway, Japan lost its naval superiority, the US had gained naval parity. With the Japanese withdrawal from Guadalcanal the ultimate outcome was “never”.
Did I miss it? Since the Battle of Midway was ostensibly to deny Japan an infantry foothold on the island of Midway, why did the US Navy and Air Corp not target Japanese transport ships?
Midway Island was just the bait... and both sides knew it. The *real* targets were the carriers... and, again, both sides knew it... but the Japanese didn't know that we also knew it. That's the short answer. So... the Japanese didn't need Midway... but it was useful to USA. So USA needed to defend it... so an attack on Midway would force us to defend it... exposing our carriers to attack. So... take out the carriers first. Without the carriers and their planes, the rest of the ships are sort of sitting ducks to attack from the air. Well... from the SBD's... not the TBD's (or the B17's, either). Those junk torpedoes they carried might as well have been spit-wads or paint-balls.
Very interesting, a usual. Sad so many died on the carriers on both sides; they hadn't made the war but they paid for it. But, in a way there were lucky, the loss of life on the British battle-cruisers at Jutland was much higher (as a percentage of their crews) - perhaps an instantaneous death in an explosion was better. Yamamoto's despatch reminds me of Gen Haig's comment that it looked as if the men on VIII Corps had not gone over the top when, in fact, they had attacked and suffered crippling casualties. Either both commanders were living in anothe world or, more likely, they had not the slightest idea what was really going on due to failures in communications. Do you think Ugaki had realised that his fiddling the results of the table top action was, at least in part, the cauase of the failure?
I wonder how much the defense of Wake Island was still in the minds of the Japanese commanders of what happens to an Amphibious force without air cover?
None of the officers at the scene of those burning carriers wanted to be held responsible for scuttling the wrecks...therefore the "buck was passed" until it literally disappeared. Cover your ass, gentlemen.
The next fleet carrier the Japanese had ready was Taiho, commissioned in March 1944, sunk in June. The next one after that was Unryu, commissioned August of 1944. It was sunk in December. So no, they never replaced their losses.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 18 of battle of midway from Japanese Perspective , Image used in this video depicts Imperial Japanese Naval destroyer Nowaki .
Link of the playlist ua-cam.com/play/PLGjbe3ikd0XHzcsNpM8r8Z5NRMk_BaaCe.html
Link of Part 1 ua-cam.com/video/aWoUWlMrEds/v-deo.html
Link of Part 2 ua-cam.com/video/GUGTDrT1qPg/v-deo.html
Link of Part 3 ua-cam.com/video/9t2eaS0eJs0/v-deo.html
Link of Part 4 ua-cam.com/video/mFUEijdGMAc/v-deo.html
Link of Part 5 ua-cam.com/video/so_yo4GI1T8/v-deo.html
Link of Part 6 ua-cam.com/video/YzhxIC9J9q4/v-deo.html
Link of Part 7 ua-cam.com/video/4UGnTwiGpOA/v-deo.html
Link of Part 8 ua-cam.com/video/A7yy-RhWvao/v-deo.html
Link of Part 9 ua-cam.com/video/wO-Z00X0y8U/v-deo.html
Link of Part 10 ua-cam.com/video/6hW0BrvGm30/v-deo.html
Link of Part 11 ua-cam.com/video/JEpZCwtKyPM/v-deo.html
Link of Part 12 ua-cam.com/video/rlBarNXLGLY/v-deo.html
Link of Part 13 ua-cam.com/video/AVpsQnWJU-c/v-deo.html
Link of Part 14 ua-cam.com/video/SrlhQL9PAqI/v-deo.html
Link of Part 15 ua-cam.com/video/5JVtF46dwV8/v-deo.html
Link of Part 16 ua-cam.com/video/fxFlaYkFCgk/v-deo.html
Link of Part 17 ua-cam.com/video/Fex1TKWgNKo/v-deo.html
Remember that at the close of June 4th, the Americans had taken severe losses in aircraft. The torpedo bombers were almost entirely gone. The dive bombers, too, had taken bad losses also. The Americans did have more planes than the Japanese, but they had to use them carefully. The Japanese fighters learned at Midway that the American Wildcat fighter and the SBD dive bombers were hard to shoot down and required a lot of ammo to indeed shoot down.
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Thank you for posting this series. I have learned so much.
@sgt.grinch3299 Sir we are glad it was helpful
The American fighters used the tactic "Thatch Weave" at Midway for the first time in combat. This is a defensive maneuver designed to keep overwhelming numbers of enemy fighters at bay. It worked to perfection for the Americans. They even managed to shoot down 2-3 Zeros. The Japanese fighter pilots were surprised by this. Both sides pilots got their eyes opened at Midway.
I cant help it but I almost feel a little bit sorry for the Japanese .The way they were so brutally humbled by the "soft" Americans.
Learned so much about this battle that I had never heard before. Obviously with the movie, there are many videos on this engagement, but you provided so much in technical data, the process from both sides and refuting some common misconceptions with data. As well it was enjoyable to listen to even without the graphics most other videos provide.
Love the fact that you included the Japanese story in this historical WW-2 story on UA-cam.
Fascinating how cultural differences and poor communications make such a massive difference in war.
Pride goes before a fall. 4 aircraft carriers later, reality was beginning to sink in.
Been loving all the series from the Japanese perspective, knowledge, and tactics. Maybe I missed it, but every episode should state to whom this “diary” is from.
Thank you so much. This series is amazing 😀
You're very welcome!
The USA navy started with inexperienced and green sailors and aviators. Japan ended the war with the same.
They( Japanese) well and truly screwed up 7 December 1941. Midway gave them a good hint that they awakened the wrong enemy.
Thank you. This is very educational.
Very kind of you sir
Thanks.
Sir Bob, You're welcome 💐🙏
Doing my part for the algorithm 👍
@davidsmith7372 Sir David welcome onboard and thank you so much for your kind support , Kind Regards
TY as always
@wadeenyart9676 very kind of you sir
Japan saw 1941 as the now-or-never moment in a war with the US. If not _the_ turning point of the Pacific war, Midway was a corner that had been turned and many more corners were to follow in the past to mainland Japan. But at midway, Japan lost its naval superiority, the US had gained naval parity. With the Japanese withdrawal from Guadalcanal the ultimate outcome was “never”.
Why yamamoto is held in such high esteem is weird, to me, he was a lousy admiral
More than a few IJN commanders post war after a few years wrote the very same thing.
My guess... attention to detail, such as planning the raid at PH.
You have to wonder if instead of B17 it was RAF Lancaster's with 24000lb grand slam's. Even a near miss would put the fear of God into you.😊
Yup
Did I miss it? Since the Battle of Midway was ostensibly to deny Japan an infantry foothold on the island of Midway, why did the US Navy and Air Corp not target Japanese transport ships?
Midway Island was just the bait... and both sides knew it.
The *real* targets were the carriers... and, again, both sides knew it... but the Japanese didn't know that we also knew it.
That's the short answer.
So... the Japanese didn't need Midway... but it was useful to USA.
So USA needed to defend it... so an attack on Midway would force us to defend it... exposing our carriers to attack.
So... take out the carriers first.
Without the carriers and their planes, the rest of the ships are sort of sitting ducks to attack from the air.
Well... from the SBD's... not the TBD's (or the B17's, either).
Those junk torpedoes they carried might as well have been spit-wads or paint-balls.
One mistake he made was to send the group that headed to Alaska it was to far away
Great episode. I’m here to help Al Gore’s Rhythm too.
@sgt.grinch3299 Sir thank you so much , we are very much grateful to you as always 🙏💐
That made me laugh, regrettably I pictured Al twerking to Ice Ice Baby. An inconvenient truth
I was under the impression that Nimitz gave Spruance the command for Midway. Fletcher was his subordinate.
No. Fletcher was senior and was always in command as the senior.
This series has been a nail-biter...
Sir thank you so much for your kind words 💐🙏
I can't comprehend how you can get soo much detail from both Navy's. I love it
Very interesting, a usual. Sad so many died on the carriers on both sides; they hadn't made the war but they paid for it. But, in a way there were lucky, the loss of life on the British battle-cruisers at Jutland was much higher (as a percentage of their crews) - perhaps an instantaneous death in an explosion was better. Yamamoto's despatch reminds me of Gen Haig's comment that it looked as if the men on VIII Corps had not gone over the top when, in fact, they had attacked and suffered crippling casualties. Either both commanders were living in anothe world or, more likely, they had not the slightest idea what was really going on due to failures in communications. Do you think Ugaki had realised that his fiddling the results of the table top action was, at least in part, the cauase of the failure?
I wonder how much the defense of Wake Island was still in the minds of the Japanese commanders of what happens to an Amphibious force without air cover?
None of the officers at the scene of those burning carriers wanted to be held responsible for scuttling the wrecks...therefore the "buck was passed" until it literally disappeared. Cover your ass, gentlemen.
It may have been bad for Hornet and U.S. planes, but we could easily replace the losses, while the Japanese suffere$ an irreplaceable loss?.
The next fleet carrier the Japanese had ready was Taiho, commissioned in March 1944, sunk in June.
The next one after that was Unryu, commissioned August of 1944. It was sunk in December.
So no, they never replaced their losses.
There is so much unnecessary talking about minor items, but it’s purpose seems to be just extending the series.
Then don't watch. Very simple. I find the details very interesting.
What ship is the thumbnail? Thank you Sir.
@sgt.grinch3299 Sir its Imperial Japanese Naval Destroyer Nowaki
Thank you for the reply Sir. Many thanks and I’m looking forward to the next series.
Thank you so much Sir , stay blessed
@@sgt.grinch3299 very kind of you Sir