America vs Japan: The Complete History Of WW2's Pacific Theater | WWII In The Pacific | War Stories

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  • Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
  • Pearl Harbor - 00:00
    The war in the pacific started in 1941 with a ruthless surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. This daring attack had caught America off guard and dragged them into the war against an enemy on the other side of the world. This documentary explores the attack and the fatal consequences it had for the Japanese.
    Island Hopping - 49:55
    Explore the pivotal battles and ingenious tactics that defined General MacArthur's island-hopping strategy, from the intense clashes on Guadalcanal to the relentless fighting in the Philippines. Delve deeper into the strategic brilliance behind America's campaign in the Pacific.
    The Atomic Bomb - 01:39:35
    When America gained the upper hand in the Pacific, soldiers thought they were halfway to victory. They were wrong. The way that the Japanese forces fought only become harder to combat the closer the US got to Japan. Coming face to face with an army that would fight fanatically to the last man and never surrender was no easy task.
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  • @jimmiemercer8930
    @jimmiemercer8930 28 днів тому +23

    Thanks War Stories for such a complete history lesson in 2 1/2 hours. My stepdad was in the Battan Death March, Staff Sargent Duane Herron. Passed away 1959 in San Angelo Texas. God Bless All!

  • @bl688
    @bl688 25 днів тому +34

    History should never be blurred or censored!

    • @anthonyobernolte2412
      @anthonyobernolte2412 18 днів тому +4

      Agreed

    • @mrjw7398
      @mrjw7398 8 днів тому +1

      Or. Rewritten to suit a narrative (e.g. Girls being told women flew in combat)

    • @ForageGardener
      @ForageGardener 5 днів тому

      ​@mrjw7398 wait are they actually saying women flew in ww2 combat. 😂

    • @aLuplife2023
      @aLuplife2023 4 дні тому

      Agreed

    • @mrjw7398
      @mrjw7398 4 дні тому

      @@ForageGardener yeah, I saw a historian (a bloody historian) say his daughter asked where the women are and he couldn't face to tell her they didn't fly combat. So many instances of roles being rewritten to suit current day narratives

  • @AdrianMartinez-ho6db
    @AdrianMartinez-ho6db 27 днів тому +15

    Stop blurring people need to see it!

  • @user-gw3jd1mr8w
    @user-gw3jd1mr8w 28 днів тому +15

    Thank you for your service God bless you and God bless America

  • @robertdelacruz2951
    @robertdelacruz2951 28 днів тому +19

    An old documentary, but still good.

  • @mattmansell4238
    @mattmansell4238 28 днів тому +8

    Man I'm lucky to be from the same country as these guys.

  • @jamiecorstorphine1271
    @jamiecorstorphine1271 23 дні тому +8

    The ultimate and original "fcuk around and find out" amazing upload, thank you ❤😊

    • @MrNiceGuyHistory
      @MrNiceGuyHistory 20 днів тому

      Yep.. The national socialists invading Russia is up there too.

  • @Bobbyo60
    @Bobbyo60 28 днів тому +10

    They give McArthur to much credit for the Pacific victory. IMO Nimitz was the true leader.

    • @nofear2trek
      @nofear2trek 25 днів тому +1

      You noticed too? From the Solomons thru island hopping, Navy ran that show. McArthur initial plan was disapproved. And he was against island hopping, only wanted to go to Philippines.

  • @KurtCityzens
    @KurtCityzens 28 днів тому +8

    Thank you for video

  • @ZoranRadovanlija
    @ZoranRadovanlija 26 днів тому +8

    By the way, MacArthur didn't fly out of the Phillipines, he was taken by boat to Australia, Nimitz and Yamamoto did not command the fleets at Coral sea... and footage taken on most locations does not correspond to narration...

    • @marylouvallee-poer3826
      @marylouvallee-poer3826 19 днів тому +2

      For a more accurate depiction, watch or listen too "The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War. This is one of the best and most accurate podcast I've found to date.

  • @wooncheeleong7224
    @wooncheeleong7224 23 дні тому +5

    History repeats itself and this time humanity is at risk of total annihilation.

    • @briantneary2248
      @briantneary2248 7 днів тому

      Humanity is always at risk. The reset button it going to get hit regardless if we do it or not. It has before, it'll happen again and there's NOTHING we can do about it.

  • @jluisfelix
    @jluisfelix 14 днів тому +3

    Mac Author was a good general to some, but he had zero contributions to the island hopping compain, other the new Guinea and the Philippines, besides the fact that the army has zero control over the Marines that falls to the navy and Nimitz

  • @Bobbyo60
    @Bobbyo60 28 днів тому +4

    Great documentary! However the scout airplane only saw one US carrier prior to the battle of Midway.

  • @albertyap560
    @albertyap560 15 днів тому +3

    It was Chester Nimitz who organized the island hoping campaign in the central and northern pacific, including Alaska. MacArthur was only a coward, blood thirsty, arrogance, high ego general who ran away from the Philippines. He "returned" to the Philippines was with full support of Nimitz. Imagine he was so "disappointed" and angry that the airforce dropped actomic bombs and ended the war. He wanted to invade Japan by land and prepare to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of young Americans so he can claim glory. History has been too kind to him!

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 27 днів тому +3

    Wonderful historical coverage of that Japan, American strike over pacific ocean

  • @polygamous1
    @polygamous1 28 днів тому +8

    A brilliant documentary, I always had the impression general Mccarthur left the Philippines on a PT boat for Australian

    • @dennisweidner288
      @dennisweidner288 28 днів тому +1

      He did, the PTs took him to an airfield in the southern Philippines that was still in U.S. hands.

    • @olengagallardo8551
      @olengagallardo8551 27 днів тому +1

      Yup!Its a nice film though some issues w timeline, Doug Macarthurs comming down the stairs of an aircraft is after the war not fleeing to sydney. Also the us soldiers fighting in bataan as shown are soldiers fighting after the leyte landing, the helmets says it all😊

    • @kensvay4561
      @kensvay4561 27 днів тому +1

      Far too much misinformation here. He did leave by PT boat.

    • @robertwatson9359
      @robertwatson9359 21 день тому

      Mccarthur had nothing to do with Guadalcanal and was against it, That is why the Marines under the Navy were used for the invasion, He would not commit the US Army to the battle. It was all Admirals King, Nimitz and Halsey and Marine Gen. Vandergrift

    • @dennisweidner288
      @dennisweidner288 21 день тому

      @@robertwatson9359 You are correct about MacArthur. He even convinced Giormly. He wanted nothing to do with Guadalcanal because he was not in command. Mac Arthur wanted to command the entire Pacific Theater. Most of MacASrthur's combat forces in 1942 and much of 43 were Australian.
      The person responsible for Guadalcanal was Adm. King. Who unlike MacArthur had one semi-ready division--the First Marine Division. Of course, Nimitz, Halsey, and Vandergrift masterly executed King's orders, but King was the driving force behind Guadalcanal.

  • @Crow_Friend
    @Crow_Friend 12 днів тому +3

    I saw the same clip of an allied soldier throwing a grenade six times.. goes for loads of other clips too.

  • @wooncheeleong7224
    @wooncheeleong7224 28 днів тому +5

    Superb

  • @dennisweidner288
    @dennisweidner288 12 днів тому +2

    Very poor research. MacArthur had nothing to do with Guadalcanal. It was a In fact a Navy/Marine operation. In fact, he opposed the whole Guadalcanal action. The initial landing on Guadalcanal was unopposed, They did not get to the airfield until the second day.

  • @boweryst11
    @boweryst11 28 днів тому +5

    you could have blurred the whole doc

  • @wooncheeleong7224
    @wooncheeleong7224 28 днів тому +6

    History repeats once every hundred years. Its happening again.

    • @olengagallardo8551
      @olengagallardo8551 27 днів тому

      Yes, rising tension between nations,embargos, sanctions, sounds very familiar..

    • @AmanChaudhary-eg6ry
      @AmanChaudhary-eg6ry 27 днів тому

      @@olengagallardo8551 and America will win again!

    • @user-lv3xr4wj3i
      @user-lv3xr4wj3i 25 днів тому

      ​​@@AmanChaudhary-eg6ryNOT BE RUSSİA CHİNA NUCLEAR ☢.️

  • @dennisweidner288
    @dennisweidner288 28 днів тому +10

    There is a good bit of nonsense here. Such as the suggestion that Jaopan was a peaceful country before the Depression or that nobody in the U..S. expected war [6:45] The United States had cracked the Japanese diplomatic (purple) code. We knew very well gthat they were preparing for war.

    • @dathunderman4
      @dathunderman4 11 днів тому

      Japan wanted to be isolationist but the US forced them to open up and coerced them into signing horrible trading “agreements.” This ushered into the Meiji restoration, and Japan felt they had to expand or else they would be colonized like other Asian countries.

    • @dennisweidner288
      @dennisweidner288 11 днів тому

      @@dathunderman4 Ironically the Meiji supporters were the ones criticizing the Shogun for bowing to the Americans and opening up.

    • @ClintEasywood69
      @ClintEasywood69 День тому

      The Real Nonsense of this video is the music that plays at some points.....I'm pretty sure that kinda rock and roll came after WW2, and it doesn't fit. War should not be glamorized like that to begin with! This type of documentary sucks, and gives people wrong impressions.

  • @jeffreystaton4306
    @jeffreystaton4306 22 дні тому +3

    At midway, the Japanese only knew of one Carrier, not 3.

  • @dr.barrycohn5461
    @dr.barrycohn5461 День тому

    Please blur as much as you want. I suffer from PTSD.

  • @ipsprez8672
    @ipsprez8672 28 днів тому +53

    It is unfortunate that the true cost of war is blurred out as if we are children.

    • @Wombat343
      @Wombat343 28 днів тому +10

      The true horror should be shown its teaches us

    • @dennisweidner288
      @dennisweidner288 28 днів тому +14

      @ipsprez8672 Welcome to Woke America.

    • @JudithRoumouStMaartenNews
      @JudithRoumouStMaartenNews 27 днів тому +4

      I don't like gore and guts so like this policy. Enough guts and gore in the real world. We are outnumbered by the monsters.

    • @mb-ky7ku
      @mb-ky7ku 27 днів тому +9

      ​@@JudithRoumouStMaartenNewswhat part of this is not the real world

    • @JudithRoumouStMaartenNews
      @JudithRoumouStMaartenNews 27 днів тому +3

      Rent a horror movie, pampered, entitled voyeur.

  • @iangriffiths9840
    @iangriffiths9840 27 днів тому +2

    As we have seen, Napalm already existed before the battle of Iwo Jima, so why was it not deployed on Mt. Suribachi?

  • @tombriggman2875
    @tombriggman2875 25 днів тому +2

    Great footage but far too many simple mistakes for me to list.

  • @Jeremyramone
    @Jeremyramone 28 днів тому +6

    Absolutely and utterly excellent production, in various ways!, thank you very much. Salud from San Diego. 🛹.

    • @kensvay4561
      @kensvay4561 27 днів тому

      No. Too many mistakes. Capture Papua New Guinea. No capture Port Moresby on the island of New Guinea. PNG is the name of the country post independence.

  • @MinhNguyen-cn8kx
    @MinhNguyen-cn8kx 28 днів тому +3

    After Pearl Harbor harbour dec-7 on its way back to Japan why did not adm. Yamamoto swund by and captured Mid-way?? Would be a of cake for Yamamoto!
    Hence would kept us pacific fleet at bay!

  • @Ja_s-per
    @Ja_s-per 28 днів тому +4

    🌠🇺🇲"God Bless Our Veterans and Active Warrior's!"🇺🇲🌠
    🫡

  • @dennisweidner288
    @dennisweidner288 28 днів тому +4

    Harvard still had standards at the time, but attending a course at Harvard did not make Yamzoto Harvard-educated. And saying that "he understands America" [34:25] is one of the stupidest statements ever said in a World War II video. He expected that America would make peace after a successful strike on Pearl. In fact, it ignited a burning desire to make war.

    • @kensvay4561
      @kensvay4561 27 днів тому +3

      Wrong. He knew it was a huge mistake.

    • @kennethlane3896
      @kennethlane3896 18 днів тому +1

      @@kensvay4561 Right. He's the one who said they awakened a sleeping bear. He knew it was a huge mistake.

    • @dennisweidner288
      @dennisweidner288 12 днів тому

      @@kensvay4561 You are mixing time lines. He opposed war with America. But once the military made the decision for war, he devised the plans to launch the war and hoped the Americans would seek to make peace rather than fight.

  • @astrono1960
    @astrono1960 2 дні тому

    Having talked to hundreds of WW2 veterans I can tell you that every one of them would have gone to their home island and wade into them stacking the enemy like cords of wood. They also said that the public was right there with them. So I take issue with the narrator when he says the American government feared the public might tire of a prolonged war.

  • @vergilmorgan3179
    @vergilmorgan3179 26 днів тому +2

    Why do you blur out some scenes it’s ridiculous

    •  24 дні тому +2

      Because reality might offend some woke infant who will complain and force the video to be taken down.

    • @MrNiceGuyHistory
      @MrNiceGuyHistory 20 днів тому

      yep

  • @bw1889
    @bw1889 7 днів тому +1

    Some serious mistakes in this overview. I mean, I haven’t seen such a miss on the naval battle of Leyte. Center force was attacked first, Musashi sunk, Center force retreats. The southern force was not attacked by planes but by USN surface units including PT’s, destroyers, cruisers and battleships (many of the Pearl survivors). Then, the following morning, Halsey took the bait on the northern force while Kurita brought the center force back thru san bernardino straight into Leyte. But for real, how can you just skip over the battle of Samar / Taffy 3??? Not to mention the lack of insight into the incredible naval battles of Guadalcanal. Very strange you missed all of this.

  • @AJHyland63
    @AJHyland63 7 днів тому +1

    If you wish to depict the horrors of war, show it in its true colours, don’t blur it out.

  • @fotulototau5074
    @fotulototau5074 День тому

    Lest we forget❤

  • @timreed8083
    @timreed8083 11 днів тому +1

    Giving McCarther credit for these campaigns is just not true. It was King and Nimitz. McCarther also got of the Philippines by PT boats and Submarine.

  • @abrahamtov364
    @abrahamtov364 8 днів тому +1

    Why have they blurred out what needs to be seen? What are they trying to teach when the whole truth is not shown? I really hate when someone thinks they have the power to make decisions for me or anyone else and diminish the real truth.

  • @carlosalbertoserra6714
    @carlosalbertoserra6714 28 днів тому +1

    Xq x xq que no hay sustituidos en español

  • @russpaulus9171
    @russpaulus9171 Годину тому

    This video is what I would call directionally accurate but really loose with the details.
    For example, neither Nimitz or Yamamoto participated directly in the battle of coral sea.
    The Japanese codes were not completely broken.
    Checkout the Unauthorized History of the Pacific War for a much more thorough review of the Pacific war.

  • @NateGamingReviews
    @NateGamingReviews 9 днів тому

    2:03:02 "The cities of Nagoya, Osaka and Kobey are raised to the ground." Is that implying that they were below ground?

  • @zillsburyy1
    @zillsburyy1 28 днів тому +6

    no thanks censor stories

    • @jrdsm
      @jrdsm 28 днів тому +1

      they have no choice,

    • @alextownsend8624
      @alextownsend8624 28 днів тому +1

      UA-cam policy..

    • @zillsburyy1
      @zillsburyy1 28 днів тому

      @@jrdsm wrong

    • @zillsburyy1
      @zillsburyy1 28 днів тому

      @@alextownsend8624 nope! watch a video by TIMELINE

    • @zillsburyy1
      @zillsburyy1 28 днів тому +1

      @alextownsend8624 ever see a video made by TIMELINE

  • @InspGarySLurch
    @InspGarySLurch 21 день тому +2

    Be nice if you knew your history!

  • @jeffhelton2735
    @jeffhelton2735 27 днів тому +2

    During war Japan never upgraded the zero no protection they finally lost all the experienced pilots what war they thinking apparently they wasn't

  • @007kunigas
    @007kunigas 14 днів тому

    👍👍👍👍👍

  • @huntingkc1
    @huntingkc1 28 днів тому +9

    This should be mandatory class material

  • @robertwilliams2762
    @robertwilliams2762 2 дні тому

    Is it my imagination or are there commercials every 5 minutes. Freaking UA-cam.

  • @michaelrmccall1920
    @michaelrmccall1920 27 днів тому +2

    I stopped watching when the stated MacArthur flew our of the Philippines!

  • @WasNotWas999
    @WasNotWas999 27 днів тому +1

    My eyes keep going blurry

  • @BluMecker-ox6sx
    @BluMecker-ox6sx 13 днів тому

    Ah so

  • @maryholder3795
    @maryholder3795 28 днів тому +6

    Naval battles using aircraft carriers, sea born planes changed naval tactics. No more large battle ships, cruisers with large guns like at the Battle if Jutland in WW1.
    Instead in WW2 Japanese planes strike at Pearl Harbour bombing the US capital ships, destroying planes at the outlying US airbases. But luckily for the US the aircraft carrier fleet was not there. It was at sea proforming fleet exercises. To me a classic case of "There but for the grace of god go I". So the carriers survived. While Japanese airforce carry on destroying US airforce planes such as in the Philippines then attack the island. Another change in warfare is support of ground troops by aircraft.
    Overall airplanes can not only attack on land but at sea.

  • @martinkloosterman6747
    @martinkloosterman6747 15 днів тому +1

    No they weren't

  • @xinliu-if7cb
    @xinliu-if7cb 27 днів тому +1

    I starts with Pearl harbour? No, it started in 1937

    • @brandynharter23
      @brandynharter23 26 днів тому +1

      That or Manchuria in 1931.

    • @dolphfren
      @dolphfren 22 дні тому +1

      For Americans the war began with Pearl Harbor

  • @strongbraveloud
    @strongbraveloud 28 днів тому +2

    ☮️

  • @robertwilliams2762
    @robertwilliams2762 2 дні тому

    What is the logic having most of your eggs in one basket when Germany, Russia and Japan are on the rampage.

  • @minhthunguyendang9900
    @minhthunguyendang9900 28 днів тому +2

    War Stories,
    can’t you NOT colorize ?
    The document would look better in b/w

  • @adrinelo9310
    @adrinelo9310 28 днів тому +2

    pembantaian oleh tentara jepang tanpa belas kasihan tanpa pri kemanusiaan kepada tokoh masyarakat / dokter / tanpa ampun/ ditebas lehernya dimasukkan ke dalam lobang / tempat kuburan masal berlokasi di kalimantan barat kabupaten mempawah kecamatan mandor ( indonesia ) wajar jepang di bom atom sebagai balasannya

  • @BenKlassen1
    @BenKlassen1 27 днів тому +2

    Amateurish Japanese intelligence led to success at Midway.

  • @kindnessfirst9670
    @kindnessfirst9670 15 днів тому

    Both sides' racism caused them to underestimate the other's fighting ability. For example they each thought that the other had inferior eyesight (as a race) and therefore would make bad pilots. How could educated people in authority with responsibility for the security of their nation make decisions based on cliches and propaganda rather than facts?

  • @user-io6pj8bz8h
    @user-io6pj8bz8h 25 днів тому +1

    The anglo union were on the wrong side.

  • @NAMELESSINTERNETADDICT
    @NAMELESSINTERNETADDICT 28 днів тому +6

    The nuclear bombs were dropped to kill Godzilla!

  • @timreed8083
    @timreed8083 11 днів тому

    Mc Carther also beded 15-16 year old girls.

  • @michaelkinville177
    @michaelkinville177 27 днів тому +1

    Midway AF

  • @tincangunner
    @tincangunner 27 днів тому +1

    Also, the Aleutians were not a diversionary attack.

  • @kialee2622
    @kialee2622 28 днів тому +1

    Why is US loose to Vietnam?

    • @ryanreedgibson
      @ryanreedgibson 28 днів тому +2

      Loose? You mean lose? Vietnam didn't attack the US and so there wasn't the same anger nor the same financial budget. It wasn't a war of conquest but of Ideology. You cannot win a war of ideology, nor should you.

    • @dennisweidner288
      @dennisweidner288 28 днів тому

      @kialee2622 Same as Afghanistan. We limited our use of force.

    • @user-lv3xr4wj3i
      @user-lv3xr4wj3i 25 днів тому

      ​​@@ryanreedgibson🤡?...?

    • @user-lv3xr4wj3i
      @user-lv3xr4wj3i 25 днів тому

      ​​@@ryanreedgibsonCİVİL WAR 🤡🤡🤡🤡?....?

  • @ClintEasywood69
    @ClintEasywood69 День тому

    Everyone praising this documentary should know that to have the words "firestorm" followed by a guitar rip is totally beyond stupid. War is not a video game, its a very real very terrible thing. Watch "WW2 in Color" if you want some REAL history.

  • @user-io6pj8bz8h
    @user-io6pj8bz8h 25 днів тому +2

    There is no such thing as extreme nationalism.

  • @martinkloosterman6747
    @martinkloosterman6747 15 днів тому

    .ijn zus Uneke was vanmi#zg op bbbezoekbkj mij.dt haar2e dochysr mitye6ot een uurpj 6

  • @stuwhiteman3810
    @stuwhiteman3810 6 днів тому +1

    Yeah it might be the complete history of America Vs Japan but it's not the complete history of the Pacific Theatre as it says in the title, far from it. Didn't hear anything about the Kokoda Track or the battles of Buna, Gona or Sanananda once the Australians pushed them back off the Kokoda Track? Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Finschhafen and Lae and Borneo and all the rest? And the first defeat of the Japanese on land was the Battle of Milne Bay in New Guinea, Google it.
    Even UA-cam doesn't understand the spelling of these places giving me error messages with the spelling lol???

  • @martinkloosterman6747
    @martinkloosterman6747 15 днів тому +1

    No they weren't