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In which a not-actually-peer-of-the-realm waffles rubbish about bits of history as and when it pleases him. And possibly whiskey too.
I have been known to use very bad language, especially when talking about Nazis, both historical and cuntent [sic] so be advised
Discussion and disagreements are fine but be aware that Jenkins does the house keeping here, he is an excellent shot, and a man of few compunctions so if you are unpleasant or troll people do not be surprised if he forcibly removes you
If you are so minded, you can always email me at lordhardthrasher@gmail.com, and I may or may not respond depending on time and inclination
I also have a Patreon for anyone who's super interested, with its own Discord server for members. You can find it here
patreon.com/LordHardThrasher
If you would like to know more about my Avatar - he is the 7th Earl of Shaftsbury, one of the great reformers of his age - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_7th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury
I have been known to use very bad language, especially when talking about Nazis, both historical and cuntent [sic] so be advised
Discussion and disagreements are fine but be aware that Jenkins does the house keeping here, he is an excellent shot, and a man of few compunctions so if you are unpleasant or troll people do not be surprised if he forcibly removes you
If you are so minded, you can always email me at lordhardthrasher@gmail.com, and I may or may not respond depending on time and inclination
I also have a Patreon for anyone who's super interested, with its own Discord server for members. You can find it here
patreon.com/LordHardThrasher
If you would like to know more about my Avatar - he is the 7th Earl of Shaftsbury, one of the great reformers of his age - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_7th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury
Forgotten War Ep1 - Witness the Rising Sun
In January 1942 the Japanese Army poured over the border with Burma, and pushed back the Indian and British Armies to the border with Burma. Today we look at how that disaster came about, why and the first phase of the campaign
If you enjoy this do consider supporting the channel by joining up as a Pateron - patreon.com/LordHardThrasher it’s just $6/mth and you get access to my super-sekret Discord therein to talk nerdy with me and likeminded humans from across the world
Bibliography
Please consider donations of any size to the Burma Star Memorial Fund who aim to ensure remembrance of those who fought with, in and against 14th Army 1941 - 1945 - burmastarmemorial.org/
As usual this is a non exhaustive list, but hopefully gives you a feel for where I’ve pulled information from; I’ve used Wikipedia articles to give you a feel for what happened when, but there is no substitute for actually sitting and reading some of the source materials, so I’d recommend the Offline section for those seriously interested in the subjects covered.
Online
czcams.com/video/wP4ZE8qrekQ/video.html - Rob Lyman’s talk on Bill Slim
www.royalhampshireregiment.org/about-the-museum/timeline/malaya-1954-56/ - Royal Hampshire Regiment in the Emergency
Japanese war crimes death toll - medium.com/dose/the-asian-holocaust-killed-twice-as-many-people-as-the-nazis-did-877f0a7c664 - Rough estimates
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP3.HTM - Non-China killings
Slim Inter War - www.nam.ac.uk/explore/william-slim
Gurkha Regiment history of Slim - czcams.com/video/of1PffAkDjM/video.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Burma#:~:text=The%20Japanese%20Fifteenth%20Army%2C%20commanded,Tenasserim%20across%20the%20Tenasserim%20Hills. - Wiki on the invasion of Burma
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma#:~:text=The%20British%20colonial%20rule%20in,administered%20colony%2C%20and%20finally%20independence. - History of Britain in Burma
Interwar US and Japanese Defence Expenditure, 2003, Willaim O’Neil
Offline
Burma ’44 - James Holland
Courage and Other Broadcasts - Sir William Slim, edited by Dr. Robert Lyman
Defeat into Victory - Field Marshal Viscount Slim
Desperate Journey - Francis Clifford
Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma - Jack Bowsher
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 - Fergal Keane
Slim - Roland Lewin
Slim, Master of War - Dr. Robert Lyman
The Burma Campaign - Frank McLynn
A War of Empires - Japan, India & Britain 1941-1945 - Dr. Robert Lyman
Unofficial History - Field Marshal Sir William Slim - John Douglas
Wikipedia Articles on Key figures
General Wavell - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Wavell,_1st_Earl_Wavell
Brigadier Jackie Smyth - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Smyth,_1st_Baronet
Brigadier Hutton - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jacomb_Hutton#:~:text=Lieutenant%2DGeneral%20Sir%20Thomas%20Jacomb,conquest%20of%20Burma%20in%20early
Richard O’Connor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Connor
Subhas Chandra Bose - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose
If you enjoy this do consider supporting the channel by joining up as a Pateron - patreon.com/LordHardThrasher it’s just $6/mth and you get access to my super-sekret Discord therein to talk nerdy with me and likeminded humans from across the world
Bibliography
Please consider donations of any size to the Burma Star Memorial Fund who aim to ensure remembrance of those who fought with, in and against 14th Army 1941 - 1945 - burmastarmemorial.org/
As usual this is a non exhaustive list, but hopefully gives you a feel for where I’ve pulled information from; I’ve used Wikipedia articles to give you a feel for what happened when, but there is no substitute for actually sitting and reading some of the source materials, so I’d recommend the Offline section for those seriously interested in the subjects covered.
Online
czcams.com/video/wP4ZE8qrekQ/video.html - Rob Lyman’s talk on Bill Slim
www.royalhampshireregiment.org/about-the-museum/timeline/malaya-1954-56/ - Royal Hampshire Regiment in the Emergency
Japanese war crimes death toll - medium.com/dose/the-asian-holocaust-killed-twice-as-many-people-as-the-nazis-did-877f0a7c664 - Rough estimates
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP3.HTM - Non-China killings
Slim Inter War - www.nam.ac.uk/explore/william-slim
Gurkha Regiment history of Slim - czcams.com/video/of1PffAkDjM/video.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Burma#:~:text=The%20Japanese%20Fifteenth%20Army%2C%20commanded,Tenasserim%20across%20the%20Tenasserim%20Hills. - Wiki on the invasion of Burma
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma#:~:text=The%20British%20colonial%20rule%20in,administered%20colony%2C%20and%20finally%20independence. - History of Britain in Burma
Interwar US and Japanese Defence Expenditure, 2003, Willaim O’Neil
Offline
Burma ’44 - James Holland
Courage and Other Broadcasts - Sir William Slim, edited by Dr. Robert Lyman
Defeat into Victory - Field Marshal Viscount Slim
Desperate Journey - Francis Clifford
Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma - Jack Bowsher
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 - Fergal Keane
Slim - Roland Lewin
Slim, Master of War - Dr. Robert Lyman
The Burma Campaign - Frank McLynn
A War of Empires - Japan, India & Britain 1941-1945 - Dr. Robert Lyman
Unofficial History - Field Marshal Sir William Slim - John Douglas
Wikipedia Articles on Key figures
General Wavell - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Wavell,_1st_Earl_Wavell
Brigadier Jackie Smyth - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Smyth,_1st_Baronet
Brigadier Hutton - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jacomb_Hutton#:~:text=Lieutenant%2DGeneral%20Sir%20Thomas%20Jacomb,conquest%20of%20Burma%20in%20early
Richard O’Connor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Connor
Subhas Chandra Bose - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose
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The Me163 Komet - Rockets Are Dangerous
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Description A huge thank you to my Patreons who made this video possible- if you want to join them please go to patreon.com/LordHardThrasher and in exchange you’ll get early video previews and my whitty bants on Discord You can find me on Twitter - x.com/LordHardThrashe if you want to shout at me there Please keep comments fairly respectful and be mindful that text conveys no tone. The story of...
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Bomber War Ep 5 - Remarkable Victory- Jan to June 1944
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If you’d like to be a cool kid, then become a Patreon here - www.patreon.com/LordHardThrasher or if you’d like to email me send a message to lordhardthrasher@gmail.com In which the USAAF and RAF finally start to Get Good at their jobs and tie up their respective campaigns for literally the first time 00:00 - 04:01 Introduction 04:06 - 08:12 Forward Operating Base 08:15 - 11:30 - Changes in Comm...
Me262 - Why It Was Rubbish
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Join My Patreon Here - patreon.com/LordHardThrasher and get access to video previews, scripts, and my Discord Channel Contact me via email here - lordhardthrasher@gmail.com Description 00:00 - 00:22 - Trailer 00:22 - 01:49 - Introduction 01:49 - 05:14 - Willy Messerschmitt’s World Falls Apart 05:18 - 08:03 - Udet’s Flying Circus 08:07 - 11:26 - Me262’s Development 11:26- 11:32 - Popcorn 11:33 -...
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If you’d like to be a cool kid, then become a Patreon here - www.patreon.com/LordHardThrasher or if you’d like to email me send a message to lordhardthrasher@gmail.com 0:00 Intro 4:30 We’re Going to North Africa 1st 8:36 But you’re not doing it properly 16:16 Play it Again Ira 22:30 Mid 1943 - The Crisis Begins 26:53 The Black Summer 28:03 Operation Tidal Wave 34:21 Into The Valley of Death - S...
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Excellent your Lordship and, as usual, done with wit drier than the Gibson Desert! I'm thoroughly looking forward to the future episodes!
PRAT !
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I'm sorry to chime in like this, but I have to raise a few points about Stillwell (honestly I kinda feel for the guy). While lacking combat experience, he wasn't half bad, and the Americans considered him to be one of their best infantry commanders, and would prove it in the Louisiana Maneuvers. Also, it wasn't a joke to send him to China, because Marshall was looking for a man who spoke Mandarin, had been to China and was of sufficient rank to not offend Chiang with the appointment. Not many who fit that bill in 1940s US Army. And a final thing, Stillwell was an honest man, and proved to be incorruptible with regards to Lend-Lease. I think Marshall was afraid that China would just absorb all the aid and not do any fighting by buying off or manipulating (ge. So'n'so, you are the only one who truly understands China and such, probably said by a beautiful Chinese woman) the American controlling it and lobbying in Washington (which is what Chiang actually wanted, or more likely his wife's family). As to why he remained for two years after the Peanut incident (he was right by the way, Chiang's bald head really does look like a peanut), the Chinese were angling for Chennault to take over for Stillwell, and he, like the Chinese was corrupt and venal, but unlike the Chinese, was actually stupid.
Firstly, thank you for the comment, I was somewhat surprised not to have more Stillwell supporters chime in, but I think he's basically been forgotten in the US now. I started off quite sympathetic to him, but it's hard to be nice about him after a while. The usual War Dept vs everyone else politics didn't help and Marshall wantes to send his man, partly to avoid anyone else sending theirs, and Marshall's pool was quite limited, and clearly you're right there was a rank / language mix in there too. Stillwell was I think third choice for the post, but I couldn't find enough out about the other two. Fundamentally he was totally unsuitable for the job, his temprement was all over the shop, and just not compatible. Chennault was not much more than a straight up crook, but sending someone from the USAAF - Ira Eaker springs to mind - would've probably been better. In reality I suspect whoever they sent would've failed - China wasn't the land the US thought it was, Chaing wasn't someone they could control, and the Chinese didn't want yet another westerner running things behind the scenes. By '43 Stillwell did the sensible thing and created his own force to do the job and both he and the US gave up on Chaing.
1:00:45 Put it this way; there is a whole section of the Department of Veterans Affairs website dedicated to F-111 maintenance staff.
I hope you can do a cross over with Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles, that would be great
Please accept my apologies. I would have watched this video earlier but I found that I needed new boots for the moors. Now, freshly returned from my boot makers in London, I'm ready for the show.
Fascinating. Some of this is new to me. Can't wait for the next installment.
As I get older the more I learn about history and Bill Slim is a total hero of mine. His army too. On a sadder note my Aunt Beatrix was to marry a young lad who went off to war. He went to be a Chindit and never came back. She never married and his picture was by her side all her life. All war is hard, but Burma was very hard indeed. Thanks for putting a spotlight on it.
Yeah and I'm sure someone with such a cocksure and dissmisive atittude like yourself has no agenda as you rant and rave about things that have absolutely nothing to do with the ME-262.
Let there be no mistake ... war is hell ...and yet we are stuck in a cycle of endless wars .
Beautiful work !!! I enjoyed every second. Can’t wait for part 2.
Very interesting video, as usual. Did you know Monty's pet dog was flattened by a passing tank?
Wasn't it called Rommel or am I making that up?
Just finished watching the BoB series. Awesome stuff, gotta say. As an experienced simulator pilot, who has flown battle of britain missions, with hundreds of aircraft at a time, i can fully understand that every air crew member involved was terrified and tired. One little thing. The term "Idiotenreihe" i.e. "row of idiots" doesn't referr to the Vic formation, but to echelon right/left, like seen at 25:01
I'm more than happy to stand corrected
There is a reason why the USA only built 12,000 B17's while they built 18,000 B24 in a shorter operational time.
"Every body likes jets!" Agreed! Well, except for those baseball perverts.
I simply had to cancel my 5:45 AM auto-gyro flight to Siam so I could see this video a second time. Wonderful stuff. Thanks.
As far as most British people back home the 14th Army may as well be on the Moon.
Can't wait until you get to the tennis court...
Awesome work impatiently waiting for number 2
My Great Grandfather flew a B17 for over eight months and he loved it. But then he quit War Thunder and moved to World of Warcraft
Hmmm. The national labs a few miles away from my city is always getting authorized fer more pits. I too, thought holes. Not that I thought it was any safer.
you say its trash right well good thin you dont mind useing the b 29 vs landcaster wth the b 29 being made only 3 years befor the landcaster right o wait i rember love the utube video b 17 vs land caster it realy shows how one sided the british are the b 29 wold have been the right one to vs oooo wait i just relized you newer landcaster vs are b 29 wold have been a win o wait not for you but for the usa b 29 it was better in every way it even tells you its better buy going on google and it tells you way hell even the the plane over heats becouse it pushed out so much power lol the bomb load was better to every thang on the b 29 was better and it was built befor your landcaster but no you wether us a realy old b 17 to vs your graet landcaster more like land crasher butits fine you britsh dont make videos on what can eazly beat you bride up you wether us arerealy old planes to bash on lol the booms you had was nothing to the b 29 hell we even used that b 29 to hold and use the atomic bomb dont belive me look it up or was it the other one ether way its like a nuke level of power it was big ether way and yes theres nukes with bigger and smaller boom to thim
You do know where the full stop is right?
Glad you included Clarkson on that list. Just like dictators and sith, he is always seeking more power.
"german efficiency", huh?
Jolly good, however I'll lememt the loss of more land series by the suppressor of rotary wing pilots. A+ none the less.
Great introduction to the Burma Campaign! Even if it's also forgotten here the campaign had a large cascading effect on Thai politics for the rest of the 20th century. Originally Thailand was scheduled to join the Japanese assault on Rangoon but was not allowed to due to fears that it would alienate Japanese relations with the Burmese nationalists. After a lot of angry letters to Tokyo Thailand was allowed to operate troops in the Shan States, but the command at the time had zero clue of what they were doing and many of the men suffered from atrocious logistics. Moreover, the Japanese did not share any supplies with them and treated their allies the same way they did their colonial subjects. In the last stages of the campaign as the Japanese made their frantic retreat back to the Thai border the Thai troops operating in the Shan states were given zero support from Japan or Thailand (whose fascist government had been overthrown by the pro-American faction in 1944). When the war was over the Japanese got to go home in requisitioned trains, but the Thai troops had to walk home 1000s of kilometers on foot through some of the harshest tropical jungles in the world because the new post-war government (same people who were in charge the last stage of the war) disbanded all of them without warning. With the Japanese gone and the Americans concluding Thailand's war participation as forced by the Japanese, they channeled all of their anger for their suffering to the pro-American government and launched a coup in 1947 to install the old fascist guy back. The coup pretty much started the endless cycle of military coups that would last until today. Looking forward to part 2 and eventually Imphal, a battle so disastrous that Renya Mutaguchi became synonymous with incompetence in Japan!
I must admit, I'd assume Thailand was forced at gun point to assist and hadn't really realised the knock on effects there
my grandfather served in burma, the one thing that saved him was he was a good swimmer!
Thanks fer the cookie.
In other words, Goering was not so much a shadow of his former self but had created a much larger shadow than his former self.
Your GrandMas story getting bombed is CRAzY!! Glad Nan made it tnrough.
This dude is kinda funny!
I try
Great cousin Harry was captured in Burma. Spent the war building roads and railways. Not much left of him when he came home. Poor man.
The POWs experience was horrific
Sorry LHT , the background music really, really SUCKS, you dont need it, or PLEASE, for all that is holy ,use something less repetitive.
Look at the pinned comment
This was the theatre where my great-grandfather served in the Royal Signals as a radio operator and telegraphist. By the end of the war he had become a photographer for the Royal Signals, and took photographs of the signing of the Japanese surrender in this theatre. He passed away before I was born, but I'm told he never liked to discuss his service - from his perspective conscription just led to him being sent off to the other side of the world and not seeing his wife or children for more than four years.
I don't think many men wanted to fight
Your, er, robust language seems to have been hit by the 2024 equivalent of Mary Whitehouse. Though she was more concerned with sins of the flesh rather than fruity language. Bring back the expletives!!!
I was playing whackamole with YT's algorithm trying to work out what it didn't like. In desperation I removed the bad words
I very much enjoy the more modern stuff.
20:04 so because of that fucker a lot of US crew just died needlessly
I was wondering what your opinion on the Fw-190 was during the war and if it was rubbish by late war or on par with the Allied planes
It was an excellent aircraft, the Dora in particular, but it was showing it's age in 1944, and by 45 it was out classed by most Allied planes
Does the Komet deserve special consideration from the Darwin Awards committee A multi faceted suicide machine aimed at the Luftwaffe seems to be very advantageous to humanity Especially as the chances of it inflicting damage to people who disagreed with the general concept of Nazism seemed statistically insignificant
Good on you Thrasher for constantly challenging the weird pro-German take that so many World War II nerds seem to have these days. They constantly bag allied equipment, especially British, but look at some of the Nazi "triumphs" they champion.
I can't wait for you to AVOID DISCUSSING the first combat rescue by HELICOPTER NEAR THE END OF THIS VERY CAMPAIGN
You taunt me sir!
Although, like fucking hell that's amazing - what a feat of flying and courage. Max respect to him
I thought hydrogen-peroxide only burned when applied to wounds..
As with most things it's about concentration
The narrator is funny
Thank you for this. My father was a sergeant stationed in northern India, part of the support system for the US contingent in the theater. It is fascinating to hear the larger background.
Since I was one of those despicable Infantryman, that you abhor, I give a hearty "hooa!" every time you mention us. Carry On!
Like Guinness, I could live off this.
Heh, this aircraft talk is prop aganda
Thrasy, sterling effort about a largely forgotten campaign! Absolute respect for all combatants who fought in this jungle hell hole. Can’t wait for the subsequent episodes. 👍🏻
Many many thanks for covering this. My Grandad was also in Burma, afaik a squaddie who spent a few years in a Japanese POW camp, he didn't talk about it at all. So it's good to see wth happened over there.