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That is American doctrine, dont give the enemy problems, give him dilemmas.

at 13:39 stop vid and look at the size of the wake on the torpedo ..... HAS to be editted ....

"THERE SHE IS! There she is! Not so wounded as we were led to believe..."

Sending obsolete, slow and "rickety" subs to form the recon line was a huge blunder. They were too late to do the job they were assigned, and failed. But really, the IJN failed in just about everything in this battle. False pride, a very lucky USN, and of course some extremely brave and heroic flying from Naval Aviation saved the day for the US.

It's often claimed that if only Tone 4 had launched on time, Nagumo would have received a much earlier heads-up on the presence of enemy surface units. In fact, given what we know about the path taken by the US task force, had Tone 4 launched on time it would almost certainly have seen nothing at all, because their routes would not have intersected adequately. So Tone 4's late launch was actually GOOD luck for Nagumo, although not enough to turn the tide of battle.

What happened to the American submarines none of them spotted the Japanese carriers?

I am 1/2 way through this video and am wondering what are subs were doing ?

You have a gift for storytelling. This should definitely be made as a movie, the way you told it, it'd win awards with the right director. Make more like this, you have a unique talent

The last japanese airmen who participate in Pearl harbor died recently Masamitsu Yoshioka was a "B5N Kate" navigator who participate in the sinking of USS Utah, he didn't participate in Midway and catch Malaria in 1944 and was sent back to Japan just before the invasion of the Philippines where he was at the times.

What if a US Navy Amphibious assault ship... Say ISS Wasp.... or Helicopter carrier and it's accompanying escorts were transported back in time and reappeared off the coast of Northern England on June 3rd, 793 AD....with a mix of helicopters and a complement of Sea Harrier, and a Marine Expeditionary Force on board. Enough supply ships to fight a sustained campaign of a couple of months...... What would that be like and what would the contemporary people say and think. Suppose such a force was stranded there and couldn't get back to our time..... Now imagine you are the Admiral of the task force. What would be your orders? Those wishing to talk about this scenario please feel free to contact me here and I'll provide contact details so we can do this academic excersise... I think it could e fun and would be a excellent theme for a movie....!! Let's say USS Wasp, a frigate, a fleet replenishment ship loaded full to gills with food, armament, fuel, spare parts, and enough various supplies to keep all ships and their assets operating at a wartime pace for 2 years ( I know, I know.. Why would these ships be accompanied with a supply ship... But for sake of making plot work, let's assume it was there) was either intentionally, supernaturally or accidentally thrust back in time to date I specified.... I assume by giving date most of you will be aware of what the date is famous for Let's discuss what could, would, and should happen... How it unfolds, and what it would be like from the perspective of a local witness on shore that day where the group of ships appeared, the ships crew, and from perspective of a longship 1 mile away when the task force of ships suddenly materialized! I want to make a movie based on this scenario so bad!

The Break down of communication did not lay at the hands of the Royal Australian Air Force RAAF Hudson bomber as the pilot on many occasions in his life stated right up to his death in the 1980s he had reported the Japanese as requested. It lay at Macarthur's command who failed to place this sighting as urgent and relay the message. Also Turner requested Crutchley leave his force and return to the southern landing group to talk over ops with Marine Gen. Vandergrift. Chicago was left in command, and the ships Captain Bode, rather than use his radar (he thought it acted more like a searchlight), or acknowledge and inform the watch of the change in plans, went back to his bunk to sleep. Capt. Bode's actions during the engagement were questioned in an inquiry headed by Admiral Arthur Japy Hepburn. Though the report was not intended to be made public, Bode learned of its findings and shot himself on 19 April 1943, dying the next day. Another thing is you did not mention was that the USS Bagley inadvertently torpedoed the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra in this engagement.

I like your analysis of what commanders had as intelligence when they made their decisions.

Japan still believes they did nothing wrong

I go back and rewatch this sometimes. It’s an absolute classic and probably the best single WW2 documentary I’ve seen online.

Actually, the pilots survival after the sinking of 3 carriers would have been more important than the carrier Hiryu. The surviving pilots should have been rotated to safety to train the next generation of pilots, however the Japanese never did this, so every time they lost a pilot, they also lost his experience. Thus towards the end of the war, Japan had very few experienced pilots left.

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the Japanese Kamikaze : had to be forced to do his job. the US Kamikaze : WITNESS ME!!!!

Splendid as usual (but just once slight detail ... please, pronounce 'grâce" in "coup de grâce" like you would say "grass", not "graaaah" (sounds like the word "gras" that means "greasy") :p

my wife's grand uncle was a fireman onboard the Oklahoma. They found his remains, and he's being buried on Sept 9th, 2024. The news and everything has been here. It's a big deal.

"HE'S HACKING BRO, HE'S GOT AIMBOT ON, NO WAY HE MADE THOSE SHOTS!"

The USS Barb sank the 20,000 ton escort carrier Unyo and the 11,700 ton oil tanker Azusa with a single 6-torpedo salvo; that was pretty devastating.

your stuff is TOP TIER!!! keep it up

Véry informative and correct video. You gave honor to LT John James Powers who said to his pilots "Remember-the folks back home are counting on us. I am going to get a direct hit if I have to lay it on their flight deck." Also that the absence of Shokaku and Zuikaku at Midway led to the doom of Kaga, Akagi, Soryu and Hiryu.

Fixing an aircraft carrier ... in TWO DAYS... is literally impossible today.

Its crazy how the US kept sending dive bombers in suicide attacks without any escort... wtf

Anyone else surprised at how ineffective maritime accuracy was either from ships or planes. I know it was in its technological infancy. WW1 must have been even worse. Those pilots and mariners were extremely brave considering they knew they were unlikely to be rescued if the worst happened.

THAT TRANSITION TO THE WASP PIC WAS SICK

Well balanced, well done.

Esses aviões que fazem circulos ao redor dos porta aviões são aviões de Reconhecimento??? ou servem de alerta de Radar Antecipado??

are we still in the japanese's fog of war here at 6:00. i mean if japan was aware of the american monitoring them. it's no more a surprise attack. yeah stupid question probably. on a 5 Y.O vid :p

USA won by chance.

You don't fight war with your heart.

Mikawa's orders were to destroy the transports. He failed, without ever trying. The US forces died heroes, accomplishing their objective, protecting the transports. Even the,Japanese Government admitted the facts. Mikawa never again led a mission. Instead he was sidelined and forced to retire in disgrace.

Boring 🥱🥱

Imagine how catastrophic the midway battle would be for japan if all of those carriers went their rather then the 4

My great uncle was on the Sims and unfortunatly he was MIA

For more detail about how this is done effectively, look up "On War" by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz. He decoded the techniques Napoleon did instinctively, and codified them into coherent battle strategies. This was the blueprint for Blitzkrieg, among other things.

16:32 Lets not forget the US had their radars, it was quite an addition.

Since you are probably working on the Santa Cruz battle. Keep it up, and thank you very much for the effort, of bringing such a good or maybe even best content on this platform🎉

what a great story, wooow! and great analysis too as always :)

13:20 They actually had five Carriers USS Ranger (CV-4) was still active thou it wasn't suitable for operation in the Pacific

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cautious and prudent almost mean the same thing dummy

Great footage!

what is that song at 24:00?

Of all the situations in war, one of the worst must be serving on a carrier in 1942, and not being able to put up enough AA to stop the attacks. ooph.