The Destruction of Japan's Convoys

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  • čas přidán 25. 05. 2024
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  • @HiddenHistoryYT
    @HiddenHistoryYT  Před 2 měsíci +11

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    • @MrArtbv
      @MrArtbv Před 2 měsíci +1

      Jesus Christ.. It's NOT Rab-a-ul, it's Rah-BALL, It, NOT Tru-ek, it's TRUCK. AND it just goes on and on... You should watch old documentaries like "Victory at Sea" for correct pronunciations. It's obvious theses are names you've only read.. not heard spoken.

  • @Cummo1963
    @Cummo1963 Před 2 měsíci +85

    The Australians defeated the Japanese on the Kokoda Track (not trail - that is the American description). There were no Americans there. And the Battle of Milne Bay was mainly fought by Australian troops and was the first land defeat of the Japanese. The Kokoda Track involved a tactical withdrawal along a treacherous track which cause the Japanese, who vastly outnumbered the Australians, to overstretch their supply lines and almost starve. Then the Australians went on the offensive. Macarthur was a micro manager who blamed the Australians for being cowardly but he failed to understand the terrain, the Australian tenacity and the strength of the Japanese from the comforts of his HQ in Brisbane. He repeated these same mistakes in the battle of the northern coastal villages of PNG where Australian troops were triumphant but just due to the meddling and lack of understanding of the battle by Macarthur. American played a huge role in the Pacific but I am over the Americans claiming all the credit and not realising the role Australia played and the huge defeats inflicted on the Japanese by the Australians in PNG.

    • @UncleDansVintageVinyl
      @UncleDansVintageVinyl Před 2 měsíci +18

      As an American, let me salute you for this excellent, accurate comment.

    • @bwilliams463
      @bwilliams463 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Fair enough. Just remember to blame MacArthur, not all of us. You've got me sufficiently intrigued to go do some research.

    • @Cummo1963
      @Cummo1963 Před 2 měsíci +11

      @@bwilliams463 Not trying to detract from the bravery and work of the US throughout the Pacific. An Australian militia battalion - the 39th from Victoria, meant for homeland defence and undertrained, found themselves facing up to 5000 battle hardened Japanese along the Kokoda Track. They did a tactical withdrawal to pull the Japanese into the jungle and to stretch its supply lines. It worked but there was not much left of the 39th. Our main battle hardened troops were caught up in North Africa (my uncle was one of them). Macarthur could not understand the retreat nor the low casualties as it was thick jungle on a track a few feet wide. Fighting along the way was often hand to hand and there was never any wide scale front. When reinforcements arrived the Aussies pushed the Japanese all the way back. Around this time a largely Australian force repelled with Japanese landing at Milne Bay. It took another two years to push the Japanese out of Japan. Dad used to fly DC3s over the Owen Stanley Ranges with troops and supplies on board. There are lot of PNG battles fought mainly by the Australians that never get a mention.

    • @bwilliams463
      @bwilliams463 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Cummo1963 Thanks for the extra info. As I said, I'm going to seek out information on Australia's contributions to the War. Were Anzacs separate from the actual Australian military?

    • @konstruct11
      @konstruct11 Před 2 měsíci +10

      Many people died because of certain generals incompetence just like in Korea, taking the North Koreans as not effective and not reacting to the Chinese presents caused a lot of unnecessary deaths

  • @Titus-as-the-Roman
    @Titus-as-the-Roman Před 2 měsíci +26

    The Beaufighter, "Whispering Death" : The most American British Fighter, with 4- 20mm cannon in the nose it was a commercial ship's Nightmare.

    • @dougcastleman9518
      @dougcastleman9518 Před 2 měsíci +4

      And in addition 6 .303 machine guns in the wings…very heavily armed.

    • @timsytanker
      @timsytanker Před 2 měsíci

      Nothing American about it. It would be more accurate to say the yank medium bombers were the most ‘British’

    • @Titus-as-the-Roman
      @Titus-as-the-Roman Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@timsytanker average "Americans" (not everybody is a *amn Yankee), Enough Guns wasn't enough, and they never saw one too big. The Brits were still using that 303 at least could strafe the ground, Go a Local Gun range here in the states (not all states) any weekend, boy are you going to be glad we're allies.

  • @stischer47
    @stischer47 Před 22 dny +5

    For those Aussies complaining about Americans taking credit for everything; that is true of those not educated about WWII, which, unfortunately is only increasing with the terrible condition of the US education systems (each state determines their own reqs). That said, those of us who have studied the Pacific War understand and appreciate the Aussies and Kiwis who played a major part. As for MacArthur, it wasn't only the Aussies he denigrated. It was ANYONE who might take a spotlight away from him, regardless of the deaths might have occurred.

  • @the1magageneral323
    @the1magageneral323 Před 2 měsíci +74

    One thing people overlook is how much the PBY flying boats contribute to the destruction of the Japanese shipping in the South Pacific.

    • @redstarlegion7009
      @redstarlegion7009 Před 2 měsíci +8

      US Navy Black Cats: PBY's that went after Japanese convoys.

    • @dennynoname815
      @dennynoname815 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@redstarlegion7009 We desperately need a modern version of the legendary Black Cats. #flynavy

    • @redstarlegion7009
      @redstarlegion7009 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@dennynoname815 Yes we do.

    • @voxfan7403
      @voxfan7403 Před 2 měsíci +7

      More overlooked is that the most effective submarine campaign ever waged against shipping was the US Navy's Pacific sub fleet's devastation of Japanese shipping. This despite the prolonged delay attributable to an initial dysfunctional torpedo and a Navy weapons bureau with its head up its butt. Germany never came close to isolating the UK by submarine, while the US strangled Japan by submarine despite the late start.

    • @the1magageneral323
      @the1magageneral323 Před 2 měsíci

      @@dennynoname815 I thought we had an aircraft similar to the PBY.

  • @markpaul-ym5wg
    @markpaul-ym5wg Před 2 měsíci +12

    One of your best videos yet in my opinion.Thanks HIDDEN HISTORY.

  • @carrickrichards2457
    @carrickrichards2457 Před 2 měsíci +3

    By March 1943 the crews of Beaufighter, A20, B25, B17 and PBY were veterans and had trained in skip bombing. B17 efficacy against ships improved further later. Nose cannon armamament of the Beaufighter was so good a heavier version was fitted to both B25G and A20G which though popular, arrived too late for most of the Bismark Sea engagements.

  • @Pinnaclebeacon634
    @Pinnaclebeacon634 Před 2 měsíci +10

    Keeping the grade A content rolling love it!

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před 2 měsíci +1

      Hear hear.

    • @paulgregg722
      @paulgregg722 Před měsícem

      The crass arrogance of companies who overprint historic film with their ‘ownership’ appalls me.

  • @Cbcw76
    @Cbcw76 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Stock photos should have maps instead. Those are available in several books, many of which include stock photos lifted from these camera-videos.

  • @ianhamilton3172
    @ianhamilton3172 Před měsícem +6

    Really enjoyed the video. One point - as an Australian whose father served in the RAAF during WWII, no Aussie would ever refer to our Air Force as the R, A, A, F. It is universally known as the R double AF. Also concur with the earlier comment made about MacArthur & his bungling use of Australian Army forces, & his disinclination to recognise their vital contributions in PNG.

  • @user-uw8bm1jv8k
    @user-uw8bm1jv8k Před 2 měsíci +15

    It must have really sucked, to be on a packed transport ship being attacked by waves of allied bombers and heavy fighters. If the troops were "lucky", and made it New Guinea, they faced combat in an awful tropical shithole.

    • @davidforbes7772
      @davidforbes7772 Před 2 měsíci

      It was even worse to be a POW packed into a transport and then sunk by an Allied submarine, as sadly many Jap transports were. I guess my Dad was lucky in that he was transported from Singapore to Formosa (now Taiwan) early in the war, before the Allied subs started their successful campaign.

  • @SwanOnChips
    @SwanOnChips Před 2 měsíci +4

    Please show more mapping ✅

  • @Theearthtraveler
    @Theearthtraveler Před měsícem +3

    The Battle of the Bismarck Sea was a very devastating defeat for Japan.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  Před měsícem +1

      Indeed it was. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @hughsmith7850
    @hughsmith7850 Před 21 dnem +1

    WOW, that was very interesting Professor. Really hit it out of the park with details.

  • @TranscendianIntendor
    @TranscendianIntendor Před 2 měsíci +2

    I suggest the book INDESTRUCTIBLE, ONE MAN'S RESCUE MISSION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF WWII by J0hn Bruning. It is the story of the man, his mission, and what he did to realize success. He owned a small airline. He always had a plane. Low altitude strikes are his invention. He put a machine-gun wherever he could on the available planes.

  • @chaso4937
    @chaso4937 Před 2 měsíci +13

    DO WE REALLY HAVE TO WATCH "CRITICAL PAST" IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN FOR OVER 12 MINUTES??

    • @chrisdavis3642
      @chrisdavis3642 Před měsícem

      I agree Someone's retarded idea to totally ruin archival material!

    • @chrisdavis3642
      @chrisdavis3642 Před 3 dny

      Yes because one person thought it was a good idea due to the fact that they think it enhances our viewing pleasure

  • @contumelious-8440
    @contumelious-8440 Před 2 měsíci +7

    You talk on and on about troop movements to this place and that place while showing a submarine, planes or ship on fire, etc. Maps. I had to look up a map to follow what movements you were talking about. In retrospect, I could just watch another channel that shows the maps instead of BW footage of subs, ships, fires, etc. Best of luck.

    • @user-qs4ti1bh6e
      @user-qs4ti1bh6e Před měsícem

      Don't you find that you learn more and get more satisfaction from doing research on your own? I think it's great that you were inspired/motivated to do a little of your own due diligence. Definitely a lot to keep one busy in WW2 Pacific.

  • @davey7452
    @davey7452 Před 26 dny

    In 19.05 the narrator said a B17 was damaged and the crew ejected, correction they bailed out ejector seats were not adopted by the American airforce till after the war with the adoption of jet aircraft.

  • @heyheynowinga9972
    @heyheynowinga9972 Před 7 dny +1

    at 648 they march like seven dwarfs

  • @MF-le7fp
    @MF-le7fp Před měsícem

    Nice “Washing Machine Charlie” footage, within the first 60 secs of the video. Japan’s equivalent of Stalin’s “Sewing Machines”, on the Eastern Front during this same period.

  • @FaithfulObjectivist
    @FaithfulObjectivist Před 2 měsíci

    Excellent discussion and detailed tactical review.

  • @Tucker_George
    @Tucker_George Před 2 měsíci

    Giving History Channel a run for there money!

  • @johnmorgan4313
    @johnmorgan4313 Před 2 měsíci +8

    R.A.A.F. pronounced R double A. F.

    • @stischer47
      @stischer47 Před 2 měsíci

      Interestingly I looked up the pronunciation at it was R.A.A.F. not R double A F...British perhaps?

    • @Nitedawg1
      @Nitedawg1 Před 2 měsíci

      @@stischer47yeh I don’t know where he got that

    • @johnmorgan4313
      @johnmorgan4313 Před 2 měsíci +3

      I just happen to be an Australian who has always lived in Australia with relation having served in the R.A.A.F. which terminology we use here R. Double A. F. In Australia. Your lack of knowledge of Australia is acknowledged.

    • @Nitedawg1
      @Nitedawg1 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@johnmorgan4313 I just said I didn’t know where you got it since I’d never heard that before but I didn’t say you were wrong. In the states we say r a a f but it sounds more cool the way you say it. I guess that would also help distinguish it more from the R. A. F.. Also have a lot of respect for Australia and don’t think they get enough credit for what they did in ww2. Did you ever hear the story of that team who kiak’d all the way to Singapore to blow up some ships there?

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 Před 2 měsíci

      Thank you for the info. Our Oz cousins kicked @$$!!!

  • @chillindave1357
    @chillindave1357 Před 12 dny +1

    What a huge amount of money invested just in steel for ships! Such a waste. All those men and the supplies to go with it

  • @David-wk6md
    @David-wk6md Před měsícem +1

    I have a 6.3 inch
    Flaccid

  • @user-wu7sn7ml7v
    @user-wu7sn7ml7v Před 2 měsíci +3

    The Japanese codes were broken
    😂😂😂.

  • @user-vb8nc4ir6f
    @user-vb8nc4ir6f Před měsícem

    What is the soundtrack name?

  • @pierredecine1936
    @pierredecine1936 Před 2 měsíci

    What is the difference between a Transport Ship and a Merchant ship ?

  • @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe
    @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe Před měsícem +1

    This was an entirely ANZAC operation USA barely tolerated. Where did B25s come from by th way?

  • @user-yi6nb9sj9i
    @user-yi6nb9sj9i Před 26 dny

    Could someone enlighten me on what make of plane that is in the thumbnail .

  • @stevewheatley243
    @stevewheatley243 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Do you have to have the critical past logo in the middle of the picture?

  • @chrismulligan6987
    @chrismulligan6987 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Goddamn, one long sentence.

  • @NormanSilver
    @NormanSilver Před měsícem

    Once Japan's ability to supply its many bases the war was already over. No food, fuel, ammo or other supplies. The US sub fleet really did a big job.

    • @user-qs4ti1bh6e
      @user-qs4ti1bh6e Před měsícem

      By the autumn of 1944 the Imperial Navy was substituting unrefined crude oil for Bunker-C fuel oil in their ships. Took it straight from the ground into their ships.

  • @VoicesofWW2YT
    @VoicesofWW2YT Před 2 měsíci

    wow

  • @John-ih2bx
    @John-ih2bx Před 2 měsíci +2

    Do you mean Leyte? If you do, it is pronounced "lay-tee".

  • @joelspringman523
    @joelspringman523 Před 2 měsíci

    I know that the PBY was not meant for air combat, but did it have any defensive armament?

    • @paulreilly3904
      @paulreilly3904 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yes. Machine guns could be deployed from the blisters. It could certainly be armed. Have a look, there's plenty of information out there.

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@paulreilly3904
      Thanks.

    • @Gwaithmir
      @Gwaithmir Před 2 měsíci +4

      My father flew a PBY during WWII. He patrolled the coast near Corpus Cristi, TX and hunted German U-boats.

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 Před 10 dny

      ​@@Gwaithmir
      Hats off to your dad.

  • @scroungasworkshop4663
    @scroungasworkshop4663 Před 2 měsíci

    This is a great channel especially for the people that like statistics but do you really need that big ugly watermark in the middle of the screen?

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron Před 2 měsíci +7

    I must be very careful with my choice of grammar especially when the subject is our erstwhile sworn enemy Japan from #WW2, I am only now able to comment again due to YT deeming my comments on a similar topic last Friday was “Hate Speech “. So let’s just say I am grateful once again for your work and effort uploading this and keep it up please 🙏 🇬🇧🎚️📚☘️

    • @marccrotty8447
      @marccrotty8447 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Dave. I am on permanent "shadow" banning from big brother. Half my posts disappear.

    • @LongJohnLiver
      @LongJohnLiver Před 2 měsíci

      ​@marccrotty8447 Lol you're not. It's long been known that CZcams eats comments. You can fix it by adjusting your settings. There's videos right here on CZcams about how to fix it.

    • @marccrotty8447
      @marccrotty8447 Před 2 měsíci

      @@LongJohnLiver Thank you for this direction. I will find video and make setting changes.

  • @gibraltersteamboatco888
    @gibraltersteamboatco888 Před 2 měsíci

    👍

  • @constantinegiotopoulos3033
    @constantinegiotopoulos3033 Před měsícem

    Some decent maps would make a lot more positive difference.

  • @j.pershing2197
    @j.pershing2197 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Monotone AF

  • @fredc3543
    @fredc3543 Před měsícem +1

    Gallant allied fighters.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  Před měsícem +1

      Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @davidcorless5581
    @davidcorless5581 Před měsícem

    THAT CRITICAL PAST ON THE SCREEN IS REALLY FRIGGEN ANNOYING.

  • @ValleyProud916
    @ValleyProud916 Před 2 měsíci +8

    That plane on the thumbnail doesn't exist!

    • @paulbrogger655
      @paulbrogger655 Před 2 měsíci +5

      AI at work -- it's only beginning . . .

    • @kellywright540
      @kellywright540 Před 2 měsíci

      @@paulbrogger655🤦‍♀️

    • @kellywright540
      @kellywright540 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I was flipping through videos that CZcams recommended and caught this thumbnail and had to look a little closer. I was like, a twin engined B17? Wait, what?!?! 🤦‍♀️

    • @mybadluckcharm
      @mybadluckcharm Před 2 měsíci

      @@kellywright540 B-17 meets Ju 88 that crashed and melded with a B-26 Marauder.
      It's insane. In-sanity.

  • @franktreppiedi2208
    @franktreppiedi2208 Před měsícem

    That Critical Past watermark is annoying.

  • @AR_119
    @AR_119 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Ok but what plane was that in the thumbnail? Looks like an ai generated b17 abortion

  • @nanordstrom
    @nanordstrom Před 13 dny

    Not showing maps.with locations and movements, is extremly annoying..

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  Před 6 dny

      Sorry m8, will add that to future videos. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @Renshen1957
    @Renshen1957 Před 2 měsíci +2

    R Double A F

  • @gatortrainchaser2080
    @gatortrainchaser2080 Před 2 měsíci

    The watermark in the MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN is quite ANNOYING.....
    GREAT VIDEO otherwise

  • @andygiles2213
    @andygiles2213 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Who writes this stuff? 17.47 "By the third of March, as the convoy neared Milne Bay, at Papua's south-eastern extremity". What next - did they pass by Brisbane and Sydney? In reality, Milne Bay was 500km away from the convoy and nowhere near it's intended path. Your lack of decent maps and other annotation in your videos creates a problem, as neither your audience, nor apparently you, have a clear picture as to what's going on. It's all just words.

  • @moonbeamchaos
    @moonbeamchaos Před 2 měsíci +2

    A note: the thumbnail shows an AI rendered “plane”. No such airplane existed. AI fail.

  • @Paul-zf8ob
    @Paul-zf8ob Před 2 měsíci +3

    All that time naming all the ships was a waste of time.

  • @traumgeist
    @traumgeist Před 2 měsíci +2

    China AI bot factory appreciate you continued patronage.

  • @pfrstreetgang7511
    @pfrstreetgang7511 Před 2 měsíci +4

    It's pronounced "truck", not "trook".
    Half your footage has nothing to do with the combat action you're reporting.

  • @KevinBattle100
    @KevinBattle100 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Your logo, smack in the center, makes this unwatchable.

  • @captjinxmarine9832
    @captjinxmarine9832 Před 8 dny

    If you are going to read history try learning the names before hand so you don’t sound stupid

  • @sheadjohn
    @sheadjohn Před měsícem

    those ships are so small compared to a 240,000 ton container ship. a C3 was almost 8,000 tons.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  Před měsícem +1

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @alexhubble
    @alexhubble Před 2 měsíci

    Can no one teach an AI reader that the Japanese name Abe has two syllables, A - be, Ah - bay. Honestly not Abe.

  • @leeoswald9799
    @leeoswald9799 Před měsícem +3

    I hope the Chinese are watching this today and are realizing they are the modern day version of Japan.

    • @HiddenHistoryYT
      @HiddenHistoryYT  Před měsícem +1

      Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @daystatesniper01
    @daystatesniper01 Před 2 měsíci

    That critical past ghost ruins the video thumbs down

  • @jmflournoy386
    @jmflournoy386 Před měsícem

    NOTHING about the convoy laying up then taking an unexpected course causing a lack of contact

  • @carlcoapman652
    @carlcoapman652 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I hate AI

  • @hss2432
    @hss2432 Před 2 měsíci

    First

  • @SharkHustler
    @SharkHustler Před 2 měsíci

    'Engrossingly' *_boring,_* and [even] with a 'captivatingly engaging' monotone delivery - the likes of which only defy description, despite with 'what[?]' communiqué transpires between MacArthur's strategic concern between Admiral 'Shoguyakimatsumishi's self-sacrificing counter-offensive deception endlessly dragging-on betwixt the 469th Naval Attachment overseeing Port Jargon-Balangoktikki-finicky ('lying somewhere' [now] beneath the depths of the vast Pacific), to the point of undermining the last of the 382nd Royal Armoured Australian Special Task-Force King's 'Jolly-Ho' Musketeers Battalion survivor's (who've thus far managed to get this far! ... ), now struggling to 'just make ends' with whatever island they may be lost within this dialogue ...
    And with little to go on (but _hardtack_ and expired _bully-beef_ flotsam), caring less without barely a [recognizable] map nor justifying face to recognize their own 'wits'-end' countenances with whatever _that_ may mean to contribute towards their (including, _our)_ sanity's 'sake', or 'meaning' behind their [twisted] storied 'last _hurrah'_-tales, all confusingly 'tall-taled' to the viewers' waning (but forgiving) 'interest' - 'conveniently' jumbled-in within the innumerable lost jungles of Java and sunken archipelagos of 'Jing-a-lingoo-land' lingo - *_I_* (likely along with others here, who've [only painstakingly] managed to plough-through this 'lecture') ain't got a *_goddamn clue_* (nor care anymore) of 'what in hell's going on here! ... Perhaps _'that'_ (amongst other 'illusionary apologal' accounts) then, is the 'true-story' nature of war.
    And _that's_ the way *_I_* goddamn-well 'see' it, _'mister!'_

  • @Tiggitytye
    @Tiggitytye Před 2 měsíci +2

    Cringe AI narration

  • @SunnyJohn45
    @SunnyJohn45 Před 2 měsíci +11

    Get rid of the Critical History junk from the middle of the screen and I may watch more of your videos. I got tired this one and disengaged at about four minutes.

  • @stephenmeier4658
    @stephenmeier4658 Před 2 měsíci +1

    An AI voice ain't a real voice. It ain't a person. An AI thumbnail ain't art. Your video ain't worth nothin

  • @dougcastleman9518
    @dougcastleman9518 Před 2 měsíci

    I can’t stand AI art used as thumbnails…total crap images with weird looking made up aircraft.

  • @Oakland99
    @Oakland99 Před 2 měsíci

    This video is horribly ruined by your "CRITICAL PAST" sign plastered across the screen. I will have to give this video a THUMBS DOWN and warn people not to waste their time time trying to see through the stupid screen stamp that conveys the message..."Not willing to share freely without childish property distractions ".