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The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima, Daniel Marston (editor)
Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific, Larry Smith
Hell is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific, Victor Brooks
Eyewitness Pacific Theater, Firsthand Accounts of the War in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the Atomic Bombs, John T. Kuehn and D.M. Giangreco
Lost in the Pacific: Epic Firsthand Accounts of WWII Survival Against Impossible Odds, L. Douglas Keeney (Editor)
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*Correction: The first nuclear bomb was not dropped exactly five months after fire bombing, it was the second nuclear bomb that was dropped exactly five months after.
Thanks again,
Griff
Is the game available in the uk tho
I agree its very irritating, totally takes you out of it.
The sirens didn’t go off as the plane was suspected to be a weather plane as bombing raids usually are with more than 1 plane.
The Armchair Historian Two request: a breakdown of the Lebanese Civil War and The Battle of Attu
I know this is picky but why no mention about kokoda besdies from that it was pretty good
My grandfather fought in the Battle of Saipan. He was a heavy machine gunner. After storming the beaches they were taking cover in a ravine and my grandfather yelled at his commanding officer, "Sir get down there are snipers in those trees". The brave officer stood up and exclaimed, "No God Damn sniper is going to stop the United States Army" and was immediate shot in the head and killed. My grandfather said the US loved it when the Japanese would do Banzai attacks as they would all come out of there cover and charge making it easy to mow them down. Just before the Banzai attack he said you could here them all getting drunk and rowdy preparing for the suicide attacks. Later in the battle my Grandfather was shot in the leg and was in the open with no cover and had to lay and play dead bleeding out for hours before the US were able to take control of the situation and treat him. To treat him they just cut his leg off and put him on a hospital boat and sent him back home. Thankfully he survived the ordeal or else his 8 children (my dad included) and 9 grandchildren (including me) would not be here today. RIP Grandpa McIntyre!
I'm reporting your grandfather for playing dead
Brave officer? That was was more stupid than brave
That officer gave his life fighting for our freedom I think he deserves some respect even if it was a dumb thing to do.
I can respect him while recognizing he made a stupid decision
rip grandpapy heavy mg gunner was this him later on? czcams.com/video/S06nIz4scvI/video.html
"We don't have the materials needed to wage war with the USA. So to get those materials, we'll declare war on the USA!" Japan's thought process for the invasion of the Philippines was questionable.
lol
This was before Japan respec and put all their skill point in INT
What
It was ethier war with us
Or
War with us but they have a fantastic jumping off point
Edit: Japan needed the resources and had to ethier push south or push north
Japan: We need to wage war throughout Asia because the US has cut off our oil!
US: We’ve cut off your oil because you’re waging war throughout Asia.
Japanese august 8th 1945:
"What is this strategy, they're sending only one plane"
Now young skywalker...you'll die!
acutally no.. but yes!
(because the bomber was surely escorted by other planes but only one did the bombing)
yes 1 plane with the greatest bomb in the world 🙂
@@ATLMike94 there were no jets during that time only fighter planes
Michael T. Mathews yeah there were other planes. My great uncle was in one of the escorting ones (im not sure which). Also jets did technically kinda exist. Germany had some jets near the end of the war, but they weren’t used for long and no other nation had them
If Hawaii falls into Japanese hands, They will surely rename it from Hawaii to Kawaii
Lmao
😂😂😂
Get out
This must happen
@@patricksviola why not you?
Those Japanese voice overs were quite excellent.
History House Productions thank you! -Kan Shimada
no they said Eigokoku instead of Igirisu.
Eigokoku literally means 'country English'
while Igirisu means England (UK).
@@taidordz yeah I think the actual Japanese vo would know more than you, weeb
nobleman faint r/wooosh
@@43sumfilmz1 How am I a weeb, if not only I hate anime, but everything else?
Besides, the only reason I know Japanese is I have been living in Japan for 4 years now.
Saying that everyone who understands Japanese is fucking retarded, it's only a kids logic, now go back to Fortnite instead of listening to educational videos you wouldn't even have understood.
5:23 The main reason America recuperated their losses was due to the Japanese not destroying three important assets.
1. The two aircraft carriers (edit, actually 3)
2. Fuel depos
3. Repair bays
japan actually regret it and tried to hunt it down. we all know it didnt go too well for japan
Two aircraft carriers? Enterprise, Lexington, Saratoga. (Must be that new math.)
padresteve.com/2013/11/30/pearl-harbor-the-missing-carriers-uss-enterprise-uss-lexington-and-uss-saratoga/
Just as important as your other three listings, but is too often neglected is the submarine pens. The subs took the fight to the Japanese, probably even more than the surface navy ships.
The Japanese knew that the carrier's weren't at Pearl harbor but they didn't care, the main target was the battleships.
Conroy Paw MATH IS MATH
Weren’t there 3 carriers out?
The flag was raised on Mount Suribachi upon its capture about 2 weeks before the end of the battle of Iwo Jima
My mistake. Thank you for the correction.
Griff
Yes/no. There were two flag raising. The first one, when they did first capture the Mountain. However, they did not get a picture of the flag and it was seen as unsightly as it was basically rushed up. The second one, which we all known, is two weeks before the end of the Battle.
shady1237 I also believe that the first flag was to small.
Nikko Allen no they were not. They got most of the originally crew. What was forgotten was the man who also helped raised thr flag, and was in the second picture, was ignored because they could not see him.
shady1237 thanks for the correction, and now I will remove my coment
Minor detail but Guam was taken by the Japanese immediately after Pearl Harbor. I noticed it remained blue on your map the whole time. Guam was the only American territory with a sizable population to be occupied by enemy forces. It wasn't till after Saipan was Guam liberated. I know this because I'm from Guam.
@Soviet Spud is was under Spanish control until the US claimed it after the sp-amer war as you mentioned.
@@spudspanzersofhistory8510 about the Spanish American war part you were.
Yeah, I noticed that mistake too. However, Guam wasn't the only sizable US territory with large population to be captured. The phillipines were too. Even if they didn't want to be a territory and their status was contentious, they were considered to be one until after WWII when the US learned its lesson and helped them transition to independence.
timmy D= Hong Kong was subject of aerial bombardment by the Japanese only an hour after the attack of Pearl Harbour and invaded soon after; with the Japanese attacking the Jin Drinkers Line
@@certaininterests7059 I think it actually happened before. Just the time differences messes things up.
Kinda ironic that it took the power of the sun to get the empire of the rising sun to surrender
You mean the power of stars?
(And also stripes)
@@darnit1944 nuclear fission aka atomic bomb
@@bernardrednix756 I know, i was just making a joke.
The Sun uses fusion not fission.
Bernard Rednix That would be a Hydrogen Bomb not the Atom bomb.
My grandpa served in the Filipino army and fought alongside American forces in the battle of Bataan. He survived the battles, the death march, and being a pow. He was the most peaceful man I knew and died at the age of 89. Miss you grandpa.
Thanks for his service ✝️
My great grandfather earned a Bronze Star by flanking and neutralizing a Japanese machine gun during Leyte Gulf. Later he took a bullet to the chest which sent him home with a Purple Heart, but he went to work in a factory as soon as he could to keep supporting the war effort. I'm very proud to have such a man as an ancestor.
R/thathappen
How did he flank a Japanese machine gun during a naval battle?
@@gr8990 lol!
Greg Rowell 😂😂
G R Im filipino and i can asure you, there were landings.
Japan: We shall win for our glorious empir--
USA: T A S T E T H E S U N.
Underrated Comment.
Ah yes, Japan felt the power of the true sun, not the rising sun.
ironic for a country called "the land of the rising sun"
@Rithvik Muthyalapati you mean A bomb, H bomb is a decade or so off
@@mahadhosh6400 how can you not joke about it? It was one of the best practical jokes of all time.
A favourite story of mine from the Pacific theatre. Is that of Ira Hamilton Hayes. A Native American from Arizona, who joined the Marines in late August of 1942. Despite the fact that the local authorities. Turned off the water supply to his community's farm when he was young.
Gipsy Danger there's a Johnny Cash song about him
Gipsy Danger My favorite story from WW2 period is that of the 442nd regimental combat team. They were made up of Japanese-Americans and went on to become the most decorated military unit in U.S. history and for good reasons. They had everything taken away from them and were rounded up and sent to faraway concentration camps as a result of Executive Order 9066, but they fought tooth and nail against the Nazis and damn well proved themselves as Americans. The greatest underdog story never told by Hollywood or other American media for obvious racist reasons.
SuperFortress That was in the 50s. When has a movie or show been made about them since? Other WWII topics and people still have movies and such made about them, but not the 442nd. You and I and some other history enthusiasts might know about them, but the good majority of people don't, which is a deep shame, considering their great sacrifice and valor to a country that once betrayed them.
SuperFortress Wasn't there that recent Nolan film about Dunkirk? Also The Pacific, a mini-series about some of the soldiers who fought against the Imperial Japanese (which by the way is one of my favorites on this subject matter if you haven't seen it already). What about all the Battlefield, Call of Duty, and other video games made about the war? Sure, they may not all focus on specific units/servicemen, but it's understood that they at least pay respect to all the white and sometimes black soldiers who fought in the war. What's unique about the 442nd is that they're made up of Japanese and other Asian-American servicemen. When was the last time you saw an Asian soldier featured in any one of these movies or games? Whenever you do see one, they're usually portrayed as the enemy, which if you ask me disrespects and discredits the reality of the war and those who fought in it. Also, just because Hollywood is liberal does not mean that they aren't racist. That's why I personally don't subscribe to any liberal media outlet or agenda because it's jam-packed with hypocrisy and veiled racism, sugarcoated by nice words and kumbaya bullshit.
SuperFortress Never heard of Only the Brave. Thanks for pointing that out. But that kind of speaks to how little attention or care is given to the 442nd and servicemen like them. I understand media should not be taken more seriously than actual history, but often those who are portrayed in media, especially historically based ones, show who society considers important or not. The fact that the 442nd is given such little attention shows how much people care or remember them.
I find it interesting that you left out East Malaysia (North part of Borneo island). The Japanese also invaded there, because there are oil fields off the north coast of Borneo island. Being of Chinese descent diaspora, my great grandfather was killed by the Japanese soldiers during the Japanese occupation of Sarawak (East Malaysia). The rest of my family back then fled to the jungles to escape persecution by the Japanese soldiers back then.
Also part of the Pacific campaign, was the Australian army halting the advance of Japanese forces at Port Moresby. On the treacherous mountainous Kokoda track, the Australians, even though outnumbered, managed to halt the Japanese invasion, and prevented Port Moresby from being taken.
Chinese were the only people in Asia who were fighting for the preservation of the white colonization. They were beneficiaries of the system working as go between white and the benefits.
That is why they fought for the whites.
Crosby Chang the British have loose control of "British North Borneo"
@It is what it is
Lytton’s report:
Right or left, and Great Powers or Japanese, they more or less all agree that the report written by the Lytton Commission was thorough and good, but except for its conclusion. The report literally says that just about everything Japan said is right, and respects all its rights in Manchuria. But in its conclusions, it suggests the Manchukuo to be under the control of the League of Nations.
Of course, the League of Nations was heavily controlled by the Great Powers and the members of Lytton Commission were all commanders of European countries, so in a way, this conclusion was understandable. But for the Japanese it was not acceptable. At the time, the Japanese politicians were pacifists and the Kwantung Army was aggressive. But it was really the media that fueled the whole thing everyday.
One of the communists and a Soviet spy arrested in the Sorge Incident was a Japanese journalist, Hotsumi Ozaki, at the leading newspaper company, Asahi Shinbun, who was executed in jail. He was also a brain to the Prime Minister Konoe, but previously he stationed in China as an analyst of Asahi for the Manchurian Railway.
@@hayek218 Nonsense. The Chinese were not fighting for the preservation of white colonization, they were fighting to resist the genocide that Japan subjected them to wherever it gained control. And all of the other people unfortunate enough to be conscripted into the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere quickly learned that however bad the Europeans were, the Japanese were infinitely worse. What Japan meant by "Asia for Asians" was really "Asia for *us*, and the rest of you ought to consider yourselves lucky if we allow you to survive as brutally treated slaves and prostitutes for our empire."
@@hayek218 you know right that you lets say racist and article you write well there some truth in it still also propaganda
I remember a brave Texas man who fought in the Pacific back then. He was somewhat quoted as saying, “I served in ‘Dubya-Dubya’ 2 and killed me ‘fitty’ men, before I lost my legs from a Japan-man’s machine gun!” His name was Cotton Hill.
Colonel Cotten hill the honorable
My great grandmother is 92 yrs old, she was a high school teacher back when Japanese occupied the Philippines. she won't tell me what happened to her or she forgot about it
It brings me great pride that my grandparents brother fought for the phillipines he was apart of Mexico 201st fighter squadron also known as the Aztec eagles
She was raked
I can tell you one thing, you don't forget the things I'm sure your grandmother experienced throughout that war
She probably has PTSD from it, so that's why she wouldn't talk about it.
I think you mean high school student, not teacher
These videos have no right to be this good
The flag on Iwo Jima was raised only on the 5th day of the battle. The battle on Iwo Jima went on for 31 more days after the flag was raised
"In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success." Isoroku Yamamoto
What Yamamoto failed to understand was that the very magnitude of success he achieved at Pearl Harbor would infuriate the American people so much that they would never settle for a negotiated peace with Japan. Port Moresby and Midway were turning points but even if the Japanese had won those they never had the capacity to occupy Hawaii and certainly not Australia, and between those bases and US industrial capacity an eventual US comeback was inevitable.
Bruce Tucker He hoped he’d get the carriers and the infrastructure necessary to fuel and maintain ships too. The demoralizing effect would hopefully not make America want to fight more. But I don’t think anything would be different anyway
Japan: Ok bois let us demoralize US.
US: Become angry & bigger
Japan: *Surprised Pikachu face*
@@taterater1052 "Demoralizing Effect"
And he was surprisingly accurate about 6 months give or take a few days the battle of midway happened
Also make video on battle of Al alamien.
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The flag being raised on Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima wasn't raised at the end of the battle for the island. They kept fighting for over a month after it was raised. Clint Eastwood's "Flags from our fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" both make mention of this.
My dad’s friend is the grandson of William b ault. He fought in the battle of coral reef, and while bombing a Japanese ship, he was shot down and never seen again.
Alabama would like to show some love to our Australian friends. They get ignored in so many historical accounts, but the entire Pacific campaign was fought in their back yard and the Pacific theater could not have been won without them. Cheers Australia, the US loves you.
As an Australian I greatly appreciate the sentiment and would like to extend the gratitude of Australia and New Zealand for the countless lives lost alongside our people in such a vicious war.
"could not have been won" is a stretch, but they do deserve recognition.
Australians hate Americans, like the rest of the world
The Biggest/Largest Naval Battle in WW2 also called “Battle of Leyte Gulf” happened in Leyte Province, Philippines
ok but did the philippines got involved in it?
Not exacty in leyte mate the battle was fought on 4 areas the Sibuyan Sea which one of the largest battleships in the world was sunk Surigao Straight which the last battleship vs battleship engagement happened Cape Engano where a Japanese Decoy Fleet lured the U.S 3rd Fleet away from the Leyte Invasion Area leaving only the U.S 7th Fleet Taffy Groups to defend MacArthurs invasion force in Leyte one of which is taffy 3 that engaged the Japanese Center Force Fleet off Samar
@@mahadhosh6400 there is also 73 Easting, but that one was very fast
@@mahadhosh6400 yep, Desert Sabre, or the ground campaign that took place after Desert Storm, lasted barely 100 hours
@@inkom1803 yes, of course. The filipinos resistance was very heavy which mounted japanese casualities
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It’s amazing coming back and seeing how much Griffin’s confidence has increased over the years.
Finally a ww2 video that isnt from the philippines talking about the philippines in detail.
Most of my ancestors died in manila. While my great grandfather escaped from camp o donnell and joined the fil american guerillas.
Manila was almost devastated because of the war.
Wasn’t it almost completely destroyed?
@@marshalgalinato8222 2nd most destroyed city in world war 2
The commemoration of the Bataan Death March was recently celebrated. I live in Concepcion, Tarlac and studied in Capas, Tarlac during highschool. It is where Camp O'donnell is located. I have been to Camp O'donnell for our intramurals before. There is a shrine commemorating fallen american and filipino soldiers.
Today, New Clark City is currently being built in Capas to be the Philippines' administrative center to decongest Manila. Just beside the shrine.
Thank you for your great grandfather's service.
@@marshalgalinato8222 Manila remains a hell hole 70+ years after the war 😂
15 Thousand Australian troops were in Singapore
21-25 million Chinese troops died for their country fighting the Japanese.
I see. Sorry for my misunderstanding, it's just so annoying to see "wHAt aBOut AUsTralIA" comments scattered throughout the comment section.
@@yo_tengo_una_boca6764 The vast majority of those weren't troops, they were civilians. The Japanese fascists murdered nearly as many people as the Nazis did.
Marxist Squidward I mean any country that faught I’m ww2 deserves just as much respect as any other country. Australia deserves to be mentioned atleast twice
50sausagesatonce So then why aren’t people mentioning Mexico or Brazil during World War Two?
My Grandpa was stationed in the Philippines but I don’t remember if he was in the battles where Japan was attacking or the US was trying to take it back. but he died this year RIP Thomas Francis Xavier Reilly.
my filipino grandpa was a combat medic then, he could have possibly stood side by side with your grandpa making their the last stand against the invading japanese. my grandma happens to be a native of bataan unfortunately not much of their stories were passed on to me. everytime i asked my aunts and uncles they were too uninterested in sharing the stories. as a kid i was very much interested about what happened to them during ww2. both of them passed away a few years apart before 2010s in their late 80s. very proud of my grandpa as he probably treated and save countless of lives back then.
My great grandfather fought in ww2 Philippines. He fought in the battle of Bataan and survived or didn't get captured by the japanese. I'm not sure because he looks japanese and someone mistakes me as a Japanese person (im not). His still alive at the age of 96
Japan: *sees one bomber*
Japan: wow they really must be on a low budget
As a Filipino, this episode is very interesting to me.
Pillipphines is the poor version of Thailand
@@santiagocarreno5881 considering the rampant corruption and nepotism, mindless politicians, mountains of red tape and bloated bureaucracy, and lack of economic freedom; economically, yeah.
Your comment falls culturally and ethnically as The Philippines is closer to Malaysia or Indonesia than the Thai peoples.
The Filipino peoples are part of the Austronesian ethnic group as to the Tai ethnic group of the Thai peoples.
Nonetheless, you should've compared the Philippines with Indonesia or Malaysia rather than Thailand.
BTW, we wuz kangz
Edit: grammar
@@JHohenhauser hahahaha Thank God my comment did not traumatize you 🤣🤣🤣
@@santiagocarreno5881 nah, we're the Mexicans of the Pacific. Too cool for you 😎
@@JHohenhauser its pissed me off when someone is defending Japan even tho they did the worst warcrime in ww2 and demonize the US for trying to end the Japanese expansion and atrocities
Wait, this actuallly sounded like the philippines is the Only South East Asian country who fought the Axis with the allies.😄
The animation made it look like China was united. It wasnt at all
We understand, but for the sake of simplicity we put it all under one name. If you want a more in-depth look at China, you can watch our Second Sino-Japanese War video.
Griff
They fought together though so just see it as a pact
Cvetomir Georgiev
Hearts of Iron IV taught me that
czcams.com/video/MaDeB84WNjA/video.html there is another video
That is a story for another day
My grandmas dad fought on Iwo Jima. He actually met MacArthur a few times and told my grandma stories she told us after the war. He was a great man saved my bloodline.
I met Paul Tibbets, the pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It was interesting to hear him give a speech about it. Later I saw him, we shook hands, I introduced myself, he said my name and we talked briefly. wow I have a picture of me and him together.
My great grandfather was a surgeon in the United States Navy and he was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. He survived and many years later was buried alongside his fellow brothers in arms on the main island. My family have always been in the Navy and even before they immigrated to America they we're in the German Navy. This is only one piece of the great and tragic story of the Hill family, formally known as the Belz family. Rest in Peace great grandfather. Your lineage endures.
Respects to your entire family for their service
I came across your channel a couple days ago and have come to love it so much. I love history (especially WWII), and you articulate with such clarity and conciseness. Your are not an "Armchair Historian" but a historian scholar. Thank you for sharing history.
Good thing there’s a great tv series based on this war”the pacific” and lots of documentaries to keep generations interested in learning about this subject.
Can you pls recommend a few?
Where can I watch "the Pacific" series?
Midway the movie which recently came out is another one. Loved the Delotittle Raid segment!
@@hectorzero8545 hbo max I believe, it’s like the little sibling to “band of brothers”
No mention of the Australian forces ;(.
No mention of practically the most important Allied member of the Pacific (China)
@@yo_tengo_una_boca6764 He did, but only at the beginning. I'm not sure you could really consider China to be the most important member - lots of Japanese troops were employed there, but the problem the Japanese had everywhere else in the Pacific War wasn't lack of manpower, it was lack of warships, planes, transport, and infrastructure. Having another half million soldiers stuck in the Japanese Islands because there was no way to transport them to the Marianas or Philippines and no way to feed them or supply them with ammo had they been there wouldn't have changed anything. And the Chinese military proved almost useless to the Allies because of the hopeless state of the government and the national economy at that time. Most of the country that wasn't held by Japan was in the hands of local warlords who paid little attention to directives from the central government and used troops and supplies mostly for jockeying for position against the other warlords and the communists rather than for any coordinated effort against the Japanese.
@Paul G That was never more than a pipe dream. The US and UK were never going to allow Japan to take over SE Asia and Japan never had the means to beat them in a naval war. Even if not one other aspect of the Pacific War had taken place, once war with the US and UK commenced the Allied submarine campaign alone would have been enough to cripple the Japanese economy and bring any offensive operations by them to a halt. They simply lacked the resources to run their economy on their home islands and lacked the naval forces required to secure the vital resource-producing areas of SE Asia.
Australian forces weren't able to deal with the emus, so I suppose that Japan was in different league for them also.
Yeahhh battle of the coral sea was like 50/50 US and Australians AND the entire recapture of Indonesia and Philippines campaign run by McCarther was done by US and Australian troops and Navys
This was a BRUTAL part of the war. Thank you for posting this. Well done. 👊🏻👌🏻
Thanks!
Griff
12:26
Dressel: *Did somebody say*
*I W O J I M A ?*
"One of the greatest British military defeats..."
Me: which one?
Souper Dooper *Star Spangled Banner Starts Playing*
@@jpeezy6273 you're right. America, the biggest pussies that wouldn't get involved until the end of ww2
Just another commenter you do realize that WW2 end in 1945 right?
@@sleazymeezy bruh, the US were actively involved throughout the war by supplying the rest of the allies.
Just another commenter you know we wanted to but there was political reasons it’s not that simple
It's good to see the Pacific Theatre being remembered - I had a great-grandfather and a great-uncle there (the latter was shot dead by the Japanese).
The Pacific is always remembered by everybody except the Russians. According to Russian propaganda the second world war was won in Berlin. They didn't participate in the Asia, Africa or the Pacific campaigns.
I darn do well liked hearing the story from my friend's WW2 vet Grandpa (who sadly passed away)
Pretty much the Pacific Theatre will be remembered by any country that was involved it.
@@dereenaldoambun9158 funny thing though, Most Filipinos don't even know Two World Wars happened
Edit: The Philippine Seas has the record of the biggest naval fight in The Pacific Front. I have no idea how many people don't know it
@@CM-ve1bz Not true. Once the Germans were taken care of, Soviets offered support in areas around Manchuria, considering Japan took it from China and USSR. USSR was seeking to take these lands because it was taken from them of course, so they weren't exactly helping just to be the good guys. Enemy of my enemy is my friend after all.
The Japanese had sent a declaration of war to the United States to be delivered at exactly half an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbor began. The Japanese declaration laid out reasons, including the oil embargo, on why they were now against the United States. As a Japanese commander put it, "it is honorable to allow the enemy to wake up, take up a sword and be allowed to defend himself instead of killing him in his sleep." To paraphrase.
Christ Is King However due to certain problems, it was actually delivered an hour after the attack.
Alex Mercer I 🤔😤😤😤 True
bad fuckin idea either way, America woke up to stomp them back to their island lol
Christ Is King
Why don’t you say that to China
Many mistake this for a deceleration of war. It was actually a document saying that negotiations with the United States has failed. However it did not declare that a state of war had existed.
1) The U.S did not write off the Philippines, Guam and Wake Island prior to war with Japan. MacArthur was expected to hold the Philippines at all costs. There was a plan to retake Wake Island early in the war, but the Admiral in Charge was overruled. MacArthur was warned that Japanese attack on the Philippines was imminent, but he did not believe it, and ignored the warning. The Japanese attacked the very next day. Before the fall of Bataan, MacArthur was spirited out of the Philippines via U.S. PT boat, and relocated in Australia. Incredibly, he received the Medal of Honor for his (non)defense of the Philippines. But the U.S. desperately needed a hero. Any hero.
2) Of the battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor, only the Arizona and Oklahoma were total losses. The others were repaired and returned to service in the war. Other than no aircraft carriers being in port in Pearl Harbor, the greatest omission by the Japanese was not launching a third attack and destroying the oil supply tanks and ship repair facilities. That would have been extremely devastating for a very long time to the U.S fleet and U.S. operations in the war.
3) The importance of the six-month Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 to February 1943) cannot be overstated! At the time, it WAS the War in the Pacific! It stopped the Japanese in their tracks, from which they never truly recovered.
4) I am astonished that there is absolutely NO MENTION of the two-pronged strategy and approach to U.S. victory in the Pacific (Operation Cartwheel), in which Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (Southern Pacific campaign) and General MacArthur (Central Pacific Campaign). This was the entire U.S. battleplan on how it would carry out the War in the Pacific. MacArthur expertly commanded troops in Papua, New Guinea for much of the war. Admiral Nimitz spearheaded the island-hopping campaign highlighted in this video.
5) Even with our island-hopping campaign, some of the very bloody battles of the Pacific were not necessary. The U.S. would have won the war just as fast (and not losing thousands of Marines and Army troops in the process) by not attacking the Philippines, Peleliu, Saipan and Iwo Jima. By the time the Battle of Iwo Jima was fought, U.S. President Truman knew the U.S. possessed “the bomb” and the U.S. could have bypassed that very costly battle. Admiral Nimitz wanted to bypass Saipan and Peleliu, but MacArthur insisted on retaking those islands.
6) Dropping the two nuclear bombs on Japan was VERY necessary! Even after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were levelled by nuclear bombs, the Japanese STILL did not want to surrender, and even staged a “Palace Revolt,” that nearly killed Emperor Hirohito. However, it was Hirohito himself who ended the stalemate and decided to (almost) unconditional surrender. The sole condition on surrender was for Hirohito to remain in power, and the U.S. acquiesced, providing General MacArthur would run post-war Japan.
7) It cannot be overstated on just what a masterful job MacArthur did in running post-war Japan! He kept the Russians/communists out, demilitarized Japan, ended corruption and transformed Japan into a modern democracy, all of which were very difficult tasks, and NOBODY ELSE could have done such a terrific and successful job!
Nimitz certainly did not object to taking Peleliu and Saipan. The Marianas were part of the Navy's strategy since the beginning of the island hopping campaign, and Nimitz was the one that went ahead with the Palau operation despite recommendations from Halsey that his forces be redirected to Leyte.
1 - The video definitely gives MacArthur a big pass on the Philippines, calling him a hero for fleeing from a situation that he very much helped create. The Philippines could have held out far longer (perhaps never even falling completely before help arrived) if MacArthur had made proper preparations and had come up with a better initial strategy than defend everything.
Nicely done! But you should do more detailed studies of the Pacific War. Even in my school days it was something that was briefly hit.
Thanks Craig! Unfortunately, we're wrapping WW2 up this month.
Griff
Craig L. Young which sucks because it was clearly the more brutal of the two fronts and in my opinion just as interesting.
John Collins : Oh I full agree. Growing up there was an old man that everone in Dad's American Legion gave respect to. I asked Dad if he was a war hero and Dad told me no he's a survivor of New Guinea. I didn't understand it until later when I looked in to it, I understand now.
Highly recommend the book "Retribution" if you want to learn more about the Pacific War.
@@TheArmchairHistorian Boy this didn't age well.
Aussie here. My great gramps fought in New Guinea, at Port Moresby. Rest In Peace frank Aubin, 29/7/2923 - 1/6/2011.
@Plo Koon yeah, he signed up pretty much as soon as he could.
“I shall return” - General Douglas MacArthur vowed to Filipinos after Japan invaded the Philippines.
And so he did
"I'll be back" is what he was actually meant to say
Dug out Doug should have been behind the door with Epstein kiddie fiddler
I'm a Filipino and I love this history😍💖 Keep up the Good work😉💘
armchair historian, your stories are really good and you have an excellent production. I haven't seen any videos about History without being a war history. That would also be cool.
Thanks for such a simple, detailed, and beautiful video. I love your channel!!!
Gotta love 1:04 When he says "Historical Naval Battles" It shows a "Yamato" with 4 main turrets
In Peru, we have an armed conflict also called La Guerra del Pacífico, which is very remembered nowadays. I would love to see a video about it
games.xx the one against Chile?
Yes
That's the war of the pacific or the saltpeter war.
Great content and production value, very happy to see this quality entertainment on youtube, thanks!
I absolutely LOVE the style of these videos!
i've recently gotten very interested in the pacific/japanese side of ww2
very cool to research the aircraft and other things.
Nimitz does all the heavy lifting, McArthhur takes the credit
And yet the Army's role in the Pacific remains a footnote.
Should have locked him up child abuse
Always wanted to learn about the Pacific War in World War II and thank you for this video you made.
Awesome vid as always! Would be cool if you did a more in depth vid on the second Sino - Japanese war, a topic rarely covered even though its scale was huge.
The Japanese executed my great grandparents on suspicion that they were in the Filipino resistance. My grandmother was only eight years old at the time. Nobody really knows if my great grandparents were actually resistance fighters because my grandma's three older sisters have already passed.
Mc.Arthur looks so badass.
I made a presentation using this video and my group was praised. Thankyou for making this video and all your hard work. Much love 😘
As always, wonderful video! However you could've added information or a piece on operation Downfall, the hypothetical larger D-day on Japan and its consequences to really put the brutality of the pacific war in perspective. Great job guys!
My grandpa was a JIA infantryman who fought in Okinawa he held the allied soldiers in very high regard and respected them as fellow warriors on the other side generations later and im continuing his legacy as a US Army Infantryman Im gonna make him proud
Japan: I don't wanna fight. I wanna go home.
USA: Too late.
Russia: Yoinked
Awesome video griff, keep it up. By the way, the music you used really had the effects you wanted. Good job.
Glad you liked it!
Griff
Your history Videos Are Awesome!
Something that I find interesting in the pacific war, but rarely get his deserved covereged is the consequences for Southeast Asia colonies, mainly in Phillipines, Myamnar and Indonesia.
I would love if the Armchair Historian would make a video about these independences, mainly Indonesia one.
At Pearl Harbor the Japanese failed to destroy the Oil Depot or the Dry Docks by failing to launch another wave; another "what if" scenario.
Nope. They weren't ordered to destroy the oil.
The final wave would have targeted ships like those before and was aborted as air defenses at Pearl Harbor were up and organized by that point. Japan didn't target the depots, because it didn't plan a prolonged war of attrition, being very aware it could not win such a war either way. They hoped to intimidate the US with a initial show of force, viewing Americans as a "mercantile race" that would have no stomach for an expensive war.
Needless to say, they were wrong.
@@olenickel6013
"viewing Americans as a "mercantile race" that would have no stomach for an expensive war."
Ah a nice recipe for "DEFEAT".
Their ego, arrogance & bullshit so-called 'honor' was their own downfall
11:30 love the use of the Banzai charge screams from Rising Storm
Glad to see that you ve improved a lot at making video, keep it up!
It's Nic to see the finished product of the streams
Fantastic! There's a serious lack of pacific war related content, the Chinese front next?
Great videos! Just found you today and im so surprised i didnt earlier!! Cant wait for more! Youre very informative and seem to really care about this stuff which i can appreciate! I subscribed right away, youre one of few channels i can truly watch and really enjoy the animations and information shared! Awesome job! I hope the best for your career!
Really appreciate it Daniel!
Griff
Thank you for the work!
The Japanese soldiers look like boomhauer from king of the hill.
"Here comes the sun" suddenly had quite an ominous meaning to it, after Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
My Pepe was a battling bastard of Bataan. He was captured on corrigedor and then he survived the Bataan death March. Then he again went to survive 4 YEARS as a POW! All from age 18-22! He was tortured daily. Starved. Forced to work 18 hour days. The guys use to break their own fingers. Wrists etc to get a few weeks off from work if close to death. I have a picture of my Pepe with a 5 survivor friends of his and they have their hands up and they all have crooked fingers from breaking them so much over 4 years! Crazy! That generation was just tougher then us.
Very precise content overall!
Rising storm banzai charge voicework, so iconic !
You forgot to include Guam. Guam was invaded and captured only a few hours right after Pearl Harbor.
And was won back by the Australians
At 5:54 - that's the B Reactor in Eastern Washington state - at present I live about 20 miles from it - while most of the surrounding buildings are gone, the main reactor building itself is preserved as a museum, and can be toured!
Great summary. I was on Leyte for over a year. I need to do research on the battle of Leyte.
Just finished watching Hacksaw Ridge, WOW what an incredible story, and events upon told during this global cataclysmic of an event..
Quick correction the flag on Iwo Jima wasn’t raised at the end of the battle but near the beginning of the battle.
I love how active you are on uploading and making vote polls, unfortunately I voted the other, but I don't mind having this. Because I was in middle of which one to choose, but I've seen a lot of documentaries of this but it's always something new that I discover, which is good, thanks for this anyways!
P.S: I know that you have to use the sponsor whenever you make the deal to keep the quality on the channel coming, but can we have that sponsor in the END of the video, when I know there is NOTHING important for me to see ? I personally hate selfpromo and adds during the video and especially at the beginning, it ruins my mood to watch the video.
Love this this was amazing.
using rs2 sounds for the banzai charges, i got you.
My great grandfather survived Japanese War crimes
War crimes are bullshit war itself is immoral but he's lucky to survive
@@czaralexander5156 no
I was waiting for this
Yes!! This is such a great video for me, I’m doing some intense personal research on the Pacific Theater. I’m writing all my findings in essay form, mainly cause writing it down helps me remember but also so if I forget, I can just look back. But my beginning was very, not good. I got some information wrong but this video really helped. A few details you left out (mainly from the beginning because so far I’ve only reached the battle of wake island) America’s aerial AND naval forces were decimated by the Japanese bombing raids. Also, the retreat to Bataan was also to prevent Japanese access to the Manila Bay, while also being a last attempt to defend the Philippines. You also forgot the mention American and Filipino troops posted on some Islands near by, who held out a bit longer before being forced to surrender. Other wise an amazing video
juscurious ah thanks man, I’ll definitely look into it
The more I hear about Japan during WW2 the more I think those atom bombs were justified
Japan killed civilian all over Asia they got what they deserve
In war everybody is harmed and the people do represent the government
Rather you like to admit or not
The Soviets played a bigger hand in forcing the Surrender. Even if the US didn’t drop the A bomb Japan would’ve surrendered once the Soviets joined.
@@Jose.AFT.Saddul The Japanese war cabinet was prepared to fight to the end, Soviets or not. Besides that, the Soviets did not have the naval capabilities to stage a large-scale amphibious invasion at the time. In the end, it was the atomic bombs that ended the war since it negated the Japanese strategy to bleed their opponents out in protracted battles of attrition.
@@redaug4212 they knew that if they surrendered to the Americans they could keep their way of life if they fought on a part of the country would fall to communism
@@Jose.AFT.Saddul The Soviets were already invading Japan's northern islands though, and the Japanese were resisting the same as they had against any other enemy army. If the communists invaded, then the Japanese would fight to the end just as they would with the Americans. That was just their philosophy.
Let me ask this - If Japan was so concerned about communism they why were they considering the Soviet Union as an intermediary for negotiation with the US?
Good video, timeline was spot on as far as my knowledge goes but I do have 1 problem. It feels like the armchair historian deliberately refrained from mentioning Australia, 90% of the conflicts mentioned involved Australian forces and of the allied forces in the Pacific australia was the second largest contributor behind the us, australia was singlehandedly fighting the Japanese for years before America had shown up and was making it hell for the Japanese, there was a massive campaign for papa new Guinea which was singlehandedly managed by the Australians and the armchair historian didnt mention it despite mentioning less important conflicts such as guadalcanal which by the way involved Australian forces as well as American, it wasnt an American victory it was an allied victory.
the 2 leds are both form usa so they wunt any think abut usa troops felling in to the jungle
Jacob Nielsen It’s just Americans jerking off Americans I can’t see how you aren’t used to it yet
THOMAS SMITH because most of you think you saved us all in both world wars when you didn’t and then try to claim you were the most important
@THOMAS SMITH Go to Wikipedia, Google list of US wars and you might get part of the answer. Add the arrogance displayed by almost all US administrations to allies, neutrals and enemies alike and you are off for a good start. Talking about american exceptionalism doesn't help either. Applying double standards left and right isn't exactly well received either. And that's before we even get started with the fine details like the US treatment of international courts (outright threatening to invade should US military personell ever been subjected to a process), the history of CIA interventions, the history of torture without consequences, the illegal drone strikes, the financing of guerillias to topple legitimate governments ... you get the gist I think.
Your country worked very hard for its reputation in the last century. The few and far between objectively "good" actions don't change that perception a lot. And that's all happening with a self-rightous attitude of representing the good guys. If you are the good guys, I don't want to see the bad guys.
In WW2 on the bottom line you might really have lived up to your own standards, at least if we round away those bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But that's been a long time ago.
Nice video. Keep up the good work.
Love you videos!
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@3:13 Interesting quote...I guess it's this same rationality that made them use nukes instead of wasting hundreds of thousands of their soldiers' lives...
Japan had more people die on Iwo Jima then the US did. The US had 6.8k killed and Japan had 17-18k dead.
More overall US casualties, though. The difference was that almost none of the Japanese wounded survived.
@@brucetucker4847 Out of the 19k wounded Americans at Iwo Jima not all of those injuries were life threatening though. I'm not sure where we would see stats on that but I bet the max of those injuries that would be life threatening would be 50% I'd say.
And yeah then for the Japanese if you got wounded it was not like they could fly you out of the island to recover. You either died from your injury or got healed enough to fight again until you died later on. Of the few Japanese that were taken prisoner on Iwo Jima most of them were injured guys who could not continue fighting when the Japanese hospitals got captured. For Okinawa there were actually 7k Japanese taken prisoner which was a lot of Japanese taken prisoner during WW2. At that battle many taken prisoner were also wounded guys as well.
Vinny Siracusa It’s probably because Dressel was leading the US to take iwo jima
THOMAS SMITH ok I can understand you not getting the reference but how tf did you take that seriously?
Loses include wounded men too. Americans lost 28.000+ while Japanese lost 21.000.
Great video it helped me alot