Blitzkrieg in South East Asia - Japan's Conquest of Indonesia Animated

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  • @historigraph
    @historigraph  Před 2 lety +74

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    • @QuizmasterLaw
      @QuizmasterLaw Před 2 lety +1

      Yet another excellent video, I am sure your work will wind up with hundreds of thousands of views and should be seen by people at Sandhurst, Westpoint, RMC, and other Commonwealth military academies.

    • @unstoppablegaming2079
      @unstoppablegaming2079 Před 2 lety

      ok

    • @cheetengho7876
      @cheetengho7876 Před 2 lety

      Your discord link isn’t working.

    • @historigraph
      @historigraph  Před 2 lety +2

      @@cheetengho7876 Just tested it and it does- not sure why it isn't for you. Here's another discord.gg/q4zFvvz5

    • @cheetengho7876
      @cheetengho7876 Před 2 lety +1

      @@historigraph thanks looks like my discord was acting up. Would be nice to have general chat though.

  • @TheOperationsRoom
    @TheOperationsRoom Před 2 lety +814

    Enjoying the Singapore/East Indies campaign series :)

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Před 2 lety +583

    This area of Asia is among the most overlooked in events after Pearl Harbour.

    • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
      @SpaceMonkeyBoi Před 2 lety +32

      Among? A- among us!?!? 😳
      I'm sorry

    • @artamrein9276
      @artamrein9276 Před 2 lety +5

      Sus

    • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
      @SpaceMonkeyBoi Před 2 lety +8

      @@md.tamzidislam6580 I wish I could delete my comment, but I'll just make another among us comment. I can't stop the among us, I need therapy... 😔

    • @shinchan-F-urmom
      @shinchan-F-urmom Před 2 lety +29

      Not to mention that China is basically overlooked,
      China suffered the most brutality of Japan

    • @RangaTurk
      @RangaTurk Před 2 lety +2

      The islands of Aru, Tanimbar and the Irian Jaya town, Merauke even more so.

  • @bangscutter
    @bangscutter Před 2 lety +701

    In popular general knowledge, not many people outside of history fans are aware that the Pearl Harbour attack and the South East Asia conquest started around the same time. The Pearl Harbour attack is much more well-known, but it was actually not the primary target. The conquest of South East Asia is the primary goal. However, it was impossible to conquer without bring the US into war, so Japan had to strike first to have any real chance of victory. The Pearl Harbour attack is the secondary goal of crippling the US fleet to buy time for Japan to establish themselves in South East Asia while the US navy is recovering. Of course, in hindsight, the US navy not only recovered much faster than expected, but the whole US economy went into mad war production economy to eventually out-produce every other country in the war.

    • @dclark142002
      @dclark142002 Před 2 lety +65

      The entire early Pacific War strategy is all predicated around seizing the oil fields of the Dutch East Indies and the oil refineries at Palembang (mostly). The Philippines and Singapore were places from which a defense of this area could be mounted. The US fleet at Pearl was also a target because it could be used to protect the Dutch East Indies.
      If you have ever played War in the Pacific, Admiral's Edition (the best and most realistic simulation of the Pacific War ever made)...you will discover that the best Japanese players consider the early attacks from the perspective of being able to get to and hold Palembang as quickly as possible. All actions are to be considered from the lens of 'will this help me take or hold Palembang' to determine if the activity of their forces is worth while.

    • @ariantes221
      @ariantes221 Před 2 lety +61

      To be honest, if Japan had not attacked the US possessions in the pacific theatre at all, it is highly questionable on whether the US would have entered the war on the allied side at this point. The US president would have had a difficult time to convince the US senate to declare war on Japan to protect Dutch and British colonies in the far east, especially the Dutch colonies as the Dutch mainland was now part of Germany.

    • @magnuscritikaleak5045
      @magnuscritikaleak5045 Před 2 lety +4

      @@ariantes221 The Netherlands supported the Finns and the Germans not the Japanese.

    • @m.steward9146
      @m.steward9146 Před 2 lety +21

      @@ariantes221 Admiral Nagano had advocated such a strategy, but he was overruled.

    • @ariantes221
      @ariantes221 Před 2 lety +7

      @@magnuscritikaleak5045 erm? What?

  • @andrewzimmerman2131
    @andrewzimmerman2131 Před 2 lety +455

    Netherlands 1941: Okay the homeland is occupied and we’re stuck relying on the British to protect what’s left of our government. At least it can’t get much worse.
    Japan: Hippity hoppity your East Indies colonies are now my property.

    • @michaelbelcher8805
      @michaelbelcher8805 Před 2 lety +44

      also Netherlands Minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen: Imma be a tree

    • @CarthagoMike
      @CarthagoMike Před 2 lety +23

      I mean, the Dutch actually declared war on Japan, unlike Britain.
      And it cost them, dearly.

    • @johnsonleetle
      @johnsonleetle Před 2 lety +22

      The Dutch mainland and the Dutch East Indies were invaded by the Germans and the Japanese respectively, but what's left of the Dutch are the government-in-exile in London, some unknown refugees and the Dutch colony in South America.

    • @jaapfolmer7791
      @jaapfolmer7791 Před 2 lety +7

      Dutch: Hippity Hoppity, now the US will nuke your property.

    • @johnsonleetle
      @johnsonleetle Před 2 lety +2

      There is also the Dutch colony of Aruba

  • @arjenh7214
    @arjenh7214 Před 2 lety +153

    Dutch: phew, at least we still have the colonies
    Japanese: nope, you're the pisang

    • @j.h1529
      @j.h1529 Před 2 lety +9

      Pisang 🍌?

    • @arjenh7214
      @arjenh7214 Před 2 lety +43

      @@j.h1529 It means 'banana' in malay/indonesian. 'Being the pisang' is now a Dutch expression meaning 'you're screwed'

    • @hansthegermansoldier7550
      @hansthegermansoldier7550 Před 2 lety +1

      Anjayyy

    • @ansosboy8687
      @ansosboy8687 Před 2 lety +2

      Pisang? Are you Boer? Or Indonesian?

    • @arjenh7214
      @arjenh7214 Před 2 lety

      @@ansosboy8687 just from the Netherlands

  • @HistoriaCritica2020
    @HistoriaCritica2020 Před 4 měsíci +2

    awesome video man, thanks

  • @FebiMaster
    @FebiMaster Před 2 lety +124

    Indonesian here, i never knew there are a lot of allied millitary response and operations within dutch east indies, it was rarely talked about in general history, and what i learned from school only talks about Indonesians own struggle against the dutch and the japanese, thank you for telling this stories to the public!

    • @somerandomperson3970
      @somerandomperson3970 Před 2 lety +8

      Propaganda, btw.

    • @orionfernandes4587
      @orionfernandes4587 Před 2 lety +15

      Off course, why would they want you to know all the good things the colonizers have done? That would undermine their power

    • @condedooku9750
      @condedooku9750 Před 2 lety +26

      @@orionfernandes4587 Of course the colonizing powers brought a lot of good things! Here are some examples:
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuta_Reh_massacre
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rengat_massacre
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawagede_massacre

    • @orionfernandes4587
      @orionfernandes4587 Před 2 lety +2

      @@condedooku9750 So nice

    • @Savantastic
      @Savantastic Před 2 lety +4

      @@condedooku9750 Wkwkwk

  • @Icetubexd
    @Icetubexd Před 2 lety +91

    This was always the most impressive japanese feat of the war to me. The Malaya campaign is nice and all, but taking these huge islands with terrible terrain in 3 months? Insane

    • @lesdodoclips3915
      @lesdodoclips3915 Před 2 lety +21

      Defended by a tiny European country that’s homeland had been conquered

    • @deadby15
      @deadby15 Před 2 lety +23

      @@lesdodoclips3915 Colonialism is so wrong.

    • @stormy9557
      @stormy9557 Před 2 lety +12

      @@deadby15 cry about it

    • @fadhil2831
      @fadhil2831 Před 2 lety +24

      Well some indonesia kind of welcom the japanese promise Give local people power unlike the dutch so yeah

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland Před 2 lety +24

      @@fadhil2831 They paid a heavy price for it. Local people were forced to 'volunteer' men for working duty for the Japanese military and many were sent to help construct the Burma Railway.
      In western history books the fact that over 12,000 Allied POWs died constructing this railway glossed over the fact that the local 'volunteer' workers suffered many more deaths.
      Over 90,000
      At least at Bronbeek, a retirement home for veteran soldiers, this was corrected because I read it on the monument in their garden first, about 10 years ago.
      But during most of my youth, we were always reminded at the plight and the many deaths of Allied POWs, hardly a word about the local workers' fate.

  • @daimend211
    @daimend211 Před 2 lety +109

    "Today we are talking about the Japanese invasion of... "
    *5 minutes into the video *
    "The British retreat turned into madness..."

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory Před 2 lety +102

    It's crazy how Japan was fighting so many countries at the same time

    • @oddballsok
      @oddballsok Před 2 lety +2

      not so crazy if you put their confrontation forces opposite eachother...then it is simply a matter of MORE than 3 to 1 especially when incorporating BETTER material (tanks vs no tanks,planes vs obsolete shit,more ships, more torpedos...etc..).
      But...but...but...yamashita decided on using LESS troops...yeah, but he counted on even LESS UK troops in Malaya..

    • @looinrims
      @looinrims Před 2 lety +4

      @@oddballsok is that how a Japanese battalion routed an allied division, multiple times?

    • @Anonymous-jk4ik
      @Anonymous-jk4ik Před 2 lety +14

      And committing horrible war crimes

    • @micahistory
      @micahistory Před 2 lety

      @@Anonymous-jk4ik yes

    • @ellehcim2779
      @ellehcim2779 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Anonymous-jk4ik japan gud cuz anime

  • @CarthagoMike
    @CarthagoMike Před 2 lety +169

    Dutch: "Aight we lost our homeland, but lets please the US anyways by declaring war on Japan."
    Japan: "I'd have taken it anyways, but sure."

    • @arjenh7214
      @arjenh7214 Před 2 lety +56

      USA: 'thanks for the support, but we now support the Indonesians so plz give up your colony'

    • @maozedong44
      @maozedong44 Před 2 lety +37

      It had nothing to do with pleasing the US and all to do with trying to keep japan as far away as possible by declaring war asap. The netherlands wanted an agressive combined allied attack on japanese forces but the US was cripled and the brittish in asia ultra passive and defensive and the dutch navy insufficient after 30 years of pacifist defense policy. Their plans to massively expand the navy were 5 years too late.

    • @jaapfolmer7791
      @jaapfolmer7791 Před 2 lety +1

      No, Dutch: let's get the US into the war so that we can get liberated.
      The US congress did not want that. It took Pearl Harbor to change their mind.

    • @whispofwords2590
      @whispofwords2590 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jaapfolmer7791 well yeah....do you expect the United States to be eager to go to war for the sake of liberating someone else, or stoping the ridiculous imperial ambitions of a former ally?

  • @Snailman3516
    @Snailman3516 Před 2 lety +36

    Hey the Marblehead is named after my town! Fun fact: the local library has a model of the ship in a display case.

    • @absoluteterritory4601
      @absoluteterritory4601 Před 2 lety

      Wanna see Marblehead in Azur Lane?

    • @tcnrazuka7781
      @tcnrazuka7781 Před 2 lety

      And I, as a person from Makassar, would like to thank USS Marblehead and USS Houston for their efforts to defend Makassar against japanese landing 10:06

  • @courtlandstavley6178
    @courtlandstavley6178 Před 2 lety +6

    So awesome to see this series. Love these breakdown campaign videos especially in areas not taught a lot about

  • @mohammadumar1506
    @mohammadumar1506 Před 2 lety +81

    Soerabaja (at 5:30 & 10:00) is pronounced Soo-ra-ba-ya, the ‘j’ in ‘Soerabaja’ makes a ‘y’ sound in dutch pronunciation, instead of the ‘h’ sound as is common in Spanish pronunciation. ‘Soerabaja’ is an old dutch spelling of modern-day Surabaya, which in addition to being the provincial capital city of East Java, it is also home to the 2nd Fleet Command and a naval base of the Indonesian Navy. I can’t wait for more episodes on the South East Asian theatre, I really like your work. Thank you very much!

    • @abi_abdurrahman
      @abi_abdurrahman Před 2 lety +1

      sip

    • @iwandamiri4564
      @iwandamiri4564 Před 2 lety +11

      Way to go brother👍🏼, it hurts my ears too😅

    • @doujinflip
      @doujinflip Před 2 lety

      Yeah they need to fix that text-to-speech narrator lol

    • @fabianatrazsa4577
      @fabianatrazsa4577 Před 2 lety +5

      @@doujinflip The narrator is a real person.

    • @Dayvit78
      @Dayvit78 Před 2 lety +7

      He corrected it in the next vid! Good on him for listening to positive feedback!

  • @mrpurple2306
    @mrpurple2306 Před 2 lety +26

    Back when Cruisers could camouflage as an island (yes that's the Solomon Islands Special ;) )

  • @mafiousbj
    @mafiousbj Před 2 lety +28

    I don't comment here often because I mostly watch these videos on my TV. But honestly your videos are supremely researched and narrated!
    You put anything the modern "History" Channel could create to shame big time!

  • @moomeansmooable
    @moomeansmooable Před 2 lety +14

    The book Rising Sun Falling Skies covers this early campaign quite well with tons of interesting stories

    • @williamlydon2554
      @williamlydon2554 Před 2 lety

      Osprey publishing also has a wonderful Campaign guide by Mark Stille. With illustrations by Jim Laurier. If your in the mood for a quicker, if less in depth read.

    • @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe
      @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe Před 2 měsíci

      Doesn't this not even popular historian trial lawyer blame this catastrophe on MacArthur? Never heard this garbage before now. First the Bonus Marchers and now this!

  • @xxnightdriverxx9576
    @xxnightdriverxx9576 Před 2 lety +2

    Really enjoying your videos! They are always very well researched and presented, and its clear that a lot of work goes into them. They are basically perfect right now.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 Před 2 lety +104

    I enjoy your content, this SE Asia series especially. For future reference, Boise (capitol city of Idaho) is pronounced Boizee.

    • @michaelmoorrees3585
      @michaelmoorrees3585 Před 2 lety +2

      yes, 2 syllables, not one. Boy-zee

    • @haveraygunwilltravel
      @haveraygunwilltravel Před 2 lety +1

      And was a light cruiser. Luckily she hit that reef or she would had suffered the same fate as the rest of the lost fleet.

    • @neilwilson5785
      @neilwilson5785 Před 2 lety +3

      Good stuff. Us Brits pronounce Zee as zed. It would still be Boys anyway

    • @thyssenheinel6507
      @thyssenheinel6507 Před 2 lety

      *Boyzone?*

    • @bigsarge2085
      @bigsarge2085 Před 2 lety +1

      @@thyssenheinel6507 ??
      Boise, pronounced Boizee.

  • @westerndemise3588
    @westerndemise3588 Před 2 lety +1

    Loving these documentaries! Fantastic work!

  • @mpersad
    @mpersad Před 2 lety +3

    Very well researched and produced video. Top work.

  • @TheKishino
    @TheKishino Před 2 lety +9

    I appreciate the effort on using the old-spelling of Indonesian places and the way you try to spell it. Nice added details, love it.

  • @vuvuvu6291
    @vuvuvu6291 Před 2 lety +15

    To think The Dutch was fallen from an Apex to the bottom floor in a single night both at home and in the colonies. That's why I always try to humble myself because history teaches me how fate of a nation or a person can drastically change in mere seconds.

    • @JesusWillCum4U
      @JesusWillCum4U Před 4 měsíci

      First of all the dutch golden age had bin over for centuries after this point and secondly the Netherlands is still economically punching above it's weight to this day

    • @birdie3189
      @birdie3189 Před měsícem

      @@JesusWillCum4U golden age is not that great too overseas actually it was the only trader that did conquest in Asia, malay archipelago is weak as fuck by nature, you can replace VOC with anything, but Indonesia would still be colonized by others.

    • @JesusWillCum4U
      @JesusWillCum4U Před měsícem

      @@birdie3189 Its not that easy to conquer a volcanic jungle island let alone thousands and why would they want to initially they were just there to take over already existing trade routes not try to start conflicts with locals

  • @StevAna8902
    @StevAna8902 Před 2 lety +23

    Glad he did the Dutch East Indies too, really looking forward of this

  • @pbeccas
    @pbeccas Před 2 lety +1

    I’m really enjoying this series. Keep up the good work.

  • @rudyariolistiantoro2386
    @rudyariolistiantoro2386 Před 2 lety +13

    Thank you for making this video. This brings back my memory when I studied the history of Japanese occupation in Indonesia. Anyways a few years ago I read a book "Under The Rising Sun" by Nino Oktorino who describes why The Royal Netherlands Indies Army or KNIL lose against the Japanese. The KNIL simply lose because they're underequipped and understrength back then. Also, the KNIL soldier trained to fight guerillas or local rebellion not to fight the foreign invasion. Many of the native KNIL soldiers began to desert during Japanese Invasions.
    *Sorry for my bad English

  • @Arturo005100
    @Arturo005100 Před 2 lety

    Awesome video! Love all your videos and work man!

  • @khalidsaiv6613
    @khalidsaiv6613 Před 2 lety +24

    Axis in WW2
    German : blitzkrieg in europe, occupying some nation within months
    Japan : blitzkrieg in asia, occupying several region within months
    Italia : Hold my pizza and pasta 🤌🏽

  • @minaise
    @minaise Před 2 lety

    Love your work man. Everything is very understandable

  • @driptator7824
    @driptator7824 Před 2 lety +117

    My brain and map memory just went bye bye when everything wasn’t colored in their Hoi4 colors

    • @donkoltz1
      @donkoltz1 Před 2 lety +19

      Hoi4 has taught me more geography in 6 months than public school did in over a decade.

    • @gocool_2.0
      @gocool_2.0 Před 2 lety +5

      Hoi4 has actually helped me in stereotyping colours for different nations.

    • @Barwasser
      @Barwasser Před 2 lety +2

      @@JoPJR-ms8mg yeah too much clicking -.-'
      I often attack and defeat the USSR, before going after the east indies, just so I can more easily move my troops to western Europe and naval invade the British isles directly (will the AI ever defend Dover?) That way I can capitulate them without island-hopping :D
      Ah yes. Nothing beats sending 4 Million Chinese conscripts on Japanese bikes through Russian Siberia to help the Germans beat up the Brits :D

  • @ramal5708
    @ramal5708 Před 2 lety +8

    Dutch contribution in Pacific is so underrated same as with the ANZACs, after NEI fell they organized an Army, Airforce and a submarine flotilla in Australia to contribute in the Pacific campaign supplied with US and Commonwealth gear. Their submarine fleet was probably the 2nd largest Allied submarine force in the Pacific after the USN.

  • @m.steward9146
    @m.steward9146 Před 2 lety +3

    I've been a subscriber since your Force Z video, mainly because you are one of the few that provides detailed content on the lesser-known battles in the Pacific. The excellent quality of your videos helps too. Looking forward to ABDACOMs battles and Nagumo's foray into the Indian ocean.

    • @historigraph
      @historigraph  Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah I will be covering the Indian Ocean raid- though probably in 2022

    • @hilman94
      @hilman94 Před 2 lety +1

      @@historigraph Great video...can't wait for battle of java video next..

  • @jurassicattack01
    @jurassicattack01 Před 2 lety +7

    This was a great video, I always enjoy seeing events like these or battle be animated in this sort of way. I did notice a minor error though and that's that Boise was actually a light cruiser not a heavy cruiser, other than that though the video was really well put together and treat to watch.

  • @adultingwithnudo9484
    @adultingwithnudo9484 Před 2 lety

    This is a great series. Enjoying it.

  • @jimbojonesporfavor
    @jimbojonesporfavor Před 7 měsíci +1

    This is such fantastic content

  • @WaferBrik
    @WaferBrik Před 4 měsíci +1

    At this point in the war, many must have felt Japan seemed unstoppable. Their plans were coming together beautifully.

  • @CaesarASchanzenbachReloaded

    Fantastic new video-loving the Southeast Asia series and I'm looking forward to the next episode. This is super nit-picky, but I wanted to bring up that the US flag/ensign did not have 50 stars until 1960; your diagram starting around 3:30 should only have a 48 star ensign.

  • @boireally8042
    @boireally8042 Před 2 lety

    Ever thought of doing a episode on one of the bagration offensives? Btw love the animations very transparent and easy to take in. Keep it up!

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment Před 2 lety +60

    Wow, the Japanese juggernaut seems unstoppable. I hope they don't get involved in a disastrous naval battle sometime in the future involving several aircraft carriers and an island with alleged water supply problems or something

    • @EroPantherH
      @EroPantherH Před 2 lety +30

      I hope they don't fail midway of their campaign.

    • @michaelbelcher8805
      @michaelbelcher8805 Před 2 lety +22

      @@EroPantherH to correct that good joke. I hope they dont fail Midway through their campaign

    • @amiscellaneoushuman3516
      @amiscellaneoushuman3516 Před 2 lety

      really the Japanese had already lost the war by this point but a disastrous naval battle probably wouldn't help them

    • @donkoltz1
      @donkoltz1 Před 2 lety +1

      Get outta here that would never happen!

    • @EroPantherH
      @EroPantherH Před 2 lety

      @@michaelbelcher8805 oh yeah, that does sound better.

  • @jacobmorris1400
    @jacobmorris1400 Před 2 lety

    Another great video!!

  • @niekhofman428
    @niekhofman428 Před 2 lety +98

    As a Dutchman I always get frustrated when people just skip over this place. Glad someone finally explained it.

    • @sateayyam3192
      @sateayyam3192 Před 2 lety +26

      As an indonesian, same lol

    • @pleasureincontempt3645
      @pleasureincontempt3645 Před rokem +1

      It’s nice to see it. You should make a modern video about your war with the ocean.

    • @KaihanDTuna
      @KaihanDTuna Před rokem +6

      As an indonesian i agree with you.... However, wanna some spice mate?

    • @draphotube4315
      @draphotube4315 Před rokem

      @@KaihanDTuna SPICE? SPRING IN DE BOTEN MATEN! DE SPECERIJEN WACHTEN OP ONS!

    • @tripriagiwiguna
      @tripriagiwiguna Před rokem

      it was the time when we liberated from 340 years oppression.

  • @khalidsaiv6613
    @khalidsaiv6613 Před 2 lety

    Woahh my request has been heard. Thank youu !!

  • @lycheelian
    @lycheelian Před 2 lety +1

    can't wait for the next episode! love from Indonesia 💛

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory Před 2 lety

    I love this channel's videos

  • @EvoSwatch
    @EvoSwatch Před 2 lety

    Very nice video, would love to see the next one.

  • @LeBookKeeper
    @LeBookKeeper Před 2 lety +36

    I love this series, as an Indonesian myself, I really love the Dutch East Indies getting more attention. It is a subject of great intrigue, how the Japanese are able to accomplish so much, so soon. Great Video!
    Edit: By the way, it the J is not pronounced as H, but Y.

    • @StormyTea
      @StormyTea Před 2 lety

      we havent got a ground invasion of java yet aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • @shansuleiman2567
    @shansuleiman2567 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for the superb video. Never fail to amaze. The Allied ships faced fuel shortage at this stage. Fuel storage was inland and after the bombing, there were hardly any port operations. Minutions were also running low and hence, some destroyers were withdrawn from actions.

  • @Aninkovsky
    @Aninkovsky Před 2 lety +50

    Listening to this series makes me want to play HOI4 as Japan again, and again, and again, and again...

    • @captain61games49
      @captain61games49 Před 2 lety +1

      And for me to play as britan and finally hold the east Indies.

    • @russkatherealoriginal6904
      @russkatherealoriginal6904 Před 2 lety +3

      Imagine being able to play Hoi4

    • @prrrromotiongiven1075
      @prrrromotiongiven1075 Před 2 lety +9

      Playing as Japan for this gives me a headache, even if you already beat China it's so hard to keep the pressure up in India, in the Indies, and in the Pacific simultaneously
      I think the Allies in Hoi4 send many more troops to this part of the world than there were irl

    • @MorokLeviathan
      @MorokLeviathan Před 2 lety +4

      @@prrrromotiongiven1075
      That actually was pretty much the case in real life too except that Japan was unable to conquer China and thus had a gigantic front which they needed to focus on, by 1942 Japan was entirely bogged down everywhere.

    • @user-pn3im5sm7k
      @user-pn3im5sm7k Před rokem

      @@MorokLeviathan You Chinese (Jiang is a Chinese surname), tend to overstate your accomplishments in the war when your entire Air Force and motorized divisions were made in the USA.
      Japan had conquered 90% of the Chinese population, because China's most populated cities sit on the Eastern coast so this naturally makes sense. China had two counteroffensives which both had failed even in 1945 when Japan was essentially reduced to rubble from repeated American bombings.
      You guys only survived Japan because the Americans&British were siphoning Japanese manpower to other regions.

  • @EndingSimple
    @EndingSimple Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you for this.

  • @zainmudassir2964
    @zainmudassir2964 Před 2 lety +5

    Hope you do Burma Campaign Next! Love this series. The South East Asian Threatre is often overlooked

    • @ramal5708
      @ramal5708 Před 2 lety

      Burma and Indian Campaign is not Pacific theatre, geographically they're in proximity of Indian Ocean and closer than the Pacific. So officialy I would call it Indian Ocean Theatre

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory Před 2 lety +4

    Both Germany and Japan made insane conquests during the early war

    • @user-pn3im5sm7k
      @user-pn3im5sm7k Před 2 lety +3

      @@brijekavervix7340 "good guys" lol

    • @brijekavervix7340
      @brijekavervix7340 Před 2 lety

      @@user-pn3im5sm7k would you rather have lived as a slave under Japanese rule?

    • @user-pn3im5sm7k
      @user-pn3im5sm7k Před 2 lety

      @@brijekavervix7340 I wouldnt be a slave because I wasn't pillaging Asian countries and colonizing them. Non-combatants such as myself would find work for money, just like the volunteer comfort women did. You're talking about American and Western POWs. What were Westerners even doing in Asia in the first place?
      You think the soviet union were the good guys? The british and french who literally conquered more than half the world? These nations slaughtered millions of innocents for their country. You cant be this naive.
      Japan's economy was impressive until Allies started firebombing their factories and blowing up children, women, and elderly people.

    • @davidvssalomonvs66
      @davidvssalomonvs66 Před rokem +1

      @@brijekavervix7340 "good guys" lol

  • @onemileperhour
    @onemileperhour Před 2 lety +5

    I love the confidence you bring to pronouncing "Boise" wrong

    • @jaapfolmer7791
      @jaapfolmer7791 Před 2 lety +2

      And Makassar and Soerabaja and Denpassar and and...

  • @HossBlacksilver
    @HossBlacksilver Před 2 lety +2

    The story of the Marblehead's escape is an epic tale in and of itself.

  • @TheAnakinn
    @TheAnakinn Před 2 lety +1

    Great video once again! A time and theatre of war that is often overlooked in the history of the Second World War, at least in European history lessons

  • @125discipline2
    @125discipline2 Před 2 lety +2

    i always think of that spiderman meme pointing at each other everytime japan and uk are in the same topic

  • @genghiskhan.2265
    @genghiskhan.2265 Před 2 lety +2

    ”When the Dutch was here. It was not good, not good, bad. But.. but when the Japanese came here. It was worse. ” I forgot who send this but my friend grandma or someone else like someone a who lived in the Dutch East Indies. I am sorry for forgetting. But it is a chilling tone

  • @richard52twccenter
    @richard52twccenter Před 2 lety +4

    Makassar is my current city, before moved from Surabaya. Thank you for making this history up, Indonesia is huge and wide. But, Japan could had its under their empire just within days.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před rokem +2

    Nice video

  • @EroPantherH
    @EroPantherH Před 2 lety +5

    5:29 Soorabaha lmao.

    • @arjenh7214
      @arjenh7214 Před 2 lety +3

      I found that 'it must be Spanish' pronounciation funny too! What's hard about Su-ra-ba-ya?

  • @strategosopsikion8576
    @strategosopsikion8576 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Please do a bano raid video!!!
    Great stuff!

  • @doanphat1480
    @doanphat1480 Před 2 lety

    I think I remember that guy on 9:12 is the same guy at the Slap Down of Surigao Strait (1944)

  • @glennedgar5057
    @glennedgar5057 Před 2 lety

    Good video. Two questions.
    1. TheAmerican author of the famous book, The Two Ocean War stated that if the Allied had concentrated on Java instead of pouring all resources into Singapore a line could have been held.
    What is your opinion on the subject?
    2. Watching some Australian videos, the Australian's had the opinion that the Allied had the objective of defending India and abandoning Australia. Churchhill wanted the 7th Australia infantry division routed to Burma. If that had happened the fight over the mountains would be lost and the battle of Milne Bay would be lost as well. If Darwin and Perth were attacked after the Java Sea, the plan was to abandon the facilities. What are your thoughts on the subject?
    Thanks

  • @vaxoegutidze5309
    @vaxoegutidze5309 Před 2 lety

    best chanel and best video

  • @santoast24
    @santoast24 Před 2 lety +2

    Comments, likes and all that sort of thing is very good for the algorithm and like

  • @collintrytsman3353
    @collintrytsman3353 Před 2 lety

    LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT ONE

  • @manofcultura
    @manofcultura Před 2 lety +44

    Big respect to the 3 Dutch submarines that fought on in 41 and sunk many many Japanese ships. Unsung heroes of the early pacific war.

    • @Jack-Hands
      @Jack-Hands Před 2 lety +6

      Don't underestimate the Dutch submarine force. They kept on fighting throughout WW2.

    • @drpepper3838
      @drpepper3838 Před 2 lety +11

      There was this dutch submarine commander and he sunk 52 japanese ships in 52 days, he sunk more ships in that time than the brits and Americans combined, the Americans gave him the nickname "ship a day"

    • @141Travish
      @141Travish Před 2 lety +11

      Heroes for you
      Enemies for Japanese
      Colonizer for Indonesian

    • @manofcultura
      @manofcultura Před 2 lety +5

      @@141Travish I’m talking about the crew. Airmen will always respect and mourn other airmen, the same for submariners. These are dangerous and high fatality jobs. Politics has nothing to do with the respect I have for the Dutch crews.

    • @141Travish
      @141Travish Před 2 lety +6

      @@manofcultura so why the Dutch never respect Indonesian heroes?

  • @michaelhusada2276
    @michaelhusada2276 Před 2 lety +7

    Soerabaja is the old Dutch spelling for Surabaya. It’s not supposed to be pronounced in a Spanish manner. I know, I was born there.
    Soo-rha-bye-yah.
    Great videos in this series. Not a lot of discussions focuses on Japanese advance in Indonesia. We learnt about it at school, but from the invaded nation’s point of view.

  • @Rusty_Gold85
    @Rusty_Gold85 Před rokem +2

    The bigger drama the US Navy had was the Submarines and Torpedo bombers Torpedoes were duds. This early part of the war hundreds were fired for 5% results. There is a video on it that explains it better than I can. It caused the unnecessary deaths of thousands of Mariners due to corrupt inept testing and ratification methods

  • @Xadiac
    @Xadiac Před 2 lety

    Yooo he is backkkkkkk!!!!

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland Před 2 lety +5

    Java was not the capital of the Dutch East Indies.
    That was Batavia, which was on the island of Java.
    Java was and still is the most populated island of the Indonesian archipelago.
    Most Indonesians live there.

  • @frauleinhohenzollern8442
    @frauleinhohenzollern8442 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Considering japan was already over extended in China, the fact they were able to pull any of this off is crazy to me.

  • @fanis1414
    @fanis1414 Před 2 lety +6

    2:08 The japanese ō (also seen as ou) is pronounced as a drawn-out "oh" sound, not "oo". Other than that, absolutely fantastic work. I'm addicted to this series.

    • @just1it1moko
      @just1it1moko Před 2 lety

      dutch and indonesian pronounciations are also wrong but can't expect someone to know all that.

  • @joshnelson6750
    @joshnelson6750 Před 2 lety +3

    Small correction: at 3:38 you refer to USS Boise as a heavy cruiser. It was in fact a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class.

    • @hansfitting5019
      @hansfitting5019 Před 2 lety

      And never assigned to the Asiatic Fleet. It was only in the area escorting a convoy when the war broke out.

  • @CassadoreMorgan
    @CassadoreMorgan Před 2 lety +1

    Does anyone know if there is a video on the differing design philosophy of the different countries navies of world War 2, 3:16 he mentions the difference design philosophies and that could be really interesting. @historigraph

  • @SafavidAfsharid3197
    @SafavidAfsharid3197 Před 2 lety +4

    I got a feel that Burma campaign would be the next after this series, excited for that.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory Před 2 lety +3

    It's crazy how quickly the Axis expanded and then lost the war

    • @florinivan6907
      @florinivan6907 Před 2 lety

      Yes but this was just about the maximum plausible expansion for them. They could have in theory conquered more but they could have also failed a lot more. So what they got was pretty much the maximum they could get. More than this and it requires the Allies to make one too many mistakes for it to be plausible

    • @micahistory
      @micahistory Před 2 lety

      @@florinivan6907 yes

  • @tomwilliams3941
    @tomwilliams3941 Před 2 lety

    More like this plz

  • @c.o.y9418
    @c.o.y9418 Před 2 lety

    Finally someone who actually cover up this invasion :D

  • @rbleslie1971
    @rbleslie1971 Před 2 lety +4

    Great video. Just FYI. USS Boise is pronounced “boi-zee.”

  • @danialzidaneamarty8493
    @danialzidaneamarty8493 Před 2 lety +5

    This is my homeland country wich now known as indonesia a hundred years of dutch occupation is far better than 3,5 years of japanese occupation

    • @harryblack7323
      @harryblack7323 Před 2 lety

      Even better it is to be independent without any foreign occupation.

    • @danialzidaneamarty8493
      @danialzidaneamarty8493 Před 2 lety

      @@harryblack7323 we are the first asian countey gain independent, and wihout help of course

    • @harryblack7323
      @harryblack7323 Před 2 lety

      @@danialzidaneamarty8493 Benar, Indonesia merdeka Agustus 1945 dan Filipina merdeka Juli 1946.

  • @JHorsti
    @JHorsti Před 2 lety

    So hyped for the Battle of Java Sea.

  • @nedo1492
    @nedo1492 Před 2 lety

    Which software is used to make presentation in this video? Someone please help me

  • @MXB2001
    @MXB2001 Před 2 lety +1

    Ah glorious memories of playing SSI's Pacific War and doing this very blitz in 3 weeks instead of the 3 months it actually took. The shipping shortage can be remedied by redeploying transports from the rest of the empire. This is where they were needed. Naturally after a 3 week blitz this opens up Australia, New Guinea and India like crazy. They're not ready in January '42. : - ) Quite sad to hear of the tragedy at Balikpapan. The Naka and some DD's are more than able to annihilate 4 ABDA DD's at night. Shame they were led astray.

  • @diogenesofSinope87
    @diogenesofSinope87 Před 2 lety

    Excellent

  • @cookieollie404
    @cookieollie404 Před 2 lety +1

    Thailand was the Japanese ally. Major factor for lightning attack on Malaya & Indonesia. Thailand made agreement with the Japanese to share the spoils of war.

  • @ramal5708
    @ramal5708 Před 2 lety +4

    The Japanese prioritized the invasion of East Indies(mostly Borneo), Malaya and maybe Phillipines to capture their natural resources for the war effort

    • @arifudin9151
      @arifudin9151 Před 2 lety +3

      The main goal japan invade East indies are JAVA, not Borneo

  • @afud1015
    @afud1015 Před 2 lety

    Subscribed, I cant wait for the battle of Java

  • @crazywarriorscatfan9061

    Amazing

  • @EukalyptusBonBon
    @EukalyptusBonBon Před 2 lety +5

    "The sun never set in British empire"
    Hinomaru: "hold my sake"

  • @Khasidon
    @Khasidon Před 2 lety

    I want more!

  • @panduwidagdo7051
    @panduwidagdo7051 Před 2 lety +1

    Soerabaja is pronounced as Soo-rah-buy-yeah. Waiting for the next video. :)

  • @duniagowes
    @duniagowes Před 4 měsíci

    As an Indonesian and fans of WW II, this is new to me. Provide us Indonesian with broader picture of our occupation. All we knew was the Japan occupation of our & neighbouring countries, our fight against Japan & Pearl Harbor attack, the Solomon campaign & the rest of Pacific theatre. Not so much talk about this. Thank you so much for your work. Subbed.

  • @mrshwitzz9290
    @mrshwitzz9290 Před 2 lety +7

    2:04 is it a mistake that he said that there were 4 light cursers, as there were only 3 illustrated?

    • @timmccarthy872
      @timmccarthy872 Před 2 lety +11

      A "light curser" is a guy who goes around saying heck and darn

  • @PeanutImperium
    @PeanutImperium Před 2 lety +3

    I want to know how he makes these amazing animations

  • @farrellwilson5468
    @farrellwilson5468 Před 2 lety +1

    Indonesia got affected the most in SEA an yet this isn't in our curriculum

  • @coyote4237
    @coyote4237 Před 2 lety +6

    Love this channel. The USS ship Boise (also the name of the capital of Idaho) is pronounced "Boy see". Just FYI.

    • @Dayvit78
      @Dayvit78 Před 2 lety +2

      Correct. Also he missed the city of Soerabaja - which is pronounced how it's currently spelled Surabaya.

  • @mfulan7548
    @mfulan7548 Před 2 lety

    Hmm, it could be nice if there is a link or text for sources for this video.

  • @yesyesyesyes1600
    @yesyesyesyes1600 Před 2 lety

    A must for everyone interested in the pacific theatre

  • @ekasanji
    @ekasanji Před 2 lety +2

    Btw Soerabaja pronounced as Surabaya with y in it