Battle of Saipan - Steel and Coral - Part 1 - Extra History

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  • 📜 Battle of Saipan: Steel and Coral - The battle of Saipan would decide the fate of the Pacific War. On a tiny island, just five miles wide, thousands died under advanced artillery and amphibious tanks.
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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  Před 5 lety +576

    During our Extra History break, we are pleased to bring to you EXTRA-Extra History thanks to World of Tanks! redir.wargaming.net/r06pve1j/?pub_id=video1

    • @darylrazon4872
      @darylrazon4872 Před 5 lety +5

      Do a vid about operation mincemeat plz :3

    • @sidewaysbush9387
      @sidewaysbush9387 Před 5 lety +8

      Extra Credits I miss the old narrator

    • @darylrazon4872
      @darylrazon4872 Před 5 lety +3

      @@sidewaysbush9387 yea me too

    • @Trafigura1993
      @Trafigura1993 Před 5 lety +9

      Extra Credits I love the mentioning of the Navajo code talkers. I wish you spent a bit of time on Japanese tanks.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean Před 5 lety +3

      The 360-degree chaos described in this video sounds like _just_ the sort of thing you'd expect to see in a multiplayer online arena.

  • @walpol3
    @walpol3 Před 5 lety +2821

    Politely shush the artillery like a gentleman

  • @DXDragon38
    @DXDragon38 Před 5 lety +334

    Wow, a lot of WW2 Vets were even more badass than I imagined.
    Last man standing holding the line, stealth attacking tanks point blank with bazookas, and a 360 degree brawl?
    Incredible.

    • @whenyoupulloutyourdickands4023
      @whenyoupulloutyourdickands4023 Před 5 lety +27

      fighting at night only lit up by the fires of burning tanks and filled with so much smoke, ambushing tank commanders and dropping a grenade down the hatch, all the while a battleship off the coast is firing it's main cannons to destroy more incoming tanks. that battle sounds intense.

  • @ciaraada1571
    @ciaraada1571 Před 5 lety +675

    I’m a native Chamorro islander watching this from Saipan. 👋🏻 Those tanks are still sitting in our reefs by the way. Remnants of the war are scattered all over our island...
    Love this video!

    • @levimccarthy1259
      @levimccarthy1259 Před 3 lety +37

      Are the bodies there because my great grandpa might be down there still

    • @seansmith9941
      @seansmith9941 Před 3 lety +20

      @@levimccarthy1259 wow sorry for ur lose

    • @ItsAce671
      @ItsAce671 Před 3 lety +17

      Im a chamoru too! I live on Guam and we have destroyed tank in one of our mountains from the war

    • @calebgepford7646
      @calebgepford7646 Před 3 lety +6

      @@levimccarthy1259 F

    • @jorgenajar9407
      @jorgenajar9407 Před 3 lety +5

      @@levimccarthy1259 F

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 Před 5 lety +202

    7:50 "...To hold off the oncoming attack!"
    *he received a posthumous medal of honor.*
    "By the end of Day Two!"

  • @VaqueroCoyote
    @VaqueroCoyote Před 5 lety +838

    The fact the landing ships could dip straight down into the water from miscalculating a wave makes my skin crawl.

    • @AlexSaysHi2013
      @AlexSaysHi2013 Před 5 lety +85

      I'm in the 2nd Marines and we train on how to get out of the modern version of the Amtrak. It's just as terrifying as you think, they dip a model of the APC in the water with you and 5 other guys...then it flips upside down

    • @Its_shiki_time4876
      @Its_shiki_time4876 Před 5 lety

      Right

    • @jedigecko06
      @jedigecko06 Před 5 lety +9

      Many amphibious tanks were swamped before reaching Omaha Beach; leading to heavy infantry casualties.

    • @Its_shiki_time4876
      @Its_shiki_time4876 Před 5 lety +8

      @@jedigecko06 yes but that's bad weather in normal weather these things will still sink

    • @justarandomdoge9042
      @justarandomdoge9042 Před 5 lety +2

      @CK Lim I don't get how it's a chicken or an egg question.

  • @jpTankMan
    @jpTankMan Před 5 lety +724

    Let's be honest, no matter what part of the Chi-Ha or Ha-Go was hit, a bazooka would go right through

    • @twotone3471
      @twotone3471 Před 5 lety +26

      Where is a Chi-To when you need one?

    • @nikoclesceri2267
      @nikoclesceri2267 Před 5 lety +66

      50 cals went through the front of type 95s with little problem. Type 97s had just enough to stop them at around 30mm of frontal armor but they sides were just as weak as the 95s

    • @andrewklang809
      @andrewklang809 Před 5 lety +22

      The Sangheili Some Japanese tanks' hulls were so thin, an AP round would go right through both sides without exploding. Sucks to be the tanker the shell also went through, but the rest of the crew and the rest of the tank could keep going.

    • @ceratosaurus4511
      @ceratosaurus4511 Před 5 lety +8

      that was the same fact with german panzer 3 and 4 variants...so. were germans behind? no, of course not. but a 60 millimeter rocket is going to do something.

    • @diarradunlap9337
      @diarradunlap9337 Před 5 lety +5

      @@andrewklang809 Which is why both the American Bazooka and the German Panzerfaust/Panzerschreck (sp?) used Shaped-charge ammunition.

  • @helpimstuckinafridgeandits305

    The rest of the world: You're not supposed to make tankboats
    America: *OBSERVE*

    • @godfearingman8626
      @godfearingman8626 Před 4 lety +19

      SILENCE, CASUAL

    • @cardiv5zuikaku944
      @cardiv5zuikaku944 Před 4 lety +13

      American and Japanese be like
      _yes Japan also have "Tank Boat" on ww2 called type 2 amphibious tank or Ka-Mi_

    • @shuliu4804
      @shuliu4804 Před 4 lety +14

      This is why I emigrated to the United States

    • @styxart1182
      @styxart1182 Před 3 lety +9

      Or America:haha tank boat go brrrr

    • @Spacemongerr
      @Spacemongerr Před 3 lety +7

      Both the Soviet Union and Britain had been making amphibious tanks since the 1930s.

  • @kyotra
    @kyotra Před 5 lety +672

    The Pacific war always sounds so much more horrifying than the European theater. The Japanese fanaticism, the risks inherent to amphibious landings, the atomic bombs....

    • @liltoaster7308
      @liltoaster7308 Před 5 lety +40

      It was more horrifying

    • @americanatlas3631
      @americanatlas3631 Před 5 lety +82

      Depends on your definition of horrifying. Casaulty rates were much higher in Europe, not to mention the war crimes, fire bombings, and total war between two of the most evil regimes in modern history.

    • @St-hj1ux
      @St-hj1ux Před 5 lety +105

      Of all the fronts the Western one was probably the least scary, the Eastern front and the Pacific are just pure nightmares.

    • @TheManKnownAsAi
      @TheManKnownAsAi Před 4 lety +45

      Think I heard once that the European front in WW2 was fought by Generals, Field-Marshals, and Colonels. The Pacific Front was fought by Captains, Lieutenants, and Sergeants.

    • @liltoaster7308
      @liltoaster7308 Před 3 lety +40

      @@americanatlas3631 The war crimes committed in the Pacific war generally way worse than in Europe. Also the conditions in the Pacific were undeniably worse and the fighting was unlike anything the US had ever seen before.

  • @BeerByTheNumbers
    @BeerByTheNumbers Před 5 lety +1036

    Crazy how creative vehicle tech got for the island fighting in the Pacific Theater

    • @chrisforsyth8323
      @chrisforsyth8323 Před 5 lety +48

      They learned a lot of hard lessons at Tarawa, and learned them well.

    • @WorldOfTanksOfficialChannel
      @WorldOfTanksOfficialChannel Před 5 lety +71

      Not only Tarawa. There were issues and mistakes, but in general the US in the Pacific Theater was very good at learning from mistakes and adapting everything to fight better. /Falathi

    • @christopherg2347
      @christopherg2347 Před 5 lety +10

      Well, those Naval Landings all started with Galipoli in WW1. They have come a long way since that Fubar:
      czcams.com/video/24wbghLPmyk/video.html

    • @TheMellowSide
      @TheMellowSide Před 5 lety +11

      Hobart's Funnies during the Normandy Landing were also rather creative

    • @christopherg2347
      @christopherg2347 Před 5 lety +6

      @Ebon Hawk: Normandy also relates to a European Crowd.

  • @danisrusski6297
    @danisrusski6297 Před 5 lety +363

    Now these were hardcore dudes on both sides. American tech and training versus Japanese fanaticism and incredible resilience.

    • @paooul_dixon
      @paooul_dixon Před 5 lety +18

      Easiest way to show the difference between the Pacific and Western fronts is to watch Band of Brothers and the Pacific and how the American soldiers regarded their foes and the crap they went through.

    • @danisrusski6297
      @danisrusski6297 Před 5 lety

      Seen Band of Brothers, is the Pacific as good?

    • @cracklingvoice
      @cracklingvoice Před 5 lety +2

      Extremely.

    • @danisrusski6297
      @danisrusski6297 Před 5 lety

      Will watch it then. I have it at home, but never got around to watching it. Saw Rome instead :P

    • @kappadarwin9476
      @kappadarwin9476 Před 5 lety +7

      it is amazing that the US was able to fight on two fronts. Yet some people don't want to give Americans credit for the European theater.

  • @geofff.3343
    @geofff.3343 Před 5 lety +535

    I love the US Marines.
    US Army: "You can't make a tank assault on Saipan, it's just not possible."
    USMC: "Hey y'all, watch this! I'm in a motherbleepin' tankboat!"

    • @jonathanpowell613
      @jonathanpowell613 Před 4 lety +14

      Me(in my imagination): "Oh yeah? Im in an M26 Pershing with the Duplex Drive installed."

    • @casslanford7290
      @casslanford7290 Před 4 lety +19

      To be fair, their casualties were -immense-.

    • @brianstabile165
      @brianstabile165 Před 4 lety +6

      Geoff F. That’s why am tanks were not used on d day

    • @TerLoki
      @TerLoki Před 4 lety +2

      @@brianstabile165 They did use Duplex-Drive Shermans though, so one wonders why they weren't used here.

    • @strangeonexd4776
      @strangeonexd4776 Před 4 lety +6

      Marines are one of the most feared infantry forces in the world. They are fucking terrifying.

  • @Reyrocksall
    @Reyrocksall Před 5 lety +227

    Your delivery has gotten a lot more appealing to me since the first episode.

  • @Filled2105
    @Filled2105 Před 5 lety +978

    Can you cover the Russo-Japanese war at some point? İ would like to learn more about that from you

    • @UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER
      @UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER Před 5 lety +14

      Join the patreon and vote for it

    • @KOTYAR0
      @KOTYAR0 Před 5 lety +4

      Yeah, me too, я тоже

    • @kpax620_4
      @kpax620_4 Před 5 lety +4

      I agree

    • @agihammerthief8953
      @agihammerthief8953 Před 5 lety +6

      The path of fleet reinforcements from Petersburg to Japan (around Africa and India) could take a video by itself.

    • @mr2octavio
      @mr2octavio Před 5 lety +1

      Only if you post a video

  • @ReSV1
    @ReSV1 Před 5 lety +69

    "Everyday, we lay in filthy foxholes, praying the enemy won't slit our throats"

  • @nang877
    @nang877 Před 5 lety +34

    I remember while being raised in saipan, if you look over and under the ocean, you can still find tanks in the sea.

  • @finisterre2415
    @finisterre2415 Před 5 lety +504

    *THERE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ANY RESISTANCE*

  • @Vertigo6000
    @Vertigo6000 Před 5 lety +433

    Wait, the U.S army created codes based on Native American languages? That’s awesome! Without knowledge of the language, which the Japanese couldn’t even know existed, let alone be able to obtain, any code made from the Navajo language really would be unbreakable. Kind of makes you wonder why they didn’t do it more. There are plenty of Native American languages that they could use and literally hundreds of them. Ain’t no one gonna be reading your messages then, and if by some miracle they do managed to decipher one, just move on to the next language.

    • @paooul_dixon
      @paooul_dixon Před 5 lety +101

      Watch the movie Windtalkers!! We used the Navajo because their language is only a spoken one and not a written language. So couldn't be decoded as we only communicated by radio with them. While we had already cracked the Japanese code, which gave us a distinct advantage. The Native Americans helped play a critical role on both fronts of the war by either being code talkers in the Pacific or being soldiers on both fronts.

    • @cracklingvoice
      @cracklingvoice Před 5 lety +99

      The Navajo Codetalkers had several factors in their favor. Their language had no written alphabet, the soldiers recruited were US citizens and bilingual, the code was based on simple words (turtle, trees, etc.), the smaller scale of the island-hopping campaign meant that fewer men were needed per battle, and even more factors.
      Most importantly, the handful of Navajo who were captured never broke under torture. An oft-forgotten fact is that there were several other native peoples whose languages were used. This included Cherokee, Choctaw, Cree, and Seminole linguists. None of those languages are interchangeable, so the risk of a talker being captured alive and ordered to translate a message is minimized by the variety of languages used.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh Před 5 lety +5

      @Jonathan Williams yes, there are communities in Montana and around Lake Superior.

    • @GrimoireOfTheSage
      @GrimoireOfTheSage Před 5 lety +23

      I was going to express surprise that you didn't know about them. Then I smacked myself because not only might you not be U.S. born/raised but also that school systems vary greatly. I do recall it was mentioned when I was in school, but it also didn't get much elaboration and I wouldn't be surprised if years down the road folks had forgotten the tiny mention it got.

    • @samuelhalsey2671
      @samuelhalsey2671 Před 5 lety +4

      Well they didn't do it more cause the Japanese knew the americans would try this sso they tried to have people learn the languages so that they could break the code

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean Před 5 lety +1351

    Does _anyone_ make their day-one objectives? Are those reasonable expectations, or best-case scenarios?

    • @RealLuckless
      @RealLuckless Před 5 lety +172

      The Canadians did in many of their operations...
      But really the number of times that the Americans fell short of their day one goals is mostly down to the overall volume of attacks. Make enough well planned attacks and eventually some aren't going to go well. Combine that with healthy doses of over confidence or underestimating resistance, hazards, or terrain, and an attack can quickly fall apart after initial contract.

    • @Captain1nsaneo
      @Captain1nsaneo Před 5 lety +114

      Battles where day one objectives are taken typically aren't remarked on afterwards.

    • @grayscribe1342
      @grayscribe1342 Před 5 lety +15

      No intelligence gathering can be 100% accurate, so there is always a chance of something they did not know or overlook to go wrong. Or something only a local would know. And that's before something lik in the movie 'A bridge too far' happened. A tank battallion where none should be, because they were send there after most of the reconaissance had been done with no relation to the plan the enemy made.

    • @snakes3425
      @snakes3425 Před 5 lety +12

      Plans never survive first contact

    • @Mourtzouphlos240
      @Mourtzouphlos240 Před 5 lety +13

      When the Soviets invaded Manchuria they were taking their day 18 objectives on day 3.

  • @kryvar
    @kryvar Před 5 lety +242

    My grandfather was there. It's where he found his deep seeded hatred of SeaBees. I finally got him to tell me why one day. He had been fighting in the jungle for about 3 straight days with very little sleep when he finally was relieved. The jungle had rotted their shoes off of them. So there is my grandfather all soaked to the bone, sore, and exhausted having gone through literal Hell all of those days when he realizes his feet are burning. He looks down and sees asphalt. Freshly paved. He glances up and sees a drunk SeaBee on a bulldozer with a beer in his hand having the time of his life. He looked me square in the eye and said, "I've hated those sons of bitches ever since". Best part of the story? He lived his entire life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Where one of two SeaBee bases are housed. So he was constantly reminded of that day. It cracked me up. Still does.

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 Před 5 lety +32

      My dad was a SeaBee in 'nam. Three purple hearts (one from a bullet to the chest) and a bronze star. SeaBees saw action too, not just construction.

    • @gdspathe1130
      @gdspathe1130 Před 5 lety +21

      They pulled off miracles and played as much of a role in the allied victory as the Marines

    • @kryvar
      @kryvar Před 5 lety +34

      I doubt it was a sincere hatred. More of a rivalry type thing. I was not intending upon suggesting that they were undeserving of any adulations. Those guys put down runways under fire. I imagine once the area was finally secure, it was good to let off some steam. That's all I ever took from it. That and my grandfather being an incredibly grumpy man. I apologize if I offended anyone.

    • @RGGaming940
      @RGGaming940 Před 5 lety +1

      me:1 ww1 relative, and 2 ww2 relatives! :)

    • @RGGaming940
      @RGGaming940 Před 5 lety

      plz no swearing... :(

  • @soulofshukaku
    @soulofshukaku Před 5 lety +27

    I grew up in Saipan, it's nice to see some of my favorite creators covering the massive battle there. Even today you can find spent shells laying around the jungle. Thanks for the video, looking forward to the rest of the series!

  • @DarkshadowXD63
    @DarkshadowXD63 Před 5 lety +144

    "Its the coral were stuck on the -"
    Nostalgia points to those who can remember what WW2 game this came from

  • @walpol3
    @walpol3 Před 5 lety +223

    -Blood and oil- steel and coral

    • @mrpellagra2730
      @mrpellagra2730 Před 5 lety +2

      Yep.

    • @asarcasticdragon4419
      @asarcasticdragon4419 Před 5 lety +2

      Are great building materials for nanobots, actually.

    • @johnsnow2612
      @johnsnow2612 Před 5 lety

      @@asarcasticdragon4419 what are nanobots, surely you aren't planning on putting metal like, oh I don't know mercury, or lead, or gallium inside someone

    • @asarcasticdragon4419
      @asarcasticdragon4419 Před 5 lety

      @@johnsnow2612 Nanobots are microscopic robots designed to work with other nanobots to accomplish tasks. And no, I wouldn't use them to inject harmful chemicals like that, to slow. Instead I'd program them to shut down all vital organs at once, sure it's less discrete but it's fast and never fails.

    • @johnsnow2612
      @johnsnow2612 Před 5 lety

      OI! Walpole we need an EMP (whatever that is) ASAP

  • @sylveonguy7709
    @sylveonguy7709 Před 4 lety +36

    Americans: use Native Americans to create unbreakable codes
    Japanese: DON’T YOU BRING THE NAVAJO INTO THIS!!

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott Před 5 lety +7

    The logistics to make Normandy and Saipan happen never ceases to amaze me. And this was before computers and data bases. All of it literally done by actual ink and paper.

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 Před 5 lety

      The power of the pen is beats the power of the key

  • @WorldOfTanksOfficialChannel
    @WorldOfTanksOfficialChannel Před 5 lety +1283

    Great video, thank you for your excellent narration of a brutal but critical battle!

    • @walpol3
      @walpol3 Před 5 lety +34

      The critical battles tend to be the most brutal :(

    • @liansangpuia7727
      @liansangpuia7727 Před 5 lety +2

      Wooooooooooo second reply

    • @oanvidan1066
      @oanvidan1066 Před 5 lety +5

      why no bonus code

    • @ranger-rj2ym
      @ranger-rj2ym Před 5 lety +3

      World of Tanks Europe Hey, so are we gonna be able to purchase a new premium tank, or not?

    • @ivansilviu7481
      @ivansilviu7481 Před 5 lety +3

      Wait why only Europe?

  • @lucbrisebois767
    @lucbrisebois767 Před 5 lety +303

    Invasions are fun. Except when they’re not.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean Před 5 lety +26

      I'm pretty sure "not" is the norm.

    • @kx4998
      @kx4998 Před 5 lety +4

      @@timothymclean norm? I think you mean always

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError Před 5 lety +4

      well unless it's the Iraq war... that one was so easy for the US armed forces that they stayed on for too damn long and get slammed in the face for too long and breed terrorist...

    • @dr.velious5411
      @dr.velious5411 Před 5 lety +2

      The American plan to invade Canada almost got real fun, as it turns out they already had a counter-plan just in case.

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer Před 5 lety +2

      As with everything else.

  • @helpimstuckinafridgeandits305

    Japanese soldiers: Hold your ground no matter what enemy you may face
    *The Floridian regiment arrives*
    Japanese soldiers:RUNNNN!

  • @bskorupk
    @bskorupk Před 5 lety +45

    Battles like those of the Pacific Theater are one of the reasons that Bayonets are still standard issue. Firepower alone does not make a mix of confined spaces, concealment, numbers and zeal irrelevant.

    • @ttry1152
      @ttry1152 Před 3 lety +2

      I still have a bayonet from This battle

    • @NorthernNorthdude91749
      @NorthernNorthdude91749 Před rokem

      Bayonets are only issued as tools now, not combat implements. This is the 21st century, not 1914. Bayonets serve no use in combat now.

  • @brucewayneisdeadpool830
    @brucewayneisdeadpool830 Před 5 lety +597

    Silly extra credits... That is not how you yell BANZAI

    • @Kajiyaification
      @Kajiyaification Před 5 lety +38

      BONZAI

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 Před 5 lety +14

      @@Kalleosini
      To be fair to him though, Japanese is a pretty hard language. I've only recently started learning and I didn't realize how much I had always said wrong.

    • @jadonberg9364
      @jadonberg9364 Před 5 lety +33

      Yeah, it's more like BAAAAAAANNNNNZAAAIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @mounne13
      @mounne13 Před 5 lety +27

      fucking weebs.

    • @greensteve9307
      @greensteve9307 Před 5 lety

      Thanks! I learnt something today. :) upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Ja-Tokyo.ogg

  • @KDannXII
    @KDannXII Před 5 lety +49

    Boom Stick got me cracking up

  • @dolphinplayzwot2140
    @dolphinplayzwot2140 Před 4 lety +47

    9:44
    Meanwhile in the bathroom
    kid: making fun of me in the stall
    me: **shoves a grenade in the stall**

  • @SCP_Wandsman13_13
    @SCP_Wandsman13_13 Před rokem +2

    I love how you mentioned the Code Talkers. They’re unfairly under appreciated.

  • @InspectHistory
    @InspectHistory Před 5 lety +250

    Wow! Pasific Theater, amazing work EH :)
    I'm your fans from Indonesia 😇

    • @Real_British
      @Real_British Před 5 lety +4

      Respect from UK,im also,kinda your fan bcoz i like your videos..even my indonesian language is a bit rusty lol

    • @bigmac1516
      @bigmac1516 Před 5 lety +2

      *Pacific

    • @InspectHistory
      @InspectHistory Před 5 lety +4

      Wow hahahaha, thanks dude! lol
      btw I think this may help u a little bit: Settings - Subtitles/CC - Auto-Translate (chose what you like)

    • @StrimClocks
      @StrimClocks Před 5 lety +4

      I agree! Finally we have the PTO in the mix great battle that they are covering in WW2. Saipan is going to be a great start to the PTO. Here's hoping that War Gaming supports an episode on Midway.

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError Před 5 lety

      well i wouldnt mind a battle of malaya and singapore...

  • @antitroller101
    @antitroller101 Před 5 lety +52

    1:10
    So when you say "sunk with all hands" you mean every one of those 24 soldier goes for an eternal dive, eh?
    If so then damn, horrible luck that you die at what is basically the starting line.

    • @captonloner4685
      @captonloner4685 Před 5 lety +12

      antitroller101 if we are talking about the LVT-4 Amtrac, you really wouldn’t lose all 100% of the 24 men assigned to each one. Because the guys in the back don’t have a roof over their heads just like a Higgins boat. They’d be able to hop out of it once they landed if the ramp couldn’t drop (note: drivers position is in front). But another possibility for losing “all hands” is idk, the weight of the gear the marines had on them could’ve dragged them down. Or maybe because the dive was so sudden that the force of the water bearing down on them was so great it killed them on impact. I don’t really know, but I do know for SURE, you can’t lose 100% of 24 men, I’d say only like 20-45% of 24 men would be lost. But not all 24.

    • @leonardusrakapradayan2253
      @leonardusrakapradayan2253 Před 5 lety +2

      What happened to the uss Carolina?

  • @Bluecho4
    @Bluecho4 Před 5 lety +2

    My paternal grandfather - who died before I was born - served in the Pacific campaign. My father told me that, years after the war ended, the man would never speak of his experiences. PTSD.

  • @farmerboy916
    @farmerboy916 Před 5 lety +3

    Might I just say that this is incredibly engaging, and a great way to bring up often overlooked groups like the code talkers without seeming unnaturally inserted? You've really knocked this one out of the park so far.

  • @tomasvillagomez5038
    @tomasvillagomez5038 Před 5 lety +3

    As a history buff born on Guam who’s family comes from Saipan I am beyond excited to see the rest of this series

  • @MediasPerdusQC
    @MediasPerdusQC Před 5 lety +2

    Again, really nice video! i appreciate so much extra history, it's probably one of my favorite bits of youtube

  • @koolaidman2347
    @koolaidman2347 Před 4 lety +2

    Finally a good video with an actual story about lVT’s with a 75mm!!!!

  • @yonokhanman654
    @yonokhanman654 Před 5 lety +4

    Tanks for this episode, World of Thanks. :D

  • @user-sw2mr1hy6o
    @user-sw2mr1hy6o Před 5 lety +4

    Yes!!!
    More Extra History!
    I want more vidieos about that theme.
    Continue that way!

  • @jakobc.2558
    @jakobc.2558 Před 5 lety +1

    HOLY CRAP! I was never so Hyped for upcoming Videos!

  • @angeredjsarge6220
    @angeredjsarge6220 Před 5 lety +2

    I am SERIOUSLY loving these WWII videos!! Keep up the great work guys! :)

  • @Nicd671
    @Nicd671 Před 5 lety +36

    Can you do the liberation of Guam. US soil that was reclaimed after long fighting. Plus natives in parts of the island slowly being liberated chose to fight and help the Americans. Plus of how thankful we were to see the Americans again that we have an iconic song called “Uncle Sam” please we are known as the forgotten battle and America’s hidden jewel cause we are US territory

  • @thomascooper8098
    @thomascooper8098 Před 5 lety +15

    while on the topic of the pacific theater, i think "battle of the coral sea" would be a very interesting topic to discuss as it was a major turning point in the war between Japan and USA(and also the first aircraft carrier battle in history)

    • @paooul_dixon
      @paooul_dixon Před 5 lety +1

      I personally think that the battle of Midway was the major turning point in the Pacific theater.

    • @thomascooper8098
      @thomascooper8098 Před 5 lety

      i said that battle of the coral sea was A major turning point, not THE, but the thing about battle of the coral sea is that the Japanese actually had multiple opportunities to sink two American carriers, however they were too passive. also this battle heavily hindered the Japanese assault on Midway as the two carriers down in the coral sea were meant to also join the attack on Midway, and the Japanese lost 1 carrier, and another was heavily damage and unable to join the assault on Midway.

    • @wingedhussars812
      @wingedhussars812 Před 5 lety

      The U.S.S Enterprise was one of them right?

    • @whenyoupulloutyourdickands4023
      @whenyoupulloutyourdickands4023 Před 5 lety

      @@wingedhussars812
      If you mean the battle of Midway then yes, Enterprise was one of them.
      If you mean the battle of Coral sea then No. Enterprise was not one of them. The 2 carriers were Yorktown and Lexington.

  • @Redx6504
    @Redx6504 Před 5 lety +2

    This is so cool to see, my grandfather fought at Saipan, he was in the 4th marine division.
    I have a book with a big number 4 on it he got at the end of the war, it has pictures of people mentioned in this video and describes much of what this does in text and very old battlefield pictures. Thanks for making this, made my dad smile and exclaim in shock a few times. Can't wait for the next part.

  • @maxwelllee9973
    @maxwelllee9973 Před 5 lety

    I love this channel's animation combined with information. Keep up the good work!

  • @NinjaRodent
    @NinjaRodent Před 5 lety +16

    Yay Pacific Theater videos!
    Edit: I know this is a sponsored video but please do more vids about the Pacific Theater. It's such a comparatively overlooked part of the war compared Europe.

  • @cpMetis
    @cpMetis Před 5 lety +348

    The Japanese failed because they didn't use Artillery Only.
    ...
    ...okay, I'll see myself out.

  • @rolandbalajadia1673
    @rolandbalajadia1673 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for covering my home island's history in the war! Means a lot

  • @franzlouiederamos8744
    @franzlouiederamos8744 Před 5 lety +2

    I love that you did this video! I'm from there! Appreciated it!

  • @Dragons_Armory
    @Dragons_Armory Před 5 lety +14

    It was a difficult battle all around, the Americans had to take one of the most fortified positions against a foe who will die fighting for nearly every inch of the soil.
    Thank you for covering this.

  • @HistoryHouseProductions
    @HistoryHouseProductions Před 5 lety +4

    Another day. Another great video.

  • @scorpion1429
    @scorpion1429 Před 5 lety +1

    You just gotta love this animation. It's so simple and amazing!

  • @PavarottiAardvark
    @PavarottiAardvark Před 5 lety +2

    Video: War is bloody, brutal and horrible.
    Sponsorship: Woooo! Tanks are awesome! Tanks tanks tanks!

  • @mikhailbychkov5042
    @mikhailbychkov5042 Před 5 lety +57

    This is all very interesting but what about the strategically important location known as *Iwo Jima* ?

    • @garygartenzwerg9870
      @garygartenzwerg9870 Před 5 lety +12

      HoI IV memes are great, aren't they?

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 5 lety +16

      you mean
      ARTILLERY ONLY

    • @mikhailbychkov5042
      @mikhailbychkov5042 Před 5 lety +18

      @@xXxSkyViperxXx wait you didn't know? The Americans conquered the strategically important location of *Iwo Jima* while using ARTILLERY ONLY
      I mean come one, it's in every history book

    • @kim-jongfun9228
      @kim-jongfun9228 Před 5 lety +2

      What about the time where America ended the war by firing some artillery over Japan

    • @teriinekoyama1369
      @teriinekoyama1369 Před 5 lety +2

      Iwo Jima was already covered years ago.

  • @runetitan-lx4ih
    @runetitan-lx4ih Před 5 lety +16

    i would love to see a one off special episode about the code talkers

  • @hedzer7877
    @hedzer7877 Před 5 lety

    you guys are doing a awesome job! i watch every extra history video

  • @ryanlancaster9990
    @ryanlancaster9990 Před 5 lety

    I’ve been waiting so long for someone to make a Battle of Saipan video!

  • @thewanderer5506
    @thewanderer5506 Před 5 lety +4

    You're stories and illustrations have really tought me that War is a truly terrible thing
    No matter the gain, it's killing your fellow Man, the loss will always outweigh

    • @thewanderer5506
      @thewanderer5506 Před 5 lety

      @@klake5375 Define Innocent
      It changes from Army to Army, to the Japanese during this time, n9ne of the Americans are 'Innocent'

  • @maxs.5112
    @maxs.5112 Před 5 lety +47

    Call of Duty: World at War memories coming into my head.

    • @abcdef27669
      @abcdef27669 Před 5 lety +16

      "How many marines did we lose to take this rock?!"
      "Already too many..."

    • @Isildun9
      @Isildun9 Před 5 lety +2

      Ah, the last CoD game I actually enjoyed. Fond memories.

    • @fede98k54
      @fede98k54 Před 5 lety +4

      "While you live the heart of this army cennot be broken!"

    • @GanjaEnthusiast322
      @GanjaEnthusiast322 Před 5 lety +2

      @@Isildun9 I'd say Black Ops 2 for me

    • @liltoaster7308
      @liltoaster7308 Před 5 lety +4

      World at war's Pacific campaign did not take place on Saipan, only Makin, Peleliu and Okinawa

  • @ttry1152
    @ttry1152 Před 2 lety +2

    He realy has a way with narrating. Give you goosebumps with his timing

  • @Flow86767
    @Flow86767 Před 5 lety +2

    OMG 2 SERIES AT THE SAME TIME FOR HISTORY

  • @Khornecussion
    @Khornecussion Před 4 lety +18

    America: " *Peace through superior firepower.* "

  • @Faruq-xn4gj
    @Faruq-xn4gj Před 5 lety +176

    2:50 that not light tank but medium tank Type 97 Chi-Ha

    • @spacepiracy1552
      @spacepiracy1552 Před 5 lety +33

      all Japanese tanks were light tanks :P

    • @decrobyron
      @decrobyron Před 5 lety +38

      Japanese medium tank = light tank. Japanese Light tank = Tankette.

    • @dynamicworlds1
      @dynamicworlds1 Před 5 lety +3

      Frankly, amphibious tanks are terrible due to incompatible design considerations and still the "AmTanks" of the US would utterly wreck a _lot_ of contemporary Japanese NON-amphibious tanks (to say nothing of their deathtraps of amphibious tanks)

    • @Faruq-xn4gj
      @Faruq-xn4gj Před 5 lety +3

      Don't talk bad about Japanese tank. They know their tank is outdated and bad, the reason why their tank is bad because their military budget going to Navy rather to Army
      czcams.com/video/7tVxsfx0dcU/video.html
      in sense their tank like Italian tank
      czcams.com/video/QB2GINNs3Aw/video.html

    • @williamthors6844
      @williamthors6844 Před 5 lety

      True

  • @turtlepancakes9607
    @turtlepancakes9607 Před 5 lety +2

    love how you mentioned the Navajo code talkers! one of my personal favorite subjects to read about!

  • @ernesto4588
    @ernesto4588 Před 5 lety

    Happy you made this:)

  • @SPQSpartacus
    @SPQSpartacus Před 5 lety +12

    Recommend to all: Battle Cry by Leon Uris, who himself fought with the 6th Marines in the Pacific.

  • @mattycro3868
    @mattycro3868 Před 5 lety +4

    We Are finally mentioned in history channels. Thank you for this reference.

  • @jamesnewman1976
    @jamesnewman1976 Před 5 lety

    Awesome episode. Keep this series going

  • @anonymousp6062
    @anonymousp6062 Před 5 lety

    I’m so excited for the next ep! It can’t come soon enough!

  • @Its_shiki_time4876
    @Its_shiki_time4876 Před 5 lety +14

    I love the Pacific theatre because it was U.S. fighting against arguably tougher enemy than the Germans ever could that side of the war was legit grinding to fullest extent just to take and hold a simple hill beach tree line pit or road and the logistics must have been crazy cause fighting on islands using ships to resupply against a naval power must have been a nightmare

  • @canococentral1159
    @canococentral1159 Před 5 lety +70

    I miss the original narrator.😢😢

  • @nthanatos6212
    @nthanatos6212 Před 5 lety

    Amazing as always. I wish you guys would post videos into this series more often, though.

  • @rogueleader7506
    @rogueleader7506 Před 5 lety

    YES! I love it when you guys do these types of WWII videos! I hope you guys could more videos on things like Franz Stigler or George Welch and Keneth Taylor.

  • @bintangsatrya3960
    @bintangsatrya3960 Před 5 lety +30

    Still waiting for the Spanish Inquisition

    • @cyberdragonnova7589
      @cyberdragonnova7589 Před 5 lety +19

      They are going to make one when everyone is least expecting it

    • @JS-wy6uw
      @JS-wy6uw Před 5 lety +2

      I wouldn't expect them

    • @Rubbertoe4455
      @Rubbertoe4455 Před 5 lety +2

      Yea, after all, nobody expects it

    • @aliensinnoh1
      @aliensinnoh1 Před 5 lety +4

      You have to stop waiting for it. It won't come until you don't expect it.

    • @mateusmartinsjunior6506
      @mateusmartinsjunior6506 Před 5 lety +1

      why are you expecting the spanish inquisition , after all "NOBODY EXPECT THE SPANISH INQUISITION"

  • @duchessnoor
    @duchessnoor Před 5 lety +196

    Typing this from my foxhole.

    • @walpol3
      @walpol3 Před 5 lety +22

      OMG SAME!

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 Před 5 lety +11

      How did you two even end up in this situation?

    • @duchessnoor
      @duchessnoor Před 5 lety +11

      Feste the Phule I can’t afford shelter so I dug a temporary foxhole to live in, but at least I don’t have to pay bills! Trust me, it’s a great foxhole!

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin Před 5 lety +10

      I guess you've been pretty hard up since break that oath, KID!

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 Před 5 lety +7

      @@duchessnoor
      ...Don't you have an entire Kingdom?
      And Walpole is fabulously rich, so he has no such excuse.

  • @torlonnqvist2954
    @torlonnqvist2954 Před 5 lety

    Hell yeah! Just what i needed.

  • @salsacolasa5021
    @salsacolasa5021 Před 5 lety

    You never stop to amaze me, no bias at all just history.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Před 5 lety +30

    The HMS TOG II*’s can do better.

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 Před 5 lety

      A platoon of TOGs and we'd be speaking Japanese right now

  • @regretfulman4784
    @regretfulman4784 Před 5 lety +54

    Germany: ok this is good, all i have to do is focus on the USSR and Brit-
    Japan: **bombs pearl harbour**
    US: **destroys both**

  • @AZBigIr0n
    @AZBigIr0n Před 5 lety

    Gave a like to the video before it even began. Nice to see EC still doing topics that are not covered as much. Would've liked to see a bit more on the movements and progression of the fronts though. Another good one to visit would be the invasion of Tinian, just southwest of Saipan, conducted with many of the same troops that participated in the capture of Saipan days earlier. It's perhaps not given as much thought since it was considered to have gone astonishingly well according to plan rather than hard fought.

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro Před 5 lety

    wow this was way cooler than I though it would be can't wait for the next episode

  • @stove5857
    @stove5857 Před 5 lety +8

    ayyyyyy, I was born in Saipan. 50% Chomorro right here

    • @stove5857
      @stove5857 Před 5 lety

      @@seanhartnett79 c o o l

    • @agisasickglitch4222
      @agisasickglitch4222 Před 5 lety

      @@stove5857 Oh cool, same. Everything is just dandy here. A lot of rain tho.

    • @stove5857
      @stove5857 Před 5 lety

      @@agisasickglitch4222 nice

    • @Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos
      @Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos Před 5 lety

      Wait Saipan is populated by Chamorro? I thought they we're only seen in Guam.
      Also Hafa Adai

  • @monkeyt1554
    @monkeyt1554 Před 5 lety +35

    *BAANZAAAIIIII!!!!*

  • @jessed9824
    @jessed9824 Před 5 lety +2

    This story is gonna be interesting, it sounds so cool so far!

  • @elliotholmstrom4
    @elliotholmstrom4 Před 4 lety +1

    This is my favorite extra credits video!

  • @mosleyman3136
    @mosleyman3136 Před 5 lety +4

    After this series please do the battle of Sittang Bend or the North African Campaign!

  • @marcperrysalarda4490
    @marcperrysalarda4490 Před 5 lety +3

    How a about the next WW2 Pacific Theater series do The Battle of Palau or Pelelu

  • @Bore_hole
    @Bore_hole Před 5 lety

    great video man keep it on!!

  • @zenokp
    @zenokp Před rokem +1

    Thanks extra history for telling the story to the new generation I’m a local from Saipan keep up with the the videos

  • @flbrasington
    @flbrasington Před 5 lety +7

    Hey Extra Credit. 1st: All Marines are riflemen. The Crew that got out weren't Inf. they were riflemen like all other marines.
    2nd Marines don't use the term fox hole. It's just two-man fighting position. The word Foxhole is drilled out of you at MCT/ITB

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh Před 5 lety +4

      The majority of us arent Marines so pardon if we don't speak your exclusive strutting peacock talk.

    • @rye-the-man9734
      @rye-the-man9734 Před 5 lety

      @SuperFortress yes there difent for exmaple marins dont like being called soliders they like being call warriors also infrtery could be using somthing other than a rifle

    • @rye-the-man9734
      @rye-the-man9734 Před 5 lety

      @SuperFortressthey riflemen not inftrey A infentry is more a army term b even if these were army they got out tank

    • @rye-the-man9734
      @rye-the-man9734 Před 5 lety

      @SuperFortress i now see was wrong i now see what defintion of infantry is although if tankman uses rifle inside of the escape hacths on lets say a sherman becuse they ranout of ammo or brock i do realiz that unless the tank cant move this would be pretty stupid to do almost like mi gramer but would he not be a rifle man in a tank so not infantry

    • @rye-the-man9734
      @rye-the-man9734 Před 5 lety

      @SuperFortress okay i understand thanks

  • @Duke_of_Lorraine
    @Duke_of_Lorraine Před 5 lety +47

    Infantry, tanks, halftracks, landing craft, cruisers... why bother ? Just go artillery only

  • @wanderer10k
    @wanderer10k Před 5 lety

    Dude I hate it when you release these new videos one by one. I NEED to be able to binge-watch these!

  • @lucho_1980
    @lucho_1980 Před 5 lety

    These are so good. I hate having to wait for the next one.

  • @joshgarza220
    @joshgarza220 Před 3 lety +3

    hey guys should make a video how does Japan fight in China

  • @recas2780
    @recas2780 Před 5 lety +49

    aren't you guys gonna continue the majapahit series?

    • @InspectHistory
      @InspectHistory Před 5 lety +29

      Yes, this is just break (sometimes they produces 2 video in a week)

    • @manband20
      @manband20 Před 5 lety +33

      The Majapahit series is their A series AKA the one they want to do. This one is because World of Tanks sponsored a B series.

    • @InspectHistory
      @InspectHistory Před 5 lety +3

      Yup, you can hear the narrator said "This series is brought by World of Tanks PC, ...."

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean Před 5 lety +23

      Mainline Extra History series air on Saturdays. Weekday episodes are sponsored by companies looking to promote interest in their game's subject matter (and awareness of their games), just like the original run of Extra History.

    • @recas2780
      @recas2780 Před 5 lety +2

      okay ty for your explaination guys ^^

  • @neoconwarhawk1001
    @neoconwarhawk1001 Před 4 lety

    I think the pacific war never gets the attention it deserves. Thank you for this video.

  • @doogless
    @doogless Před 5 lety +1

    This was interesting to learn about. He wasn't part of the invasion force, but my grandfather served in the Army Signal Corps on Saipan. He absolutely hated his time there and never spoke much about it.