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A fascinating collection featuring some of the most dramatic and rare newsreels of the time. Filmed on board The Royal Navy’s Pacific Fleet, this film gives a ‘fly on the wall’ insight of the fleet in action during the Second World War.
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Great to hear the Royal Australian Air force and the Royal New Zealand Airforce given the praise they deserve. Usually in documentaries our forces are lumped in with British or American troops. The United States and United Kingdom were supported by Australia and New Zealand ,Canada , South Africa and the Dutch East Indies. Thanks for your service all the men and women of the Australian forces for doing us proud. Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi !
These are amazing footages! I myself served in U.S. Navy for 22 years but I have to salute the Greatest Generation for what they went through!
you served what any battles or was you the cook
onlythewise1 no I served from 1997 to 2019! And those cooks that you make fun of work very hard to keep everyone fed and in a fighting shape so they are just as important than any other rate or MOS!
@@onlythewise1 your 5th grade education is showing -only the stupid
Likewise here for USNavy navigation team. Been here in Japan since April 10, 1996.😊🗾⚓
@@billfront2153 I can hardly believe somebody would say something so stupid but then I look at this generation and I see why, may God Bless all of you that served, no matter what your job was, every one of you are priceless, so thank you again for your service, from a mostly grateful nation😁❤
My Dad landed Red Beach, Leyte island, 2 hrs. before Macarthur,v and he KICKED ASS ALL THRU THE PACIFIC, HERO HE WAS
if he fought in battles so glad he made it
I've studied WW2 quite a bit, especially the Pacific Theatre. I've never seen such a depiction of the British side. OUTSTANDING !
Bill Otto Read about the Coast Watchers, a few brave men from Australia, New Zealand and other nationality's that had a impact out of proportion to their numbers.
spooky shadow hawk oh I have, but I've never read anything like what this video shows. I really enjoyed this.
Bill Otto I enjoyed it too, most history and videos seem to forget about the other countries in the Pacific war. I'd like to see more about Australia, their part in the war is seldom mentioned.
The British had their hands full in Europe and couldn't provide any support until early 1945. They had also not developed or produced any effective modern carrier aircraft. The carriers they produced, armored deck carriers, were designed to fight in European waters and were unable to carry the numbers of aircraft, spares, spare parts, fuel or munitions to fight in the Pacific theatre. They also lacked fast fleet tankers and resupply ships. Never the less the contribution was much appreciated and the Brit's were there when we needed them. The Aussies and KiWi's fought with us from the get go on sea, air and land. They are much loved in America. British Pacific Fleet Task Force 57 www.armouredcarriers.com/task-force-57-iceberg-i-british-pacific-fleet Rear-Admiral Vian recalled the situation: Admiral Nimitz (left), Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser and General Spaatz take a tot of rum with the ship's company of HMS DUKE OF YORK. Meanwhile Admiral Fraser, appreciating fully the great importance, from a national point of view, of the Royal Navy engaging in the most modern type of sea warfare in company with the Americans who had perfected it, had been striving to convince Admiral Nimitz that the British would not only be able to operate alongside the Americans without calling on them for logistic aid, but that their Fleet would be of real help in the task which lay ahead - defeating Japan. He found that, like Admiral King, Admiral Nimitz felt that the fast United States carrier striking forces were perfectly capable of dealing, on their own, with the operations contemplated for the final reduction of the enemy… Admiral Fraser set himself to break down opposition. At the same time he realised that nothing but a really powerful Fleet could pull its weight alongside the great forces the Americans were using. Nothing but the very best would be expected by our Allies, who were by this time experienced veterans in the new forms of ocean warfare. It is a measure of his success that, when at length the British Pacific Fleet joined the Americans, they were greeted by a signal from Admiral Nimitz: “The British force will greatly increase our striking power, and demonstrate our unity of purpose against Japan. The United States Pacific Fleet welcomes you.” Admiral Fraser wrote fondly of an instance which would set the scene for the relationship of mutual respect and support that would feature in operations between Task Force 57 and 58: “I remember very well when I first went over to see Admiral Nimitz in Honolulu. At the end of our talks I was congratulating him on what the American fleet had done. He said, “Yes, I think we have done very well. There’s only one thing we envy you, and that is your British traditions.” I was very surprised and said, “Do you really think so, Admiral?” “Yes,”, he said, “it’s the thing you've got which can neither be bought nor sold. Guard it with your lives.” I always remember that. Wonderful thing for an American admiral to say.”
@@spookyshadowhawk6776 hey, they ended the Ottoman Empire in WW1, Rommel couldn't dislodge them and who has a clue?
Thanks, fascinated by naval endeavors of all sorts. My hat's off to you guys
That's really extraordinary footage in this film. I watched tons of war docus on youtube but I'm surprised to see so much new footage in this video. The scenes of the air attack on the USS Enterprise are spectacular. Thanks a lot for uploading
Especially at 5:00. Haven't seen the extended footage in years.
It's Veterans' Day today and we take this opportunity to salute and say thank you to our gallant soldiers, living and dead, that their legacy will live on in our hearts for the service and sacrifice they've made to preserve our most cherished freedom. We can't thank you enough.
Amen to that my friend😉
I will salute the Greatest Generation until the day I die! God Bless all of you.
Good onya mate, I feel exactly the same, my dad was 17 yo when he served in the pacific. Steve, Sydney Australia.
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@@stephenbeecham7544 really was he the cook
Me too!!
Great to see the Australian aircraft carriers and the ANZAC forces alongside the American and British Navy.
Have to say,footage is remarkable and most new to me,Thankyou Janson M.
Amazing footage ive not seen before thank you.
just the first 6 minutes got me hooked love to see the actual footage of what happened
Wow, never saw this footage before in all my many years of watching WW2 documentaries.
Love the cornie instrumental in the bg during intense battle. US Navy rocks!!! And the tip of the hat to NZ & Australian DF is nice
I love black & white tv makes feel like I’m in history 💯🙏🏾🔥
Great upload,thank you very much!
Great job guys I enjoy everyone of your Documentary Peace out stay safe
That boy can sure roll his R's
Great footage
This Documentary should be Aired on all the American networks as well as schools etc just to show that there were other countries fighting in the Pacific in WW2.
Hey there....this documentary and many others are projected in our schools....That's why I'm a history buff as to the battles, naval and ground conflicts during that time.
@@tedhernandez2394 Good stuff Mate
@@aussiedrifter I never get tired of reading about WW1, WW2, Korea, and Viet Nam. Lots going on during that time. Lots that many people should read about. So they can understand what goes on today....And the sacrifices made by those brave individuals.
Why?
@@chaosXP3RT 'Cause I like history.
Wonderful documentary. Had never seen much of this footage.
There's a ton of good stuff on YT, and on other platforms. Ask and people will direct you to rare film of all kinds of battles.
Excellent documentary, footage that has a perspective I've not seen.
As a proud U.S. NAVY veteran I salute those brave sailors of the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy who went to sea to defend liberty against those formidable facist forces that sought to rule the world. ✌🇺🇸
these need to be remastered.
Thanks. Many of the scenes and footage was new to me. Good documentary with a British point of view.
somehow i cannot imagine being involved in war but i guess maybe i would have had to do it--hats off and a salute to these men (and women) of the Greatest Generation--my Father brought back German binoculars, some medals, a Luger and Ike's autograph that he got on a small piece of newsprint, on it it says 'given to me by Ike at an airfield somewhere in France '44', i still have it
souvenir for father neptune ...great line
Much of that footage a couple minutes in was from the Battle of Santa Cruz. No Japanese ship sunk at Santa Cruz as was speculated in the video. We lost capital carrier USS Hornet and destroyer USS Porter. Much damage to ships on both sides including USS Enterprise and as only operational capital carrier left before Essex class were finished and commissioned, she retreated with her escorts. However, Japan paid with the last of it's veteran well trained Naval Aircrews for that tactical victory and the attrition in personnel was much more critical for them. The IJN never were able to coordinate effective carrier launched air attacks after Santa Cruz. These sea battles were vicious as certainly was Santa Cruz.
The second bomb just missed those guys! Wow!
great ! Got Ad Block. Now I can enjoy without annoying Ads every two Minutes.
24:07 "As an extra heavy load goes across" - video of a guy being winched across Thats a lotta damage!
Was that a dig at that guys weight? He looks normal in today’s standard.. back then he was likely considered quite hefty.. hehe
Thanks to the brave crew member without them we'll never seen the real war
I like how simple language used to be. Half ton bomb hitting the wooden deck of a freaking carrier, and this chap goes "another direct hit made quite a mess". Just casual-like... No fcks, exaggerations or other millenial bs. I approve of such truth-of-factly commentary. "Kudos"...
You're absolutely right people can't imagine what they went through and what they sacrifice for our nation and freedom people will be a lot more grateful not to mention the merchant fleet all being sunk and ice cold water for days hanging on to a life deserving sharks cold not knowing if you're going to live or die I'm so grateful n and thank God for them men and women of that generation
I'm sorry I meant hanging on to Life preservers it was a typo
Wow this was excellent footage of the big E and wow man wow
i enjoyed this video very much. it showed things of the surrender that i have never seen , thankyou. but the part that showed the japanese harbor pilot coming aboard the missiour was not the full story. my fathers ship the USS ELLYSON DE 454 /DMS 19 , DESRON 12 ,was the first american warship in toyko bay to clear the waters for the capital ships. ELLYSON was the flag ship of DESRON 12 and all of her squardren followed her into the bay to clear it of mines. i think a little back story on these little but important ships would round out the history better. my personal feelings are that WW2 was so bloody that all service men and women were heros but give the Destroyer Escorts some video too. thanks .
Please tell me the name of This documentary. I want to watch all the episodes
Alan Ladd did a great job in his part.
God Bless AMERICA! 🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻
Title says Full WW2 Documentary.... yet the Battle of the Atlantic, the U-Boat war, etc - all not mentioned. The tile should read "The Pacific Ocean War of WW2".
Can't imagine being on big ass ship during any war such an easy 🎯
Jammerbvan de storing!!!!!
This intro soundtrack is a weird mix of a new hope and lord of the rings
History of world war two make me understand that humanlife sacrifice must be stop by preventing war itself to explode-peace must be preserve to fosget the horror of it...!
Yes what I realize that one mad man can cause death to millions. I am happy President Trump killed those terrorists
The greatest generation!! They saved the world. R.i.p heroes. They are turning in their graves to see what became of America. If they knew what the future had in store they would of fought for Germany.
Yeah, my dad enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a teenager, to fight against fascism in defense of freedom. He served in coastal reconnaissance, and eventually in France and Belgium. He hated his wartime experience, as many vets did, but he told me many times he did it to help make the world a better, safer place for his children, should he ever have any. On his behalf, and in his memory, I must ask, do you have any concept of how monstrous and disgusting your comment is? Has your heart and mind been so poisoned with fear and hatred that you no longer have any capacity for rational thought or basic human decency? Your comment is an insult those who sacrificed so much to defend freedom and liberty. You have NO RIGHT to speak for them.
Near miss here, and another near miss over there. Now let's see a direct hit.🥺 To see what they went thur. That I was told was hard times. But it made them stronger. I was told.
Black and white doesn't do justice. Many naval groups used color specific flac. So those black clouds weren't always black. This was done to help coordinate flac patterns and to allow for cooperated defence of several ships.
I have been an attorney for well over 25 years now but I also have my PhD in Primatology and I studied the Orangutans on Sumatra for 3 years. During WWII almost 1/3 of the Orangutans died because of the Japanese using the meat for food.
Ppl forget that the Dutch also fought in the Pacific as well..🤔
No one cares about the Dutch
Come on ...We all know that the Americans won the war, single-handed.
Ther submarines rekt havoc in the initial hostilities
Their country was occupied by the Germans the whole time. Which is why they don`t get mentioned much.
Elizabeth Reign Castillo no but without us it would have been lost
At 8:30 The Bismarck Sea...all those Japanese Troop Transports were empty...those 15,000 troops made it ashore..... Somebody got relieved of their command because of that blunder!.... My Father killed two of the Japanese Imperial Marines that made it ashore....
Every American war documentary comment section, there are some people trying to take away credit from Americans soldiers, sailors and pilots. It's getting annoying
chaosXpert. Well said.It's about trying to change history because they know better. that history actually happened seems not to change their opinion.Strange but true i am afraid.
The way the prisoners were treated, especially by the Japanese who were finally freed upon Japanese capitulation must have been infuriating. It's still quite infuriating to see even now, after all these years. Despite their survival, their physical states was just inexcusable.
Nothing compared to the Nazis. They hung castrated British Agents from Light Poles in the streets.
I was a kid during WWII (age 8 when it ended in 1945) and I saw a lot of movies and news articles about the war and some of the atrocities they committed. Consequently, I developed a burning hatred for the Japanese. Fortunately, for them, I was not in charge when they surrendered. Gen. MacArthur was way too compassionate IMO.
@@vm-snss4910 I totally agree, the Japanese for some reason were treated far more leniently than their other axis of evil allies, the only reason I can think that might have played a part in the allied leadership decision was that the focus needed after such a long war was to get on with rebuilding their respective countries and rebuilding the world, but whatever the reasons were the Japanese, especially those who were responsible for the atrocities committed upon POW and civilian prisoners, got away with their crimes.
@@allandavis8201 Hi Allen. I'm sure you're right. As an aside, I went to Submarine School in New London, Conn in 1955, just ten years after the war ended. My feelings against the Japanese were still very strong. I remember standing fire watch and having to walk through the barracks of sleeping Japanese sailors who were also attending training in New London. It was a very unsettling experience. I felt like I was among the enemy. Of course, I was just 17 years old then. Now, at 84, I'm a little more mature. I've learned to despise politicians instead of soldiers and sailors who are just the tools politicians use to carry out their agenda.The politicians on either side are the real enemy.
No leader in the 1930s dreamed that air power would dominate the war land and sea as it did. Building the big battleships like Yamoto and Bismarck took years and were already obsolete by 1940. Britain excepted because their island was reasonable convenient for aircraft so carriers were not necessary. But when they sent Prince of Wales and Repulse to Malaya they didn't last a day.
It is remarkable how quickly battleships became obsolete technology! Even the Bismarck was undone by already obsolete torpedo planes from the Ark Royal, although battleships & cruisers finished her off.
My late dad was in the ww2 war he was in the navy
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The things you used to be able to say. Damn those were the good old days.
I guess so, but only If you consider the world wide war, the death and destruction, that happened to so many soldiers, and even more so, the innocent civilians, that were caught up in it.
Ever look at our past and wonder how we ever managed to evolve? Sometimes I think our species doesn't deserve the lives we've been given. Sickening. The movie Fury about a WW2 tank group has one line in it that really struck close to the bone for me....pardon, I forget the characters names... Veteran: Wait till you see it. Greenhorn: See what? Veteran: What a man can do to another man.
Evolution isn't real.
@@556user What planet do you live on?
I've always wondered if the axis had won ww2 would they have been as magnanimous in victory as the Allies were? With the track record of Nazi Germany and militarist Japan, thank God they didn't win. Steve, Sydney Australia.
ya right
they would have given us nice concentration camps or slave labor camps to live in.
@@onlythewise1 mlm⁰
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Louis Mountbatten and his nephew Prince Phillip always maintained a deep dislike of the Japanese for what they did to prisoners and civilians alike.
They had a deep dislike for Japanese but what about their own behavior in their colonies......
@@abhideepagarwal4236 Such as.......?
Australia owes USA a debt of gratitude beyond measure
That's not the only place that does! And it is nice to see you recognize this. The Pacific theater was a much harsher and nastier war that in Europe. Of course, there was some really terrible fighting in Europe (mainly in Russia), but the whole Pacific war was like that.
Who is the announcer?
no mention of the plight of Americans and Philipinos who bore the brunt of resistance from the Japanese on the early days in the Pacific ....far more of what was expected of them to last
British film talking about the war at sea...
the US carriers had decks of teak wood while the British had armored decks.
Because the hangar deck was the armored deck, American carriers berthed up to 40 more planes compared with British carriers. One other item to remember, American carriers were longer ranging,up to 2 years away from their home ports!
US carriers had steel decks. Japanese carrier decks were made of wood. Where did you get your misinformation?
@@chaosXP3RT The Three Yorktown class carriers the U.S. had at the start of the Pacific war had wooden flight decks, The 24 Essex class carriers comissioned in 1943 had armored decks.
@@Blackreaper95 My bad. I have always been taught that the Japanese had wooden and the US had steel. That was supposedly a big weakness of Japanese carriers, but I guess we had wooden decks too. So much for accurate history from the History Channel
The will be wars and rumours of wars...
If it was a kamikaze @28:15, why did he have a rubber dinghy? Lol
United We Stand,,, and why did they wear helmets ??? Keep their ears warm ...??? LOL
Just in case he had a change of heart and decided to abort 😂😂
Standard issue for all aircraft.
@@R.U.1.2. ,. It was a flying bomb. Stripped of all unnecessary weight in favor of a large amount of explosive. No parachute, no plan on coming back.... It was a Kamikaze..... lol
“The extermination of the Japanese”. Can you imagine if a video said that today?
That becuase the world is full of snoflakes now and no body can even take a fucking joke no more butch of bitches
It all depends on the politics of the person saying it. If you're a lefty you can speak openly about interning conservatives in reeducation camps, and yes even exterminating them. Keith Olbermann demanded the extermination of Trump and ALL those who support him on his KZhead channel and of course, nothing was done about it. He was NOT deplatformed even though he was clearly in violation of their terms and conditions.
Remember they believed, as did the Nazis that they were racially superior & executed POWs & non-combatants alike.
In no way am I condoning that language, merely highlighting the 'possible' reasoning behind that statement. Japanese soldiers murdered 300,000 non-combatants in Nanking, raped approx 30,000 women, & killed another quarter million after the Doolittle raid for allegedly assisting the Americans, those were old men, women & children. Today Japan is one of our greatest allies & they are wonderful people. 90 years ago...Not so much! It's never wise to hold historical figures to the social norms of today, if for no reason other than we weren't there!
9:40, US planes gunning down soldiers in Lifeboats after their Battleship was destroyed. After the Fleets were destroyed the War was pretty much over for the Japanese. U.S. then incinerated a few Million civilians with A bombs. Women, Babies, and Wildlife. Americans think Jesus was born in the United States.
One of my uncles was on H.M.S. Isis a destroyer during World War Two
It should have Chester Nimitz who should have received the surrender not McAchur. He fought the island hoping campaign and shortened the Pacific war not McAchur.
28:16 A rubber Dingy blown from a low flying Kamikaze Plane?
South Park guys nailed that narrators voice.
Bara-cue-da
@19:45 my bro.
@Iron Monster Do you know his story? Could you share it?
No, sadly...
So, they misplaced a whole ship? HMAS CANBERRA! A heavy cruiser lost in the battle of Savo Island, August 1942.
Dick Fint when they say lost in this context it doesn't mean misplaced, it means the ship was sunk or captured.
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Anyone see a middle finger around 8:30 to 8:34? Lol!!
The newsreel @ 34:00 minutes referring to pre-atomic bomb strikes and the potential invasion of mainland Japan was quite poignant, if the allies hadn’t had and used the two atomic bombs then the death toll on both sides would have been completely without president, millions of military personnel could have been killed and the Japanese casualties could have been far higher, and today in 2022 we are facing the potential for the use of those terrible weapons again, Putin is that unstable that he could, in the face of failure in Ukraine 🇺🇦 that he might decide to go out with a bang. The Japanese leadership quite literally got away with murder, the way they treated POWs and civilian internees was without doubt some of the worst of any war, and yet they were not pursued to the extent the Nazis were, and they still don’t apologise for their actions, that is totally unacceptable and to late to be rectified. The footage of the POWs towards the end of the film were only the tip of a very very large iceberg, and they were the ones that the civilian population could be shown, if they had shown the true horrors of the camps and there prisoners there would have been people collapsing in shock and horror at the sight of them, this footage was completely sanitised for the masses.
Interesting that they show the British accepting the Japanese unconditional surrender, but I have yet to see video of which islands the British recaptured or which Japanese forces they beat in combat. If they had asked me, it should be United States Marine Corps Generals who should be accepting the surrender, and then passing back the signature pens to the British... I don't remember a British flag going up on Mt Suribachi in Iwo Jima. What about the hand to hand combat in Metro Manila, as US Marines fought to retake the Philippines. Where were the British? New Zealanders fought like mad men, both in the Pacific and in Europe.... but the British are most famous for large scale evacuations...Dunkirk.... Crete...and almost North Africa... Where was that famous British Navy during the battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of Leyte Gulf, during the battle of Midway? Historians give the British credit and rightfully so, for breaking the unbreakable Nazi code, thereby saving 14 million lives and shortening the war in Europe by 2 years, BUT nobody mentions that if Japan had NOT attacked the US, followed by Hitler's blunder to declare war on the US, the entire continent of Europe would today be speaking German.
How nice for you to be able to see potential and possible futures! Whahahahahaaaa!
I don't suppose you have heard of Kohima, then? Or the Battle of the Atlantic, or the Battle of the Barents Sea, or Operation Pedestal? The British were as prominent in the Pacific as the US Navy was in the Atlantic. I believe the correct term is 'horses for courses.'
@@dovetonsturdee7033 I think you have missed the point completely here. This video is suppose to be about WW II in the Pacific. Three of your four references were in the Atlantic or Mediterranean Sea, and not in the Pacific. The Kohima reference was in India, and again, not in the Pacific. Other than the Prince of Wales along with the Repulse ships that were sunk on Dec 10,1941, there was no British action in the Pacific until the Battle of Okinawa in April,1945. This whole video is a British propaganda video, and is trying to make it look like Britain was quite involved in the Pacific, which it was not.
@@vincentlavallee2779 It rather depends whether you wish to restrict discussion to the Pacific alone, or to the wider issue of the defeat of Japan. There was, indeed, little British participation in the war in the Pacific, but the fact was that, by freeing the US navy from any major involvement in the Atlantic, the Arctic, the Mediterranean, or the Indian, naval campaigns, the Royal Navy made it possible for the US Navy to concentrate almost entire in the Pacific. As to Kohima, read up on the Japanese Operation U-Go. There were 53,000 Japanese casualties. Compare that with Iwo Jima (18,500) and Guadalcanal (19,200) and then claim that the British & Commonwealth were not involved in the war against Japan. By your reasoning, because there were no Soviet troops involved in the liberation of France, then the Soviet Union played little part in the outcome of WW2.
One more comment - while this video was just on the Pacific naval war, the name of the video should read "The Pacific Ocean War of WW2" since that is all it covered, which is what Ray recommended below.
Hang on, according to almost all other WW2 documentaries ONLY the USofA fought in the Pacific against the Japanese. Well how about that, there were also Australians, New Zealanders, Brits, Indians, Dutch, Canadians.... not to mention the numerous local assistant and resistance forces
The US navy won the war. The US navy suffered the most losses of the allied forces by far. The US navy contributed, what 95%, perhaps more, or the effort? Not taking away from the brave sailors of the countries you mention, not at all but, look at the vast majority of the contribution. Remember Coral Sea? the US navy took losses and US Sailors died to protect Australia and other countries.
69Applekrate maybe do some research on New Guinea... it wasn’t the US who was the last line of defence there
Andrew, the facts are they were token forces. Designed for political reasons. Can look it up, not just talking out my Good'O USofA ass.
Doctor Detroit you idiot
Matt Thew The Battle of the Kokoda Trail for one of the nastiest battles fought in the Pacific war. No mention, really?
Are the camera men soldiers as well? Hard for me to believe a civilian risking his life just to have footage. If so, respect.
Both civilians and military were part of the media reporting on the war, civilians primarily reported for newspapers and newsreels for civilian viewers, the combat cameramen and reporters focused on making training film footage and for use in American newsreels.
The Formidable, Illustrious, Indomitable, Victorious, Colossus, Glory, Venerable and Vengeance were all armed with American aircraft, Paid by the American taxpayer. The tax rate was up to 90% to pay for the war dept. We did not learn from that and we now owe over 21 trillion. And today I have to go to the VA hospital to check my injured leg. They asked me to bring my private insurance card LOL
He seemed to forget that HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismark. Both capital ships
The Bismarck was eventually sunk by fairy swordfish from a British aircraft carrier. And this is mainly relating to the pacific
@@kisaraperera9634 Bismarck wasn't sunk by Swordfish.
no, he clearly says he's talking about the war in the Pacific
If I'm not mistaken the Japanese did not sink 8000 ships in Pearl Harbor Dec. 1941.
Ash: Total losses: Battleship BB-39 USS Arizona and BB-37 USS Oklahoma, Target Ship AG-16 USS Utah (ex Battleship). Sunk but salvaged and rebuild: Battleships: BB-44 USS California, BB-48 USS West Virginia, BB-36 USS Nevada. Minelayer: CM-4 USS Oglala Destroyers: DD-372 USS Cassin, DD-373 USS Shaw, DD-375 USS Downes. Damage: Battleships: BB-38 USS Pennsylvania, BB-43 USS Tennessee, BB-46 USS Maryland Cruisers: CL-7 USS Raleigh, CL-48 USS Honolulu, CL-50 USS Helena.
rick syth: He say´s 8 Battleships.......
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Great Footage, but some misinformation!
These are so much better than the Timeline documentaries. My feed is mostly Timeline crap i wish i could block that channel.
My grandfather, Maurice "Red" Lytle, was in the Navy, in World War 2. He manned PT boats, and he fought, and was wounded, in the Pacific Theater. Mostly in, and around the area of the Philippines. He fought in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He carried shrapnel in his body from a Japanese bomb, until the day he died, and he never spoke of that time. He was a quiet, gentle man. Just a West Texas dirt farmer, by trade. But he was a hero, by nature.
The greatest difficulty I have is the surrender by Percival at Singapore. On one hand I think 'FFS dont give up - fight fight fight!' On the other hand I despise those commanders who sacrifice their soldiers in futile defence. I suppose it comes down to what Percival knew. In turn I think that Percival's knowledge was incomplete. Then in turn again I think Percival's decisions was based on his best guess of what the information was. Then this in turn was a mistake. I think he should have based his decision to surrender or not surrender on the known fact that he was not certain of what the facts actually were. That in turn I believe should have been a decision to not surrender.
zog zog ...Percival was Major Percival in County Cork, Ireland in 1920 who knocked down doors in the middle of the night searching for Commander Tom Barry and his men, the flying column, killing women and children who would not snitch...
I wonder if the allies might win this war!
At about 1 minute in i begin thinking who slipped the narrator methamphetamine? He is talking so fast he will blow through 3 hours worth of info in 1 hour. Do yourself a favor and set playback speed to 0.75X and hear it the way it was meant to be heard or at select 0.5x and pretend he is drunk.
Great footage, but this should be titled the Pacific war at sea. Nothing in this about the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and so on. A good video, but very Americanized.
Its absolutely a propaganda film but thats the only reason they carried cameras back then so
Like England had anything to do with Japan's defeat, hahahahaha
Did the USA ever fight battleship to battleship in WW1 or WW2, or ever, come to think of it ?
Yes South Dakota an I believe the Washington sunk a battleship at the battle of santa cruz
After about 14 minutes the narrator is just too harsh. I went on to "The Panzer".
I am a very big historian, and especially about WW II, both the European & N Africa scenes, and the Pacific. I have watched and read almost all there is! So, this video is unique, but the audio is so pro British oriented it is disgusting. First, they were not in the Pacific theater apart from a few Austrian ships until Okinawa. This was was 98% American, and the audio refers to the 'Allies'! What utter BS. The Brits tend to do this with almost ALL their WW II documentaries, and they have made a lot of them. The only Brit made WW II documentary that is near unbiased with Brit hype is the 26 one hour series called 'The World at War', made in 1974. Most American made WW II documentaries do not have such a bias, mainly because none is needed given what the US did in WW II. Another very good WW II documentary is Victory at Sea, a 26 thirty minute series, with Richard Rogers music! This is excellent. Vincent (09-14-2020)
Mr LaVallee where can I find any of your dissertations or academic work?
@@icespirit77 I have no works that I have published, nor have I taught in any school, although I am slowly amassing works to be able to use in a class type environment. My plan is to teach Twentieth Century US Wars, with 3/4 of it on WW II. I was about to approach one of the local colleges but Covid 19 hit, and I did not. Feel free to email me at vlavalle at ix.netcom dot com.
@@vincentlavallee2779 Thanks for the clarification, what was your thesis on? Are there any overarching themes you intend to present during your lectures? Or will it be a case-study of each war from a military point of view? Regardless, good luck on your endeavors!
Those Austrian ships at Okinawa must have been a sight to behold. What nationality was Task Force 57 at Okinawa, by the way?
I think that you missed the first two and half years of the war? USA only went fight Germany when they declared war on the USA. The US Navy sank one Kriegrmarine surface ship. Think the British/Australia/Canadians did better than that in the Pacific.
my uncle was in iwo............there was no english ships or planes
Your point being?
Ukucks coping hard right from the get go 😆
War at Sea..Full documentary ??? really.!!
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how does that guy talk so fast...must be compressed..0.75 speed is a lot better..
This needs to be colorized.
M Corder nah it doesn’t
Ugh. Seriously?
Why was not the east reinforced, resupplied, redeployed, and given them and the civilians they were responsible for a good chance of holding or turning the Japanese away at the start of things?!
The decision was made long beforehand that europe would take precedence over the pacific. For some reason we wanted to cater to Stalin