Samurai in a Zero
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2022
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Saburo Sakai, Samurai of the air. From the dogfights in the Pacific theater emerged a young pilot of exceptional skill. In his Zero the aerial battles of Sakai against such greats as James "Pug" Southerland became legendary. Eventually injured by Douglas SBD Dauntless planes he became an instructor but stepped forward to take the pilots seat again later in the conflict. He was Involved in an incident of shooting down an American plane during a cease fire and lived in disgrace until an incident was discovered where he had disobeyed orders to spare civilians. 
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Good work Yarnhub iam going to study history this year your channel is an inspiration to me.
What happened to the premiers
Sorry but I am broke :(
Yarnhub I know it's too much to ask and also time's short but can ya make a video albeit even a short of the battleship Bismarck by 14th February ? It's Bismarck's birthday
The comments is going to fill up
i like how yarnhub does americans, british, germans and JAPANESE too instead of just americans, brits or rarely germans like most popular ww2 story channels do.
It’s important to know all sides of the war, not just the “Good Guys” as I have learned to actually appreciate some German and Japanese soldiers alike.
They do the Russians too, really apprecitated
@@TheMuro22 soviets*
@@votbibiloigeponegram still the same
@@felixbui9818 nope, how about Ukrainians, Belarusians, kazakhstanis and many other nations
As a professional sharpener and swordsman, I had a good laugh when the video started showing japanese kitchen knife doing battogiri on the cucumber LOL. You made it so serious yet humorous.
Good thing the story's setting is in Rabaul, and not in Chichijima when they got this sponsorship.
Ye but the ultimate test is can it cut through durex?
Whats battogiri
@@guragat2 cutting an object with the knife / sword starting inside the sheath.
@@LancelotChan so essentially the sword or melee version of a quickdraw...
I believe his sparing of a civilian DC-3 is somewhat a Japanese version of German's Stigler... A true samurai of the air. Respect.
Agreed, a True Samurai he is.
It’s just a shame the men like Stigler and him in the nations that composed the axis powers did not out number the more monstrous individuals, when it came to dealing with unarmed/disabled combatants and civilians…. It would of stopped a large amount of unnecessary bloodshed in WW2 -_-
May the honourable of WW2 find their peace in the afterlife 🙏🏻
Real men show mercy
@@alexm7627 Good men. The others are every bit as "real" unfortunately.
No it isn’t. A civilian aircraft is not a military target and therefore should never be engaged. Stigler spared a military target as they were unable to defend themselves (though he didn’t know this at the time).
I respect Yarnhub, as he shares BOTH sides of war. He doesn’t favor the allies, he doesn’t favor the axis. He just wants to share unbiased history. It’s a miracle that this is free.
And I feel that’s why so many people like them, it’s because they don’t choose a side to put a ton of focus one, and I love them more for it!!!
@@DemonHunter2271 Yes thats why I like Yarnhub
@@super-kamarigaming7907 Glad to hear that from a fellow enjoyer of Yarnhub.
if you don’t favor the allies there’s something wrong with you
Not really "ad free" if there are sponsor sections. Those are still an advertisement.
The fact that Sakai pulled out of a dive with a bullet lodged in his head and his vision clouded by blood and proceeded to fly half unconscious back to base is truly an insane feat that may never be repeated.
About that part of the story, I suddenly remember the anime the princess and the pilot which the pilot incredibly pulled up the Junker style plane they in it with just like the condition of Sakai. Just sharing
They can't simulate that in a flight simulator for sure
Yeah, really it was legendary.
It wasn’t in his skull, it just dented it and cracked it in
@@gkmginger56 the name of the anime film is "The Princess and the Pilot"
I was a flight sim fan, hardcore one, and read his book. It's so nice to see such a good story getting animated by your skillful artists. The aerial combats were so well done.
Saburou's Zero is preserved at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Died of a heart attack in 2000 after attending a US Navy formal dinner.
Wow i gotta go see it
Aye, we fought against him in PNG
So American bullets can't kill him, but Hamburgers finish the job XD
@@hkchan1339 Like...wow...
@@hkchan1339 That's rather rude but I had a bit of a chuckle.
12:20 the transition from narrator in English to Sakai in Japanese is brilliant
Best ever
I loved that so much
artfully done~ most impressive!
This was amazing story, I never heard of him until now. Keep up your amazing work!
Saburo Sakai has a war memoir if you fancy reading it, his book is called samurai, it’s written in his own words on his entire wartime experience, it’s on Amazon for £8-$12, he’s become one of my heroes, excluding the fact he was once a enemy of my nation, his character and temperament was amazing! The guy actually refused orders to kamikaze his plane and risked execution by bringing himself and his 2 wingmen back to Iwo Jima from their “one way trip”. After the war he expressed honest remorse and became a Buddhist acolyte, and swore a oath to never kill ANYTHING living ever again, he died in the year 2000. Unfortunately for his wingmen that he flew with in 1942, Hiroyoshi “the demon” Nishizawa was killed in 1944 whilst transporting high ranking officers to a base in the Philippines. The irony of the whole thing was Nishizawa was the highest scoring ace for the entire IJN up until that point and he wasn’t even able to defend himself as he was flying a twin engined bomber that had been outfitted for human transport with no defensive weaponry. Sakai’s other wingman Toshio Ota died whilst volunteering for a single mission under a different wing leader. Sakai is celebrated as one of the best. Every single person who flew with him in over 200 combat missions that he flew during the entire war was brought back because of his tactical brilliance! He was also the only Non commissioned pilot who was promoted to a officer whilst still being alive. All other promotions for pilots during the war that were Japanese earned their promotions posthumously.
@@skysamurai8268 Wow 😯 now that is impressive, thanks for the details on this War Hero of Japan 🇯🇵
@@DemonHunter2271 you’re very welcome 👍🏻 I highly recommend looking up this guy and learning about him. I personally would say some of his feats rival that of the late, great Desmond Doss.
I have just read the autobiography of Suburo Sakai. I remember his name from the 1950s when I read 'Zero', by Martin Caidin and Masatake Okumaya; there was a chapter devoted to Sakai,
@@johnjephcote7636 a brilliant story told about a brilliant man but Martin Caidin’s credibility has been called into question on a number of occasions. He likes to include things based off of his imagination rather than stick to historical facts. However, for the vast majority of Sakai’s story it’s true.
I am just in awe at how good your animations have become
A fantastically well-done episode on an honourable man.
If I may suggest a topic, I suggest doing a video on Raoul Wallenberg. Sone historians estimate that he saved up to 100,000 (not a typeo) Jews from the Holocaust through his tireless work.
Ultimately, he paid the price for his commitment, when the Soviets arrested him. He died a prisoner of the USSR, and to this day his descendants are having a hard time getting any aswers from the Russians as to what happened to the brave man.
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served in Lithuania. He also saved the lives of thousands of Jews in WW2 by issuing them with travel visas to travel through Japanese territory to get to America.
US pilots didn't have families? One plane rescue won't wash the blood off his hands.
@@militarist5827 then again it was war.
Would definitely like a episode on him, they deserve a Medal 🎖
@@TakoyaKyono I'd never heard of Chiune Sugihara, so thanks for changing that!
Saburo and two of his friends even do an 'airshow' above an enemy airbase and the allies even thank them for the stunt they did
The scheme was Nishizawa's. That man was a daredevil par excellence. He, Sakai and Toshio Ota were severely reprimanded by Lieutenant Sasai for their stunt over Port Moresby, but they secretly laughed it all off as being totally worth the punishment. A truly epic accomplishment.
@@Nachtsider True ..and they did it not once... not twice. but 3 times one after the other . they just could not get enough of the fun and laughter.
@@HellStr82 Eventually they did stop, luckily, because the Allies called them back for an ambush! I think it was Nishizawa himself who authorised the polite but definite decline to the invitation - seeing it for what it was.
I got to say. This video was VERY awesome.
The graphics, the transitions, the expresions on Saburo's face are all making this a compelling storytelling. I mean EVEN the CUCUMBERS were well made, haha ;)
I even had some goosebumps here and there from the fact that the guy survived despite the fact he suffered brutal concussions.
Do us a favor, your viewers and NEVER stop making this videos. You are honoring legends.
Thank you!
Im getting chills from that woman and children part
Sakai never lose the vision of the right eye! After the epic return, he was sent back to Japan mainland and met an japanese doctor that fix your eye in a hard operation without any anesthetic!
Who told you that?
He did lose his right eye
He did lose use of the eye. Read his book and how he describes teh challenge it presents in his return to combat.
@@SoloRenegade he must have heard it from an unverified site
Read Samurai with Martin Caidin. He co authored the book and it came out in the late 1950s
These shots of every pilot flying into sunset are absolutely beautiful
If people don't understand the word "अहिंसा" at the end that just translates to " non-violence" in Sanskrit
Btw great story and outstanding animation as always
The last scene in this video is giving me goosebumps and the skybox with the clouds is so beautiful!
Beautifully told. A warrior with honor. God Rest his soul.
The voice of this pilot at the end hit hard and is true. You will never forget the feeling of what flying is
Closest I got to flying an airplane myself was when I played AC on VR. Felt nauseous at first but after that, pure delight. I bet it feels a lot better to actually fly a real airplane.
1 more like guys
Really love how the narration fades from the narrator to Saburo. Just pure emotional creativity.💗
Respect to the samurai spirit! Rest in peace Saburo Sakai
Poppies for his grave.
Could you guys please do a episode one Sergent Major Basil Plumley? He did all 4 combat jumps in ww2 in a glider unit, a 5th combat jump in Korea and Survived the bloody battle of Porkchop Hill and then went on to serve in Vietnam with the 1st Calvary division with hal moore in the battle of the Ia drang valley. I feel like yall would do a great episode on him!
Edit: I dont feel like yall would make a great episode on him I know yall would
Did yiu watch We were sodiers once, and young? 😂
@@leonardolekhi7890 Indeed I did lol. It's one of my favorite modern war movies plus I did some small research on Basil Plumley and thought he was a interesting fellow🤣
Those sound interesting
That would bean awesome episode.
I see a similarity between him and Stigler, sparing an enemy aircraft although in Saburo's case it was a transport craft not a bomber.
You are actually right on that, although I don’t think Stigler was an Ace.
@@DemonHunter2271 Stigler was a triple ace if i am not wrong
@@DemonHunter2271 28 confirmed victories and 30 probable ones but never confirmed
@@madhukarjonathanminj2772 Ah okay thanks.
@@Anonymous-_-69 Thanks 🙏🏼
I read about Saburo Sakai's duel with the Wildcat (cited as an example of how American aircraft were generally more robust and resistant to enemy fire). I had no idea about the subsequent events of the very same flight. Thanks guys!
read the book.
or leave that to the youtubers..
I suggest making a video for the smaller nations that fought in WWII. As a bulgarian I suggest doing a video about Dimitar Spisarevski the first bulgarian pilot to ram an enemy plane. His story is very interesting and I think a lot of people will like it.
These stories is what this channel is about not just stories about the victors, what a great video again!
my favorite part is always when he says bandits
Samurai was one of the first books I read on my 40 year interest in WWII. It pleased me to learn that Sakai met and reconciled with his former adversaries before his death. ref: PBS, Secrets of the Dead, 2006.
Little correction:
The emblem on the Dutch plane is from the Dutch Airforce and was first used in 1952.
If it was a Civilian plane it would not have an airforce symbol and the Dutch Airforce emblem in ww2 was a orange upside down triangle
The physics on the damaged F4F part was incredible, the flaps movement and damaged part was👌
Every time I come back to this channel, it just keeps getting better and better. Keep up the good work!
Dear God, Saburo was a real Japanese ace of the Pacific, that man deserves a lot of respect.
Incredible Video.
-Alex
A true Samurai of the air. Respect
The man deserve a medal 🎖 Respect ✊🏻
I nod my head in respect at how good these are, your storytelling and animations let alone hatch a new way to allow untold stories be learned. Now if I may add, I do have something you may find interesting, history’s dogfight show, season 2 episode 4: p-47 tales has a story where one went into a flat spin, recovered and then was shot at by a fw-190, and the ace used every round of his ammunition on the p-47 but it never went down, plus the pilot made it back to base. Have a wonderful day!
This is the first time i heard a Japanese pilot saw an enemy plane but decided not to shoot because it carry womans and childrens, I know Saburo Sakai but i never heard about this, it gives me chills, once again a very interesting video and superb Animation, Yarnhub!
Ah yes, the A6M Zero, not only one of the most infamous naval capable long range fighter air crafts of the second world war, it was way ahead it's time in terms of combat performance, maneuvrability and design and was in the first 2 years of the pacific war a dominant opponent to the experienced aviators of NAVAIR and the AAF. I remember when i watched ,,The wind rises'' by Hayao miyazaki and the Zero which, majestically flew in a 8 headed formation over an empty green landscape, appeared in the movie, i almost hyperventilated because i've never seen such a movie capturing and representing the sheere beauty of aeronautical engineering. The pilots who flew them probably had one of the greatest honours and privileges to operate such a machine. Great video once again!
Absolutely love the kitchen knife ad. They literally went through all the work to make a whole ad in their style
I had a feeling this vid would be about Saburō Sakai! First learned of him from the Battle 360 series.
I loved that series! did you see patton 360?
@@RadilRaaid12 I have not! Do you recommend it?
@@BullGator-kd6ge yes, it is more of a life story of general George s.patton in WW2
Again with the amazing stories, I recommend you to practically everyone in my history class
When a RUclipsr is more interesting to listen to then a history teacher.
Ни один из советских асов не написал так как Сабуро Сакаи,..и тяжесть многочасовых перелетов почувствовали только перегонщики...а для японских и американских летчиков это была обычная работа...почувствуйте разницу!!!
With great respect to both yarnhub and the true story of a fighter ace. This video was truly great. I can not say how impressed with the graffices and the details of fighters. How well the story was told. I can't wait for more. The actual voice of the fighter ace was even more perfect. I don't want to be disrespectful by saying his name wrong. As a fan of these stories you are truly getting awesome. Enjoyed this very much with a tear in my eye.
Glad to hear a true respect for history, but yeah, Japanese is a hard language 😖
That is true to say the least. I can't even imagine how great this is with how much it was told by the end. How can you not respect this.
This is a masterpiece. the animation is even better than usual. Combined with the music and story structure makes this a benchmark video for all animators to aspire too. Congratulations on a very impressive achievement!
im so amazed how todays show has the best edit than a movie BEST CGI,LONGER VIDEO,GREAT IMMERSION FOR VIEWERS, BRAVO!! i hope the next video will be the best of the best TNKS YARNHUB.
Speaking of dive bombers I have another video idea
the amazing story of Stanley W. “Swede” Vejtasa who, facing long odds, managed to outmaneuver, outsmart and defeat 3 A6M3 Zeros with a SBD Dauntless dive bomber.
Saburo sakai inspires me to save a person's life even if they are my enemy. He gives me the goodness we all deserve... we must respect him for inspiring us and to all people who were and want to be pilots.
That last part almost made me cry. Mad respect to this man and he will never be undesirable to me.
A couple things. Sakai was shot in the eye by the bullet itself, the fragments of goggles also entered his eye. He was wearing the goggles on his face, not his head. He also didn't have a radio which is why he got so far ahead, which makes the radio animation of him, touching his helmet kind of odd. They took the radios out of the Zeros due to their weight, a similar reason as to why Zero pilots did not typically wear parachutes, They got in the way during combat(not because they were suicidal maniacs).
Edit: He didn't operate out of Rabaul, but a smaller base on the same island known as Lae. Which was basically a dirt field in the jungle, that happened to have the best Japanese Fighter unit left in the pacific after the Battle of Midway. He also didn't have much of a right eye left after his last flight from lae.
Still a great video, I highly recommend reading the book. Its fast paced, and you start to feel for the guy as the war continues to turn against Japan. The fact it is was edited by Martin Caiden helps as well, he's a fantastic author to make the English version as close as possible to the original "Samurai" in Japanese. Like all Japanese memoirs, you kind have to read it with a grain of salt. The last story about shooting down a B-29 on the last day of the war is entirely fictional(Sakai's own words), a result of his translator Fred Saito.
Great video regardless, kind of wished you would have shown his fight for survival over Iwo Jima, as its probably one of the greatest accounts of flying I've ever read.
It was a b32 dominator
@@aplane9625 If you mean the plane he supposedly shot down at wars end, it was claimed as a B-29. Sakai said he did no such thing.
I saw a documentary about Saburo Sakai and James Southerland some tima ago. Not only Southerland's Grumman was badly injured, but he'd also received several bullet wounds. Sakai said that he tried to shoot the engine of the Grumman, because he was impressed by the american pilot's performance, and wanted to let him live. But he missed and destroyed his wing.
James landed with his parachute on ilands under Japanese control, and hid for at least 2 days before being rescued by locals and american soldiers. He survived the War, but died in the 1950's when he crasehd his plane on an aircraft carrier's bridge.
About Saburo Sakai, when he recieved a bullet through his skull, he said that he saw the ghost of his mother who showed him where to fly back home.
After the war, he met the gunner Harold Jones, who offered him a stetson.
Here is the whole amazing story. Southerland was shot down by Sakai and several others, after downing the first Japanese air "kill" of Guadalcanal:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pug_Southerland
That ending was movie worthy! What a great video! I love how he spared the civilian plane. Only true heroes know when taking a life/ lives isn't worth it.
2:17 "I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE ENEMY"
story is amazing.. but the sponsor part was one of the most enjoyable ad in a video ever
Sakai's book "Samurai" is one of the best I've read on aviation topic :)
want to mention 1 thing. Both James pug Sunderland and Sakai actually saluted each other. Even when James was in a bloody state but not fatal.
When the 20mm's were unleashed against pug they were being aimed to hit the wings as Sakai didn't want to kill Pug. This honestly though still made me shed some tears
this is amazing, which gives us a lot of knowledge
I HONESTLY LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MAN, KEEP MAKING THEM!
Read Sakia's book. It's a great read. He was an amazing man and a hell of a pilot.
nice. some more yarnhub vids! these history videos are really great!
0:58 didn't think an ad would get that much attention, nice
the way the ailerons and such flutter in flight, the close up shots are stunning once more.
I've been saying similar things for the past few vids but dang the visuals and story telling just brings a sense of thrill every time
I'm gonna be speechless from amazement soon ^_^;
Thanks for noticing !
The last segment of the video where this gentleman is describing his life experience is such a captivating moment♥️
Simply amazing
Love the transition to the sponser!
that sponsor was so smooth i didnt realize it was a sponsor at the beginning
that's a cool sponsor segment ngl
Y'all's missed an amazing opportunity to call this "Hero in a Zero" or "From Zero to Hero"
Well, you can’t win them all. Still a good title though.
Probably because Japanese weren't the 'good guys'
Please note that I am not criticizing yarnhub but our society as a whole. We must realize soliders fought for their motherland, not for fuehrer, neither for emperor, nor president.
@@londoncrow500 I mean most japanese did fight for the emperor
@@tylerdoss7644 I know, I meant it in a figurative sense. You see in a sense, a ruler personifies the land he/she rules.
To hear his voice in the end is freaking amazing and the fact that Microsoft wanted him to do the simulators is even more interesting
It was a friend of ours also called Saburo
i loved that advertising for the sponsor, short, promotes the product visually and is bearable unlike many ads, i actually watched it and didnt skip it
7:36
Outstanding visuals and animations!
I have had the pleasure of growing up next to Pug Southerlands grand children. Known the family for nearly 30 years. His wife was like a grandmother to me, his son Jim was like another parent, and his grandchildren are all great friends. Glad to see this video.
Wow. Glad you liked the film.
@@Yarnhub a few years back they found Pugs Wildcat wreckage in the jungle, and flew Jim and his wife out to meet with locals, the family that sheltered Pug, and show him the crash site. Sad thing is that Pug became an ace and survived the war, but was killed as a test pilot.
Holy crap! The graphics on that knife looked amazing
That was AWESOME! especially when camera moved trough broken glass 😮
Found this channel recently, and love the channel. Other WW1, WW2 related channels would show old, somewhat boring footages, but this channel shows its own well made graphic which makes the channel very intriguing, and fun.
The final part with him talking was Beautiful.
I have his book in digital format. Gonna have to start reading it again.
Love all these Yarnhub jobs. Always being netral and not taking any side. It show the wars from many perpectives, not only from the Allied side, but also from Japanese and German side. War is war, there is no protagonist or antagonist like the hollywood movies industry always did.
always love it when another video comes out!
even tho it takes a long time to make a video doesnt matter because we still love them!
thank you!
Another amazing, unheard of, story brought to life: I have never heard of this man till today. Thanks, Yarnhub!
The ending of this was beautiful, you guys did a great job with this one.
this really puts into perspective the intensity of the war, and that in every plane there's an actual person
I love the Dogfights in the Pacific! Thank you very much!
This is sooo good the aircraft animation was class! Its astonishing from 2d aircraft to 3d 4k aircraft animations that so good bloody good job guys!
A Hero in the Zero!! Yarnhub your animation is now at par with Warthunder nearly! Cheers!
My dad. Buck Dungan, a decorated South Pacific WWII ace gave me Sakai's book" Samurai" when I was 10 years old and told me to read it. I asked him, "This man was your avowed enemy. Why do you want me to read about him?'" He replied, "This man was an incredible pilot, an ace, a Samurai warrior and he still fought as a combat pilot with one eye. This takes a tremendous amount of stamina and bravery to go into battle with such a severe handicap. I read the book and agreed this guy was the real deal. My dad had great respect for all his enemy opponents. Sakai ended the war being the highest scoring Japanese ace to survive the war. Thanks for a great video.
gotta love the way you turned from paper content to full 3D HD
This is going to be a excellent video like always, you guys are the best!
@Telepture epic, surah fatiha
I swear this guy's going down a list of the 501st joint Fighter Wing
Been a while since I’ve had one of your videos pop in my feed so super excited to see this one. Great work as always, with the variety of planes depicted an absolute delight to see. Still in awe of how amazing you get them to look!
Can’t imagine the willpower it took for Sakai to fly back to his base; the narration and animation paint a vivid picture of the hardships he faced. Top notch video!
Every upload tops the previous upload, this is amazing
12:30 that's some wallpaper material right there
I have been on this channel since the P51 vs jets video and it’s an honour to see how this channel has grown and the animation beyond amazes me.
Wonderful! Thx for telling us this story!
wonderful video. thank you guys for the work.
For me, the Zero and the Wildcat are the 2 best-looking fighters of the entire war.
Amazing story, thank you.
Awesome tribute to a great pilot. Amazing video yet again. Thank you for creating such vivid tribute to the heros of the yesteryears
That's pretty cool. I hope we will get more videos about the axies and also smaller or more unknown nations. Also there also are a lot of impressive people who where not combattants, red cross personal for example. It would be cute to also know more about the more unknown heros or organisations like the red cross itself and how different they worked. Like I personally am totally into medical stuff aswell and would want to know more about the german, russian and japanese red cross and how they made it through those times.
Saburo Sakai is one of my favorite person ever, I'm glad you covered this story! Thank you YarnHub!
Gorgeous!!!!!! What a great episode thanks for this
That was beautifully done, thank you
Awesome story
James’s Wildcat was able to stay together longer then my mental state