I'm a history professor and author of works on this subject. So please hear me when I tell you that you are VERY talented, and that you did a lot of EXCELLENT hard work here. This is fantastic in every respect. You really did a marvelous job and should feel very proud of yourself. This documentary of yours is good enough to serve as a model for college classes. Congratulations on a wonderful accomplishment. I hope your career lets you advance your talents and develop even more skills. You're off to a simply superb start! I admire your work and you have all my respect.
@@robertgoss4842 Are you being serious? This is an excellent documentary and your response is to pick on this insignificant detail? If you are being serious, then please stfu.
Seriously though... I openly cheered when he played the music for the dive bombers that used the series of small pestering attacks for time to coordinate and home in on the enemy. Bravo!
Best Docu/video on the battle available!! Why don't pple go in to detail like Montemayor, just laziness by other producers. The details are incredible and enliven the whole battle.
Time Stamps Intro 0:00 Beginning of the battle/Strike on Midway 07:05 Midway's aircraft attacks on the Kido Buati 11:34 Nagumo's Dilemma 18:27 the Torpedo Squadron Attacks 30:44 1022-1026 : 38:55 Okay guys, so this video is a long one. I suggest grabbing some snacks and watching it in three parts if needed so that you can fully absorb all the information. Suggested divisions would be watching from the intro to the end of the Midway attacks 18:27 , then nagumos dilemma from 18:27-30:44 and finally the last section covering the torpedo attacks 30:44 till the end.
I've got this guy in my list for a reason, though he makes a video half a year, this is the most educative and informative video Ive seen this year. I myself am very intereted in battleships and pacific war, like Iowa and Yamato, Yomamoto and Nimistz, I hope to be able to talk with u more. Anyway, many thanks for the work!
"So this video is a long one". . . It certainly did not seem long. It ended after what felt like ten minutes or so - a testament to its quality. Excellent approach to telling the story, great details, clear explanations, and brilliant graphics. One of the hardest things about understanding battles is keeping track of the many things happening in different places at different times and how they relate, and matching all of those to a single overall timeline. I think that you nailed that. Obviously, this was not a one-evening effort, and the time taken for research and composition was worth every second. Thank-you.
Same, but for high quality detailed historical breakdowns, Historia Civilis is the best for ancient/roman history, Epic History TV for Napoleonic era, HistoryMarche for Enlightenment/7 Years War, and ofcourse Indy Neidell/The Great War for WW1. I'm glad there are so many good channels for this type of content.
In order to see the “whole picture”, we have to see Montemayor’s previous presentation on the Battle of Midway from the American side; the Japanese did not know their communication code had been broken, giving an advantage on intelligence the Japanese did not possess. If we were to reverse the combatants, the Americans would have made the same choice giving the same results. Mistakes were not made. All those obsolete U.S. Navy aircrafts were obsolete by the time the entered the war, were mostly shot down, the entire VT-8 squadron was shot down, only one survivor. There was a lack of coordination in regards to the American forces attacking the Japanese due to different reasons, yet, the Achilles heel, if there was a single one, could be summed up in “target fixation”, not luck as some people may assume. The Zero air cover over the Japanese carrier group did what they were supposed to do: assist their fellow airmen by joining the fight ensuing near the carrier group. That opened a window of opportunity for the other American naval aircrafts that were undetected by the Japanese. If some of the Zero fighters protecting the carrier group would have remained on station, would the battle have resulted on different outcome? Possible, perhaps only one carrier, or 2, would have been lost. I look forward for the second installment on this series. Great video
American commanders tend to be more aggressive in response to potential contact with the enemy. I agree that American forces would have made many mistakes had the situation been reversed, but I think many American commanders would have taken the aggressive option when faced with the unknown contact to the NE. The aggressive option brings its own risks that we don't consider in the battle as it played out. It also gives you an opportunity to keep the initiative.
@@trumpocalypsenow4654 I agree with this. Throughout the war American commanders showed a very high level of aggression and willingness to take risk, often to the point of near recklessness. Even the decision to attempt an ambush on a numerically superior force with far greater experience and capability was borderline foolish, as evidenced by the losses of their torpedo planes. The Japanese tended to over plan and then take few risks, and the Americans tended to go full cowboy taking huge risks with relatively little pre planning. However this definitely falls in line with western military thought (best defense is a good offense, high risk high reward), and paid off handsomely here.
One thing it does really well is show what went into each decision that was made and the information available. It breaks down the numbers really well too.
I love the idea of incorporating the fog of war and actually encouraging the viewer to imagine what they'd have done instead of just presenting the facts like most other documentaries.
It's genius, I loved it as well. I've been working as a private tutor for a couple of years and I would do the exact same thing with my students and accordning to their parents' and teachers' feedback it worked wonders. I love doing lessons that way and I love Mobtemayor's style in these videos even more than that! Thoroughly enjoyed, thoroughly educated.
Leaving aside the 20/20 of hindsight, it really seems that Nagumo made the most reasonable decision, given the information he had at the time. His only great error is probably, as you said, not sending out more planes in his reconnaissance sortie. That could've been what saved his fleet.
Reasonable, yes, but only if one doesn't take into account the massive delays that an uncoordinated attack can cause (as Americans proved with their luck). I don't know if they had previous examples of this (in battles or training); one can consider this a problem with the doctrine designed for optimal striking power.
@@beorntwit711 Had he accounted for an uncoordinated attack, what course of action should he have taken? Mind you, he was not aware that there were 3 enemy aircraft Carriers laying in wait for him and his carriers had made short work of midways fighters but needed to strike quickly before midway returned.
@@Jake-fy1pn well, I'm no expert on naval aviation strikes and won't rewatch the video now, but sending a small, unprepared attack could have worked, together with sailing away. IIRC he had planes refitted several times.
@@beorntwit711 Their intel being bad caused huge issues. If the scouting worked and was accurate, they send the counterattack imo. Having scouted a US fleet out of fighter range was a critical problem for decision making.
Please don't forget the lessons learned in Season 1, Episode 16, entitled "The Galileo Seven" where Spock, also, made all the rational and logical choices which lead to numerous redshirts getting murdered by the vile giant ape-like creatures. It wasn't until he made the daring, very risky, and emotional action of dumping his ship's entire supply of fuel to ignite the atmosphere that he finally managed to bring the crew back to safety onboard the Enterprise.
From the OP: " 1 month ago Hello guys, so here’s an update. Part 2 is still in the making. At moment it’s clocking in at 46 minutes. So, It’s actually longer than part 1. A breakdown of it goes as follows: 0:00-28:00 It starts off with the disaster at 1026 and Hiryu’s retaliatory strike. It carries on to the conclusion of the battle with some analysis. Then I go into some detail regarding the sinking of the Mikuma and the Yorktown. Then the final conclusion. 28:00-46:00 I give a recap of the Morning events but this time from the American POV. This is to illustrate (clearly, I hope), how the Americans were able to get the drop on the Japanese and win the battle. At the moment, I am about 85% done with the animations. Then I have to record, edit, and add the music. And I’m trying something new this time, I want to add some artwork to the video. So once that is all done, I’ll publish the video. Sorry for the long wait guys! the success of part 1 was completely unexpected for me. If I had known, I probably wouldn’t have posted Part 1 without having completed part 2 as well.
Great job!!! The way you presented it is very effective in helping me remember Midway. You really lock it in with visuals, showing timing of the sequences, and evaluating what the spectrum of battle choices were and then giving them weight. So not only the what - but the why - and the layers of people and their decisions that also effected the outcome. You give the overview and the details to support it and the different levels of consequences. Outstanding!!! If you had been my history teacher - I would have easily made A plus! You have a great skill! Thanks for using it to enrich our understanding of strategies, tactics, culture and systems!!
Me too. I have read many of ww2 battles docx this time, and realized that not like I was teached at the school, japanese navy was really strong in wwii, even finally they lost the whole war. Many things is not so accuracy in the studying books in my country. Fuckit the government. It's a shame Some idea from a man living in Hanoi, VN
When I was a little kid in the 1980s I met Ensign George Gay at an airshow at a US Naval air station. He was signing books at the time. I was too young to understand the significance of the man in front of me; my dad told me he had gotten shot down and floated in the middle of the ensuing battle, but I didn't know until later that he had lost all of his air crew buddies that same day and was the only survivor. He was wounded and hid under his seat cushion to avoid being strafed by Zeroes, while witnessing the destruction of the Japanese carriers. He didn't inflate his life raft until later, and was damned lucky to be found and rescued.
@@efraim3364 Better yet, read "A Dawn Like Thunder", which tells not only Gay's story, but of the other survivors of Torpedo 8 that aren't mentioned...the Avengers that flew from Midway were from the same squadron, and only two of them survived, and another detachment arrived aboard Saratoga at the conclusion of the battle, only to find out their comrades had all died..
Finally. No memes, no patronising the audience, no constant edits and jump cuts, no usual channel bollocks. Just well researched info presented in a non-annoying way by someone who knows their stuff. Keep up the great work! Also, your channel analysing action from the Eastern Front e.g Rzhev salient would be great
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」..,,
This video is the best explanation of the battle of Midway. Better than movies, documentaries, history books, etc. Enjoyed all 40+ minutes. Evidence of research - 5 stars Narration - 5 stars Graphics - 5 stars "What would you do?" - 5 stars Overall - 5 stars Can't wait to see Part 2
Ya well said VP LakerFan he put alot of effort into it its great better then documentaries sure it doesent have "certain" footage but the birds eye view is better fit i think you really get a idea of how it played out thanks for shareing
you havent read a book in your life if youi think this sophomoric bullshit compares to some of the books about midway which again im calling bullshit that you read anything that wasnt a wikipedia page.
My father was aboard the USS Yorktown when it sunk at Midway. He spent 10 hours in the ocean before a destroyer picked him up. He was transferred to the USS Enterprise and taken back to Pearl.
I was in the Navy in 1960. I was on Midway for a month. We stayed in barracks that still had evidence of the 1942 attack. The barracks had a frame of I-beam steel. In places you could see where the armor piercing bullets had passed through the I-beams with the metal bent downward where the bullets had passed through the beams. This was 18 years after the battle and I didn’t think much about the history I was seeing.🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」??!!,
the history channel narrator sounds so constipated. Give him a toilet break already. The constant repetition of the same info over and over is so tedious, with all the repetitions, a 40 min history channel epside only has about 15 minutes of actual material.
@@adamcrookedsmile I know right? Thing is, they want to make shit accessible for the average viewer who isnt interested in seeing a minute by minute analysis of a battle. I honestly dont blame them, but the quality usually suffers. Just watch one about the eastern front and youll see the same old myths like the "Walk-in-a-park" narrative repeated over and over again.
On a tour of the carrier Hornet in Alameda near San Francisco one of the docents was a guy named Ralph, he was a tail gunner at the battle of Midway, this was early 2000s so he was in his 80's I'd guess. Only a few people on the tour even stopped to listen to him talk about his experience but I wasn't going anywhere. He said on their bomb run dive on the carrier they attacked the SBD's were so close together he could almost reach out and touch another plane.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」,??!!
My father-in-law was on Midway Atoll during the battle, we took him to Pearl for the 60th anniversary where we met other survivors from both sides, it was incredible. Later the DOD flew us all out to Midway for a ceremony, then they had another on the Missouri, a great week I’ll never forget.
It's sad how it seems people are forgetting about those lost at pearl harbor. When I was younger, it seemed as though there was more recognition for those that had lost from it.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」,,.,
It lacks the History Channel style of thundering drums and blaring music, so loud that it occasionally drowns out the narration. The "sound artists" at the History Channel know that without their aggressive, dramatic, distracting soundtrack, no one would be interested because secretly they couldn't care less about history. So many HC programs ruined by these jerk offs, loudly jerking off in the foreground, instead of the background.
@@AstroGremlinAmerican Hello, bro! - I cannot agree more with you - ant there's many more "fields" like the 'sound' you mentioned... Some details, so annoying for a watchful viewer... I hope our comments and critisism here and there can change something to a better quality.
SO MUCH BETTER the the History Channel cartoons! No recycling of stock shots, no endless commentaries, just great understanding and flawless production. Thank you!!!
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I've been a WWII buff my whole life. I have seen nearly every Midway thing there is... This one is the first one to truly exhibit Nagumo's conundrum by using the fog of war angle. BRILLIANT!!! This is an outstanding video- a terrific demonstration of the situation! I very much enjoyed the narration as to what the Japanese must have thought as the morning developed. I have a lot of respect for poor old Nagumo. Imagine had the US carriers not been so close... By playing it safe, he really made the right choice. It is too easy to judge a proper decision by its results.
It doesn't get discussed in the 'American' versions of Coral Sea, or Midway, either in print or on the screen, but after the battle of Coral Sea, Japanese Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was certain that the Americans had broken the Japanese Naval codes before Coral Sea and he was adamant to Yamamoto that he delay the major upcoming Midway operation. The two got into a heated exchange and Yamamoto banished Takagi to the Mako Guards District and he wasn't restored until Yamamoto was killed. Takagi tried to involve Nagumo, but the man was too cowardly to stand up top Yamamoto.
Shigeyoshi Inoue also agreed with Takagi and he also had an argument with Yamamoto. He was equally certain the Americans knew the Japanese plans and movements, however, unlike Takagi, he urged Yamamoto to accept the fact this was a strong possibility and cancel the useless diversion at Dutch Harbor and instead use the two carriers from that operation to provide additional CAP for the Midway campaign carrier protection. He pointed out that they could have provided an additional 70 fighters and 26 bombers and that Zuikaku needed to be used for an additional landing platform in the event of emergency or unexpected events. Yamamoto was irate with Inoue and banned him from participating in an further planning for not only Midway, but any operations and in October he became commander of the Japanese Naval Academy. Yamamoto- being the pompous ass that he was- refusing to listen to other opinions or disagreement, reaped the destruction of his own fleet and soon after- himself. . A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 by Dull
@@OhManTFE he was a gambler who tended to ignore things he didn't like or thought were inconvenient and as seen was not real nice when someone insisted that something might not go right. It happened during the 'war games' to the guy playing the Americans did near exactly what America did do but was completely dismissed in the end and I believe his moves were reversed. Rather silly thing to do. I think after the war at least one Japanese who fought dubbed it something like winning disease and said near everyone had it. That they would always prevail easily. A really bad way to go into any battle.
@@OhManTFE Arrogance- Same as the Germans. The Japanese switched to a JN-25c in May 1941, which Yamamoto thought to be unbreakable, however, he thought the same of the JN-25 code used leading up to Coral Sea and just days before the battle- Nimitz was getting deciphers up to 80% of the entire
@@NYCYankInTexas This is exactly my thoughts. He was still riding high from his success at Pearl Harbour, so he couldn't be wrong? Except he was. Good for the Americans.
A big part of the success of this series is using the fog of war to implicate the viewer in agreeing with a Japanese tactical rationale that led to overall failure and so turning the viewer's sympathy from an American success to a Japanese tragedy. Nagumo and company made a lot of prudent decisions with the information they had, their fighters were brave, and yet they still lost.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」;:(??
This is a testament to how a simple style can help the story unfolding. The lack of explosions and flashy theatrics make it easier for me to follow along exactly what's happening. Great damn job, this was fantastic
Yep. My least favorite part of midway (the movie) is that its hard to follow. All the stuff happens at once and you cant tell the characters apart anyways. This is simple, yet good looking aswell
@@Moonthroughtheglass to be fair, now drachinifel and the operations room have supplemented with a lot more videos and detail that are equally excellent in different ways.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」???!!
I'm 66 years old., a huge history buff and I have to say that while I thought I knew what happened at Midway, I did not. Until today. Thank you for this, it is a tremendous presentation of complex information.
you need to read Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully. it makes the battle clear and documents the winning and losing strategies. the MI operation wouldn't succeed no matter the outcome, because the basic tennant was flawed. Manahan's "decisive battle" concept was not going to bring the USA to the negotiation table.
You said you are a history buff. Why did you not tell everyone about what the Japanese men did from 1897 till 1945 in 1897 they invaded Korea killing 3 million civilians they were in a constant state of war from 1897 to 1945 when we ended their murderous reign. The Japanese were responsible for 21 million civilian deaths during this time. Please don't just look at American history look at Korean history Chinese history. You will find the truth. The Japanese were responsible for just as many deaths as the Nazi party the Nazi party just did it quicker.
@@Yuppie.Mike. You're plain silly. There is plenty of material out there exploring Japanese atrocities. Sometimes, and hear me out, people want to understand the details of a specific moment in history. Would you like to see your efforts do good? Find videos where the atrocities are underplayed or denied, and speak up there. Being negative towards someone that is doing their damndest to present historically accurate information about a specific, significant battle is wretched. He is not here to serve content specifically to you.
@@Yuppie.Mike. And posting this under someone showing valid appreciation for the incredible efforts of the creator of this video? Just ludicrous. Grow up.
Having watched many dramatizations of this battle, this low-budget account is the first to present moment-by-moment accounts of what happened when, and why. Well done.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」,??!
@@jordanfan5896That’s running directly into American logistical supports, with a third of the original fighting force. Nagumo’s only real fault was the lackluster effort put into reconnaissance.
Covering the battle from the Japanese perspective and only giving the information that was available to the Japanese commanders when in was available to them really gives a fresh look on how the battle unfolded.
It's great to see the Japanese perspective of the battle as it unfolded. Makes their actions make sense, given their knowledge of the situation as it unfolded.
wow!!! what a great way to present this history. I'm an avid reader and consumer of WWII history and this is probably the best job i've seen of showing just what happened. EXCELLENT JOB!! thumbs up on this one.
I'm amazed at the detail they have, of the exact number of planes and their exact attack paths, where their torpedos went, and how long they flew before being shot down, and the evasive motions the ships took. How do they know all that so accurately? So nice to see actual strategy playing out. If I was the Japanese commander I would have said screw it, launch the planes even though it's not the safest strategy, the safest strategy in war is often not very effective. Even though they would have had to sacrifice some planes, they would have had a good chance at taking out an american carrier which would have been worth the cost, especially with the effect it would have had on american military morale.
@@El_Chompo But up to this point the Japanese had been very successful playing "safe" with us and succeeding this is the battle that changed the way Yamaguchi thought.
The other main reason was that jets needed even more room than ww2 planes to land and take-off. It also made it safer to abort the landing because you wouldn't crash into another plane preparing to take off
Lt Best realized McCluskeys blunder and took two wingmen with him ( Kroger and Weber) and Best bomb single handedly wiped out the flag ship of Kido Butai. .Thats pretty fucking impressive
@@gregbailey1753 Yup, Dick Best is one of only two pilots to have taken out 2 carriers in one day, the other being Dusty Kleiss, who also hit a cruiser for the "hat trick" record...
@@dareisnogod5711 Eve more too bad that you feel the need to try to publicly shame someone for cursing. You like tilting windmills, too, don't you? lol What a lame butthurt snowflake response...
You may have to wait until 2020, maybe at the middle of spring or beginning of summer, but just to clarify this isn’t his job, when ever he has free time he starts working on projects for the channel, I’m not saying he ain’t gonna do it, you may have to wait for awhile
I think this guy is very intelligently waiting for the new Midway hollywood movie to drop, so he can capitalize on the renewed public interest to drop part 2 and have it reach the heavens in terms of views. That would be the prudent thing to do.
This is the best documentary I have found on Midway. Just concentrating on the tactics and development of the battle is excellent. It is what I have been looking for. No personalities, just the events as they unfold. Thank You. This would be an excellent instructional film. 👍🏻👍🏻☮️🇺🇸🙂
I lived on Midway as a kid in the late 50's when my dad was stationed there. We would slide down the grass sides of the bomb shelter on a piece of card board. There was a few remnants of the war still there.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」??!!
@@jordanfan5896I’m not a strategist but I was thinking the same thing. Let one carrier receive the incoming planes and another carrier launch an attach, etc. they would cover each other. When the launch was complete, then that carrier could receive. It looks like they felt that all tasks had to be simultaneous instead of staged in segments. But then again, I wasn’t there.
I've probably seen every documentary on the this battle and this is by far the best one I've ever seen. I was in the US Navy so it's a bit personal to me. Thank you sir for this documentary.
Agree. To date, the only way to get a complete picture of the battle is in text. None of the documentaries or films have come close to accuracy. This video is by far the closest, and is better in some ways than the books because it's visual for visual learners. That said, reading "The Big E" is probably the best 1st-hand account you'll get of the battle.
One of my uncles was a flight engineer on one of the B 17s that morning. I will always remember him talking about the encounter. He would go on to serve on a B 24 during the island hopping campaign in the South Pacific and B 29s in the attacks on the Japanese mainland. Hough Littlefield was one lucky man during that war. He started the war in a B 17 in the Philippines and ended it in a B 29. He had a front-row seat from 30,000 feet for most of the key battles from 1941-1945.
The Battle of Midway Part 2 - 2020: Told from the comment section perspective Edit : Victory at last ! Part 2 and 3 are here ! (also thank you for the 800 likes ^^)
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」;;()!
Im a teacher of Moderm History, and my field of study is Asian Politcs and I never see a excelent explanation of Midway Battle, this video is amazing. Montemayor, this video is soo good, the part of "what you decide" was brilliant. Thank you very much.
I've read many books on this battle but never have I been able to completely understand what happened as much as I do now after watching this video. The "Fog of War" storytelling approach is genius and helps so much to understand the Nagumo Dilemma. The timelines are fantastic too. Amazingly clear and easy to understand information display! Excellent and innovative approach to describing this fateful battle!
The problem was there was no dilemma given the listed characteristics. The right-side option was clearly the best option. If that's a dilemma, I want to live a life where choices are that easy/simple. Even if it was the wrong choice in retrospect, there was no question that given the intel at the time, it was the right choice.
@@encycl07pedia- This was in fact a dilemma given the Japanese frame of thought and style of approach at all military operations during this time. They don't consider what could happen outside expected circumstances because their objective is to always win. Additionally, they always count on encountering a passive enemy. Their own wargaming outcomes for this battle prove just that when they dismissed the possibility American carriers would already be at sea upon their arrival.
The best part of this video was at 12:57 “The bomber pressed on, and at LAST MINUTE...” *pause* “Narrowly misses the bridge and crashes into the sea” the intensity was real there, made me think I was on that ship, god their asses were saved only a few more hours
I'm trained in research and I gotta say this work is just exceptional. It's the story telling that gets me. He narrates as if reading from some economics textbook yet powered by the illustrations the mixture is just enthralling. This dude rocks.
This was fantastic!! Every once in a while, RUclips recommends an absolute gem, and this is the best so far. Can't wait for part 2. I knew the overall battle, since my dad was WW2 Navy. (Bedtime stories when we were little consisted of this, the battle of Leyte Gulf, Coral Sea,,,ect) .... but the breakdown and especially the IJN point of view were great. Thanks a bunch for posting this, and keep up the great work.
Great job. One addition to the fog of war: the Japanese didn’t know the American fleet had a third carrier available. They believed the Yorktown had been sunk. The carrier had been patched together by a Herculean ship worker effort and put back to sea.
“The Battle of Midway confirmed the carrier’s emergence as the key naval vessel in World War II, displacing the battleship. Nimitz rushed three U.S carriers-the Enterprise and Hornet, which had participated in Col. James Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo in April 1942, and the Yorktown, which was damaged in the Coral Sea-to the central Pacific, laying a trap for the Japanese.”
False. The Japanese went after the battleships which at the time were considered the class of the navy. It was not until the Americans used the carriers with such efficiency that carriers were revered as they are today.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」;;(??
The mindblowing part is the stupid level of detail you go into while using the simplest maps and sketches to explain it. To know something is good. To explain something is great. To detail it in such a succint and simple manner without sacrificing information is something beyond. Congratulations on your piece. You should be working at the history documentary channel providing these insightful videos. I can only imagine what you would accomplish with the proper resources.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」()$?!&
easy to say now but the Japanese and Americans are the one making all the mistakes for the world to see as this was the first time carrier battles occurred. @@jordanfan5896
It's scary to think about. Imagine being in that commanders shoes. I already knew what was going to happen before it happened. I knew that the Americans were sending in attacks because they knew that as long as they delayed them, they could position the carriers for launch. Must have been a very tragic ending for the last words of the crew and the commanders of the 3 Japanese carriers.
@@ヤマトウズメ-r1o It is easy to quarterback a strategy when not under pressure. But as a naval commander, his job is to be flexible, and use your pieces as you may in chess.
You know a documentary is good when it keeps the attention of 9yr old. My daughter came into my room while I was folding laundry and had this on the TV (YT app) and she just started watching, and when it was over, she wanted me to start it again. Well Done.
Yeah! Get her interested young, that's what my dad did with me. By age 22 I was asking him to watch The Great Courses Plus's whole lecture series on World War II in the Pacific theater. It was a good time, and I had a lot of fun.
I really like history photographs and my jaw dropped when I saw you included the black and white photographs of the initial bombers in the best possible resolution. They're hard to find. 41 minutes of pure entertainment
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」,???
Very rarely is the point of view from the opposing forces ever looked at. As someone who studies military history and tactics I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the thought processes and doctrines of the Japanese command during this operation.
@@EndingSummerwithRalph I'm just curious as to what part is revisionist? I know little of Midway other than the US won in part because we broke the Japanese code. I do seem to remember that our torpedo bombers were ineffective, and that it was our dive bombers that did the damage. So what part is revisionist? Actually it is better to ask what is inaccurate, since the original version of events may or may not be better.
@@EndingSummerwithRalph ...says the guy who obviously didn't watch it. It doesn't attempt to change any history -- it simply recounts all the events, but using information available to the Japanese, instead of the usual telling from US intelligence only.
@@EndingSummerwithRalph What part? I am a science nerd, not a history buff so if you could logically break down the how and where he has twisted the facts, I would appreciate it.
Have been reading/hearing for years in other Pacific War video comments how great this presentation is, but only now got around to watching. Wow, does not disappoint. In a league of its own.
The really nasty thing about the single hit on the Akagi was not only did it start a fire, the initial explosion from the bomb destroyed the Akagi's fire suppression system which was directly below the mid-deck flight elevator and the blast also destroyed fire screens in the hanger deck which could be lowered to limit the spread of a fire. If the pilot had been given a choice of where the bomb he dropped would hit and detonate, he couldn't have picked a better spot. The only thing you missed; and maybe you will mention it in part two, is one of the three bombs dropped on Akagi, actually hit the rear flight deck, but it was coming in at a 60 to 70 degree angle, flew out of the side of the ship and exploded in the water next to Akagi's rudder, which became jammed while Akagi had been making an evasive turn. The Akagi wasn't just on fire, she was now pointlessly turning in circles.
Didn't the late to report scout plane have radio trouble too? Scout trouble, turning toward death, miracle bomb hits. I guess after all the wasted misses something had to land.
@@jayeisenhardt1337 Not really miracle hits. Until the carrier wave arrived, the Japanese had not fought experienced pilots all morning. The VB6 and VB3 pilots of those Dauntlesses knew what they were doing and how to do it. The hits weren't the miracle. They were inevitable. The conflagrations started down in the hanger decks were the work of fate and fortune.
@@HillslamsMirror Well, it wasn't exactly experience; it was more like well-trained pilots in good aircraft. Only Enterprise and a few Yorktown pilots had seen combat. VB 3 had been beached since the Saratoga was torpedoed. Even then, Enterprise's group almost messed it up because McClusky didn't give clear orders. That's why only 3 aircraft attacked Akagi. Usually it took an entire squadron to get around 3 hits; the fact that they got one still had an element of luck in it.
I've watched quite a few military documentaries over the years and have studied these battles extensively to the point where I rarely bother watching them these days. However I was interested in the "Japanese perspective" mentioned in the title and decided to give it a go assuming that I would be utterly bored or unimpressed and move on within several minutes. That being said, I was kept for the entire duration of the video. It was presented very well and the information provided is spot on. The perspective given addressed the enemy's thought process and clarified, in a different manner than I've been accustomed to, what lead to the outcome of the battle. Thank you for the work and care that you put in to the production of this video and I hope to see more of the same excellence in future content. Keep up the good work. CWO4 US Army
Every video he posts is better than the last. He keeps getting better everytime. I recommend to watch then all from oldest to newest for maximum enjoyment. They are all good.
Solitaire ... fog of war or just plain bad luck that the catapult on the Tone delayed the one reconnaissance plane whose sector the US carriers were in? This battle could’ve turned out completely different if Nagumo had that extra half hour to decide to immediately launch a strike before the return of the Midway strike force! Nor did it hurt that Yamamoto made this an overly complicated battle plan when he should’ve had the invasion force, the carrier force and the battle ship force all come in together for mutual support?
@@michaelswami I don't know man. If that's a carrier in position to strike your flank that's a big deal. Ditching some aircraft sucks but if they manage to sink a carrier you lose ALL the aircraft on that carrier. I actually think the immediate strike is actually the safer option. Better to eliminate the threat/better assess it, rather then pray it's not a carrier ready to wreck your shit.
I've used and still use this video with my 4th and 5th grade advanced level classes to support American history studies. They love it. You should hear them on how they react (with great disappointment moaning) to the misses and shoot-downs in the early unsuccessful attacks... And then the moment the Ride of the Valkries starts, they go nuts. Arms waving around, cheering, they can't sit still, almost out of control... (both the boys and the girls). It's so cool to see.
This is top notch educational video, in my opinion. I absolutely agree with you in sharing this great video to your class. Please send my greetings to your pupils!
I’m calling bullshit on this. You’re taking an entire day to show 4th graders this video torturing the English language? Why in the fuck are 4th graders learning about the battle of Midway?
This was beautiful to watch. Getting a new perspective on the Japanese mindset throughout the events really brings the entire battle into a new light. It's definitely something that has been missing with most retellings available to western audiences.
SO Very well done! Filled in many of the details that are usually left out. Also, the constant references back to the timeline really drove home the impact of the events that influenced the decisions that were made - and just as important, the historical background of the commanders in the field and why they issued the orders they did. Also absolutely love that it's presented from the Japanese point of view. Really EXCELLENT work!!!
The love for this video is amazing!!! I think it is one of the best Midway doc.`s made. The timeline is flawless, the music is powerful and the narration superb! As much as I despise what Japan was, and Nagumo a hated enemy, this guy lays out the facts. Nagumo followed Doctrine. Any Japanese commander would have to go against doctrine to alter the events. In fact the commander of the 4th carrier(I believe) tried to get Nagumo to strike and disobey doctrine, but it was not his neck on the block.
What a fantastic video! I teach a WW II class and by gosh this is going in the required viewing! Clear, well-animated, accurate and packed full of great insights. You are to be congratulated and I can't wait for Part II!
one little thing that stood out to me the most was how well executed the narration pauses were. using the pause before the near miss of the suicide bomber attack left me and many others id imagine on the edge of my seat. fantastic job
@@NeostormXLMAX The Americans never had organized suicide attack squadrons. The Japanese had dedicated suicide air attack squadrons (both plane and "flying bomb"), dedicated suicide submarine attack squadrons, and dedicated suicide surface ship attack squadrons (including, at the end, their largest battleship, the 863' long Yamato). You could argue that the "banzai" charge tactics during the island defense battles were suicide attacks. There is a HUGE difference between the "one off" pilot who realizes that he isn't going to survive and decides to do some damage on the way out, and a dedicated squadron of soldiers / sailors / pilots who throw their lives away for the Emperor.
After watching this hopefully now you know why. Most people can’t even fathom how much time goes into a video like this. From research to design to writing script etc
I listen to a podcast called Hardcore History that only releases one 4-hour episode every 6 months. It takes him a year, year and a half to cover a single topic, which just so happens to be WW2 Japan right now. And that's audio only, no animations! Putting together exactly what happened and when from dozens of different sources is a time consuming process and assembling it in an interesting, original, and easy to understand way is difficult and also time consuming. I'm hoping part 2 comes out in less than 6 months.
I stumbled across this video accidentally and I’m so glad I did. This is the most interesting explanation I have ever seen. I’ve heard of these battles all my life but never knew the details until now. Great idea to tell the story from the Japanese perspective. I applaud you!!
Not bad, but I prefer documentaries that repeat themselves over and over again and where the narrarater is overly dramatic; that way I don't have to think too much.
Thank you for making the history of these long past events come alive. I have rewatched many of your videos and enjoyed them immensely. I have no constructive criticism, it is simply wonderful.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知： 日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」(()$:?
Only from the American's side. It's totally inappropriate from the Japanese perspective, which this video professes to be. The music should have been ominous when the US dive bombers showed up. My suggestion would be Totentanz by Liszt, sounding like a dark thunder storm rolling in.
I have watched several documentaries about Midway, but this is by far the clearest explanation I've ever watched of what happened. Also recounting it from a Japanese perspective is inspired. You have a new subscriber!
I just finished (yesterday) listening to “Shattered Sword - The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway”. It’s an analysis of the battle from the Japanese perspective and is a deep dive into Japanese carrier doctrine. It also appears to be the inspiration/primary source for this video. A good book and this video is very helpful organizing the last 11 hours of audiobook.
Another well thought out video, thank you so much for the time, effort to research and put up the well thought video that had been mostly ignored by all of Nagumo's decision making process. Thank you.
It is one of those rare occasions when you subscribe automatically with author doing no additional effort to it except for creation of fantastically good content
Me before watching: Some random history buff makes a 41 minute video on Midway? Pass. But I'll watch the intro, just to see what it looks like. Me 42 minutes later: What? Where's part 2? I need part 2!!! Well done, Montemayor. Like/sub thoroughly earned.
My reaction when this appeared in my suggested videos: "Oh, another Midway documentary? I can watch it later … wait, it's from Montemayor? I must watch this right now!" Excellent work as always.
Another reason Yamamoto & Nagumo should have been concerned: how did the Americans know to send 2 carriers to the Coral Sea the month before at just the right time? Even if they didn’t think their code had been broken, they should have considered the possibility of spies somewhere in their ranks. The Americans knew too much.
It doesn't get discussed in the 'American' versions of Coral Sea, or Midway, either in print or on the screen, but after the battle of Coral Sea, Japanese Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was certain that the Americans had broken the Japanese Naval codes before Coral Sea and he was adamant to Yamamoto that he delay the major upcoming Midway operation. The two got into a heated exchange and Yamamoto banished Takagi to the Mako Guards District and he wasn't restored until Yamamoto was killed. Shigeyoshi Inoue also agreed with Takagi and he also had an argument with Yamamoto. He was equally certain the Americans knew the Japanese plans and movements, however, unlike Takagi, he urged Yamamoto to accept the fact this was a strong possibility and cancel the useless diversion at Dutch Harbor and instead use the two carriers from that operation to provide additional CAP for the Midway campaign carrier protection. He pointed out that they could have provided an additional 70 fighters and 26 bombers and that Zuikaku needed to be used for an additional landing platform in the event of emergency or unexpected events. Yamamoto was irate with Inoue and banned him from participating in an further planning for not only Midway, but any operations and in October he became commander of the Japanese Naval Academy. Yamamoto- being the pompous ass that he was- refusing to listen to other opinions or disagreement, reaped the destruction of his own fleet and soon after- himself.
@@NYCYankInTexas As any dictator has done in recent years around World War 2, they think they know everything and everyone else's thoughts or opinions were wrong. This just goes to show that you need to listen to your staff even if you think that they are wrong or are establishing a thought that you would have never had yourself. No one can solve any problem by themselves.
The Japanese were arrogant to believe their code couldn't be cracked. But I believe they did change their code, but unfortunately some ships at sea did not have the new code, so they would send out a messages in the new and old code, which effectively gave the code breakers a rosetta stone for the new code. It wasn't just the code that helped the Americans know their plans it was traffic analysis. More activity with repeated items to many ships. The also knew where the ships were congregating. The code breakers only really needed to identify three words: the location, the date, and "attack" the rest was based on an analysis of the volume of the traffic and where the messages were coming from (i.e. their locations, and movements). In the case of midway, when the IJN left their bases, everyone went radio silent, so the Americans knew they were on their way by the absence of radio traffic.
@@ppumpkin3282 Nice insight, not all intel needs to be msg based, traffic analysis yields nearly as much information. (one of those code breakers from many, many years later....). In actuallity, not only was the code broken, the increase in Intelligence personnel from the disaster at Pearl meant more man hours available to the task, something sorely lacking in the lead up to WW2.
Can you imagine being Nagumo here: 38:27 you've survived literally 99 attackers for 0 scratches to ships over 3 hours. What else could the americans throw at you 40:52 4 minutes later everything is toast
Key here is to understand that those 99 attackers that were lost did an amazing job of keeping the Japanese busy. Doing so, they paved the way to victory.
Battle of Midway cost quite a lot more than those movies though. Lots of lots of fuel used, aircraft hangars destroyed, fuel tank storage ablaze, 5 fleet carriers sunk, 400+ aircrafts destroyed, a heavy cruiser and a destroyer sunk, and most importantly 3000+ lives lost. Way more expensive than any movie. Although Midway definitely a lot more interesting.
Everyone in this comment section: oh im going to be a asshole and hate on fun and popular things. Me: yes GOT, Endgame, AOT, and BOM...yes I love it all cause im not a asshole! :)
I'm a history professor and author of works on this subject. So please hear me when I tell you that you are VERY talented, and that you did a lot of EXCELLENT hard work here. This is fantastic in every respect. You really did a marvelous job and should feel very proud of yourself. This documentary of yours is good enough to serve as a model for college classes. Congratulations on a wonderful accomplishment. I hope your career lets you advance your talents and develop even more skills. You're off to a simply superb start! I admire your work and you have all my respect.
Yeah, but the guy says, "Oh six thirty." Nobody in the military ever says "Oh" when expressing time. AM times are always preceded by "zero."
@@robertgoss4842 Are you being serious? This is an excellent documentary and your response is to pick on this insignificant detail?
If you are being serious, then please stfu.
too bad that Ludendorf wasnt mentioned
Says you👌
@@Smeegle653 thats easy to type
When a low-budget diy-documentary beats every million $ history channel docu-soap in every aspect. Just "wow"!
I know right. The was freaken awesome
I couldn't agree more! Bravo! Outstanding work. You didn't just do yourself proud, you did the battle proud. You just got a new subscriber.
@@DarianCaplinger I know right I also had to subscribed
Seriously though... I openly cheered when he played the music for the dive bombers that used the series of small pestering attacks for time to coordinate and home in on the enemy. Bravo!
Best Docu/video on the battle available!! Why don't pple go in to detail like Montemayor, just laziness by other producers. The details are incredible and enliven the whole battle.
Time Stamps
Intro
0:00
Beginning of the battle/Strike on Midway 07:05
Midway's aircraft attacks on the Kido Buati 11:34
Nagumo's Dilemma 18:27
the Torpedo Squadron Attacks 30:44
1022-1026 : 38:55
Okay guys, so this video is a long one. I suggest grabbing some snacks and watching it in three parts if needed so that you can fully absorb all the information. Suggested divisions would be watching from the intro to the end of the Midway attacks 18:27 , then nagumos dilemma from 18:27-30:44 and finally the last section covering the torpedo attacks 30:44 till the end.
we love your vids! imho please get a discord!
Dude I’m just getting ready for the 2nd part, keep up the good work man
I've got this guy in my list for a reason, though he makes a video half a year, this is the most educative and informative video Ive seen this year.
I myself am very intereted in battleships and pacific war, like Iowa and Yamato, Yomamoto and Nimistz, I hope to be able to talk with u more.
Anyway, many thanks for the work!
"So this video is a long one". . .
It certainly did not seem long. It ended after what felt like ten minutes or so - a testament to its quality. Excellent approach to telling the story, great details, clear explanations, and brilliant graphics.
One of the hardest things about understanding battles is keeping track of the many things happening in different places at different times and how they relate, and matching all of those to a single overall timeline. I think that you nailed that.
Obviously, this was not a one-evening effort, and the time taken for research and composition was worth every second.
Thank-you.
Welcome back! I've been hoping for new content from you.
I only have one problem with Montemayor…I need him to do this kind of video on every pivotal battle in history
Same, but for high quality detailed historical breakdowns, Historia Civilis is the best for ancient/roman history, Epic History TV for Napoleonic era, HistoryMarche for Enlightenment/7 Years War, and ofcourse Indy Neidell/The Great War for WW1. I'm glad there are so many good channels for this type of content.
Shout out to all of them!
@@MemekingJagty!
@@MemekingJagindy is also doing ww2
@@MemekingJagfacts but historia civilis has too much cicero bias for me
The inclusion of the fog of war was great. Shows how easy hindsight makes to see the "obvious" mistakes the commanders make.
"We all have perfect 20/20 hindsight"
In order to see the “whole picture”, we have to see Montemayor’s previous presentation on the Battle of Midway from the American side; the Japanese did not know their communication code had been broken, giving an advantage on intelligence the Japanese did not possess. If we were to reverse the combatants, the Americans would have made the same choice giving the same results. Mistakes were not made. All those obsolete U.S. Navy aircrafts were obsolete by the time the entered the war, were mostly shot down, the entire VT-8 squadron was shot down, only one survivor. There was a lack of coordination in regards to the American forces attacking the Japanese due to different reasons, yet, the Achilles heel, if there was a single one, could be summed up in “target fixation”, not luck as some people may assume. The Zero air cover over the Japanese carrier group did what they were supposed to do: assist their fellow airmen by joining the fight ensuing near the carrier group. That opened a window of opportunity for the other American naval aircrafts that were undetected by the Japanese. If some of the Zero fighters protecting the carrier group would have remained on station, would the battle have resulted on different outcome? Possible, perhaps only one carrier, or 2, would have been lost. I look forward for the second installment on this series. Great video
American commanders tend to be more aggressive in response to potential contact with the enemy. I agree that American forces would have made many mistakes had the situation been reversed, but I think many American commanders would have taken the aggressive option when faced with the unknown contact to the NE. The aggressive option brings its own risks that we don't consider in the battle as it played out. It also gives you an opportunity to keep the initiative.
@@trumpocalypsenow4654 I agree with this. Throughout the war American commanders showed a very high level of aggression and willingness to take risk, often to the point of near recklessness. Even the decision to attempt an ambush on a numerically superior force with far greater experience and capability was borderline foolish, as evidenced by the losses of their torpedo planes. The Japanese tended to over plan and then take few risks, and the Americans tended to go full cowboy taking huge risks with relatively little pre planning.
However this definitely falls in line with western military thought (best defense is a good offense, high risk high reward), and paid off handsomely here.
Trumpocalypse Now I believe the Americans could afford that luxury as Japan could not replenish its losses as quick as them.
I never thought a bunch of MS Paint animated planes and boats will keep me on the edge of the seat for 40 minutes
One thing it does really well is show what went into each decision that was made and the information available. It breaks down the numbers really well too.
You never thought so and thats not what happened. So, whats your point?
exactly
@@jsteel89 You're obnoxious
@@hairoftehdog Agreed
I love the idea of incorporating the fog of war and actually encouraging the viewer to imagine what they'd have done instead of just presenting the facts like most other documentaries.
Loved it
Encouraging the viewer to imagine = sheer brilliance.
I loved that bit, made the same decision as the Japanese myself. It really puts the commanders’ decision into perspective.
It's genius, I loved it as well.
I've been working as a private tutor for a couple of years and I would do the exact same thing with my students and accordning to their parents' and teachers' feedback it worked wonders.
I love doing lessons that way and I love Mobtemayor's style in these videos even more than that! Thoroughly enjoyed, thoroughly educated.
DagRogth?
Leaving aside the 20/20 of hindsight, it really seems that Nagumo made the most reasonable decision, given the information he had at the time. His only great error is probably, as you said, not sending out more planes in his reconnaissance sortie. That could've been what saved his fleet.
Reasonable, yes, but only if one doesn't take into account the massive delays that an uncoordinated attack can cause (as Americans proved with their luck). I don't know if they had previous examples of this (in battles or training); one can consider this a problem with the doctrine designed for optimal striking power.
@@beorntwit711 Had he accounted for an uncoordinated attack, what course of action should he have taken? Mind you, he was not aware that there were 3 enemy aircraft Carriers laying in wait for him and his carriers had made short work of midways fighters but needed to strike quickly before midway returned.
@@Jake-fy1pn well, I'm no expert on naval aviation strikes and won't rewatch the video now, but sending a small, unprepared attack could have worked, together with sailing away. IIRC he had planes refitted several times.
@@beorntwit711 Their intel being bad caused huge issues. If the scouting worked and was accurate, they send the counterattack imo. Having scouted a US fleet out of fighter range was a critical problem for decision making.
Please don't forget the lessons learned in Season 1, Episode 16, entitled "The Galileo Seven" where Spock, also, made all the rational and logical choices which lead to numerous redshirts getting murdered by the vile giant ape-like creatures. It wasn't until he made the daring, very risky, and emotional action of dumping his ship's entire supply of fuel to ignite the atmosphere that he finally managed to bring the crew back to safety onboard the Enterprise.
From the OP: "
1 month ago
Hello guys, so here’s an update.
Part 2 is still in the making. At moment it’s clocking in at 46 minutes. So, It’s actually longer than part 1. A breakdown of it goes as follows:
0:00-28:00 It starts off with the disaster at 1026 and Hiryu’s retaliatory strike. It carries on to the conclusion of the battle with some analysis. Then I go into some detail regarding the sinking of the Mikuma and the Yorktown. Then the final conclusion.
28:00-46:00 I give a recap of the Morning events but this time from the American POV. This is to illustrate (clearly, I hope), how the Americans were able to get the drop on the Japanese and win the battle.
At the moment, I am about 85% done with the animations. Then I have to record, edit, and add the music. And I’m trying something new this time, I want to add some artwork to the video.
So once that is all done, I’ll publish the video. Sorry for the long wait guys! the success of part 1 was completely unexpected for me. If I had known, I probably wouldn’t have posted Part 1 without having completed part 2 as well.
Yes !! i am checking for and update every month ...
bucfan11 That's great new. Where did he write this though? Can you tell us please? :)
@@cyril4046 his channel community page
Thomas Anderson Thanks!
Great job!!! The way you presented it is very effective in helping me remember Midway. You really lock it in with visuals, showing timing of the sequences, and evaluating what the spectrum of battle choices were and then giving them weight. So not only the what - but the why - and the layers of people and their decisions that also effected the outcome. You give the overview and the details to support it and the different levels of consequences. Outstanding!!! If you had been my history teacher - I would have easily made A plus! You have a great skill! Thanks for using it to enrich our understanding of strategies, tactics, culture and systems!!
Who else is just checking in hoping for a release date on part 2
Me!!
Me too.
I have read many of ww2 battles docx this time, and realized that not like I was teached at the school, japanese navy was really strong in wwii, even finally they lost the whole war. Many things is not so accuracy in the studying books in my country. Fuckit the government. It's a shame
Some idea from a man living in Hanoi, VN
Checking in to see about Part 2 but ended up watching this again for the 3rd time. Are you listening Montemayor? Your audience awaits you!
We need part 2!
I checked n he didnt so I can finally go to sleep
When I was a little kid in the 1980s I met Ensign George Gay at an airshow at a US Naval air station. He was signing books at the time. I was too young to understand the significance of the man in front of me; my dad told me he had gotten shot down and floated in the middle of the ensuing battle, but I didn't know until later that he had lost all of his air crew buddies that same day and was the only survivor. He was wounded and hid under his seat cushion to avoid being strafed by Zeroes, while witnessing the destruction of the Japanese carriers. He didn't inflate his life raft until later, and was damned lucky to be found and rescued.
watch the movie "Midway". Was made in the late 70's and has his perspective
@Norman Ritter ..dont. its not funny.
@@efraim3364 Better yet, read "A Dawn Like Thunder", which tells not only Gay's story, but of the other survivors of Torpedo 8 that aren't mentioned...the Avengers that flew from Midway were from the same squadron, and only two of them survived, and another detachment arrived aboard Saratoga at the conclusion of the battle, only to find out their comrades had all died..
I have a signed copy of his book, "Sole Survivor", a cherished possession.
@@rocketguardian2001 thnx man, i'll look into it
Finally. No memes, no patronising the audience, no constant edits and jump cuts, no usual channel bollocks. Just well researched info presented in a non-annoying way by someone who knows their stuff. Keep up the great work! Also, your channel analysing action from the Eastern Front e.g Rzhev salient would be great
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」..,,
Battle of Mid
This video is the best explanation of the battle of Midway. Better than movies, documentaries, history books, etc. Enjoyed all 40+ minutes.
Evidence of research - 5 stars
Narration - 5 stars
Graphics - 5 stars
"What would you do?" - 5 stars
Overall - 5 stars
Can't wait to see Part 2
Critique scoring - 5 stars
Ya well said VP LakerFan he put alot of effort into it its great better then documentaries sure it doesent have "certain" footage but the birds eye view is better fit i think you really get a idea of how it played out thanks for shareing
you havent read a book in your life if youi think this sophomoric bullshit compares to some of the books about midway which again im calling bullshit that you read anything that wasnt a wikipedia page.
The best video. Make me understand more and I can see the big picture. Thank You
@@dosran5786 Which Books do you recommend?
You used the right American flag, 48 stars bc no Alaska or Hawaii, I'm impressed
I’m not going to go back and check, but the flag at the time would have 48 stars. No Alaska and no Hawaii.
Whoops. A flag just showed up! 48 stars in 6x8 pattern.
@@anmacivor I ment 48 is was a typo (Alaska was addicted before Hi iirc)
@@anmacivor I will fix it tho
Thats cool but nobody cares
My father was aboard the USS Yorktown when it sunk at Midway. He spent 10 hours in the ocean before a destroyer picked him up. He was transferred to the USS Enterprise and taken back to Pearl.
Thanks for your father service😄🌏🦅🏅🛡🗽✈🇺🇸
while we are telling our WWII credentials, i'm actually the guy who dropped the bomb that blew up the akagi
Yep, I was Collin’s rear gunner. He wanted to go for the Kaga, but I said, no idiot go for the Akagi!
I was the guy who suicided into the akagi! Heaven has internet!
@@stewartj3407 Why are you guys playing around here this is grown folks business.
I was in the Navy in 1960. I was on Midway for a month. We stayed in barracks that still had evidence of the 1942 attack. The barracks had a frame of I-beam steel. In places you could see where the armor piercing bullets had passed through the I-beams with the metal bent downward where the bullets had passed through the beams. This was 18 years after the battle and I didn’t think much about the history I was seeing.🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」??!!,
I was stationed on the Coral Sea in late 70,s. I love carrier stories.
Watched this, then the history channel version. There's no comparison, this is so much better, easier to follow, and WAYYYYY more interesting.
So, does history channel measure the explosive power of the bombs in swimming pools of minivans?
the history channel narrator sounds so constipated. Give him a toilet break already. The constant repetition of the same info over and over is so tedious, with all the repetitions, a 40 min history channel epside only has about 15 minutes of actual material.
100% agreed. History Channel sucks.
@@adamcrookedsmile I know right? Thing is, they want to make shit accessible for the average viewer who isnt interested in seeing a minute by minute analysis of a battle. I honestly dont blame them, but the quality usually suffers. Just watch one about the eastern front and youll see the same old myths like the "Walk-in-a-park" narrative repeated over and over again.
The passion of one trumps the sheer labor of many.
Who else is back for a refresher before they watch the entire set in it's glory?
Connor Clabaugh I’m so happy he posted the rest
Yep
Same
same
I went back and started with the Battle of the Coral Sea.
This is how a damn documentary should be. To the point without all the theatrics. Kudos and outstanding job.
Makes the History channel look stupid.
And without an IRRITATING title segment!
oof... poor murican... saw normal media for first time... yeah your "TV" is pure cancer and ads
"Kidos". No?
Ride of the Valkyries for the Iron Fist is just the right amount of theatrics
On a tour of the carrier Hornet in Alameda near San Francisco one of the docents was a guy named Ralph, he was a tail gunner at the battle of Midway, this was early 2000s so he was in his 80's I'd guess. Only a few people on the tour even stopped to listen to him talk about his experience but I wasn't going anywhere. He said on their bomb run dive on the carrier they attacked the SBD's were so close together he could almost reach out and touch another plane.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」,??!!
My father-in-law was on Midway Atoll during the battle, we took him to Pearl for the 60th anniversary where we met other survivors from both sides, it was incredible. Later the DOD flew us all out to Midway for a ceremony, then they had another on the Missouri, a great week I’ll never forget.
That's really cool. I bet it was fun and educational. I lived on Ohau for 23 years and liked all the military base's and equipment I got to see.
It's sad how it seems people are forgetting about those lost at pearl harbor. When I was younger, it seemed as though there was more recognition for those that had lost from it.
Cool. My grandfather was in torpedo-6
Thank you.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」,,.,
You break the battle down to a 100% understandable order of events. Bravo, you do a great service to history.
It lacks the History Channel style of thundering drums and blaring music, so loud that it occasionally drowns out the narration. The "sound artists" at the History Channel know that without their aggressive, dramatic, distracting soundtrack, no one would be interested because secretly they couldn't care less about history. So many HC programs ruined by these jerk offs, loudly jerking off in the foreground, instead of the background.
@@AstroGremlinAmerican Hello, bro! - I cannot agree more with you - ant there's many more "fields" like the 'sound' you mentioned... Some details, so annoying for a watchful viewer... I hope our comments and critisism here and there can change something to a better quality.
@@AstroGremlinAmerican ya God forbid they try to make anything more interesting
Astro Gremlin pp
@@gerthurman1 It's a personal problem to the extent that I prefer understanding narration. Tastes differ.
Now would be a golden time to come out with Part 2. So many people stuck in their homes under lockdown orders craving online content!
I'm doing my biweekly check in. I hope the dudes OK.
Its really sad but hes abandoning his youtube which could make him a millionaire and provide for his family. What a waste
@@rayc5916 ruclips.net/video/EEm2RPTWI-s/видео.html
@@rayc5916 watch this
@@jarrodyuki7081 Nice playlist, thanks!
SO MUCH BETTER the the History Channel cartoons!
No recycling of stock shots, no endless commentaries, just great understanding and flawless production. Thank you!!!
Well that's forty minutes that just flew by like nothing.
Glad I wasnt the only one
I'm glad I watched this video considering my very short attention span
No way! 42 minutes? I had to scroll up to see if it was true. It was! I was glued to this animation video. Great Job!
yeah i just fell like 10 minutes .. he really done a great work ...the way he explain is really interesting
I have a habit of changing the play speed to 1:25 on longer videos. So I don't actually speed the full time.
who still here waiting for part 2 lmao, I still check on it every week or so
same >v
Absolutely. Can't tell how many times I've re-watched the video...like 10? 15?
Serious. What I just came here for lol. First video was so well done!
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Was I the only one that thought it would be out by June?
I've been a WWII buff my whole life. I have seen nearly every Midway thing there is... This one is the first one to truly exhibit Nagumo's conundrum by using the fog of war angle. BRILLIANT!!! This is an outstanding video- a terrific demonstration of the situation! I very much enjoyed the narration as to what the Japanese must have thought as the morning developed. I have a lot of respect for poor old Nagumo. Imagine had the US carriers not been so close... By playing it safe, he really made the right choice. It is too easy to judge a proper decision by its results.
It doesn't get discussed in the 'American' versions of Coral Sea, or Midway, either in print or on the screen, but after the battle of Coral Sea, Japanese Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was certain that the Americans had broken the Japanese Naval codes before Coral Sea and he was adamant to Yamamoto that he delay the major upcoming Midway operation. The two got into a heated exchange and Yamamoto banished Takagi to the Mako Guards District and he wasn't restored until Yamamoto was killed. Takagi tried to involve Nagumo, but the man was too cowardly to stand up top Yamamoto.
Shigeyoshi Inoue also agreed with Takagi and he also had an argument with Yamamoto. He was equally certain the Americans knew the Japanese plans and movements, however, unlike Takagi, he urged Yamamoto to accept the fact this was a strong possibility and cancel the useless diversion at Dutch Harbor and instead use the two carriers from that operation to provide additional CAP for the Midway campaign carrier protection. He pointed out that they could have provided an additional 70 fighters and 26 bombers and that Zuikaku needed to be used for an additional landing platform in the event of emergency or unexpected events.
Yamamoto was irate with Inoue and banned him from participating in an further planning for not only Midway, but any operations and in October he became commander of the Japanese Naval Academy.
Yamamoto- being the pompous ass that he was- refusing to listen to other opinions or disagreement, reaped the destruction of his own fleet and soon after- himself.
. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 by Dull
@@NYCYankInTexas Why did he refuse to believe the naval codes had not been broken?
@@OhManTFE he was a gambler who tended to ignore things he didn't like or thought were inconvenient and as seen was not real nice when someone insisted that something might not go right. It happened during the 'war games' to the guy playing the Americans did near exactly what America did do but was completely dismissed in the end and I believe his moves were reversed. Rather silly thing to do.
I think after the war at least one Japanese who fought dubbed it something like winning disease and said near everyone had it. That they would always prevail easily. A really bad way to go into any battle.
@@OhManTFE Arrogance- Same as the Germans.
The Japanese switched to a JN-25c in May 1941, which Yamamoto thought to be unbreakable, however, he thought the same of the JN-25 code used leading up to Coral Sea and just days before the battle- Nimitz was getting deciphers up to 80% of the entire
@@NYCYankInTexas This is exactly my thoughts. He was still riding high from his success at Pearl Harbour, so he couldn't be wrong? Except he was. Good for the Americans.
A big part of the success of this series is using the fog of war to implicate the viewer in agreeing with a Japanese tactical rationale that led to overall failure and so turning the viewer's sympathy from an American success to a Japanese tragedy. Nagumo and company made a lot of prudent decisions with the information they had, their fighters were brave, and yet they still lost.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」;:(??
This is a testament to how a simple style can help the story unfolding. The lack of explosions and flashy theatrics make it easier for me to follow along exactly what's happening. Great damn job, this was fantastic
The video has received 18M views. He did a great job of putting it together.
I remember PBS used to put out videos like this.
Totally agree.
Yep. My least favorite part of midway (the movie) is that its hard to follow. All the stuff happens at once and you cant tell the characters apart anyways. This is simple, yet good looking aswell
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 please stop...
please don't stop making these, they are by far the best ww2 naval battle explanations I have seen
This is the only channel on youtube with a documentary on the battle of Savo island. I heartily second you.
I was going to make a similar comment. Great videos indeed 👍
The perfect transition from sketched maneuvers to aerial image hooked me. Now I'm going to go over everything this channel has made.
@@Moonthroughtheglass to be fair, now drachinifel and the operations room have supplemented with a lot more videos and detail that are equally excellent in different ways.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」???!!
I'm 66 years old., a huge history buff and I have to say that while I thought I knew what happened at Midway, I did not. Until today. Thank you for this, it is a tremendous presentation of complex information.
you need to read Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully. it makes the battle clear and documents the winning and losing strategies. the MI operation wouldn't succeed no matter the outcome, because the basic tennant was flawed. Manahan's "decisive battle" concept was not going to bring the USA to the negotiation table.
You said you are a history buff. Why did you not tell everyone about what the Japanese men did from 1897 till 1945 in 1897 they invaded Korea killing 3 million civilians they were in a constant state of war from 1897 to 1945 when we ended their murderous reign. The Japanese were responsible for 21 million civilian deaths during this time. Please don't just look at American history look at Korean history Chinese history. You will find the truth. The Japanese were responsible for just as many deaths as the Nazi party the Nazi party just did it quicker.
@@Yuppie.Mike. You're plain silly. There is plenty of material out there exploring Japanese atrocities. Sometimes, and hear me out, people want to understand the details of a specific moment in history.
Would you like to see your efforts do good? Find videos where the atrocities are underplayed or denied, and speak up there. Being negative towards someone that is doing their damndest to present historically accurate information about a specific, significant battle is wretched.
He is not here to serve content specifically to you.
@@Yuppie.Mike. And posting this under someone showing valid appreciation for the incredible efforts of the creator of this video? Just ludicrous. Grow up.
Ditto.
Having watched many dramatizations of this battle, this low-budget account is the first to present moment-by-moment accounts of what happened when, and why. Well done.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」,??!
@@jordanfan5896That’s running directly into American logistical supports, with a third of the original fighting force. Nagumo’s only real fault was the lackluster effort put into reconnaissance.
Covering the battle from the Japanese perspective and only giving the information that was available to the Japanese commanders when in was available to them really gives a fresh look on how the battle unfolded.
It's great to see the Japanese perspective of the battle as it unfolded. Makes their actions make sense, given their knowledge of the situation as it unfolded.
wow!!! what a great way to present this history. I'm an avid reader and consumer of WWII history and this is probably the best job i've seen of showing just what happened. EXCELLENT JOB!! thumbs up on this one.
I'm amazed at the detail they have, of the exact number of planes and their exact attack paths, where their torpedos went, and how long they flew before being shot down, and the evasive motions the ships took. How do they know all that so accurately? So nice to see actual strategy playing out. If I was the Japanese commander I would have said screw it, launch the planes even though it's not the safest strategy, the safest strategy in war is often not very effective. Even though they would have had to sacrifice some planes, they would have had a good chance at taking out an american carrier which would have been worth the cost, especially with the effect it would have had on american military morale.
@@El_Chompo But up to this point the Japanese had been very successful playing "safe" with us and succeeding this is the battle that changed the way Yamaguchi thought.
im 90% sure this dude is making account now.
@@omi_god Glenn is just a troll judging from his other posts. Ignore him.
no such thing as gx or bx or ex or not, any s ok
My brother I hope every single day you wake you're proud of this documentary. This was absolutely incredible.
Meanwhile, I'm here waiting for part 2 like Nagumo waiting for Tomonaga's strike group to return.
Yeah, I check back every couple of weeks. If only I could find out how this ended.
I'm going to forget the plot.
L D you and me both
HL3 confirmed
I hope its really not like waiting on torpedo 8 to return..lol..
Nagumos Dilemma was one of the reasons that modern aircraft carriers have a angled flight deck so that can do 2 operations on deck at a time
The Nimitz class are an obvious example of this.
The other main reason was that jets needed even more room than ww2 planes to land and take-off. It also made it safer to abort the landing because you wouldn't crash into another plane preparing to take off
@@grantt1589 Cool
Pretty sure Chinese ones still have flat decks though. Wonder why
@@Yourbodymychoicelol they ate generation one of chinese aircraft carriers. Not very advanced relatively...
Jesus Christ the quality in this video is amazing. Simple and understandable yet rich in information and possibilities.
Don't use Our Lord's name in vain. Otherwise terrific video and explanation !
@@nom6758 "Fairy Tale Man"? Too much evidence to the contrary, Morgan. Study history, sir.
Jkdm 76 lol he’s a fairy tail man.
Yes, He told me this morning He was quite impressed.
@@tomwarguska6938 ? Jesus Christ man calm down
This is by far the best battle breakdown I’ve ever seen. Absolutely terrific work!
You know a production is good when you don't realize 42 minutes just went by. This is very well done!
I didn't realize it was 42 minutes until i read your comment 🤣
You could not be more right.
I smear, I thought it was less than 20mins
42 minutes but only part one of two!!?!
SHIT, i didnt notice it was 40m until i read your comment. spot on
Lt Best realized McCluskeys blunder and took two wingmen with him ( Kroger and Weber) and Best bomb single handedly wiped out the flag ship of Kido Butai. .Thats pretty fucking impressive
And then hit Hiryu! Dick Best that is.
@@gregbailey1753 Yup, Dick Best is one of only two pilots to have taken out 2 carriers in one day, the other being Dusty Kleiss, who also hit a cruiser for the "hat trick" record...
Too bad you felt the need to use the "f" word in your comment. I use the word also, but not in my writing; that's smart.
@@dareisnogod5711 Eve more too bad that you feel the need to try to publicly shame someone for cursing. You like tilting windmills, too, don't you? lol What a lame butthurt snowflake response...
@@dareisnogod5711 Writing is no different than speech, grow a backbone snowflake.
I would trade Avengers Endgame for the second part of this
You may have to wait until 2020, maybe at the middle of spring or beginning of summer, but just to clarify this isn’t his job, when ever he has free time he starts working on projects for the channel, I’m not saying he ain’t gonna do it, you may have to wait for awhile
so would I, so would I
Totally.
I think this guy is very intelligently waiting for the new Midway hollywood movie to drop, so he can capitalize on the renewed public interest to drop part 2 and have it reach the heavens in terms of views. That would be the prudent thing to do.
he's got a very good audiobook-voice
This is the best documentary I have found on Midway. Just concentrating on the tactics and development of the battle is excellent. It is what I have been looking for. No personalities, just the events as they unfold. Thank You. This would be an excellent instructional film. 👍🏻👍🏻☮️🇺🇸🙂
I lived on Midway as a kid in the late 50's when my dad was stationed there. We would slide down the grass sides of the bomb shelter on a piece of card board. There was a few remnants of the war still there.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」??!!
@@jordanfan5896I’m not a strategist but I was thinking the same thing. Let one carrier receive the incoming planes and another carrier launch an attach, etc. they would cover each other. When the launch was complete, then that carrier could receive. It looks like they felt that all tasks had to be simultaneous instead of staged in segments. But then again, I wasn’t there.
I've probably seen every documentary on the this battle and this is by far the best one I've ever seen. I was in the US Navy so it's a bit personal to me. Thank you sir for this documentary.
In regular documentaries we get actions shots that are completely meaningless whereas here we get a top down view so we know exactly what’s going on.
The best documentary I've seen about this battle by far. Great details and timelines!
Agree. To date, the only way to get a complete picture of the battle is in text. None of the documentaries or films have come close to accuracy. This video is by far the closest, and is better in some ways than the books because it's visual for visual learners. That said, reading "The Big E" is probably the best 1st-hand account you'll get of the battle.
HE IS BACK
Thank you for your service.
The photographs at 14:45 are absolutely stunning. What a great addition to the video
i agree, insanely well made for a channel this small. love the animation and the visuals he gives.
murica
Yes, great research, Montemayor. Actual recon photos are worth 1K words.
The transfer from animated to black and white photo is amazing.
Masterpiece. Ive seen a lot of videos about this event, but this is the only one that claims a "Japanese perspective" and actually does so
This is representative of the 5% of the truly good content on RUclips. Thanks.
Or even 5% of all good content on RUclips
I paused it at 0:14 the moment I heard "research rich." Maybe I should power through the illiteracy?
What other content do you think it's truly good? I'm always on the lookout for quality content.
@@reshpeck Was easy to understand he meant "resource rich".
What does the rest of the 5% consist of?
One of my uncles was a flight engineer on one of the B 17s that morning. I will always remember him talking about the encounter. He would go on to serve on a B 24 during the island hopping campaign in the South Pacific and B 29s in the attacks on the Japanese mainland. Hough Littlefield was one lucky man during that war. He started the war in a B 17 in the Philippines and ended it in a B 29. He had a front-row seat from 30,000 feet for most of the key battles from 1941-1945.
@nikesback was just about to say the same
My kind of man. Glad he lived to tell about it.
The Battle of Midway Part 2 - 2020: Told from the comment section perspective
Edit : Victory at last ! Part 2 and 3 are here ! (also thank you for the 800 likes ^^)
You made me smile. Then a little sad.
I hope he comes back one day.
@@bbd121 Yeah me too
@I'll demo in a bit If you're saying you can do better would love to see it.
@@ripno2672 You misunderstood his comment.
@@farzana6676 I agree
Now I understand how we won the battle of Midway. Telling it from the Japanese POV simplified and clarified it. Great job.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」;;()!
Im a teacher of Moderm History, and my field of study is Asian Politcs and I never see a excelent explanation of Midway Battle, this video is amazing. Montemayor, this video is soo good, the part of "what you decide" was brilliant. Thank you very much.
八紘一宇といふ事は、世界が一家族の如く睦み合ふことである。
これは國際秩序の根本原則を御示しになつたものであらうか。現在までの國際秩序は弱肉強食である。強い國が弱い國を搾取するのである。所が、一宇即ち一家の秩序は一番強い家長が弱い家族を搾取するのではない。一案強い者が弱い者のために働いてやる制度が家だ。世界中で一番強い國が弱い國、弱い民族達のために働いてやる制度が出来た時、初めて世界は平和になる。日本は一番強くなつて、そして天地の萬物を生じた心に合一し、弱い民族達のために働いてやらねばならぬぞと仰せられたのであらう。何といふ雄渾なことであらう。日本の國民は振ひ起たねばならぬではないか。強國はびこつて弱い民族をしいたげている。
大東亞共同宣言
抑〻世界各國ガ各其ノ所ヲ得相倚リ相扶ケテ萬邦共榮ノ樂ヲ偕ニスルハ世界平和確立ノ根本要義ナリ
然ルニ米英ハ自國ノ繁榮ノ爲ニハ他國家他民族ヲ抑壓シ特ニ大東亞ニ對シテハ飽クナキ侵略搾取ヲ行ヒ大東亞隷屬化ノ野望ヲ逞シウシ遂ニハ大東亞ノ安定ヲ根柢ヨリ覆サントセリ大東亞戰爭ノ原因ココニ存ス
大東亞各國ハ相提携シテ大東亞戰爭ヲ完遂シ大東亞ヲ米英ノ桎梏ヨリ解放シテ其ノ自存自衞ヲ全ウシ左ノ綱領ニ基キ大東亞ヲ建設シ以テ世界平和ノ確立ニ寄與センコトヲ期ス
一、大東亞各國ハ協同シテ大東亞ノ安定ヲ確保シ道義ニ基ク共存共榮ノ秩序ヲ建設ス
一、大東亞各國ハ相互ニ自主獨立ヲ尊重シ互助敦睦ノ實ヲ擧ゲ大東亞ノ親和ヲ確立ス
一、大東亞各國ハ相互ニ其ノ傳統ヲ尊重シ各民族ノ創造性ヲ伸暢シ大東亞ノ文化ヲ昂揚ス
一、大東亞各國ハ互惠ノ下緊密ニ提携シ其ノ經濟發展ヲ圖リ大東亞ノ繁榮ヲ增進ス
一、大東亞各國ハ萬邦トノ交誼ヲ篤ウシ人種的差別ヲ撤廢シ普ク文化ヲ交流シ進ンデ資源ヲ開放シ以テ世界ノ進運ニ貢獻ス
wrr
@@zes3813 何ですか？ruclips.net/video/KCyk5j8cDyM/видео.html
I've read many books on this battle but never have I been able to completely understand what happened as much as I do now after watching this video. The "Fog of War" storytelling approach is genius and helps so much to understand the Nagumo Dilemma. The timelines are fantastic too. Amazingly clear and easy to understand information display! Excellent and innovative approach to describing this fateful battle!
Best book I've found providing the Japanese perspective is called "Broken Sword." Give it a try if youre interested.
The problem was there was no dilemma given the listed characteristics. The right-side option was clearly the best option. If that's a dilemma, I want to live a life where choices are that easy/simple. Even if it was the wrong choice in retrospect, there was no question that given the intel at the time, it was the right choice.
@@encycl07pedia- This was in fact a dilemma given the Japanese frame of thought and style of approach at all military operations during this time. They don't consider what could happen outside expected circumstances because their objective is to always win. Additionally, they always count on encountering a passive enemy. Their own wargaming outcomes for this battle prove just that when they dismissed the possibility American carriers would already be at sea upon their arrival.
Sheesh! There are all kinds of great accounts out there.
The best part of this video was at 12:57
“The bomber pressed on, and at LAST MINUTE...”
*pause*
“Narrowly misses the bridge and crashes into the sea” the intensity was real there, made me think I was on that ship, god their asses were saved only a few more hours
PrehistoricLEGO Best dramatic pause with an unexpected twist in the history of Dramatic Pauses with unexpected twists
the same thing happened but in Enterprise's perspective. I think
PrehistoricLEGO It’s more like their asses were saved for another three hours.
I feel bad for the crew of that bomber; the pilot in command decided to sacrifice them all. Whole different story then when it's a single seat plane.
had that attack succeeded it would have been probably the first (and only) USN kamikaze attack of the entire war...
I'm trained in research and I gotta say this work is just exceptional. It's the story telling that gets me. He narrates as if reading from some economics textbook yet powered by the illustrations the mixture is just enthralling. This dude rocks.
This was fantastic!!
Every once in a while, RUclips recommends an absolute gem, and this is the best so far. Can't wait for part 2.
I knew the overall battle, since my dad was WW2 Navy. (Bedtime stories when we were little consisted of this, the battle of Leyte Gulf, Coral Sea,,,ect) .... but the breakdown and especially the IJN point of view were great. Thanks a bunch for posting this, and keep up the great work.
you should check out all his other videos as well. Savo Island is a great lost battle that only the Master Montemayor has covered
Great job. One addition to the fog
of war: the Japanese didn’t know the American fleet had a third carrier available. They believed the Yorktown had been sunk. The carrier had been patched together by a Herculean ship worker effort and put back to sea.
xXSuperstarstXx thanks, typo
He just put another carrier so we would know that the japanese were wrong
JUST A GLITCH how about doing a little bit of research before making a stupid comment like that
“The Battle of Midway confirmed the carrier’s emergence as the key naval vessel in World War II, displacing the battleship. Nimitz rushed three U.S carriers-the Enterprise and Hornet, which had participated in Col. James Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo in April 1942, and the Yorktown, which was damaged in the Coral Sea-to the central Pacific, laying a trap for the Japanese.”
5 Things You Might Not Know About the Battle of Midway
I like it how he puts us the audience on the shoes of Nagumo. This is grade A history telling.
False. The Japanese went after the battleships which at the time were considered the class of the navy. It was not until the Americans used the carriers with such efficiency that carriers were revered as they are today.
@@Yittria What?
@@Yittria On a large scale yes the japanese still believed on battleship vs battleship combat and I know that very well but this is about midway.
Bryan Stansbury are you replying on the wrong comment because it has nothing to do with it
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」;;(??
The mindblowing part is the stupid level of detail you go into while using the simplest maps and sketches to explain it.
To know something is good.
To explain something is great.
To detail it in such a succint and simple manner without sacrificing information is something beyond.
Congratulations on your piece. You should be working at the history documentary channel providing these insightful videos.
I can only imagine what you would accomplish with the proper resources.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」()$?!&
blah blah blah
easy to say now but the Japanese and Americans are the one making all the mistakes for the world to see as this was the first time carrier battles occurred. @@jordanfan5896
There are still 3.5 million people waiting for Part 2. Please don't forget us.
He isnt.
His videos just take very long to make. This is par for the course.
@Cubeoctahedron which lies. im not particularly educated on this subject so im all ears for inaccuracies in this vid.
@Cubeoctahedron it's a lovely approach to say "it's all lies!" And provide absolutely no examples or evidence.
@@Chunderthunder420 he's full of it, pay him no mind.
@@MrMowky I haven't seen you publish anything better, so you seem to have no merit.
Okay, this "fog of war" perspective approach is the coolest damn thing I've ever seen!
It's scary to think about. Imagine being in that commanders shoes. I already knew what was going to happen before it happened. I knew that the Americans were sending in attacks because they knew that as long as they delayed them, they could position the carriers for launch. Must have been a very tragic ending for the last words of the crew and the commanders of the 3 Japanese carriers.
八紘一宇といふ事は、世界が一家族の如く睦み合ふことである。
これは國際秩序の根本原則を御示しになつたものであらうか。現在までの國際秩序は弱肉強食である。強い國が弱い國を搾取するのである。所が、一宇即ち一家の秩序は一番強い家長が弱い家族を搾取するのではない。一案強い者が弱い者のために働いてやる制度が家だ。世界中で一番強い國が弱い國、弱い民族達のために働いてやる制度が出来た時、初めて世界は平和になる。日本は一番強くなつて、そして天地の萬物を生じた心に合一し、弱い民族達のために働いてやらねばならぬぞと仰せられたのであらう。何といふ雄渾なことであらう。日本の國民は振ひ起たねばならぬではないか。強國はびこつて弱い民族をしいたげている。
大東亞共同宣言
抑〻世界各國ガ各其ノ所ヲ得相倚リ相扶ケテ萬邦共榮ノ樂ヲ偕ニスルハ世界平和確立ノ根本要義ナリ
然ルニ米英ハ自國ノ繁榮ノ爲ニハ他國家他民族ヲ抑壓シ特ニ大東亞ニ對シテハ飽クナキ侵略搾取ヲ行ヒ大東亞隷屬化ノ野望ヲ逞シウシ遂ニハ大東亞ノ安定ヲ根柢ヨリ覆サントセリ大東亞戰爭ノ原因ココニ存ス
大東亞各國ハ相提携シテ大東亞戰爭ヲ完遂シ大東亞ヲ米英ノ桎梏ヨリ解放シテ其ノ自存自衞ヲ全ウシ左ノ綱領ニ基キ大東亞ヲ建設シ以テ世界平和ノ確立ニ寄與センコトヲ期ス
一、大東亞各國ハ協同シテ大東亞ノ安定ヲ確保シ道義ニ基ク共存共榮ノ秩序ヲ建設ス
一、大東亞各國ハ相互ニ自主獨立ヲ尊重シ互助敦睦ノ實ヲ擧ゲ大東亞ノ親和ヲ確立ス
一、大東亞各國ハ相互ニ其ノ傳統ヲ尊重シ各民族ノ創造性ヲ伸暢シ大東亞ノ文化ヲ昂揚ス
一、大東亞各國ハ互惠ノ下緊密ニ提携シ其ノ經濟發展ヲ圖リ大東亞ノ繁榮ヲ增進ス
一、大東亞各國ハ萬邦トノ交誼ヲ篤ウシ人種的差別ヲ撤廢シ普ク文化ヲ交流シ進ンデ資源ヲ開放シ以テ世界ノ進運ニ貢獻ス
Nagumo has 4 aircraft carriers, he could have made a composite strategy using one carrier for the returning strike crew, and the other 3 for attack.
@@danferguson71 Lieutenant General Nanun.
of bureaucracy.
appointed.
I'm Admiral.
Air warfare ha.
I'm an amateur.
@@ヤマトウズメ-r1o It is easy to quarterback a strategy when not under pressure. But as a naval commander, his job is to be flexible, and use your pieces as you may in chess.
You know a documentary is good when it keeps the attention of 9yr old. My daughter came into my room while I was folding laundry and had this on the TV (YT app) and she just started watching, and when it was over, she wanted me to start it again.
Well Done.
Yeah! Get her interested young, that's what my dad did with me. By age 22 I was asking him to watch The Great Courses Plus's whole lecture series on World War II in the Pacific theater. It was a good time, and I had a lot of fun.
Man I was almost falling asleep when I came across this video and I finished all 3 episodes at once. The music from 38:58 gives me real chills.
I really like history photographs and my jaw dropped when I saw you included the black and white photographs of the initial bombers in the best possible resolution. They're hard to find. 41 minutes of pure entertainment
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」,???
Very rarely is the point of view from the opposing forces ever looked at. As someone who studies military history and tactics I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the thought processes and doctrines of the Japanese command during this operation.
I really like this. This step by step with fog of war. You're a talented presenter. Very enjoyable. Thanks!
Perfectly stated!!!
Ditto that. Outstanding in every respect.
Have never seen a version of the battle of Midway like this before. Very interesting, Thank you! Watched the whole thing until the end. Great Video.
Why is it so great? Its revisionist shit.
@@EndingSummerwithRalph I'm just curious as to what part is revisionist? I know little of Midway other than the US won in part because we broke the Japanese code. I do seem to remember that our torpedo bombers were ineffective, and that it was our dive bombers that did the damage. So what part is revisionist? Actually it is better to ask what is inaccurate, since the original version of events may or may not be better.
@@EndingSummerwithRalph ...says the guy who obviously didn't watch it. It doesn't attempt to change any history -- it simply recounts all the events, but using information available to the Japanese, instead of the usual telling from US intelligence only.
@@EndingSummerwithRalph What part? I am a science nerd, not a history buff so if you could logically break down the how and where he has twisted the facts, I would appreciate it.
Have been reading/hearing for years in other Pacific War video comments how great this presentation is, but only now got around to watching. Wow, does not disappoint. In a league of its own.
The really nasty thing about the single hit on the Akagi was not only did it start a fire, the initial explosion from the bomb destroyed the Akagi's fire suppression system which was directly below the mid-deck flight elevator and the blast also destroyed fire screens in the hanger deck which could be lowered to limit the spread of a fire. If the pilot had been given a choice of where the bomb he dropped would hit and detonate, he couldn't have picked a better spot.
The only thing you missed; and maybe you will mention it in part two, is one of the three bombs dropped on Akagi, actually hit the rear flight deck, but it was coming in at a 60 to 70 degree angle, flew out of the side of the ship and exploded in the water next to Akagi's rudder, which became jammed while Akagi had been making an evasive turn. The Akagi wasn't just on fire, she was now pointlessly turning in circles.
Just before that pilot pressed his bomb release, a ghostly voice was heard, saying, "Use the Force, Luke."
Kwolfx
**insert Bismarck flashbacks here**
Didn't the late to report scout plane have radio trouble too? Scout trouble, turning toward death, miracle bomb hits. I guess after all the wasted misses something had to land.
@@jayeisenhardt1337 Not really miracle hits. Until the carrier wave arrived, the Japanese had not fought experienced pilots all morning. The VB6 and VB3 pilots of those Dauntlesses knew what they were doing and how to do it. The hits weren't the miracle. They were inevitable. The conflagrations started down in the hanger decks were the work of fate and fortune.
@@HillslamsMirror Well, it wasn't exactly experience; it was more like well-trained pilots in good aircraft. Only Enterprise and a few Yorktown pilots had seen combat. VB 3 had been beached since the Saratoga was torpedoed. Even then, Enterprise's group almost messed it up because McClusky didn't give clear orders. That's why only 3 aircraft attacked Akagi. Usually it took an entire squadron to get around 3 hits; the fact that they got one still had an element of luck in it.
I've watched quite a few military documentaries over the years and have studied these battles extensively to the point where I rarely bother watching them these days. However I was interested in the "Japanese perspective" mentioned in the title and decided to give it a go assuming that I would be utterly bored or unimpressed and move on within several minutes. That being said, I was kept for the entire duration of the video. It was presented very well and the information provided is spot on. The perspective given addressed the enemy's thought process and clarified, in a different manner than I've been accustomed to, what lead to the outcome of the battle. Thank you for the work and care that you put in to the production of this video and I hope to see more of the same excellence in future content. Keep up the good work.
CWO4 US Army
Have you watched his other videos? They are the best naval documentaries on youtube.
Every video he posts is better than the last. He keeps getting better everytime. I recommend to watch then all from oldest to newest for maximum enjoyment. They are all good.
Good god we need more historical battle vids that utilize fog of war when discussing command decisions. Such a good idea.
It really helps to chip away at that armchair general mentality that these videos tend to inspire.
I would have made the same decision Nagumo made.
Except I probably would have turned to the South East or east to increase the range.
Solitaire ... fog of war or just plain bad luck that the catapult on the Tone delayed the one reconnaissance plane whose sector the US carriers were in? This battle could’ve turned out completely different if Nagumo had that extra half hour to decide to immediately launch a strike before the return of the Midway strike force! Nor did it hurt that Yamamoto made this an overly complicated battle plan when he should’ve had the invasion force, the carrier force and the battle ship force all come in together for mutual support?
@@michaelswami I don't know man. If that's a carrier in position to strike your flank that's a big deal. Ditching some aircraft sucks but if they manage to sink a carrier you lose ALL the aircraft on that carrier.
I actually think the immediate strike is actually the safer option. Better to eliminate the threat/better assess it, rather then pray it's not a carrier ready to wreck your shit.
I've used and still use this video with my 4th and 5th grade advanced level classes to support American history studies. They love it. You should hear them on how they react (with great disappointment moaning) to the misses and shoot-downs in the early unsuccessful attacks... And then the moment the Ride of the Valkries starts, they go nuts. Arms waving around, cheering, they can't sit still, almost out of control... (both the boys and the girls). It's so cool to see.
This is top notch educational video, in my opinion. I absolutely agree with you in sharing this great video to your class. Please send my greetings to your pupils!
I gotta imagine there's a lot of 'USA USA USA' chants. The teachers in the nearby rooms probably get a little confused, lol.
The ride of the Valkyries was such a perfect choice
There's no way you aren't their favorite teacher.
I’m calling bullshit on this. You’re taking an entire day to show 4th graders this video torturing the English language? Why in the fuck are 4th graders learning about the battle of Midway?
This was legitimately the best diy-documentary I have ever scene. Directly to the point and facts. I legit couldn't stop watching till the end.
This was beautiful to watch. Getting a new perspective on the Japanese mindset throughout the events really brings the entire battle into a new light. It's definitely something that has been missing with most retellings available to western audiences.
SO Very well done! Filled in many of the details that are usually left out. Also, the constant references back to the timeline really drove home the impact of the events that influenced the decisions that were made - and just as important, the historical background of the commanders in the field and why they issued the orders they did. Also absolutely love that it's presented from the Japanese point of view. Really EXCELLENT work!!!
This is hands-down the best video in the entire RUclips. I watch it twice a year. Love every second of it.
The love for this video is amazing!!! I think it is one of the best Midway doc.`s made. The timeline is flawless, the music is powerful and the narration superb! As much as I despise what Japan was, and Nagumo a hated enemy, this guy lays out the facts. Nagumo followed Doctrine. Any Japanese commander would have to go against doctrine to alter the events. In fact the commander of the 4th carrier(I believe) tried to get Nagumo to strike and disobey doctrine, but it was not his neck on the block.
What a fantastic video! I teach a WW II class and by gosh this is going in the required viewing! Clear, well-animated, accurate and packed full of great insights. You are to be congratulated and I can't wait for Part II!
His Pearl Harbor video is excellent as well. I'm sure your students would enjoy it too.
@@silvereagle90000 - Thanks! I'll check it out
one little thing that stood out to me the most was how well executed the narration pauses were. using the pause before the near miss of the suicide bomber attack left me and many others id imagine on the edge of my seat. fantastic job
i laughed so hard at that moment. fantastic haha 12:57
it shows that americans also had kamikazes
@@NeostormXLMAX The Americans never had organized suicide attack squadrons. The Japanese had dedicated suicide air attack squadrons (both plane and "flying bomb"), dedicated suicide submarine attack squadrons, and dedicated suicide surface ship attack squadrons (including, at the end, their largest battleship, the 863' long Yamato). You could argue that the "banzai" charge tactics during the island defense battles were suicide attacks. There is a HUGE difference between the "one off" pilot who realizes that he isn't going to survive and decides to do some damage on the way out, and a dedicated squadron of soldiers / sailors / pilots who throw their lives away for the Emperor.
@@NeostormXLMAX America knows that it is the Decisive battle
Dude. I just saw you don’t have a lot videos. Just wanted to let you know you did an awesome job on this.
Yes just noticed the same; please continue @Montemayor, these videos are brilliant.
After watching this hopefully now you know why. Most people can’t even fathom how much time goes into a video like this. From research to design to writing script etc
I listen to a podcast called Hardcore History that only releases one 4-hour episode every 6 months. It takes him a year, year and a half to cover a single topic, which just so happens to be WW2 Japan right now. And that's audio only, no animations! Putting together exactly what happened and when from dozens of different sources is a time consuming process and assembling it in an interesting, original, and easy to understand way is difficult and also time consuming. I'm hoping part 2 comes out in less than 6 months.
It was okay
I stumbled across this video accidentally and I’m so glad I did. This is the most interesting explanation I have ever seen. I’ve heard of these battles all my life but never knew the details until now. Great idea to tell the story from the Japanese perspective. I applaud you!!
One of THE most concise and best military history videos EVER. Thank you for your work.
Not bad, but I prefer documentaries that repeat themselves over and over again and where the narrarater is overly dramatic; that way I don't have to think too much.
wrr
Finally, chief has dropped it. Been waiting for over half a year. Thank you, this made my day, flawless as always👍🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
(Talking about part 1 btw)
They should have stayed with yellow hands to be race neutral
@@Callsign_Prophet what do you mean with race neutral and yellow hands?
This is a brilliant exposition of the fog of war.
ruclips.net/p/RDaJ_M4pV_eOQ&playnext=1
Thank you for making the history of these long past events come alive. I have rewatched many of your videos and enjoyed them immensely. I have no constructive criticism, it is simply wonderful.
Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
日本乏略：「要分工合作」的重要性。The biggest mistakes made by the Japanese were simply because those Japanese admirals didn’t understand the strategy of division of labors. All the Japanese aircraft carriers and warships have three (3) and the same missions or objectives (1) Attack the Midway Islands. and (2) Attack American Carriers and Warships. (3) Protect their own warships. Just how can one warships Carryout all 3 tasks??? It was extremely stupid!!! If the Japanese commanders could simply divide those tasks among the ships or groups of ships so that each group of ships could concentrate on their own task then the Japanese could win and avoid such big loss. Make sense??? 「要分工合作」(()$:?
After all this time its finally here and man was it worth the wait!
The "Ride of the Valkyries" adds 10 to the 100/100 animation
Only from the American's side. It's totally inappropriate from the Japanese perspective, which this video professes to be. The music should have been ominous when the US dive bombers showed up. My suggestion would be Totentanz by Liszt, sounding like a dark thunder storm rolling in.
I have watched several documentaries about Midway, but this is by far the clearest explanation I've ever watched of what happened. Also recounting it from a Japanese perspective is inspired. You have a new subscriber!
@@foobarmaximus3506 Silence is golden
@@foobarmaximus3506
Shuuush.......
Grown-Up's are talking.
I just finished (yesterday) listening to “Shattered Sword - The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway”. It’s an analysis of the battle from the Japanese perspective and is a deep dive into Japanese carrier doctrine. It also appears to be the inspiration/primary source for this video.
A good book and this video is very helpful organizing the last 11 hours of audiobook.
When I recently started getting into reading stuff about WW2, I was reading wikipedia versions of all the battles. Very good & informative.
@@kennethdeanmiller7324 check out napoleon wars.
Another well thought out video, thank you so much for the time, effort to research and put up the well thought video that had been mostly ignored by all of Nagumo's decision making process. Thank you.
It is one of those rare occasions when you subscribe automatically with author doing no additional effort to it except for creation of fantastically good content
The more effort the person does in getting me to subscribe, the less chance of me subscribing. this was brilliant all the way through
Me before watching: Some random history buff makes a 41 minute video on Midway? Pass. But I'll watch the intro, just to see what it looks like.
Me 42 minutes later: What? Where's part 2? I need part 2!!!
Well done, Montemayor. Like/sub thoroughly earned.
Me, exactly. I was just going to check it out and now I've watched it twice.
Wow...just Wow! Best ever...I can't wait for Part 2!!! I'm on the edge of my seat now!
Rick Schneider couldn’t of said it better my self
LOL, exactly, we are just hanging from a thread until part 2
same....
My reaction when this appeared in my suggested videos: "Oh, another Midway documentary? I can watch it later … wait, it's from Montemayor? I must watch this right now!"
Excellent work as always.
I come to this site every now and then just to re-enjoy this “history movie”. Oh god, what a beautiful serie of videos. Great work again and again.
Another reason Yamamoto & Nagumo should have been concerned: how did the Americans know to send 2 carriers to the Coral Sea the month before at just the right time? Even if they didn’t think their code had been broken, they should have considered the possibility of spies somewhere in their ranks. The Americans knew too much.
It doesn't get discussed in the 'American' versions of Coral Sea, or Midway, either in print or on the screen, but after the battle of Coral Sea, Japanese Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was certain that the Americans had broken the Japanese Naval codes before Coral Sea and he was adamant to Yamamoto that he delay the major upcoming Midway operation. The two got into a heated exchange and Yamamoto banished Takagi to the Mako Guards District and he wasn't restored until Yamamoto was killed.
Shigeyoshi Inoue also agreed with Takagi and he also had an argument with Yamamoto. He was equally certain the Americans knew the Japanese plans and movements, however, unlike Takagi, he urged Yamamoto to accept the fact this was a strong possibility and cancel the useless diversion at Dutch Harbor and instead use the two carriers from that operation to provide additional CAP for the Midway campaign carrier protection. He pointed out that they could have provided an additional 70 fighters and 26 bombers and that Zuikaku needed to be used for an additional landing platform in the event of emergency or unexpected events.
Yamamoto was irate with Inoue and banned him from participating in an further planning for not only Midway, but any operations and in October he became commander of the Japanese Naval Academy.
Yamamoto- being the pompous ass that he was- refusing to listen to other opinions or disagreement, reaped the destruction of his own fleet and soon after- himself.
@@NYCYankInTexas As any dictator has done in recent years around World War 2, they think they know everything and everyone else's thoughts or opinions were wrong. This just goes to show that you need to listen to your staff even if you think that they are wrong or are establishing a thought that you would have never had yourself.
No one can solve any problem by themselves.
The Japanese were arrogant to believe their code couldn't be cracked. But I believe they did change their code, but unfortunately some ships at sea did not have the new code, so they would send out a messages in the new and old code, which effectively gave the code breakers a rosetta stone for the new code. It wasn't just the code that helped the Americans know their plans it was traffic analysis. More activity with repeated items to many ships. The also knew where the ships were congregating. The code breakers only really needed to identify three words: the location, the date, and "attack" the rest was based on an analysis of the volume of the traffic and where the messages were coming from (i.e. their locations, and movements). In the case of midway, when the IJN left their bases, everyone went radio silent, so the Americans knew they were on their way by the absence of radio traffic.
@@NYCYankInTexas This explains why Japan changed the code just before Midway. unfortunately for them... not soon enough.
@@ppumpkin3282 Nice insight, not all intel needs to be msg based, traffic analysis yields nearly as much information. (one of those code breakers from many, many years later....). In actuallity, not only was the code broken, the increase in Intelligence personnel from the disaster at Pearl meant more man hours available to the task, something sorely lacking in the lead up to WW2.
4.5 million people waiting on part 2. C'mon man!
Actually it's only like 0.5 million. I've come back to this video to check for part 2 approximately 4 million times
@@asmrboyo9462 It's actually just 0.1 million. I've watched this video at least 0.4 million times.
You may have to wait, he doesn’t upload frequently, and he actually has a real job, when ever he has free time he works on projects for this
watch proudjapanforever part 3 for hiryu's counterattack.
I’m waiting to see if that last carrier of the Japanese force pulled off a clutch comeback.....
Can you imagine being Nagumo here:
38:27 you've survived literally 99 attackers for 0 scratches to ships over 3 hours. What else could the americans throw at you
40:52 4 minutes later everything is toast
*Knock Knock*. It's the United States.
Key here is to understand that those 99 attackers that were lost did an amazing job of keeping the Japanese busy. Doing so, they paved the way to victory.
@@jackl45 The United States who?
@@Triaed the United States who kicks that ass
"I AM A GENIUS!"
DiveBombers
"OH NO!"
No absurd, pounding "music" in the soundtrack. NO continuous pointless explosions. Thank you very much.
"I don't have a Patreon" is easily the biggest mistake here.
LET US GIVE YOU MONEY GODDAMIT
Sergio A. Becerril he have a PayPal
Yeah. People always say that, but end up giving jack shit. Viewers scream for authors to offer methods of donation so that 'someone' will give money.
@@L1b3rta Sounds like progressives :P
Everyone: Game of Thrones, Avengers Endgame
Me: The Battle of Midway 1942
Count me too Brother!
Real history, no comics fantasy
Battle of Midway is more interesting than those movies - AND do not cost as much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Battle of Midway cost quite a lot more than those movies though. Lots of lots of fuel used, aircraft hangars destroyed, fuel tank storage ablaze, 5 fleet carriers sunk, 400+ aircrafts destroyed, a heavy cruiser and a destroyer sunk, and most importantly 3000+ lives lost.
Way more expensive than any movie. Although Midway definitely a lot more interesting.
Everyone in this comment section: oh im going to be a asshole and hate on fun and popular things.
Me: yes GOT, Endgame, AOT, and BOM...yes I love it all cause im not a asshole! :)
Hands down, this is the best overview of the Battle of Midway ever made. Please complete this project!
I've studied this battle a lot, for 25 years. Congrats! You made a very very good piece of analitic and amused tell. I enjoyed a lot.