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  • @s.thompson9
    @s.thompson9 5 лет назад +1371

    This channel reminds me of how the history channel use to be before it became all reality tv

    • @Ian-oe9wp
      @Ian-oe9wp 5 лет назад +100

      The good ol days before the dark times before ancient aliens

    • @eurybaric
      @eurybaric 5 лет назад +47

      God damn it. This again? No. History Channel was ALWAYS crap. It just was able to get worse somehow. Stop comparing every history video/channel/essay to that shit. I know you mean well, but damn man.

    • @Britishwolf89
      @Britishwolf89 5 лет назад +40

      History channel was never this good. It's full of programmes that treat it's viewers like they have the memory of a goldfish and their documentaries are unfocused messes that don't teach you coherent history. Not to mention all the cheesy CGI and terrible reenactments that get repeated over and over. It's like History for dummies.

    • @Britishwolf89
      @Britishwolf89 5 лет назад +17

      Didn't mean to sound insulting, but i'm just sick of people acting like the History Channel was ever good because you see your type of comments on every well made video relating to history.

  • @jawedz
    @jawedz 5 лет назад +356

    Greetings from Japan. Type A (ko) midget subs got unstable and unbalanced once a big torpedo was fired according to ja.wikipedia. Presumably that is the reason why a 2nd torpedo was not fired soon after hitting the battle ship.

    • @KateLicker
      @KateLicker 5 лет назад +65

      hence the controversy about the torpedo which hit Arizona at PH...that it might have actually come from sub, which breached the surface after firing, as you say, re unstable after firing....

  • @bobb1870
    @bobb1870 5 лет назад +129

    It's incredible how the British did not react after seeing two subs enter the harbor. Then did not warn other bases after the attack.

    • @AndrewAMartin
      @AndrewAMartin 5 лет назад +42

      Perhaps their egos were too bruised to admit that the Japanese could mount such an attack?

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 5 лет назад +40

      That would interfere with their tea drinking.

  • @rock3tcatU233
    @rock3tcatU233 5 лет назад +55

    WTF, I never heard of the Japanese fighting on African soil.

  • @levijones1874
    @levijones1874 5 лет назад +143

    Here we go again putting the history and military channel out of business. This some of the best history off ww2 I love I watch all these videos.

    • @oglo2011
      @oglo2011 5 лет назад +16

      History Channel is weak. I'm not trying to learn about ice road trucking or the curse of oak island. I want history.

  • @nicho3051
    @nicho3051 5 лет назад +450

    Can you talk about the Italian Savoia charge that was performed in Russia :)

    • @ristotenno6438
      @ristotenno6438 5 лет назад +36

      Not relevant but interesting theory is that the Italian frogmen/mini torpedo-submarine colleagues of such Japanese, took revenge and sink an ex-battleship of the Italian navy in Sevastopol naval harbour that was given to USSR after the war

    • @TheA8lee
      @TheA8lee 5 лет назад +10

      I hadn't heard of that before. Have you heard of the Charge at Krojanty?

  • @roum22
    @roum22 5 лет назад +71

    Crew on the British Loyalty and HMS Ramillies report seeing two submarines entering the harbour, no action taken. Two ships torpedoed,and no warning issued to other naval bases to be on alert. Seventeen hours later same thing happens in Sydney. Sadly there seems to be a never ending catalogue of shameful blunders.

  • @powellchester6580
    @powellchester6580 4 года назад +27

    The world: Our submarines launch torpedos.
    Japan: Our submarines launch submarines!

  • @randomcoyote8807
    @randomcoyote8807 5 лет назад +247

    This is great stuff! Thank you for shining some light on this overlooked part of war history!

  • @worldofdoom995
    @worldofdoom995 5 лет назад +248

    just when I think I have learned everything about WW2 you post another video!

    • @KiwiOverlord
      @KiwiOverlord 5 лет назад +1

      Have you heard of the Monsun Gruppe?
      It was a force of German U-boats that operated in the the Indian and Pacific Oceans based out of Japanese occupied Malaysia.

  • @PiperStart
    @PiperStart 5 лет назад +319

    One does wonder at the stupidity of not informing, secretly, all Commonwealth forces about the likelihood of such attacks. Obviously, Sydney paid the price.

    • @Ageust2
      @Ageust2 5 лет назад +40

      I think they didnt want the japanese to know that the attack was successful.

    • @Necron990
      @Necron990 5 лет назад +28

      @@Ageust2 this is understandable, but there must've been someway to warn the other bases through covert communications.

    • @AlexMartinez-me2yc
      @AlexMartinez-me2yc 5 лет назад +16

      @Adecodoo If the Axis powers didn't intercept the message, then it would be a secret from them.

    • @rolfsannes8246
      @rolfsannes8246 5 лет назад +5

      @@Ageust2 just say we stop a mini sub attack

    • @grancito2
      @grancito2 5 лет назад +32

      The POMES were so embarrassed that they ignored the reports of 2 submarine periscopes spotted in the harbour, they preferred to say nothing and let more ships sink.

  • @soundknight
    @soundknight 5 лет назад +177

    4:30 just so nobody is under any illusion, the Bushido was employed as a psychological tool but nearly all soldier and officer swords were not real samurai katana, they were manufactured on mass using a completely different method. Most heirloom swords stayed at home with the family / wife.
    Samurai and their swords were outlawed more than 50 years earlier (after the Meiji restoration).

  • @philsfreshfudge1688
    @philsfreshfudge1688 5 лет назад +66

    Best part about your channel is that you cover events that nobody has ever heard of.

  • @poggimonsipmmm4599
    @poggimonsipmmm4599 5 лет назад +150

    I love the new RC submarines! It gives the video a new soul wich makes the video a mot more entertaining to watch!

  • @Ingulf_The_Mad
    @Ingulf_The_Mad 5 лет назад +10

    Speaking of raids, would be awesome to see the story of the failed landing at Tobruk in 1942 (Operation Daffodil). British troops at the early stage were disguised as german soldiers, and killed with no mercy during the infiltration phase (including the patients of a military hospital). In the end the attack failed for the unexpected reaction from italian non-combatant troops
    (cooks, transmission, mechanics etc), who delayed british marines long enough.

  • @mrmaje1
    @mrmaje1 5 лет назад +30

    Fascinating. I knew nothing about the Madagascar conflict until now...you're a wealth of info.

  • @im1who84u
    @im1who84u 5 лет назад +28

    8:08 They suppressed that information?! What a bunch of knuckleheads.

  • @boxman9033
    @boxman9033 5 лет назад +150

    could you do a video on the Madagascar Campaign during world war 2?

    • @johnblackstone5261
      @johnblackstone5261 5 лет назад +11

      I've never heard of this so I'm down for that

    • @bbbabrock
      @bbbabrock 5 лет назад +24

      I read about a bit of trivia related to WWII fighting in Madagascar explaining that the Vichy troops fought the Brits for six months there before surrendering. Coincidentally six months was how long French troops had to fight to qualify for combat pay. It's heartening to hear that when the future of the free world is at stake, our French "allies" make it clear where their priorities lie.

    • @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332
      @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 5 лет назад +14

      @@bbbabrock That's some nice bullshit, French soldiers receive pay like all others every month. The fact that they fought on for 6 months without any support and resupplying is actually quite impressive.

    • @KateLicker
      @KateLicker 5 лет назад +1

      so, they had to have --6 months-- of combat, to get combat pay?

    • @KateLicker
      @KateLicker 5 лет назад +2

      oh, well, they pretty much attempted to invade India...that's what the Imphal/Kohima battle pretty much was re...that was the last strongpoint b4 a potential entry into India..

  • @Makoto778
    @Makoto778 5 лет назад +13

    3:26 the Battleship HMS Ramillies was actually armed with 8 15" main guns mounted in 4 twin turrets.

  • @stevenlogan1696
    @stevenlogan1696 5 лет назад +41

    Madagascar was known as the Malagasy Republic between 1958 and 1975 when it returned to Madagascar

  • @blueeyeswhitedragon9839
    @blueeyeswhitedragon9839 5 лет назад +4

    Can anyone tell me why I hear so often phrases such as, "The British Amiralty failed to respond..." or " The British General did not see fit to..." or " It was deemed, by the British War Dept. not to give warning..." Some times I wonder how the British did as well as they did. And now I understand why Canadian & American generals were loath to put soldiers in their command, under British command.

  • @billbrockman779
    @billbrockman779 5 лет назад +47

    The Revenge class BB had Four 15” turrets, 8 guns total, not 4 guns.

    • @peterdaly6173
      @peterdaly6173 5 лет назад +2

      that had sounded odd to me as well, when he said 4 x 15" guns. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ramillies_(07)

    • @KateLicker
      @KateLicker 5 лет назад +1

      are they like Warspite, Valiant etc? those Queen Elizabeth tubs surplus from Jutland?

    • @simonwhitten2051
      @simonwhitten2051 5 лет назад +5

      @KateLicker Warspite, 'a tub'?

  • @slick4401
    @slick4401 5 лет назад +35

    I had never heard of this attack.

  • @joepa9309
    @joepa9309 5 лет назад +33

    You are the master of illuminating historical obscurity!

  • @Mr3344555
    @Mr3344555 5 лет назад +15

    Please cover the deserting French Morocco troops who helped Vietnam fight off the French

  • @camg6400
    @camg6400 5 лет назад +44

    LOVING how you have recently switched to the Pacific theater. Love your European theater videos too, but it is wonderful to get such in depth looks in to the oft neglected Pacific theater.

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 5 лет назад +1

      neglect? There is a lot of pacific theater documentary.

    • @pedrolistacarey4880
      @pedrolistacarey4880 5 лет назад +6

      @@blugaledoh2669 - Yes, but it's the usual bullshit...This stuff, instead, is hardly known by anyone !

  • @johnpalmer5131
    @johnpalmer5131 5 лет назад +15

    You stated that the type a sub was capable of 19 knots submerged and 2 knots on the surface. Is this correct? I suspect these numbers are reversed which be more typical speeds for submarines of this era.

    • @pedrolistacarey4880
      @pedrolistacarey4880 5 лет назад +5

      yeah, I thought the same...19 knots submerged ? No way...! Only the fantastic German Type 21 could achieve such speed beneath the waves...Maybe you meant just 9 knots, which would be a more than nice speed for a submerged midget sub...

    • @tangero3462
      @tangero3462 5 лет назад +4

      The 2 knots is referencing a conservative, fuel-economic speed to reach its maximum range

  • @vincewindeuycker3219
    @vincewindeuycker3219 5 лет назад +9

    Awesome videos!!!!! Love everyone Ive seen...just a minor correction ..Ramillies had 8 15 inch guns in 4 turrets... Please keep providing these great videos!!!!! Would also like to see video of Italian Savoia charge in Russia as I was based near these oustanding soldiers in the 80's

  • @danbrown5736
    @danbrown5736 5 лет назад +67

    Its a good thing the Axis were not much help to each other

    • @l0lLorenzol0l
      @l0lLorenzol0l 5 лет назад +20

      Niggas really forgot the war was suposed to be a GROUP PROJECT. Really bit them in the ass.

    • @drakevandiver340
      @drakevandiver340 5 лет назад

      How so?

    • @johnblackstone5261
      @johnblackstone5261 5 лет назад +11

      Each empire was greedy for themselves so Its no surprise

    • @政斌-x8k
      @政斌-x8k 5 лет назад

      Why?

    • @政斌-x8k
      @政斌-x8k 5 лет назад +10

      They would've stood a better chance if they actually worked together. Japan and Germany didn't really help each other in terms of long term gain and strategy.

  • @maxwellharris507
    @maxwellharris507 5 лет назад +34

    Never underestimate the power of submarines

    • @inouelenhatduy
      @inouelenhatduy 5 лет назад +1

      lol that why everybody that have $$ is buying or building submarine fleet for they navy , like japan now day are building 1 submarine per year cause japan know that if they gona go war with china the surface fleet will be out number and in the end sunk by the Chinese , the sub will the real advantage for japan , that also why Vietnam buy 6 submarine cause they know the surface ship gona get wipe out once china declare war , only submarine gona survival or have a chance of survival and manage to do some damage , that why china are now pumping out tons of type56 1000t frigate to hunt japan/Vietnam/America/Australia/india submarine if war broke out . china is pumping out like 50 war ship per year and more , no one can compete that with them right now , the only advantage for smaller country will be submarine ( which china is weak at countering ) , you cant compete by building super high end warship cause the Chinese are also building super high end war ship and they gona built more of them vs you ( aka type55/54/52 ) , you cant out built cheap ship vs them ( type56) + war coming soon guy that why asia and America are building ship + buying weapon like crazy + also china is following japan footstep of pre ww2 aka island chain defense strategy that why we have problem in south china sea where china built huge base there + now china wanted to get Taiwan + senkaku so they cause creat first line ring defense

    • @pedrolistacarey4880
      @pedrolistacarey4880 5 лет назад +5

      @@inouelenhatduy - Take it easy, dude...no nuclear war is looming...you're just hearing war drums played by the weapons manufacturers, eager of increasing their sales (and huge profits !) to war-scared small countries which rush to buy whatever they can find to defend themselves from the big bad Chinese...!

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 5 лет назад +9

      Ironically, the Japanese did neglect submarines. It cost them the war.

  • @qtig9490
    @qtig9490 5 лет назад +24

    Please do one on the Sydney attack. This is great work you are doing and I am especially interested in hearing more about all the activities of Commonwealth forces and outside Europe etc that are not as well known here in the US

  • @gerhardbenade5869
    @gerhardbenade5869 4 года назад +5

    Congratulations Mark. This is excellent.

  • @jagsdomain203
    @jagsdomain203 5 лет назад +22

    Never heard of it before thanks

  • @danieltsiprun8080
    @danieltsiprun8080 5 лет назад +26

    How about a submarine carrier ?

    • @johnblackstone5261
      @johnblackstone5261 5 лет назад +4

      The Japanese did that in ww2 it's on RUclips

    • @Otokichi786
      @Otokichi786 5 лет назад +6

      Do you mean a submarine that carries airplanes or an aircraft carrier that carries submarines?') The former existed in the form of large Japanese submarines that carried seaplanes for an attack on the Panama Canal. World War II ended before the operation could begin, and the extra-large submarines were studied extensively before being sunk far off the entrance to Pearl Harbor to keep it out of Russian hands.

    • @Enzo012
      @Enzo012 5 лет назад +2

      It's been tried.

    • @shepherdlavellen3301
      @shepherdlavellen3301 5 лет назад +2

      since a sub can't carry enough planes to be effective, they carry missiles nowadays.

  • @shawngilliland243
    @shawngilliland243 5 лет назад +8

    I'd never heard of this attack before watching your superb video. Well done as always, Mr. Felton!

  • @curseditem8354
    @curseditem8354 5 лет назад +22

    Can you do a video on Yugoslavia breakup

    • @loveofmangos001
      @loveofmangos001 5 лет назад

      "The Royal Yogosalv army had well over a million men but few modern weapons. It had long borders to defend and was thus unable to stop the modern German army"
      from Century of Warfare

  • @HERMOSABEACHGUY
    @HERMOSABEACHGUY 5 лет назад +22

    Always interesting nuggets of history here.

  • @sohomchatterjee
    @sohomchatterjee 5 лет назад +6

    They had underwater cameras back then????
    😳😳

  • @theplasticcommando7394
    @theplasticcommando7394 5 лет назад +5

    Now this is a war story I never heard. Excellent channel!

  • @awol1561
    @awol1561 5 лет назад +9

    love your show!!!!

  • @minuteman4199
    @minuteman4199 5 лет назад +4

    The British attack on Madagascar would be a very interesting subject Mark,,,

  • @alexdemoya2119
    @alexdemoya2119 5 лет назад +12

    Another fascinating vignette

  • @verschlusssache6283
    @verschlusssache6283 5 лет назад +6

    Seriously, where does one get that kind of footage?

  • @strawberrybleach7715
    @strawberrybleach7715 5 лет назад +9

    excellent video as always, mark

  • @ZeAngrySnowmongol
    @ZeAngrySnowmongol 5 лет назад +5

    Finnish long range recon/sabotage operations, like 1942 Petrovski Jam operation

  • @Primarch359
    @Primarch359 5 лет назад +5

    The last inrangetv q&a shouted you out as one of the channels they watch. Crossover between my channel subscriptions.

  • @winslow142
    @winslow142 5 лет назад +16

    Would you consider a short on the US 'bat bombs' of WW2? Developed by Dr Lytle S Adams, who also developed the system that allowed US airmail to be picked up from ships as well as picking up the post without landing.

    • @KateLicker
      @KateLicker 5 лет назад +1

      did they come in a utility-belt?

  • @lexington476
    @lexington476 5 лет назад +4

    These Japanese Commando Style videos are awesome.

  • @williamchamberlain2263
    @williamchamberlain2263 5 лет назад +4

    There's one of those subs in an awesome display at the Australian War Memorial

  • @domdegood5376
    @domdegood5376 5 лет назад +3

    The Japanese never attacked Pearl Harbour .

  • @qtig9490
    @qtig9490 4 года назад +2

    Excellent as usual. The IJN was quite capable then and is definately so today. Unlike the IJA, the WWII IJN was an honorable arm. Did you ever do an episode on the IJN attack on Sydney's Port as you mentioned in here?

  • @emp__1295
    @emp__1295 5 лет назад +7

    “Midget submarines”

  • @yamato4169
    @yamato4169 5 лет назад +5

    I wish I can sub to you 100000 times

  • @markgarin6355
    @markgarin6355 4 года назад +1

    I love it...they post look outs....they see conning towers, do Jack shit.

  • @eisenhertz
    @eisenhertz 5 лет назад +2

    the things,you find out-unbelievable.thanks Mark.

  • @arlingtonhynes
    @arlingtonhynes 5 лет назад +3

    Correction: 3:29 It appears that Ramillies had four *twin* 15” gun turrets, eight guns. This matches the photos.
    Love your videos.

  • @Codenamex47
    @Codenamex47 5 лет назад +5

    Amazing! Thank you for another stellar video!

  • @Aenima308
    @Aenima308 5 лет назад +2

    I think they’re supposed to be called little person submarines. 🥁

  • @williamprince1114
    @williamprince1114 5 лет назад +1

    I assume the Japanese sailor was given a honorable burial at sea. If instead he was buried ashore I would expect his remains would have been disinterred, returned to Japan, and DNA tested to identify and return to his family by now.

    • @pedrolistacarey4880
      @pedrolistacarey4880 5 лет назад +1

      Your concern shows you're a gentleman and somebody who acts according to the unwritten laws of the civilized peoples...but I doubt that in postwar Madagascar - with the still fresh scars of the conflict and subsequent grudge - anyone ever thought of doing what you assume. Hope I'm wrong, because those men deserved respect.

  • @oliversmith9200
    @oliversmith9200 5 лет назад +3

    That's an impressive model in the water. It could be from a movie, or maybe some modeler's excellent footage.(?)

  • @steyrproof
    @steyrproof 5 лет назад +9

    we all live in a little submarine, a little submarine, a little submarine

  • @alecblunden8615
    @alecblunden8615 5 лет назад +3

    Ramilies was blessed with eight 15" mk 1 guns in four turrets.

  • @skullduggery1096
    @skullduggery1096 5 лет назад +3

    Wonderful snippets of subs under water,thanks.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 лет назад +6

    Banzai wanted to bless the rains down in Africa

  • @bobgreene2892
    @bobgreene2892 5 лет назад +1

    Knew nothing about this until now. Where did you find the footage of the midget subs manuevering? (Or were the "subs" actually RC models, as one poster has suggested?)

  • @enoughnonsenseamericana328
    @enoughnonsenseamericana328 5 лет назад +3

    I have loved these scout type submergibles since childhood.
    The whole idea of piggy backing on mother ship subs still seems so science fiction. Both the Japanese and later the Germans had some success with these migit submarines.
    They must have worried allied naval personal at times. Sneaky, armed and shallow water capable.
    Thanks Mark Sir.
    More please

  • @doubleaamv4654
    @doubleaamv4654 5 лет назад +4

    pressing bell icon worth it for this channel..

  • @eduardodeandres3864
    @eduardodeandres3864 5 лет назад +2

    Qué interesante la historia, no sabía que los japoneses habían atacado en Africa.!!!
    Well done Mark, very good stuff once again,! Many thanks again

  • @johngibson2884
    @johngibson2884 5 лет назад +2

    That was an entirely reprehensible action performed by the British head naval officers in Madagascar.
    By not conveying the information, at the very least through secret channels, to their superiors ,
    They were complicit in the death of other Allied soldiers as a resultant

  • @garypulliam3740
    @garypulliam3740 5 лет назад +1

    I always thought it was funny that you could be on the lookout for Germans and get attacked by Japanese and vice-versa. I wonder in which areas of the oceans allies sailors were actually on the lookout for BOTH?

  • @jeffstanley4593
    @jeffstanley4593 5 лет назад +2

    As a child I collected postage stamps and there was a space in an album for stamps from Diego Suarez. Now I know where it was.

  • @toasterbathboi6298
    @toasterbathboi6298 5 лет назад +9

    Gotta say, those mini subs look pretty neat. Not sure if I’d want to be in one tho.

    • @aaronlopez3585
      @aaronlopez3585 5 лет назад +3

      A mini sub but a roomy casket for two.

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 5 лет назад

      Damp potato #36 - If you can get to IWM Duxford there’s a sectioned British X-class midget sub that you can walk through.

  • @mikecavallaro466
    @mikecavallaro466 5 лет назад +2

    Ramillies was armed with eight 15" guns in four turrets.

  • @joselucca2728
    @joselucca2728 5 лет назад +2

    This video and the one about Japanese airborne attack against B 29 bases in the Marianas have been very surprising.

  • @justfrog6660
    @justfrog6660 5 лет назад +9

    Well this better get me the evidence point on my APUSH exam (if the DBQ is in this time period) 😂😂

  • @atatexan
    @atatexan 5 лет назад +2

    Just astounded about this! Another excellent production, Mark.

  • @joycekoch5746
    @joycekoch5746 5 лет назад +4

    One of these Japanese subs actually made it's way to Gilligan's Island in 1961!

    • @KateLicker
      @KateLicker 5 лет назад

      so it did..good get...and Russian cosmonaut screw-ups..

  • @rovercoupe7104
    @rovercoupe7104 5 лет назад +5

    Brilliant. M.

  • @PeterOkeefe54
    @PeterOkeefe54 5 лет назад +1

    Sydney?? tell us about it

  • @soldierz18
    @soldierz18 5 лет назад +2

    Every time I watch your vids it reminds of war documentaries shown on PBS back in the late 90s and early 2000s Great job!

  • @voltmandk.h.sherman777
    @voltmandk.h.sherman777 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much for the great work Mark! It's always great that you allow us to discover lesser and/or unknown facts about this very fascinating period of our History! Love it! Keep the excellent work Mark!

  • @wellington-yh8rc
    @wellington-yh8rc 5 лет назад +2

    I remember my Mother talking about how one of those Midget Subs was beached / sunk in Sydney Harbour around the time of Pearl Harbour .

  • @enscroggs
    @enscroggs 5 лет назад +2

    Eight 14" guns in 4 turrets on Ramillies.

  • @Justin-rv7oy
    @Justin-rv7oy 5 лет назад +6

    Can you do a video on the ship Olterra and the Italian operations conducted from it around Gibraltar.

  • @TheJosep70
    @TheJosep70 5 лет назад +1

    The most amazing Japanese submarine was the I-400, the largest of WW2 and capable of transporting and launching three planes!

  • @hanzkrupps3315
    @hanzkrupps3315 4 года назад +2

    Count on Felton, to outclass any WW2 historian. ❤

  • @thhseeking
    @thhseeking 5 лет назад +1

    5:30 - that doesn't look like a British ship. Italian? Oh, and I laughed when you described corvettes as "fast" :P Sixteen knots flat out is hardly "fast". Makes me wonder what the car named "Corvette" is like. Clay Blair Jr described them as "slow, wet and uncomfortable" :P The ships, not the car :D

  • @xmaniac99
    @xmaniac99 5 лет назад +2

    That Japanese sub naming system is so ingenious..

  • @werre2
    @werre2 5 лет назад +2

    This was new to me, glad to be a patreon

  • @turbografx16
    @turbografx16 5 лет назад +1

    I'm afraid the Japanese navy's handling of submarine operations was rather inept. Indeed, many of the Japanese sub commanders were themselves less than stellar performers.
    Since they rarely engaged in submarine anti-shipping operations elsewhere, and then often poorly; it's unlikely they would have attempted, or been successful in doing so, in the Indian Ocean.

    • @pedrolistacarey4880
      @pedrolistacarey4880 5 лет назад +1

      I guess that was one of the reasons for asking the Germans in '44 to send U-Boats to the Penang, Malaysia, naval base to help them in maritime operations against Allied shipping. They knew the Germans were good at submarine warfare.

  • @bigblue6917
    @bigblue6917 5 лет назад +1

    Japan's Africa Raid. When Satnavs go wrong.😯
    I have read about these raids but they do bear repeating because where their actions in the Pacific or the Far East are better known these Japanese attacks tend to get missed.

  • @lexington476
    @lexington476 5 лет назад +1

    Can you do a video on the Sydney Australia midget submarine raid?

  • @NiskaMagnusson
    @NiskaMagnusson 5 лет назад +1

    this should've been in the Battlestations pacific game, they included the Sydney midget sub reconnaissance, why not this? :)

  • @davidnl8206
    @davidnl8206 5 лет назад +1

    Primitive maps, very limited communication, and such extremely risky raids, unbelievable! Great video

  • @edsmith4995
    @edsmith4995 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome! I love Mark Felton's videos.

  • @Crosmando
    @Crosmando 5 лет назад +1

    Jesus imagine being a crewman in one of those midget subs, all alone in the middle of the deep ocean. I'm not even claustrophobic and it scares the shit out of me.

  • @pragasamsupiahs8419
    @pragasamsupiahs8419 5 лет назад +1

    Imperial Japanese Navy ,was one of the powerful Navy at that time .Having many different types of ocean going Submarines .

  • @pedrolistacarey4880
    @pedrolistacarey4880 5 лет назад +8

    Respect for those twoJap submariners that rendered their own lives in exchange for a sunk tanker, a damaged battleship, and the lives of 6 enemies (5 sailors and one Marine). Formidable opponents, these Japanese...

  • @husaind2962
    @husaind2962 5 лет назад +1

    Excellent work! If possible, could you make a video concerning some operation or interesting aspect involving the Free French military? I have always been fascinated by continued French military resistance after 1940.

  • @Tntexplodeslol
    @Tntexplodeslol 5 лет назад +1

    Nice didn't know about this