Wizards and Warriors: ruclips.net/user/WizardsandWarriorsfeatured Cold War: ruclips.net/channel/UCCGvq-qmjFmmMD4e-PLQqGg Pacific War Podcast: thepacificwar.podbean.com Modern Warfare series: bit.ly/2W2SeXF Pacific War #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: ruclips.net/video/ZzS1ZAulpoY/видео.html Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: ruclips.net/video/mpBGUC8OjE4/видео.html Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake, and the Philippines: ruclips.net/video/MZ4d7Qeyivk/видео.html Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: ruclips.net/video/MhQrv82HHn8/видео.html Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: ruclips.net/video/tgtagewcqKo/видео.html Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: ruclips.net/video/AGYaghICqkY/видео.html Pacific War #7 - Battle of Slim River: ruclips.net/video/meWALqmsXxs/видео.html Pacific War #8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: ruclips.net/video/lBwjgesFsFU/видео.html Pacific War #9 - Invasion of New Britain: ruclips.net/video/rUL538i8Oms/видео.html Pacific War #10 - Fall of Malaya: ruclips.net/video/z7KaNtn2sFo/видео.html Pacific War #11 - Battle of Makassar Strait: ruclips.net/video/XJMxr7ED8tI/видео.html Pacific War #12 - Fall of Singapore: ruclips.net/video/d_xE4CVG3rY/видео.html Pacific War #13 - Invasion of Sumatra: ruclips.net/video/DA2HKaeu8w4/видео.html Pacific War #14 - Invasion of Timor: ruclips.net/video/PID0vt52-vY/видео.html Pacific War #15 - Fall of Java: ruclips.net/video/QOOJcr2DQSQ/видео.html Pacific War #16 - Fall of Rangoon: ruclips.net/video/oyu7z7wQNqg/видео.html Pacific War #17 - How the US Responded to Pearl Harbor: ruclips.net/video/z-0liSYA60M/видео.html Pacific War #18 - Hideki Tojo: Bringing Japan Into The Pacific War: ruclips.net/video/7FO4o-N2fKk/видео.html
This video has two editing errors with repeated words, and another recent video also had one. Edit: I wrote this comment at 15:40, only to unpause and find a third one. I don't mean to be rude, but come on, you can do better.
Despite the minor audio glitches, K&G consistently turns out well researched, detailed 18-24 minute history snacks. You guys are doing a great job, and this kind of stuff is why I am glad I live in the age of the internet.
Yeah it's really rare. Then you get hit with 2 in one video. 😳 It's funny because K&G is so perfect and the videos are so amazing. Just need a little better audio editing once in a blue moon. 😁👍 Knit-picking I know. 😂 The narrator is amazing. Apparently they are suppose to repeat the word or phrase and just continue on. He always does that flawlessly! 😎
The animations are great. The audio is bad sometimes. "Wavell" sounds like "waffle", and many other mispronunciations. The content has a lot of information, which is good, but it's a little bit too fast and chaotic. I prefer channels that speak more slowly and deliberately instead of just rattling on. Like Drachinifel.
I am from Sri Lanka (ceylon) and I remember how my grand mother told stories of how Japanese bombed colombo. Actually many of these facts were never taught us in our history books which just states Japanese tried to attack sri lanka but british bravely defended it and it was the turning point for british in WW2 pacific theater. Thanks Kings nd Generals for these amazing video series
In World War II, especially the Japanese army, especially in Korea, which was a colony at that time, the school did not teach them properly. We need to know the truth of history through RUclips and so on all over the world.
The brits weren't defending the people they were defending a strategic location both geo politically and economically. Did the fight? yes. should we praise them for it? not really. because sure Japan wanted to colonize SL but britain had already done it. Its false to say the were benevolent. Just selfish.
@@akinduathauda2028 according to the history British Ceylon was better then British raj economically in the 1948 Ceylon was only second to japan in Asia
@10:55 The PBY was piloted by a Canadian that lived in my home town and went to my school. He was able to report the incoming fleet before being shot down and captured. In internment he stood up for his fellow POWs, earning many beatings by the guards. He would survive the war and return to Canada. Leonard Birchall was his name
Fun fact about Japan during World War 2: We all know that Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and the Navy had a deepening rivalry between the two. This can be simply rooted back when Japan was the first nation in the worlds which created a complete military-industrial-political complex. The Japanese economy was marked by zaibatsu business complexes - which were basically conglomerates whose central nucleus was a bank. And not only was Japan a plutocracy, but each zaibatsu had its own party in the Diet - with certain zaibatsu (Mitsubisji, Sumitomo) being in charge of supplying and funding the Navy and other the Army (Mitsui, Yasuda). And when business interests are coupled with military, the results are sad. The Navy was based on philosophy on being small elite force, while Army was large and based on conscription. There was next to none cooperation between the Navy and Army troops, and very little to speak of standardization of equipment and gear. Coordinated operations were few and they were difficult to carry out. Japan never had a central command or joint command staff. The situation went so bad that each force had their own paratrooper forces - with no standardization whatsoever. The result was chaos and distrust. As the various zaibatsu competed on contracts and making money, there was intense rivalry and competition on the resources available. It is a small wonder Japan fared in the WWII even as well as it historically did.
if remember correctly too. the IJA origin was from the army from Chosu Domain during Boshin war that was called Kiheitai. and the Navy was From those Satsuma Domain(i forgot the army's name for the Satsuma though)
And also the cultural division of the factions, for example the army followed the nativist tradition of the Samurai, while the Navy was actually a new force, of less than a hundred years, and it was suspected of having too many pro-western and pro-soviet views by the Army.
Despite the Chaos and lack of trust amongst the Japanese forces, they still beat the crap out of Brits & Dutch. So perhaps the Allied Commanders were rather inept.
@@Dylan-er9ji to be fair there was a lot of events to cover, even for their standard; so maybe they rushed it a little to still give us the video in time
Another excellent addition to your "Pacific War" series. I am getting a thorough understanding and history of Japanese operations in the Pacific Rim & SW Pacific areas during late '41 into '42. I knew of these of course, but this is the first really in-depth study of them I am encountering. This will definitely influence me to search for books specific to these campaigns. Thank you again for this awesome series!
Great deal of vocal and written errors, dont rush to meet deadlines. We all love the content and are willing to wait for the great material you consistently release!
I know Imperial Japan committed terrible war crimes, but for me it was always one of the most fascinating periods of japanese history. They literally went from complete isolation to imperial superpower controlling almost all of east asia in just about 80 years. And the speed at which they conquered all of this land in 1942 is truly outstanding
The pilot of that PBY Catalina was Squadron Leader Leonard Birchall, a Canadian (it was an RCAF unit). He received the moniker “the saviour of Ceylon”. I saw him in Kingston, Ontario, in the late 90’s at a commemorative ceremony.
Another stellar addition to your ground breaking series of the Pacific War! Such great detail and information. I think, at least for me and my look into Pacific operations, this was an area that flies well below the radar. Thank you for showcasing this aspect of the war!
Amazing coverage, you can really feel a semblance of the desperation of Somerville, bad intel resulting in a tentative attack, only to result in retreat and sinking of his carriers.
Somerville only lost one carrier, HMS Hermes, a near-obsolete ship, plus two old heavy cruisers. The bulk of his fleet (two modern fleet carriers and five battleships) escaped without a scratch. Indeed, both Indomitable and Formidable returned to the Pacific a couple of years later as part of the British Pacific Fleet to fight Japan once more. The Indian Ocean raid is a weird battle. Through a combination of luck and instinct, the British actually came close to dealing the Kido Butai a devastating blow. At the same time, the Japanese also came close to overwhelming and annihilating the British fleet, which made up a large portion of the Royal Navy's battle fleet at the time. Both sides were lucky and unlucky at the same time.
Oh yes, Bataan is next. My grandpa was one of the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. They fought bravely, but surrendered because they don't have supplies. He also part of the Bataan Death March, but later on he was release. He said to us that many of his friend died in Corregidor. One time he told us a story about his friend ahead of him then an artillery landed where his friend was standing. My grandpa was in the A Company 1st Bat. 45th Reg. part of the Bataan and Corregidor defense and recapturing Manila.
@@theawesomeman9821 Zekes, Vals, and Kates? Judys and Jills? Have you heard of those? Georges and Claudes? Mavises? A Betty was a 2-engine land based bomber used by the IJN.
@@theawesomeman9821 Gotcha. Vals were the carrier- based dive bombers at the start of the war. Replaced at some point by the Judy. Kates were the carrier-based torpedo bombers/attack planes at the start of the war. Replaced at some point by the Jill. Claudes were the predecessor to the Zero/Zeke. Georges were Japanese Army fighters (I think) Mavis were big flying boats like American PBYs. Male names were used for fighters, female names for bomber/attack aircraft.
Thank you to great and intelligible movie again!! Probably Japanese people themselves don’t know that their grandpas invaded to far beyond Ceylon and India. Whether they were great or darn, this series tells us what we didn't recognize.
Loved the video @Kings and Generals! Can't wait for the next video man! Just watched the 2 Episodes before this and this actually surprised me at how much of a "British Coral Sea" the Indian Ocean Raid turned out to be. Definitely helpful for when I can try and represent this as a Game or even a Mini-Campaign for Axis & Allies: War at Sea, even with Custom Miniatures and Stat Cards.
@@billrich9722 Not the ones happening right now however, those will be, but right now it's imposible to take a "historical look" because fog of war, bias, etc
While Churchill had failed in his attempt to divert the Australian 7th division to Burma he had succeeded in diverting two brigades of the Australian 6th division to Ceylon for six months in 1942. After the Indian Ocean raid, Churchill was so convinced that India was the next target for Japan he asked Roosevelt to transfer the Pacific Fleet to the Indian Ocean. Roosevelt declined the request which was just as well for the outcome of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
when my great grandpa was working in Oman my grandma told me that he witnessed a british relief food convoy ship thing get blown to pieces by a submarine and that it induced a mini earthquake due to the sheer size of the explosion
How about "Vampire?" I'm not saying that ships have to be given super bland names, but maybe don't go quite so edgy that you seem to be intentionally calling yourselves the bad guys?
@@emrekara7837 and most interesting, they were trained & supplied by RN itself. The Japanese purchased ships from RN, then learned from them & US about shipbuilding.
I think it would be nice if we could also get an small tangent on the Subsaharan Africa theatre and what happened there., especially in the French colonies.
Very interesting, thank you. Many years ago an expert in military history told me WW2 in the Indian Ocean was a 'minor conflict' (in comparison to the Pacific Ocean operations): could never understand this (& don't believe it) - it definitely wasn't to people who lived through it. From Western Australia.
Has anyone here read the alternate history short story "Green Zeroes" by R. J. Pineiro? It hinges on no Pearl Harbor attack and the US staying out of World War II until it was too late to stop a total Axis victory. The story details the last stand of the Allies in the waters near Sri Lanka against the Axis hordes. Chilling story.
Been taking these in order and I'm thoroughly enjoying this magnificent series you've put together here. Great job! I thought I knew a lot about the Pacific War, and indeed I did. But this puts much tighter and clearer focus on the whole affair. I'd a suburb series and I'd offer that another one one the European front would pretty much tell the tale of WW2 in it's entirety. Although you might want to do one series on Europe/Western Front and another just on the Russian/German war, which, along with China/Japan, was the real meat of WW2. Everything else, including everything the Brits and Yanks did, were just sideshows. The real war was Japan/China and Russia/Germany, as any real student of this conflict quickly realizes. The sideshows did do a lot toward crippling the war machines of the Axis powers, no doubt. But the battles in the field were pretty much these two major fronts, imo.
Always wondered if you music used in all your material are original and if yes where we can find it? Your Channel is way better than universities history courses because the way the information is shown it is way easier to retain information and you can visualise better than in any books.
This is what Churchill and the youtube channel Historigraph called the most dangerous moment of the war. If the Japanese had done more in the Indian ocean, then the war may have been much different, but naval battles and counterattacks with the US diverted Japanese resources. The most shocking new thing I learned was the tidbit about the Andaman Islands, I recently saw the very low populations of the native tribes on the Islands and had wondered how they got that low as I was only thinking in the context of British colonization, the revelation that the Japanese invaded and killed 75% of the population of those islands, really puts things in a different context.
This event is also a fascinating 'what if'. Somerville was planning to fight the Kido Butai AT NIGHT. The British strike aircraft were going to be guided by radar to attack the IJN fleet. At this time, the Kido Butai had NO effective air defense against a night aerial attack. No fighter air patrol, no radar for defense. Could the British get close enough to launch the attack without getting spotted? Unlikely, and in the event...no. They could not. Not even Force A was fast enough or well positioned enough to close with the IJN fleet and launch without being detected prior to nightfall. Still, what if they had? The strike power would have been small...but up against a nearly undefended set of ships. How many British aircraft would have been able to find the enemy fleet, strike, and then return?
I’m 99% sure they had made a mistake on the Andaman Islands claim. I can’t find any source that says 30,000 died and can only find a source that says 2,000 died. This makes sense considering only about 900 Japanese troops were stationed there.
@@ggtroll1365 yeah there does seem to be a disconnect between the Wikipedia level sources and what was stated here. would be curious to learn what that is about
Please please do an episode on the Imphal & Kohima. 🙏🏼 My great grandfather was a veteran of Kohima (AMC) . It would be touching if the world knows about their Bravery. Such crucial battle, but so little is known about them
The Kido Butai aircrews were so efficient, though the protection of their planes didn't compensate for the pilots value. To think the Navy's doctrine on range & speed prevented the Zeros from having armoured glass or more crucially a self sealing fuel tank. They aimed for an elite air force but no effort to preserve them in battle, the "bushido" code...
The Japanese realistically couldn’t have developed a proper pilot training program, for a simple reason: lack of access to sufficient aviation fuel reserves.
Bug report: 1) 15:44 For Allied plane loses there is an silhouette of japanese Zero. Better would be silhouette of Hurricane ... 2) 16:15 Blenheims from 9 were shot down, but animation pictures only 3 killed and 6 continue flight. One shot down Zero not shown killed in animation.
Are you sure about the Infobox given at 3:50? It states that as many as 30'000 out of a population of 40'000 died during the occupation of the andaman islands. This seemed insane to be so I crosschecked on wikipedia, and there it states that "only" approximatively 2000 people died in the occupation. Which one is correct?
The 30,000 number relates to the Homfreyganj/Port Blair massacres, and similar events, the worst of which happened near the end of the war. I'm not sure how accurate the numbers are, partly because the Japanese covered up their crimes, and partly because the British seem to have helped the Japanese cover things up due to the presence of the Indian National Army there.
@@aa2339 The Doolittle raid got the most press attention in the US. There was also the Royce Raid: from Darwin on 11 April missions on April 12 and 13 and the ongoing USN carrier raids.
Bullshit the operation was a complete success. The Japanese successfully did 3 raids at British ports in India. Sunk 23+ merchantmen, sunk a carrier, shot down many enemy aircraft, sunk 3 cruisers and damaged 3 different Military Port facilities in India with acceptable loses. After the raid was completed the result was spooking the British Admiral into retreat with his surviving fleet all the way to Africa. Essentially knocking the British Eastern Fleet out of action just like the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. You don't have to completely destroy an enemy fleet in order to take it out of action. So many idiot commanders on the Allied side in the Pacific war, underestimating or assuming what your enemy's capability is has dire consequents. Great video guys keep up the good work! Please can someone reply to my comment I want to hear others opinions on what I have typed here.
Hi K&G, request: I'd love to see you guys explore the reasons (quality of equipment, quality of training, valor?) that explain the nearly unmitigated success of Japan during this war. I'm under the impression that Japan had very recently industrialized, which makes it surprising that their troops are making such quick work of European powers with so little experience in that type of warfare.
Because those powers were all fighting a much more important defensive war at home and only had what could be spared. You're not sending great reinforcements literally across the globe when your capitol is being bombed or captured
British Forces in the Pacific and against Japan in general was severely undermanned due to more pressing threats from the Nazis. The Brits and Americans had agreed to focus on the Nazis first
. What happened to #18? You went from 'How the US Responded to Pearl Harbor - Pacific War #17' to a special about Hideki Tojo and then to this one ('Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean - Pacific War #19').
Interesting Fact: Following the battle, Lt. Haruki Iki would return to the sight of sinking the Prince of Wales and Repulse in his plane to drop two wreaths. One for the Japanese Pilots and the other for the British Sailors.
As an Inidan, we saw that japanease not as invaders but as liberators. The Anadaman Islands has handed over to the provincial Indian government under Netaji Subash Chandra Bose. To us the British are the invaders.
To be fair to the Brits, they were also manhandling the Italian navy in the Mediterranean sea. Between that, the Atlantic ocean and the Indian ocean. It's little wonder that the Royal navy was overstretched.
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Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: ruclips.net/video/mpBGUC8OjE4/видео.html
Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake, and the Philippines: ruclips.net/video/MZ4d7Qeyivk/видео.html
Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: ruclips.net/video/MhQrv82HHn8/видео.html
Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: ruclips.net/video/tgtagewcqKo/видео.html
Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: ruclips.net/video/AGYaghICqkY/видео.html
Pacific War #7 - Battle of Slim River: ruclips.net/video/meWALqmsXxs/видео.html
Pacific War #8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: ruclips.net/video/lBwjgesFsFU/видео.html
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Pacific War #10 - Fall of Malaya: ruclips.net/video/z7KaNtn2sFo/видео.html
Pacific War #11 - Battle of Makassar Strait: ruclips.net/video/XJMxr7ED8tI/видео.html
Pacific War #12 - Fall of Singapore: ruclips.net/video/d_xE4CVG3rY/видео.html
Pacific War #13 - Invasion of Sumatra: ruclips.net/video/DA2HKaeu8w4/видео.html
Pacific War #14 - Invasion of Timor: ruclips.net/video/PID0vt52-vY/видео.html
Pacific War #15 - Fall of Java: ruclips.net/video/QOOJcr2DQSQ/видео.html
Pacific War #16 - Fall of Rangoon: ruclips.net/video/oyu7z7wQNqg/видео.html
Pacific War #17 - How the US Responded to Pearl Harbor: ruclips.net/video/z-0liSYA60M/видео.html
Pacific War #18 - Hideki Tojo: Bringing Japan Into The Pacific War: ruclips.net/video/7FO4o-N2fKk/видео.html
But now india is the Guardian of the Indian Ocean
This video has two editing errors with repeated words, and another recent video also had one.
Edit: I wrote this comment at 15:40, only to unpause and find a third one. I don't mean to be rude, but come on, you can do better.
I also noticed the sound editing problem...take some time to listen to the sound playthrough before final posting...
great video as always!
The next battles should be over India. The battles in India were actually among the bloodiest in WW2, but often ignored
Despite the minor audio glitches, K&G consistently turns out well researched, detailed 18-24 minute history snacks. You guys are doing a great job, and this kind of stuff is why I am glad I live in the age of the internet.
Yeah it's really rare. Then you get hit with 2 in one video. 😳
It's funny because K&G is so perfect and the videos are so amazing.
Just need a little better audio editing once in a blue moon. 😁👍
Knit-picking I know. 😂
The narrator is amazing. Apparently they are suppose to repeat the word or phrase and just continue on. He always does that flawlessly! 😎
Totally agree with you, sir. This is an excellent series.
The animations are great.
The audio is bad sometimes. "Wavell" sounds like "waffle", and many other mispronunciations.
The content has a lot of information, which is good, but it's a little bit too fast and chaotic. I prefer channels that speak more slowly and deliberately instead of just rattling on. Like Drachinifel.
I am from Sri Lanka (ceylon) and I remember how my grand mother told stories of how Japanese bombed colombo. Actually many of these facts were never taught us in our history books which just states Japanese tried to attack sri lanka but british bravely defended it and it was the turning point for british in WW2 pacific theater. Thanks Kings nd Generals for these amazing video series
Yep history that schools don't teach you, it happens here in the USA too.
@@KMS_BISMARK im currently in germany 😊😊 but yeah my country passing through a harsh time due to corrupted politicians
In World War II, especially the Japanese army, especially in Korea, which was a colony at that time, the school did not teach them properly. We need to know the truth of history through RUclips and so on all over the world.
The brits weren't defending the people they were defending a strategic location both geo politically and economically. Did the fight? yes. should we praise them for it? not really. because sure Japan wanted to colonize SL but britain had already done it. Its false to say the were benevolent. Just selfish.
@@akinduathauda2028 according to the history British Ceylon was better then British raj economically
in the 1948 Ceylon was only second to japan in Asia
@10:55 The PBY was piloted by a Canadian that lived in my home town and went to my school. He was able to report the incoming fleet before being shot down and captured. In internment he stood up for his fellow POWs, earning many beatings by the guards. He would survive the war and return to Canada.
Leonard Birchall was his name
Damn thats cool
Fun fact about Japan during World War 2:
We all know that Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and the Navy had a deepening rivalry between the two. This can be simply rooted back when Japan was the first nation in the worlds which created a complete military-industrial-political complex. The Japanese economy was marked by zaibatsu business complexes - which were basically conglomerates whose central nucleus was a bank.
And not only was Japan a plutocracy, but each zaibatsu had its own party in the Diet - with certain zaibatsu (Mitsubisji, Sumitomo) being in charge of supplying and funding the Navy and other the Army (Mitsui, Yasuda). And when business interests are coupled with military, the results are sad.
The Navy was based on philosophy on being small elite force, while Army was large and based on conscription. There was next to none cooperation between the Navy and Army troops, and very little to speak of standardization of equipment and gear. Coordinated operations were few and they were difficult to carry out.
Japan never had a central command or joint command staff. The situation went so bad that each force had their own paratrooper forces - with no standardization whatsoever.
The result was chaos and distrust. As the various zaibatsu competed on contracts and making money, there was intense rivalry and competition on the resources available.
It is a small wonder Japan fared in the WWII even as well as it historically did.
if remember correctly too. the IJA origin was from the army from Chosu Domain during Boshin war that was called Kiheitai. and the Navy was From those Satsuma Domain(i forgot the army's name for the Satsuma though)
I think a lot of Japans successes can be linked to their rivals being “distracted.”
And also the cultural division of the factions, for example the army followed the nativist tradition of the Samurai, while the Navy was actually a new force, of less than a hundred years, and it was suspected of having too many pro-western and pro-soviet views by the Army.
Despite the Chaos and lack of trust amongst the Japanese forces, they still beat the crap out of Brits & Dutch. So perhaps the Allied Commanders were rather inept.
Reminds me of a certain Imperium, 40.000 years in the future....
There's a lot of vocal repetitions or glitches, not too bad but enought to be spotted :O
But don't worry, i still love you guys and you r work
Yeah one at 12 min I noticed and one at 1530 and one at 1545. Maybe they uploaded the wrong version of the video? Happens sometimes
Ya I noticed those too. And mispelled "casualties" at 1545 too. Oddly uncharacteristic mistakes for such an otherwise incredibly polished channel
@@Dylan-er9ji to be fair there was a lot of events to cover, even for their standard; so maybe they rushed it a little to still give us the video in time
Usually one per episode, this episode has a lot.
Yes, I noticed at least 3 (not including text), I thought it's just me
Another excellent addition to your "Pacific War" series. I am getting a thorough understanding and history of Japanese operations in the Pacific Rim & SW Pacific areas during late '41 into '42. I knew of these of course, but this is the first really in-depth study of them I am encountering. This will definitely influence me to search for books specific to these campaigns. Thank you again for this awesome series!
Great deal of vocal and written errors, dont rush to meet deadlines. We all love the content and are willing to wait for the great material you consistently release!
I know Imperial Japan committed terrible war crimes, but for me it was always one of the most fascinating periods of japanese history. They literally went from complete isolation to imperial superpower controlling almost all of east asia in just about 80 years. And the speed at which they conquered all of this land in 1942 is truly outstanding
And this is what happens when you open a country to trade with you by threatening to bombard their port cities. Think about it
and yet I cannot find a trace of the 30 000 poeple killed over the 40 000 island inhabitants
Japanese imp is murica’s fault, forced them to open borders.
So the outstanding country was completely destroyed by mighty Allied powers.
Now we, Japanese citizens are enjoying free speech.
I mean the speed to conquer this islands is no big deal given the technology at the time.
The pilot of that PBY Catalina was Squadron Leader Leonard Birchall, a Canadian (it was an RCAF unit). He received the moniker “the saviour of Ceylon”. I saw him in Kingston, Ontario, in the late 90’s at a commemorative ceremony.
which PBY ? there are three mentioned in this video..
@@oddballsok The one mention at 10:49
Can't wait to see this series get to the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Another stellar addition to your ground breaking series of the Pacific War! Such great detail and information. I think, at least for me and my look into Pacific operations, this was an area that flies well below the radar. Thank you for showcasing this aspect of the war!
Thank you for this video,my grandfather(South African) was on the Cornwall when she sank. He survived
Amazing coverage, you can really feel a semblance of the desperation of Somerville, bad intel resulting in a tentative attack, only to result in retreat and sinking of his carriers.
Only Hermes was lost. Somerville had two carriers in Force A...
Somerville only lost one carrier, HMS Hermes, a near-obsolete ship, plus two old heavy cruisers. The bulk of his fleet (two modern fleet carriers and five battleships) escaped without a scratch. Indeed, both Indomitable and Formidable returned to the Pacific a couple of years later as part of the British Pacific Fleet to fight Japan once more.
The Indian Ocean raid is a weird battle. Through a combination of luck and instinct, the British actually came close to dealing the Kido Butai a devastating blow. At the same time, the Japanese also came close to overwhelming and annihilating the British fleet, which made up a large portion of the Royal Navy's battle fleet at the time. Both sides were lucky and unlucky at the same time.
The scale of this war was just unbelievable
I really, really want to see the person speaking in these videos. He really has a voice that builds up my excitement for what comes next.
Man , I always thought the Japanese got steamrolled during WW2 but this series really sheds light on how dangerous they were during that war.
Oh yes, Bataan is next. My grandpa was one of the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. They fought bravely, but surrendered because they don't have supplies. He also part of the Bataan Death March, but later on he was release. He said to us that many of his friend died in Corregidor. One time he told us a story about his friend ahead of him then an artillery landed where his friend was standing. My grandpa was in the A Company 1st Bat. 45th Reg. part of the Bataan and Corregidor defense and recapturing Manila.
I like how the Japanese aircraft are not being referred by their allied codenames like with how most history creators do.
code names such as?
@@AlanDeAnda1 never heard of that
@@theawesomeman9821 Zekes, Vals, and Kates? Judys and Jills? Have you heard of those? Georges and Claudes? Mavises?
A Betty was a 2-engine land based bomber used by the IJN.
@@nooneatall8072 I've only heard of Zekes. Thanks for the references.
@@theawesomeman9821 Gotcha.
Vals were the carrier- based dive bombers at the start of the war. Replaced at some point by the Judy.
Kates were the carrier-based torpedo bombers/attack planes at the start of the war. Replaced at some point by the Jill.
Claudes were the predecessor to the Zero/Zeke.
Georges were Japanese Army fighters (I think)
Mavis were big flying boats like American PBYs.
Male names were used for fighters, female names for bomber/attack aircraft.
Thank you to great and intelligible movie again!!
Probably Japanese people themselves don’t know that their grandpas invaded to far beyond Ceylon and India.
Whether they were great or darn, this series tells us what we didn't recognize.
The wreck of HMS Hermes is a popular scuba diving spot. Unfortunately the wreck is upside down so landing strip is not conspicuous.
Loved the video @Kings and Generals! Can't wait for the next video man! Just watched the 2 Episodes before this and this actually surprised me at how much of a "British Coral Sea" the Indian Ocean Raid turned out to be. Definitely helpful for when I can try and represent this as a Game or even a Mini-Campaign for Axis & Allies: War at Sea, even with Custom Miniatures and Stat Cards.
Fantastic series, I find myself excitedly anticipating the next episode every week!
This is where I really learn about historical wars.
Yup, more than at school
@@billrich9722 Not the ones happening right now however, those will be, but right now it's imposible to take a "historical look" because fog of war, bias, etc
John Toland's "the rising sun" is my favorite book on the pacific war
Same here!
the Japan pretends to be a Sun, but their neighbor Chinese Han ethnic, the meaning of the word "漢/Han" is the "People of the Galaxy",
thank u kings and generals,im expecting this video in this series,love from sri lanka
This is the best series of WWll documentaries I've seen. I've read a lot of stuff on WWll but much of this was not covered in detail.
I'm ready for this!!!
Me too aaahhhh!!
I love these documentaries you make. Especially about the more obscure ones on The Pacific War.
HMAS Vampire was involved with the Battle of Endau late January 1942 only to be sunk in this battle off Ceylon.
Thank you for covering this lesser known event from WWII.
A lot of effort on these videos, Thank you.
While Churchill had failed in his attempt to divert the Australian 7th division to Burma he had succeeded in diverting two brigades of the Australian 6th division to Ceylon for six months in 1942.
After the Indian Ocean raid, Churchill was so convinced that India was the next target for Japan he asked Roosevelt to transfer the Pacific Fleet to the Indian Ocean. Roosevelt declined the request which was just as well for the outcome of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
when my great grandpa was working in Oman my grandma told me that he witnessed a british relief food convoy ship thing get blown to pieces by a submarine and that it induced a mini earthquake due to the sheer size of the explosion
This video deserves a million views.. absolutely love it
The "Seawolf" what a bad ass.
Once more, another wonderfull work of you guys!
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
I gotta say, I learn a lot from these videos but that the British had a “revenge class” and “war spite” as names for ships is pretty metal
How about "Vampire?" I'm not saying that ships have to be given super bland names, but maybe don't go quite so edgy that you seem to be intentionally calling yourselves the bad guys?
@@StarShadowPrimal Uh, the Brits did name their first post WWII jet fighter the Vampire, lol
Yep, metal AF. But it is Warspite, not War Spite. The Brits always had cool names.
Dreadnought, Warspite, Iron Duke, Vengeance, Revenge, Defiance, and Spanker are all great names
@@UnNuclear
Sister ship of Spanker was the Monkey.
great stuff as usual
Your mini-docs sre always so informative! Thanks, K&G.
Great documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.
At this time, Japanese Admirals may not have thought for a moment, that 3 years later the IJN would be left on paper only.
Funny isn't it? A navy so powerful, that it made the Royal Navy feel powerless.
@@emrekara7837 and most interesting, they were trained & supplied by RN itself. The Japanese purchased ships from RN, then learned from them & US about shipbuilding.
I love learning about the land of the rising sun.
I think it would be nice if we could also get an small tangent on the Subsaharan Africa theatre and what happened there., especially in the French colonies.
They fought with sticks and stones over who could control the mud huts
Will you guys cover information about the Azad Hind Fauj(INA) and Subash Chandra Bose?
He was a dumb man.
Literally joined hands with satan ☠
another great episode - IJN must have felt invincible at this point
Very interesting, thank you. Many years ago an expert in military history told me WW2 in the Indian Ocean was a 'minor conflict' (in comparison to the Pacific Ocean operations): could never understand this (& don't believe it) - it definitely wasn't to people who lived through it. From Western Australia.
Thanks for the information even if I learn one new thing in each video it's worth it to watch. Keep up the great work 👍🏻
Has anyone here read the alternate history short story "Green Zeroes" by R. J. Pineiro? It hinges on no Pearl Harbor attack and the US staying out of World War II until it was too late to stop a total Axis victory. The story details the last stand of the Allies in the waters near Sri Lanka against the Axis hordes. Chilling story.
I'm loving this very detailed series!
Been taking these in order and I'm thoroughly enjoying this magnificent series you've put together here. Great job!
I thought I knew a lot about the Pacific War, and indeed I did. But this puts much tighter and clearer focus on the whole affair. I'd a suburb series and I'd offer that another one one the European front would pretty much tell the tale of WW2 in it's entirety. Although you might want to do one series on Europe/Western Front and another just on the Russian/German war, which, along with China/Japan, was the real meat of WW2. Everything else, including everything the Brits and Yanks did, were just sideshows. The real war was Japan/China and Russia/Germany, as any real student of this conflict quickly realizes. The sideshows did do a lot toward crippling the war machines of the Axis powers, no doubt. But the battles in the field were pretty much these two major fronts, imo.
Always wondered if you music used in all your material are original and if yes where we can find it?
Your Channel is way better than universities history courses because the way the information is shown it is way easier to retain information and you can visualise better than in any books.
This is what Churchill and the youtube channel Historigraph called the most dangerous moment of the war. If the Japanese had done more in the Indian ocean, then the war may have been much different, but naval battles and counterattacks with the US diverted Japanese resources.
The most shocking new thing I learned was the tidbit about the Andaman Islands, I recently saw the very low populations of the native tribes on the Islands and had wondered how they got that low as I was only thinking in the context of British colonization, the revelation that the Japanese invaded and killed 75% of the population of those islands, really puts things in a different context.
This event is also a fascinating 'what if'. Somerville was planning to fight the Kido Butai AT NIGHT. The British strike aircraft were going to be guided by radar to attack the IJN fleet. At this time, the Kido Butai had NO effective air defense against a night aerial attack. No fighter air patrol, no radar for defense.
Could the British get close enough to launch the attack without getting spotted? Unlikely, and in the event...no. They could not. Not even Force A was fast enough or well positioned enough to close with the IJN fleet and launch without being detected prior to nightfall.
Still, what if they had? The strike power would have been small...but up against a nearly undefended set of ships.
How many British aircraft would have been able to find the enemy fleet, strike, and then return?
I’m 99% sure they had made a mistake on the Andaman Islands claim. I can’t find any source that says 30,000 died and can only find a source that says 2,000 died. This makes sense considering only about 900 Japanese troops were stationed there.
@@ggtroll1365 yeah there does seem to be a disconnect between the Wikipedia level sources and what was stated here. would be curious to learn what that is about
Wikipedia apparently said there was only 2000
But Wikipedia also isn't the best source to trust
Fantastic series
Even at this time the Philippines under MacArthur have yet to fall to the Japanese
because the philippines only surrendered on May 6, 1942
MacArthur has already left. It's under Wainwright now, isn't it?
It's even amazing knowing that the defenders were poorly equipped. Undermanned and running out of supplies.
Even after the surrender, the Huks and other guerilla units continue the resistance throughout the Japanese occupation
Mabuhay (live long) to the battling bastards of bataan!
A brilliant series.
Great documentary.
Thanks.
Great video on a little known story. Thank you.
Love this very informative historical war RUclips channel 💕🙏🙏🙏💕
Excellent content
Nice next vid Fall of Bataan April 9, 1942
Please please do an episode on the Imphal & Kohima. 🙏🏼
My great grandfather was a veteran of Kohima (AMC) . It would be touching if the world knows about their Bravery. Such crucial battle, but so little is known about them
Looking forward to next week
Great video ! Thank You .
The Kido Butai aircrews were so efficient, though the protection of their planes didn't compensate for the pilots value. To think the Navy's doctrine on range & speed prevented the Zeros from having armoured glass or more crucially a self sealing fuel tank. They aimed for an elite air force but no effort to preserve them in battle, the "bushido" code...
The Japanese realistically couldn’t have developed a proper pilot training program, for a simple reason: lack of access to sufficient aviation fuel reserves.
@@bkjeong4302 all the more reason to preserve the experienced pilots they had, something the factors Cygnets Forever brings up impaired.
Bug report: 1) 15:44 For Allied plane loses there is an silhouette of japanese Zero. Better would be silhouette of Hurricane ... 2) 16:15 Blenheims from 9 were shot down, but animation pictures only 3 killed and 6 continue flight. One shot down Zero not shown killed in animation.
A couple audio hiccups but otherwise a great video!
First time in nearly 300 years the mighty Royal navy was outclassed and forced to retreat.
Love this series from you guys :)
I like this video
Love this series
The sea Wolf: if at first you dont succeed try try again... probably
Thank you 👍
The next battles should be over India. The battles in India were actually among the bloodiest in WW2, but often ignored
Are you sure about the Infobox given at 3:50? It states that as many as 30'000 out of a population of 40'000 died during the occupation of the andaman islands. This seemed insane to be so I crosschecked on wikipedia, and there it states that "only" approximatively 2000 people died in the occupation. Which one is correct?
Andaman Islands are sparsely populated, even today. So, 30k kills sounds incorrect to me.
The 30,000 number relates to the Homfreyganj/Port Blair massacres, and similar events, the worst of which happened near the end of the war. I'm not sure how accurate the numbers are, partly because the Japanese covered up their crimes, and partly because the British seem to have helped the Japanese cover things up due to the presence of the Indian National Army there.
This episode had alot of errors(mostly he audio looping the same word) and i assume this is one of them.
@@Suinekra Yes I know (altho wikipedia has improved a lot since its inception). I just wanted to know why there was such a discrepancy.
Yes i learned this cool
Good video
Please make video on bengal famine in 1943
Waiting for next week's episode, The Fall of Bataan and the Death March.
It's important to point out Bataan was still holding out while the IJN was foraying into the Indian ocean, thousands of miles away.
@@aa2339 The Doolittle raid got the most press attention in the US. There was also the Royce Raid: from Darwin on 11 April missions on April 12 and 13 and the ongoing USN carrier raids.
Nice video
Excellent
Make video on battles of terrains
love this stuff
Bullshit the operation was a complete success. The Japanese successfully did 3 raids at British ports in India. Sunk 23+ merchantmen, sunk a carrier, shot down many enemy aircraft, sunk 3 cruisers and damaged 3 different Military Port facilities in India with acceptable loses. After the raid was completed the result was spooking the British Admiral into retreat with his surviving fleet all the way to Africa. Essentially knocking the British Eastern Fleet out of action just like the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. You don't have to completely destroy an enemy fleet in order to take it out of action. So many idiot commanders on the Allied side in the Pacific war, underestimating or assuming what your enemy's capability is has dire consequents. Great video guys keep up the good work! Please can someone reply to my comment I want to hear others opinions on what I have typed here.
Hi K&G, request:
I'd love to see you guys explore the reasons (quality of equipment, quality of training, valor?) that explain the nearly unmitigated success of Japan during this war.
I'm under the impression that Japan had very recently industrialized, which makes it surprising that their troops are making such quick work of European powers with so little experience in that type of warfare.
Because those powers were all fighting a much more important defensive war at home and only had what could be spared. You're not sending great reinforcements literally across the globe when your capitol is being bombed or captured
British Forces in the Pacific and against Japan in general was severely undermanned due to more pressing threats from the Nazis. The Brits and Americans had agreed to focus on the Nazis first
Wonderful Video! as usual. however, there were some weird audio glitches. Was that just me? or are they in the video?
. What happened to #18? You went from 'How the US Responded to Pearl Harbor - Pacific War #17' to a special about Hideki Tojo and then to this one ('Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean - Pacific War #19').
Interesting Fact: Following the battle, Lt. Haruki Iki would return to the sight of sinking the Prince of Wales and Repulse in his plane to drop two wreaths. One for the Japanese Pilots and the other for the British Sailors.
Nice vid keep it up
Good
Include the story of Subash Chandra Bose. If nothing it will atleast make this series very interesting
As an Inidan, we saw that japanease not as invaders but as liberators. The Anadaman Islands has handed over to the provincial Indian government under Netaji Subash Chandra Bose. To us the British are the invaders.
Love your channel and have almost watched everything you put out since 2018!
But: Please check the video again, you have a few sound-hickups...
5:45 holy crap that’s quite a fleet given the Brits were completely focused on defending their homeland under siege - they’ve been holding out on us
To be fair to the Brits, they were also manhandling the Italian navy in the Mediterranean sea. Between that, the Atlantic ocean and the Indian ocean. It's little wonder that the Royal navy was overstretched.
What is the background music at the beginning? It's awesome and I would like to hear it all. Please lmk
9:29 I suppose there was a typo in the script here since both the narration and subtitles use "Nara" instead of "Naka".
So much learned about japanese History
I just wanted to confirm that the HMAS Vampire was sunk and not damaged as it is still afloat is Sydney ATM and it is now a museum ship