0:10 - Japanese Zero 0:39 - Japanese Arisaka Type 99 rifle, 7.7mm, standard issue 1:53 - LVT wheel bogies, could be from another tracked vehicle as some were universal 3:38 - US LVT-2 water buffalo landing craft, early variant likely from 5th marines 5:17 - US LVT(A)-1 "Alligator" Tank 6:45, 7:20, 7:30, 8:19 - Japanese Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun 9:20 - Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank 9:50 - Japanese Type 88 75mm AA Gun Feel free to correct any mistakes I may have made.
I’m from the island of Palau and my dad is from there. Good to see people enjoying the island. I was a diver and now I’m serving in the United States Army.🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽 thank you
It’s beautiful in a strange way to see how nature breaks down and decompose our machines of death. Like all bad things will one day be gone. I like that thought. Gone - but not forgotten.
Thanks again to everyone who is still watching this - would anyone be interested in more footage from Palau? I'm considering going back to Peleliu and maybe some even smaller islands nearby and taking much more high quality footage with a stabiliser, drone etc. Could show a lot more close-up details of the machinery if that's what people are interested in.
I can only speak for myself, but just do what you do. Just being able to see this part of history is beyond appreciated and honestly, makes me want to go myself. Thanks man
The silence and tranquility is what gets me watching these kind of videos. Very well knowing that at one point in time this area must have been hell on earth for the men who landed there during the War.
my uncle was a coxswain on the landing craft. Made three landings one was Peleliu. Had three boat shout out from underneath him. His hearing shot for the rest of his life. One of 5 brothers who fought in the war Howard, Major, Russell, Jack and Bob. All saw combat and all came home in one piece, thank god. My grandmother had 5 stars in her window.
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been watching/sharing this over the last few days; it's really nice to see a lot of comments from people who are genuinely interested (and a lot more knowledgeable about military history than I am). Coming here was one of the occasions when I felt like I was really "travelling" rather than just being a tourist, in the sense of getting to see somewhere that not too many people have been to. I wish I had brought a better camera and my drone along too, but I also like to travel light so in this case my battered old Go Pro had to suffice. For anyone who might be interested I'm going to post some photos from here on my Instagram over the next couple of days (@paulkempvideo). Have a great day!
Thanks Paul-- My dad when he finally opened up spoke about the buddies he lost on Peleliu-- swore many times he shoulda bit the dust there! He said after a couple weeks there, it was all blood and maggots everywhere.......
My grandfather got his purple heart and bronze Star on peleliu. He was running ammo even though he was but several times . Because of his actions and actions of fellow Marines we where able to take the island.
That is the actual building depicted in so many films and games. That was a major battle its crazy to see how quiet it is considering how insane it was in 1944
Incorrect. what you see there is the old Japanese communications building in Airai state on babeldaob island (though it was depicted in one movie based on fictional events) no battle ever took place there, it was only bombed and strafed. What you're thinking of is the Peleliu airfield building, which is not depicted in the video.
What I found disturbing was the _lack_ of nature. In 1945 that area would have been teeming with countless insects, birds and other animals - now they are all gone. Even more disturbing is that no one even notices or gives a shit. This is how we will sleep walk to our own destruction.
I’ve been there on a scuba diving trip. Spent 3 days anchored in the harbor that the military used and expanded after they landed. We were able to tour the island and see most of the stuff in this video and go into some of the caves that the Japanese used for defense. We even got to dive on a couple of the Japanese ships that were sunk around the Palau islands during the attack! A great thrill for this WWII buff.
You're lucky, it's an amazing experience that not too many people get to have. I went into the caves too - no video unfortunately because I didn't have a proper light. Some bits of them were filled with horrifying-looking crickets. Wish I'd done some of the wreck dives!
My great grandpa told us he hid 30 or so Japanese guns and a large stock pile of grenades in a tree trunk 400 yards north of the main airfield building hoping to go back for it all one day. He said it was one of the few living trees still standing afterward that probably won’t help you find it but worth a try
A hundred years from now, all that equipment will still be there. Those islands will be a constant reminder of that war. Great video. Thank you for sharing with the world.
Do it! It's not the easiest place to get to but definitely worth it and really feels like you're seeing somewhere that not too many other people have been
It's amazing how the jungle reclaims the land. I've seen pictures of the island just after the invasion. Hardly any trees. That beach you showed, black and white photo of Marines floating in the water. Too the Marines and Japanese soldiers who fought and died there RIP.
I was in Guam when my father was still in the Navy, back in the late 70's. We went exploring in the Jungle and found some tanks and landing craft that had been hit in the U.S. landings to retake Guam. Not as much as you found there though.
Just stumbled on this video and all I can say is awesome!! What a beautiful tribute to all those soldiers from both sides who gave the ultimate sacrifice whilst fighting there (R. I . P. ) sleep easy men!! Im a veteran of the British Army of 12 years and "Desert Storm 1991" No conflict is worth the waste in human life, so so sad!!
The HD footage makes it that much more amazing. Great historical video. Thank you for posting and God rest all who lost their lives during that hard time in human history.
Sad that this battle is so unknown. We are told about Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Wake Island, GuadalCanal. But I really don't remember hearing about Peleliu until reading With the Old Breed and later the TV series The Pacific. This was truly a turning point(among many) in the Pacific Theater as it was really the first battle that the Japanese drastically changed their tactics, which they would enhance and build upon for Iwo Jima where American casualties exceeded that of the Japanese for the first and only time. And it is widely believed this battle wasn't necessary and could have been skipped. Such loss. Semper Fi Marines past and present!
The air field was what they where worried about. Get it even semi up and running even enough to use as suicide runs can do a lot of damage from behind American lines. That was the big threat
Well it wasn't actually "left alone". Notice that the cockpit instalments on the planes were all stripped. And someone placed all those shells in the back of the Amtrak
@@floris9802 8:47 Natch just simply reuses the model of a imperial japanese structure from the second/third (i forgot which one) mission of the COD:WAW campaign, so it's possible this is LITERALLY the building we see to some capacity.
Faint sounds of soldiers emit from the long lost aircraft and land vehicles of the nations. Remembering all the pain they went through. The depression and guilt they suffered. Sounds of gunshots, artillery barrages, planes diving down, and carpet bombs. All being heard by infantry. And finally. Your old man. Sits down at the front porch. Rocking back and forth on his rocking chair. The words of my grandfather. Lt. Major Lewis Millet 47th Infantry Regiment The Wolfhounds.
Its amazing that the only evidence of a battle on that island is the wreckage of instruments of war. Other than that, the battlefield is gone, nature reclaimed that island to point of it being eerie. May the souls of those marines who died there find peace and never forget.
The memories of my home being used as a battlefield, all respect to the soldiers that fell on either side during this battle, but the stories of my people who inhabited these islands for thousands of years seem to not get the same amount of respect and remembrance they deserve
It’s so weird to think, that many of these things were exactly what they saw and heard. The color of the trees, the sound and looks of the water, and the sounds from the jungle. We are experiencing the things they did, except for the fighting ofcourse
The Marines learned very quickly how to storm a beach under fire. They also saw that using the British design landing craft and tactics were suicidal; so they designed their own. The Marine designed landing craft allowed the Marines to drive up the beach and reach cover before discharging the men. The British landing craft were totally useless, and would get swamped by even small waves, or get stuck on even minor obstructions. So the men had to jump overboard. Often into deep water, where they were dragged down by their equipment and drowned. In addition, the front ramp funneled the men directly into the field of fire of defending machine gunners. The result was a slaughter. The Marines sent a general to Britain for a meeting with Montgomery and Mountbatten, who were responsible for planning the Normandy landings.His mission was to advise them of the equipment and the tactics developed by the Marines based on their landing experience. Take a look at the landing craft in this video, and compare it to those used at Normandy. Notice that many of them are relatively deep inland from the beach. At the one and only meeting between the British and the Marines, Montgomery said: "If we ever plan to storm a small island in the Pacific, we may seek your advice. In the meantime, we have no need of your advice". How many brave men died in Normandy because of the narcissistic arrogance of Montgomery and Mountbatten?
I've never read this before. However.... as Normandy was heavily American led, if it was true then the American forces would have used these craft if they thought they were better, no ? That being said Monty wasn't always right as history shows.
@@daytona1965 the war ships they were on before storming the beaches on D-Day were actually British naval ships since they were in the English Chanel. One of the few things Saving Private Ryan got wrong was the drivers of the landing crafts being American when in reality they were actually British naval officers. So, the original comment about the arrogance of the British is true and cost the lives of thousands of American, British, Australian, Canadian etc… troops because of the awful design of their landing crafts.
Crazy to think as you're looking at this and seeing the twisted metal and holes from shrapnel and rounds that someone probably didn't make it out of that.
Awesome 👍 About 1,600 American troops died during and after the landings, but of nearly 11,000, only about 100 Japanese survived the invasion force of over 18,000 Marines on Peleliu. Eventually, the Marines were forced to build barricades after giving up trying to flush them all out of the defensive caves and tunnels they'd honeycombed the surrounding area with, instead just sealing them in and allowing them to die by the thousands. The Japanese government has spent the last three quarters of a Century trying to find and repatriate as many as possible in an ongoing process. These wreckages and remains are especially poignant because they still lie exactly where the equipment was knocked out of the battle after a couple months of fighting a campaign that was originally thought to last less than a week prior to making landfall. A person could spend MONTHS there, searching around. The battlefield guide is named Des Matsuro, he's a local and is tasked with the small team of tour guides informing the thousands of visitors to the island every year. Definitely the person to look up beforehand, unless trudging around unguided is more your style. To this day the Japanese government returns periodically in their continuing effort to find more human remains for repatriation, reuniting them with their families, and posterity overall. Amazing footage, mate. 👍 I envy you the opportunity. Japan searches for WWII soldiers' remains on Peleliu www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/japan-searches-wwii-soldiers-remains-peleliu-191127123311859.html
I've been very into WWII history all my life. To see this stuff just..left there..history just sitting there is just incredible. They fought there and when the survivors left basically said in English & Japanese, "Ah well, we're just leaving this stuff here. Let's go home."
At a glance I noticed quite a few of the wooden memorial tags started with the character for flight- 飛 - perhaps there was an airfield nearby? Great vid :D
Always great respect for the Marines who are the greatest amphibious assault warriors ever, but it has to be remembered that the Marines were withdrawn from this island after five weeks of fighting with heavy losses and it’s commander kicked back to the U.S. to take a non-combat assignment. The final three months were fought by the US Army’s 81st Infantry Division who had to go cave by cave until the Japanese were finally defeated in the mountains on the north of the island. My father fought there with the 81st Infantry (The Wildcats). In fact his battalion commander was the highest ranking officer killed in the invasion when he was shot by a sniper while at my dad’s company command post. There is a great memorial to the men on the 81st on the eastern side of the island.
I was with you until you started naming video games. Instead, With the Old Breed, Helmet For My Pillow, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Queens Die Proudly, Log of the Liberators, Normandy Ect. Read the books if you love it as much as I do. As a Fanatic I not only read and discuss it, I teach it (no on a scholastic level), and collect it. Have been doing so for 26 years.
Daniel Flores , it was Sledge, I’m good friends with Sledge’s niece ( whose name is Sledge and who ironically had no idea he was a war hero until his book came out because didn’t say much about the war around her). The Sledges are a very well known family in a Mobile, AL.
As a kid, I lived on yap. So I got to play around on Japanese zeros. And also other damaged stuff. There was an last on the reef near the harbor entry. Long after I left it finally collapsed in a typhoon.
0:10 - Japanese Zero
0:39 - Japanese Arisaka Type 99 rifle, 7.7mm, standard issue
1:53 - LVT wheel bogies, could be from another tracked vehicle as some were universal
3:38 - US LVT-2 water buffalo landing craft, early variant likely from 5th marines
5:17 - US LVT(A)-1 "Alligator" Tank
6:45, 7:20, 7:30, 8:19 - Japanese Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
9:20 - Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
9:50 - Japanese Type 88 75mm AA Gun
Feel free to correct any mistakes I may have made.
You can be 100% confirmed on the Zero!
Wow, thanks for this
@@PaulKempVideo thanks for letting me visit a far away place I may never get to see in person!
@@ronasaurus74 thank you!
Thought it was a Dauntless.
My grandfather was killed on Peleliu. May he RIP.
I was injured on Peleliu
about ten years ago on vacation i stubbed my toe
@@Graymenn Thank you for your service!
@@mrradio2187 I don't like to think of myself as a hero, but most heroes don't
RIP
@@Graymenn who heal you
Thanks for NO AUDIO. 😎
This video depicts a Solemn Place. The silence was breath taking.
Thanks!
I was in Palau in the early 80's the tanks and guns in the woods were still in good condition. Not so much, now
@@MrChasecraft more like a piece of history
Seems fake
@Graeme Stewart actually it was more marijuana and methamphetamine
@Graeme Stewart No meth until the 90s really. Coke and actual amphetamines and really bad weed from Mexico mostly.
I guess that's what happens when they leave it out there exposed to the sun and tourists for twenty years
I’m from the island of Palau and my dad is from there. Good to see people enjoying the island. I was a diver and now I’m serving in the United States Army.🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽 thank you
Alii and thank you for your service.
Heya Leon, good luck and fair sea's.
Good to hear from you Leon. At what age did you find out your home island was something special? What did you think of that attention?
It’s beautiful in a strange way to see how nature breaks down and decompose our machines of death. Like all bad things will one day be gone. I like that thought. Gone - but not forgotten.
Thanks again to everyone who is still watching this - would anyone be interested in more footage from Palau? I'm considering going back to Peleliu and maybe some even smaller islands nearby and taking much more high quality footage with a stabiliser, drone etc. Could show a lot more close-up details of the machinery if that's what people are interested in.
I can only speak for myself, but just do what you do. Just being able to see this part of history is beyond appreciated and honestly, makes me want to go myself. Thanks man
@@wook420 Thanks!
I would be very interested in anything relates to WW2.
Please do, this is fantastic too see. Best regards from Sweden :)
I'd love if you could find some of the locations mentioned in "With the Old Breed" like the airfield and The Ridges.
*"A tiny island that has a huge story to tell"*
Yeaaahh
Such as leros greece
@@panos323 his Xmas still trouble though
Which country's
big history for the marines and navy that they named one of their Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu.
A lot of brave marines died on that island
Yes truly a brutal battle and brave Japanese soilders to RiP all
@Hailey learn history you might be able to call yourself educated at some point in your life
@@rooftopcat1785 cry quietly please, we are trying to honor those who died in battle.
The less brave also died.
they became ghost and surprise people now
The silence and tranquility is what gets me watching these kind of videos. Very well knowing that at one point in time this area must have been hell on earth for the men who landed there during the War.
Yep 100% War battle field 1944 America and Japan.😂
my uncle was a coxswain on the landing craft. Made three landings one was Peleliu. Had three boat shout out from underneath him. His hearing shot for the rest of his life. One of 5 brothers who fought in the war Howard, Major, Russell, Jack and Bob. All saw combat and all came home in one piece, thank god. My grandmother had 5 stars in her window.
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been watching/sharing this over the last few days; it's really nice to see a lot of comments from people who are genuinely interested (and a lot more knowledgeable about military history than I am). Coming here was one of the occasions when I felt like I was really "travelling" rather than just being a tourist, in the sense of getting to see somewhere that not too many people have been to. I wish I had brought a better camera and my drone along too, but I also like to travel light so in this case my battered old Go Pro had to suffice. For anyone who might be interested I'm going to post some photos from here on my Instagram over the next couple of days (@paulkempvideo). Have a great day!
Thanks Paul-- My dad when he finally opened up spoke about the buddies he lost on Peleliu-- swore many times he shoulda bit the dust there! He said after a couple weeks there, it was all blood and maggots everywhere.......
Thank You !
Heya Paul, thanks, I didn't travel with a camera "on advice".
Thanks Paul, we really appreciate for this video showing our history as it may fade in time for future generations to come
My grandfather got his purple heart and bronze Star on peleliu. He was running ammo even though he was but several times . Because of his actions and actions of fellow Marines we where able to take the island.
My grandfather was awarded a purple heart, too. Was a marine fighting on this island.
That is the actual building depicted in so many films and games. That was a major battle its crazy to see how quiet it is considering how insane it was in 1944
Incorrect. what you see there is the old Japanese communications building in Airai state on babeldaob island (though it was depicted in one movie based on fictional events) no battle ever took place there, it was only bombed and strafed.
What you're thinking of is the Peleliu airfield building, which is not depicted in the video.
@@tsendatsu7815 Oh ok, it looks identical to the one Airfield Buildin in the Pacific
It gives me nacht der untoten vibes,
@@masonwright9000this one is similar to the peleliu airfield building, which was seen in the airfield campaign mission and reused for nacht.
It is interesting how nature claims everything back. In do time.
I love do time.
It's the best time.
@@barkebaat better than not to do time i'd say
What I found disturbing was the _lack_ of nature. In 1945 that area would have been teeming with countless insects, birds and other animals - now they are all gone. Even more disturbing is that no one even notices or gives a shit. This is how we will sleep walk to our own destruction.
*due time
No nature didn't take back what was hers she just likes the World War 2 vehicles
Once, there were many lives onboard all that machines
The good thing is those tanks look scavenged, so they made it.
I’ve read about the battle of Peleliu for years. Always kinda wondered what it would look like. Appreciate the upload.
I’ve been there on a scuba diving trip. Spent 3 days anchored in the harbor that the military used and expanded after they landed. We were able to tour the island and see most of the stuff in this video and go into some of the caves that the Japanese used for defense. We even got to dive on a couple of the Japanese ships that were sunk around the Palau islands during the attack! A great thrill for this WWII buff.
You're lucky, it's an amazing experience that not too many people get to have. I went into the caves too - no video unfortunately because I didn't have a proper light. Some bits of them were filled with horrifying-looking crickets. Wish I'd done some of the wreck dives!
So many lives lost. "Freedom is a light that many men have died for in darkness"
@Darrin Fry You got me......thanks...apparently I need to proof read better also!
And yet to this very day very few in this world have ever experienced true freedom!!! War is a Racket....Smedly Butler.
@@persistentapparartionkitty5830
Some deep words by Plato
"Only the dead have seen the end of war"
@@Odins_Rebel36 unless they come back as someone else and ge tin another war
I'm from Peleliu and it's always nice to see other people's view and videos.
I'm glad I took the time to get the boat over there, it's fascinating.
My great grandpa told us he hid 30 or so Japanese guns and a large stock pile of grenades in a tree trunk 400 yards north of the main airfield building hoping to go back for it all one day. He said it was one of the few living trees still standing afterward that probably won’t help you find it but worth a try
Really?
Just imagine cutting down a tree and finding live grenades inside
They probably all badly rusted by now unfortunately. 👋 🇦🇺
really? i heard a similar story from my grandpa.... 81st infantry
Is yo grandpa alive?
A hundred years from now, all that equipment will still be there. Those islands will be a constant reminder of that war. Great video. Thank you for sharing with the world.
This is amazing. I would love to do this. Travel to these islands for this very reason
Do it! It's not the easiest place to get to but definitely worth it and really feels like you're seeing somewhere that not too many other people have been
@Hello Newman middle east
@Hello Newman It is in the Palau Island group, about 800km east pf the Philippines
@Hello Newman Between Hell and Earth!!!!!
@@JunreyPuerinVlogs Funny there pal!!!!!
It's amazing how the jungle reclaims the land. I've seen pictures of the island just after the invasion. Hardly any trees. That beach you showed, black and white photo of Marines floating in the water. Too the Marines and Japanese soldiers who fought and died there RIP.
I was in Guam when my father was still in the Navy, back in the late 70's. We went exploring in the Jungle and found some tanks and landing craft that had been hit in the U.S. landings to retake Guam. Not as much as you found there though.
"FIX BAYONETS! USE THEM IF YOU HAVE TO". Awesome footage.
8:56
Every stick stands for a man's sacrifice...
Great video. I served with the 1st Marine Division in Desert Storm 1991.
🇺🇸
My grandfather was in desert storm
You can just feel the tragedy, so airy but yet so quiet and peaceful at the same time.
Just stumbled on this video and all I can say is awesome!! What a beautiful tribute to all those soldiers from both sides who gave the ultimate sacrifice whilst fighting there (R. I . P. ) sleep easy men!!
Im a veteran of the British Army of 12 years and "Desert Storm 1991" No conflict is worth the waste in human life, so so sad!!
indeed. politicians will sell the lives of young men for very little, it seems...
Wow the history is just all over the place to see and touch amazing thank you
The HD footage makes it that much more amazing. Great historical video. Thank you for posting and God rest all who lost their lives during that hard time in human history.
Thanks a lot. I just got some new camera equipment and am hoping to make more like this when we're able to travel again.
Sad that this battle is so unknown. We are told about Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Wake Island, GuadalCanal. But I really don't remember hearing about Peleliu until reading With the Old Breed and later the TV series The Pacific. This was truly a turning point(among many) in the Pacific Theater as it was really the first battle that the Japanese drastically changed their tactics, which they would enhance and build upon for Iwo Jima where American casualties exceeded that of the Japanese for the first and only time. And it is widely believed this battle wasn't necessary and could have been skipped. Such loss. Semper Fi Marines past and present!
The air field was what they where worried about. Get it even semi up and running even enough to use as suicide runs can do a lot of damage from behind American lines. That was the big threat
you can almost hear what it would of sounded like back in those days watching this..machine guns, soldiers, machinery active....kind of eerie...
Good video. No words needed. A sacred place. Much reverence.
Incredible stuff. Such a stark reminder of what many men and women endured so we can enjoy our freedom today. Thank you for sharing
Woman didn't fight in ww2 and they barley ever take combat rolls now. I will thank the men only
Great video. I think it's so interesting how this stuff has been left alone for all these years.
Well it wasn't actually "left alone". Notice that the cockpit instalments on the planes were all stripped. And someone placed all those shells in the back of the Amtrak
@@kirkstinson7316 it looked like the flak cannon at the end was still operational, but they removed the breach
They fought hard. They deserve rest
I'd like to visit there,pay my respects & feel the history if there is such a thing, must be eery
My grandfather was a marine and island hopped during ww2. He never spoke of it. But he had horrible nightmares till the day he died. Miss you pops
Are we all going to ignore that the filmer found Nacht der Untoten?
Wait, you"re right!
When?
@@floris9802 8:47
Natch just simply reuses the model of a imperial japanese structure from the second/third (i forgot which one) mission of the COD:WAW campaign, so it's possible this is LITERALLY the building we see to some capacity.
Dude I was thinking the same thing! 😂
If so where are all the zombies they should of been over run by now??
Faint sounds of soldiers emit from the long lost aircraft and land vehicles of the nations. Remembering all the pain they went through. The depression and guilt they suffered. Sounds of gunshots, artillery barrages, planes diving down, and carpet bombs. All being heard by infantry. And finally. Your old man. Sits down at the front porch. Rocking back and forth on his rocking chair.
The words of my grandfather.
Lt. Major Lewis Millet
47th Infantry Regiment
The Wolfhounds.
Its amazing that the only evidence of a battle on that island is the wreckage of instruments of war. Other than that, the battlefield is gone, nature reclaimed that island to point of it being eerie.
May the souls of those marines who died there find peace and never forget.
Thank you so much for sharing history with us all !!!
Thats sick! I love ww2 and all the weapons/uniforms used in it!
Sick?
@@ellieprice3396sick is another way of saying cool
Very interesting and thank you for taking us with you on your travels.
The memories of my home being used as a battlefield, all respect to the soldiers that fell on either side during this battle, but the stories of my people who inhabited these islands for thousands of years seem to not get the same amount of respect and remembrance they deserve
BRILLIANT, makes one wonder what is in the waters around the island.
Hope all the warriors who laid down their lives, and those who survived have peace. I cant imagine the horrors that took place there.
It’s so weird to think, that many of these things were exactly what they saw and heard. The color of the trees, the sound and looks of the water, and the sounds from the jungle. We are experiencing the things they did, except for the fighting ofcourse
@James Well I guess you are right, didn't take those things into consideration. Thank you for sharing!
Compared to movies, you'd think that they fought on a very green island
The Marines learned very quickly how to storm a beach under fire.
They also saw that using the British design landing craft and tactics were suicidal; so they designed their own.
The Marine designed landing craft allowed the Marines to drive up the beach and reach cover before discharging the men.
The British landing craft were totally useless, and would get swamped by even small waves, or get stuck on even minor obstructions. So the men had to jump overboard. Often into deep water, where they were dragged down by their equipment and drowned.
In addition, the front ramp funneled the men directly into the field of fire of defending machine gunners. The result was a slaughter.
The Marines sent a general to Britain for a meeting with Montgomery and Mountbatten, who were responsible for planning the Normandy landings.His mission was to advise them of the equipment and the tactics developed by the Marines based on their landing experience.
Take a look at the landing craft in this video, and compare it to those used at Normandy. Notice that many of them are relatively deep inland from the beach.
At the one and only meeting between the British and the Marines, Montgomery said: "If we ever plan to storm a small island in the Pacific, we may seek your advice. In the meantime, we have no need of your advice".
How many brave men died in Normandy because of the narcissistic arrogance of Montgomery and Mountbatten?
Well of course nobody in the world is as good as the U.S. 🙄
@@lyndonbrock8684 True.
Monty was an ahole
I've never read this before. However.... as Normandy was heavily American led, if it was true then the American forces would have used these craft if they thought they were better, no ?
That being said Monty wasn't always right as history shows.
@@daytona1965 the war ships they were on before storming the beaches on D-Day were actually British naval ships since they were in the English Chanel. One of the few things Saving Private Ryan got wrong was the drivers of the landing crafts being American when in reality they were actually British naval officers. So, the original comment about the arrogance of the British is true and cost the lives of thousands of American, British, Australian, Canadian etc… troops because of the awful design of their landing crafts.
Fascinating video , shows the power of nature slowly reclaiming these machines which lie exactly where they were left all those years ago
Those amphibious tanks are still pretty well preserved, and they still look awesome!
Such an eerie feeling watching this.
Thanks for the video. For those of thus that cannot go there, it is very educational.
Awesome video, thanks for the upload!
Wow, so interesting. Never forget what happened on these islands!
These places are hallowed ground. The loss of life. The humanity. God bless the men who lost they're lives.
Real history , thanks for what you do
I find it amazing that as soon as the man made fire, destruction and fury stops Mother Nature starts reclaiming what is hers!
Super belle vidéo avec vidéo de très très bonne qualité merci beaucoup pour votre partage 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
It’s amazing how in 80 years nature can make steel and metal look weak and flimsy.
Power of salt water.
Man...all these pieces of history...and somewhere out there a video of memory in a past souls mind now lost.
My dad occupied the islands there in the war!!
Awesome video! It looks like a lot of the left over machinery has been stripped for some reason,maybe as a souvenir.
I’d honestly be scared to step on a land mine or trip wire, and yes this does happen.
That is BAD ASS I love history
Crazy to think as you're looking at this and seeing the twisted metal and holes from shrapnel and rounds that someone probably didn't make it out of that.
Amazing footage. Thank you for sharing it. I would love to go there and see that place.
Awesome 👍
About 1,600 American troops died during and after the landings, but of nearly 11,000, only about 100 Japanese survived the invasion force of over 18,000 Marines on Peleliu.
Eventually, the Marines were forced to build barricades after giving up trying to flush them all out of the defensive caves and tunnels they'd honeycombed the surrounding area with, instead just sealing them in and allowing them to die by the thousands.
The Japanese government has spent the last three quarters of a Century trying to find and repatriate as many as possible in an ongoing process.
These wreckages and remains are especially poignant because they still lie exactly where the equipment was knocked out of the battle after a couple months of fighting a campaign that was originally thought to last less than a week prior to making landfall.
A person could spend MONTHS there, searching around.
The battlefield guide is named Des Matsuro, he's a local and is tasked with the small team of tour guides informing the thousands of visitors to the island every year. Definitely the person to look up beforehand, unless trudging around unguided is more your style.
To this day the Japanese government returns periodically in their continuing effort to find more human remains for repatriation, reuniting them with their families, and posterity overall.
Amazing footage, mate. 👍
I envy you the opportunity.
Japan searches for WWII soldiers' remains on Peleliu www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/japan-searches-wwii-soldiers-remains-peleliu-191127123311859.html
There is an archive news reel on RUclips. 5000 marine casualties. 300 Japanese prisoners and 12000 Japanese dead.
RIP
Thanks for not ruining it with music 👍
When he picked up that Mortar grenade, I was like hold up a sec...
The charge and arming mechanism was gone from it anyways so it’d be safe enoigh
This is sooo beautiful. I think I told you already. Haha! Looking forward to more videos! Take care!
Great upload, you’ve done a great deed
Thankyou!
A very interesting, and sombre video, thank you👍
"And when he gets to heaven to Sir Peter he will tell. One more soldier reporting sir, I've served my time in hell."
I’m sorry but that’s so over used
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Blue CVPI09 it’s overused and cringe
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No u
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Wow! This brings me back to Farcry first game. Awesome!
I've been very into WWII history all my life. To see this stuff just..left there..history just sitting there is just incredible. They fought there and when the survivors left basically said in English & Japanese, "Ah well, we're just leaving this stuff here. Let's go home."
Those ground turrets look awesome
Vast graveyard of machines and men , sad
Fantastic video!! Thanks!!
Amazing finds.
Once filled with noise of explosions, gunfire and screams. Now but silent and calm. Paradise, with a very dark past.
So Erie knowing this stuff hasn’t moved in 70 plus years, right where it was knocked out it’s still there. Savage battle this one
Wow! This is amazing. The island is important to human kind, they should preserve it so that new generation will see it and learn from it.
At a glance I noticed quite a few of the wooden memorial tags started with the character for flight- 飛 - perhaps there was an airfield nearby? Great vid :D
The air field was actually right at where the building is.
Fascinating video a time shell of history somewhat preserved that's amazing...I'd imagine that place could be very eerie a night.
Palau recovered nicely from the war mostly they're reefs 😍
Always great respect for the Marines who are the greatest amphibious assault warriors ever, but it has to be remembered that the Marines were withdrawn from this island after five weeks of fighting with heavy losses and it’s commander kicked back to the U.S. to take a non-combat assignment. The final three months were fought by the US Army’s 81st Infantry Division who had to go cave by cave until the Japanese were finally defeated in the mountains on the north of the island. My father fought there with the 81st Infantry (The Wildcats). In fact his battalion commander was the highest ranking officer killed in the invasion when he was shot by a sniper while at my dad’s company command post. There is a great memorial to the men on the 81st on the eastern side of the island.
Wow. Crazy to think people fought there.
Thanks for sharing with us. Much appreciated
Flags of our fathers, Letters from iwo jima, The pacific, world at war, medal of honor pacific assault, I'Am WW2 Fanatic :').
I was with you until you started naming video games.
Instead, With the Old Breed, Helmet For My Pillow, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Queens Die Proudly, Log of the Liberators, Normandy Ect. Read the books if you love it as much as I do. As a Fanatic I not only read and discuss it, I teach it (no on a scholastic level), and collect it. Have been doing so for 26 years.
Me too
That's crazy, an LVT(A)4 with a 75mm M8 turret on it. What a strange and unique find!!!
What kind of stories do you think these remains would tell if they could speak?
Awsome vid may we all never forget thank you and God Bless
Sad and cool seeing this stuff just rusting away
Not a single word spoken, no needed because this video is such amazing
Thankyou!
Read E B Sedge book " With the Old Breed"
a good book,very well written
Great book!
Sharing his rain soaked Fox Hole with an enemy’s rotting remains. Those men were incredible!
@@sonnyburnett8725 Yes. I remember reading that. What a hell to go through.
Daniel Flores , it was Sledge, I’m good friends with Sledge’s niece ( whose name is Sledge and who ironically had no idea he was a war hero until his book came out because didn’t say much about the war around her). The Sledges are a very well known family in a Mobile, AL.
A dream of mine would be to do this.
Visit all the WWII fighting areas.
May they all RIP!
To the greatest generation ever... Thank you!
It’s all fun and games till you hear “BANZAI!”
As a kid, I lived on yap. So I got to play around on Japanese zeros. And also other damaged stuff. There was an last on the reef near the harbor entry. Long after I left it finally collapsed in a typhoon.