My Father was a member of the Australian, 7th Divisions, 2/4th field regiment that flew into Nadzab. He said the Young American soldiers were very inexperienced when they arrived in New Guinea, but they went through a baptism of fire, to become bloody good soldiers as the campaign continued. My dad said Yank air force combined with the RAAF did a bloody good job and saved many lives
My grand dad was in the 2/8th field regiment. Great grand father was the commander of the 11th infantry and 14th infantry Later good enough island and the milne bay fortress. He was on blameys staff and apparently also thought of blamey as a wanker. Ive got a trove of photos in the albums
My grandad also said the same thing about the yanks..he didn't have much respect for the American officers as many young soldiers died because of their inexperience, poor buggers were ordered to their death.....
21:45 "The kunai grass hampered the job of finding and assembling the heavy equipment." No kidding! That stuff has more sharp edges and points than barbed wire. I worked in Lae for a year in 1971/72 and even that long after the War there was still a lot of discarded war materiel lying around - I saw old runway matting used for a variety of purposes. However, the piece of War materiel that really caught my attention was the bit that I dug up in my garden one day - I was living close by the air field, that had, in this movie, been the Japanese air strip - and my shovel went clink on a 3-inch anti-aircraft shell that had been lying there for twenty-eight years. I called the police, who called the Army and we all stood back at a respectful distance while the Army ordnance people took the shell away.
Dad was a crew chief on C-47's in the 317th Troop Transport Group. He got a Bronze Star delivering Aussie's and ammo up to Wau Airfield on top the Owen Stanley Mountains. The Japanese were trying to cross the mountains north of the Kokoda Trail but the Aussies held the air field at Wau and drove the Japanese back. Dad flew with the 317th all thru the war. They got a hole in a wing dropping paratroops onto Corregidor during our invasion...They even got into Japan for while before being sent home.
My Great uncle was in the fifth air force squadron flying escort, he was a p38 lightning pilot and flew 15 fighter missions! I have his old ring, his wings , air medal , and a book that he’s featured in! very happy to have these items!
My Dad was a command pilot for the 5th Air Force in Papua New Guinea in 1943 - he was 19 years old! Perhaps your great uncle flew escort! His name Col.(P) George F. Drury, USAF. GREAT MEN!
My dad Charles Allen piloted and copiloted B-25's and then B-24's here Oct 14 1943 until July 28th 1944 until scrub typhus hospitalised him. 55 combat missions.
I see things like this and am overwhelmed with pride for the men slugging it out with such a tough enemy as the Japanese in that Hell of New Guinea. My war was Vietnam, 1967-1968 with the 101st Airborne Div up north around Hue. We slaughtered the enemy in every engagement and yet, still, because of political cowardice and blunders, had to lose our war. These videos of real men with determination crushing a tough enemy inspire me. God bless all soldiers, sailors, and airmen. It does not matter which side, those guys all deserve a "well done". They did their very best for their country.
ACADMan thank you for your service! It is now June 17, 2020 and look what’s going on right here at home...sad and pathetic. Our kids have been brainwashed by communist/fascist America haters right in our own schools for the last 25 plus years and the politicians are even worse if you can imagine that!
I was there in 68-69 with 5th Special Forces and you are correct about how easy they were to kill. The hardest part was getting them to fight. We just had too much firepower for them to deal with. Politics determined the outcome and I think we learned from that.
Sgt. Sheldon Scriven was with the 312 Bomb Group(L) , airborne recon photographer. He flew on one of the A-20Gs through the whole campaign, and promoted in August of '45.
My dad was a B24 pilot with the 43rd Bomber group, 63rd bomber squadron "Seahawks" stationed in Dobodura and then Nadzab between Oct '43 to July '44 primarily targetting shipping from Rabaul to the New Guinea coast and Solomons. There's a recently published book covering the B24 era in SWPA titled Ken's Men Against the Empire: Vol II, The B24 Era that details a lot of the campaigns after this one. I haven't read Vol I which does cover this campaign. Really interesting material.
Your dad most likely knew my grandfather. Raymond Gates of West Monroe Louisiana. Same bomb group and bomber squadron. They had radar in his B-24. I have that book too
Rob, Thanks so much for the book info! Looking for information on the role of the B0-24 in the SWP campaign. My father was a young bomber pilot stationed there.
My dad was in New Guinea during the war airfield # 7 I think. B-17's McAurther flew out on my dad's plane. If fact he had to waite since my dad was working on an engine. He was the engineer and also flew top turret twice
My father was originally in 13 Squadron RAAF in Darwin. They flew Lockheed Hudsons, a twin-engined medium bomber version of the Lockheed Ventura airliner. They lost so many planes and crew in operations against the Japanese that by the time they were withdrawn they had only 2 serviceable planes. After a time spent in Victoria doing check and delivery flights of more Hudsons he was posted to a joint Australian-American Bombardment Group flying Liberators. He did his Liberator training at Nadzab. Even after it was repaired flying from this was a bit of an adventure particularly in a heavy bomber like the Liberator. There was a dip part way down the runway which became a small creek when it rained as it often does in New Guinea. For his time in 13 Squadron the Americans nominated his squadron to receive a Presidential Unit Citation. However since it was a foreign decoration they were not allowed to receive it. This rule was changed decades later and after some agitation by my father the surviving members of the squadron were flown to Hughes airfield in Darwin where they had a ceremonial parade and were presented with the citation. My father didn't march very often on Anzac day but when he did visiting American soldiers he encountered treated him like royalty when they saw the blue bar on his jacket.
Gary Dargan hi Gary, I saw your comment. You might be interested in this, if you live in Melbourne, come in for a look. Regards Norm. www.b24australia.org.au/home
The Presidential unit citation has been awarded to three Australian units, The NGVR (New guinea Volunteer rifles ) WW2, 3 RAR Kapyong Korea and D Coy 6 RAR Vietnam. Australia units can receive this award but a nomination is not receiving. Your fathers unit did not receive the award because they were Australian, unfortunately the nomination just did not get accepted .
I can proudly say that my grandad got shot by a sniper over there,he fought in PNG and then went to the Solomon's,he was lucky as the bullet just missed his heart by millimeters..by all accounts he fought hard and like many kiwi soldiers he was willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice for his country and the freedom of the world...RIP Grandad and thanks mate
General MacArthur's brilliant Papua-New Guinea campaign remains one of the most under-reported and greatly unknown campaigns of WW II. And what tremendous allies the Americans and Australians were! The Australians were indeed the best jungle fighters in the world. Thank God they were on our side! On a personal note, I was very fortunate to have visited Australia during my career in the U.S. Navy.
I was fortunate that Vietnam was over before I turned 18. All the people I talked to that were there remarked on how awesome the Aussies were. Lots of people didn't know they were our allies in Vietnam too.
@@daviddou1408 Thankyou for mentioning this, my grandfather was in the 2/25th battalion on the track and fought all the way to Gona. He held a great resentment towards MacArthur because of the way he constantly criticised them, while he stayed as far away from danger as he could. When they finally pulled them out of the line they were incapable of offensive action.
@@daviddou1408 Gona and Buna were brutal. The Japanese had entrenched themselves in a swampy area with a series of blockhouses with overlapping fields of fire. Even the Australian veterans of the Kokoda trail found that hard going.. No where in NG was easy to fight in. That one was particularly brutal.
My DAD WAS WITH THE 390th BOMBARDment SQUADRON 13th Air Force 42nd BOMB WING. in New Guinea he was the Intelligence Officer for the Group S-2 It was Called (THE JUNGLE AIR FORCE). The one plane was THE HEAVENLY BODY) which still flies today
My father-in-law sgt.J T Vines radio operator and top turret gunner on the B24 ,with Capt. Kelly made the the first raid. He said to me that they didn’t believe they would make it back,but they did and he was for ever thankful for the crew who made the flight. I might add that J T said that they never lost a crew member, while stationed in Australia, and other bases.
The Huon Peninsula remains a very remote area even today. Really extreme terrain. One of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet. I watch the bombing runs and can’t help but think of the endemic wildlife getting incinerated. I wonder if any of the conflicts like this put species at risk back then.
My friend Lou, (deceased) was a paratrooper. Made low level drops in NG . He fractured his leg in Luzon . How you ask, the Japanese shot his chute up. He said as he dropped he passed his buddies down, "in a hurry" . Ended up in Australian hospital. Lou was a great man, RIP Lou.
My father was at Milne Bay, Buna, Nadzab, Dobodura, Hollandia, Wewak, Biak Island, then to Leyte, Tacloaban, Linguan Gulf, Ie Shima and finally Kimpo Field, Korea. 475th Fighter Group. Check out their museum at the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA. They also have a website 475th Fighter Group.
My dad was in the 9th division. He fought at Tobruk (the Easter battle was the first German defeat in WW2) El Alamein then took part in the beach landing at Red beach near Lae. My workmate ( we worked together during the early eighties) flew on the Liberator bombers with the yanks
Thanks, Zeno. So much of the New Guinea campaign's depictions are so vague... a landing here, a landing there... this was good stuff. You haven't happened to run across anything highlighting Charles Lindburgh's work during this campaign have you?
There is a long video on the P38 in the middle of has a great segment on Lindberghs pioneering work on engine leaning almost doubling the P38 range having significant positive impact.
these quotes are from "We Shall Return" MacArthur's Commanders, Lt. General Whitehead Aerial Tactician designed the air attacks. In any large war such as World War II, there are always a few brilliant and dedicated commanders who through dislike of publicity or oversight- deliberate or unintended-on the part of superiors fail to receive the plaudits of the public or the recognition merited by their performance. The Southwest Pacific theater seemed to have more than its share of such individuals, and foremost among them was Lieutenant General Ennis Clement Whitehead, U.S. Air Force serial number nine. Few air com¬manders accomplished as much with as little as did Whitehead. Yet his successes remain obscure and his name largely forgotten. He deserves a better fate.
Uncle Al- Aeronautical Engineer, 318th Fighter Group, 19th Squadron. P-47 Thunderbolts. IE Shima, Ryukyu Islands near New Guinea. Bomber Escorts for sorties to the Japanese mainland.
Really an interesting operation that I dont know much about.I am very interested in the pacific campaign and know quite a bit but this was new to me and it seems they really did a great job figuring this one out.Those parabombs look pretty scary,Imagine seeing those falling all around you.
So so proud of my pa he was a sergent in the 2/7th infantry battle for wau then on to salamaua, he says his greatest achievement was when he escorted general adachi in to allied hands
New Guinea landscape and weather was as equally tough to fight as the die-hard Japanese. MacArthur criticized the Aussies for advancing too slow to push the Japanese back along the Kokota trail, but if he would have got off his pants and left his cozy HQ in Australia and went to the front he would have found out what a hellhole the territory was to move and fight in. The New Guinea jungle was full of critters wanting to eat you alive, Kunai grass that cut like a razor, heat and humidity that sucked the life of out of soldiers. The outnumbered Aussies were the first to stop the Japanese in a ground advance, and were real heroes, elite jungle fighters in their own right. Kennedy's Fifth Air Force did a magnificent job attacking the Japanese troops, ships, ports, airfields, and most important, its C-47's kept the Aussies and US troops supplied. The fighters and bombers get all the glory, but those transport pilots and their unarmed Dakotas made victory possible hauling troops, equipment, and supplies, as well as ferrying wounded back to hospitals.
My grandfather flew on these as a member of the service corps. Hopped up ranks fast as his colleagues forgot to tie themselves to the plane and went out with the payloads
Shortly thereafter, Whitehead was sent to Port Moresby. General MacArthur had shaken up his command in an effort to stem the tide of the Japanese advance, assigning Major General George C. Kenney to lead the Allied air forces in the SWPA. Kenney had inherited a command of broken and incomplete elements that had been formed under great pressure dur¬ing the first eight months of the war. Its mission had never been defined, and the responsibilities of each component were not clear. Kenney had reorganized the American fighter and bomber units into the Fifth Air Force and broke up the Australian and other Allied components into sepa¬rate but equal units. Under the new reorganization, the Royal Australian Air Force was assigned the mission of the defense of Australia, while the U.S. Fifth Air Force was given the offensive mission of regaining New Guinea. Kenney therefore wore two hats: he was both commander of Al¬lied Air Forces SWPA and commander of the Fifth Air Force.23 Whitehead had been at Port Moresby for only two days when he was designated commander of Allied Air Forces in New Guinea. Two months later, after General Kenney created the Fifth Air Force, Whitehead be¬came deputy commander of the Fifth Air Force and commanding general of the advanced echelon of the Fifth Air Force.24
Wewak... boy.... them old Fly boys sure Liberated the living Crap out of that place!! Some of you newer guys in the air arms know what I mean..? Them Aussies in Lae... you dont suppose Eeking a tough living in a HARD land made for some Resilliant, self sufficient, and just "Tougher than boot sole" fighters, do ya'? Far more ready for enviorns that often proved deadly to Northern Hemispheric troops. Great job mates! Wish I could afford to buy you all a pint or two!
Yeah that deffenttly makes a difference, but good practical training goes a long way too. It currently takes about 18 months to train an Australian rifleman to the standards that have been set by our reputation. The Australian solider has the rep of being almost the modern equilivent to a spartan hoplite. That’s why we always get the though assignments and make some of the best soldiers in the world. Fun fact: In the Vietnam war, the VC and other northern troops actively avoided engaging the Australians after their first battles with them. I mean you can hardly blame the northern commanders... especially after a single Australian rifle company (with New Zealand arty support) decimated both 275 Regiment (VC) and D445 battalion (PAVN) in one night at long tan. I might add that the Aussies where actually ambushed by the Vietnamese units.
LET WEST PAPUA....EAST NEW GUINEA TO BE FREE AS SOON AS POSIBLE BEFORE THEY ARE MISSING FROM THEIR HOME LAND BY INDONESIAN HANDS.....SAVE CROSS AND CHRISTIANITY......SAVE WEST PAPUA MEANTS SAVE MELANESIAN AND PACIFIC FROM ISLAMISASION,,,JIHAAD AND TERORIS....IT IS THE URGEN TO SAVE AND PROTECT THEM OR WE HAVE TO LOSE THEM.......!
"The US." What about all the other nations who fought and died for the cause? As with WW1, the yanks didn't even get involved in WW2 until it was half over! Then of course they claimed credit for winning the war as they always do!
Could someone please tell me if the 2nd, 28th batallion took part in any of these campains ? I am retracing my grandfathers sevice in the 2nd 28th. A.I.F .
They took part in taking of Lae ,most 2nd/28tg were veterans of tobruk ,El Alamein in Africa, like my own father who was with 2/16th formed in Western Australia, & were sent to the Atherton table land for ju gle training ,as with 2/28th served in the liberation of borneo later so they would of seen more fighting than anyone should ,Amazing men hope this helped.
Great vid cheers. what hope did they have? Air force giving them a walloping and then two Battle hardened Australian divisions fighting over who gets to destroy you with some US Parra troops as a topper.
You can see what an advantage modern artillery and bombs have. The vast majority of the bombs missed the target of the road. Just wasted munitions and expense.
Apparently, the locals disagree. See their entry on Wikipedia. There’s a tradition going back thousands of years of soldiers mispronouncing place names as they would say them phonetically in there own language rather than the way the native speakers do or making up alternatives if it’s a tongue twister. Its just easier that way & why should they bother doing it otherwise? For example “Ypres” in Belgium is not pronounced “Wipers” by Belgians, but most WW1 British & American soldiers could’ve cared less. They were there to fight, not study linguistics.
@@ZenosWarbirds From Wikipedia: Lae (/ˈlɑːeɪ, ˈleɪi/)(as in 'face') I worked in PNG during the 1970s, including in Lae ('lay'), and that was how it was pronounced then as it is today. Also, my father served there (and Wau & Bulolo) in the Australian army during WW2. I'm grateful to you for posting this documentary as I now have some idea of what was involved in the campaign. He didn't talk about it much and now of course it's too late. Thanks.
clobertoo If you read the pronunciation guide for IPA phonetics used in Wikipedia , the first pronunciation offered for the vowels in “Lae” is two syllables with the accent on the first syllable “ɑː” - with the “a” as in “PALM, father, bra” and the second syllable “e” as “eɪ” - as in “FACE, made, fail, vein, pay.” So LAH a. See bit.ly/36VurPo Zeno
@@ZenosWarbirds I'm going with clobertoo on this one. I lived in Lae in 1971/72 for a year and everyone, even the local natives, called it Lae (Lay). I guess you had to be there...
My father was in the 872nd engineering battalion. Not much is written about these battalions that built the airfields, graded roads, built bridges, etc. after places were secure so that planes could land and troops could move over roads to engage the enemy. Port Moresby, Dobadura, Tsilli-Tsili, Lae, Nadzab, Gusap, and Kaiapit were the places of units activies.
what I observed that bombs were going down in a row one upon another. Engineers of aircraft should have created a kind of mechanism , so that, bombs could have covered a very wide path, For instance two rows of three bombs each should have been created horizontly, if there could be space in the fuselage. after drop, mechanism would load another six bombs.
Start with the maximum offensive weight you can carry. Now add all these mechanisms you think will help. What remains is your bomb load. Getting smaller and smaller isn't it? You get width of pattern by putting planes on each other's wing tips. They got there, ahead of us, nearly 80 years ago Jack. Also if dropped from height they will spread out.
Jack, you really have ko idea how a string of bombs works do you? The string is dropped and the bombs seem to be on right on top of one another in a static line when viewed in a still photo, but the differences in altitudes means that there is a delay from one bomb hitting the ground until the next bomb hits the ground at a distance from the first. Add to that that on the drop, the bombs scatter somewhat due to their aerodynamics, so now the line along which the bombs land is wider. Now add more bombers, spread out side to side, and you will realize what is going on and why it is called carpet bombing.
Like everyone else said. If it was possible, you would have to to several runs to drop the same load on the one target, so spending more time over target meant you would lose more men and machines.
Looks like all that fighting just plain hurt. How about everybody just chill out and treat each other nicely. They could have a big BBQ and fish fry. Add a little beer, (one beer limit) and a grand old time could be had for all.
See Australian official history The New Guinea Offensives for the Australian ground role. The crossing of the Markham and approaches weren't that easy. A bottle of Scotch was bet between divisional commanders for whoever got to Lae first.
K.D. Pearce During World War 2 when this film was produced, this pronunciation was often used as in this movie. It comes from the German word “strafen” which is closer to the way it’s pronounced here.
G'day, Yay Team ! However, on a Point Of Order....; This period-piece not only epitomises the Combat Footage of Damian Parer (Australian Combat Cameraman, par-excellence..., died in Combat, just like Neil Davis.....) ; but it also epitomises the AmeriKan Propaganda Machine's ability & propensity to TOTALLY FUCK UP... "LAE", is pronounced "LAY", in actual fact ; not "LIE", as this Propgandist says it, every fucking THYME ! USA fails the Reality-Test, yet again... ;-p Ciao !
Fracmentation bombs and GP bombs makes tender meat. And some napalm for BBQ. Nam, nam. The rest of the japanese will be fatter, and easier to hit. My friends father flew in a Spitfire. He saw his friend blown up on the air field, and woke up grayhaired one morning short after.
One of my best friend's father, Ed Kieloch, fought all the way up the coast of New Guinea all the way to Manila with the 503 PIR. Mr. K was one hell of a man. Built like a refrigerator, he was his platoon's BAR man. Rugged as hell and tough as nails, he was kind, intelligent and compassionate as well. After he got out of the Army, he went to Harvard, then skipped grad school and went straight into a PhD program when he completed his under-graduate studies. In the 1960's he conceived, implemented and led Project Head Start, a Department of Education initiative intended to redress academic inequities of the less-fortunate. He was one hell of a guy and the best kind of American this country ever produced.
My mother went to college with my sister and got her teaching certificate. Her first job was with Head Start in 1964. We ended up with a goat the Head Start Program acquired and didn't know what to do with it at the end of summer school and as we had a small farm they gave it to us. We later gave the goat to a guy who boarded race horses. They had a horse that was fidgety and nervous and thought it could use a stable mate. Worked like a charm and the horse had some success in racing. An older man who worked at the stables at Sportsman Park appropriated the goat and it achieved minor celebrity status. We called the goat Pearl. The guy at the stables renamed it Pearly May.
My grandfather was an Australian engineer in New Guinea. He would never say a word about it. When I went into the army, his advice was look after your rifle as it will be your best friend. I still have his medals, it was tough up there.
We have the blood of heros in our veins Jeffrey. My grandfather was in the 39th up the Kokoda trail and then at Gona. My grandfather basically never talked about his time in New Guinea either. My grandfather didnt go for the "glory", he went to protect his family and his people. I reckon the same for your grandfather Jeffrey. If he had gone for the glory, and there was plenty of that, he would have crowed about it. He didn't. Freedom in Australia for a person to grow and live and thrive and shine is not a god given right, it is a privilege. It was bought with the suffering, commitment and love of a band of ragged bloody heroes. Our children and their children in turn are living free because of our grandfathers and their mates. We are very blessed Jeffrey. "Lest we forget."
It was absolutely horrific up there my grandfather was at Milne bay and various along the coast and Bouganville tropical illnesses and malaria took a massive toll on the troops
Ok, here’s my story...My dad fought in New Guinea and in the Philippines. He was a Reconnaissance Scout for the 167th Infantry. My dad worked with everyone, especially The Aussies and he said they were the greatest gift that they could have ever gotten!!! He said there was never a division with our allies! The native’s were amazing too and so many of them helped us beyond mention! I am just happy that my dad told me all of his stories (most of these never heard in a movie). I am very thankful that he fought for our freedom and today I am a true free American 🇺🇸 I learned so much about my dad from World War II. I learned he knew jujitsu and that he got to see general MacArthur on the beach in the Philippines. He was my HERO!!!!!! 🇺🇸31st Dixie Division - 167th Infantry - U.S. Army A USAF Veteran Maryann
Maryann America my uncle is interned in a war cemetery in Port Moresby. The time that the Kokoda track campaign soaked up gave the US and Australian forces the breathing room to consolidate is highly underestimated. 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 Also the Battle of the Coral Sea would not have happened without the stand.
same goes for me, but my father was first attached to the RAF before Pearl and then reattach to the US Army from Italy till the mad rush into Germany... he loved General Patton and would have followed him into Russia if Patton had been given the go ahead.
Great message, but as for 'division with allies", well, I'm afraid there was some on Australian home-front.. I don't want to ramble through what I know of it, but if interested Google things like 'Battle of Brisbane" (not a battle that had anything to do with the Japanese) ...'brownout strangler (Pvte Eddie Leonski, US army, him I read a book on, buried in US army cemetary in Hawaii,apparently) ,,,there was a mediocre war movie in 1980s which combined the two things, but although having two big-name actors, James Coburn and Brian Dennehy (playing Pvt Leonski), the movie was pretty fictionalised account of true events. My stepfather Keith Harris was an Australian RAAF 'fitter", effectively airplane mechanic, with RAAF Beauforts and P40s in New Guinea, but like a lot of Australian personel on NG, he worked alongside and even sometimes actually on loan to Kenneys 5th USAAF..he had many stories...one day, an American P38 Lightning had either just landed or was taxiing to take off..one of the engines maybe sounded a little off (not unusual for GM Allison engines in p38s to have spark-plug issues, for example) so Keith walked up in front of the plane closer to listen to motors..pilot, American kid looked just 19-20YO, put head down, grinned, and threw throttles forward to full, '38 roared and surged down runway with Keith running like Jessie Owens...young Yank in P38 thought this hilarious...maybe so do I, kind of, LOL.
@@KateLicker My father was a member of the 2/19th Battalion fortunately he wasn't with the Battalion during their epic battle along the Bakri Parit Sulong road in Malaya. He was wounded in the fighting on Singapore and was one of the six survivors from Sandakan Ranau Death March in North Borneo. He called P38s "spilt-arses" and mentioned times when they were attacked by them.
My great-grandfather served with the 5th Air Force - 22nd BG in Australia, he was onboard many b26 and b24 flights into New Guinea, New Britain, and other islands there. Luckily he left the Pacific Theatre with all his limbs. Truly a generation of brave giants.
Vale, Australian 6th Div., stopped the German nazi Army in the desert sands as the “Rats of Tobruk”, then moved to stop the Japanese imperial army in the tropical jungle conditions of the Kokoda Trail heroes. These heroes delivered the first Allied defeats to the German Nazi war machine and to the Imperial Japanese army in the history of WWII. Among others: Uncle George Remilton, and Father-in-Law, Bill Dundas. Their name liveth forevermore. Always lovingly remembered. Aussies. Vale among others men of The “Grey” 8th Battalion, RAR South Vietnam 1970-71.
That's not correct. The 6th Division took Tobruk from the Italians but were sent to Greece and Crete and then onto Syria before being sent to Australia and then New Guinea. They never defended Tobruk. They served on 4 continents.
The 18th Brigade of the 6th division was reorganised and joined the Australian 2AIF, 'Silent' 7th Division. These guys were battle hardened. The reorganisation of the 6th division saw them broken up into brigades and dispersed across other divisions etc.They received the name 'silent' because of the 7th divisions secret invasion of Syria. As a formation, the 6th Division fought in the campaigns in Libya, Greece, and the Aitape-Wewak region of New Guinea. Its individual brigades also fought on Crete, in Lebanon, along the Kokoda Trail and at the Japanese beachheads in Papua, and in the Wau-Salamaua region of New Guinea.
this was the bravest generation ever, thank you so much, i am proud to all men , women , and children that did their part for my freedom, the punks of today have NO clue and have NO respect ,
The youth of today are the victims of brainwashing. They are taught that America never did any good only evil. This is being done by other brainwashed people, teachers who were brainwashed by people who never worked or built anything but spent their lives as students all their lives, who after several years in college go on to teach the next generation to hate America. Those are the university professors who indoctrinate students who become the teachers, teaching to hate America and capitalism, to embrace communist. The cycle must be broken starting now at the school board level, they are the ones that okay the school books and subject matter taught. Next the college and university governing bodies, for the same reason, then go after all the American hating professors. Then and only then will we gain back our country. Otherwise, those that hate freedom and embrace communism will outnumber us and vote to enslave us.
Well I’d like to see if you are brave enough to tell the Sailors and Marines I work with they’re a bunch of punks. Or maybe either of my nephews who combined have done 11 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Or my father who was a USN SAR crewman or maybe even me who has over 3000 flight hours protecting our country in the USN. What have YOU done to contribute? Whine?
@@kaptainkaos1202 first i apologize...our service men and women of today are also some of the best people i’ve met... i was referring to the ones who disrespects the flag , kneel for our anthem. disrespectful of the men in uniform..thank god for those who sever, again i apologize
@@dmr122003 I hold the youth of America that joins the military or P.D. or F.D. in other words those who put others 1st in a special group. They are carrying on the legacy of those who gave more than they got. Those I hold in high esteem. I served my country for many years
My dad fought in New Guinea. He didn’t speak about it much. I really enjoyed watching this. I don’t understand all the criticism about “incorrect pronunciations” of various places and things. Seems like petty nonsense complaining about how the narrator pronounced things.
Our Dad, Col. (P) George F. Drury USAF piloted a B-24 with the 5th AF in 1943 - the Command Pilot at 19 years old! He. Was a Red’s Raider! See the book - Red Raiders Revenge! A great history and a great picture of our 19 year old hero!
My Father was a member of the Australian, 7th Divisions, 2/4th field regiment that flew into Nadzab. He said the Young American soldiers were very inexperienced when they arrived in New Guinea, but they went through a baptism of fire, to become bloody good soldiers as the campaign continued. My dad said Yank air force combined with the RAAF did a bloody good job and saved many lives
My Grand dad also.
My Uncle Lee Trout piloted one of those Bostons, thank you for your kind words 🙏
My grand dad was in the 2/8th field regiment.
Great grand father was the commander of the 11th infantry and 14th infantry
Later good enough island and the milne bay fortress.
He was on blameys staff and apparently also thought of blamey as a wanker.
Ive got a trove of photos in the albums
Ya bloody right, they did!
My grandad also said the same thing about the yanks..he didn't have much respect for the American officers as many young soldiers died because of their inexperience, poor buggers were ordered to their death.....
21:45 "The kunai grass hampered the job of finding and assembling the heavy equipment."
No kidding! That stuff has more sharp edges and points than barbed wire.
I worked in Lae for a year in 1971/72 and even that long after the War there was still a lot of discarded war materiel lying around - I saw old runway matting used for a variety of purposes. However, the piece of War materiel that really caught my attention was the bit that I dug up in my garden one day - I was living close by the air field, that had, in this movie, been the Japanese air strip - and my shovel went clink on a 3-inch anti-aircraft shell that had been lying there for twenty-eight years.
I called the police, who called the Army and we all stood back at a respectful distance while the Army ordnance people took the shell away.
Dad was a crew chief on C-47's in the 317th Troop Transport Group. He got a Bronze Star delivering Aussie's and ammo up to Wau Airfield on top the Owen Stanley Mountains. The Japanese were trying to cross the mountains north of the Kokoda Trail but the Aussies held the air field at Wau and drove the Japanese back. Dad flew with the 317th all thru the war. They got a hole in a wing dropping paratroops onto Corregidor during our invasion...They even got into Japan for while before being sent home.
god bless you dad
My Great uncle was in the fifth air force squadron flying escort, he was a p38 lightning pilot and flew 15 fighter missions! I have his old ring, his wings , air medal , and a book that he’s featured in! very happy to have these items!
My Dad was a command pilot for the 5th Air Force in Papua New Guinea in 1943 - he was 19 years old!
Perhaps your great uncle flew escort! His name Col.(P) George F. Drury, USAF. GREAT MEN!
@@kathryndrury6495 My Great Uncle flew with the 19th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Squad, 5th AF in 1942. In 1944 he was KIA over Italy. Heroes all.
My dad, piloting B-25's and B-24's often spoke of the exhilarated sense of relief when P-38's showed up for escort. Respect.
Bravest and superbly planned Battle well Done Aussie engineers and infantry.Airforce firepower magnificent WELL DONE
My dad Charles Allen piloted and copiloted B-25's and then B-24's here Oct 14 1943 until July 28th 1944 until scrub typhus hospitalised him. 55 combat missions.
be very proud, tough blokes :)
I see things like this and am overwhelmed with pride for the men slugging it out with such a tough enemy as the Japanese in that Hell of New Guinea. My war was Vietnam, 1967-1968 with the 101st Airborne Div up north around Hue. We slaughtered the enemy in every engagement and yet, still, because of political cowardice and blunders, had to lose our war. These videos of real men with determination crushing a tough enemy inspire me. God bless all soldiers, sailors, and airmen. It does not matter which side, those guys all deserve a "well done". They did their very best for their country.
ACADMan thank you for your service! It is now June 17, 2020 and look what’s going on right here at home...sad and pathetic. Our kids have been brainwashed by communist/fascist America haters right in our own schools for the last 25 plus years and the politicians are even worse if you can imagine that!
I was there in 68-69 with 5th Special Forces and you are correct about how easy they were to kill. The hardest part was getting them to fight. We just had too much firepower for them to deal with. Politics determined the outcome and I think we learned from that.
Bravo Zulu ACADMAN ... its a Navy congratulations
...reading "war at the End of the World" about the New Guinea campaign....hell on earth...God rest the souls of these brave men...
Burma was no picnic either. Kohima
Sgt. Sheldon Scriven was with the 312 Bomb Group(L) , airborne recon photographer. He flew on one of the A-20Gs through the whole campaign, and promoted in August of '45.
My dad was a B24 pilot with the 43rd Bomber group, 63rd bomber squadron "Seahawks" stationed in Dobodura and then Nadzab between Oct '43 to July '44 primarily targetting shipping from Rabaul to the New Guinea coast and Solomons. There's a recently published book covering the B24 era in SWPA titled Ken's Men Against the Empire: Vol II, The B24 Era that details a lot of the campaigns after this one. I haven't read Vol I which does cover this campaign. Really interesting material.
Your dad most likely knew my grandfather. Raymond Gates of West Monroe Louisiana. Same bomb group and bomber squadron. They had radar in his B-24. I have that book too
I have a picture of the Seahawks. My grandfather and your dad are probably in it together
Rob, Thanks so much for the book info! Looking for information on the role of the B0-24 in the SWP campaign. My father was a young bomber pilot stationed there.
God Bless the Aussies!
The Aussies sacrificed so much from a small population. God bless the Aussies!
Never forget these brave souls 🙏🏻
My dad was in New Guinea during the war airfield # 7 I think. B-17's McAurther flew out on my dad's plane. If fact he had to waite since my dad was working on an engine. He was the engineer and also flew top turret twice
My father was originally in 13 Squadron RAAF in Darwin. They flew Lockheed Hudsons, a twin-engined medium bomber version of the Lockheed Ventura airliner. They lost so many planes and crew in operations against the Japanese that by the time they were withdrawn they had only 2 serviceable planes. After a time spent in Victoria doing check and delivery flights of more Hudsons he was posted to a joint Australian-American Bombardment Group flying Liberators. He did his Liberator training at Nadzab. Even after it was repaired flying from this was a bit of an adventure particularly in a heavy bomber like the Liberator. There was a dip part way down the runway which became a small creek when it rained as it often does in New Guinea. For his time in 13 Squadron the Americans nominated his squadron to receive a Presidential Unit Citation. However since it was a foreign decoration they were not allowed to receive it. This rule was changed decades later and after some agitation by my father the surviving members of the squadron were flown to Hughes airfield in Darwin where they had a ceremonial parade and were presented with the citation. My father didn't march very often on Anzac day but when he did visiting American soldiers he encountered treated him like royalty when they saw the blue bar on his jacket.
Gary Dargan hi Gary, I saw your comment. You might be interested in this, if you live in Melbourne, come in for a look. Regards Norm. www.b24australia.org.au/home
The Presidential unit citation has been awarded to three Australian units, The NGVR (New guinea Volunteer rifles ) WW2, 3 RAR Kapyong Korea and D Coy 6 RAR Vietnam. Australia units can receive this award but a nomination is not receiving. Your fathers unit did not receive the award because they were Australian, unfortunately the nomination just did not get accepted .
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god bless your dad
I can proudly say that my grandad got shot by a sniper over there,he fought in PNG and then went to the Solomon's,he was lucky as the bullet just missed his heart by millimeters..by all accounts he fought hard and like many kiwi soldiers he was willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice for his country and the freedom of the world...RIP Grandad and thanks mate
General MacArthur's brilliant Papua-New Guinea campaign remains one of the most under-reported and greatly unknown campaigns of WW II. And what tremendous allies the Americans and Australians were! The Australians were indeed the best jungle fighters in the world. Thank God they were on our side! On a personal note, I was very fortunate to have visited Australia during my career in the U.S. Navy.
there are good books on the PNG north-coast campaign such as Peter Brune's books like "Gona's Gone"
I was fortunate that Vietnam was over before I turned 18. All the people I talked to that were there remarked on how awesome the Aussies were. Lots of people didn't know they were our allies in Vietnam too.
@@daviddou1408 Thankyou for mentioning this, my grandfather was in the 2/25th battalion on the track and fought all the way to Gona. He held a great resentment towards MacArthur because of the way he constantly criticised them, while he stayed as far away from danger as he could. When they finally pulled them out of the line they were incapable of offensive action.
@@daviddou1408 Gona and Buna were brutal. The Japanese had entrenched themselves in a swampy area with a series of blockhouses with overlapping fields of fire. Even the Australian veterans of the Kokoda trail found that hard going.. No where in NG was easy to fight in. That one was particularly brutal.
It's hard to get an Aussie in a small roll.
My DAD WAS WITH THE 390th BOMBARDment SQUADRON 13th Air Force 42nd BOMB WING. in New Guinea he was the Intelligence Officer for the Group S-2 It was Called (THE JUNGLE AIR FORCE). The one plane was THE HEAVENLY BODY) which still flies today
hi gentleman, glade to read about you sir
My father-in-law sgt.J T Vines radio operator and top turret gunner on the B24 ,with Capt. Kelly made the the first raid. He said to me that they didn’t believe they would make it back,but they did and he was for ever thankful for the crew who made the flight. I might add that J T said that they never lost a crew member, while stationed in Australia, and other bases.
Grampa Chet Long was a bombardier on B-24s (Moby Dick) out of PNG. Thank you to him and so many like him.
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the greatest generation. Yes thanks very much for this video.
Dave Australia. The son of an Australian digger who only just survived Milne Bay 1942.
Sorry Milne Bay New Guinea.. Edited
The Huon Peninsula remains a very remote area even today. Really extreme terrain. One of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet. I watch the bombing runs and can’t help but think of the endemic wildlife getting incinerated. I wonder if any of the conflicts like this put species at risk back then.
..love those B-25's...what a sight to see....
such a versatile planes. how many other bombers were used for strafing and tree top bombing? I suppose that you could include the Mosquito
Aussie troops kicked ass!
My friend Lou, (deceased) was a paratrooper. Made low level drops in NG .
He fractured his leg in Luzon . How you ask, the Japanese shot his chute up.
He said as he dropped
he passed his buddies
down, "in a hurry" . Ended up in Australian
hospital. Lou was a great man, RIP Lou.
The Aussies/Kiwis and the US forged a great friendship fighting together in New Guinea.
My father was at Milne Bay, Buna, Nadzab, Dobodura, Hollandia, Wewak, Biak Island, then to Leyte, Tacloaban, Linguan Gulf, Ie Shima and finally Kimpo Field, Korea. 475th Fighter Group. Check out their museum at the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA. They also have a website 475th Fighter Group.
The start of a great and enduring friendship. Australia and USA stand together against tyranny. Now we seem to have another threat emerging.........
Yes, that threat would be the lie-fueled mob of loser Trump supporters storming the very seat of US democracy, the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
@@danielmocsny5066 Correct
@@danielmocsny5066 Well we at least know your opinion, although it is not necessarily accurate nor is it shared by half the country.
TRUMP makes these people crazy, he's doing a good job.
They are so desperate they have to mention him on an old documentary.
Good man.
@@raydematio7585 Lol, living rent free in their heads.
Had a grandfather in the 7th as a B24 gunner returned stateside in 44 and was an instructor in Pensacola
The B-25s with all the guns in the nose are awesome.
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My dad was in the 9th division. He fought at Tobruk (the Easter battle was the first German defeat in WW2) El Alamein then took part in the beach landing at Red beach near Lae.
My workmate ( we worked together during the early eighties) flew on the Liberator bombers with the yanks
My Grandfather too. 9th div 2/23rd battalion. Was wounded in action 4th September 1943. Great men.
Great video, showing a retreat from the MacArthur media machine, to a celebrate the men video take.
Thanks, Zeno. So much of the New Guinea campaign's depictions are so vague... a landing here, a landing there... this was good stuff. You haven't happened to run across anything highlighting Charles Lindburgh's work during this campaign have you?
There is a long video on the P38 in the middle of has a great segment on Lindberghs pioneering work on engine leaning almost doubling the P38 range having significant positive impact.
Lamento no saber inglés y que no haya traducción y, así, poder subscribirme. Enhorabuena por la filmación y la calidad de las imágenes. Saludos
Kids these days have no idea how great We have it
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You did what you did so young people would not have to know!
@@KateLicker those millennials have been fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq and all over the world since 2003. So slow it down. People know.
these quotes are from "We Shall Return" MacArthur's Commanders, Lt. General Whitehead Aerial Tactician designed the air attacks.
In any large war such as World War II, there are always a few brilliant and dedicated commanders who through dislike of publicity or oversight- deliberate or unintended-on the part of superiors fail to receive the plaudits of the public or the recognition merited by their performance. The Southwest Pacific theater seemed to have more than its share of such individuals, and foremost among them was Lieutenant General Ennis Clement Whitehead, U.S. Air Force serial number nine. Few air com¬manders accomplished as much with as little as did Whitehead. Yet his successes remain obscure and his name largely forgotten. He deserves a better fate.
Uncle Al- Aeronautical Engineer, 318th Fighter Group, 19th Squadron. P-47 Thunderbolts. IE Shima, Ryukyu Islands near New Guinea. Bomber Escorts for sorties to the Japanese mainland.
thanx for video
didnt know A-20 havocs and B17s
were involved in that campaign..
Really an interesting operation that I dont know much about.I am very interested in the pacific campaign and know quite a bit but this was new to me and it seems they really did a great job figuring this one out.Those parabombs look pretty scary,Imagine seeing those falling all around you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Strawffing ? That made my uncle laugh.
Radioman with the 8th USAAF, European theater. Forgot which group !
So so proud of my pa he was a sergent in the 2/7th infantry battle for wau then on to salamaua, he says his greatest achievement was when he escorted general adachi in to allied hands
My old man was there too. He got scrub typhus in Lae n got shipped to Cairns to recover n went back to finish the job
I heard gen Adachi drowned trying to escape Lae.. according to Dad n some of his mates?
New Guinea landscape and weather was as equally tough to fight as the die-hard Japanese. MacArthur criticized the Aussies for advancing too slow to push the Japanese back along the Kokota trail, but if he would have got off his pants and left his cozy HQ in Australia and went to the front he would have found out what a hellhole the territory was to move and fight in. The New Guinea jungle was full of critters wanting to eat you alive, Kunai grass that cut like a razor, heat and humidity that sucked the life of out of soldiers. The outnumbered Aussies were the first to stop the Japanese in a ground advance, and were real heroes, elite jungle fighters in their own right. Kennedy's Fifth Air Force did a magnificent job attacking the Japanese troops, ships, ports, airfields, and most important, its C-47's kept the Aussies and US troops supplied. The fighters and bombers get all the glory, but those transport pilots and their unarmed Dakotas made victory possible hauling troops, equipment, and supplies, as well as ferrying wounded back to hospitals.
My grandfather flew on these as a member of the service corps. Hopped up ranks fast as his colleagues forgot to tie themselves to the plane and went out with the payloads
holy shit land skip bombing.
9:20 bombs bounce off ground as the low level bomber zips by and explode after hitting the ground 2nd time!
They took the fins off.
Shortly thereafter, Whitehead was sent to Port Moresby. General MacArthur had shaken up his command in an effort to stem the tide of the Japanese advance, assigning Major General George C. Kenney to lead the Allied air forces in the SWPA. Kenney had inherited a command of broken and incomplete elements that had been formed under great pressure dur¬ing the first eight months of the war. Its mission had never been defined, and the responsibilities of each component were not clear. Kenney had reorganized the American fighter and bomber units into the Fifth Air Force and broke up the Australian and other Allied components into sepa¬rate but equal units. Under the new reorganization, the Royal Australian Air Force was assigned the mission of the defense of Australia, while the U.S. Fifth Air Force was given the offensive mission of regaining New Guinea. Kenney therefore wore two hats: he was both commander of Al¬lied Air Forces SWPA and commander of the Fifth Air Force.23
Whitehead had been at Port Moresby for only two days when he was designated commander of Allied Air Forces in New Guinea. Two months later, after General Kenney created the Fifth Air Force, Whitehead be¬came deputy commander of the Fifth Air Force and commanding general of the advanced echelon of the Fifth Air Force.24
Wewak... boy.... them old Fly boys sure Liberated the living Crap out of that place!!
Some of you newer guys in the air arms know what I mean..?
Them Aussies in Lae... you dont suppose Eeking a tough living in a HARD land made for some Resilliant, self sufficient, and just "Tougher than boot sole" fighters, do ya'? Far more ready for enviorns that often proved deadly to Northern Hemispheric troops.
Great job mates! Wish I could afford to buy you all a pint or two!
Yeah that deffenttly makes a difference, but good practical training goes a long way too. It currently takes about 18 months to train an Australian rifleman to the standards that have been set by our reputation. The Australian solider has the rep of being almost the modern equilivent to a spartan hoplite. That’s why we always get the though assignments and make some of the best soldiers in the world.
Fun fact: In the Vietnam war, the VC and other northern troops actively avoided engaging the Australians after their first battles with them. I mean you can hardly blame the northern commanders... especially after a single Australian rifle company (with New Zealand arty support) decimated both 275 Regiment (VC) and D445 battalion (PAVN) in one night at long tan. I might add that the Aussies where actually ambushed by the Vietnamese units.
I've been there in 2002 , we can still see the remain of WW2 air craft
fascinating, thank you.
My father celebrated his 17 th birthday in New Guinea, as a medic. They called him baby because of his age.
I use to work in Port Moresby. The place is a hell hole.
My father, grandfather, uncle, cousins, and their fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and cousins all were there...............................
LET WEST PAPUA....EAST NEW GUINEA TO BE FREE AS SOON AS POSIBLE BEFORE THEY ARE MISSING FROM THEIR HOME LAND BY INDONESIAN HANDS.....SAVE CROSS AND CHRISTIANITY......SAVE WEST PAPUA MEANTS SAVE MELANESIAN AND PACIFIC FROM ISLAMISASION,,,JIHAAD AND TERORIS....IT IS THE URGEN TO SAVE AND PROTECT THEM OR WE HAVE TO LOSE THEM.......!
The 14th Army is the "Forgotten Army" but this is the "Forgotten Campaign".
Maybe for you.
Regards:
Australia.
Long live the 5th!
George Kenney's son served right alongside him!
My father was in the 39th Battalion
Many films as this were shown in publIc theatres in the city from 1943-45. as to keep the citizens abreast of the war effort of the U.S
Linda Hutson no they were showing what the war bonds were being used 4 back then there was only radio and newspapers and the silver screen
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Linda Hutson Japan attacked pearl harbor and the U.S sent my father right to the South Pacific ...U.S NAVY 1942
Linda Hutson these films are for (comment above
"The US." What about all the other nations who fought and died for the cause?
As with WW1, the yanks didn't even get involved in WW2 until it was half over!
Then of course they claimed credit for winning the war as they always do!
Bloody excellent
Could someone please tell me if the 2nd, 28th batallion took part in any of these campains ? I am retracing my grandfathers sevice in the 2nd 28th. A.I.F .
They took part in taking of Lae ,most 2nd/28tg were veterans of tobruk ,El Alamein in Africa, like my own father who was with 2/16th formed in Western Australia, & were sent to the Atherton table land for ju gle training ,as with 2/28th served in the liberation of borneo later so they would of seen more fighting than anyone should ,Amazing men hope this helped.
Great vid cheers. what hope did they have? Air force giving them a walloping and then two Battle hardened Australian divisions fighting over who gets to destroy you with some US Parra troops as a topper.
You can see what an advantage modern artillery and bombs have. The vast majority of the bombs missed the target of the road. Just wasted munitions and expense.
They used them b25 like a good mule...
Lae is pronounced Lay. dad fought all along that coast with the 9th.
Apparently, the locals disagree. See their entry on Wikipedia.
There’s a tradition going back thousands of years of soldiers mispronouncing place names as they would say them phonetically in there own language rather than the way the native speakers do or making up alternatives if it’s a tongue twister. Its just easier that way & why should they bother doing it otherwise? For example “Ypres” in Belgium is not pronounced “Wipers” by Belgians, but most WW1 British & American soldiers could’ve cared less. They were there to fight, not study linguistics.
@@ZenosWarbirds From Wikipedia: Lae (/ˈlɑːeɪ, ˈleɪi/)(as in 'face') I worked in PNG during the 1970s, including in Lae ('lay'), and that was how it was pronounced then as it is today.
Also, my father served there (and Wau & Bulolo) in the Australian army during WW2. I'm grateful to you for posting this documentary as I now have some idea of what was involved in the campaign. He didn't talk about it much and now of course it's too late. Thanks.
clobertoo If you read the pronunciation guide for IPA phonetics used in Wikipedia , the first pronunciation offered for the vowels in “Lae” is two syllables with the accent on the first syllable
“ɑː” - with the “a” as in “PALM, father, bra”
and the second syllable “e” as “eɪ” - as in “FACE, made, fail, vein, pay.”
So LAH a.
See bit.ly/36VurPo
Zeno
@@ZenosWarbirds I'm going with clobertoo on this one. I lived in Lae in 1971/72 for a year and everyone, even the local natives, called it Lae (Lay).
I guess you had to be there...
At 7:36 Is that someone who bailed out on the left going from the bottom to the top of the picture ?
t0ny1189 i’m probably wrong but that might just be flak
Greatest respect for all World War Two veterans. I know they're in heaven now because they served their time in hell.
At 17:20 we are informed of the paratroops having portable phones😊
My dad in the 871st engineering battalion. Nadzab and Tsili Tsili
My father was in the 872nd engineering battalion. Not much is written about these battalions that built the airfields, graded roads, built bridges, etc. after places were secure so that planes could land and troops could move over roads to engage the enemy. Port Moresby, Dobadura, Tsilli-Tsili,
Lae, Nadzab, Gusap, and Kaiapit were the places of units activies.
Looks to me like they missed everything?
what I observed that bombs were going down in a row one upon another. Engineers of aircraft should have created a kind of mechanism , so that, bombs could have covered a very wide path, For instance two rows of three bombs each should have been created horizontly, if there could be space in the fuselage. after drop, mechanism would load another six bombs.
Start with the maximum offensive weight you can carry. Now add all these mechanisms you think will help. What remains is your bomb load. Getting smaller and smaller isn't it? You get width of pattern by putting planes on each other's wing tips. They got there, ahead of us, nearly 80 years ago Jack. Also if dropped from height they will spread out.
Jack, you really have ko idea how a string of bombs works do you?
The string is dropped and the bombs seem to be on right on top of one another in a static line when viewed in a still photo, but the differences in altitudes means that there is a delay from one bomb hitting the ground until the next bomb hits the ground at a distance from the first.
Add to that that on the drop, the bombs scatter somewhat due to their aerodynamics, so now the line along which the bombs land is wider.
Now add more bombers, spread out side to side, and you will realize what is going on and why it is called carpet bombing.
Like everyone else said. If it was possible, you would have to to several runs to drop the same load on the one target, so spending more time over target meant you would lose more men and machines.
Well I shot too soon. Now I see that B25 Mitchell's were involved also
As of October 96 people don't like this film. They also don't like public libraries or history books.
They started it...we finished it.
Phim hay
Americans thank you
Looks like all that fighting just plain hurt. How about everybody just chill out and treat each other nicely. They could have a big BBQ and fish fry. Add a little beer, (one beer limit) and a grand old time could be had for all.
It only takes 1 to start a fight
🇺🇸thanks from John Robert Bruffett Junior of United States of America
StrAfed...capital A!
See Australian official history The New Guinea Offensives for the Australian ground role. The crossing of the Markham and approaches weren't that easy. A bottle of Scotch was bet between divisional commanders for whoever got to Lae first.
Papua New Guinea
It's WEEWAK not WAYWAK !
Wiki it.
Good video but pronunciation is lay not lie I was born there drove me nuts listening to him saying it over and over
And btw its ZED not ZEE
actually Lae was originally Lahi and so the pronunciation here was right - atthat time; nowadays, as you say it's changed to 'lay'
"we" lol
It is most annoying when a professional announcer botches a simple word like STRAFE.
He think he is pronouncing like the Brittish do.
Face has a white handlebar mustache.
سلام
Actually McArthur had a fairly basic understanding of the combat required: ruclips.net/video/pToxEa30KdU/видео.html
It's Strafe not straff
K.D. Pearce During World War 2 when this film was produced, this pronunciation was often used as in this movie. It comes from the German word “strafen” which is closer to the way it’s pronounced here.
G'day,
Yay Team !
However, on a Point Of Order....;
This period-piece not only epitomises the Combat Footage of Damian Parer (Australian Combat Cameraman, par-excellence..., died in Combat, just like Neil Davis.....) ; but it also epitomises the AmeriKan Propaganda Machine's ability & propensity to TOTALLY FUCK UP...
"LAE", is pronounced "LAY", in actual fact ; not "LIE", as this Propgandist says it, every fucking THYME !
USA fails the Reality-Test, yet again...
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Ciao !
何だこの地図は？
アメリカって意外といい加減なんだね。
It's pronounced strA-fing. Long A sound.
Not by the POMEs. This bloke probably hung around the POMEs and Diggers and learned their accent for this.
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Fracmentation bombs and GP bombs makes tender meat. And some napalm for BBQ. Nam, nam. The rest of the japanese will be fatter, and easier to hit. My friends father flew in a Spitfire. He saw his friend blown up on the air field, and woke up grayhaired one morning short after.
That intrusive logo across the bottom of the screen made this unwatchable for me.
Videos like this keep the memories of our fathers and grandfathers alive, they are no longer with us, God bless them all!
One of my best friend's father, Ed Kieloch, fought all the way up the coast of New Guinea all the way to Manila with the 503 PIR. Mr. K was one hell of a man. Built like a refrigerator, he was his platoon's BAR man. Rugged as hell and tough as nails, he was kind, intelligent and compassionate as well. After he got out of the Army, he went to Harvard, then skipped grad school and went straight into a PhD program when he completed his under-graduate studies. In the 1960's he conceived, implemented and led Project Head Start, a Department of Education initiative intended to redress academic inequities of the less-fortunate. He was one hell of a guy and the best kind of American this country ever produced.
My mother went to college with my sister and got her teaching certificate. Her first job was with Head Start in 1964. We ended up with a goat the Head Start Program acquired and didn't know what to do with it at the end of summer school and as we had a small farm they gave it to us. We later gave the goat to a guy who boarded race horses. They had a horse that was fidgety and nervous and thought it could use a stable mate. Worked like a charm and the horse had some success in racing. An older man who worked at the stables at Sportsman Park appropriated the goat and it achieved minor celebrity status. We called the goat Pearl. The guy at the stables renamed it Pearly May.
My grandfather was an Australian engineer in New Guinea. He would never say a word about it. When I went into the army, his advice was look after your rifle as it will be your best friend. I still have his medals, it was tough up there.
We have the blood of heros in our veins Jeffrey. My grandfather was in the 39th up the Kokoda trail and then at Gona. My grandfather basically never talked about his time in New Guinea either. My grandfather didnt go for the "glory", he went to protect his family and his people. I reckon the same for your grandfather Jeffrey. If he had gone for the glory, and there was plenty of that, he would have crowed about it. He didn't. Freedom in Australia for a person to grow and live and thrive and shine is not a god given right, it is a privilege. It was bought with the suffering, commitment and love of a band of ragged bloody heroes. Our children and their children in turn are living free because of our grandfathers and their mates. We are very blessed Jeffrey. "Lest we forget."
@@MrCarlSykes Bless ALL of them for their service!
Lest We Forget!
It was absolutely horrific up there my grandfather was at Milne bay and various along the coast and Bouganville tropical illnesses and malaria took a massive toll on the troops
Ok, here’s my story...My dad fought in New Guinea and in the Philippines. He was a Reconnaissance Scout for the 167th Infantry. My dad worked with everyone, especially The Aussies and he said they were the greatest gift that they could have ever gotten!!! He said there was never a division with our allies! The native’s were amazing too and so many of them helped us beyond mention! I am just happy that my dad told me all of his stories (most of these never heard in a movie). I am very thankful that he fought for our freedom and today I am a true free American 🇺🇸
I learned so much about my dad from World War II. I learned he knew jujitsu and that he got to see general MacArthur on the beach in the Philippines. He was my HERO!!!!!! 🇺🇸31st Dixie Division - 167th Infantry - U.S. Army
A USAF Veteran Maryann
Maryann America my uncle is interned in a war cemetery in Port Moresby. The time that the Kokoda track campaign soaked up gave the US and Australian forces the breathing room to consolidate is highly underestimated.
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Also the Battle of the Coral Sea would not have happened without the stand.
same goes for me, but my father was first attached to the RAF before Pearl and then reattach to the US Army from Italy till the mad rush into Germany... he loved General Patton and would have followed him into Russia if Patton had been given the go ahead.
Great message, but as for 'division with allies", well, I'm afraid there was some on Australian home-front..
I don't want to ramble through what I know of it, but if interested Google things like 'Battle of Brisbane" (not a battle that had anything to do with the Japanese) ...'brownout strangler (Pvte Eddie Leonski, US army, him I read a book on, buried in US army cemetary in Hawaii,apparently) ,,,there was a mediocre war movie in 1980s which combined the two things, but although having two big-name actors, James Coburn and Brian Dennehy (playing Pvt Leonski), the movie was pretty fictionalised account of true events.
My stepfather Keith Harris was an Australian RAAF 'fitter", effectively airplane mechanic, with RAAF Beauforts and P40s in New Guinea, but like a lot of Australian personel on NG, he worked alongside and even sometimes actually on loan to Kenneys 5th USAAF..he had many stories...one day, an American P38 Lightning had either just landed or was taxiing to take off..one of the engines maybe sounded a little off (not unusual for GM Allison engines in p38s to have spark-plug issues, for example) so Keith walked up in front of the plane closer to listen to motors..pilot, American kid looked just 19-20YO, put head down, grinned, and threw throttles forward to full, '38 roared and surged down runway with Keith running like Jessie Owens...young Yank in P38 thought this hilarious...maybe so do I, kind of, LOL.
one wartime US training vid made re the issues I've referred to.. ruclips.net/video/sm_CjWTKvI0/видео.html
@@KateLicker
My father was a member of the 2/19th Battalion fortunately he wasn't with the Battalion during their epic battle along the Bakri Parit Sulong road in Malaya. He was wounded in the fighting on Singapore and was one of the six survivors from Sandakan Ranau Death March in North Borneo.
He called P38s "spilt-arses" and mentioned times when they were attacked by them.
That is probably the best coverage of any WW2 campaign I've seen. That treetop flying was just awe inspiring. Great work.
My great-grandfather served with the 5th Air Force - 22nd BG in Australia, he was onboard many b26 and b24 flights into New Guinea, New Britain, and other islands there. Luckily he left the Pacific Theatre with all his limbs. Truly a generation of brave giants.
My Dad 5th AF/22nd BG. - B-24 pilot at age 19! George F. Drury
Vale, Australian 6th Div., stopped the German nazi Army in the desert sands as the “Rats of Tobruk”, then moved to stop the Japanese imperial army in the tropical jungle conditions of the Kokoda Trail heroes. These heroes delivered the first Allied defeats to the German Nazi war machine and to the Imperial Japanese army in the history of WWII. Among others: Uncle George Remilton, and Father-in-Law, Bill Dundas. Their name liveth forevermore. Always lovingly remembered. Aussies. Vale among others men of The “Grey” 8th Battalion, RAR South Vietnam 1970-71.
Amazing how the efforts of the 39th Militia Battalion always get overlooked.
you are correct sir
That's not correct. The 6th Division took Tobruk from the Italians but were sent to Greece and Crete and then onto Syria before being sent to Australia and then New Guinea. They never defended Tobruk. They served on 4 continents.
The chocos also did an amazing job.
The 18th Brigade of the 6th division was reorganised and joined the Australian 2AIF, 'Silent' 7th Division. These guys were battle hardened. The reorganisation of the 6th division saw them broken up into brigades and dispersed across other divisions etc.They received the name 'silent' because of the 7th divisions secret invasion of Syria. As a formation, the 6th Division fought in the campaigns in Libya, Greece, and the Aitape-Wewak region of New Guinea. Its individual brigades also fought on Crete, in Lebanon, along the Kokoda Trail and at the Japanese beachheads in Papua, and in the Wau-Salamaua region of New Guinea.
this was the bravest generation ever, thank you so much, i am proud to all men , women , and children that did their part for my freedom, the punks of today have NO clue and have NO respect ,
The youth of today are the victims of brainwashing.
They are taught that America never did any good only evil.
This is being done by other brainwashed people, teachers who were brainwashed by people who never worked or built anything but spent their lives as students all their lives, who after several years in college go on to teach the next generation to hate America.
Those are the university professors who indoctrinate students who become the teachers, teaching to hate America and capitalism, to embrace communist.
The cycle must be broken starting now at the school board level, they are the ones that okay the school books and subject matter taught.
Next the college and university governing bodies, for the same reason, then go after all the American hating professors.
Then and only then will we gain back our country.
Otherwise, those that hate freedom and embrace communism will outnumber us and vote to enslave us.
@@richardc7721 Oh , so true. I have the same thoughts as you do.
Well I’d like to see if you are brave enough to tell the Sailors and Marines I work with they’re a bunch of punks. Or maybe either of my nephews who combined have done 11 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Or my father who was a USN SAR crewman or maybe even me who has over 3000 flight hours protecting our country in the USN. What have YOU done to contribute? Whine?
@@kaptainkaos1202 first i apologize...our service men and women of today are also some of the best people i’ve met... i was referring to the ones who disrespects the flag , kneel for our anthem. disrespectful of the men in uniform..thank god for those who sever, again i apologize
@@dmr122003 I hold the youth of America that joins the military or P.D. or F.D. in other words those who put others 1st in a special group.
They are carrying on the legacy of those who gave more than they got.
Those I hold in high esteem.
I served my country for many years
My dad fought in New Guinea. He didn’t speak about it much. I really enjoyed watching this. I don’t understand all the criticism about “incorrect pronunciations” of various places and things. Seems like petty nonsense complaining about how the narrator pronounced things.
Made my uncle laugh and he actually was 'strawffed'.
Air crew. Radioman. 8th USAAF.
god bless your dad
Our Dad, Col. (P) George F. Drury USAF piloted a B-24 with the 5th AF in 1943 - the Command Pilot at 19 years old! He. Was a Red’s Raider! See the book - Red Raiders Revenge! A great history and a great picture of our 19 year old hero!
My dad too. Charles C. Allen