@2:15:00, the historian said that all of the Allied generals were taken by surprise because of the German offensive in the Ardennes, but that’s not true! General Patton “had a feeling” that the Germans were gearing up for something, so he already had his officers setting up 3 different contingency plans to go north, even though his troops were fighting an east-west campaign. That’s why he was able to turn his tanks and other vehicles 90 degrees and get them on the road north-they arrived in 48 hours-and his infantry started the day after the tanks and got there in 72 hours. CRAZY
Its even worse, Allied reconnaissance had on several attempts spotted the buildup, but the idea of an offensive was 'foolishly' dismissed on most occasions.
If you base your understanding of history on what you see in movies, you will never know history. Patton did not "have a feeling," nor did he "predict" the Ardennes offensive, nor did he or his staff make plans to counter an anticipated offensive by the Germans in the Ardennes before it happened, nor did he ever claim to do any of these things. The movie "Patton" is not real life, voracious.
@@Acer_Maximinusagreed. Feels like this channel would be better off just showing more footage from the events, like the rest of the video. Don’t understand the need to remove me from the realism by showing me what looks like two dudes playing an intense board game.
The whole shebang is long, but they only spend 10-20 minutes per battle, or even per offensive, which is _NOTHING._ I know this is going to surprise you, but *the only way anybody learns ANYTHING about a subject as complex as WWII is to READ.*. They could have spent all 2.5 hours on the Battle of Midway, and it wouldn’t have been _nearly_ enough to tell what happened. This is “education” for lazy people.
Aw shucks, bubba. If you think ‘Murcan troops are even a fraction as good as Aussies and Kiwis, you’ve overdosed on McDonalds Lard-burgers (with extra lard and lard dressing). You won’t find many folk outside ‘Murca who’d swap ten of you flubby blubber-lubbers for a single Maori. That’s why you lose so many wars: Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Somalia, Eye-raq, Afghanistan… Pip pip!
I had no idea that "The Key Battles Of The Pacific War" took place in the Atlantic, North Africa, and eastern Europe!! I bet Hirohito didn't even know he was beat by generals Montgomery and Zukov. Seriously. I guess the only way we have of dissuading you for using these deceptive titles is to vote the videos down, as I have done and encourage everyone else to do as well.
It's upsetting, isn't it? They did the same about three years ago. There isn't enough coverage of the Pacific theater on YT. I'd love to see a detailed docu on the Battle of the Philippine Sea! It was only the largest carrier batter in f-ing history!
Have you ever served in an infantry unit? Ever served in a forward area. Ever put your life in another man's hands...ask him to put his life in yours? We follow orders. We follow orders or people die. It's that simple. Are we clear? ARE WE CLEAR?!
@@ryanreedgibson We live in a world with walls. Those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's going to do it? You Ryan? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. Deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall! You need me on that wall!
same,been watching them since 1980ish too and never bored!Funny that as with other programs this is impossible but for these History films its very diffrent.
The stories of our great grandfathers will never be forgotten , this is how their stories have gone along , painful memories , deaths , patience , sacrifice to uphold peace and humanity , . we are greatful for this triump because history will only be ONCE
Oh, come on! There is so much left out of each battle covered, with only about 20 minutes to cover each one! That’s next to nothing! One of the historians said that none of the Allied generals were expecting the German offensive because they already thought they were out of the war, so the the Ardenne offensive totally took them by surprise….General Patton _WAS_ thinking Germany was up to something, so before he went to the meeting of the generals to plan who was going to Bastogne, he had told his staff to draw up 3 contingency plans for turning north. That was why he and his troops were able to pull off the unprecedented feat of turning 90 degrees and taking only 2 days for tanks and other mechanized vehicles to get there, and 72 hours for his infantry! Patton relieved Bastogne along with air cover once it stopped snowing, ffs, and his troops did a great deal to turn the German offensive back! This never even get the barest mention in this silly documentaries, and I have no idea why. They make you feel like you’re learning, but you’re not….reading books is the only way to understand this war.
@@voraciousreader3341 Nothing wrong with a brief overviews of the battles. There are plenty of in-depth documentaries about all of these battles if that is what you are looking for. What is annoying is the constant cutting out to the guys playing some stupid board game.
@@MrNiceGuyHistory Fair point, but there is something wrong with spreading woke nonsense as part of the summary such as when they discuss Harris and Bomber Command.
I love these history stories but I always sleep off I've watched this like 10 times but I always fall asleep and do a rewind and still fall asleep repeatedly
The Dieppe Raid - I had no idea Dickie Mountbatten planned it. That explains EVERTYTHING! And he was only just getting warmed up: once he was in charge of Indian and Pakistani independence, the disaster that was the Partition of India was bound to happen - 15 million displaced people and at a minimum, 1 million massacred.
6:15 of the twenty aircrafts destroyed the twenty was in the second wave. A Testament to American soldiers who were ready by the second wave. First wave: surprise! second wave: surprise back!
@HistoryfortheAges - Are you saying that you just now figured that out?? Your comment suggests it, but I have news for you….every man in the Allied invasion force being assembled on Okinawa-especially the US Marines who’d borne the brunt of the island hopping Pacific campaign-knew after the bombs were dropped that they were saved. My father was in charge of an amphibious tractor that would have aided in the landings, and the dropping of the bombs was absolutely his favorite part of the war. So you’re 78 years behind the times. I won’t be watching your video.
@voraciousreader3341 why do you think I just figurd that out? I actually have spoken to several WWII vets who made it clear that the bomb saved their lives. I was referring to the recent Oppenheimer video I made, not what I have been teaching about for 25 years
What irritates me about Guadalcanal documentaries is failure to mention the Army contribution. Dad served with Army Americal Division artillery on Guadalcanal. His battery of six inch long range guns gave artillery support for Marines defending Henderson field and hitting Admiral Tanaka's resupply convoys, AKA the Tokyo Express. Dad explained to me about the coriolis effect where with long range artillery fire, you had to account for the rotation of the Earth during the flight of the artillery shells. This can be demoed at one thousand yards with a rifle.
Americal (23rd Infantry Division) and the 25th Infantry Division (Tropical Lightning) were both involved in heavy fighting on Guadalcanal. This has often been the case -- the USMC has been far better at self-promotion since World War I.
@andybreglia9431 Absolutely correct. But is was the First Marine Division that landed with World War I equipment and minimal supplies. they fought it out with the Japanese for two months before the first Amy units arrived--part of that time on half rations.
@@MLA56 Well the USMC with scarce supplies fought it out with the Japanese for two months before the Army arrived. I think they can be forgiven for a little self promotion.
12:30 A little interesting history involving Vatutin... The SB OUN, as part of the larger Ukrainian Insurgent Army, ended up ambushing Nikolai Vatutin (1st Ukrainian General) in Mikhalkivtsi on February 28, 1944, while he was headed to Slavuta in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Both of these area's were well behind enemy lines, but the OUN Security Service must have been keeping close tab's on him, because they killed most of the general's bodyguard, and Vatutin ended up with blood poisoning from his wound's. He died of sepsis in Kiev about 6 weeks later, and was replaced by the more well known Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union. In November 2014, the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory included Vatutin on the list of "persons involved in the struggle against Ukraine's independence, the organization of famines, and political repressions." The monument created for him in 1948 located in Mariinskyi Park, Kyiv, Ukraine, was demolished on February 9th, 2023.
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Great Documentary but confused how the title is "key battles of the Pacific War" and multiple battles take place in Atlantic, Mediterranean, and European Theatres.
@@dennisweidner288 Battle of Britain, El Alamein… First RAF 1000 Bomber Raids on Germany… The successful landings on Sword, Juno, Gold and Utah Beaches… The Aussies stop the Japanese in New Guinea… Midway, too. TTFN
Almost half of the battles mentioned had no impact on the Pacific War...they've uploaded these same "most important battles of WW2" at least 3 times now O_O
This is a very recent series which was on Netflix (I think, maybe other platforms, too), and it aired in order with each battle getting about 20 minutes, and about 60 minutes per DVD, which is horrifically, terribly short….nobody can learn _anything_ by watching documentaries because the war was fought on so many fronts and was so _BLOODY COMPLEX._ But I notice that people think reading is too taxing for their brains. They’ll wish they’d started the habit when they get to age 65 or so! Anyway, this channel keeps uploading the episodes in different combinations to increase views, which I wouldn’t know, but I got really annoyed 3 months ago and in 5 minutes online I had it cinched. This is a _great_ channel for actual WWII footage in the large number of documentaries you can watch, despite this deviousness, so I subscribed!
Nonsense. American military power had to be split in two for the different theatres, so of course gains and losses in one theatre would affect the other. Did you think the americans had unlimited resources?
Instead of watching on a phone, tablet or TV , rise above that nonsense and watch it on a computer with an ad blocker installed.... it's like the intenet was 20 years ago. Bliss !!!
*Really*? The Japanese NEVER had 4 engine bombers at Pearl Harbor. If you're going to go to all this effort to recreate, should at least do it realistically...
Battle of Midway, ty to the uss nautalis and thr ijn arashi the uss Enterprise and uss Hornet manage to achieve the best pay off from the gable to attack the carriers at their most vulnerable and 3 carrier got taken out, had just 1 bomb hit the 4 carrier yorktown would made it back to pearl 100%
You should do a feature on Hiroshi Funasaka right now. He is a soldier in the Japanese army, but he is superhuman like the protagonist of a COD or battlefield series campaign.
I love your channel but what's with the clickbait title? 10 minutes in and were talking about the Russians and the Germans and the fighting in Europe! What's up with that?
I guess it’s clickbait of a sort, but not at all malicious….I say this because I really love the huge number of WWII documentaries they have, with very few ads, if any. This is the series “Battlefied,” which began airing on Netflix (I think) about 5 years ago. Each episode very briefly covered *3 different battles* lasting about 20 minutes each; when it was released, they put *3 episodes* on each DVD. This channel has never put the right episode titles when they created uploads, and now it seems they’re mixing episodes up in these 2.5 hour long videos and are giving the title for ONE of the DVDs. Sorry this is long, but if it helps you it may help others!
A valid documentary is the sharing of information in video format. That's it. The information doesn't need to be true. If that were the case, we wouldn't have a documentary on dragons. Documentaries about history? The information needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Because history is written by the winners, and doesn't mean that it's all fact about what happened.
All the people who keep saying that history is written by the victors, never come up with any evidence that the allies distorted or lied about anything, in terms of history. No evidence. Nothing. The Axis nations were the only ones who tried to keep unfolding events a secret from their own populations.
I don’t understand your question…..are you talking about the convoys on the Atlantic?? That would be because aircraft carriers are so much huger than any ship around them, which would make them a really easy target for the German subs. So, if they sank a carrier, it would take quite a long time to replace it (especially early in the war); the US would have lost the incredibly specialized ship’s crew; they would have lost a huge number of extremely experienced pilots and flight crews AND planes; and the US didn’t have any carriers to spare at that time, and especially just after Pearl Harbor. LOTS of excellent reasons! I just hope that was your question, lol!
@@voraciousreader3341 We had carriers with the convoys, just not fleet carriers. Ranger in particular was repurposed for anti-submarine work and all the various escort carrier classes were designed around that, absolutely did convoy protection.
After Pearl Harbor many Japanese soldiers were reduced to Noodle Sauce. Our American Military with the most advanced weapons and equipment made Duck 🦆 Stew out of Countless Japanese Soldiers.
Great channel but please do away with the map plotting…it really adds nothing with two guys standing there moving chips around and trying to look menacing!
*The “War Stories” channel does not produce content…..they upload DVDs from documentaries.* In this documentary, the producers decided to use this very format. So if you don’t like it, don’t watch it….nothing can be done about it now. And there a lot of people like me who enjoy having a visual orientation for troop emplacements.
@user-xd6gu9ki4d Actually there is a connection. America entering the War set the American Arsenal of Democracy in motion. Not only did Lend Lease help supply the Red Army, but over half of German industrial production went to wage the war in the West, diverting needed resources from the Ostheer.
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If the Japanese war cabinet hadn't been absolute A-holes, they would have sued for peace after Midway. The Japanese war plan called for something they called "Kito Buki" or some such which meant facing down the enemy in one huge decisive fleet battle, as they had done with Russia in 1905. Well, MIdway WAS that "decisive battle" just with aircraft carriers not battleships, and they lost, Big Time.
What you mean is "kantai kessen" or Decisive Battle. The Japanese got that decisive battle. Over and over again. The decisions were just not in their favor.
They should have switched positions between Montgomery and Patton. Market Garden would never have fallen on its face if it's even had taken place. Patton was the best general of the war in my opinion
What about the bombing of Hannover? I know for sure that Hannover was also considered a prime target because of its industry. In particular, the Pelican Fountain Pen Ink Factory where Grandmother was employed on days when she wasn't turning grenades at the other end of town. Knowing that the pen could be more powerful than the sword. At least on days when British bombs weren't religiously punctually falling. 😧
@frankkoslowski6917 What about it. Germany started the War and began bombing Polish towns and cities on the first day. Harris was absolutely correct. "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put that rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
a third world nation with a silkworm... instead it slapped USA in the face took its markets took the US war dept and made US a vassal it was the best race war for Japan.. USA is mass cult of TV morons now and homeless... sheesh at least it has learned respect for Japan though
@donbrashsux That's an alternate history question. The first step is to imagine how that could happen. A peace faction in the military, backed by the emperor would need to predominate. They would instruct their diplomats in the US to do what was necessary end the embargo, and to avoid war. They would be willing to give up claims to mainland China.
@@DennisSullivan-om3oo USA is relentless imperialist that would have invaded anyway USA was dealing drugs in China and India thank god Japan shut them down USA is the vassal now
Wtf less than 10 minutes in and talking about the European theatre? Im done with channel posting click bait titles and splicing the same cable docs together
That’s the channel’s fault….this is a really great and quite recent series which I believe was on Netflix, and they covered three 20 minute videos for each episodes, and three episodes in one DVD, if people wanted to buy them. This is _really_ a fabulous channel if you’re interested in WWII with great videos, but I think they’re re-uploading the battles in different combinations to increase views.
"...the red army blast and batters the german barbarians to the east.." - later history showed who was the real barbarian and occupant. All western countries should, to this day, feel embarissed and ashamed for Yalta conference and betrayal of their allies.
@Unseen_Hejcior That is unfair. Yalta had its faults. But the post-War situation was determined by the fact that the Red Army controlled Eastern Europe. Yalta did not turn it oer to them. They won it on the battlefield at great cost. Yalta simply recognized this reality.
That’s the whole point of a surprise attack! And it isn’t totally cowardly, but it was foolhardy. I find the psychology of the situation extremely interesting, especially as regards Admiral Yamamoto….he had stated definitely and repeatedly that the attack on Pearl Harbor was foolish, because he got his degree at Harvard, he’d traveled widely in the US, and he’d even worked as a naval attaché in Washington. He knew our size, our factories and natural resources, and he even studied aircraft carriers which resulted in the Japanese navy adopting them and creating the Zero. The army thought that when the US Navy was destroyed, the government would be so disheartened that they’d sue for peace (which actually happened previously with Imperial Russia). Yamamoto knew better, but eventually he accepted that it was going to happen, he couldn’t stop it, so he let his loyalty to his country triumph over his common sense. Cool, huh? That’s what you get when you read books! 😊
@@voraciousreader3341 Yamamoto did not have a Harvard degree. When you are in the military, you follow orders. And the orders were war with America. Expecting America to make peace after such an attack shows that Yamamoto despite his time in America did not understand the American character--at least the American character in 1941.
@@voraciousreader3341 The Japanese and Brits had carriers before the USA did, poppet. Seems like you’ve been reading the “Billy Big Hat ‘N’ Banjo Bumper Book O’ ‘Murcan Bullsh*t”. Toodlepip.
Were it not for the "Murcans" you would not exist. To disrespect those who saved your existence with silly attempts at insult is a habit of the most ignorant and unenlightened among us@@robertcottam8824
What all of ‘em who fought the Axis powers were Yanks? Someone should tell the Brits, Aussies, Indians, Canadians, Chinese, Poles… Cut out the “Big Hat ‘n’ Banjo” garbage, son.
He didn't suggest that all who fought the axis were yanks. Get a basic course in reading comprehension. Another rude, empty, garbage comment, "son"@@robertcottam8824
the battle of lake changjin top office box world war 2 original color footage with song is better watch withe your head phone on you yes you war stories go and go washing feed for that guy take off the second party face and voice add better sound
Please just do the strategic visual with a computer, and ditch this corny staring match BS. I don’t watch these video types specifically because of this ridiculous format.
@@michaelmiddleton578 “And yet…then don’t” What part of “I don’t watch these video types” do you not understand. Not all of their videos are like this. I don’t watch these, and I told them why. If you’re entertained by this simplistic BS that’s fine, I’m not. FYI, This is RUclips “Comments” not “Positive Comments Only,” a.k.a. echo chamber.
@Acer_Maximinus ...and yet - I could care less what videos you like...lol..again - if you don't like a video -> then just don't watch it...your comment about how you don't like someone's content will get you laughed at because you are still watching it....
These narrators love to tell how great the Japanese were great an tenacious fighters. All I see are cowards that were confronted by school children. Their Biggest mistake was going to war with the U S and the proof was these battles. They never won a single battle from day one. They were good at mass murder but war,never.
@angusmackaskill3035 Who are all these innocent civilians. Are workers building Zero fighters innocent civilians? Or are civilians receiving military instruction as part of the Ketsugo program innocent civilians?. I would agree with you if Japan was not bombing innocent civilians, but they began bombing civilians in 1931 and killing huge numbers of civilians, especially in China, Once a country bombs other countries and uses WMDs than America has every right, actually a moral responsibility to respond. The Japanese killed some 20 million Asians BEFORE we dropped the atomic bombs and zero Asians AFTER the bombs fell. In fact the use of the atomic bombs saved countless Japanese lives. It is easy to make woke criticisms. Just how would you have ended the War in a more humane' fashion?
Hmmm. The A-bombs kept the Russians out of Japan. The ‘Murcans had to end it quickly before Ivan invaded. The Russians took more territory from the Japanese in four days than the Americans had in four years.
wtf, "The Key Battles of the Pacific War" and 10 minutes into the video and we're talking about the German/Russian front [rolls eyes].
I don’t get it, They are like all these different documentaries spliced together..
Hahahaha I thought the same thing.Still, it's a great documentary.
@2:15:00, the historian said that all of the Allied generals were taken by surprise because of the German offensive in the Ardennes, but that’s not true! General Patton “had a feeling” that the Germans were gearing up for something, so he already had his officers setting up 3 different contingency plans to go north, even though his troops were fighting an east-west campaign. That’s why he was able to turn his tanks and other vehicles 90 degrees and get them on the road north-they arrived in 48 hours-and his infantry started the day after the tanks and got there in 72 hours. CRAZY
Its even worse, Allied reconnaissance had on several attempts spotted the buildup, but the idea of an offensive was 'foolishly' dismissed on most occasions.
🤣 What utter, delightful nonsense🤣
Thanks for the giggle.
🙏Bless you, poppet.🙏
If you base your understanding of history on what you see in movies, you will never know history. Patton did not "have a feeling," nor did he "predict" the Ardennes offensive, nor did he or his staff make plans to counter an anticipated offensive by the Germans in the Ardennes before it happened, nor did he ever claim to do any of these things. The movie "Patton" is not real life, voracious.
I love the guys moving the map markers. Their expressions are priceless.
“…the guys…”
That corny BS is what makes these videos unwatchable.🤦♂️
@@Acer_Maximinusagreed. Feels like this channel would be better off just showing more footage from the events, like the rest of the video. Don’t understand the need to remove me from the realism by showing me what looks like two dudes playing an intense board game.
Right Steve, all you get out of these amazing recreations is the expressions of the actors...what a kook. you must be a teenager!
the number of humans lost in and around Leningrad and Stalingrad combined its absolutely staggering
The amount of men and women in WW2 that was lost, on both sides, even more staggering.
The saying is the war was won with British intelligence coups, American material production, and Russian Bodies.
And always count the civilians! Often they are not included in the casualties of the armies.
It is also a fantastic waste of everyone's time
@@jrdsm ?
Long and great material,thanks for that!
The whole shebang is long, but they only spend 10-20 minutes per battle, or even per offensive, which is _NOTHING._ I know this is going to surprise you, but *the only way anybody learns ANYTHING about a subject as complex as WWII is to READ.*. They could have spent all 2.5 hours on the Battle of Midway, and it wouldn’t have been _nearly_ enough to tell what happened. This is “education” for lazy people.
Minute 1:22 The Battle of Crete - you know the day and the minute your enemy will be flying in paratroops AND STILL YOUR LOSE?????????
yep, Jeff...wish you were there to set things right, JOKE!
Aw shucks, bubba. If you think ‘Murcan troops are even a fraction as good as Aussies and Kiwis, you’ve overdosed on McDonalds Lard-burgers (with extra lard and lard dressing).
You won’t find many folk outside ‘Murca who’d swap ten of you flubby blubber-lubbers for a single Maori.
That’s why you lose so many wars: Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Somalia, Eye-raq, Afghanistan…
Pip pip!
I had no idea that "The Key Battles Of The Pacific War" took place in the Atlantic, North Africa, and eastern Europe!! I bet Hirohito didn't even know he was beat by generals Montgomery and Zukov. Seriously. I guess the only way we have of dissuading you for using these deceptive titles is to vote the videos down, as I have done and encourage everyone else to do as well.
It's upsetting, isn't it? They did the same about three years ago. There isn't enough coverage of the Pacific theater on YT. I'd love to see a detailed docu on the Battle of the Philippine Sea! It was only the largest carrier batter in f-ing history!
Lolz
Have you ever served in an infantry unit? Ever served in a forward area. Ever put your life in another man's hands...ask him to put his life in yours? We follow orders. We follow orders or people die. It's that simple. Are we clear? ARE WE CLEAR?!
@@devanishant What? How does that further the conversation? I did not serve.
@@ryanreedgibson We live in a world with walls. Those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's going to do it? You Ryan? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. Deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall! You need me on that wall!
England stood alone for two years! it must have been so frightening. I respect them so much
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England Get Very Busy with Hitler's Invade in Euro
Not alone mate.
I never get tired watching this documentary /history movies.
same,been watching them since 1980ish too and never bored!Funny that as with other programs this is impossible but for these History films its very diffrent.
Long and great material,thanks for that!
Hello from Scotland ✋
The stories of our great grandfathers will never be forgotten , this is how their stories have gone along , painful memories , deaths , patience , sacrifice to uphold peace and humanity , . we are greatful for this triump because history will only be ONCE
Hey whats cooking good looking.
I love these stories thank you very much
Great Video
Super Informative documentary about WW2...with an excellent explanation of specific circumstances of each selected campaign ....thank you for sharing
Oh, come on! There is so much left out of each battle covered, with only about 20 minutes to cover each one! That’s next to nothing! One of the historians said that none of the Allied generals were expecting the German offensive because they already thought they were out of the war, so the the Ardenne offensive totally took them by surprise….General Patton _WAS_ thinking Germany was up to something, so before he went to the meeting of the generals to plan who was going to Bastogne, he had told his staff to draw up 3 contingency plans for turning north. That was why he and his troops were able to pull off the unprecedented feat of turning 90 degrees and taking only 2 days for tanks and other mechanized vehicles to get there, and 72 hours for his infantry! Patton relieved Bastogne along with air cover once it stopped snowing, ffs, and his troops did a great deal to turn the German offensive back! This never even get the barest mention in this silly documentaries, and I have no idea why. They make you feel like you’re learning, but you’re not….reading books is the only way to understand this war.
@@voraciousreader3341 Nothing wrong with a brief overviews of the battles. There are plenty of in-depth documentaries about all of these battles if that is what you are looking for. What is annoying is the constant cutting out to the guys playing some stupid board game.
@mohammedsaysrashid3587 A lot of woke nonsense about Harris and Bomber Command.
@@MrNiceGuyHistory Fair point, but there is something wrong with spreading woke nonsense as part of the summary such as when they discuss Harris and Bomber Command.
I basically live to watch 2 old men move poker chips around on a bumber-pool table, while they stare menacingly at one another. Thank you for this.
They’re not OLD, you silly person! They’re maybe in their 40s-which you will find out sooner than you think-is NOT old!
zero brain!
I can't take it seriously because of this lol
Misleading title - This video mixes in a great deal of battles from the European theater
I love these history stories but I always sleep off I've watched this like 10 times but I always fall asleep and do a rewind and still fall asleep repeatedly
So, I guess actually reading about this war would do the same, huh?
The Dieppe Raid - I had no idea Dickie Mountbatten planned it. That explains EVERTYTHING! And he was only just getting warmed up: once he was in charge of Indian and Pakistani independence, the disaster that was the Partition of India was bound to happen - 15 million displaced people and at a minimum, 1 million massacred.
@jeffersonwright9275 Why always blame Britain. Put blame where blame deserves t be placed -- on the Indians.
6:15 of the twenty aircrafts destroyed the twenty was in the second wave.
A Testament to American soldiers who were ready by the second wave.
First wave: surprise!
second wave: surprise back!
The first wave was detected on radar but they thought it was a returning flight of B17s, so don’t give them too much credit.
I just made a short video on the Manhattan project and Oppenheimer. At the end of the day it was the decisive event that ended the war in the Pacific
No it wasn't, after Nagasaki Japan didn't surrender. Two days later we flew hundreds of b29s back and forth over Japan. Then they surrendered
@HistoryfortheAges - Are you saying that you just now figured that out?? Your comment suggests it, but I have news for you….every man in the Allied invasion force being assembled on Okinawa-especially the US Marines who’d borne the brunt of the island hopping Pacific campaign-knew after the bombs were dropped that they were saved. My father was in charge of an amphibious tractor that would have aided in the landings, and the dropping of the bombs was absolutely his favorite part of the war. So you’re 78 years behind the times. I won’t be watching your video.
@voraciousreader3341 why do you think I just figurd that out? I actually have spoken to several WWII vets who made it clear that the bomb saved their lives. I was referring to the recent Oppenheimer video I made, not what I have been teaching about for 25 years
@@kennypool Yes it did. It convinced the Emperor.
@@voraciousreader3341 Absolutely correct. And the bombs saved countless Japanese lives.
The Key Battels of the Pacific.
Then on the Front of Kiev at the 2WW.
Was suprised about that.
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Can someone please tell me why Battles fought in the mediterrenean sea and eastern europe are "Key battles of the pacific war"???
What irritates me about Guadalcanal documentaries is failure to mention the Army contribution. Dad served with Army Americal Division artillery on Guadalcanal. His battery of six inch long range guns gave artillery support for Marines defending Henderson field and hitting Admiral Tanaka's resupply convoys, AKA the Tokyo Express. Dad explained to me about the coriolis effect where with long range artillery fire, you had to account for the rotation of the Earth during the flight of the artillery shells. This can be demoed at one thousand yards with a rifle.
Because: Macarther, his ego and his bumbling during the PTO
Americal (23rd Infantry Division) and the 25th Infantry Division (Tropical Lightning) were both involved in heavy fighting on Guadalcanal. This has often been the case -- the USMC has been far better at self-promotion since World War I.
@andybreglia9431 Absolutely correct. But is was the First Marine Division that landed with World War I equipment and minimal supplies. they fought it out with the Japanese for two months before the first Amy units arrived--part of that time on half rations.
@@MLA56 Well the USMC with scarce supplies fought it out with the Japanese for two months before the Army arrived. I think they can be forgiven for a little self promotion.
12:30 A little interesting history involving Vatutin... The SB OUN, as part of the larger Ukrainian Insurgent Army, ended up ambushing Nikolai Vatutin (1st Ukrainian General) in Mikhalkivtsi on February 28, 1944, while he was headed to Slavuta in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Both of these area's were well behind enemy lines, but the OUN Security Service must have been keeping close tab's on him, because they killed most of the general's bodyguard, and Vatutin ended up with blood poisoning from his wound's. He died of sepsis in Kiev about 6 weeks later, and was replaced by the more well known Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union. In November 2014, the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory included Vatutin on the list of "persons involved in the struggle against Ukraine's independence, the organization of famines, and political repressions." The monument created for him in 1948 located in Mariinskyi Park, Kyiv, Ukraine, was demolished on February 9th, 2023.
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The turning point in the pacific was when the first bomb fell on Pearl harbor.
@JamesMaccomas Absolutely correct.
Title is misleading.
Hmmmmmm. Very nice documentary.
Esto es una buena historia sobre la gerra y batallas del pacífico EEUUU y JAPON en la 2 gerra mundial .
Con aprecio
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Great Documentary but confused how the title is "key battles of the Pacific War" and multiple battles take place in Atlantic, Mediterranean, and European Theatres.
Guadalcanal-Stalingrad: Mirror turning points.
@Aenntw Yes and no. The dimensions of the two battles were radically different.
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Battle of Britain, El Alamein… First RAF 1000 Bomber Raids on Germany… The successful landings on Sword, Juno, Gold and Utah Beaches… The Aussies stop the Japanese in New Guinea…
Midway, too.
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it's ridiculous blurring things out there is a lot worse out there
(2:22) An atomic bomb explosion on Okinawa? *really*?!?!🤣
Almost half of the battles mentioned had no impact on the Pacific War...they've uploaded these same "most important battles of WW2" at least 3 times now O_O
This is a very recent series which was on Netflix (I think, maybe other platforms, too), and it aired in order with each battle getting about 20 minutes, and about 60 minutes per DVD, which is horrifically, terribly short….nobody can learn _anything_ by watching documentaries because the war was fought on so many fronts and was so _BLOODY COMPLEX._ But I notice that people think reading is too taxing for their brains. They’ll wish they’d started the habit when they get to age 65 or so! Anyway, this channel keeps uploading the episodes in different combinations to increase views, which I wouldn’t know, but I got really annoyed 3 months ago and in 5 minutes online I had it cinched. This is a _great_ channel for actual WWII footage in the large number of documentaries you can watch, despite this deviousness, so I subscribed!
Nonsense. American military power had to be split in two for the different theatres, so of course gains and losses in one theatre would affect the other. Did you think the americans had unlimited resources?
3 adds before 6 minute mark... yup BUBYE!
Instead of watching on a phone, tablet or TV , rise above that nonsense and watch it on a computer with an ad blocker installed.... it's like the intenet was 20 years ago. Bliss !!!
*Really*? The Japanese NEVER had 4 engine bombers at Pearl Harbor. If you're going to go to all this effort to recreate, should at least do it realistically...
British ineptness @ that time . RIP fallen of Dieppe
Battle of Midway, ty to the uss nautalis and thr ijn arashi the uss Enterprise and uss Hornet manage to achieve the best pay off from the gable to attack the carriers at their most vulnerable and 3 carrier got taken out, had just 1 bomb hit the 4 carrier yorktown would made it back to pearl 100%
If any one hasn't seen the movie "tora, tora, tora" watch it for a movie it's really close to what actually happened
You should do a feature on Hiroshi Funasaka right now. He is a soldier in the Japanese army, but he is superhuman like the protagonist of a COD or battlefield series campaign.
Why is there visual screens showing our history of battles fought ?
First preparation for Islands to be anguished
I love your channel but what's with the clickbait title? 10 minutes in and were talking about the Russians and the Germans and the fighting in Europe! What's up with that?
I guess it’s clickbait of a sort, but not at all malicious….I say this because I really love the huge number of WWII documentaries they have, with very few ads, if any. This is the series “Battlefied,” which began airing on Netflix (I think) about 5 years ago. Each episode very briefly covered *3 different battles* lasting about 20 minutes each; when it was released, they put *3 episodes* on each DVD. This channel has never put the right episode titles when they created uploads, and now it seems they’re mixing episodes up in these 2.5 hour long videos and are giving the title for ONE of the DVDs. Sorry this is long, but if it helps you it may help others!
Having back ground music in the foreground (competing with narrators voice) annoying .
shut it off
Don't know how the battle of the bulge is part of the Pacific war 😂
I have a friend who’s father was at Dieppe. He claims that the Allie’s did in fact capture the ignigma machine.
Nah. I was there. We couldn't find it. We couldn't even spell it.
@@devanishant Such an Enigma that even its correct spelling was a mystery.
@raymondschlichting6778 By1942 capturing an Enigma machine was not all that important, certainly not justifying the enormous casualties. .
The sound editing on this is horrible. There are periodic blasts of a radio type voice. Otherwise, a most wonderful and thorough presentation.
The winners write history
@MADNESS084 I suggest t=you look at American historiography after the Civil War.
A valid documentary is the sharing of information in video format. That's it. The information doesn't need to be true.
If that were the case, we wouldn't have a documentary on dragons. Documentaries about history? The information needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Because history is written by the winners, and doesn't mean that it's all fact about what happened.
All the people who keep saying that history is written by the victors, never come up with any evidence that the allies distorted or lied about anything, in terms of history.
No evidence. Nothing. The Axis nations were the only ones who tried to keep unfolding events a secret from their own populations.
I think in the intro there was Korea.
I wanted to watch a Pacific Theatre documentary? If i wanted Western Front, I would click a Western Front documentary...
Came to see the Key Battles of the Pacific War. Saw North African, European and Eastern European Theaters. Click bait.
Why didn't we send aircraft carrier with convoy? All needed in the Pacific?
I don’t understand your question…..are you talking about the convoys on the Atlantic?? That would be because aircraft carriers are so much huger than any ship around them, which would make them a really easy target for the German subs. So, if they sank a carrier, it would take quite a long time to replace it (especially early in the war); the US would have lost the incredibly specialized ship’s crew; they would have lost a huge number of extremely experienced pilots and flight crews AND planes; and the US didn’t have any carriers to spare at that time, and especially just after Pearl Harbor. LOTS of excellent reasons! I just hope that was your question, lol!
@@voraciousreader3341 We had carriers with the convoys, just not fleet carriers. Ranger in particular was repurposed for anti-submarine work and all the various escort carrier classes were designed around that, absolutely did convoy protection.
@@voraciousreader3341 Absolutely correct which the Royal Navy learned early in the War. This led to the development of jeep carriers.
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Urang mah hungkul manehna mah bukan tutup satu..
My grandfather flew "the hump" in ww2
Terrible war! Have mercy Lord Jesus!
After Pearl Harbor many Japanese soldiers were reduced to Noodle Sauce.
Our American Military with the most advanced weapons and equipment made Duck 🦆 Stew out of Countless Japanese Soldiers.
Great channel but please do away with the map plotting…it really adds nothing with two guys standing there moving chips around and trying to look menacing!
*The “War Stories” channel does not produce content…..they upload DVDs from documentaries.* In this documentary, the producers decided to use this very format. So if you don’t like it, don’t watch it….nothing can be done about it now. And there a lot of people like me who enjoy having a visual orientation for troop emplacements.
Incorrect title its all about germany NOT Japanese!!!
Yamamoto didn't make the "sleeping giant" comment.
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This video is insane. What is the connection between an event in December 1941 and a Russo/German battle in Ukraine in 1943?
@user-xd6gu9ki4d Actually there is a connection. America entering the War set the American Arsenal of Democracy in motion. Not only did Lend Lease help supply the Red Army, but over half of German industrial production went to wage the war in the West, diverting needed resources from the Ostheer.
All the events of WW2 are connected, fundamentally and critically. The video is not insane, your question is ridiculous.
No mention of the biggest defeat of the IJA inflicted by the Indian and British forces?
But you left out the ardenne forest
It’s there, under “The Battle of the Bulge” (this is what the Western Allies called it), starting at 2:11:30.
7:20 💀 this is by far one of the worst pearl harbor documentaries ive watched.
Ukraine will win this conflict!!! They will pay the price of freedom.
Terrible HEART BREAKING WAR. GOD ALMIGHTY. LORD JESUS CHRIST HAVE MERCY. LORD JESUS CHRIST SAVE SOULS. LORD JESUS CHRIST GIVE PEOPLE POWER TO REPENT TO CALL UPON YOU FATHER GOD TO PRAY TO YOU AND ASK YOU FOR HELP AND PRECIOUS LOVE UPON EACH PEOPLE. PROTECT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND MEN. HELP THEM SEEK YOU PRECIOUS LORD JESUS, FORGIVE THEM FOR THEIR SINS THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
If the Japanese war cabinet hadn't been absolute A-holes, they would have sued for peace after Midway. The Japanese war plan called for something they called "Kito Buki" or some such which meant facing down the enemy in one huge decisive fleet battle, as they had done with Russia in 1905. Well, MIdway WAS that "decisive battle" just with aircraft carriers not battleships, and they lost, Big Time.
Do you mean the "Kidō Butai"? That was the Japanese name for its combined carrier strike force.
What you mean is "kantai kessen" or Decisive Battle. The Japanese got that decisive battle. Over and over again. The decisions were just not in their favor.
The two guys playing on the board is so cringy lol
Not nearly as cringy as someone still using the term cringy.
@glenmiller4273 haha, okay cool guy 😂
And you wonde why Gen Patto n had a bad attitude against the Brits.
They should have switched positions between Montgomery and Patton. Market Garden would never have fallen on its face if it's even had taken place. Patton was the best general of the war in my opinion
@davidcarroll2451 America and Britain had issues, but the Anglo-American alliance was the greatest military alliance in history.
Too bad some of these are out of order; Midway was far before Leyte Gulf.
What about the bombing of Hannover?
I know for sure that Hannover was also considered a prime target because of its industry.
In particular, the Pelican Fountain Pen Ink Factory where Grandmother was employed on days when she wasn't turning grenades at the other end of town.
Knowing that the pen could be more powerful than the sword.
At least on days when British bombs weren't religiously punctually falling. 😧
@frankkoslowski6917 What about it. Germany started the War and began bombing Polish towns and cities on the first day. Harris was absolutely correct. "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put that rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatu, ABANG sekalian.
10 minutes in, I stopped watching, when this switched to the European theater, which is counter to the title! Do this again and I'll unsubscribe!!!
It's sleeping giant was awakened
Would Japan be where it is today if it hadn’t gone to war ?
Are you suggesting that the war was good for Japan?
a third world nation with a silkworm...
instead it slapped USA in the face
took its markets
took the US war dept and made US a vassal
it was the best race war for Japan..
USA is mass cult of TV morons now and homeless...
sheesh
at least it has learned respect for Japan though
@@DennisSullivan-om3ooI love war. War with Japan, that’s my favorite war
@donbrashsux That's an alternate history question. The first step is to imagine how that could happen. A peace faction in the military, backed by the emperor would need to predominate. They would instruct their diplomats in the US to do what was necessary end the embargo, and to avoid war. They would be willing to give up claims to mainland China.
@@DennisSullivan-om3oo USA is relentless imperialist that would have invaded anyway
USA was dealing drugs in China and India
thank god Japan shut them down
USA is the vassal now
great that they use meaninglessly colored pieces on the war map. Really make it clear who is who.
once again history hit has blurred images. i shall not history hit again.
Wtf less than 10 minutes in and talking about the European theatre? Im done with channel posting click bait titles and splicing the same cable docs together
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So the last 8 mins are about the Pacific the rest is Europe
That’s the channel’s fault….this is a really great and quite recent series which I believe was on Netflix, and they covered three 20 minute videos for each episodes, and three episodes in one DVD, if people wanted to buy them. This is _really_ a fabulous channel if you’re interested in WWII with great videos, but I think they’re re-uploading the battles in different combinations to increase views.
"...the red army blast and batters the german barbarians to the east.." - later history showed who was the real barbarian and occupant.
All western countries should, to this day, feel embarissed and ashamed for Yalta conference and betrayal of their allies.
There was no 'real' barbarian, they *both* were, but the nazis bit off way more than they could chew and it was them who got beat down.
@Unseen_Hejcior That is unfair. Yalta had its faults. But the post-War situation was determined by the fact that the Red Army controlled Eastern Europe. Yalta did not turn it oer to them. They won it on the battlefield at great cost. Yalta simply recognized this reality.
6:42 it says a lot about the cowardice of the Japanese that they retreated after their own surprise attack
That’s the whole point of a surprise attack! And it isn’t totally cowardly, but it was foolhardy. I find the psychology of the situation extremely interesting, especially as regards Admiral Yamamoto….he had stated definitely and repeatedly that the attack on Pearl Harbor was foolish, because he got his degree at Harvard, he’d traveled widely in the US, and he’d even worked as a naval attaché in Washington. He knew our size, our factories and natural resources, and he even studied aircraft carriers which resulted in the Japanese navy adopting them and creating the Zero. The army thought that when the US Navy was destroyed, the government would be so disheartened that they’d sue for peace (which actually happened previously with Imperial Russia). Yamamoto knew better, but eventually he accepted that it was going to happen, he couldn’t stop it, so he let his loyalty to his country triumph over his common sense. Cool, huh? That’s what you get when you read books! 😊
@@voraciousreader3341 Yamamoto did not have a Harvard degree. When you are in the military, you follow orders. And the orders were war with America. Expecting America to make peace after such an attack shows that Yamamoto despite his time in America did not understand the American character--at least the American character in 1941.
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The Japanese and Brits had carriers before the USA did, poppet. Seems like you’ve been reading the “Billy Big Hat ‘N’ Banjo Bumper Book O’ ‘Murcan Bullsh*t”.
Toodlepip.
Were it not for the "Murcans" you would not exist. To disrespect those who saved your existence with silly attempts at insult is a habit of the most ignorant and unenlightened among us@@robertcottam8824
True American heroes
What all of ‘em who fought the Axis powers were Yanks?
Someone should tell the Brits, Aussies, Indians, Canadians, Chinese, Poles…
Cut out the “Big Hat ‘n’ Banjo” garbage, son.
All is good my friend
He didn't suggest that all who fought the axis were yanks. Get a basic course in reading comprehension.
Another rude, empty, garbage comment, "son"@@robertcottam8824
The two guys smirking at each other over a bland map table is stupid and a waste of film.
If you continue to add more and more and more ads I will stop using RUclips just to let you know it’s getting a bit repetitive
Sometimes they break the ads blocks for some films if you don't blink with your eyes.
Misleading Title 👎
The famous Pacific Battle of El Alimain
oh, lord please forgive us...another joke from a teenager
100 years from then ,USa still flexing their muscles about PH.
@wheyprotein7134 The world is a lot better place today because America has been flexing its mussels about.
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the battle of lake changjin top office box world war 2 original color footage with song is better watch withe your head phone on you yes you war stories go and go washing feed for that guy take off the second party face and voice add better sound
Talk about clickbait
no grade 10 drop out in 2023
Please just do the strategic visual with a computer, and ditch this corny staring match BS.
I don’t watch these video types specifically because of this ridiculous format.
And yet - here you are...lol..seriously though, if you don't like them (videos) for whatever reason --> then don't watch them..
Your right, i dont watch the bs either
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“And yet…then don’t”
What part of “I don’t watch these video types” do you not understand.
Not all of their videos are like this.
I don’t watch these, and I told them why.
If you’re entertained by this simplistic BS that’s fine, I’m not.
FYI, This is RUclips “Comments” not “Positive Comments Only,” a.k.a. echo chamber.
@Acer_Maximinus ...and yet - I could care less what videos you like...lol..again - if you don't like a video -> then just don't watch it...your comment about how you don't like someone's content will get you laughed at because you are still watching it....
@jaywolfdesigns ....ok...but no one really cares..just as much as caring for those that do. Lol
These narrators love to tell how great the Japanese were great an tenacious fighters.
All I see are cowards that were confronted by school children.
Their Biggest mistake was going to war with the U S and the proof was these battles. They never won a single battle from day one. They were good at mass murder but war,never.
I don’t think any man that fights in a jungle could ever be called a coward ..
@MichaelMitchell-nv4lf The Japanese wee not cowards, but they were inhuman.
I’m not sure that the American garrison of the Philippines would agree with you, sweetie.
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The guys playing with toys is dumB! Just give information!
u not up 2 date. pearl habour was knowen about long before it happend. keep on ruminating
@kayschmitz1155 Nonsense. I suggest you read a few real history books. Richard Frank's books would be a good start.
That simply isn’t true, poppet. Stop spreading conspiracy nonsense. It makes you seem silly.
Dropping weapons of mass destruction on innocent civilians with no strategic military gain.
@angusmackaskill3035 Who are all these innocent civilians. Are workers building Zero fighters innocent civilians? Or are civilians receiving military instruction as part of the Ketsugo program innocent civilians?. I would agree with you if Japan was not bombing innocent civilians, but they began bombing civilians in 1931 and killing huge numbers of civilians, especially in China, Once a country bombs other countries and uses WMDs than America has every right, actually a moral responsibility to respond. The Japanese killed some 20 million Asians BEFORE we dropped the atomic bombs and zero Asians AFTER the bombs fell. In fact the use of the atomic bombs saved countless Japanese lives. It is easy to make woke criticisms. Just how would you have ended the War in a more humane' fashion?
Hmmm. The A-bombs kept the Russians out of Japan. The ‘Murcans had to end it quickly before Ivan invaded.
The Russians took more territory from the Japanese in four days than the Americans had in four years.
Typical woke revisionist bullsh!t.