This really points out the insane pace of weapons development during that time. A tank from 1935 was "out dated." Yet the Abrams is now 40 years old (yes there have been upgrades) but that design is considered modern.
Wow. I live in the Island of Luzon here in the Philippines! Thank you for sharing this history. It's from the province of Pangasinan, City of Urdaneta.
It is important to note that Japan did have tanks that would have been worthy oppontents for the sherman ( the Chi-Nu and the Chi-To) however, these tanks were held back for the expected invasion of the home islands and thus saw no service. There are also several other tank models that may have been produced, however there is no concrete evidence if they were or not due to the Japanese decision to destroy almost all blueprints and prototype vehicles before they surrendered.
Talk about Operation Paul Bunyan, the time we almost went back to war with the US over a tree. And how one of the soldiers that participated became the current leader of South Korea
As I mentioned in the previous video, Shermans were the Tiger tank of the Pacific and it was the Japanese were having to adopt the Shermans tactics. One thing I did wonder is how much experience the US Marines have supporting tanks and did they support those Shermans as they advanced?
In the Pacific, the Marines being supported by the Shermans also had to protect the tanks since the Japanese employed close-quarter anti-tank units that include flamethrowers and anti-tank suicidal lunge mines. From experience, the Shermans were vulnerable to close engagements when unescorted by infantry. The jungle is dense and it is hard for armies to push forward and easy for the enemy to hide. So the Marines have a job to scout ahead of the tanks to find potential bunkers and obstacles in the way while the tank can lend close firepower where air force or naval firepower was unavailable.
the thing is that the battle was already lost by the time the first sherman landed. Japan was fighting a naval war. If you lose control of the sea, its only a matter of time before u lose control of the island
I don't think the infantry supported by the tanks were Marines, as far as I know all the infantry in the campaign was from the Army. The Marines did contribute aviation and artillery assets, but as far as I know no infantry.
Type 97 kai was equipped Type 1 47mm gun could fire rapidly as 37mm/50mm in early war. But even Type 1 can penetrate Sherman's side/rear armor, but that was depended on close range. IJA senior officers/sergeants were hidden/camouflaged their ATGs very well, in order to kill Shermans within few rounds shot; if Japanese shot their ATG slowly or been suppressed, Sherman(even Grant if that's UK army) could turn their "invulnerable" face armor toward Japanese ATGs and destroyed it without doubt. Another common IJA method to deal with Shermans is simple but cruelty, suicide soldier armed with bombs.(Kamikaze was not only from the sky) BTW, in China, kmt army soldiers were also did suicide bomb attack against IJA "tanks", due to lack of ATGs.
Basically the type 97 could fight the Sherman in the same way the Sherman could fight the heavy German tanks. If the Type 97 enjoyed the same numerical superiority, antitank support and air cover the Shermans had in Europe, it would have been enough. I imagine the 97's lighter weight and smaller size would have been an advantage as well, especially in the jungle fighting.
Thank you for doing these videos. Seriously thank you very much. It gives me an insight into what my family had to deal with since they are no longer here to tell the story......honestly even when they where alive I was very young and they did not speak much about the war.
In Europe, many Shermans were facing 88mm and 75mm Towed Guns and Panzergrenadier Infantry armed with Panzerfaust in many obscured locations due to Heavy Tiger-I Tanks have dwindled but the numbers of Panzer IV and Panthers were still numerous. Although, the Shermans in Italy and Europe were more equipped and has more survivability than the Sherman's in the Pacific.
Excellent Episode Indeed. Late in the War the Japanese upgraded their Type 97 model with a bigger turret fitted with a 75 mm main gun and slightly thicker 50 mm Armour, becoming the Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank for the defence of the home islands!
Thanks for the video As you mentioned Nomonhan (Khalkin Gol) I hope that will be a subject of a future video - after all it was the battle that demonstrated Zhukov's expertise.
That's definitely a more impressive encounter than a bunch of Type 95s getting smashed by Shermans on an atoll. The encounter almost mirrors some of the American armor engagements with the Japanese during the invasion in 1941.....tactically successful but ultimately futile
Thanks for keeping these brief. Although it must be very hard to do, it is nice to learn more about this subject and fit it in our day in smaller increments of 5 to 10 minutes.
I love this video so much, as a person who loves japanese tanks and history it really is nice to see some tank to tank action in the pacific, it's rare and barely mentioned in history and I love the fact you made a video about it! Thank you. Also since you've been making vs videos with the M4 Sherman, I know this is wishful thinking but I hope the next video will be about the M4 vs The Type-1 Ho-Ni. I'm not sure if battles between the two happened, but I know a handful did see combat on Luzon as well, so maybe there's a battle I don't know and perhaps you do.
Mark excellent video, as is you're norm. It reminds me of a welterweight champion who had a sparring match with Mike Tyson, for the first thirty seconds he moved, used his jab and he actually began to feel he had a shot then came a rude awakening, a hook to his right kidney.....he could not understand why his legs did not obey and the canvas came up to meet his face. The difference between the type 97 and the Sherman.
The Japanese had some very good designs including the zero. The problem was they did not continue development on any large scale which meant after about a year or two they were outmatched in every regard.. That type 97 next to the sherman looked tiny.
In _Escape From Davao_ by John Lukacs an American POW noted when they were going through Manila in transit to a different camp that all of the city's lamp posts had been stolen by the Japanese and shipped home as scrap metal. With that kind of material desperation, it's no wonder their tanks were so small and thin-skinned.
If the Japanese could get a good position, dug in or on a small hill the 97 actually had good depression. they could do decent damage to the Shermans that were in short supply. I recall a battle on an island where Japanese tank crews used that to their advantage. The Japanese had the first production diesel engine tanks, along with lots of interesting little developments they made. The joke about Their tank's loses a little weight if you look at the R&D teams and what *could have been. It is funny how the Sherman was in smaller numbers in the pacific and was almost the equivalent to a Panther or Tiger facing a regular M4 when compared to the tanks it had to face.
So tempted to dig through the NARA archives. I've heard horror stories about just how badly sorted things can be so maybe I'll just leave this to Mr. Felton and his excellent ability to tell the stories.
Now, can you talk about the worst urban battle in the Asian/Pacific theater during WW2. The one fought in Manila, the Philippines. Specifically the equipment used by both sides to level the city to the ground. Thanks!
We filipinos would always be grateful for the american soldiers who fought and lost their lives for our country's freedom. It would be great if you could cover the Siege of Bataan and the Ranger's and Guerrilla's raid on Cabanatuan POW camp too!
There was a plan to put the same 47mm AT gun into the hull of the Ha-Go as an even lower-profile casemate tank destroyer. Probably would've been a serious threat considering it's so tiny.
Mark, although, much of what you post is archival video, nothing wrong with that, and many of the stories have been around a long time now ( depends on how historically curious people are), i like your short, to the point, 5-6 minute presentations . with some colored comments.. i find them refreshingly plain :) much appreciated keep them coming
@@Roller_Ghoster that is true it even dwarfs the titanic. about 1,239 registered survivors out of the estimated 10,000 that were on the wilhelm gustloff that were saved
@@Roller_Ghoster It was, and 5 000 of the 10 000 deaths were children. It was followed by another German cruise ship participating in the evacuation of Eastern Prussia General von Steuben where about 5 000 people lost their lives.
I saw a YT video of all the Japanese heavy tanks that were made for Japans home defense, some were quite impressive and heavy being about the size of Tiger tanks and some even bigger like a King Tiger or Stalin tank with heavy guns as well. They were to big for them to send to islands so Japan only sent very light older (30's era) tanks that were easy to ship which is what most Sherman encountered. But had an invasion of Japan happened things would have been quite different for the Sherman tanks. It's not like Japan lacked the ability to design and build heavy modern WWII tanks - they did, they just didn't see combat as they were being held back in reserve. Search for the Japanese tank video and check them out.
The US also started using M40 artillery pieces for direct fire bunker clearing. As they had started in Europe. By just rolling them up under the cover of darkness, and popping them open at practicaly point blank range.
As always Mark, this is another great informative video of World War 2 in the Far East! However, I must add that the scenes of the Japanese infantry (2.29) appears to be in a rubber plantation in then Malaya circa 1942. Also at the end(4.44) are typical Malay houses on stilts in the villages in Malaya then and perhaps not in Luzon.
Good story and it shows even though the Americans one the engagement had to fight hard for it and almost lost. There is a great story Mark from a Book I've got Tanks in the Pacific about the first American vs Japanese tank battle. M3 Stuart tanks vs Ha go's in 1942 during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. It was the other way round the Americans hadn't had enough training on there new mounts, malfunctions of the main gun and just up against a large Japanese force well its a riveting story. If you can tell that one everyone would appreciate it.
Just last month, I went to Lingayen beach in Luzon where the Americans landed along with Gen. McArthur. It's about 2 hours away from Urdaneta where that battle took place. It looked similar to the photos of Omaha beach but on a much larger scale!
Yes but in order to return one must first run away. He ran away. The Yanks and the British had decided that the war in the Pacific was too much to handle and they figured that they'd let Australia be invaded and fix it up later. Australia wasn't going to let that happen and because we were able to halt the advance of the Japanese on the Kokoda track they could see that the Japanese Imperial Army wasn't an unstoppable force. The Yanks reintesified there fight in the Pacific and pushed Australia to the sidelines so that they could take all the credit
Unfortunately Australia too is guilty of stealing all the glory of the victory on the Kokoda track. Australia owes an enormous debt to the "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels" The unarmed natives of Papua New Guinea that risked their lives hauling supplies up to the front line and the injured back.
Thank You for the history of the age of tanks - type 97 riveted hull and under gunned, just think if the Sherman had the 76mm gun - turrets would be flying. over lay the Type 97 to a panzer 3 and t-34 - similar between all 3 countries. Cheers
make a video on the first ever dogfight between India and Pakistan when Indian tempest intercepted a Pakistani Dakota in a one sided duel which is an incredible story of bravery and skill and defying all the odds stacked against one.
Mr Felton, would you consider doing a video about the brave Danish soldiers who on april 9th 1940, resisted the German invasion? One of the locations is called Lundetoftebjerg in South Jutland.
Thanks for making this informative video Mark Felton Productions Hope to you make more videos about Philippines during WW II. Maybe make a video about Great Raid (Fil and American) Rescue of Prisoners of War
So does those Sherman tanks we always see with Wood Side Shirts a counter measure to 45mm Japanese guns or the Mine on a bamboo stick Japanese scuide runs?
Those wood planks are carried incase the tank gets stuck in mud, the crew laid a wood plank so that it goes across the tank, so when the tank drives forward, the tracks catch traction and allow the tank to continue on. The extra protection was a added bonus
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This really points out the insane pace of weapons development during that time. A tank from 1935 was "out dated." Yet the Abrams is now 40 years old (yes there have been upgrades) but that design is considered modern.
You're the best historian in RUclips Mark, keep up the great work!
On the subjects he chooses, absolutely agree. Beyond excellence on the subjects hes covered.
Him and the history guy are good
Guns N' Games I agree you have no visible bias, just all facts
Wow. I live in the Island of Luzon here in the Philippines! Thank you for sharing this history.
It's from the province of Pangasinan, City of Urdaneta.
Hello fellow pinoy
We don't care and fuck you.
Is manila located in luzan or is it a diffrent island. I come from cebu
Friend Chicken Las Piñas here!
Lots of war stories in Pangasinan.
It is important to note that Japan did have tanks that would have been worthy oppontents for the sherman ( the Chi-Nu and the Chi-To) however, these tanks were held back for the expected invasion of the home islands and thus saw no service.
There are also several other tank models that may have been produced, however there is no concrete evidence if they were or not due to the Japanese decision to destroy almost all blueprints and prototype vehicles before they surrendered.
Talk about Operation Paul Bunyan, the time we almost went back to war with the US over a tree. And how one of the soldiers that participated became the current leader of South Korea
Kim Jong-un he has a video on it, however i dont think it touches on the soldier who became the leader of South Korea, i could be wrong of course
Thank you Kim Jong-un, very cool!
Well, not just any tree.
Did you stopped firing missiles everywhere?
It wasn’t over a tree it was over several hatchet murders of us soldiers!
Disables 2 Sherman and destroyed 1.
Japanese Imperial Army: I consider this as an absolute win!!!
As I mentioned in the previous video, Shermans were the Tiger tank of the Pacific and it was the Japanese were having to adopt the Shermans tactics.
One thing I did wonder is how much experience the US Marines have supporting tanks and did they support those Shermans as they advanced?
In the Pacific, the Marines being supported by the Shermans also had to protect the tanks since the Japanese employed close-quarter anti-tank units that include flamethrowers and anti-tank suicidal lunge mines. From experience, the Shermans were vulnerable to close engagements when unescorted by infantry. The jungle is dense and it is hard for armies to push forward and easy for the enemy to hide. So the Marines have a job to scout ahead of the tanks to find potential bunkers and obstacles in the way while the tank can lend close firepower where air force or naval firepower was unavailable.
@@BHuang92 any tank without infantry is vanurable to enemy infrantry.
the thing is that the battle was already lost by the time the first sherman landed. Japan was fighting a naval war. If you lose control of the sea, its only a matter of time before u lose control of the island
The Marines tactics were the same as the army's during ww2 and to some extent to this day.
Any tank that doesn't have infantry support is a dead tank.
I don't think the infantry supported by the tanks were Marines, as far as I know all the infantry in the campaign was from the Army. The Marines did contribute aviation and artillery assets, but as far as I know no infantry.
Type 97 kai was equipped Type 1 47mm gun could fire rapidly as 37mm/50mm in early war.
But even Type 1 can penetrate Sherman's side/rear armor, but that was depended on close range.
IJA senior officers/sergeants were hidden/camouflaged their ATGs very well, in order to kill Shermans within few rounds shot; if Japanese shot their ATG slowly or been suppressed, Sherman(even Grant if that's UK army) could turn their "invulnerable" face armor toward Japanese ATGs and destroyed it without doubt.
Another common IJA method to deal with Shermans is simple but cruelty, suicide soldier armed with bombs.(Kamikaze was not only from the sky)
BTW, in China, kmt army soldiers were also did suicide bomb attack against IJA "tanks", due to lack of ATGs.
Mark Felton is the BEST Military RUclips Historian! 👍
20th century without question.
'The heavy frontal armour of the Sherman' - a phrase one seldom hears when discussing WW2 history.....................
He should do one on the Pershing in the battle of Okinawa
Basically the type 97 could fight the Sherman in the same way the Sherman could fight the heavy German tanks. If the Type 97 enjoyed the same numerical superiority, antitank support and air cover the Shermans had in Europe, it would have been enough. I imagine the 97's lighter weight and smaller size would have been an advantage as well, especially in the jungle fighting.
Thank you for doing these videos. Seriously thank you very much. It gives me an insight into what my family had to deal with since they are no longer here to tell the story......honestly even when they where alive I was very young and they did not speak much about the war.
Excellent! This is one of the better history related channels on RUclips.
A cup of coffee is nothing without the accompaniment of a fine Mark Felton production. Always nice work!
Well that hit the spot, I love pacific tank battles, this is the reason I subscribed!
Well done, Dr. Felton. Thank you for producing your videos.
In Europe, many Shermans were facing 88mm and 75mm Towed Guns and Panzergrenadier Infantry armed with Panzerfaust in many obscured locations due to Heavy Tiger-I Tanks have dwindled but the numbers of Panzer IV and Panthers were still numerous.
Although, the Shermans in Italy and Europe were more equipped and has more survivability than the Sherman's in the Pacific.
NEVER HEARD ANY OF THIS BEFOR THANKS FOR THE STORYS.
WHY ALL CAPS
Pacific: only theater of the war *where the Sherman was the Tiger*
Excellent Episode Indeed. Late in the War the Japanese upgraded their Type 97 model with a bigger turret fitted with a 75 mm main gun and slightly thicker 50 mm Armour, becoming the Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank for the defence of the home islands!
Heheheheh
Every military has heroic officers and men who, against all odds, perform their duties with courage and élan.
Ty for the good content, I regularly binge watch your videos.
Thank you yet another great story from one of the best out there in the Field of research 👍
Again, marvelous detailed reporting of action in the various areas of WWII. Superb dedication. Thank you!
100% best documentary maker on RUclips!
Thanks for the video As you mentioned Nomonhan (Khalkin Gol) I hope that will be a subject of a future video - after all it was the battle that demonstrated Zhukov's expertise.
Mr Felton, enjoy your videos, I am an avid history buff. Always learning from your excellent content.
That's definitely a more impressive encounter than a bunch of Type 95s getting smashed by Shermans on an atoll.
The encounter almost mirrors some of the American armor engagements with the Japanese during the invasion in 1941.....tactically successful but ultimately futile
I love how your videos aren’t too long and are still very informative and fun to watch. Keep it up!
Love your Work Mark!
Much Love from the Philippines!!!
Thanks for keeping these brief. Although it must be very hard to do, it is nice to learn more about this subject and fit it in our day in smaller increments of 5 to 10 minutes.
Fascinating tale. Enjoyable watching, once again. Thankyou. 😊
Luzon, Philippines...it went from that to a thriving country. Love your vids
much like any war torn place with a good population.
Triving country? How?
@@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4 Yes, how do people think the Philippines are thriving this time?
I'd hardly call it thriving.
@@rand0m0mg North Korea is a thriving country? That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Thanks Mark!
I love this video so much, as a person who loves japanese tanks and history it really is nice to see some tank to tank action in the pacific, it's rare and barely mentioned in history and I love the fact you made a video about it! Thank you. Also since you've been making vs videos with the M4 Sherman, I know this is wishful thinking but I hope the next video will be about the M4 vs The Type-1 Ho-Ni. I'm not sure if battles between the two happened, but I know a handful did see combat on Luzon as well, so maybe there's a battle I don't know and perhaps you do.
Thanks for another great informative Mark
wow your channel has grown so fast and you deserve every bit of it
Great script and as ever top notch narration professor!
Mark excellent video, as is you're norm. It reminds me of a welterweight champion who had a sparring match with Mike Tyson, for the first thirty seconds he moved, used his jab and he actually began to feel he had a shot
then came a rude awakening, a hook to his right kidney.....he could not
understand why his legs did
not obey and the canvas came up to meet his face. The difference between the
type 97 and the Sherman.
Loving these little known tank skirmishes! An excellent video as usual.
The Japanese had some very good designs including the zero. The problem was they did not continue development on any large scale which meant after about a year or two they were outmatched in every regard.. That type 97 next to the sherman looked tiny.
In _Escape From Davao_ by John Lukacs an American POW noted when they were going through Manila in transit to a different camp that all of the city's lamp posts had been stolen by the Japanese and shipped home as scrap metal. With that kind of material desperation, it's no wonder their tanks were so small and thin-skinned.
Vet from Pacific: Sherman was a great tank.
Vet from Europe: The hell you talking about?
Outstanding video!
great one,thanks again,mark!
If the Japanese could get a good position, dug in or on a small hill the 97 actually had good depression. they could do decent damage to the Shermans that were in short supply. I recall a battle on an island where Japanese tank crews used that to their advantage.
The Japanese had the first production diesel engine tanks, along with lots of interesting little developments they made. The joke about Their tank's loses a little weight if you look at the R&D teams and what *could have been.
It is funny how the Sherman was in smaller numbers in the pacific and was almost the equivalent to a Panther or Tiger facing a regular M4 when compared to the tanks it had to face.
So tempted to dig through the NARA archives. I've heard horror stories about just how badly sorted things can be so maybe I'll just leave this to Mr. Felton and his excellent ability to tell the stories.
Now, can you talk about the worst urban battle in the Asian/Pacific theater during WW2. The one fought in Manila, the Philippines. Specifically the equipment used by both sides to level the city to the ground. Thanks!
Luzon is where my home province is located Isabela Province. Thanks for featuring the Philippines
'What we really need right now is a tank!' ~Infantryman in the Pacific
Tanks a lot for another great story!
I see a new post on this channel and I like before I even watch. I'm not easily impressed but here I am without fail.
We filipinos would always be grateful for the american soldiers who fought and lost their lives for our country's freedom. It would be great if you could cover the Siege of Bataan and the Ranger's and Guerrilla's raid on Cabanatuan POW camp too!
Love your videos Mark! Keep up the great work
There was a plan to put the same 47mm AT gun into the hull of the Ha-Go as an even lower-profile casemate tank destroyer.
Probably would've been a serious threat considering it's so tiny.
Great story! Thank you Mark!
I love your intro then your awesome British professional voice over.
Love this channel! Top!
Mark any chance of a Boer war story....Fantastic channel mate.Really great stuff.
Another good one by the master
I was 3 day old when this took place.....Thanks Doc. !
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In the Pacific Theater, the Sherman was the Tiger tank and Type 97 was the Sherman.
I always enjoy your videos .
If only the history channel could be like this 👍😎
Great vid pal, have a nice day. :)
It says alot when the shermans frontal armor is considered heavy
It is when you have to cart them around on ships!
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The Sherman, for a medium tank, had decent armor.
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My whole life I've been trying to find interesting things to watch. Suddenly this year there are too many good things to watch in my lifetime.
Mark, although, much of what you post is archival video, nothing wrong with that, and many of the stories have been around a long time now ( depends on how historically curious people are), i like your short, to the point, 5-6 minute presentations . with some colored comments.. i find them refreshingly plain :)
much appreciated
keep them coming
pls do a video about the wilhelm gustloff (the ship) some day
great video btw
Most historians think this was the biggest death toll of any maritime accident in history. 9000 plus victims I think.
That made me remember of the Wilhelm scream haha
@@Roller_Ghoster that is true it even dwarfs the titanic. about 1,239 registered survivors out of the estimated 10,000 that were on the wilhelm gustloff that were saved
@@Roller_Ghoster It was, and 5 000 of the 10 000 deaths were children. It was followed by another German cruise ship participating in the evacuation of Eastern Prussia General von Steuben
where about 5 000 people lost their lives.
I enjoy your historical videos
I saw a YT video of all the Japanese heavy tanks that were made for Japans home defense, some were quite impressive and heavy being about the size of Tiger tanks and some even bigger like a King Tiger or Stalin tank with heavy guns as well. They were to big for them to send to islands so Japan only sent very light older (30's era) tanks that were easy to ship which is what most Sherman encountered. But had an invasion of Japan happened things would have been quite different for the Sherman tanks. It's not like Japan lacked the ability to design and build heavy modern WWII tanks - they did, they just didn't see combat as they were being held back in reserve. Search for the Japanese tank video and check them out.
Can you do a video on the uss stewart? The destroyer captured by the Japanese and reused by them.
Oustanding Mr Felton , please more instances of japanese armour if you can find them. Love hearing about small battles I never knew about.
I live in Luzon Philippines
And I love studying and watching Wwll
History
The US also started using M40 artillery pieces for direct fire bunker clearing. As they had started in Europe. By just rolling them up under the cover of darkness, and popping them open at practicaly point blank range.
As always Mark, this is another great informative video of World War 2 in the Far East!
However, I must add that the scenes of the Japanese infantry (2.29) appears to be in a rubber plantation in then Malaya circa 1942. Also at the end(4.44) are typical Malay houses on stilts in the villages in Malaya then and perhaps not in Luzon.
Fascinating. My father served in the 112th Cavalry during the liberation of the Philippines.
Good story and it shows even though the Americans one the engagement had to fight hard for it and almost lost. There is a great story Mark from a Book I've got Tanks in the Pacific about the first American vs Japanese tank battle. M3 Stuart tanks vs Ha go's in 1942 during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. It was the other way round the Americans hadn't had enough training on there new mounts, malfunctions of the main gun and just up against a large Japanese force well its a riveting story. If you can tell that one everyone would appreciate it.
Just last month, I went to Lingayen beach in Luzon where the Americans landed along with Gen. McArthur. It's about 2 hours away from Urdaneta where that battle took place. It looked similar to the photos of Omaha beach but on a much larger scale!
Thank you Mark very cool!
Hey mark can you do a video on the 6 German soldiers trapped in a bunker for 6 years. Thank you!
Is that the one where there were six women and 36 babies too?
Sounds like the best dominatrix ever 😎
Sounds very interesting. I could look it up... but that would spoil the video if Felton gets around to it.
What incident was that?
Freestyle no I think this was a different incident but thank you for letting me know that more incidents like this happened have a good day
:)
Fascinating, not aware of the Type 97.
Love these bite sized nuggets of history
Every video I learn something new.
0:31 wait THAT close?! That’s Call of Duty distance!
More pacific tank battles please!!
A balls out knife fight where he who shoots first lives! Excellent video.
EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!!!
Filipinos were gladly that sherman landed in ph. General mc arthur truly hold his words “i shall return”
Yes but in order to return one must first run away.
He ran away.
The Yanks and the British had decided that the war in the Pacific was too much to handle and they figured that they'd let Australia be invaded and fix it up later.
Australia wasn't going to let that happen and because we were able to halt the advance of the Japanese on the Kokoda track they could see that the Japanese Imperial Army wasn't an unstoppable force.
The Yanks reintesified there fight in the Pacific and pushed Australia to the sidelines so that they could take all the credit
Unfortunately Australia too is guilty of stealing all the glory of the victory on the Kokoda track.
Australia owes an enormous debt to the "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels"
The unarmed natives of Papua New Guinea that risked their lives hauling supplies up to the front line and the injured back.
He should have been court martialed for focusing his defense of the Philippines on saboteurs instead of air attacks and invasion.
Thank You for the history of the age of tanks - type 97 riveted hull and under gunned, just think if the Sherman had the 76mm gun - turrets would be flying. over lay the Type 97 to a panzer 3 and t-34 - similar between all 3 countries. Cheers
There was a Sherman vs Type 95 engagement on Biak as well.
make a video on the first ever dogfight between India and Pakistan when Indian tempest intercepted a Pakistani Dakota in a one sided duel which is an incredible story of bravery and skill and defying all the odds stacked against one.
at 0:30 you could see the Japanese running off while the 2 marines shot them
Like your introductory music.
Mr Felton, would you consider doing a video about the brave Danish soldiers who on april 9th 1940, resisted the German invasion? One of the locations is called Lundetoftebjerg in South Jutland.
Thanks for making this informative video Mark Felton Productions
Hope to you make more videos about Philippines during WW II.
Maybe make a video about Great Raid (Fil and American) Rescue of Prisoners of War
So does those Sherman tanks we always see with Wood Side Shirts a counter measure to 45mm Japanese guns or the Mine on a bamboo stick Japanese scuide runs?
Extra armor against any form of attack be it suicidal kamikaze charges or tank shells
Those wood planks are carried incase the tank gets stuck in mud, the crew laid a wood plank so that it goes across the tank, so when the tank drives forward, the tracks catch traction and allow the tank to continue on. The extra protection was a added bonus
Both
They also serve to disguise the tank as a self-propelled log cabin...
The japanese made use of magnetic mine in suicide runs, the wooden plants made so it was less likely the mine would attach
Interesting follow-up with a previous video