As a modern MARSOC Raider this is now my favorite episode. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of the WWII Raiders and hear their amazing stories first hand. Great job and thanks for making this.
@@JohanCody any of the 4th bn boat company Marines always have the opportunity to take the MARSOC Raider selection and school. I would respect their opinion on who the “real” Raiders more after they did so.
Hello, stranger on the internet. My dad grew up on stories of the Marine Raiders as a boy through the 50s and 60s. He volunteered for the Marines in 1972 after completing a year of junior college. He ended up not deploying since the war was winding down and was discharged that same year. However, he told me stories of Evans Carlson and his Raiders as I was growing up. He was inspired by Carlson's training of his battalion and how important it was for his men to know 'why' they fought. A book he often talked about was one called, American Commando, by John Wukovits. You might consider reading it if you haven't already.
This is easily one of your best videos and it's cool to see more people talk about the Marine raiders, hopefully one day you guys will make a video about MACV-SOG.
It's been fascinating to learn about after having had my head buried in antiquity for so long. This will likely end up being a 2-3 part series and then we will see what people want covered next for modern units. Already working on a Finnish War soldier episode to get another angle on units of the era.
@@InvictaHistory I know that my idea may be controversial but maybe some japaness,german and italian units from ww2 could be interesting?We dont get many things about them,so it could be interesting to look at them,with or without mentioning the war crimes they comited,your choice.
@@georgecristiancripcia4819 I’d like that to, only recently I learnt their were some SS who were not war criminals (I know sound bonkers but yes form want little I’ve found are rare)
It’s so wild to hear not only of the battles, but the philosophy behind the leadership that enables their tactics, and ability to create opportunities. These heroes were TOUGH
I was Army Airborne and would love to see you do a video on the paratroopers, Rangers and Army Special Forces. Respect for the Marine Raider regiment of yesterday and today. My late father was a Korean war vet, and did 3 tours in Vietnam with the Special Forces.Thanks for the video.
And as far as I can tell, first raiders had much better results. The Makin raid could only verify 46 confirmed Japanese causalities, the 180 is a claim by carlson coming from the flying boats. Makin was seen as a disaster and Carlson was relieved of command not long after, and he never led another unit in combat again. By contrast, first raider's commander had a distinguished career and was promoted to commander of the first marine regiment in 1943.
I agree it’s a very interesting part of their history. Especially, with the lead up and with modern thinking, you would assume the 2nd would become the success not the 1st.
@TheSunderingSea CoD World at War told me they were good so I will continue believing that they had an outsized mental effect on the Japanese ☠️ man I miss those servers
My grandfather Robert Ragan was a Marine Raider. Didn't find out till near the end of his life. Thank you for this history as we don't know very much about it.
@jenniferboyett1546 according to the Raider Roster, our grandfather’s served with each other in D and G Companies. Would happen to have any info about him? I’m putting together a history of this particular unit of Carlson’s Raiders.
Amazing video. I was a Reconnaissance Man in the US Marines and when i was a boot they made sure we were very familiar with the Raiders. Even though there are modern Marine Raider units, their lineage can be directly traced to the Recon Marines of today.
My dad was a ww2 marine, 1st marines. I collect usmc ww2 items and have 2 raider uniforms with silk Australian made patches. Plus my dad's ww2 combat gear, helmet, dungarees. I joined the army instead, 23 yrs Armor! Now my youngest is a marine to honor his grandfather.
Much thanks to all 3 of you. My Dad, my youngest son and myself all served with our local Army National Guard Unit. Dad was commo. My son and I served on the howitzers. Me 105mm - my son on the 155's.
What a surprise. But a welcome one. My grandfather was one of the original Carlson’s Raiders (2DHQG) and was at Midway, Guadalcanal, and Bougainville. Some of his NCO’s went on to become pretty famous in their own right, especially at Iwo Jima.
Would you mind sharing his name? Your grandfather probably rubbed shoulders with my childrens Great Grandfather. He was with Carlsons 2nd from inception to disbandment. He was on Midway, the Makin Raid, Long Patrol, Bougainville… after disbanding he was wounded on Iwo Jima which sent him home. Anyway, there is a fairly good chance your grandfather is mentioned in the memoirs we have. 😎
@@CFarnwidesorry for the late response. His name was Earnest Edward Earl. If they were in the same company it’s entirely possible. Grandpa was transferred out of the 2nd Raiders and like a lot of Carlson’s Raiders (and many Marine Paratroopers, yes it was a thing) ended up as the core of the 5th Marine Division. What was your children’s great grandfather’s name if you don’t mind me asking?
@@CodytheHun123 Your Grandfathers name sounds familiar. I will have to go back and read the memoirs. Dean Winters is my childrens great grandfather. He is featured in a couple of photos (before and after) from the Makin Raid, aboard the Nautilus. He also manned the Boys AT Rifle.
@@CodytheHun123 RUclips is a small world sometimes! Amazing how people from the past can connect through a video. 😎 Did your grandfather write any memoirs? I will definitely scour the internet to see if I can find anything in the public domain about him.
Would you guys maybe do videos on the Paramarines? They're an even less known group than the Raiders. Or Alamo Scouts? They were an elite army unit that, despite completing hundreds of incredibly dangerous missions, never lost a man in combat.
I Have Been replaying CoD WaW soundtrack lately, mostly while playing enlisted! The soundtrack was amazing on that game, who would Have thought a heavy metal/horror movie soundtrack would fit so well to WW2!
I liked the video. But one thing you should always remember there are no soldier in the Marine Corp. We are Marines if you want a soldier go to the army. You join the army but you become a Marine. Thank you.
The book “The Water Beneath the Walls” talks about the Raiders, as well as Rangers and UTD’s origins. It also expands on how the Navy ended up with Seal Teams, which in summary is due to the Army and Marines disbanding Raiders and Rangers after WWII.
@@raywhitehead730you should probably read the book. I said how they ended up with the seal teams, which are rooted in UDT. Also, you might want to check your own history. UDT continued to operate after WWII, including in Korea and other actions. Seal Teams were recommended by Arliegh Burke, CNO, in 1961. Kennedy “directed” it a few months later. UDT was the only paramilitary force that was not disbanded after WWII and Korea, hence the least likely branch (Navy) ending up with elite operators of UDT. The first seal teams were filled with members of UDT, and commissioned in 1962.
As a marine i love this, please keep these up. No channel has done a detailed timeline of the marines battles in the pacific in you're top-down tactical animations yet so this would a great video in that playlist.
A battalion with six maneuver companies is huge. It must have been like our modern CAG or SeAL Teams or DEVGRU. There is a reason a fire team has a team leader and 3 soldiers/Marines, a squad has a squad leader and three teams, a Platoon has the HQ/PL and three squads, a company has the HQ section/CO....see a pattern? Three maneuver elements is the largest number any one leader can control while in a fight. That's still a lot of coordination between the leader his elements, adjacent friendly forces and his command. The reason that when you get larger than a Battalion into a Brigade or higher that they can comprise up to 4 Battalions of Infantry, armor units, LRSD assets, artillery, air defense units, intelligence units to include drone assets, an engineer company, etc, etc is because Brigade commanders and above all have a battle staff that is given a structured outline of what each Infantry battalion is planning to do and the coordination between them and adjacent units, engineer assets and fires are set by staff and it's all run through them. The Brigade commander will have his battle staff in the bde TOC receiving up to the minute updates and the units actions down to the platoon level are tracked on a huge map of the battle space. The commander will not be in the TOC, he will be somewhere on the battlefield where he can move between his maneuver bn while his RTOs are reporting important changes to the battle space to him. The S3 and XO will run the TOC and the S2 will continue to compile the information and push it to the subordinate commanders as the battle develops. Each leader from the newest team leader to each bn commander has a lot of discretion to develop his piece of the fight and take initiative and adapt the plan as long as he maintains he responsibilities of communication with adjacent units and higher while staying within the commander's intent.
Working on one for the American Infantry of WW2. The original plan was to do a whole Battalion but the complexity involved means we are just doing a Rifle Company first
This documentary is amazing. Could you make another documentary about navy seal, green berret, and delta force? Those units are the role model in modern military.
The United States' first objective in WW2 was NOT to stop the spread of Japan's territory in the Pacific. Our first objective was the European war, the Pacific was second.
The first modern US special forces. I honestly first learned of them playing Medal Of Honor Pacific Assault as a kid. They sure took the fight to the enemy and did so with great gusto.
@@WillUSMC0321 Okay. It's just that there are too many references to video games. It cheapens what is a serious matter, kids think they can receive multiple hits and just need to pick up a health packet, and you can go back over and over again until they can win an entire military encounter singlehandedly. I'm so tired of it. Our lives are difficult, mostly boring, we've lost a lot of good buddies, it carries the consequences of real life and real physics and you only have a limited supply of logistics, you are sometimes sick as a dog and just wanna stay in your rack or your poncho liner, but you get up and do it because someone has to do the dirty work, and that's us. We don't want thanks for it, it isn't glamorous, and the sense of pride and responsibility are real. We can't just hit "pause" and go have a sandwich and take a shit. We kill real human beings, civilians also get hurt, and it messes with your character. Only strong men can get past this and finish the mission. Semper Fi.
You're projecting a whole lot of shit he didn't say because you clearly have your own preconceived biases. He just said he learned about this aspect of history (surely that's a good thing?) from playing the game, jesus get over yourself Rambo.
Marine Corps brass, and even some junior officers and enlisted men, resented the "elite" status of Raiders. Being better than everyone else in the branch that already proclaims to be the best didn't earn them many friends.
@@redaug4212 well I dont think they were trying to be the best. You can fight a war in a almost endless amount of ways. You can defend, or be offensive. In this case, extra offensive. Raiders first, everyone else second. Raiders leave to raid another island, then everyone else follows. Rinse, repeat.
@@FezMooseLive Oh I'm not saying that I agree with _big_ USMC (I actually do, but that's aside from the point). I'm just saying that inter-service rivalry inhibited the development of specialized units within the Marine Corps. It's probably why the paramarines were axed as well.
@@GenStallion Nope! Power Rangers are from Super Sentai. Kamen Rider was formed on riding on the coattails of the Yuusha (Superheroe) boom of Ultraman. What makes it unique is the element of J-Horror. However, anime weeb don’t like it because the 1971 is too political and actually acknowledging Japanese war crimes.
Would love to see a similar video about the Vietcong/NVA, I feel like that would be a really entertaining video given the amount of equipment from various nations they had
Saw the post about thia video so I jumped right over. Pretty sure I included these guys in a 30-minute presentation I did in history class back in high school. So its cool to see them again in a video with WAY MORE RESEARCH. Couldn't exactly go more without taking up all the class time....
0:15 After the fall of Singapore, the only British forces in Australia were a boat load of SOE operatives that ended up assisting in the formation of Z Force. Commonwealth would have been a better term to use. Having had my grump, that was excellent. Ta muchly.
Just want to point out that Green Berets are the only "Special Forces" unit for the US and everything else is special operations, in case someone reads the title and gets confused. Edit: Green berets all have the 18 series MOS. Which is their Military Occupational Speciality, or job, their job titles literally have "Special Forces' in it. Meanwhile being in the 75th Ranger Regiment, they have all kinds of MOS but not the 18 series. The same goes for other units in SOCOM that technically don't have an "MOS" but other way of designating job types.
I was more confused thinking the title was insinuating the Marine raiders were the world's first special forces which wouldn't be correct. Description cleared it up.
I am going to be honest, that distinction is tenous at best from a language perspective. There better be a historical reason or else I am going to use the two as synonyms because I frankly do not see a ‘difference’.
@@twenty-fifth420 it’s just a US thing. Green Berets are The Special Forces, proper noun, all others are Special operations forces, on the field they’re all “special forces”, so
Green Berets were founded in 1952 right? Marine Corps has been hooking and jabbing with their special forces since the Halls of Montezuma & The Shores of Tripoli!! Sh¡¡¡¡¡¡¡t.. When was the last time you heard anything about the Green Berets? Was probably the last time you watched that movie with John Wayne in it 😘😘😘
@@twenty-fifth420 Green berets all have the 18 series MOS. Which is their Military Occupational Speciality, or job, their job titles literally have "Special Forces' in it. Meanwhile being in the 75th Ranger Regiment, they have all kinds of MOS but not the 18 series. I get it from a language perspective doesn't seem much but I see this misconception a number of times and just like to point it out.
Algorithm comment. From an avid viewer of the Armchair Historian. My brother watches a ton of your content and speaks highly of it. I watch your content when it is in the subject range that I’m looking for and I love it. The fact that YT is suppressing you is no accident in my opinion. Keep doing what you do. Subbed.
my grand mothers second husbands father fought in the pacific and never really said much about what he was other than he lost a lot of friends and that it was like hell on earth
HOLY SHIT!!! How did invicta upload and me not hear about it??? I LOVE this stuff. It’s everything that History Channel wanted to be, but didn’t have the balls to spend less than $500,000 per episode.
@@shadowwolf9503 same brother. I work at the VA here in seattle and I just love saying thank you for your service to all the old vets. Nowdays the VA cares more about the rainbow then then all of us veterans
@@NobleKorhedron for years they’ve been increasing arbitrary in game currency costs to play the game. It’s gotten so bad that you can’t meaningfully progress in the game without spending hundreds of dollars on premium accounts and vehicle packs. Earlier this month they tried to institute another economy change and the player has decided enough was enough. Since then we’ve boycotting.
Lack of armor was norhing to do with weight. Helmets were all anyone used anywhere, except for very, very rare occasions when engineers and air crews used flak jackets.
These guys were Supermen in my opinion! They say that BUDS is the toughest training in the military but from other documentaries reported the training to be a raider es enough to break several brave men
I'd recommend to anyone interested in the Raider Battalions, "Edson's Raiders" by Joseph H. Alexander! It's covers the beginnings, battles, and legacy of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion!
Thank you for the excellent video. Very informative and entertaining to watch!! P.S. if you’re doing modern units, it would be great to watch one of these on the French Foreign Legion!
Bad ass mother F****** Amazing learning about what these men did and what they went through, thank you for shining a spotlight on this amazing part of American military history
Shout out to The Armchair Historian for the heads up about this video. I’m really excited about this video and RUclips algorithm be damned for not allowing easy access to this video. It’s so well done and really should be more widely viewable. Well done!
Raiders aren't the first special forces (using that term loosely since technically it only applies to Green Berets and Delta Force). The Army Rangers formed roughly the same time. Similarly, the paratroopers were considered "special forces" in WW2 as well due to the raiding and specialized light infantry training/recon training they received. Going further back, the Berdan Sharpshooters of the Civil War were seen as a special pperations force, used for scouting and forward recon. Texas Ramger regiments earlier than that in the Mexican War, amd going wven further we have the Green Mountain Boys of the Revolution, or even Roger's Ramgers from the 7 Years (Fremch and Indian), war.
Thanks for the clarification. I was struggling to find a succinct way to word the title. I think Origins of the USMC Spec Ops may be the best I can do for now.
Raiders have the distinction of being America's first modern special operations unit, predating both the OSS Jedburgh teams and the Rangers (1st Ranger BT being formed in June of that same year). Also, I am nitpicking here, but for what it is worth, within US military context, Special Forces is exclusively Green Berets, SOF usually covers JSOC SMUs and other white SOF. Especially when you consider no one really refers to Delta as SFOD-D, and at one point, 75% of their members came from the Rangers.
Here I was thinking that The Corps of Discovery (Lewis and Clark expedition) and the Marines under William Eaton and Presley O'Bannon (Battle of Derna) were early special forces operations commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson. The Corps of Discovery had scientific and diplomatic missions. There were seven other Marines, an Navy ensign, and 200-300 Greek, 'Turkish and Arab mercenaries hired by Eaton. They conducted a 521-mile march from Alexandria to Derna and though outgunned (Eaton's force had one cannon and a second was borrowed from the US ship Argus) and outnumbered but with gunfire support from three US Navy ships this force attacked a fortified complex, suffered 14 killed or wounded, but took the city and inflicted an unknown but very heavy toll upon the defenders. The latter was the "Shores of Tripoli" from the Marine Corps Hymn. There was even a 1950 movie on that operation: www.imdb.com/title/tt0043072/ There were other Jefferson special forces operations but as those weren't successful, nobody brags about them today.
You are right, the English “Gung-ho” is a pidgin version of the Chinese: 工合; pinyin: gōnghé; lit. 'to work together’ -- something associated peripherally but not directly with 工業合作社; pinyin: Gōngyè Hézuòshè; ‘Chinese Industrial Cooperative.'
It may be time to move off RUclips & post on Rumble. RUclips is not friendly for content creators anymore. Once everyone leaves they will get the message
The Marine Corps hated, hated the idea of a special unit within the Corps. But it was pushed by the President himself. But buy the end of the Battle of Guadalcanal, it was gone, and never was recreated.
I'm absolutely astonished by just how much Carlson's 2nd regiment was based on the Chinese Communist doctrine, from the focus on soldiers' conviction/initiative, to the 3-3-3 organizational structure, to the emphasis on surgical infiltration attacks in lieu of heavy fire support. It really makes me think that the early reverses in the Korean War would not have been possible if the leaders then weren't so overconfidence and refused to listen to experts.
The Marines started using the fire team system of splitting a squad into 3 man fireteams as early as 1941. The Raiders likely just copied that but removed having an additional man as the leader, instead combining the leader into a rifleman role
@@huntclanhunt9697 Aren't the events in this video taking place in 1941? Considering that the military was quite aware Japan was gearing up for war with the US, they had began preparations of their own long before Pearl Harbor happened (which was more of a tactical surprise than a strategic one).
My great uncle was in Carlson's raiders, i remember my grandpa talking about his experiences. He didn't share much given the intensity of the fighting, but we knew he was at Guadalcanal during those fateful first engagements
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Regarding the raid on Makin, it's interesting that your video did not mention the Raiders that were left behind, captured by the Japanese and beheaded. It was only recently that some of their bodies were brought back to the US for proper burial.
I just wish for once that the people in charge of making these videos would get it through their heads that United States Marines are not soldiers and should stop referring to us as such. We are Marines. its not a complicated title
my Dad was with the raider battalions and retired after 20 years. Also in Korea. He used to tell me stories and i wish i could have recorded them. if you met him you would never imagine, he was so unassuming. i was with 173rd in viet nam.
So i'm not entirely sure about the technicalities or semantics of this but really it was the british SAS (special air service) who were the true pioneers of Special forces. But again according to some there is some differences between the idea of Special operations (Spec ops) and Special forces units so I don't know.
The pioneers of Special Operations weren't even the SAS; it was Roger's Rangers, a joint Anglo-American unit during King Phillips War. Both countries grabbed at the idea of elite light Infantry performing deep penetration raids and special reconnaissance, and the concept ebbed and flowed over centuries to eventually spawn the SAS, Commandos, Ranger Regiment, and USASF. The only units who claim the Raiders of WWII as their organizational forebears are Marine Recon and MARSOC; the Army points to a lineage of Roger's to Mosby to Darby/Jedburgh/Alamo to USASF, while the Navy points to UDT/USASF to SEAL.
@@tmmccormick86 if we're going to be that pedantic, then in the modern era - which is clearly what was meant - then the chronology would be SAS in June 1940, then Marine Raiders on 16 Feb 1942, then Army Rangers on 19 June 1942, then the Devil's Brigade on 9 July 1942. As far as American special operations in the modern era go...yes, the Marines were first. If we're talking all of human history, then we can go back thousands of years earlier than your oldest example and look at Roman Speculatores.
@CrowDawg11 unit lineage is not at all pedantic. The Marine Raiders may have been the first stood up during WWII, but that does not insert them into the unit lineage of USASF. Every unit has their own lineage and traditions and it's faux pas to mix them in that way simply because one branch was quicker by a few months- especially given that most militaries prior to WWII, and especially the US, had a nasty habit of developing unconventional units during war time and disbanding them when the fighting was over and no clear need was evident any longer, resulting in situations such as are mentioned in the first part of this video.
My grandfather was a Raider. He was shot in the back less than 1 inch from his heart while fighting in Guam. Crazy to think my very existance came down to a slight aiming discrepancy by some Japanese soldier. Sadly he passed before I was born, but my father still has the bullet... a reminder of how different things could have been.
This has been an incredibly valuable video of knowledge. I thought I previously had a fairly decent understanding of what and how the USMC were both organized and trained during WW2. But this video showed me an absolute immense amount of newly gained knowledge. I do also want to add that it is incredibly upsetting to see that RUclips clearly does not care about some of its own communities. Since more and more groups are getting restricted or complete demonetization. And not for a good and valid reason either. There's quite a few of you historical channels that I know spend an incredible amount of time and energy into these kinds of videos. Depending on the topic they do vary in length. But undoubtedly you have both skillful researchers and scriptwriters along with some top tier animators and editors. And it breaks my heart to see you pour this much effort into a video that because it's an informative and educational video about something with wartime history. It will be branded by some algorithm that it's not "good". Be it good for marketing purposes or good for family friendly content. It doesn't matter, what matters is that RUclips clearly puts less effort, care and money into making sure that the creators of videos that are easily on par with many documentaries known for their quality and authenticity. Instead they rather push for channels that target larger audiences with a more "trendy" content. I don't know what the upper echelons of RUclips and Google are thinking of or about. But clearly they are not understanding just how valuable videos like yours truly are. There are so many channels with content focused on informing or educating. And they do such a great job of doing it. There's already plenty of material out there that's regularly used to help people in many different academic endeavors. Be it in the higher tiers of advanced university courses to basic knowledge for general education. It's just tragic to see all of this talent wasted. But I suppose at the end of the day. That is just how the corporate world operates. And it will be just a question of time until they've chased off enough creators that RUclips as a platform will no longer be seen as a "main entertainment" platform.
i want to note that the ships they have can still put a hole in you and do that over and over very fast. 3in gun is a 76mm. small for ship to ship combat but for shore bombardment it would be much better.
As a modern MARSOC Raider this is now my favorite episode. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of the WWII Raiders and hear their amazing stories first hand. Great job and thanks for making this.
MARSOC isn’t even real raiders. 4th bn boat companies are.
Semper fi man
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@@JohanCody any of the 4th bn boat company Marines always have the opportunity to take the MARSOC Raider selection and school. I would respect their opinion on who the “real” Raiders more after they did so.
I’m interested myself in becoming a Raider after high school. I hear Recon is a good stepping stone
My Great Uncle was a Raider during WW2. Super nice to see them being done justice, thanks!
your great uncle is a brave man,the 1940s japanese best fear his wrath,I wouldn't have been brave enough to fight
Hello, stranger on the internet. My dad grew up on stories of the Marine Raiders as a boy through the 50s and 60s. He volunteered for the Marines in 1972 after completing a year of junior college. He ended up not deploying since the war was winding down and was discharged that same year. However, he told me stories of Evans Carlson and his Raiders as I was growing up. He was inspired by Carlson's training of his battalion and how important it was for his men to know 'why' they fought. A book he often talked about was one called, American Commando, by John Wukovits. You might consider reading it if you haven't already.
What rank was your Great Uncle during WW2 while serving with the Marine Raiders?
My father was a Carlson Raider who was wounded on Okinawa in the Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill.
Semper Fi dude and god bless him
This is easily one of your best videos and it's cool to see more people talk about the Marine raiders, hopefully one day you guys will make a video about MACV-SOG.
It's been fascinating to learn about after having had my head buried in antiquity for so long. This will likely end up being a 2-3 part series and then we will see what people want covered next for modern units. Already working on a Finnish War soldier episode to get another angle on units of the era.
@@InvictaHistory
I know that my idea may be controversial but maybe some japaness,german and italian units from ww2 could be interesting?We dont get many things about them,so it could be interesting to look at them,with or without mentioning the war crimes they comited,your choice.
@@InvictaHistory that's going to be awesome I can't wait to see a video from you guys about the white death the greatest sniper of all time .
@@georgecristiancripcia4819 I’d like that to, only recently I learnt their were some SS who were not war criminals (I know sound bonkers but yes form want little I’ve found are rare)
@@InvictaHistory Are you guys going to more fantasy I’d like it and I like this video ❤
It’s so wild to hear not only of the battles, but the philosophy behind the leadership that enables their tactics, and ability to create opportunities. These heroes were TOUGH
I was Army Airborne and would love to see you do a video on the paratroopers, Rangers and Army Special Forces. Respect for the Marine Raider regiment of yesterday and today. My late father was a Korean war vet, and did 3 tours in Vietnam with the Special Forces.Thanks for the video.
The Rangers took part in not just Europe in ww2 they also saved prisoners and with support from Philippine Rebels in the pacific in the Philippines
How are your knees? Jumping like that can’t be healthy for ya cartilage in ya joints.
@@Butter_Warrior99 knees suck man. Socom training doesn't age well!
The difference between the organizational philosophies of the two initial branches of the raiders is really fascinating.
And as far as I can tell, first raiders had much better results. The Makin raid could only verify 46 confirmed Japanese causalities, the 180 is a claim by carlson coming from the flying boats. Makin was seen as a disaster and Carlson was relieved of command not long after, and he never led another unit in combat again. By contrast, first raider's commander had a distinguished career and was promoted to commander of the first marine regiment in 1943.
I agree it’s a very interesting part of their history. Especially, with the lead up and with modern thinking, you would assume the 2nd would become the success not the 1st.
@TheSunderingSea CoD World at War told me they were good so I will continue believing that they had an outsized mental effect on the Japanese ☠️ man I miss those servers
My grandfather Robert Ragan was a Marine Raider. Didn't find out till near the end of his life. Thank you for this history as we don't know very much about it.
that's cool! Proud of your grandpa😊
That's great. Anyone in your family keeping the tradition of military service?
@jenniferboyett1546 according to the Raider Roster, our grandfather’s served with each other in D and G Companies. Would happen to have any info about him? I’m putting together a history of this particular unit of Carlson’s Raiders.
Amazing video. I was a Reconnaissance Man in the US Marines and when i was a boot they made sure we were very familiar with the Raiders. Even though there are modern Marine Raider units, their lineage can be directly traced to the Recon Marines of today.
Name the units
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My dad was a ww2 marine, 1st marines. I collect usmc ww2 items and have 2 raider uniforms with silk Australian made patches.
Plus my dad's ww2 combat gear, helmet, dungarees. I joined the army instead, 23 yrs Armor! Now my youngest is a marine to honor his grandfather.
what made you join the army instead?
Much thanks to all 3 of you. My Dad, my youngest son and myself all served with our local Army National Guard Unit. Dad was commo. My son and I served on the howitzers. Me 105mm - my son on the 155's.
What a surprise. But a welcome one.
My grandfather was one of the original Carlson’s Raiders (2DHQG) and was at Midway, Guadalcanal, and Bougainville. Some of his NCO’s went on to become pretty famous in their own right, especially at Iwo Jima.
Would you mind sharing his name? Your grandfather probably rubbed shoulders with my childrens Great Grandfather. He was with Carlsons 2nd from inception to disbandment. He was on Midway, the Makin Raid, Long Patrol, Bougainville… after disbanding he was wounded on Iwo Jima which sent him home.
Anyway, there is a fairly good chance your grandfather is mentioned in the memoirs we have. 😎
@@CFarnwidesorry for the late response. His name was Earnest Edward Earl. If they were in the same company it’s entirely possible. Grandpa was transferred out of the 2nd Raiders and like a lot of Carlson’s Raiders (and many Marine Paratroopers, yes it was a thing) ended up as the core of the 5th Marine Division.
What was your children’s great grandfather’s name if you don’t mind me asking?
@@CodytheHun123 Your Grandfathers name sounds familiar. I will have to go back and read the memoirs.
Dean Winters is my childrens great grandfather. He is featured in a couple of photos (before and after) from the Makin Raid, aboard the Nautilus. He also manned the Boys AT Rifle.
@@CFarnwide Really? I've read so much about him! He did a lot of interviews I used for research! That would be amazing!
@@CodytheHun123 RUclips is a small world sometimes! Amazing how people from the past can connect through a video. 😎
Did your grandfather write any memoirs? I will definitely scour the internet to see if I can find anything in the public domain about him.
Would you guys maybe do videos on the Paramarines? They're an even less known group than the Raiders.
Or Alamo Scouts? They were an elite army unit that, despite completing hundreds of incredibly dangerous missions, never lost a man in combat.
I still remember all their Spawn, Victory, Defeat Themes from COD: World At War. All the factions had great ones.
It's funny you bring up world at war because shuri castle I think that's how you spell it, still gives me nightmares from playing it on veteran.
I Have Been replaying CoD WaW soundtrack lately, mostly while playing enlisted! The soundtrack was amazing on that game, who would Have thought a heavy metal/horror movie soundtrack would fit so well to WW2!
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assualt also had the Makin raid.
As a prior Marine, I didn't know all of that history. So, thank you for the excellent piece!
I was Army, but even I know if you were marine never say was, as you still are Marine.
1st Marine Division right
I liked the video. But one thing you should always remember there are no soldier in the Marine Corp. We are Marines if you want a soldier go to the army. You join the army but you become a Marine. Thank you.
The book “The Water Beneath the Walls” talks about the Raiders, as well as Rangers and UTD’s origins. It also expands on how the Navy ended up with Seal Teams, which in summary is due to the Army and Marines disbanding Raiders and Rangers after WWII.
Check on your history, the Seals/UDT were created at the insistence of Kennedy. However they originally were UDT.
@@raywhitehead730you should probably read the book. I said how they ended up with the seal teams, which are rooted in UDT. Also, you might want to check your own history. UDT continued to operate after WWII, including in Korea and other actions. Seal Teams were recommended by Arliegh Burke, CNO, in 1961. Kennedy “directed” it a few months later. UDT was the only paramilitary force that was not disbanded after WWII and Korea, hence the least likely branch (Navy) ending up with elite operators of UDT. The first seal teams were filled with members of UDT, and commissioned in 1962.
I like this Modern Infantry history...
Props to the whole team♥️
As a marine i love this, please keep these up. No channel has done a detailed timeline of the marines battles in the pacific in you're top-down tactical animations yet so this would a great video in that playlist.
A battalion with six maneuver companies is huge. It must have been like our modern CAG or SeAL Teams or DEVGRU. There is a reason a fire team has a team leader and 3 soldiers/Marines, a squad has a squad leader and three teams, a Platoon has the HQ/PL and three squads, a company has the HQ section/CO....see a pattern? Three maneuver elements is the largest number any one leader can control while in a fight. That's still a lot of coordination between the leader his elements, adjacent friendly forces and his command. The reason that when you get larger than a Battalion into a Brigade or higher that they can comprise up to 4 Battalions of Infantry, armor units, LRSD assets, artillery, air defense units, intelligence units to include drone assets, an engineer company, etc, etc is because Brigade commanders and above all have a battle staff that is given a structured outline of what each Infantry battalion is planning to do and the coordination between them and adjacent units, engineer assets and fires are set by staff and it's all run through them. The Brigade commander will have his battle staff in the bde TOC receiving up to the minute updates and the units actions down to the platoon level are tracked on a huge map of the battle space. The commander will not be in the TOC, he will be somewhere on the battlefield where he can move between his maneuver bn while his RTOs are reporting important changes to the battle space to him. The S3 and XO will run the TOC and the S2 will continue to compile the information and push it to the subordinate commanders as the battle develops. Each leader from the newest team leader to each bn commander has a lot of discretion to develop his piece of the fight and take initiative and adapt the plan as long as he maintains he responsibilities of communication with adjacent units and higher while staying within the commander's intent.
Thanks. Always enjoy reading background facts from someone who knows what he's about.
I dont know if its correct to label the French colonies in Africa as part of the Axis. The Germans had basically no control over those territories.
Would be really cool and interesting if y'all were to make one of your 3D depictions of the armies of the last 200 years!
Working on one for the American Infantry of WW2. The original plan was to do a whole Battalion but the complexity involved means we are just doing a Rifle Company first
@@InvictaHistory Leets Gooooo!
Really not a fan of these weird photo manipulations. The movements are distracting and weird
We were testing different ways to add more movement to some of the scenes. But agreed that the excessive tilting can be distracting
Agreed.
This documentary is amazing. Could you make another documentary about navy seal, green berret, and delta force? Those units are the role model in modern military.
The United States' first objective in WW2 was NOT to stop the spread of Japan's territory in the Pacific. Our first objective was the European war, the Pacific was second.
The first modern US special forces. I honestly first learned of them playing Medal Of Honor Pacific Assault as a kid. They sure took the fight to the enemy and did so with great gusto.
A video game? I don't think that would help you understand what our lives are really like. Real life is very different from a game.
Semper Fi.
@@davidcruz8667 He said he learned about it as a kid playing a game.
@@WillUSMC0321 Okay. It's just that there are too many references to video games. It cheapens what is a serious matter, kids think they can receive multiple hits and just need to pick up a health packet, and you can go back over and over again until they can win an entire military encounter singlehandedly. I'm so tired of it.
Our lives are difficult, mostly boring, we've lost a lot of good buddies, it carries the consequences of real life and real physics and you only have a limited supply of logistics, you are sometimes sick as a dog and just wanna stay in your rack or your poncho liner, but you get up and do it because someone has to do the dirty work, and that's us. We don't want thanks for it, it isn't glamorous, and the sense of pride and responsibility are real. We can't just hit "pause" and go have a sandwich and take a shit. We kill real human beings, civilians also get hurt, and it messes with your character. Only strong men can get past this and finish the mission.
Semper Fi.
The Marine Raiders also fought with the Army on New Georgia and Rendova, Also there was future president John F Kennedy who was PT boat Captain
You're projecting a whole lot of shit he didn't say because you clearly have your own preconceived biases. He just said he learned about this aspect of history (surely that's a good thing?) from playing the game, jesus get over yourself Rambo.
There were many inside the Marine Corps who were deeply against the Marine Raiders.
Marine Corps brass, and even some junior officers and enlisted men, resented the "elite" status of Raiders. Being better than everyone else in the branch that already proclaims to be the best didn't earn them many friends.
@@redaug4212 January 8, 1944 the Raider Battalions were folded into regular Marine units and the concept of Raiders ended
In 2014 the Marine Special Operations Regiment was renamed the Marine Raiders Regiment.
@@redaug4212 well I dont think they were trying to be the best.
You can fight a war in a almost endless amount of ways. You can defend, or be offensive. In this case, extra offensive.
Raiders first, everyone else second. Raiders leave to raid another island, then everyone else follows.
Rinse, repeat.
@@FezMooseLive Oh I'm not saying that I agree with _big_ USMC (I actually do, but that's aside from the point). I'm just saying that inter-service rivalry inhibited the development of specialized units within the Marine Corps. It's probably why the paramarines were axed as well.
Epic fight Marine Raider vs Kamen Rider
Who?
@@Mygg_Jeager
They are what we got the Power Rangers from. They are from Japan, kinda like how we got some very popular game shows from the Brits.
@@GenStallion
Nope!
Power Rangers are from Super Sentai.
Kamen Rider was formed on riding on the coattails of the Yuusha (Superheroe) boom of Ultraman. What makes it unique is the element of J-Horror. However, anime weeb don’t like it because the 1971 is too political and actually acknowledging Japanese war crimes.
@@GenStallion ahhhh. Them. Lol
Thank you for making this, Invicta! Semper Fi!
It’s been a year. Where is the second half of this? I’d really like to see it, please.
Would love to see a similar video about the Vietcong/NVA, I feel like that would be a really entertaining video given the amount of equipment from various nations they had
I've heard lots of great things about this unit. Can't wait for the next video on them.
Saw the post about thia video so I jumped right over.
Pretty sure I included these guys in a 30-minute presentation I did in history class back in high school. So its cool to see them again in a video with WAY MORE RESEARCH. Couldn't exactly go more without taking up all the class time....
My Grandfather was a Raider. 2 service stars on Guadalcanal, 1 on Bougainville, and a Presidential Unit Citation.
Shoutout to Armchair History for sharing this amazing video
really appreciate his help on this one as it was quite the project : )
It isn't really bad having one unit specialising in another. Like a useful multitool.
0:15 After the fall of Singapore, the only British forces in Australia were a boat load of SOE operatives that ended up assisting in the formation of Z Force. Commonwealth would have been a better term to use.
Having had my grump, that was excellent. Ta muchly.
Seen the post from The Armchair Historian, and man I’m impressed with this video!
Great video and production as always! Your work is highly appreciated by all of us history and military enthusiasts!
Just want to point out that Green Berets are the only "Special Forces" unit for the US and everything else is special operations, in case someone reads the title and gets confused.
Edit: Green berets all have the 18 series MOS. Which is their Military Occupational Speciality, or job, their job titles literally have "Special Forces' in it.
Meanwhile being in the 75th Ranger Regiment, they have all kinds of MOS but not the 18 series. The same goes for other units in SOCOM that technically don't have an "MOS" but other way of designating job types.
I was more confused thinking the title was insinuating the Marine raiders were the world's first special forces which wouldn't be correct. Description cleared it up.
I am going to be honest, that distinction is tenous at best from a language perspective. There better be a historical reason or else I am going to use the two as synonyms because I frankly do not see a ‘difference’.
@@twenty-fifth420 it’s just a US thing. Green Berets are The Special Forces, proper noun, all others are Special operations forces, on the field they’re all “special forces”, so
Green Berets were founded in 1952 right?
Marine Corps has been hooking and jabbing with their special forces since the Halls of Montezuma & The Shores of Tripoli!!
Sh¡¡¡¡¡¡¡t.. When was the last time you heard anything about the Green Berets? Was probably the last time you watched that movie with John Wayne in it 😘😘😘
@@twenty-fifth420 Green berets all have the 18 series MOS. Which is their Military Occupational Speciality, or job, their job titles literally have "Special Forces' in it.
Meanwhile being in the 75th Ranger Regiment, they have all kinds of MOS but not the 18 series. I get it from a language perspective doesn't seem much but I see this misconception a number of times and just like to point it out.
Algorithm comment. From an avid viewer of the Armchair Historian. My brother watches a ton of your content and speaks highly of it. I watch your content when it is in the subject range that I’m looking for and I love it. The fact that YT is suppressing you is no accident in my opinion. Keep doing what you do. Subbed.
my grand mothers second husbands father fought in the pacific and never really said much about what he was other than he lost a lot of friends and that it was like hell on earth
Come on youtube share this video. The historical authenticity and the ammount of work this channel puts in is amazing
It feels weird not seeing ancient units or fictional units.
But good
HOLY SHIT!!! How did invicta upload and me not hear about it??? I LOVE this stuff. It’s everything that History Channel wanted to be, but didn’t have the balls to spend less than $500,000 per episode.
Really hoping you guys continue this series!
I hope so as well, we will likely have to reduce the resource investment in light of the views but will definitely plan to continue
im an army veteran but i really do love the marines. True american heroes and true patriots! Semper Fi marines!
Same here. I was Army- 13Bravo. But I have many family and friends who are Marines. I have much respect for them.
@@shadowwolf9503 same brother. I work at the VA here in seattle and I just love saying thank you for your service to all the old vets. Nowdays the VA cares more about the rainbow then then all of us veterans
@@Drew151Proof Roger that. I contacted my local VA once. They were rude and very unhelpful.
@@shadowwolf9503 it’s a real shame what’s going on.
@@Drew151Proof I agree 💯.
Bad time to promote War Thunder, currently we’re in the midst of boycotting them for abusive economy changes.
What kind of abusive economy charges...?
@@NobleKorhedron for years they’ve been increasing arbitrary in game currency costs to play the game. It’s gotten so bad that you can’t meaningfully progress in the game without spending hundreds of dollars on premium accounts and vehicle packs. Earlier this month they tried to institute another economy change and the player has decided enough was enough. Since then we’ve boycotting.
@@Djlawson1000 Don't forget their little anime ad lmao.
Love working on these but especially this and the upcoming True Size. Thanks for all your great work as usual #ww2 #marines #usmarines #warhistory
I know it going over the raiders but seeing marines in the same playlist as the sliver shields, the Spartans and Varangian guard chokes me up a little
Wrong time to do be advertising War thunder😅.Great channel btw.
Lack of armor was norhing to do with weight. Helmets were all anyone used anywhere, except for very, very rare occasions when engineers and air crews used flak jackets.
These guys were Supermen in my opinion! They say that BUDS is the toughest training in the military but from other documentaries reported the training to be a raider es enough to break several brave men
I'd recommend to anyone interested in the Raider Battalions, "Edson's Raiders" by Joseph H. Alexander! It's covers the beginnings, battles, and legacy of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion!
Thank you for the excellent video. Very informative and entertaining to watch!! P.S. if you’re doing modern units, it would be great to watch one of these on the French Foreign Legion!
Bad ass mother F******
Amazing learning about what these men did and what they went through, thank you for shining a spotlight on this amazing part of American military history
This was so exciting to watch this morning. Thanks for creating.
Shout out to The Armchair Historian for the heads up about this video. I’m really excited about this video and RUclips algorithm be damned for not allowing easy access to this video. It’s so well done and really should be more widely viewable. Well done!
Make an episode about the Scholae Palatinae.
Raiders aren't the first special forces (using that term loosely since technically it only applies to Green Berets and Delta Force).
The Army Rangers formed roughly the same time. Similarly, the paratroopers were considered "special forces" in WW2 as well due to the raiding and specialized light infantry training/recon training they received.
Going further back, the Berdan Sharpshooters of the Civil War were seen as a special pperations force, used for scouting and forward recon. Texas Ramger regiments earlier than that in the Mexican War, amd going wven further we have the Green Mountain Boys of the Revolution, or even Roger's Ramgers from the 7 Years (Fremch and Indian), war.
Thanks for the clarification. I was struggling to find a succinct way to word the title. I think Origins of the USMC Spec Ops may be the best I can do for now.
@@InvictaHistory That works.
Raiders have the distinction of being America's first modern special operations unit, predating both the OSS Jedburgh teams and the Rangers (1st Ranger BT being formed in June of that same year). Also, I am nitpicking here, but for what it is worth, within US military context, Special Forces is exclusively Green Berets, SOF usually covers JSOC SMUs and other white SOF. Especially when you consider no one really refers to Delta as SFOD-D, and at one point, 75% of their members came from the Rangers.
Here I was thinking that The Corps of Discovery (Lewis and Clark expedition) and the Marines under William Eaton and Presley O'Bannon (Battle of Derna) were early special forces operations commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson. The Corps of Discovery had scientific and diplomatic missions. There were seven other Marines, an Navy ensign, and 200-300 Greek, 'Turkish and Arab mercenaries hired by Eaton. They conducted a 521-mile march from Alexandria to Derna and though outgunned (Eaton's force had one cannon and a second was borrowed from the US ship Argus) and outnumbered but with gunfire support from three US Navy ships this force attacked a fortified complex, suffered 14 killed or wounded, but took the city and inflicted an unknown but very heavy toll upon the defenders. The latter was the "Shores of Tripoli" from the Marine Corps Hymn. There was even a 1950 movie on that operation:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0043072/
There were other Jefferson special forces operations but as those weren't successful, nobody brags about them today.
Outstanding work, one of the best videos of this type you have made yet. Thank you!
You are right, the English “Gung-ho” is a pidgin version of the Chinese: 工合; pinyin: gōnghé; lit. 'to work together’ -- something associated peripherally but not directly with 工業合作社; pinyin: Gōngyè Hézuòshè; ‘Chinese Industrial Cooperative.'
Great video! Such a shame that RUclips is hiding it...
Major General Merritt Austin Edson 1897-1955 USMC should have been given the credit.
I love that the history behind gung ho mean to work together.
The best movie about the Marine Raiders is the 1943 film Gung Ho! it's about the Makin Island Raid.
Come on RUclips support the history of these brave soldiers!!
It may be time to move off RUclips & post on Rumble. RUclips is not friendly for content creators anymore. Once everyone leaves they will get the message
The Marine Corps hated, hated the idea of a special unit within the Corps. But it was pushed by the President himself. But buy the end of the Battle of Guadalcanal, it was gone, and never was recreated.
I'm absolutely astonished by just how much Carlson's 2nd regiment was based on the Chinese Communist doctrine, from the focus on soldiers' conviction/initiative, to the 3-3-3 organizational structure, to the emphasis on surgical infiltration attacks in lieu of heavy fire support.
It really makes me think that the early reverses in the Korean War would not have been possible if the leaders then weren't so overconfidence and refused to listen to experts.
The Marines started using the fire team system of splitting a squad into 3 man fireteams as early as 1941. The Raiders likely just copied that but removed having an additional man as the leader, instead combining the leader into a rifleman role
Yeah ok buddy no need to yellow-wash the marine corps 😂
@@huntclanhunt9697 Aren't the events in this video taking place in 1941? Considering that the military was quite aware Japan was gearing up for war with the US, they had began preparations of their own long before Pearl Harbor happened (which was more of a tactical surprise than a strategic one).
Next one should be the Haari. Not sure if there's much known about them, but they sound terrifying from how the Romans described them.
A subject I know nothing about, really cool thanks as usual
My great uncle was in Carlson's raiders, i remember my grandpa talking about his experiences. He didn't share much given the intensity of the fighting, but we knew he was at Guadalcanal during those fateful first engagements
Actually the 1st commissioned in January 1942.
Will you also feature the British Commandos and the French Legion?
I will play war thunder today just for you . I just got a ps5 from a great friend . I play alot of "hell let loose " such a fun war Sim . I can't wait to try war thunder
Regarding the raid on Makin, it's interesting that your video did not mention the Raiders that were left behind, captured by the Japanese and beheaded. It was only recently that some of their bodies were brought back to the US for proper burial.
Can you do more of these special forces videos. Next you could do German paratroopers
I just wish for once that the people in charge of making these videos would get it through their heads that United States Marines are not soldiers and should stop referring to us as such. We are Marines. its not a complicated title
If only the marines kept the raiders form the start to all through out ww2: Korea, Vietnam to today.
Why RUclips pushed this good video down!? I really enjoy it and others will enjoy it too!
If you re going to do units of modern times then the Wagner mercrnaries are a topic really worth making a video about.
Great video i hope it gets the views it deserves 🤞🤞
my Dad was with the raider battalions and retired after 20 years. Also in Korea. He used to tell me stories and i wish i could have recorded them.
if you met him you would never imagine, he was so unassuming.
i was with 173rd in viet nam.
The actually pulled guys from this unit to lead Marines on Peleliu.
Thank you to all the men & women that have served our country over the generations & to the fallen that will never be forgotten OORAH 🇺🇲
So i'm not entirely sure about the technicalities or semantics of this but really it was the british SAS (special air service) who were the true pioneers of Special forces. But again according to some there is some differences between the idea of Special operations (Spec ops) and Special forces units so I don't know.
The pioneers of Special Operations weren't even the SAS; it was Roger's Rangers, a joint Anglo-American unit during King Phillips War. Both countries grabbed at the idea of elite light Infantry performing deep penetration raids and special reconnaissance, and the concept ebbed and flowed over centuries to eventually spawn the SAS, Commandos, Ranger Regiment, and USASF.
The only units who claim the Raiders of WWII as their organizational forebears are Marine Recon and MARSOC; the Army points to a lineage of Roger's to Mosby to Darby/Jedburgh/Alamo to USASF, while the Navy points to UDT/USASF to SEAL.
It is certainly more accurate to say American Spec Ops. I'll try and see if I can fit that in the title
@@InvictaHistory I'm loathe to nit-pick; this channel does amazing work and I love what you produce!
@@tmmccormick86 if we're going to be that pedantic, then in the modern era - which is clearly what was meant - then the chronology would be SAS in June 1940, then Marine Raiders on 16 Feb 1942, then Army Rangers on 19 June 1942, then the Devil's Brigade on 9 July 1942. As far as American special operations in the modern era go...yes, the Marines were first.
If we're talking all of human history, then we can go back thousands of years earlier than your oldest example and look at Roman Speculatores.
@CrowDawg11 unit lineage is not at all pedantic. The Marine Raiders may have been the first stood up during WWII, but that does not insert them into the unit lineage of USASF. Every unit has their own lineage and traditions and it's faux pas to mix them in that way simply because one branch was quicker by a few months- especially given that most militaries prior to WWII, and especially the US, had a nasty habit of developing unconventional units during war time and disbanding them when the fighting was over and no clear need was evident any longer, resulting in situations such as are mentioned in the first part of this video.
The two different philosophies are incredibly intriguing.
Absolutely amazing documentary. May the algorithem shine their blessing on this channel again
My grandfather was a Raider. He was shot in the back less than 1 inch from his heart while fighting in Guam. Crazy to think my very existance came down to a slight aiming discrepancy by some Japanese soldier. Sadly he passed before I was born, but my father still has the bullet... a reminder of how different things could have been.
Just discovered this channel and WOW! Amazing production. PLEASE do more WWII Special Forces units!
This has been an incredibly valuable video of knowledge. I thought I previously had a fairly decent understanding of what and how the USMC were both organized and trained during WW2. But this video showed me an absolute immense amount of newly gained knowledge.
I do also want to add that it is incredibly upsetting to see that RUclips clearly does not care about some of its own communities. Since more and more groups are getting restricted or complete demonetization. And not for a good and valid reason either.
There's quite a few of you historical channels that I know spend an incredible amount of time and energy into these kinds of videos. Depending on the topic they do vary in length. But undoubtedly you have both skillful researchers and scriptwriters along with some top tier animators and editors. And it breaks my heart to see you pour this much effort into a video that because it's an informative and educational video about something with wartime history. It will be branded by some algorithm that it's not "good". Be it good for marketing purposes or good for family friendly content. It doesn't matter, what matters is that RUclips clearly puts less effort, care and money into making sure that the creators of videos that are easily on par with many documentaries known for their quality and authenticity. Instead they rather push for channels that target larger audiences with a more "trendy" content.
I don't know what the upper echelons of RUclips and Google are thinking of or about. But clearly they are not understanding just how valuable videos like yours truly are. There are so many channels with content focused on informing or educating. And they do such a great job of doing it. There's already plenty of material out there that's regularly used to help people in many different academic endeavors. Be it in the higher tiers of advanced university courses to basic knowledge for general education.
It's just tragic to see all of this talent wasted. But I suppose at the end of the day. That is just how the corporate world operates. And it will be just a question of time until they've chased off enough creators that RUclips as a platform will no longer be seen as a "main entertainment" platform.
As an ex marine I thank you for this video!
there are no ex-marines-. rolleyes
i want to note that the ships they have can still put a hole in you and do that over and over very fast. 3in gun is a 76mm. small for ship to ship combat but for shore bombardment it would be much better.
How about a video on Army Special Forces?
Edson's Raiders since April 19, 1775.
Completely different experience for African American soldiers 💀
These guys were so ahead of their time and the majority of marines corps leadership at the time failed to see it.
You should do the 101st airborne and 1st infantry division
love the vid but aus was fighting under its own flag the brits were off doing there own thing
"Gung ho" would be better translated as 'strive for harmony.' That it was altered for green grunts was probably inevitable.
Striving for harmony can be so destructive!
Do one for the Army Rangers please
Fun fact the us army ranger is the first special operations units in the us military