Our Reconnaissance Spotted The American P-51 Mustang Fighter On Iwo Jima (Ep. 11)
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In this series, we uncover the untold stories of the brave pilots who flew the legendary Mitsubishi A6M Zero during World War II. Each episode delves deep into their personal experiences, from their rigorous training to the intense aerial dogfights and the emotional struggles they faced.
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Son, you need to preview all y our video's before you post them. So many dumb mistakes. Plus in this one, you repeated part of it.
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The ai voice saying "s" after every time that "p51's" as in plural, makes this unwatchable. Read it yourself.
I’m sorry but I can’t admit that these two bombs were unwarranted. My mother was 8months pregnant with me and my father, in the navy was being prepared for the invasion of Japan. It was estimated that our casualties would number around a million. For us, just because a group of people led by a so called god didn’t want to surrender it was a step too far. I later worked with men who had suffered from their contacts with the Japanese as POWs and to this day I cannot forgive that nation. Those bombs probably saved my family and another million+ allied families heartbreaking times after the end of a conventional war. Thank goodness for President Truman recognising what had to be done. Regards
The total casualty count on both sides in an invasion was expected to be 2-12 million since civilians were expected to defend the empire
The dropping of the bomb likely prevented Japan cut in half in addition to loosing millions of soldiers to battle and suicide . And if the other invasions were anything to go by, the invasion could have lasted months and ended in a virtual genocide of the Japanese culture.
Galatians 6:7, where Paul writes, "Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow". Japan sowed death and destruction on surrounding countries. They got back what they asked for.
@@Tahosa65 Then you also feel the same about the Europeans that did the same when they “conquered” in that area. Japan. Was bad but they were not the first. I hope we all start to understand this was never the right thing for anyone to do.
P-51"S"? Your AI voice is reading plural forms of the P-51s and B-29s as a model number. Maybe you can correct?
It is important to know that Japanese revisionist history claims they were the victims of the war. My father fought in the Pacific theatre as a UDT Commander earning 9 Battle Stars, the Silver Star, and two Bronze Stars. He lived, so I am alive today.
They were victims of a war. A war they chose to start, and a war that they could never win. This was a war waged on ego. You know the saying, "F - around and find out."
A few years ago I attended a meeting in Hiroshima and, having a day or so free, visited various memorial sites. The skeletal dome and other remnants nearby are moving reminders of the destruction.
However I was disappointed in the museum itself. It showed very well the horror of the bombing and its after effects. My disappointment was that it failed to mention the essential fact - this is what happens if you start a war.
If you don't want this, don't start a war. Platitudes for peace are great. But if you want peace then you have to campaign against starting a war. It's a pity they left this unsaid.
Yes, I understand your point of lacking historical context at the Hiroshima museum. Especially, the horrible monument to losing - the US dropped leaflets in Japanese and, think, English; submarine blockade decimated Japanese merchant marine, firebombing of major cities, empire shrunk to home islands. It took not one but two atomic bombs to convince the Japanese. Let us imagine how much more the carnage if forced land invasion. Yes, history is robbed of meaning without the context.
While there's an element of wisdom in what you say; the vast majority of casualties had. no part in starting or fighting in the war. My most lingering memory of Hiroshima in the 80's, was the strips of beads or bumps on the sidewalk at every intersection. That was to allow the blind would sense the danger. Imagine how many blind there must have been to necessitate that.
"... our nation was nearly prostate...."
Not 'prostrate'?
Hmm... shows the limitations of text-to-voice software.
WW2 is complicated. FDR pushed the Japanese into a corner and the Japanese predicatably turned to war rather than giving in to FDR's ultimatums. The old saying that "the winners write the history books" has never been more applicable than to WW2.
Fdr cut off Japan's iron imports which had been used for the ammunition as they ravaged prostrate virtually helpless China. Nippon's military junta kept the populace and even the military in the dark about their plans to continue conquering the entire Southeastern Asia region. Deluded by their fake bushidoism and a fervent belief that Americans or if feet cowards they were convinced that a sneak attack would terrify the US and leave them control of the Pacific. There were fatally wrong.
yep, when your adversaries top line fighter can indiscriminately wreak havoc on your airfields and infrastructure with no real opposition it's a pretty good indication that you waited too long to surrender.
There was NO reason for FDR to insist on unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan , NONE! It cost millions of lives in the last two years of the war unnecessarily.
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217what wonderful ignorance and foolishness. Hitler never surrendered. It took not one but TWO NUCLEAR BOMBS to get Japan to surrender. They were dropped separately, giving Japan time to surrender before the second was dropped. Japan was guilty of war crimes. Many war crimes. What terms do you fancifully think Japan would accept? The nukes WERE the means by which we saved millions and very effective.
@@good4politics War crimes? They're what the winners choose to use on the vanquished, period. You ever hear of a Kangaeoo court? You obviously aren't well versed in WW2 history. Japan's intention from Pearl Harbor on was to grab some territory and then come to peace terms with the west. This is a fact. Germany offered very easy peace terms to the UK publically in July of 1940 when they had the total upper hand and without US intervention there was no way they could ever beat Germany. This offer was on the table until the end of May 1941. Your Nukes were being built to use on Germany but the war in Europe was over by the time they were ready. At the time the bombs were dropped on Japan they were talking to the Soviets trying to get them to help in negotioning peace with the USA because at the time the Soviets were still neutral. You should read more the war or refrain from engaging in discussions you have very limited knowledge of. This is not ment as an overt insult but just a statement of fact that may save you some embarrassment in the future.
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 There was all the reason in the world to insist on unconditional surrender -- so the Japanese people could choose a democratic society, if they wished. And, they did. If not, Japan would still be ruled by an Emperor and an authoritarian politic. I know of NO society in history, once it is free a democracy, that wants to go back to authoritarian rule. Not one. Zero. So, there is your reason, right there.
Don't start a war you cannot win.
Don't continue a war you cannot win.
Specially if it's economy size and industrial base is far greater.
the ones making choices aren't the ones paying the price, they're only important as long as the war goes on.
@@jeebusk not paying the price with their lives...
In the beginning I think only a few senior officials knew the potential of the US waking up. Initially the US was pretty weak militarily.
@@willlane2388 Maybe they expected an American China or American Imperial Russia.
The difference with the US was that the industrial capacity, even if not used before the war for military production, was huge in comparison. Add to that natural resources, managerial ability and access to advanced technology from other western countries from which radar, proximity fuse, cryptography and atomic bomb came.
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And don’t underestimate the strong will and determination of US to fightback and WIN
With the way the Japanese conducted themselves during this conflict that they started, they got off easy.
@PaxAlotin Really?! Go for it. Let's start in 1937 China. SMFH
You forgot a few things just like the Japanese did " got off"
"easy" the casualties! which bridge are you coming out from under?
@@AndrewCig All that is heard about today is the Holocaust, terrible perhaps, but I feel it pales in comparison to what the Japanese did to the Chinese in Manchuria.
That is very debatable
When you decide that you're a "superior" race, bad things follow.
That’s so wild they were willing to fight to the last man
they were willing to let others fight to the last man,
They would probably fight to the second last man. Especially if they were politicians.
Like Democrats
A better definition would be "insanity."
The venerable B-29S. Robots making the change.
and don't forget the P-51 S ! never heard of it until now!
@@daviswall3319 I’m betting the B-29 and P-51 “S” variants were the Ultra Top Secret STEALTH versions of these two aircraft… 🤣
There are many factors and emotions connected with the atom bomb attacks. I personally feel there are two must not be ignored or forgotten. First, it was Japan that attacked America first for no valid reason and thousands of Americans were killed. The other is Japan invaded almost the entire Asia. Their wartime atrocities just in China included over tens of millions, most of them civilians, killed plus a lot more tortured, raped, and many still killed after the raping and torturing. The same happened in Malaya,
Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, the Philippines and other countries. Despite later the allies beat Japanese military back into Japan itself at the cost of hundreds of thousands killed and wounded on both sides, Japan stubbornly refused to stop hostilities and insisted on fighting to the last person which left the allies very few options. President Truman of US finally made the decision to use the A bomb. The use of atomic bomb was one of several choices, none was benign or palatable or relished by Americans. The final decision had to be made. No one could claim that that was the perfect choice but it was the militarily necessary one to stop the war and avoid hundreds of thousands of Americans from dying or injury in further fighting from invasion of Japan itself. At least that was the US perspective and do not forget the gratitude from all the people of those countries once attacked and occupied by Japan.
I fellno pity for a barbaric race, they were hell bent to sacrifice their people at any cost to acheive their goals. propogandized population that would do anything told if it was even dying. We just helped them acheive its ooner at less loss for selves. The japanese were fanatical with theri Bushido code up bringing, were fanatical, and it wolud take the empor to stop it, it was that bad..
They started it.... We finished it!
Tough guy? We (FDR and ONI )started it, FDR did everything he could to get the USA into that war. He finally cut off Japanese oil, made some threats and they had no choice but to go get the oil themselves. You just watched too much history channel back in the day. Read some books.
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 I've read books. America wanted Japan to peacefully withdraw from China and Manchuria, nothing more, until they also occupied southern Indochina in July 1941, then that also became a condition. I doubt that they would have made much of a fuss if Japan kept small portions of Manchuria (perhaps "economic zones" as other powers had done in other parts of China). Be that as it may, they certainly had no problem with the continued Japanese occupation of Korea, Taiwan and other territories that fell under Japanese control prior to 1931. Had Japan complied, it would have maintained its empire, and the importation of American oil and steel would have resumed.
Unfortunately, the militant factions in the Japanese government misread American intentions completely. Oh sure, the Americans were looking for an "in" to the war...against Hitler. Not Japan.
@@hhale It was NONE of our business and ONI told FDR that there no way in hell that Japan would accept any ultimatum from him to withdrawn from China. He also moved the Pacific Fleet from San Diego out to PH as a threat to Japan and up the Phillippines. FDR wanted that war and he made it happen! I sincerly doubt you readDay of Deceit by Stinnett., That details the entire operation/plan that FDR followed.
Very susinct! Stay out of politics. LOL
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 The Pacific Fleet was moved to Hawaii, which was a US territory. The Japanese long knew this was coming because it was topic of negotiation during the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922. Both agreed that no additional fortifications would be built west of Hawaii (the British would build no further east than Singapore); the Japanese feared Guam and/or Luzon being developed into a super base that could strike its bases in Formosa and its home islands.
The robot see's B-29s as B-29 s
True, and you placed an unnecessary apostrophe with the word "see." It's "sees," not "see's."
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@@roscoecairn7413That might have been intentional.
Were the head military officers of Japan so blind to the fact that they were willing to put the civilians to such hardships just because of their pride ? The Japanese government was as guilty to what happened to the people of Japan as was America by ignoring the fact that the war was lost and lost BIG time !
America isn't "guilty" of anything when it comes to the hardships the people of Japan faced, that was 100% on their leadership that as soon as it was removed life in Japan immediately started getting better thanks to American policy, instead of treating them as a vanquished people just as they'd done to others they unjustly attacked and occupied instead America immediately went about helping them to rebuild their country.
The US outclassed Imperial Japan in every way.
Certainly not at the beginning of the war and the size of their navies: the Japanese Navy was larger...
@@alfredomarquez9777 It didn’t take long for that to flip. From Guadalcanal on, the Japanese never won a land battle or a significant naval engagement
@@rotorheadv8ever hear of Savo Island? If Admiral Mikuma hadn’t turned around after blasting four(4) heavy cruisers of the covering force, he would have sunk all the transports near Guadalcanal and totally cut the supply lines of the 1st Marine Division. Would that have won the war, no. However, our timetable would have been destroyed. Actually, as soon as Japan struck Pearl Harbor, as long as America didn’t throw in the towel, they were doomed.
@@rotorheadv8 That is correct, but, still, the Japanese Navy was in fact larger and had many more modern units than the American navy at the start of the war in the Pacific.
@@alfredomarquez9777The size of the Navy you start with really doesn't matter if you're lacking the manpower and resources to repair and/or replace your own ships, particularly in a timely manner. Out of the 8 American battleships the Maryland and Tennessee, were repaired in a matter of weeks, as was the Pennsylvania. However, three were under repair for a year or more. Oklahoma and Arizona would never return to service. While the aircraft carriers weren't there to be damaged. However, the Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. More than 180 US aircraft were destroyed. A total of 2,393 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded and resulted in the American Government joining WW2 as well as causing the majority of Americans to commit to the war efforts despite previously being quite divided on the subject. I've always wondered what the history of WW2 would have been if the leader of Germany hadn't declared war on America.
A bittersweet story of warrior courage and untold civilian death and suffering ... I enjoyed the AI narration ... a pleasant voice ...
Listening to this narration gives one pause for those who wish to go to war. Its price is inestimable in financial, material and especially human. The biggest price paid, in most instances, in non combatants, in other words, women, children and the elderly. There is no glory in war, only death, no matter the cause of war, only death.
But even AFTER all this, many senior leaders in Japan wanted to CONTINUE at war.
Do you mean to give pause to those who start wars? The ones being invaded/attacked have no choice and the ones who start them could care less.
Present day example, Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
those who choose aren't paying the price
Imperial Japan caused the death of 29 million people!!
Thank you WW2 Story for being a help in showing the parts
Well done despite the infuriating AI narration. 👍
Better than a lot of them.
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Interesting. They wished to rely on the fairness and friendship of the Russians to intervene on their behalf. Let us know how that turned out.
There were no Russians in 1945. The country was called Soviet Union and it's leader was Stalin, a Georgian.
@yannistsili6585 It was the high point of the Soviet union ever after it was in slow decline. It was invisible at the time but the damage Germany caused would eventually place the Soviet union into economic defeat.
@harbringerf9416 yeah, because Soviet Communist economic malfeasance had nothing to do with it. It was all Germany. Yeah, yeah. That's the ticket. The Germans. Yeah.
@@harbringerf9416 Patton was correct. We fought on the WRONG SIDE!
Sure, Stalin was trustworthy & a good friend 😂. That non aggression pact with Adolph over Poland was just buying time that Stalin planned ahead of time because he was such a astute intellect, according to Soviet propaganda 😂.
Excellent
“When you ask for trouble, you should not be surprised when it finds you.”
Jedi Master Plo Koon
The Russians would intervene in their behalf, then they woke up. The A.I. narration wasn't bad in this one.
it was pretty good except for the P51 S and the B29 S instead of the plural B29's. When it first said B29 S it kind of threw me. As soon as they referred to a P51 S it became clear what was happening.
Me too. I did not understand.
@@stanburk7392 I didn't catch that but then again I am not a war buff. I thought they were versions of the aircraft. Still better narration than a lot of them.
The Russians kicked them after they were down, for the Russians' own profit.
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That's what threw me I am pretty sure the last version of the P51 was the P51H. I didn't think any of those even saw combat in WW2. So to hear about an S model would be something. As for the B29 I have no idea of any later variants so I'll keep my mouth shut on that. I do agree the narration was very good and easy to follow along with.
They started a war they knew they couldn't win. So they lost.
The AI voice sounds like it is modeled on the British actor Tom Courtenay.
He's great, one of my favorite British actor's.
@@dukecraig2402 He was great in "King Rat", "Doctor Zhivago" and "The Night of the Generals".
I have no idea how he did it but he made the decision!
I would have re-done the script to remove “s” when making aircraft models plural, as the fake AI robot voice just keeps thinking it’s a variant of the plane (as in B-29 S instead of B-29s/plural) same with P-51s. It’s really distracting and most would assume it was a model variant of each aircraft.
Have to question the 20 Mustangs lost to bad weather during a single sortie . This "is" viewed from Japan's perspective. We were told plenty of disastrous outcomes on many missions. I think we would have heard that story.
Very cool. Little weird with the almost pristine narration veering off with the B-29 and P-51 plural thing, but fascinating, nonetheless. I'd rather hear it from a non-bot, of course. Drachnifel started out like that though, so here's to hoping you manage it, as well.
My dad would have been part of the homeland invasion. I'm glad he didn't have to. I might not have been here to write this.
My Father was on the 5th wave at Okinawa. He cried because he would have a future life.
Always wondered if Japan would have continued fighting if they had known that the US only had two atom bombs? Or was the use of incendiary bombs enough?
The AAF and navy attacks had been growing to overwhelming force. The atom bombs were dropped August 6-9. The Soviets declared war and invaded Japan during the same week. Both events shook the prior plans of "resist the US/UK/etc. invasion" plan, which was 100% focused to the south.
We actually had 3.
@@jimmiller5600Russia never invaded Japan. They invaded portions of China that Japan had occupied.
@@bobbym3309 That is incorrect. Search "Soviet invasion of Kuril Islands".
We had 3, but we're able to manufacture more, a few initially but like anything it gets way easier as you go.
America: welcome ❤ 🇯🇵
I would like to make one correction. The Emperor DID NOT accept the original terms, which is that he would step down as the emperor. He was prepared to take Japan into genocidal nonExistence for that position -- a position of insanity. "That day, Hirohito informed the imperial family of his decision to surrender. One of his uncles, Prince Asaka, then asked whether the war would be continued if the kokutai (imperial sovereignty) could not be preserved. The Emperor simply replied "of course."
Weren't the Japanese seeking development of an atomic weapon? Would they have used it if they'd had one?
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Had the Russians got to the Japanese main islands the world may have become a very different place. The Japanese feared the Soviets more than any one else. The humiliating Tsarist defeat was only 40 years before in 1905. Revenge and expansion at Japans expense were high on Stalin's agenda.
Japs may have feared the Rookies, but not more than the USA.
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AI B-29 S (ESS) instead of B29’s….
There was no p-51s the s is as in plural multiple p-51s
Strange they put killed separate from injured or missing....think missing should have been separate or with killed.
usually they're combined into "casualties" i think, all these numbers are usually difficult both in the moment and in hindsight.
In the entire film, not one word was said about the attack of Pearl Harbor was a mistake because it was the very cause of the entire war and loss of tens of millions of human lives.
Me Mongo. Me like story.😮
Mongo just pawn in game of life.
Where the white women at ?
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There is so much anti-American narrative that suggests the use of atomic bombs was unnecessary, and Japan would have surrendered anyway. These accounts suggest Japan would have fought until it's million man army and 5000 reserve aircraft were completely destroyed.
And while it's callous to say, even if Japan were going to surrender, using the A bombs demonstrated to the world what a horrible weapon it was, and arguably lead to the 80 years of peace and prosperity that followed. For Japan and for much of the world.
The memorial at Hiroshima has a flame burning to the ideal of future nuclear disarmament and world peace. But I suspect Hiroshima's wish can never come true. Nuclear disarmament, or world peace are possible. Not both.
What is a P-51s, and a B-29s? Don't you mean P-51D? You need to do two, get ride of the AI narration, and do your Homework. I don't know why I keep watching your video's. Too many of them are so flawed.
I think he is reading directly from a account written by a Japanese pilot, just after the war . Any mistakes would have been in the original manuscript, translated from Japanese
AI doesn't know what to do with the plural 's' in "B-29s". That's a robot for you.
@@lesliefranklin1870 never thought of that. Now that you mention it, yea , that's the answer
Horrible robot voice
P51's "rid of" not "ride of." We all live in glass houses...check your own writing. These are excellent historical accounts of the war from many different experiences and viewpoints.
Way to many commercials
It’s RUclips. This channel has nothing to do with it. The more people watch the show, the more ads
I don't get it? I haven't seen a commercial on youtube for a long time? I do use and ad blocker which I had to disable to continue using youtube but I still never see any commercials? I am using a LINUX OS but I doubt that has anything to do with it?
This is interesting content. But as long as you use a bot to read it, instead of hiring a real voiceover person, I won’t listen to any further episodes.
FAFO in megatons
Um, didn't the Japanese surrender in August of 1945?
Formal Surrender took place in September 1945
why ask, no Google?
September
@@jeebusk You trust google?
The disregard by Tokyo and its military government for civilians was appalling.
"Honor"?
Yeah, that and $4 can buy you a latte at Starbucks.
THERE IS NO P51 S !!! DOES NOT EXIST!!! NOR B29 S !!!!
More AI audio.
I DO NOT CARE.
You asked for it.
Crappy AI
AI voice still sucks..text is revisionism