Why Did This Attack Have Such A Devastating Impact? (WW2 Documentary)

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  • Опубликовано: 9 апр 2024
  • Shortly before 8am on 7th December 1941 the residents of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu were jolted awake by explosions as Japanese aircraft roared overhead. Unknown to them, a huge aircraft carrier strike force had approached from the north and in two waves would bomb airfields and warships across the Island and at Anchor in the major naval base at Pearl Harbor. By the time it was over, just two hours later, more than 2400 men lay dead, the Harbor was engulfed in flames, and for the Americans at least, WW2 had begun. This is that story.
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    Written References:
    At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor - Gordon Prange
    Attack on Pearl Harbor - Alan Zimm
    General Sources:
    US Library of Congress
    US National Archives (NARA)
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    Credits:
    Research: Dan Hill
    Script & Narration: Dan Hill
    Editing: Simon James
    Thumbnail Design: Linus Klassen
    Music & Sound Effects: Shane Greer

Комментарии • 64

  • @BrownEyePinch
    @BrownEyePinch Месяц назад +20

    Thank you for recognizing Miller with his picture in the thumbnail picture

    • @BattleGuideVT
      @BattleGuideVT  Месяц назад +2

      We also feature him in the documentary. :) Such a brave man!

  • @emmgeevideo
    @emmgeevideo Месяц назад +3

    Folks, if you love these videos, think about becoming a Patreon so that they keep coming. The level of research and the new graphics they create are stunning and do take a lot of money. Well worth a few dollars from faithful viewers.

  • @JakeTheBear1
    @JakeTheBear1 Месяц назад +5

    RUclips algorithm really mean! I mean this is such a quality documentary! This deserves to be shared to the world!
    Another amazing video from you guys!

    • @JakeTheBear1
      @JakeTheBear1 Месяц назад

      Hoping your team covers Battle of Manila soon... You guys are amazing!

  • @BrownEyePinch
    @BrownEyePinch Месяц назад +25

    Too bad no one took the radar report seriously

    • @BattleGuideVT
      @BattleGuideVT  Месяц назад

      Indeed!

    • @CraftySasquatch
      @CraftySasquatch Месяц назад

      Inside job how all wars get started. All the world is their stage.

    • @SzyMon-M98
      @SzyMon-M98 Месяц назад

      The US knew they were going to get attacked, but this was the best way to get America itself into the war. They just sacrificed these men

    • @dicostigan1449
      @dicostigan1449 Месяц назад

      In retrospect, these ships were already obselete as an effective fighting force, as the Japanese proved with their attack.

    • @CraftySasquatch
      @CraftySasquatch Месяц назад

      @@dicostigan1449 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @stevenm3823
    @stevenm3823 Месяц назад +7

    When you read about what happened before the attack you'll learn that it was the enlisted men who did everything right and the officers who made all the mistakes.

  • @TaskForce_Raccoon
    @TaskForce_Raccoon Месяц назад +6

    Is it just me, or did this video come out like a couple weeks ago? I'm getting deja vous vibes.

    • @BattleGuideVT
      @BattleGuideVT  Месяц назад +6

      It did but we took it down after a couple of days due to some tightening up of the visuals and extra segments added in that we thought made the story more understandable.

  • @Jadegreif
    @Jadegreif Месяц назад +1

    Great video. Small nitpick, the quality/soundlevel of the commentary varies at times, little annoying at times. No big deal, doesnt distract from the great video, but wanted to give you some feedback.

  • @ak9989
    @ak9989 Месяц назад +6

    Oh I have a named ww2 marine helmet with emblem to a Sgt stationed at Ewa during the attack. I obtained it from him along with all his paperwork, uniforms before he passed in 1982. He was a good friend of my dad.

  • @johnnyloring2610
    @johnnyloring2610 Месяц назад +2

    You should do a video on the Falkland islands, Amazing video as always glad ive been subscribed to you

  • @ProfessorM-he9rl
    @ProfessorM-he9rl Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for this post, very informative.

  • @alex4833
    @alex4833 Месяц назад +1

    Excellent documentary. As always, I appreciate the maps and imagery that you use. As a visual learner, they were especially helpful for helping me learn more about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
    I hadn't seen all of the raw footage before either.
    I also appreciate being able to learn about Dorie Miller and Peter Tomich. Both were brave and selfless and courageous.
    Also, as always, great narration by Dan.
    Keep up the nice work.

  • @LeSensuel
    @LeSensuel Месяц назад +1

    I was watching WWII’s Pearl Harbor attack series when you uploaded this! Talk about great timing!

  • @cdntrooper3078
    @cdntrooper3078 23 дня назад

    Only 7.6k views. It pisses me off that such a good channel with such good videos get low views

  • @JoeytheJerk
    @JoeytheJerk Месяц назад

    Not sure what is different from the first but another great RUclips video

  • @Alwuwa
    @Alwuwa Месяц назад +1

    Spectacular video again, guys.

  • @adambaxter1248
    @adambaxter1248 Месяц назад +1

    Brilliantly produced and scripted video as always 👍

  • @14rnr
    @14rnr Месяц назад

    I really like your presentations.

  • @jordaann9480
    @jordaann9480 Месяц назад +1

    We need an Arnhem documentary 🤞🏼
    Superb video yet again 👏🏼

    • @limes2
      @limes2 Месяц назад +1

      Perhaps about john baskeyfield

    • @jordaann9480
      @jordaann9480 Месяц назад

      @@limes2 absolutely agree with this aswell 👍🏻

  • @schroughphie1699
    @schroughphie1699 Месяц назад

    Getting better but still needs some work. At 14:18 you put a square around X turret on the stern.

  • @moobaz8675
    @moobaz8675 Месяц назад +1

    That was excellent. Will you be doing anything on those that took the fight to the Japanese on the day?

    • @BattleGuideVT
      @BattleGuideVT  Месяц назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! Something we may look at in the future.

  • @BelloBudo007
    @BelloBudo007 4 дня назад

    As an Australian, with some years on the clock, I find this such a sobering event to watch & listen about. I am lost for words to even begin to describe the sorrow that I feel for those killed & injured and their families, and for the USA as a whole. It is just so tragic.

  • @sushibar777
    @sushibar777 День назад

    One small note. Hawaii is more like about 2,500 miles (or about 4,100-4,200km) from the US West Coast, not 5,000 miles. The closest major city is actually San Francisco, which is just under 2,400 miles from Honolulu. The distances from Los Angeles or San Diego, the other major cities on the California coast are a bit longer, at over 2,500 miles. While these cities are south of San Francisco, the coast bends to the east north of Los Angeles, putting the southern cities a little further away.

  • @xFlow150
    @xFlow150 Месяц назад +2

    I'm confused. Is this a reupload?

    • @BattleGuideVT
      @BattleGuideVT  Месяц назад +4

      Yes, we have added in some bits and realigned others to make it a bit better.

  • @paulmadryga
    @paulmadryga 8 дней назад +1

    Despite being recommended by several Naval officers and congressmen for the Congressional Medal of Honor, Doris Miller was awarded the Navy Cross, because the Sec of the Navy at the time refused to sign off on the award of the MoH to a black serviceman.

  • @philchristmas4071
    @philchristmas4071 Месяц назад

    Glad to see one of the new Ford class will be named USS Doris Miller.

  • @bkjeong4302
    @bkjeong4302 Месяц назад

    InB4 someone says they should have gone ahead with the third wave, which was a) not planned, b) could not have done much because the fuel storage was NOT nearly as vulnerable as Nimitz said it was, and c) was logically impossible for the Japanese to pull off.

  • @larentaestamuyalta6132
    @larentaestamuyalta6132 Месяц назад

    PLEASE look for 65 Infantry The Borinqueneers Heroes forgot Korea war. Thank you

  • @martynjones3978
    @martynjones3978 Месяц назад

    It baffles me how Dorris Miller only gets a Navy Cross for all that he did and being one of the last to leave west virginia helping to remove wounded!!
    Yet two officers doing there job are killed and given medals of honour for doing nothing more then what is expected of a Naval officer!!

    • @phunkeehone
      @phunkeehone 23 дня назад +1

      Black people weren't exactly highly ranked in society back then. But the top dogs probably knew that they had to do something, they couldn't just let it slide.

  • @sr633
    @sr633 Месяц назад

    Listen to the information and you will know alot about what happened that day.

  • @ak9989
    @ak9989 Месяц назад +5

    I love this channel. Great work. If possible Okinawa next or the future. My dad fought there in 45 1st Marines. Now my youngest sons there. But overall great content, keep it up!😊

  • @lap125
    @lap125 Месяц назад

    Peter Tomich was Croat from Prolog, what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. He spoke Serbo-Croatian not German. If you don’t wanna call him American after all he did, at least don’t insult him by calling him Austrian.

    • @BernhardtBauer
      @BernhardtBauer Месяц назад +1

      Might just be laziness on the youtube channel's part, referring to Austri-Hungary simply as 'Austria'. That being said, I do get your point.

  • @user-ih8fw7bu5p
    @user-ih8fw7bu5p Месяц назад +1

    ❤😂😂🎉🎉😢😢😮😅

  • @mikes7639
    @mikes7639 19 дней назад

    That was a BIG mistake it cost the Japanese several city’s and almost all their ships

  • @metuberob
    @metuberob Месяц назад

    this was tragic but the americans got carried away with their military pride ... oh they'll never attack us .. they fear us as we are so big and strong ... booom boom boom ... aw crap they really attacked us ...

  • @gitfoad8032
    @gitfoad8032 Месяц назад

    Just, "No".

  • @olafkliemt1145
    @olafkliemt1145 Месяц назад +1

    ah, still the mainstream narrative.

    • @BrownEyePinch
      @BrownEyePinch Месяц назад +11

      Glad you were there to share your experience with us

    • @rodintoulouse3054
      @rodintoulouse3054 Месяц назад +6

      Please enlighten us…

    • @breamoreboy
      @breamoreboy Месяц назад +5

      Which one are you going to give us, the "British tracked the Japanese right across the Pacific Ocean but Churchill ordered that the USA shouldn't be told to get them into the war" line?

  • @dashdastardly
    @dashdastardly Месяц назад

    look up kilsoo Haan (a Korean allied agent) and his warnings, pre-attack. The CIA made the documents relating to him, his organisation and the warnings public information