To be fair 6 Old battleships, a dozen or so cruisers and a few hundred Destroyers, Gunships and Patrol boats is pretty bare bones by American standards. Do remember that we are talking about the same nation that currently has an active capital fleet 12 super carriers and 9 Lite carriers and is currently in the middle of a Congressional hearing to increase the fleet to 24 Super carriers and 20 Lite carriers. So yeah by American standards it was a pretty Tiny force.
@@Asian_Auto We built 24 essex class carriers during ww2, with another 8 cancelled after the war ended. We also had Ranger, Enterprise, and Saratoga in the end as well. So 27 fleet carriers. Also, we built a shit ton of light carriers and escort carriers just to make things even more ridiculous.
also keep in mind that the 3 taffy fleets were 4-6 carriers each and a good dozen destroyers and DEs; a piece even by today's standards that dwarfs some navies
@@aaroncabatingan5238 Do it for the Vine Yamato : I ain't gonna do it Do it for the Vine Yamato : I ain't gonna do it Do it for the Emperor BANZAIIIIIII -> Task Failed succesfully
Actually had USN had only destroyers at Surigao Strait the outcome would have been the same. Both Japanese capital ships were sunk by destroyer torpedoes, with just Yamashiro taking some damage from the giant fireworks.
Do not forget the even more legendary Yukikaze, that also went through many close calls including the epic suicide run that was Operation Ten-Go. And unlike Shigure (which was eventually sunk), and Enterprise (which was scrapped after failing to preserve it as a museum ship just like it's successor CVN-65 decades later), Yukikaze ended being a spoil of war for the Republic of China, which oversaw the ROC's defeat of the mainland, and was force to live a life where the Republic of China gradually loses its significance, culminating in the People's Republic of China taking over as the Representative of The China on the year of her scrapping in 1972. Someone have an in depth story on Yukikaze's life from her time in the IJN all the way to the ROCN. And reading all of this, you almost get the idea that Yukikaze is not really a lucky ship, but a Pariah Dog ala Fallout that brings misfortune to everyone around her but herself to whoever has her. Seriously, the level of misfortune she brings to Japan and China almost makes the William D Porter look lucky by comparison. forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/11154-the-legend-of-yukikaze/
@@macrossMX On a slightly related subject, after learning about the near economic relapse in 1946, do you think this may have had played a role in efforts to preserve Enterprise to fall through? Aside from the admiral revolt among other things...
US Navy: we only got 6 old battleships, some cruisers, destroyers, and OT boats between the Japanese and the landings at Leyte Gulf. Imperial Japanese Navy: ONLY????
@@keithsimpson2150 At this point in the war, Japan had only 6 left. Of the 12 battleships they originally had, Hiei and Kirishima were loss during the battle of Guadalcanal, Mutsu blow up on her own, Musashi was sunk right before this battle, and Ise and Hyuga were converted into half-ass carrier and rendered useless as a result.
@@keithsimpson2150 yeah, Halsey dropped the ball when it came to Samar, but the battle was still pretty lopsided in the America's favor because, as it turns out, radar equipped destroyers with radar darting in and out of smoke and squalls with aircraft support do pretty well for themselves.
@@keithsimpson2150 I believe production of those started in late 42/early 43. I'd also point out that Japan had more carriers when the US entered the war than everyone else in the world put together, they just couldn't keep up with American shipbuilding. We churned out over 100 carriers, including 18 fleet carriers, over the course of the war in addition to 4 battleships, 3 large cruisers, and I'm afraid to check how many light cruisers and destroyers. They just ran out of oil to run their war machine, much like Germany, while facing what was at the time the largest oil and steel producer in the world.
“One can imagine the ghosts of all great admirals, from Raleigh to jellico standing at attention as the battle Line pulles into position” I like really felt that. Also someone really needs to make a painting of that!
More than likely they were watching from Valhalla yelling, "turn around" then just shaking their heads an having a drink waiting for them to arrive in Valhalla shortly...
DeeJayster we know why they did it, but there's also the fact that it's the HISTORY channel, they as historians shouldn't be allowed to dramatize a story just for clickbait or whatever. They aren't some big Hollywood studio, their job IS putting out facts and the tone in the way they present the battle made it overly dramatic when in reality the Japanese had NO chance of succeeding on the southern flank with the forces they brought. Anyone not familiar with naval warfare would be lead to believe that 6 battleships and 8 cruisers, 4 of which were heavy cruisers with 8 in guns, wouldn't be a sizable enough force. They have no frame of reference, they would be lead to believe that it was a highly risky maneuver by the Americans which could have spelled disaster if gone wrong (just like the showdown off Samar during roughly the same time). At that point, the documentary stops being a documentary and instead becomes a propaganda piece. They as Historians would have utterly failed at their job. THAT is why we make fun of that clip. Because misleading people like that only serves to harm the knowledge of the uninformed.
nah, the Japanese knew it was lost at that Point. heavily damaged Yamashiro and mogami against dozens of battleships and Cruisers, I think everyone knew how of was gonna Turn Out. the only Thing remarkable was that Mogami survived everything the Americans three at her and was even able to slowly make her way Home when she was rammed by a friendly and had to be scuttled because of left her dead in the Walter.
@@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821 "At thirty-three minutes to midnight, the Mogami fired six torpedoes in the direction of the (Northampton-class heavy cruiser) USS Houston. This volley was later described as one of the most effective of the Pacific War, as five of the six torpedoes found a target. Unfortunately, they missed the Houston and ran on towards Bantam Bay, where the Japanese had their invasion fleet at anchor. A few minutes later, five heavy explosions lit up the night. The transporters Horai Maru, Sakura Maru, Tatsuno Maru and Ryujo Maru all sank in the shallow waters of the bay (the latter two were later raised by the Japanese). Additionally, the Japanese minesweeper W2 was hit and sunk. " Six torpedoes, five hits, five friendlies sunk. Epic TK.
My father was in destroyer unit Desron 24 on board the destroyer USS DALY. You can get online and read the logs. Those harp seals were firing torpedoes and deck guns and almost took out the Daly. Even a lop sided battle is still dangerous for someone. Please don't minimalize these brave men's actions. My father was also at the battle of Okinawa as a gunners mate his regular job on the USS SWIFT mine sweeper. I have an ashtray he made out of a mark 7 3 inch 50 cal deck gun he used to shoot down kamikaze aircraft. That battle was alot one sided but over 4900 sailers lost their lives due to kamikaze attacks. Something like 136 ship were struck. These harp seals lived by the bushido code. I know of one battle in the Philippines my dad's ship tried to rescue Japanese sailers who's ship was sunk. They refused to be rescued. That is called fanaticism, very dangerous.
Japan: We're heavily outnumbered and outgunned. Should we concentrate our forces? No, let's go for a "clever" plan, like every other time. It's been working so well.
3:46 Quick note, that's not the Fuso in WW2 configuration, by the time of WW2 Fuso had a pagoda mast almost as ridiculous looking as a Christmas Tree. *What has WOWS done to me!
The only IJN battleships not to have those pagodas were the Yamatos. (Said class honestly is a lot closer to foreign designs in terms of armouring scheme and main gun arrangement, too, even though IJN features did remain)
I don't know jack about the IJN so I was tempted to look this thing I've never heard of before up. Dear god why would they do that? Wouldn't it make the ship top-heavy and/or make it easier to spot? Seriously what's the reasoning. It can't possibly be just for looks or something.
Brennan Palm Their logic was that a higher vantage point = better optics (and, later, better radar attachments). This actually is correct as both radar and optical rangefinding equipment do better when placed higher. But instead of just making bigger masts, they built these gigantic, unstable pagoda masts for that purpose. It wasn’t until the Yamato-class that the IJN actually used proper superstructures. (Even then, they do look superficially like pagoda masts, but they’re far more structurally sound) And somehow the Fusous didn’t capsize themselves. Somehow....
Everyone’s meming the “only six battleships” line, but what about “last line of defense”? “The Japanese got through torpedo boats and destroyers, meaning the only thing in their way are EVEN MORE POWERFUL SHIPS fresh and ready to fight.” That’s like saying you punched your way through a bunch of school children and teenagers, so now all you have to fight is a line of MMA experts.
One thing that’s important to remember about Surigao Strait is that Nishimura had a pretty good idea of what he was up against and drove into it anyway. He’d sent up scout planes earlier in the day before the battle and they accurately reported the battle line and defences. He went ahead because he believed that the main force under Kurita needed a distraction for the main American force and he had to be that distraction. Coincidentally, the battle took place on the anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade - which had pretty much the same outcome that Surigao did.
The Radio Silence thing was a myth. Nishimura tried to contact his allies by radio but he was being jammed by West Virginia, who flooded every conceivable wavelength from 10^8 to 10^12 Hz with various remixes of its theme song.
There's a book about the Shigure's captain in all his battles from the start to the end called _Japanese Destroyer Captain_ . It's really interesting because his is one of very few first hand accounts in most of these battles from a surviving IJN officer's pov.
After surviving Surigao Straight Shigure's captain was promoted and given command of one of the last Japanese light cruisers. It accompanied the Yamato on its suicidal attempt to reach Okinawa. Like Yamato the light cruiser was sunk but the captains luck held, and he survived to author his book.
I agree, Bataan needs more proper recognition and analysis. tons of historians say "USAFFE forces were crippled and combat ineffective" and thats that no further analysis on weapons or anything(and the units that were actually effective are often generalized or categorized with the rest as "combat ineffective" or poorly organized) but despite that they managed to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese. read a book by Bill Sloan titled "Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor" it was about the soldiers and people who fought. it says that the Marines were the most well equipped and could've have bolstered the defense of the Bataan Peninsula but that would leave Corregidor more vulnerable(then Dugout Doug also had his ego) there was also an airman who had to fly their P-40's from airfield to airfield as they were like the last remaining aircraft, there was also a entry from a US cavalryman who participated in the last US cavalry charge. like seriously a lot of things are overlooked when talking about the battle of Bataan.
Battle of manila in a nut shell America: moar bombs Japan:oof Amreica: moar arteleray Japan:OOF America moar navy Japan: O O F America: moar sherman Japan: O O O O O O O O O F F F F F F F F
@@christianjohnsalvador1121 Also the reason why USAFFE was crippled and combat ineffective is because their equipments are inferior and their resources are nearly depleted
yeet A video on why battleships in general are meme ships would be nice. (Spoiler alert; few of them did much and none of them actually proved to be the superweapons they were supposed to be, regardless of who built them. Especially anything built during or after the 1930s)
Hentai is an Art If a weapon becomes obsolete at its intended role before it’s complete and is forced to fulfill a role that a much cheaper weapon can do, it’s useless, or at least strategically terrible.
Japanese navy: I think we should try to make a good plan in order to attack the Americans as effectively we can the only thing we can do is just go head on but that be just a stupid suicide mis- Nishimura: *C O W A B U N G A I T I S*
Japenese navy: "Our plan to lure away the majority of the US ships up north worked! Now Center Group only has to face a handful of destroye-" The destroyers: "COWABUNGA IT IS"
I think you are one of my favorite youtubers because you explain history with blunt humor and memes. while also investigating and explaining any misconceptions you come across.
Jason b - there were tons of friendly-fire incidents on both sides. To the point where one of the two American flagships (cruiser San Francisco) was partly responsible for sinking the other American flagship (cruiser Atlanta) - ships collided with enemy vessels and even friendly vessels - a battlecruiser-turned-battleship was actually incapacitated by cruiser and destroyer fire to the bridge - anti-aircraft guns were used to shoot at enemy sailors, and the shrapnel would also hit the people firing said AA guns. The battle also had people machine-gunning sailors on enemy decks. - at one point, a captain on a destroyer had to fend off the above-mentioned battleship with a PISTOL. Said destroyer was one of the ones that helped kill that battleship. The end result is that both sides lost a good chunk of their fleet and withdrew, only to come back the next night over, resulting in another chaotic fight where the Americans won.
My Great-Grandfather was there on the Battleship Tennessee! Thank you for this video! He never talked much about the war (my family doesn't he know what his job was in the battleship because he never told anyone) so I'm glad I could hear about one of his battles from you. Thank you!
Really fitting that the last battle between battleships proper was one of complete decimation. Showcasing just how deadly salvos from multiple ships can be. Quite literally going out with a bang.
The sheer amount of memery in these videos it fantastic. Your videos are so captivating, not only because of the content, but because of the humor that can attract audiences young and old.
@@sillylittleowlguy2392 They clubbed the seals and only stopped when they started clubbing eachother. Thankfully they didn't club the other seals and let them off with some ptsd.
This battle is so epic. Having read Hornfischer's books multiple times, when you mentioned in your Samar video that you'd be doing a video on this part I was naturally excited and almost kinda glad I found your videos a little late so I didn't have to wait lol.
I have a request; starting in late wwii, the Japanese and French were experimenting with an improvised loading system for their tanks, the auto loader. My research hasn’t given me much, so can you sum it up in your magical way and give me the history of this device? Thanks, I love your videos.
@OptimalOptimus50 The weather is a bit of a mixed bag in general since even in December you could have a single day be a heatwave while the rest of the week just rainfall. Baguio is the relatively calm, cold and is the closest most will be to America, while the Quezon Province in general can be an experience just to visit every city since most of the area is diverse with different terrain and surroundings. You know mountains, coastlines and such. There is also the forest and jungles of the wilderness with large trees and clear streams.
@@roquemainecoon8046 I really hope too. our current president has a very strong pro-China stance. It's not only hurting our economy but also being a country in SEA. Our government is now pretty much giving our islands to China, and most of our populace doesn't seem to give a sh*t. I really hope that it's all temporary...
@@roquemainecoon8046But still, even with the removal of the alliance with the USA being stupid, I can't blame my country (citizens and government) for not wanting to be involved with Your government at the moment.
some theorize David had a tactical advantage over Goliath. What made Goliath so scary was he was big, and used hacks. David was a Shepherd Now Shepherds at this time would use slings to ward off enemies to the flock. And the type of sling they used is so powerful with the right ammunition it has the same destructive force as a gun. So it was big boi vs guy with gun...
_Shigure_ also took a torpedo straight through her rudder, but it was a dud (lovely American torpedoes, amirite?) so she soldiered on. The hole wasn't discovered until she went in for routine maintenance.
OptimalOptimus50 the t34 had its advantages and it's disadvantages. It has better armor in some places and had a more powerful gun, but it was far less ergonomic. No such thing as a perfect tank
OptimalOptimus50 no, you don’t get it, the T34 was the perfect tank for the Russians at that time, it was good enough to kill what it needed to kill, they could pump it out at a stupid rate and it was an already existing design, that’s what they found worked so they used it, the Sherman equally was better for the US because they had the capability to produce and ship it to where they needed them, and because they wanted an all rounder, the T34 wasn’t made to be comfortable it was made to be efficient
Ok man, I don't know why I think twice about clicking on your vid, I shouldn't, I just love these, they're an absolute blast to watch and so...educative too, I'm in my high-school's last year and it's fucking terrible studying like 9-11 hours a day, and this is a place of solace for my soul, my one true love, history. I just felt really touched when you said that this was the last time battleships traded blows, and it hit me with a sudden jolt that a new era in naval warfare had taken full control, like the new generation of staff replacing everyone from the old, it just clicked you know? And I don't know why, coupled with the music, it's 2:25 AM but you just made my day, again, thank you man.
I will forever hate Bill Halsey for steaming north with his battleships and taking away the opportunity for the Iowas to actually face off against the Yamato.
Fr33zy159 Even if he hadn’t left, that battle could never have occurred. The aircraft carriers with the Iowas would have struck Centre Force again, and killed Yamato long before the Iowas would get into shooting distance. Iowa may have been the ultimate battleship in terms of statistics, but she was built after she became obsolete. There was no point in building her just to have her do things that could have been done much more cost-effectively. Imagine how many cruisers or destroyers the USN could have built instead to provide the same amount of AA or shore bombardment over a wider area.
John Lee Or we can fit railguns on cheaper, less-obsolete ships? The Iowas only got used for shore bombardment because nobody bothered to cancel their construction, leaving the USN with four advanced but doctrinally obsolete ships that had to be used for something. They weren’t actually an effective weapon in that role, they were used just so they wouldn’t be even more of a waste of resources than they already were. Battleships were obsolete in WWII and they will remain obsolete unless longer-range weapons like aircraft or missiles become obsolete. (Even afterwards, their costs may still keep them in the obsolete category)
Sigilum Sanctum Considering that carriers were the capital ships of WWII, he was overall in the right to prioritize them, even if it led to a debacle here.
@@bkjeong4302 I think he means Halsey should have kept the battleships with Taffy 3 while the carriers steamed north. In that scenario AFAIK the main carrier force would not have been in position to strike Center Force.
This is also why Samuel B. Robert’s “DE that fought like a BB” designation is really an insult to what that ship actually did. Because battleships were the least cost-effective, least active and most overrated type of warship of WWII. Which is the exact opposite of what Samuel B. Roberts did off Samar (achieving far more than she was ever intended to do)
I just did a NJROTC project on Jesse B Oldendorf. We had to use a video so I picked this. Every one thought it was funny and I got the highest grade. Thx for the great video 🔥👌🏽
This is so rare. Nobody really covered the Liberation of the Philippines because... *insert Okinawa and Iwo Jima*. As a Filipino, I am happy you covered this.
It's important to point out that not only did the American battleships have new radar, they also had entirely new guns. All of them had received new twin 5-inch secondary batteries since Pearl Harbor, replacing their old shorter secondaries from the 1920s, not to mention huge upgrades in AA. At the time of Pearl Harbor, the Bofors did not exist yet, and all those ships had in 1941 was those old 5-inchers and a few .50cals. In addition, the Colorado-class ships that were present, West Virginia and Mississippi, had new 16" guns with greater firepower.
Japan: *slaps US battleships in Pearl Harbor* 5 of those battleships: “Well, it’s PAYBACK TIME.” USS Mississippi: “yeah what they said!” (For context, Mississippi was one of the Surigao battleships who was around or docked at Iceland on December 7th)
The truly funny part is that this is also the last battle in which the tactic of "crossing the T" was used--the tactic developed in the age of sail, to allow all of one's broadside guns to be used against the scant forward guns of an enemy ship. Here, it was used in the last gunbattle between major warships in history, but this time at night, with radar-fire control, at an impressive range, with a whopping six battleships and at least as many cruisers.
I sawed this boat in half!
RedComm put it together with flex tape
Repair the Bismarck with flex tape.
That's a lotta damage!
*NOW THATS A LOTTA DAMAGE*
My grandfather served on that slab of plywood
Americans: we only have 6 somewhat old battleships
Japan: wtf
To be fair 6 Old battleships, a dozen or so cruisers and a few hundred Destroyers, Gunships and Patrol boats is pretty bare bones by American standards.
Do remember that we are talking about the same nation that currently has an active capital fleet 12 super carriers and 9 Lite carriers and is currently in the middle of a Congressional hearing to increase the fleet to 24 Super carriers and 20 Lite carriers.
So yeah by American standards it was a pretty Tiny force.
@@anarchyandempires5452 Didnt we have around 20ish carriers during the height of WWII? I know it was some ridiculous number
@@Asian_Auto We built 24 essex class carriers during ww2, with another 8 cancelled after the war ended. We also had Ranger, Enterprise, and Saratoga in the end as well. So 27 fleet carriers.
Also, we built a shit ton of light carriers and escort carriers just to make things even more ridiculous.
also keep in mind that the 3 taffy fleets were 4-6 carriers each and a good dozen destroyers and DEs; a piece even by today's standards that dwarfs some navies
@@AlteryxGaming
Yo, I just got off the radio, it sounds like ya'll might be needin some fuckin *PLANES*
History Channel: "ONLY 6 Battleships."
Yeah, and it was ONLY 1 iceburg that sunk the titanic
Popo
“ONLY 2 ATOMIC BOMBS”
The ice berg was a paid actor
Mr. Narwhal ONLY 2 likes for each nuke
ONLY two planes destroyed the World Trade Center.
Japanese military at the end of the war: Alright who's not dead?
Shiguro: DOUSE THAT LIGHT!
"Alright, who's not dead, sound off." Commander Rourke, Atlantis Expedition, Atlantis the Lost Empire.
Survivors raise hand*
"You bring dishonor to you, dishonor to your cow, dishonor to your whole family. Now jump into plane and BANZAI !"
Yamato: I am
Japanese military: Do a banzai charge on the Americans
@@aaroncabatingan5238 Do it for the Vine
Yamato : I ain't gonna do it
Do it for the Vine
Yamato : I ain't gonna do it
Do it for the Emperor
BANZAIIIIIII -> Task Failed succesfully
Battle off Samar: American destroyers YOLO at the Yamato and support.
Battle of Surigao: Japanese Battleships YOLO at Pearl Harbour [sic] ships.
If it smells like WOWS (World of Warships) noobs, looks like WOWS noobs......then it probably is WOWS noobs XD ;D
Nah... the WoWs noobs would be sitting at 1/4 speed broadside at 15km.
@@randomguy-tg7ok why me?
random guy harbor*
Hay, yaw wright.
IJN: "Surely the destroyers is the worst of it."
USN: "BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!"
"Okay, it's only some cruisers."
*Loads cannon in Battleship* "But wait- THERE'S MORE!"
Actually had USN had only destroyers at Surigao Strait the outcome would have been the same. Both Japanese capital ships were sunk by destroyer torpedoes, with just Yamashiro taking some damage from the giant fireworks.
“Call now and we’ll DOUBLE the number of carriers you’re fighting for FREE!”
And it’s a blast from your past; for these boys are ready to kick your ass. You can call it “ the love taps from Pearl “
"BUT WE'RE NOT DONE YET!!"
Shigure: *survives her fleet being annihilated*
"Guess that makes you a lucky ship, eh?"
Shigure: *crippling PTSD*
Y u bulli Shigure?
I guess that also makes Enterprise a somewhat shellshocked wreck by the time she returned to the US.
Well it didn't last for long afterwards
Do not forget the even more legendary Yukikaze, that also went through many close calls including the epic suicide run that was Operation Ten-Go.
And unlike Shigure (which was eventually sunk), and Enterprise (which was scrapped after failing to preserve it as a museum ship just like it's successor CVN-65 decades later), Yukikaze ended being a spoil of war for the Republic of China, which oversaw the ROC's defeat of the mainland, and was force to live a life where the Republic of China gradually loses its significance, culminating in the People's Republic of China taking over as the Representative of The China on the year of her scrapping in 1972.
Someone have an in depth story on Yukikaze's life from her time in the IJN all the way to the ROCN.
And reading all of this, you almost get the idea that Yukikaze is not really a lucky ship, but a Pariah Dog ala Fallout that brings misfortune to everyone around her but herself to whoever has her. Seriously, the level of misfortune she brings to Japan and China almost makes the William D Porter look lucky by comparison.
forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/11154-the-legend-of-yukikaze/
@@macrossMX On a slightly related subject, after learning about the near economic relapse in 1946, do you think this may have had played a role in efforts to preserve Enterprise to fall through? Aside from the admiral revolt among other things...
US Navy: we only got 6 old battleships, some cruisers, destroyers, and OT boats between the Japanese and the landings at Leyte Gulf.
Imperial Japanese Navy: ONLY????
USN: I was just trying to be modest. It’s ok.
"American got only 6 old battleships"
Japanese : "That's practically our entire navy"
@@keithsimpson2150 At this point in the war, Japan had only 6 left. Of the 12 battleships they originally had, Hiei and Kirishima were loss during the battle of Guadalcanal, Mutsu blow up on her own, Musashi was sunk right before this battle, and Ise and Hyuga were converted into half-ass carrier and rendered useless as a result.
@@keithsimpson2150 yeah, Halsey dropped the ball when it came to Samar, but the battle was still pretty lopsided in the America's favor because, as it turns out, radar equipped destroyers with radar darting in and out of smoke and squalls with aircraft support do pretty well for themselves.
@@keithsimpson2150 I believe production of those started in late 42/early 43.
I'd also point out that Japan had more carriers when the US entered the war than everyone else in the world put together, they just couldn't keep up with American shipbuilding. We churned out over 100 carriers, including 18 fleet carriers, over the course of the war in addition to 4 battleships, 3 large cruisers, and I'm afraid to check how many light cruisers and destroyers. They just ran out of oil to run their war machine, much like Germany, while facing what was at the time the largest oil and steel producer in the world.
@@braith117 So many Clemsons.....
@@Jonathan-fb1kj *angry Fletcher noises*
“One can imagine the ghosts of all great admirals, from Raleigh to jellico standing at attention as the battle Line pulles into position” I like really felt that. Also someone really needs to make a painting of that!
*went into oblivion
More than likely they were watching from Valhalla yelling, "turn around" then just shaking their heads an having a drink waiting for them to arrive in Valhalla shortly...
2:38 only six battleships is like saying Japan only lost four carriers
What is that music does sb know?
5 actually, the ryujo was sunk at The battle of the eastern Solomon’s
@@freshfish7529
Midway: kaga, soryu, akagi...
Hiryu
Eastern solomons: ryujo
Santa cruz: wow good job nagumo!
Philippine sea: shokaku and some self bomb ship named taiho.
Philippines: zuikaku.
O N L Y S I X (6)
Also make a video about operation cottage on kiska, or you have the big gay
ThE 👏LaSt👏 LiNe 👏Of👏 DeFeNsE
I think they said that to make it sound more dramatic for the US side
DeeJayster we know why they did it, but there's also the fact that it's the HISTORY channel, they as historians shouldn't be allowed to dramatize a story just for clickbait or whatever. They aren't some big Hollywood studio, their job IS putting out facts and the tone in the way they present the battle made it overly dramatic when in reality the Japanese had NO chance of succeeding on the southern flank with the forces they brought. Anyone not familiar with naval warfare would be lead to believe that 6 battleships and 8 cruisers, 4 of which were heavy cruisers with 8 in guns, wouldn't be a sizable enough force. They have no frame of reference, they would be lead to believe that it was a highly risky maneuver by the Americans which could have spelled disaster if gone wrong (just like the showdown off Samar during roughly the same time). At that point, the documentary stops being a documentary and instead becomes a propaganda piece. They as Historians would have utterly failed at their job. THAT is why we make fun of that clip. Because misleading people like that only serves to harm the knowledge of the uninformed.
@@majestichotwings6974 It's Samar. Read it as saamar
*Slaps top of Surigao Strait,* 'This bad boy can fit so many dead Japanese ships in it'
Under rated joke right here.
Jonathan Stiles *slaps top of Enola Gay* “This bad boy can fit so many rice cookers in it”
@Jonathan Stiles
*slaps Pacific Ocean*
This bad boy can fit so many cool shipwrecks in it.
Jonathan Stiles when you realize Japan lost 2 battleships in Guadalcanal
When you realize America lost multiple cruisers and destroyers around Guadalcanal
The Japanese: “hey, we actually might be winning!”
USS West Virginia: *country* *roads* *noises*
Yeah that old girl from pearl got her revenge
"WE SAID WE WOULD RETURN, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN!"- Warriors of the World
Uss Maryland “ Angry Crab noises “ as it hails the Japanese fleet along with the survivors of Pearl
nah, the Japanese knew it was lost at that Point. heavily damaged Yamashiro and mogami against dozens of battleships and Cruisers, I think everyone knew how of was gonna Turn Out. the only Thing remarkable was that Mogami survived everything the Americans three at her and was even able to slowly make her way Home when she was rammed by a friendly and had to be scuttled because of left her dead in the Walter.
@@emil-1609 Who is this Walter fellow?
I assume you mean water.
Japan, doesn't only undercut their allies, they undercut each other.
IJN Mogami launched the deadliest torpedo salvo in the war
against the IJA convoys
@@iceoriental123 Scoring an epic team killer streak.
@@iceoriental123 now i need to know more about this
@@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821 "At thirty-three minutes to midnight, the Mogami fired six torpedoes in the direction of the (Northampton-class heavy cruiser) USS Houston. This volley was later described as one of the most effective of the Pacific War, as five of the six torpedoes found a target. Unfortunately, they missed the Houston and ran on towards Bantam Bay, where the Japanese had their invasion fleet at anchor.
A few minutes later, five heavy explosions lit up the night. The transporters Horai Maru, Sakura Maru, Tatsuno Maru and Ryujo Maru all sank in the shallow waters of the bay (the latter two were later raised by the Japanese). Additionally, the Japanese minesweeper W2 was hit and sunk.
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Six torpedoes, five hits, five friendlies sunk. Epic TK.
@@iceoriental123 5/6
Not bad
“The naval equivalent to clubbing a seal”
Unless that seal is a walrus or leopars seal, then yes it is that grusome and one sided
**clubbed to death intensifies**
A good metaphor to describe the big diference of strenght.
My father was in destroyer unit Desron 24 on board the destroyer USS DALY. You can get online and read the logs. Those harp seals were firing torpedoes and deck guns and almost took out the Daly. Even a lop sided battle is still dangerous for someone. Please don't minimalize these brave men's actions. My father was also at the battle of Okinawa as a gunners mate his regular job on the USS SWIFT mine sweeper. I have an ashtray he made out of a mark 7 3 inch 50 cal deck gun he used to shoot down kamikaze aircraft. That battle was alot one sided but over 4900 sailers lost their lives due to kamikaze attacks. Something like 136 ship were struck. These harp seals lived by the bushido code. I know of one battle in the Philippines my dad's ship tried to rescue Japanese sailers who's ship was sunk. They refused to be rescued. That is called fanaticism, very dangerous.
More
*clap* 👏
Bayonet attachments
*clap* 👏
Given that this is the Navy, why not more Rams?
*warhammer 40k flashbacks*
TENHO JENKIN, BANZAI!
DKoK happy gasmask noises
@@thatrandomguy8157 you mean shovels right?
It's a late Christmas gift!
Justin Y. Never see you so soon
K
Justin you're a jew
Do you ever run out of words to comment?
It seems like you do this so much that you would have to run out of things to comment
West Virginia, Ocean Mama
Take me home, Ocean Lanes
make the full lyrics and i ll make sure you get 20 likes
@@killian9314 you make an enticing offer. Unfortunately, I'm a lazy piece of shit.
To the base i belong!
Almost victory. West Virginia. Pearl harbor. sweet revenge.
"Alright who's not dead."
Best line ever.
PLEASE MAKE AN IN-DEPTH VIDEO OF THE BOB SEMPLE TANK!!!
Questions that truly need answering
Direct orders from high command
We need that
this
Ah, the most powerful tank in the history of this universe.
Japan: We're heavily outnumbered and outgunned. Should we concentrate our forces? No, let's go for a "clever" plan, like every other time. It's been working so well.
3:46
Quick note, that's not the Fuso in WW2 configuration, by the time of WW2 Fuso had a pagoda mast almost as ridiculous looking as a Christmas Tree.
*What has WOWS done to me!
Well of course... Both Fusou and Yamashiro have a tall ass pagoda erect on the middle of the bridge.. I had no idea why..
The only IJN battleships not to have those pagodas were the Yamatos. (Said class honestly is a lot closer to foreign designs in terms of armouring scheme and main gun arrangement, too, even though IJN features did remain)
I don't know jack about the IJN so I was tempted to look this thing I've never heard of before up. Dear god why would they do that? Wouldn't it make the ship top-heavy and/or make it easier to spot? Seriously what's the reasoning. It can't possibly be just for looks or something.
Brennan Palm
Their logic was that a higher vantage point = better optics (and, later, better radar attachments). This actually is correct as both radar and optical rangefinding equipment do better when placed higher. But instead of just making bigger masts, they built these gigantic, unstable pagoda masts for that purpose.
It wasn’t until the Yamato-class that the IJN actually used proper superstructures. (Even then, they do look superficially like pagoda masts, but they’re far more structurally sound)
And somehow the Fusous didn’t capsize themselves. Somehow....
Because they don't have radar, yet.
[SHIGURE PTSD INTENSIFIES]
@@syaondri
Ah... Fall event 2017 E4.
"Only 6 battleships defeated the japanese"
"Only 1 giant asteroid killed the dinosaurs"
Everyone’s meming the “only six battleships” line, but what about “last line of defense”?
“The Japanese got through torpedo boats and destroyers, meaning the only thing in their way are EVEN MORE POWERFUL SHIPS fresh and ready to fight.” That’s like saying you punched your way through a bunch of school children and teenagers, so now all you have to fight is a line of MMA experts.
It's more like toddlers and children, then fighting your way through delinquent teenagers and violent gangbangers.
One thing that’s important to remember about Surigao Strait is that Nishimura had a pretty good idea of what he was up against and drove into it anyway. He’d sent up scout planes earlier in the day before the battle and they accurately reported the battle line and defences. He went ahead because he believed that the main force under Kurita needed a distraction for the main American force and he had to be that distraction. Coincidentally, the battle took place on the anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade - which had pretty much the same outcome that Surigao did.
“Alright, who’s not dead?”, haha.
They won clearly by the West Virginia blasting Country Roads to it's whole fleet.
The Radio Silence thing was a myth. Nishimura tried to contact his allies by radio but he was being jammed by West Virginia, who flooded every conceivable wavelength from 10^8 to 10^12 Hz with various remixes of its theme song.
@@barleysixseventwo6665 Jammed it by blasting Country Roads
There's a book about the Shigure's captain in all his battles from the start to the end called _Japanese Destroyer Captain_ . It's really interesting because his is one of very few first hand accounts in most of these battles from a surviving IJN officer's pov.
After surviving Surigao Straight Shigure's captain was promoted and given command of one of the last Japanese light cruisers. It accompanied the Yamato on its suicidal attempt to reach Okinawa. Like Yamato the light cruiser was sunk but the captains luck held, and he survived to author his book.
Saying 6 old battleships like that is like you being the Celtic tribes saying the Roman garrison in Britannica is only 4 legions
Coutry sea, take me home, to the place, I belong, WEST VIRGINA!!! BATTLESHIP MOMMA, take me home, country sea.
Ludwig The Medic *WISH I WAS DOWN ON ROCKY TOP, DOWN ON THE TENNESSEE GUNS!*
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Being from WV I HATE SEEING THESE COUNTRY ROAD MEMES WE SEE AND SING IT ENOUGH AT THE FOOTBALL GAMES
Would love a video about the battle of Bataan. Or about the battle for Manila
I agree, Bataan needs more proper recognition and analysis. tons of historians say "USAFFE forces were crippled and combat ineffective" and thats that no further analysis on weapons or anything(and the units that were actually effective are often generalized or categorized with the rest as "combat ineffective" or poorly organized) but despite that they managed to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese. read a book by Bill Sloan titled "Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor" it was about the soldiers and people who fought. it says that the Marines were the most well equipped and could've have bolstered the defense of the Bataan Peninsula but that would leave Corregidor more vulnerable(then Dugout Doug also had his ego) there was also an airman who had to fly their P-40's from airfield to airfield as they were like the last remaining aircraft, there was also a entry from a US cavalryman who participated in the last US cavalry charge. like seriously a lot of things are overlooked when talking about the battle of Bataan.
Battle of manila in a nut shell
America: moar bombs
Japan:oof
Amreica: moar arteleray
Japan:OOF
America moar navy
Japan: O O F
America: moar sherman
Japan: O O O O O O O O O F F F F F F F F
I just hope he pronounces “Bataan” properly.
@@christianjohnsalvador1121
Also the reason why USAFFE was crippled and combat ineffective is because their equipments are inferior and their resources are nearly depleted
what about a video -meme tanks 4- on meme ships or meme planes?
yeet
A video on why battleships in general are meme ships would be nice. (Spoiler alert; few of them did much and none of them actually proved to be the superweapons they were supposed to be, regardless of who built them. Especially anything built during or after the 1930s)
Meme ship
Hms hood
Being the "BEST" the royal navy can offer yet exploding in half like a roman candle because of prinz eugen's shell
Eugen being the cause of that explosion is still a minority hypothesis.
And honestly....that was a one in a thousand shot regardless of who fired it.
@@bkjeong4302 still happened
Hentai is an Art
If a weapon becomes obsolete at its intended role before it’s complete and is forced to fulfill a role that a much cheaper weapon can do, it’s useless, or at least strategically terrible.
Would love for papa potential history to do the Battle of Hoth which is a totally real battle which totally happened. Trust me.
Potentially, it was actual history.
I mean it was a battle a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
Yes, you picked up my *incredibly* obscure reference
That's the joke lol
That time that Germany slapped those Russian shield generators really gets my hand free recording strategy going
Oh my god, "alright whose not dead? " got me in stiches... lol you sir are on point with the memes and culture references!
4:36 Press F to send love to shigure who is currently suffering from PTSD.
Japanese navy: I think we should try to make a good plan in order to attack the Americans as effectively we can the only thing we can do is just go head on but that be just a stupid suicide mis-
Nishimura: *C O W A B U N G A I T I S*
Japenese navy: "Our plan to lure away the majority of the US ships up north worked! Now Center Group only has to face a handful of destroye-"
The destroyers: "COWABUNGA IT IS"
US Navy be like:
Ya YEET
*_arms sway_*
*_takes rifle_*
*_yeetshot_*
*somehow manages to hit target*
ha, gottem.
*takes another yeetshot*
Ahh thank you dad
daddy*
That profile, what symbol is that? It looks familiar, like one of my fellow tank divisions had it.
Oh hello panzer lehr
I think you are one of my favorite youtubers because you explain history with blunt humor and memes. while also investigating and explaining any misconceptions you come across.
Ahh yes the tried and true American tactic of firing so many goddamn shells down range that the enemy can no longer find you though the smoke.
It has an official name "Accuracy by volume"
Great, now just make the 1st and 2nd battles of Guadalcanal (literally the most batshit insane naval battles in WW2) and my life is complete
A bar room brawl after the lights have been shot out.
Friendly fire for everyone
stanislav kamenický or he can talk about the even more fun time
THE LAND BATTLE! YAY
how insane you talking about
Jason b
- there were tons of friendly-fire incidents on both sides. To the point where one of the two American flagships (cruiser San Francisco) was partly responsible for sinking the other American flagship (cruiser Atlanta)
- ships collided with enemy vessels and even friendly vessels
- a battlecruiser-turned-battleship was actually incapacitated by cruiser and destroyer fire to the bridge
- anti-aircraft guns were used to shoot at enemy sailors, and the shrapnel would also hit the people firing said AA guns. The battle also had people machine-gunning sailors on enemy decks.
- at one point, a captain on a destroyer had to fend off the above-mentioned battleship with a PISTOL. Said destroyer was one of the ones that helped kill that battleship.
The end result is that both sides lost a good chunk of their fleet and withdrew, only to come back the next night over, resulting in another chaotic fight where the Americans won.
I love watching others reviewing battles in my country. Thanks potential history for this and for that patreon user who requested it.
the japanese had some incredible swords in a time where everyone had machine guns
Pretty stupid analogy lol
Basically we had the advance radar and fire control systems and carriers
@@steviejohnson378 they had 2 of the greatest battleships while the US had 20+ Essexs.... I think it works
@@bradenhagen7977 they had aircraft carriers too you know
My Great-Grandfather was there on the Battleship Tennessee! Thank you for this video! He never talked much about the war (my family doesn't he know what his job was in the battleship because he never told anyone) so I'm glad I could hear about one of his battles from you. Thank you!
I know this is a 5 year old comment but if you look at the US archives you can probably find his service record!
Really fitting that the last battle between battleships proper was one of complete decimation. Showcasing just how deadly salvos from multiple ships can be. Quite literally going out with a bang.
The sheer amount of memery in these videos it fantastic. Your videos are so captivating, not only because of the content, but because of the humor that can attract audiences young and old.
USA: Only my weak old little 6 battleships
Japan: Oh, then we will just dest-
USA: KNOCK KNOCK JAPAN
They clubbed a seal that day
Several seals. They clubbed several seals.
Why is that an expression. I mean yeah many seals are small, but there are seals that can kill a man no problem
@@jamesroad316 have you watched seal clubbing videos in youtube? It's exactly like that but with ships.
@@crazydiamondrequiem4236 one fat seal, vs 16 inch HE shell
@@sillylittleowlguy2392 They clubbed the seals and only stopped when they started clubbing eachother. Thankfully they didn't club the other seals and let them off with some ptsd.
I wish battleships never went obsolete. I absolutely love the idea of massive hulks of ships with massive guns trading fire with each other.
USS Pennsylvania was nicknamed "ol' falling apart" because she fired so many shells she looked like she was falling apart.
alpha Pennsylvania
Ironically she didn’t hit anything in this battle.
@@bkjeong4302 USS Pennsylvania never fired for she could not find a target.
still survived a nuke
Shigure-san now has PTSD
Imagine "ONLY" having 6 battleships.
“Fighting only 6 battleships is like only fighting 3 superpowers”
Axis powers: Oh shit
This battle is so epic. Having read Hornfischer's books multiple times, when you mentioned in your Samar video that you'd be doing a video on this part I was naturally excited and almost kinda glad I found your videos a little late so I didn't have to wait lol.
I have a request; starting in late wwii, the Japanese and French were experimenting with an improvised loading system for their tanks, the auto loader. My research hasn’t given me much, so can you sum it up in your magical way and give me the history of this device? Thanks, I love your videos.
Make a video on Bhutan or I will reform the holy dragon empire
THUNDER DRAGON EMPIRE
*USS WEST VIRGINIA*
“Sir, Japanese in range.”
“Play the music.”
*COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE I WAS BORN WEST VIRGINIA*
WEEEEEESST VIRRRRRRGINIA!!! MOUNTAIN MAAAAMAAAA TAAAKE ME HOME
Japan : Why do I hear boss music?
I like the PH(potential history) logo on the right bottom
And my country reconsidered to reduce our alliance with the USA. Good job Philippines.
@OptimalOptimus50 Quarter native by culture, purely location by birth.
@OptimalOptimus50
The weather is a bit of a mixed bag in general since even in December you could have a single day be a heatwave while the rest of the week just rainfall.
Baguio is the relatively calm, cold and is the closest most will be to America, while the Quezon Province in general can be an experience just to visit every city since most of the area is diverse with different terrain and surroundings. You know mountains, coastlines and such.
There is also the forest and jungles of the wilderness with large trees and clear streams.
I hope the government of the Philippines get its act together because we need them as an ally
(I'm American)
@@roquemainecoon8046 I really hope too. our current president has a very strong pro-China stance. It's not only hurting our economy but also being a country in SEA. Our government is now pretty much giving our islands to China, and most of our populace doesn't seem to give a sh*t. I really hope that it's all temporary...
@@roquemainecoon8046But still, even with the removal of the alliance with the USA being stupid, I can't blame my country (citizens and government) for not wanting to be involved with Your government at the moment.
some theorize David had a tactical advantage over Goliath. What made Goliath so scary was he was big, and used hacks. David was a Shepherd Now Shepherds at this time would use slings to ward off enemies to the flock. And the type of sling they used is so powerful with the right ammunition it has the same destructive force as a gun. So it was big boi vs guy with gun...
How to lose a winnable fight
Step 1: underestimate your opponent.
Step 2: die.
most famous laat words in ww2
"two pinced manouver" 😈
_Shigure_ also took a torpedo straight through her rudder, but it was a dud (lovely American torpedoes, amirite?) so she soldiered on. The hole wasn't discovered until she went in for routine maintenance.
"Sir are those the battleships that we 'sunk' at pearl harbor?" *heavy sweating*
Man the insertion of memes into these videos is just absolutely perfect and on point, keep it up lad
I’m just really happy that a lot of your recent vids have been about my country, the Philippines!
When you learn more history from Kantai Collection than your actual history class.
Make a video on why the Sherman tank is not as bad as people make it out to be
pouuko should probably watch nick Moran’s thoughts on that it’s been covered extensively
OptimalOptimus50 the t34 had its advantages and it's disadvantages. It has better armor in some places and had a more powerful gun, but it was far less ergonomic. No such thing as a perfect tank
OptimalOptimus50 yeah dude that’s not really a debate to even have, the t34 was better for the Russians, they’re both very good tanks in their own way
@OptimalOptimus50 Tbh I'd consider the T-34 and Sherman to be equal.
OptimalOptimus50 no, you don’t get it, the T34 was the perfect tank for the Russians at that time, it was good enough to kill what it needed to kill, they could pump it out at a stupid rate and it was an already existing design, that’s what they found worked so they used it, the Sherman equally was better for the US because they had the capability to produce and ship it to where they needed them, and because they wanted an all rounder, the T34 wasn’t made to be comfortable it was made to be efficient
Oh wow surigao is correct pronunciation
Good job m8
Ok man, I don't know why I think twice about clicking on your vid, I shouldn't, I just love these, they're an absolute blast to watch and so...educative too, I'm in my high-school's last year and it's fucking terrible studying like 9-11 hours a day, and this is a place of solace for my soul, my one true love, history. I just felt really touched when you said that this was the last time battleships traded blows, and it hit me with a sudden jolt that a new era in naval warfare had taken full control, like the new generation of staff replacing everyone from the old, it just clicked you know? And I don't know why, coupled with the music, it's 2:25 AM but you just made my day, again, thank you man.
Nice how you post this while I’m visiting the Philippines
Thank you, this particular battle doesn't get enough attention.
I will forever hate Bill Halsey for steaming north with his battleships and taking away the opportunity for the Iowas to actually face off against the Yamato.
Fr33zy159
Even if he hadn’t left, that battle could never have occurred.
The aircraft carriers with the Iowas would have struck Centre Force again, and killed Yamato long before the Iowas would get into shooting distance.
Iowa may have been the ultimate battleship in terms of statistics, but she was built after she became obsolete. There was no point in building her just to have her do things that could have been done much more cost-effectively. Imagine how many cruisers or destroyers the USN could have built instead to provide the same amount of AA or shore bombardment over a wider area.
John Lee
Or we can fit railguns on cheaper, less-obsolete ships?
The Iowas only got used for shore bombardment because nobody bothered to cancel their construction, leaving the USN with four advanced but doctrinally obsolete ships that had to be used for something. They weren’t actually an effective weapon in that role, they were used just so they wouldn’t be even more of a waste of resources than they already were.
Battleships were obsolete in WWII and they will remain obsolete unless longer-range weapons like aircraft or missiles become obsolete. (Even afterwards, their costs may still keep them in the obsolete category)
Halsey was notorious for hunting Japanese carriers. Unfortunately he fell for the Japanese bluff with their empty carriers.
Sigilum Sanctum
Considering that carriers were the capital ships of WWII, he was overall in the right to prioritize them, even if it led to a debacle here.
@@bkjeong4302 I think he means Halsey should have kept the battleships with Taffy 3 while the carriers steamed north. In that scenario AFAIK the main carrier force would not have been in position to strike Center Force.
Oh History Channel, only you could make a 2-1 fight seem like a desperate defense... Never change
Bout time! Are requesting this video for a while
These videos are absolutely the best. It doesn’t matter what the topic, you just make it so informative yet still very interesting!
"we have only 6 older battleships"
"you guys have battleships?"
Your Christmas gift was 364 days early
Jonny: Makes fun of German tanks as impractical and unreliable.
Also Jonny: Names tiers on Patronite after them.
This is also why Samuel B. Robert’s “DE that fought like a BB” designation is really an insult to what that ship actually did.
Because battleships were the least cost-effective, least active and most overrated type of warship of WWII. Which is the exact opposite of what Samuel B. Roberts did off Samar (achieving far more than she was ever intended to do)
I just did a NJROTC project on Jesse B Oldendorf. We had to use a video so I picked this. Every one thought it was funny and I got the highest grade. Thx for the great video 🔥👌🏽
A Potential History upload? The only thing that would make today better is if my Dad came back.
He's been gone so long...
Is your dad taking 15 years to get cigarettes too?
Woah that went dark......
You and oversimplified are my fav yet history channels
This is so rare. Nobody really covered the Liberation of the Philippines because... *insert Okinawa and Iwo Jima*. As a Filipino, I am happy you covered this.
Wow, what an interesting video to end the year with, can’t wait to see what next year will bring
My biggest fear is as a military member is dying in a battle like this and being memed in a historical youtube video decades down the road lmao.
I was gonna watch this, but the TVs real fucking loud right now and I know your videos are worth waiting the perfect moment for so Ill wait.
Not only do you have the US navy you have a bunch of pissed off sailors aboard those ships from pearl harbor
I love your videos. I will often play them for my cadets when we are talking about history.
"Only destroyers, cruisers, and six old battleships stand in their way"
Japan with 2 pre-WW1 battleships: 👁👄👁
That last quote always sends shivers down my spine. It's like if grantland rice covered naval warfare.
The USN: Call an Ambulance, call an Ambulance!
The IJN: ...
The USN: *B U T N O T F O R M E*
Nobody:
History channel at 3 AM:
I think your patreon levels should have one more tier above all else.
Bob Semple Tier
It's important to point out that not only did the American battleships have new radar, they also had entirely new guns. All of them had received new twin 5-inch secondary batteries since Pearl Harbor, replacing their old shorter secondaries from the 1920s, not to mention huge upgrades in AA. At the time of Pearl Harbor, the Bofors did not exist yet, and all those ships had in 1941 was those old 5-inchers and a few .50cals. In addition, the Colorado-class ships that were present, West Virginia and Mississippi, had new 16" guns with greater firepower.
“The rising sun had set for Japan.”
both of them had set
Thanks for this video, very entertaining as well as memory-refreshing and interesting
"The naval equivalent to clubbing a seal" sent me, god damn.
“They *ONLY* stopped because some destroyers were reporting friendly fire”
Japan: *slaps US battleships in Pearl Harbor*
5 of those battleships: “Well, it’s PAYBACK TIME.”
USS Mississippi: “yeah what they said!”
(For context, Mississippi was one of the Surigao battleships who was around or docked at Iceland on December 7th)
The truly funny part is that this is also the last battle in which the tactic of "crossing the T" was used--the tactic developed in the age of sail, to allow all of one's broadside guns to be used against the scant forward guns of an enemy ship. Here, it was used in the last gunbattle between major warships in history, but this time at night, with radar-fire control, at an impressive range, with a whopping six battleships and at least as many cruisers.