The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)
As a Navy veteran, who served aboard a carrier I appreciate the documentary. I was fortunate to serve during a relatively peace time. Thank you to the men who served during WWII. Heros beyond heros.
Veteran of USS Midway, USS Constellation, and the "Big E" .. I can honestly say I was rarely bored. ( refueling at Sea was not eliminated for the Enterprise. Still had a lot airplanes to fuel ) Fair documentary not too bad a lot of mistakes. But not bad ones. You can tell the narrator is a land lubber
My uncle Keith was a Lt. j.g., who flew a Corsair fighter off the U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12) during WW2. He passed away a few years ago at the age of 90. He never spoke about what he did during the war. A happy-go-lucky fellow, always with a smile and a laugh, I miss him. Fair winds and following seas, uncle Keith.
USN HM1 here. 1999-2019 (active 99-15).. got to be on the Enterprise for 6 months in 01 before 9/11, was my only real time at sea.. was ground side with mostly 2nd Mar Div 02-08 and then air wing. mag 2/6 from 09-14.. those old sailors and pilots have my utmost respect and admiration those guys were sailors and airmen and did a job we would be hard pressed to find people to willingly do now. Keep his memory and deeds alive kid so we won't forget it's important now more than ever
The Corsair is a favorite for me. Your Uncle Keith was fortunate in getting to fly this beautiful bird. The Navy decided they were to dangerous in flying off a carrier as the front of the plane was angled too high. Pilots had a rough time landing on carriers. Couldn't see what was in front of them upon landing. Proved to be to hazardous. Not only pilots and carrier crew personnel got injured or killed but many planes got damaged or destroyed. Could not have these kinds of problems during a battle. But the Navy knew it was a great plane & had many built for the Marines. It had the same 2000 hp motor in it that the P-47 used.
Hey Jack, the Corsair was made for the navy but because of visibility problems while landing was given to the Marine Corp for use on land.... the U.S. Navy never used it on aircraft carriers.... the British figured a way to land on an angle s I they made it work but the Navy never used them.
@@stevenvassalli2408 no, it just took a bit more skill and the navy did switch to corsairs with the advent of the kamikaze due to the increased performance
Glad to see all the color film of WW2 Navy crews in operation! They were all so young! So many, just boys. Age 18-22 or so? They sacrifice so much. I wonder what these Gallant young men of the 1940's would think of today's American? THIS is obviously not the future we all hoped for. Such a shame. GOD REST THEIR SOULS.
God made all people from one man, Adam. All people are brothers. The God saves people by preaching (1st Corinthians 1: 21). He has nothing to do with war. Unfortunately, the lying and corrupt clirgy is silent about this. They even bless racists and nazis in the name of God. The problem is that the Devil rules the world. He is a liar and a murderer. This is why deception and violence are everywhere. This is the reason why people cry over stray cats and hate their brothers. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom. That's why we have the Gospel about the Kingdom of God. Jehovah will put everything in order. He has anointed the king, Jesus Christ. The dead will rise and we will meet our loved ones again! :-)
I think this is fantastic because it’s exactly what these men went through. Most of these men are dead now. My father was a navigator on a B24 in the Pacific. Thank You for sharing
Is the B24 the aircraft that leaked fuel? I know there was one US bomber that did this, and the crew tended to keep the bomb doors slightly open to ventilate the fumes.
These men and women of the Navy are incredible. But what created these machines and service men & women is the American civilization. That society enabled the creation of a military system that got the job done. That great American society created the military that won WWII. Americans must stay the course and keep that society alive and healthy.
Despite the inaccuracies and long intro, this documentary has a lot of good footage I never saw before. Worth watching just for that. Thanks for posting!
The 3 minute intro with spooky music, fuzzy and meandering footage should be taken out , and much editing should be done to correct numerous inaccuracies. But overall, well done and well worth watching .
They were very simple, compared to any angled deck carrier. Hell, our first carriers still had 8" guns to fight a surface battle! Eventually replaced with 5"/38 for Flak use.
Early in the development of carriers was very interesting and they did the best they could with what they had, but how many planes are on the ocean floor? I can only imagine.
@@pike100 it’s in ‘The Pacific’ by Hugh Ambrose. When the Navy sent this ship their new dive bomber Dauntless SBC2 they were doing trials and found out they couldn’t get the wings to lock (known problem), and all kinds of other problems. This meant 1/3 of the ship’s plane’s couldn’t fight, which pissed the captain off. To remedy this, instead of returning to port and dropping the planes off to have them fixed or whatever, he told his men, Captain Mike Browning I think, to push the damn planes off the ship. That was about 30 planes in that case. Can you imagine a plane not working right today and someone saying, hey push 30 f-16s off the ship! lol So yeah it’s true. Even during WWII there was a massive amount of waste. Of course you have to weigh operational vs tactical and strategic considerations. I.e. is it better to get in the fight with 30 planes less now, than later, when it might be too late?
@@pike100 also, just a reminder that the gov and mil don’t give a fuck about how they waste money see the billions of dollars of supplies we left to our “enemies” in Afghanistan.
@@pike100 this is why the fight against government waste is neverending. It has to be constantly fought, something a lot of people don’t grasp. When you’re not responsible for the equipment you’re using or the money you’re spending, as in the gov and mils case, you don’t care how much something costs. Our ancestors understood how hard won the money they earned was and they saw no reason to share it with a government that would inevitably waste it.
+1 for mocking America for its large expensive fleet and then a few minutes later saying the British Jump CV's couldn't carry enough Harriers to protect it's ships in the Falklands.
Idiots, the Harrier is an attack aircraft. Not a fighter or "jump jet"! Thus it was only capable for day ground attack, self defense in the visual air to air mode, it carried no radars and would be directed by the ship's TAC for air to air intercept using its gun or sidewinder AA missile. It is not a fighter, fighters defend the fleet.
@@chriszelez7970 In fact in the Falklands the Sea Harrier FR S1 proved itself to be a very capable fighter in the air defence role, shooting down 20 of the enemy without loss. The upgraded FA2 version was even better.
This was a great documentary (extremely informative)! I was stationed on board the “USS Enterprise”(CVN-65) from January of 1974 to January of 1978! The whole documentary was awesome! Thanks! My time on the “Enterprise” (CVN-65) was quite some time after WW2 but that is OK! A lot of the comments regarding this documentary were significant to read! Thanks everyone!
@@Seemsayin That is “awesome” Seemsayin! I was raised in rural North Dakota (Almost all farm country) so joining the Navy and traveling to a large number of locations around a large part of the world was quite an experience! I am sure that anyone who has ever travelled much (in the military or otherwise) will ever not appreciate it! Thanks for your response!
The Big E was my fathers ship from 1969 to 1973. I too could have served aboard as a nuclear electrician but ended up on the USS Truxtun from 1989 to 1992.
Interesting. My grandfather served on HMS Indefatigable duri d the battle of midway. He told me of how the zeros would destroy the US decks but bounced off the steel armour decking of indefatigable. Apparently 3 planes struck, one crashed on deck and another took out a lower hanger of men 200 of them lost. The compliment was according to him 2000. He died 2 years ago 2018, he was 98. I miss watching stuff like this and asking him about facts. I'm 53 so had that privilege for half a century. Just wanted to share folks
Not to disrespect your grandfather, but he was probably talking about Okinawa. There was widespread Kamikaze attacks during Okinawa and there is record that the HMS Indefatigable served during that battle. There is no record of the Indefatigable (or any warship of other allied nations) at the Battle of Midway. That he survived the carnage at Okinawa is remarkable. Many thanks to your Grandfather and his comrades!
American carriers were more offensive minded and carried more aircraft than the british carriers, the US always believed in bringing the war to the enemy first and foremost, the same reason they did day bombing in Europe, it was the only way to destroy the luftwaffe which was a prerequisite for a successful invasion 😉
The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)
I spent 30 years on US Navy ships from 1961 to 1992. Your narrative suggests that the US Navy spent decades doggedly advancing their advance of the art of air combat at sea. I'm not going to throw numbers at that but the view from the gun deck was soul destroying boredom for weeks or months on end followed by moments of intense combat. There is no useful way to explain it; you had to be there.
My grandfather served on the USS Enterprise during ww2. He was the guy that pulled the lever to release the planes. Sorry that is how it was described to me. I never met him. He died when my dad was kid.
The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)
44:09 Introduces the E-2 Hawkeye A plane worth its own episode is the Grumman S-2 Tracker ASW plane. It was quickly made into the C-1 Trader, and they operated several of the E-1 Tracer plane with its huge top-mounted radome. As the Skyraider; piston-prop-driven purpose-built carrier-borne plane, and like it operated in combat roles into the '70s.
This documentary is supposed to be about aircraft carriers in World War II, right? Then why the hell does any plane that entered service after 1945 even get included???
Curious how a good portion of this (all the earliest color footage) came directly from another documentary called "The Fighting Lady" which was narrated by Robert Taylor and followed ship life of the second 'Yorktown.' (CV-10).
You can't really shoot fresh footage though . It must be hard not to reuse footage for any subject from that period and a lot of footage seems to be RN and IJN and also many times used.
@@ivanthemisunderstood6940 USA was bad ass enough to fight a war on two fronts...and win. Still haven't forgiven Eisenhower for letting the Russians have Berlin. Still, when it came to surrender, guess who the Nazi's surrendered to?
@@rwarren58 Germany was badass enough to fight a war on two fronts; USA was badass enough to fight a war in TWO hemispheres AND provide massive amounts of material to all its allies AND stop the Soviets from starving, butchering and enslaving western Europe like they did their own people. The Soviets defeated the Nazis. USA defeated the Japanese and the Soviets. Britain and France defeated themselves inspite of having the support of their former colonies.
James Doolittle, in his biography, told that Billy Mitchel, a pilot who landed planes on carriers and tested bombing a battleship, dare to say that one day aicraft from carriers could sink battleships. That was heresy as battleships were considered as the ultimate power of the universe, and he was discharged in shame 2 years later. Ofter Billy Mitchel died, Pearl Harbor took place, and Mitchel's predictions became real.
The thumbnail is inappropriate to the subject. It shows a carrier with an angled flight deck. Angled flight deck research initially with painted dummy angled landing zones on conventional tarmac runways did not begin until 1952, seven years after the end of WW2.
Accurate and relevant thumbnails might also be appropriate for a documentary-style video. Your image = Carrier Enterprise (CVN-65) with an A4-Skyhawk jet aircraft parked on the desk. That carrier entered service in 1960, although had it been available to Admiral Nimitz in WWII, we could have wiped out the entire Japanese Fleet at either the Coral Sea or Midway in about 30 minutes. Otherwise, some nice footage you cobbled together.
The say HMS ‘Renown’ when they really mean HMS ‘Furious’ I think. ‘Renown’ remained a battlecruiser & was never a carrier to my knowledge. She’s in fact one of the ships the Brits could’ve saved for a 20th century capital ship museum, buuuut nooooo! Or HMS ‘Warspite’ would’ve been good or the lovely HMS ‘Vanguard’, if they wanted one with no battle damage. It’s just so sad.
My father, Ronald Dorney served aboard CV-61 U.S.S. Ranger in the south china sea during the Vietnam war... I've heard guys who have served in southeast Asia say that if you were expecting trouble, then you sent the ranger. They mothballed and scrapped her a few years ago now. A sad end to such a proud ship!!!
The narrator has confused HMS Renown with HMS Furious. Renown was not converted into a semi-aircraft carrier. Furious was. More errors in the narration. Certainly a misleading account of the end of the Bismarck.
That can be debated "the korean war" started as a "war" in june 1950, jowever already in 1939 south korean and US Military combined had waged a quite successful qar agains thr communist insurgensies with the most promintwent of them being the South Cholla and Taegu insurgensieis, and if we do count this then war was already ongoing, the offical US role and international stated in 1950 yes. the war long before. Look to Vietnam, the war there was going on for close to a decade before the amicans got involved, early 1950s, even late 1940 thouggh with the french vs the north vitenamese. so this about dates is not somthing to get stuck up in when it coes to wars, we must always count the build ups. like ww2 starting in 39 with attack on poland, or with the sanctions and the diplomacy of the annexations of checkoslivakia and austria and more....... Bitish military operations targeting geermany had began before the attck on poland.....which is the offical date, th3e rela fact is that it was never a ww2, just a ww1 with a long truce that germany broke
So why is your thumbnail the USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 commissioned in 1965 and not a WW11 carrier? I know this because I was on the ENTERPRISE from 75 to 80.
If the officers seated at wardroom tables were pilots, they would be wearing wings. Elsewhere, you refer to the propeller shaft in the singular. The first line carriers had four shafts.
14:32 Thee Bismarck sunk by a destroyer. Well, you could say that. Half the british surface fleet was after the Bismarck and later found her cruising in a circle at 10 knots. They fired salvo after salvo onto the battleship, they fired countless torpedoes into it and late at night after many of the cruiser seized fire due to lack of ammonition the Bismarck finally exploded and sank. Some say due to self destruction, some say due to the hourlong bombardment of over 40.000 rounds. Sunk by a destroyer my rear end...
All the people complaining about the thumbnail, the RUclips title and the length of the credits, may actually want to WATCH the documentary. It was made in the 1990s for TV. It covers the aircraft carrier from the 1910s to the 1990s. Criticism of the documentary because it's not up-to-date when it was made more then 20 years ago is utterly idiotic. Criticism of the Documentary because someone uploaded it with the wrong title, 20 years after it was made to a platform (RUclips) which didn't exist when the documentary was made. Is even more idiotic. It's not an amazing documentary. Some of the facts are wrong. But the footage is excellent, especially of the very early carriers and aircraft. Well worth watching for that reason.
14:30 Sic "She was later sunk by a destroyer" That may appear so - only after being pounded by HMS Renown, Sheffield, Rodney and King George V. But actually the crew of Bismarck scuttled the mighty ship themselves.
Getting catapulted off an aircraft carrier is about as much fun you can have and still keep tour clothes on! I did it once, off the USS Randolph CVS 15. That was in 1960.
God made all people from one man, Adam. All people are brothers. The God saves people by preaching (1st Corinthians 1: 21). He has nothing to do with war. Unfortunately, the lying and corrupt clirgy is silent about this. They even bless racists and nazis in the name of God. The problem is that the Devil rules the world. He is a liar and a murderer. This is why deception and violence are everywhere. This is the reason why people cry over stray cats and hate their brothers. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom. That's why we have the Gospel about the Kingdom of God. Jehovah will put everything in order. He has anointed the king, Jesus Christ. The dead will rise and we will meet our loved ones again! :-)
I guess the Swordfish sank those four carriers at Midway, the Musashi and a couple of cruisers at Leyte Gulf, the Yamato at Yokohama. Damn I didn’t even know the UK had aircraft carriers at those battles!
That counts merchant shipping, mostly in the Med, not just warships. The Swordfish’s low speed and high stability made it an excellent attack aircraft against Axis convoys. Weirdly, Swordfish also managed a torpedo hit on Bismarck and crippled several Italian battleships at Taranto.
To be sincerely honest in my humble opinion without being sentimental of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view and without hiding any thoughts in my mind and without lies,to the actual truth with my clear open mind and clean heart,expressing what ever is embedded inside me for a long time which I didn't say just because I was nervous.But Today, by gathering all the courage and motivation, I just want to say that I actually feel and think that I absolutely have nothing to say.
For film archives servicing documentary filmmakers we see a clear distinction between the first two thirds of "The Aircraft Carriers," all shot on film. Then in the 1960s and '70s video tape appeared and then supplanted film as the primary visual format. Despite its certain "selling points," its clarity, its sharpness comes in second to film. This hour documentary ends in 1999 before the next / current century's digital, which revolutionized the visual and audio mediums.
at 56 seconds on the intro is an amazing gun camera footage of a B17 going down shot to pieces an engine comes off wing with prop still spinning my feeling is the entire crew died on this plane a real horror show
The air campaign over Europe was a meat grinder. We all suffered serious losses, but so did the Germans. They were on borrowed time from the time we took out their ball bearing factory and oil holding tanks. The lack of ball bearings alone slowed them way down, especially in Russia, but that's another story.
The F 6-F Hellcat was designed and built AFTER a flyable Zero fighter was recovered intact in the Aleutian Islands. Grumman studied the Zero and built the Hellcat to counter it.
Wrong!!! The design of the Hellcat was done long before that. They did examine the Zero and fly it to determine it's flight characteists, to teach pilots how to best beat it.
Britain being surpassed by everybody everywhere and all the time. Does sound familiar, today more than ever. The things we British have set solidly into the sand is long and painful.
Aye, but your legacy lives on here in the US, as well as globally. No need to feel bad. Also, mind you, what we spend on our military budget is absurd. One of the most important things is having the technology and the industrial capacity to ramp up production when necessary. That said, I am glad and aware that the force we possess and are thus able to project is the reason why a lot of bad things never happen in the first place. “Walk softly, carry a big stick.”
Wildly, flagrantly inaccurate. The narrator said that the Korean War started in 1949 at 39:30? Janson Media does the date 25 Jun 1950 mean anything to you? At 40:10 or so, only mention Skyraiders, but show Corsairs in addition to the Skyraiders. With respect to the strike on Libya, it was said that because US carriers are sovereign territory, the US could act unilaterally. Well, maybe those F111s that took off from England to make the strike didn't realize this and they snuck out of the UK before the Queen and Parliament could object. Horrible sight of the USS Franklin (CV-13). 1294 casualties with 807 sailors KIA from that inferno and its after effects.
Its rather too terse hey. "crippled by a swordfish , she was later sunk by a destroyer". He's skipped a line"she was later sunk , after being pummelled by naval guns and torpedoes from a fleet of battleships and cruisers, by a destroyer" .Not sure why the destroyer part is there. Its a fleet with battleship and cruisers. Of course there are lesser screens too.
The Harriers lack the range for fleet defense. The quantity carried by the small helicopter carriers adapted to the Harrier was inadequate. Had Argentina been equipped with first line aircraft and weapons, the United Kingdom would have lost the war. The few Super Étendards equipped with Exocet missiles clearly demonstrated the inadequacies of the Harrier and it's lack of range. The Harrier like the ships they flew from were performing task they were never intended to do. I am not criticizing the ships or the plane so much as the political policies that left the RN fighting a war on a shoestring.
The RN were very lucky that none of their carriers were struck by Exocets. The other issue with the Harriers used in the Falklands was the lack of look-down, shoot-down radar. They could not see below them and guide radar missiles even if the Harriers had been equipped with BVR missiles! The RN didn't get radar-equipped Harriers until the Sea Harriers was upgraded in the late 1980s with an AMRAAM-compatible radar. Those were actually the first European planes fielded with AMRAAMs. The RAF never upgraded its Harriers with radars capable of guiding BVR missiles. The USMC, Spanish, and Italian navies did upgrade their Harrier II's to equivalent standard of the USMC last Harrier version. The modded Harrier II's were rebuilt with F-18 Hornet noses that carried recycled APG-65 radar units after the US Navy (and USMC) pulled those units from F-18s that received APG-73 radar.
306 CHAMPION Yes 306 you are correct. US Navy ships are dry. The narrator miss spoke, what is shown in the picture is what the Navy calls “gedunk”, and in the world war ll Essex class carriers it was on third deck, near the flight suit mess.
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In my 90s now, and I served on the world war two carrier, H M S Illustrious, a very happy ship.
I hope you've enjoyed a good life, you've earned it.
Thank you for your service!
Salute you for your service Sir❤
The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom.
That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)
As a Navy veteran, who served aboard a carrier I appreciate the documentary. I was fortunate to serve during a relatively peace time. Thank you to the men who served during WWII. Heros beyond heros.
i know you go out of your way to prove you give a care ,,
@@onlythewise1 what
Veteran of USS Midway, USS Constellation, and the "Big E" .. I can honestly say I was rarely bored.
( refueling at Sea was not eliminated for the Enterprise. Still had a lot airplanes to fuel )
Fair documentary not too bad a lot of mistakes. But not bad ones. You can tell the narrator is a land lubber
Of the thousands of historical documentaries I've watched throughout my life, this one takes the prize for longest irrelevant intro.
Exactly!!!
No intro should be longer than one minute. Shorter is even better.
Lmao its absurd how long it goes on
By the time the intro was done I was able to file my taxes
You are right
My uncle Keith was a Lt. j.g., who flew a Corsair fighter off the U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12) during WW2. He passed away a few years ago at the age of 90. He never spoke about what he did during the war. A happy-go-lucky fellow, always with a smile and a laugh, I miss him. Fair winds and following seas, uncle Keith.
USN HM1 here. 1999-2019 (active 99-15).. got to be on the Enterprise for 6 months in 01 before 9/11, was my only real time at sea.. was ground side with mostly 2nd Mar Div 02-08 and then air wing. mag 2/6 from 09-14.. those old sailors and pilots have my utmost respect and admiration those guys were sailors and airmen and did a job we would be hard pressed to find people to willingly do now.
Keep his memory and deeds alive kid so we won't forget it's important now more than ever
@@hissyhonker220 Excellent post!...I will always remember our men and women put into harms way. Some came back and some are still on patrol.
The Corsair is a favorite for me. Your Uncle Keith was fortunate in getting to fly this beautiful bird. The Navy decided they were to dangerous in flying off a carrier as the front of the plane was angled too high. Pilots had a rough time landing on carriers. Couldn't see what was in front of them upon landing. Proved to be to hazardous. Not only pilots and carrier crew personnel got injured or killed but many planes got damaged or destroyed. Could not have these kinds of problems during a battle. But the Navy knew it was a great plane & had many built for the Marines. It had the same 2000 hp motor in it that the P-47 used.
Hey Jack, the Corsair was made for the navy but because of visibility problems while landing was given to the Marine Corp for use on land.... the U.S. Navy never used it on aircraft carriers.... the British figured a way to land on an angle s I they made it work but the Navy never used them.
@@stevenvassalli2408 no, it just took a bit more skill and the navy did switch to corsairs with the advent of the kamikaze due to the increased performance
Glad to see all the color film of WW2 Navy crews in operation!
They were all so young! So many, just boys. Age 18-22 or so? They sacrifice so much. I wonder what these Gallant young men of the 1940's would think of today's American?
THIS is obviously not the future we all hoped for. Such a shame.
GOD REST THEIR SOULS.
God made all people from one man, Adam. All people are brothers.
The God saves people by preaching (1st Corinthians 1: 21). He has nothing to do with war.
Unfortunately, the lying and corrupt clirgy is silent about this. They even bless racists and nazis in the name of God.
The problem is that the Devil rules the world. He is a liar and a murderer. This is why deception and violence are everywhere. This is the reason why people cry over stray cats and hate their brothers. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom.
That's why we have the Gospel about the Kingdom of God. Jehovah will put everything in order. He has anointed the king, Jesus Christ. The dead will rise and we will meet our loved ones again! :-)
I think this is fantastic because it’s exactly what these men went through. Most of these men are dead now. My father was a navigator on a B24 in the Pacific. Thank You for sharing
These men are not dead their with God! And so is your dad amen
Is the B24 the aircraft that leaked fuel? I know there was one US bomber that did this, and the crew tended to keep the bomb doors slightly open to ventilate the fumes.
@@gregorozco5957 keep your religious proselytizing to yourself.
@@driggs2821 same back at ya lmao
@@driggs2821cope
When you go back in time and it’s visit your grandfather at work day 22:53 . Easily one of the most impressive humans I’ve ever met! Rip grandpa.
These men and women of the Navy are incredible. But what created these machines and service men & women is the American civilization. That society enabled the creation of a military system that got the job done. That great American society created the military that won WWII. Americans must stay the course and keep that society alive and healthy.
41:38 is the funniest landing I’ve ever seen. The fact you could just plant it into the ground and it wouldn’t explode
Despite the inaccuracies and long intro, this documentary has a lot of good footage I never saw before. Worth watching just for that. Thanks for posting!
Agreed.
The 3 minute intro with spooky music, fuzzy and meandering footage should be taken out , and much editing should be done to correct numerous inaccuracies. But overall, well done and well worth watching .
@@jnstonbely5215 Inaccuracies like the angled flight deck in the thumbnail?
@@Mike_Reganand at 39:27 saying that the Korean War started in 1949
Yeah this is some super awesome footage throughout battles I've never seen. Very cool
No WWll carriers had angled decks and CVN-65 was modern day USS Enterprise
They were very simple, compared to any angled deck carrier. Hell, our first carriers still had 8" guns to fight a surface battle! Eventually replaced with 5"/38 for Flak use.
Early in the development of carriers was very interesting and they did the best they could with what they had, but how many planes are on the ocean floor? I can only imagine.
A lot. Operational losses exceeded combat losses, too. They also pushed a lot of planes they didn’t like overboard.
@@tmoe6674 They pushed planes that they didn't like overboard?!? I call BS on that! They only pushed seriously damaged planes overboard.
@@pike100 it’s in ‘The Pacific’ by Hugh Ambrose. When the Navy sent this ship their new dive bomber Dauntless SBC2 they were doing trials and found out they couldn’t get the wings to lock (known problem), and all kinds of other problems. This meant 1/3 of the ship’s plane’s couldn’t fight, which pissed the captain off. To remedy this, instead of returning to port and dropping the planes off to have them fixed or whatever, he told his men, Captain Mike Browning I think, to push the damn planes off the ship.
That was about 30 planes in that case.
Can you imagine a plane not working right today and someone saying, hey push 30 f-16s off the ship!
lol
So yeah it’s true. Even during WWII there was a massive amount of waste.
Of course you have to weigh operational vs tactical and strategic considerations. I.e. is it better to get in the fight with 30 planes less now, than later, when it might be too late?
@@pike100 also, just a reminder that the gov and mil don’t give a fuck about how they waste money see the billions of dollars of supplies we left to our “enemies” in Afghanistan.
@@pike100 this is why the fight against government waste is neverending. It has to be constantly fought, something a lot of people don’t grasp.
When you’re not responsible for the equipment you’re using or the money you’re spending, as in the gov and mils case, you don’t care how much something costs.
Our ancestors understood how hard won the money they earned was and they saw no reason to share it with a government that would inevitably waste it.
24:10. The color footage, from the engine room, had me riveted.
And color film at that time was very expensive
@@samsonn25 iiiiiijiiijkjjkkkkkkkioo
Some of the best World War II combat footage I have ever seen!
+1 for mocking America for its large expensive fleet and then a few minutes later saying the British Jump CV's couldn't carry enough Harriers to protect it's ships in the Falklands.
Argentina is in America
@@VersusARCH Not really. South America doesn't count.
Geography much?
Idiots, the Harrier is an attack aircraft. Not a fighter or "jump jet"! Thus it was only capable for day ground attack, self defense in the visual air to air mode, it carried no radars and would be directed by the ship's TAC for air to air intercept using its gun or sidewinder AA missile. It is not a fighter, fighters defend the fleet.
@@chriszelez7970 In fact in the Falklands the Sea Harrier FR S1 proved itself to be a very capable fighter in the air defence role, shooting down 20 of the enemy without loss. The upgraded FA2 version was even better.
This was a great documentary (extremely informative)! I was stationed on board the “USS Enterprise”(CVN-65) from January of 1974 to January of 1978! The whole documentary was awesome! Thanks! My time on the “Enterprise” (CVN-65) was quite some time after WW2 but that is OK! A lot of the comments regarding this documentary were significant to read! Thanks everyone!
Thank you for your service. I too was a member of its crew, from 1982 to 1986. Lots of great memories.
@@Seemsayin That is “awesome” Seemsayin! I was raised in rural North Dakota (Almost all farm country) so joining the Navy and traveling to a large number of locations around a large part of the world was quite an experience! I am sure that anyone who has ever travelled much (in the military or otherwise) will ever not appreciate it! Thanks for your response!
The Big E was my fathers ship from 1969 to 1973. I too could have served aboard as a nuclear electrician but ended up on the USS Truxtun from 1989 to 1992.
Back then Big E was docked in Subic Bay my grandfather saw it in a distance and same goes for the Kitty Hawk.
Interesting. My grandfather served on HMS Indefatigable duri d the battle of midway. He told me of how the zeros would destroy the US decks but bounced off the steel armour decking of indefatigable. Apparently 3 planes struck, one crashed on deck and another took out a lower hanger of men 200 of them lost. The compliment was according to him 2000.
He died 2 years ago 2018, he was 98. I miss watching stuff like this and asking him about facts. I'm 53 so had that privilege for half a century.
Just wanted to share folks
Not to disrespect your grandfather, but he was probably talking about Okinawa. There was widespread Kamikaze attacks during Okinawa and there is record that the HMS Indefatigable served during that battle. There is no record of the Indefatigable (or any warship of other allied nations) at the Battle of Midway.
That he survived the carnage at Okinawa is remarkable. Many thanks to your Grandfather and his comrades!
There were no British carriers at Midway. That battle was fought by the USN only.
American carriers were more offensive minded and carried more aircraft than the british carriers, the US always believed in bringing the war to the enemy first and foremost, the same reason they did day bombing in Europe, it was the only way to destroy the luftwaffe which was a prerequisite for a successful invasion 😉
The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy.
That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)
The one pilot unbuckles his safety belts like NOTHING HAPPENED, after his crashed plane split in half.😆
I spent 30 years on US Navy ships from 1961 to 1992. Your narrative suggests that the US Navy spent decades doggedly advancing their advance of the art of air combat at sea. I'm not going to throw numbers at that but the view from the gun deck was soul destroying boredom for weeks or months on end followed by moments of intense combat. There is no useful way to explain it; you had to be there.
My grandfather served on the USS Enterprise during ww2. He was the guy that pulled the lever to release the planes. Sorry that is how it was described to me. I never met him. He died when my dad was kid.
The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy.
That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)
44:09 Introduces the E-2 Hawkeye
A plane worth its own episode is the Grumman S-2 Tracker ASW plane.
It was quickly made into the C-1 Trader, and they operated several of the E-1 Tracer plane with its huge top-mounted radome.
As the Skyraider; piston-prop-driven purpose-built carrier-borne plane, and like it operated in combat roles into the '70s.
This documentary is supposed to be about aircraft carriers in World War II, right? Then why the hell does any plane that entered service after 1945 even get included???
According to the title, this video should only be about WW2 carriers and battles.
Curious how a good portion of this (all the earliest color footage) came directly from another documentary called "The Fighting Lady" which was narrated by Robert Taylor and followed ship life of the second 'Yorktown.' (CV-10).
You can't really shoot fresh footage though .
It must be hard not to reuse footage for any subject from that period and a lot of footage seems to be RN and IJN and also many times used.
my great grandfather served on HMS Eagle, Rowland Wynn, he was killed in july of 1940
34:42 He must be loving his job in an artistic way.
I like the right leg kickout by the signal man
The Japanese Navy was among the great pioneers in aircraft carrier technology, this seems to be lacking in their viewpoint.
Good video!
3:07 you're welcome.
Thank you
Dude. Thank you from the USA.
U.S. should have dealt with Japan first. YOU'RE welcome. Again.
@@ivanthemisunderstood6940 USA was bad ass enough to fight a war on two fronts...and win. Still haven't forgiven Eisenhower for letting the Russians have Berlin. Still, when it came to surrender, guess who the Nazi's surrendered to?
@@rwarren58 Germany was badass enough to fight a war on two fronts; USA was badass enough to fight a war in TWO hemispheres AND provide massive amounts of material to all its allies AND stop the Soviets from starving, butchering and enslaving western Europe like they did their own people. The Soviets defeated the Nazis. USA defeated the Japanese and the Soviets. Britain and France defeated themselves inspite of having the support of their former colonies.
They would go from sitting around playing cards to shear terror of Kamakaze attacks, submarine attacks etc.
4 years lived on a carrier. These dudes are monsters compared to my gripes.
James Doolittle, in his biography, told that Billy Mitchel, a pilot who landed planes on carriers and tested bombing a battleship, dare to say that one day aicraft from carriers could sink battleships. That was heresy as battleships were considered as the ultimate power of the universe, and he was discharged in shame 2 years later. Ofter Billy Mitchel died, Pearl Harbor took place, and Mitchel's predictions became real.
Billy won his battle and none of the naysayer Admirals were listened to too closely after Pearl
"ultimate power of the universe" star wars reference? lol
I can hear the Imp officer saying it even though its been ages since i watched it haha
as soon as the documentary got political, things started going wrong...
The F-111's that bombed Libya didn't fly from American carriers, they flew from England.
at 52:10, those also weren't f-4's or f-111's...there were f-14 tomcats
And had to swing all the way into the Atlantic, since the only country that offered used of air space was little Portugal!
@@bradmiller2329 Yep, thats our "EU partners" for you, happy to have left the Evil Empire.
The X-wing fighters from the cave.
not to nitpick but if you're going to have a video about aircraft carriers in WWII you shouldn't have a post-wwii carrier on the front of the video
*Awesome. Thanks for sharing!*
The thumbnail is inappropriate to the subject. It shows a carrier with an angled flight deck. Angled flight deck research initially with painted dummy angled landing zones on conventional tarmac runways did not begin until 1952, seven years after the end of WW2.
Accurate and relevant thumbnails might also be appropriate for a documentary-style video. Your image = Carrier Enterprise (CVN-65) with an A4-Skyhawk jet aircraft parked on the desk. That carrier entered service in 1960, although had it been available to Admiral Nimitz in WWII, we could have wiped out the entire Japanese Fleet at either the Coral Sea or Midway in about 30 minutes. Otherwise, some nice footage you cobbled together.
My Father served on The USS PHILIPEAN SEA" CVS-47
Does anyone know what type of aircraft @40:30? I have never seen that before.
The say HMS ‘Renown’ when they really mean HMS ‘Furious’ I think. ‘Renown’ remained a battlecruiser & was never a carrier to my knowledge. She’s in fact one of the ships the Brits could’ve saved for a 20th century capital ship museum, buuuut nooooo! Or HMS ‘Warspite’ would’ve been good or the lovely HMS ‘Vanguard’, if they wanted one with no battle damage. It’s just so sad.
My father, Ronald Dorney served aboard CV-61 U.S.S. Ranger in the south china sea during the Vietnam war... I've heard guys who have served in southeast Asia say that if you were expecting trouble, then you sent the ranger. They mothballed and scrapped her a few years ago now. A sad end to such a proud ship!!!
The intro is a documentary on its own
I was on Lexington 16 and Roosevelt!
terrence gurnee thank you for your service
The narrator has confused HMS Renown with HMS Furious. Renown was not converted into a semi-aircraft carrier. Furious was. More errors in the narration. Certainly a misleading account of the end of the Bismarck.
If your going to be an historical documentary at least get dates right ,the Korean war started in 1950 not 1949.
That can be debated "the korean war" started as a "war" in june 1950, jowever already in 1939 south korean and US Military combined had waged a quite successful qar agains thr communist insurgensies with the most promintwent of them being the South Cholla and Taegu insurgensieis, and if we do count this then war was already ongoing, the offical US role and international stated in 1950 yes. the war long before.
Look to Vietnam, the war there was going on for close to a decade before the amicans got involved, early 1950s, even late 1940 thouggh with the french vs the north vitenamese. so this about dates is not somthing to get stuck up in when it coes to wars, we must always count the build ups.
like ww2 starting in 39 with attack on poland, or with the sanctions and the diplomacy of the annexations of checkoslivakia and austria and more.......
Bitish military operations targeting geermany had began before the attck on poland.....which is the offical date, th3e rela fact is that it was never a ww2, just a ww1 with a long truce that germany broke
@@bokvarv1926 Please use the spell checker or at least proof read your comments before you post them. This was painful to read.
55:40 imagine how much fun they are having.
More than half of this video has nothing to do with WWII. Perhaps you should change the title to a "Brief History of Aircraft Carriers".
Brief and rather sketchy history of aircraft carriers.
So why is your thumbnail the USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 commissioned in 1965 and not a WW11 carrier? I know this because I was on the ENTERPRISE from 75 to 80.
If the officers seated at wardroom tables were pilots, they would be wearing wings. Elsewhere, you refer to the propeller shaft in the singular. The first line carriers had four shafts.
What is the name of this documentary series I want to buy it on history channel store
Who needs the actual video after that week long intro? It covered the whole war!!
14:32 Thee Bismarck sunk by a destroyer. Well, you could say that. Half the british surface fleet was after the Bismarck and later found her cruising in a circle at 10 knots. They fired salvo after salvo onto the battleship, they fired countless torpedoes into it and late at night after many of the cruiser seized fire due to lack of ammonition the Bismarck finally exploded and sank. Some say due to self destruction, some say due to the hourlong bombardment of over 40.000 rounds. Sunk by a destroyer my rear end...
does your country even have a navy?
All the people complaining about the thumbnail, the RUclips title and the length of the credits, may actually want to WATCH the documentary.
It was made in the 1990s for TV. It covers the aircraft carrier from the 1910s to the 1990s.
Criticism of the documentary because it's not up-to-date when it was made more then 20 years ago is utterly idiotic.
Criticism of the Documentary because someone uploaded it with the wrong title, 20 years after it was made to a platform (RUclips) which didn't exist when the documentary was made. Is even more idiotic.
It's not an amazing documentary. Some of the facts are wrong. But the footage is excellent, especially of the very early carriers and aircraft. Well worth watching for that reason.
Adam Bainbridge I agree
It’s for the raw rare footage, it takes you there
Adam Bainbridge agree. Idiots
The music and melodrama overshadow the information
Showed a Corsair ondeck, but failed to mention the name of the plane.
Steak breakfast is a powerful morning meal
The carrier pictured, CVN 65, USS Enterprise,was launched almost 20 years AFTER WWII ended.
Yes no cvns in ww2
Yes, he said in 1965. Open your ears :)
and I believe they have the next one being built. Dorothy Miller then Big E if I understood it correctly.
@@StephenZ827 You mean Doris Miller, not Dorothy.
A great documentary!
I served on USS America (cv 66) during operation desert storm. ( Persian gulf war 1991 )
Great docs about the war!
14:30 Sic "She was later sunk by a destroyer"
That may appear so - only after being pounded by HMS Renown, Sheffield, Rodney and King George V.
But actually the crew of Bismarck scuttled the mighty ship themselves.
The old "misleading ambiguous " ploy. Guaranteed to confuse the illiterate for years of their lives.
the intro goes on for 50 min and the part about aircraft carriers is just 7 min at the end.
So you were not interested in the " history of the aircraft carrier". so whydid you watch it.
Fell asleep during the intro
Getting catapulted off an aircraft carrier is about as much fun you can have and still keep tour clothes on! I did it once, off the USS Randolph CVS 15. That was in 1960.
noice that sounds fun
Damn I like your style
Hoorah
The barbers tattoos. True old school sailor
Love the guy's moves at 35:25
World War ll are the real hero's. My father was one. I went through a stupid war in Vietnam!
God made all people from one man, Adam. All people are brothers.
The God saves people by preaching (1st Corinthians 1: 21). He has nothing to do with war.
Unfortunately, the lying and corrupt clirgy is silent about this. They even bless racists and nazis in the name of God.
The problem is that the Devil rules the world. He is a liar and a murderer. This is why deception and violence are everywhere. This is the reason why people cry over stray cats and hate their brothers. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom.
That's why we have the Gospel about the Kingdom of God. Jehovah will put everything in order. He has anointed the king, Jesus Christ. The dead will rise and we will meet our loved ones again! :-)
Thank you
The British cloth-covered, biplane, Swordfish "sunk more ships than any other Allied aircraft" (13:20). I don't think so.
Check the accent of the narrator. Brits always looking for relevance.
@@sabretom7594 Makes a change from the Yanks trying to convince themselves and everyone else that they won the war on their own.
@@seandobson499 I guess Canada helped a little too. 😂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I guess the Swordfish sank those four carriers at Midway, the Musashi and a couple of cruisers at Leyte Gulf, the Yamato at Yokohama. Damn I didn’t even know the UK had aircraft carriers at those battles!
That counts merchant shipping, mostly in the Med, not just warships. The Swordfish’s low speed and high stability made it an excellent attack aircraft against Axis convoys. Weirdly, Swordfish also managed a torpedo hit on Bismarck and crippled several Italian battleships at Taranto.
To be sincerely honest in my humble opinion without being sentimental of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view and without hiding any thoughts in my mind and without lies,to the actual truth with my clear open mind and clean heart,expressing what ever is embedded inside me for a long time which I didn't say just because I was nervous.But Today, by gathering all the courage and motivation, I just want to say that I actually feel and think that I absolutely have nothing to say.
Why show a modern aircraft carrier with an angled deck for a WWII video?
Called clickbait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then put a hot female or male sailor depending on your preference and call it a day.
Because it's not a WWII video. It's a history of aircraft carriers video. It's titled wrong.
Post WW2 development ,its not just confined to WW2.
@@Wardads1 tbh if the guy can't even label his video correctly I'm not gonna hold out much hope for him when it comes to fact checking.
Yeah those silly yanks and their super carriers... The envy of the world
For film archives servicing documentary filmmakers we see a clear distinction between the first two thirds of "The Aircraft Carriers," all shot on film. Then in the 1960s and '70s video tape appeared and then supplanted film as the primary visual format. Despite its certain "selling points," its clarity, its sharpness comes in second to film.
This hour documentary ends in 1999 before the next / current century's digital, which revolutionized the visual and audio mediums.
Wonderful story!
outstanding
At 57:25, the narrator states that "F-4 Phantoms and F-111s were sent to hit targets in Libya." What is shown are F-14 Tomcats.
Seriously get a life
at 56 seconds on the intro is an amazing gun camera footage of a B17 going down shot to pieces an engine comes off wing with prop still spinning my feeling is the entire crew died on this plane a real horror show
ruclips.net/video/D_tSIlMdZok/видео.html That B17 is a drone. Its a Nike test. See it in slow motion quarter the speed.
The air campaign over Europe was a meat grinder. We all suffered serious losses, but so did the Germans. They were on borrowed time from the time we took out their ball bearing factory and oil holding tanks. The lack of ball bearings alone slowed them way down, especially in Russia, but that's another story.
watching this documentary film of ww2.
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To everyone that is bitching about the intro you do know you can skip past it ..
Thomas Jr it’s fun to bitch. Makes us feel important.
We have the technology!
Wrong "Enterprise" as your thumbnail image.
Yeah, they show a nuke carrier! Pretty funny.
The F 6-F Hellcat was designed and built AFTER a flyable Zero fighter was recovered intact in the Aleutian Islands. Grumman studied the Zero and built the Hellcat to counter it.
Wrong!!! The design of the Hellcat was done long before that. They did examine the Zero and fly it to determine it's flight characteists, to teach pilots how to best beat it.
Britain being surpassed by everybody everywhere and all the time. Does sound familiar, today more than ever. The things we British have set solidly into the sand is long and painful.
drstevenrey Sad and prolonged.
Aye, but your legacy lives on here in the US, as well as globally. No need to feel bad. Also, mind you, what we spend on our military budget is absurd. One of the most important things is having the technology and the industrial capacity to ramp up production when necessary. That said, I am glad and aware that the force we possess and are thus able to project is the reason why a lot of bad things never happen in the first place. “Walk softly, carry a big stick.”
Wildly, flagrantly inaccurate. The narrator said that the Korean War started in 1949 at 39:30? Janson Media does the date 25 Jun 1950 mean anything to you?
At 40:10 or so, only mention Skyraiders, but show Corsairs in addition to the Skyraiders.
With respect to the strike on Libya, it was said that because US carriers are sovereign territory, the US could act unilaterally. Well, maybe those F111s that took off from England to make the strike didn't realize this and they snuck out of the UK before the Queen and Parliament could object.
Horrible sight of the USS Franklin (CV-13). 1294 casualties with 807 sailors KIA from that inferno and its after effects.
I’m guessing that was the carrier they showed with holes in literally every part of its deck?
Douglas Dauntless sunk more ships than any other in WW2, not the Swordfish.
I think he meant for Britain.
The Dauntless sank more warships, while the Swordfish sank more ships (mostly merchant ships in the Med).
Dude, that was a long freakin intro...
CRY MORE YA PANSY
Larry, This was a TV show and YES, THEIR intros were a bit long in those days!
@Warren Westrup Haha so much anger.
Only 3 minutes out of 57 :)
that's what she said...
This video wouldn't be complete without the 'artiste' at 34:28. He's a legend.
nice video!
22:11 does anyone know what audio is playing? It sounds absolutely fantastic.
Takao A piano lol
The only good thing about this video is all the old footage
A lot of footage I've not seen before. Very nice.
So Bismark was sunk by a destroyer? Best kept secret of the war. In fact only this guy knew.
Its rather too terse hey. "crippled by a swordfish , she was later sunk by a destroyer". He's skipped a line"she was later sunk , after being pummelled by naval guns and torpedoes from a fleet of battleships and cruisers, by a destroyer" .Not sure why the destroyer part is there. Its a fleet with battleship and cruisers. Of course there are lesser screens too.
The Harriers lack the range for fleet defense. The quantity carried by the small helicopter carriers adapted to the Harrier was inadequate. Had Argentina been equipped with first line aircraft and weapons, the United Kingdom would have lost the war. The few Super Étendards equipped with Exocet missiles clearly demonstrated the inadequacies of the Harrier and it's lack of range. The Harrier like the ships they flew from were performing task they were never intended to do. I am not criticizing the ships or the plane so much as the political policies that left the RN fighting a war on a shoestring.
The RN were very lucky that none of their carriers were struck by Exocets.
The other issue with the Harriers used in the Falklands was the lack of look-down, shoot-down radar. They could not see below them and guide radar missiles even if the Harriers had been equipped with BVR missiles!
The RN didn't get radar-equipped Harriers until the Sea Harriers was upgraded in the late 1980s with an AMRAAM-compatible radar. Those were actually the first European planes fielded with AMRAAMs.
The RAF never upgraded its Harriers with radars capable of guiding BVR missiles. The USMC, Spanish, and Italian navies did upgrade their Harrier II's to equivalent standard of the USMC last Harrier version. The modded Harrier II's were rebuilt with F-18 Hornet noses that carried recycled APG-65 radar units after the US Navy (and USMC) pulled those units from F-18s that received APG-73 radar.
What about the ijn hosho? The first purpose built aircraft carrier
I noticed a WWII carrier had a bar, I thought the yank navy only had dry ships. But over all a great video. Thanks.
306 CHAMPION Yes 306 you are correct. US Navy ships are dry. The narrator miss spoke, what is shown in the picture is what the Navy calls “gedunk”, and in the world war ll Essex class carriers it was on third deck, near the flight suit mess.
The "BAR" only served soft drinks.
WW2 didn’t last as long as this Intro. Regardless, the documentary contains some excellent footage.
Im wondering. If the intro is long enough
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