Hi Ron , if you ever go to Auckland , New Zealand , you should visit The War Memorial Museum . It is easy to get to from the CBD and from the front steps there is a magnificent view over the harbour and part of the Hauraki Gulf . In the Museum there is a completely intact Zero fighter .It was captured by NZ troups in Borneo in 1945 . It was brought back to New Zealand and made airworthy . There were several reports of it flying over Auckland in the late '40s. It is no longer airworthy and has been in the Museum for over sixty years . The Museum also has a Mk 22/ 24 Spitfire . Beautiful plane .
I visited the Zero in 1966(!) . The Museum has a massive collection of artifacts as does the Museum of technology (MoTaT) .Well worth a visit to the now mostly socialist nation of New Zealand.
Amazing!!! Hell you could probably do a documentary on the shipping alone because that in itself is a hell of a journey. Fantastic job on the research and putting all the pieces of the puzzle together. Fascinating accomplishment!!!
Interesting you mention Saburo he was always a great human being and after buying a copy of the Michael Claringbold book on the Tainan Japanese air group it reminded me of the time that Saburo tried in vain sadly to have recognised the fighting spirit and brave efforts of an RAAF Hudson Bomber aircrew who managed through intrepid defense efforts and an incredibly courageous and strenuous efforts of the pilot making a twin engined bomber fly like a fighter they managed to hold off the inevitable against a patrol of Japanese Zeros of the Tainan Air group led by Saburo which means nobody involved was just another number but like Saburo highly skilled and experienced for over half an hour. Australian authorities refused to recognise their Valor in action even though the leader highly respected of the forces that shot them down tried to bring about the well deserved recognition that crew deserved, When your own enemy recognises your valor and fighting spirit but your own bureaucrats betray that sacred trust and ignore your sacrifice the world is not in a good place sadly. Here from Pacific Wrecks is a more detailed tale of the exploits of this Hudson and it's brave crew who deserve more recognition. pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/hudson/A16-201/panorama_1998.html
Back in the 1970's A group of New Zealanders were able to buy several Japanese and other allied war birds from Papua New Guinea. The lid was put on it after some time but the most restorable aircraft were saved and some fly today.
Ron, I an ecstatic with my Intercept Over Rabaul relic print. The piece from the A6M2 is an iridescent blue-green, wow. It's such a great piece! Appreciate the well done informative video - it makes the print come alive with history.
Fantastic rescue. My father was in 308,425th squadron in b24s in China and took war souvenirs of a Japanese plane, what type i don't know but I inherited 3 gauges from that plane. They look brand new.
I always try to imagine how despite the vastness of our planet, how connected we are. My dad was a Teamster, driving trucks in St. Louis in 1950, and a few months later he was killing Chinese in Korea. This zero met it's fate because of the invention of Mormon in Salt Lake City, Utah. That he happened to be the most prolific gunmaker and one of the most elite inventors and visionaries in history doesn't hurt either. My dad was a rabid Browing collector and I cherish his collection so much because I can be close to him when I'm using them. One of my favorite sayings of his when we were hunting was that Brownings had killed more living things than anything else. Great video.
Really REALLY cool piece to have!! I love collecting Axis Pistols and Militaria and that would be one heck of an item to have in a personal collection! Cool to see it’s in my home state of Ohio as well!!
As a long-time fan of your work, I really appreciate your sharing the story of this artifact. I also read the book Samurai about Sabura Sakai and share your respect. I still have it somewhere.
I thought the aircraft was a Type 2 surface fighter (A6M2-N) equipped by the 938th Naval Air Squadron! The only difference that might be discernible in its parts is the location of the steps for climbing. The A6M2's boarding step is on the left side of the cockpit, while the A6M2-N's step is on the right side to avoid the effects of splashing from the propeller! Unfortunately, the boarding steps appear to be in a more rearward lost area.
Royal War Museum in London has a very nice (and not overly restored) example on display and worth seeing. Engineering was exceptional, and led the Allies to come up with machines which could match and later defeat the Zero. Combined with Japan’s loss of tenured pilots, the air superiority Japan started the war with was starting to fade when this example was built.
Hi Ron, As a teenager growing up in northern Ohio in the 1960's I to was inspired by Saburo Sakai and his book Samurai. I became an aeronautical engineer and the rest is history. Thank you for your incredible restoration efforts.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the A6M2-N does not have a pillar to protect the pilot at the rear of the cockpit. Therefore, the aircraft is definitely an A6M2 carrier-based fighter.
Does anyone know what ever happened with the 'Atlanta Zero' ? I remember it sitting outside the museum for decades. Tree limbs fell on it, people stole pieces off it, exposed to the elements for decades. But, it was real and cool to see in person! Then it was sold when the museum closed. I lost track after that.
I once read there's a Japanese fighter sunk in concrete at a University in Texas somewhere that was once on display. Anyone ever run across that story ?
My dad a Chief Petty Officer with the 20th Naval Construction Battalion, WW2, brought back several small pieces of a Japanese aircraft from new Guinea. One control knob became the head of a cane, other was a yet unidentified tube about ,three inches in diameter. I wonder who has the expertise to possibly identify these parts origin ?
If Saburo Sakai is such a hero to you, then Tojo must really lift your skirt. The Yasukuni shrine is near Tokyo, as I feel you already are aware but just thought you might need to know.
The machine guns of aircraft that could no longer fly were removed and used as anti-aircraft machine guns or fitted to other aircraft. The same is true for other parts.
That type, sadly, is pretty much extinct. There is not an intact example of that G4M Betty anywhere in the world. You would think the powers that be would have at least preserved the one the Japanese delegation flew in to the the surrender ceremonies at the war's end.
@@nobodyobv Underwater hardly counts. The only Betty in a museum in the world is the battered remains on display at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino , California ( I have seen that one). It was in such bad shape they could not restore it and just display it in a jungle setting like they found it. One researcher found a Devastator underwater but the Navy says it is their property and cannot be recovered so it is in effect extinct. There is a restored Betty fuselage in a museum in Japan but I stand by my original statement, NO intact Bettys on static display anywhere and definitely none in flying condition.
Saburo Sakai mentioned in his book of resuming A6 sorties from Bougainville after 3 weeks of bad weather. LBJ mentions in his Bio of boarding a bomber for a attack on the Japanese base after Ops had been shut down by 3 weeks of bad weather., LBJ had flown into Brisbane then headed north,the plan was to do one "safe milk run"bombing raid which then would enable him to claim war service in the Pacific against the Japanese, it was all about his political future. He was sitting in the observers seat and got out for a leak,on returning a higher rank Officer had taken his seat so he boarded another aircraft, the original bomber never returned. Japanese claimed more bombers shot down on that day than actual losses.
Shot up by allied airmen to prevent the use of them as parts sources and to relieve a bit of tension for the pilots who were mostly only 20 years old (average).
Nakijima? Funny, I always thought the Zero was manufactured by Mitsubishi. even said do in it's naval designation. A= Fighter/ Fighter bomber 6= Sixth fighter design made by the company M= Mitsubishi 1-5= Variants.
Hey Ron, the proper spelling and pronunciation is Morse, not Morris code. Also don't tell people the Zero # 830 was emergency landed because of the hole in the TOP of the fuselage tank. There's no way the fuel was able to travel upward to the hole, unless he flew inverted.
Saburo Sakai had no reason to not believe in the effort that his country put in WWII in order to improve the life of the Japanese people. And even though they lost the war, they were still able to generate very favorable conditions for Japan to flourish in the post war world by destroying the pre-war colonial system that strangled them before the war.
I agree, I personally saw (I lived within 10 miles of the "restoration" site/airport) the chunks of corroded metal that were taken from the Greenland ice that "became" the Glacier Girl P-38, no way did this mass of mangled very corroded aluminum become a flyable aircraft. Basally these parts became templates for the new parts used in the Glacier Girl. For sure original parts were used when possible but to look at that aircraft and say it was rescued from the ice and "restored" is just nonsense, basically they built a new P-38 and incorporated a handful of (mostly) non-critical parts from the original. At what point does "restoration" become simply building new and using a few original parts, 75% of the original? 50%?? I have my Grandads old axe, I replaced the rusty old head and it looked so good I replaced the handle too, I love Grandads old axe and wouldn't take anything for it!!
great seeing rich people getting anything they want!!! Needed to go to a museum.. That piece should've stayed where it fell it's dishonorable to remove pieces of history where it fell in combat just so somebody can say I have it now it should've stayed where it fell!!! problem we should have with this, Titanic pieces are now in more private hands than museums!!!
Hardly the plane I would want in my living room. Why not speak Japanese for the narration . . . . seems like a celebration of Japanese Imperial aggression with that toast of Sake. Nice 'Red chair' . . . is that Hirohito's throne?
One hundred years ago, the Japanese thought Americans were demons who had killed and occupied Hawaiian royalty and Filipino tribes. Therefore, it was necessary to fight the Americans before they killed the Japanese and occupied Japan. After the defeat, many Japanese learned that Americans were friendly and not evil.
@@user-wh3up6tb9r . . Well, that theory is recorded nowhere that I'm aware of. Perhaps this is something Hirohito professed to his people somehow, (which is of that time) but it certainly is of no consequence with regards to the Japanese actions in China/Indochina during that period. Their vision was of conquest of east Asia and the southwest Pacific islands. The only explanation would be that they realized they needed to keep America at bay in order to accomplish this, so that is how public support for such policy was obtained.
@@gilzor9376Summary of the American Empire's invasion of Asia 1854＝Convention of Kanagawa(Japanese government forced to lift national isolation by American empire) 1858=Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and the Empire of Japan(Unilaterally forced into unequal trade agreements by the American Empire) 1898＝United States Annexation of Hawaii(The Hawaiian royal family sought help from Japan, but was overthrown by the American military.) 1899＝Philippine-American War(in 10 years,Philippine civilian casualties range from 200,000 to 1.5 million)
I mean on disrespect but if you paid to have it moved across the planet to sit as a "art piece" is not a good thing, it seems douchey. Restore it, put it back in the air or pass it on to someone who will.
@@gato2 The dude paid to have it recovered on a uninhabited Pacific island, transported to Australia and shipped to the East coast of the US.....to turn it into a coffee table. I think he can afford it. To keep something like one of the few Japanese aircraft locked away as a "art piece", is like buying the Mona Lisa and hanging it in your bedroom. And if you don't understand what people are doing to restore aircraft, look up "Glacier Girl", a P-38 that was crushed under a, what for it,...a glacier. People are now taking Data Plates and building new airframes around them. If this aircraft was restored, it would be a one of a kind, priceless, a surviving Zero that was flown in combat.
@@jerryeinstandig7996 a whale would, a group would, one of the many Foundation dedicated to flight would, it doesn't deserve to end up as a rich mans coffee table.
Restoration on that is beyond it , parts don’t exist , data and blueprints will be next to extinct and the cost of fabrication would be enormous , Kermit Weeks wouldn’t even go there!
Because this plane is a fascinating work of engineering? If you have ever read "Eagles of Mitsubishi" by Jiro Horikoshi (the lead designer of the Type 0 fighter), you would see that the plane was amazing, given the extreme requirements that the Imperial Japanese Air Services had. Although there were some design flaws (e.g., float carburetor preventing zero-negative g-maneuvers and no self-sealing fuel tanks), it was an incredible work of art.
Hi Ron , if you ever go to Auckland , New Zealand , you should visit The War Memorial Museum . It is easy to get to from the CBD and from the front steps there is a magnificent view over the harbour and part of the Hauraki Gulf .
In the Museum there is a completely intact Zero fighter .It was captured by NZ troups in Borneo in 1945 . It was brought back to New Zealand and made airworthy . There were several reports of it flying over Auckland in the late '40s. It is no longer airworthy and has been in the Museum for over sixty years .
The Museum also has a Mk 22/ 24 Spitfire . Beautiful plane .
I visited the Zero in 1966(!) . The Museum has a massive collection of artifacts as does the Museum of technology (MoTaT) .Well worth a visit to the now mostly socialist nation of New Zealand.
That was amazing to watch. Great video and I love how you paid tribute to your father and Sakai san.
Amazing!!! Hell you could probably do a documentary on the shipping alone because that in itself is a hell of a journey. Fantastic job on the research and putting all the pieces of the puzzle together. Fascinating accomplishment!!!
The A6M2-N is a valuable surface fighter with only 327 built!
Great story and an honorable place to display the fuselage. The book Samurai is well worth reading, I’m glad that you mentioned it. Semper Fidelis🇺🇸
Semper fi. From Sc
Interesting you mention Saburo he was always a great human being and after buying a copy of the Michael Claringbold book on the Tainan Japanese air group it reminded me of the time that Saburo tried in vain sadly to have recognised the fighting spirit and brave efforts of an RAAF Hudson Bomber aircrew who managed through intrepid defense efforts and an incredibly courageous and strenuous efforts of the pilot making a twin engined bomber fly like a fighter they managed to hold off the inevitable against a patrol of Japanese Zeros of the Tainan Air group led by Saburo which means nobody involved was just another number but like Saburo highly skilled and experienced for over half an hour.
Australian authorities refused to recognise their Valor in action even though the leader highly respected of the forces that shot them down tried to bring about the well deserved recognition that crew deserved, When your own enemy recognises your valor and fighting spirit but your own bureaucrats betray that sacred trust and ignore your sacrifice the world is not in a good place sadly.
Here from Pacific Wrecks is a more detailed tale of the exploits of this Hudson and it's brave crew who deserve more recognition.
pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/hudson/A16-201/panorama_1998.html
Back in the 1970's A group of New Zealanders were able to buy several Japanese and other allied war birds from Papua New Guinea. The lid was put on it after some time but the most restorable aircraft were saved and some fly today.
Great video. I can't enough of your artwork
Ron, I an ecstatic with my Intercept Over Rabaul relic print. The piece from the A6M2 is an iridescent blue-green, wow. It's such a great piece! Appreciate the well done informative video - it makes the print come alive with history.
Ron I absolutely love your work, I have acquired several of your relic displays and I thank you for that.
Fantastic rescue. My father was in 308,425th squadron in b24s in China and took war souvenirs of a Japanese plane, what type i don't know but I inherited 3 gauges from that plane. They look brand new.
Great little nugget of history. Even though they will never fly again, hopefully more wrecks of WW2 can be saved before they rot away.
I have read that book years ago as well, Saburo had such an amazing life. Very impressive piece of history that you have!
Excellent video. Congratulations and thank you for sharing.
I always try to imagine how despite the vastness of our planet, how connected we are. My dad was a Teamster, driving trucks in St. Louis in 1950, and a few months later he was killing Chinese in Korea. This zero met it's fate because of the invention of Mormon in Salt Lake City, Utah. That he happened to be the most prolific gunmaker and one of the most elite inventors and visionaries in history doesn't hurt either. My dad was a rabid Browing collector and I cherish his collection so much because I can be close to him when I'm using them. One of my favorite sayings of his when we were hunting was that Brownings had killed more living things than anything else. Great video.
Really REALLY cool piece to have!! I love collecting Axis Pistols and Militaria and that would be one heck of an item to have in a personal collection! Cool to see it’s in my home state of Ohio as well!!
A great piece of Japanese history. Thanks a lot, Colin ( UK )
As a long-time fan of your work, I really appreciate your sharing the story of this artifact. I also read the book Samurai about Sabura Sakai and share your respect. I still have it somewhere.
I thought the aircraft was a Type 2 surface fighter (A6M2-N) equipped by the 938th Naval Air Squadron!
The only difference that might be discernible in its parts is the location of the steps for climbing.
The A6M2's boarding step is on the left side of the cockpit, while the A6M2-N's step is on the right side to avoid the effects of splashing from the propeller!
Unfortunately, the boarding steps appear to be in a more rearward lost area.
Royal War Museum in London has a very nice (and not overly restored) example on display and worth seeing. Engineering was exceptional, and led the Allies to come up with machines which could match and later defeat the Zero. Combined with Japan’s loss of tenured pilots, the air superiority Japan started the war with was starting to fade when this example was built.
touching history is a great pleasure
A Great piece of history. 👍♥️🇺🇸
Outstanding work sir!!
WOW! so cool you were able to obtain this piece of history. A very life fulfilling experience! (That I live vicariously through your video. ;))
Fantastic video, thank you. Kind regards Tim UK
Hi Ron,
As a teenager growing up in northern Ohio in the 1960's I to was inspired by Saburo Sakai and his book Samurai. I became an aeronautical engineer and the rest is history. Thank you for your incredible restoration efforts.
Cool! I got to see some zero’s in the jungles of Palau and Yap.
Awesome story!
Thanks for Sharing Ron!
Awesome video! So cool to see, I want to visit and I'm not far from Zanesville.
always been fascinated with Japanese machines. they always seem to create them to the best of their ability.
Awesome video! I have your Yamamoto Betty art, with original fragment. Yes, history you can touch.
Excellent info tks
Holy cow! What a history that thing has! 😮😮😮😮😮😮
Great stuff. Thanks.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the A6M2-N does not have a pillar to protect the pilot at the rear of the cockpit. Therefore, the aircraft is definitely an A6M2 carrier-based fighter.
Does anyone know what ever happened with the 'Atlanta Zero' ? I remember it sitting outside the museum for decades. Tree limbs fell on it, people stole pieces off it, exposed to the elements for decades. But, it was real and cool to see in person! Then it was sold when the museum closed. I lost track after that.
I once read there's a Japanese fighter sunk in concrete at a University in Texas somewhere that was once on display. Anyone ever run across that story ?
I have that same book by Saburo Sakai, had it since '72. Pretty harrowing when he got shot and then had to have eye surgery without anesthesia.
The legendary Saburo Sakai. Number 1 ichiban!
great vid
From the Jungle to his house , it looks well at home...
I’ve seen a restored one in the RAF museum in London.
Great story that airplane has
Ah,.... marvelous!!!!
What happened to the rest of it? I see the rest of the fuselage and engine in the pictures on the island.
Are you restoring this A/C?
i wonder where the zero that was left in Australia is or went too ?
how much restoration work do you plan to do with this aircraft?
Wow....
My dad a Chief Petty Officer with the 20th Naval Construction Battalion, WW2, brought back several small pieces of a Japanese aircraft from new Guinea. One control knob became the head of a cane, other was a yet unidentified tube about ,three inches in diameter. I wonder who has the expertise to possibly identify these parts origin ?
My guy you brought that Zero to Zanesville Ohio? Where? I wanna see it lol I’m from Athens, Ohio.
I believe there is a certain degree of resistance by islanders at having their tourist attractions removed
Ironically Nakajima is now Subaru the automobile manufacturer of dogs and LOVE! Can't make this stuff up!
Interesting I worked in the solomons Is from 2005 to 2008 and the stories I heard about
Obtaining these Aircraft was a little different ?????
Were these aircraft stripped soon after the war was over?
Great video and incredible finds. Is that a D3A Val at 3:38?
D3A2, to be precise!
@@justinove7521 Thanks. Any idea what happened to the one in the video?
With self-sealing fuel tanks if they could have them, this plane might not be in your hands today. Nice video.
If Saburo Sakai is such a hero to you, then Tojo must really lift your skirt. The Yasukuni shrine is near Tokyo, as I feel you already are aware but just thought you might need to know.
What happened to the guns? How was that deal with?
The machine guns of aircraft that could no longer fly were removed and used as anti-aircraft machine guns or fitted to other aircraft.
The same is true for other parts.
What happened to the g4m that was also recovered from the island?
That type, sadly, is pretty much extinct. There is not an intact example of that G4M Betty anywhere in the world. You would think the powers that be would have at least preserved the one the Japanese delegation flew in to the the surrender ceremonies at the war's end.
@@nobodyobv Underwater hardly counts. The only Betty in a museum in the world is the battered remains on display at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino , California ( I have seen that one). It was in such bad shape they could not restore it and just display it in a jungle setting like they found it. One researcher found a Devastator underwater but the Navy says it is their property and cannot be recovered so it is in effect extinct. There is a restored Betty fuselage in a museum in Japan but I stand by my original statement, NO intact Bettys on static display anywhere and definitely none in flying condition.
👍👍👍!!!
I went to the Solomon’s in the 1980s
Truc lagoon and coral sea
Specifically to dive wrecks
I find this interesting
From sandusky thanks for posting
a flying Subaru
Saburo Sakai mentioned in his book of resuming A6 sorties from Bougainville after 3 weeks of bad weather.
LBJ mentions in his Bio of boarding a bomber for a attack on the Japanese base after Ops had been shut down by 3 weeks of bad weather., LBJ had flown into Brisbane then headed north,the plan was to do one "safe milk run"bombing raid which then would enable him to claim war service in the Pacific against the Japanese, it was all about his political future.
He was sitting in the observers seat and got out for a leak,on returning a higher rank Officer had taken his seat so he boarded another aircraft, the original bomber never returned.
Japanese claimed more bombers shot down on that day than actual losses.
Saburo Sakai on youtube, there are some interesting vids.
what is the point of polluting it with weeds? Also, if it was "untouched" sense the emergency landing, why is it so fragmented and incomplete..
Shot up by allied airmen to prevent the use of them as parts sources and to relieve a bit of tension for the pilots who were mostly only 20 years old (average).
@@Mercmad Ha, thanks
Will it fly
Yes ! After a good clean & polish and a drop of fresh fuel 😂😂😂😂😂
Nakijima?
Funny, I always thought the Zero was manufactured by Mitsubishi. even said do in it's naval designation.
A= Fighter/ Fighter bomber
6= Sixth fighter design made by the company
M= Mitsubishi
1-5= Variants.
He said in the video that it was built under license. I guess they didn't bother with a different designation (like the USN did).
kam pai ron oupa!
Hey Ron, the proper spelling and pronunciation is Morse, not Morris code. Also don't tell people the Zero # 830 was emergency landed because of the hole in the TOP of the fuselage tank. There's no way the fuel was able to travel upward to the hole, unless he flew inverted.
You say they were brought to Mexico, and then to the Panama canal. Why? The Panama canal is south of Mexico!
Shouldn’t be so hard to salvage discarded scrap aluminum.
Saburo Sakai had no reason to not believe in the effort that his country put in WWII in order to improve the life of the Japanese people. And even though they lost the war, they were still able to generate very favorable conditions for Japan to flourish in the post war world by destroying the pre-war colonial system that strangled them before the war.
Read about Nanking, before you start praising them.
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Wherever they went the Knights of Bushido murdered men women and children from beginning to end
@@andrewemery4272 Perhaps Nanking was as propagandized as the “atrocities” perpetrated in Europe? 🧐
@@andrewemery4272 Have you heard of the firebombing of Tokyo or Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
No amount of money could restore that aircraft, at most by the end of the restoration you would have only 2-3% of the original aircraft .
I agree, I personally saw (I lived within 10 miles of the "restoration" site/airport) the chunks of corroded metal that were taken from the Greenland ice that "became" the Glacier Girl P-38, no way did this mass of mangled very corroded aluminum become a flyable aircraft. Basally these parts became templates for the new parts used in the Glacier Girl. For sure original parts were used when possible but to look at that aircraft and say it was rescued from the ice and "restored" is just nonsense, basically they built a new P-38 and incorporated a handful of (mostly) non-critical parts from the original. At what point does "restoration" become simply building new and using a few original parts, 75% of the original? 50%??
I have my Grandads old axe, I replaced the rusty old head and it looked so good I replaced the handle too, I love Grandads old axe and wouldn't take anything for it!!
Bro those pants… gotta go…
Oh, hell, no. I'm an artist, inside and out :)
To use it is as a flower pot in a living room is kind of tacky
Another good documentary ruined by the unnecessary music!
And your not restoring lt.......
Sus purhase history?
great seeing rich people getting anything they want!!! Needed to go to a museum.. That piece should've stayed where it fell it's dishonorable to remove pieces of history where it fell in combat just so somebody can say I have it now it should've stayed where it fell!!! problem we should have with this, Titanic pieces are now in more private hands than museums!!!
He should use goggles when he's grinding
Stop being a Gamma.
Hardly the plane I would want in my living room. Why not speak Japanese for the narration . . . . seems like a celebration of Japanese Imperial aggression with that toast of Sake. Nice 'Red chair' . . . is that Hirohito's throne?
One hundred years ago, the Japanese thought Americans were demons who had killed and occupied Hawaiian royalty and Filipino tribes.
Therefore, it was necessary to fight the Americans before they killed the Japanese and occupied Japan.
After the defeat, many Japanese learned that Americans were friendly and not evil.
@@user-wh3up6tb9r . . Well, that theory is recorded nowhere that I'm aware of. Perhaps this is something Hirohito professed to his people somehow, (which is of that time) but it certainly is of no consequence with regards to the Japanese actions in China/Indochina during that period. Their vision was of conquest of east Asia and the southwest Pacific islands. The only explanation would be that they realized they needed to keep America at bay in order to accomplish this, so that is how public support for such policy was obtained.
@@gilzor9376Summary of the American Empire's invasion of Asia
1854＝Convention of Kanagawa(Japanese government forced to lift national isolation by American empire)
1858=Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and the Empire of Japan(Unilaterally forced into unequal trade agreements by the American Empire)
1898＝United States Annexation of Hawaii(The Hawaiian royal family sought help from Japan, but was overthrown by the American military.)
1899＝Philippine-American War(in 10 years,Philippine civilian casualties range from 200,000 to 1.5 million)
@@user-wh3up6tb9r Wow! That is utter nonsense! So, China is your origin and Xi controls your mind . . . it's totally clear now. Have a nice day (;
Wonder what peanuts the islanders got for there history and lost tourism?
Screw the Zeros, they were the most overrated Japanese fighter of all time. I am more interested in hearing what happened to the Betties.
I mean on disrespect but if you paid to have it moved across the planet to sit as a "art piece" is not a good thing, it seems douchey. Restore it, put it back in the air or pass it on to someone who will.
You might want to look into what is required to actually restore those old airframes to flying conditions.
@@gato2 The dude paid to have it recovered on a uninhabited Pacific island, transported to Australia and shipped to the East coast of the US.....to turn it into a coffee table. I think he can afford it. To keep something like one of the few Japanese aircraft locked away as a "art piece", is like buying the Mona Lisa and hanging it in your bedroom.
And if you don't understand what people are doing to restore aircraft, look up "Glacier Girl", a P-38 that was crushed under a, what for it,...a glacier. People are now taking Data Plates and building new airframes around them. If this aircraft was restored, it would be a one of a kind, priceless, a surviving Zero that was flown in combat.
@@maddthomas somebody would need to pay for all that $$$$$$$$$$
@@jerryeinstandig7996 a whale would, a group would, one of the many Foundation dedicated to flight would, it doesn't deserve to end up as a rich mans coffee table.
Restoration on that is beyond it , parts don’t exist , data and blueprints will be next to extinct and the cost of fabrication would be enormous , Kermit Weeks wouldn’t even go there!
why in bloody hell would you waste so much time of your short life on this earth on an ancient weapon of war ??
Not ancient, only about 80 years old.
If you have to ask that...then you clearly don't understand history...which defines us..
@@andrewmacdonald4833 Well said...
Because this plane is a fascinating work of engineering?
If you have ever read "Eagles of Mitsubishi" by Jiro Horikoshi (the lead designer of the Type 0 fighter), you would see that the plane was amazing, given the extreme requirements that the Imperial Japanese Air Services had. Although there were some design flaws (e.g., float carburetor preventing zero-negative g-maneuvers and no self-sealing fuel tanks), it was an incredible work of art.
Find another channel my friend 😊