This series was one of the most demanding and challenging that I ever had to edit. How do you make good use of limited archival footage available and spread it across an action-packed 5-hour series? How can you stick to historical and factual accuracy and still make the material exciting and movie-like? How do you make sure that the story you tell not only looks professional but also touches the viewer's hearts and makes them actually feel the tension, fear, and excitement that the people who experienced it went through? These questions, though intimidating, were what pushed me to learn more, study my editing (and history!) harder, and expand my skills so that our viewers would fully enjoy the final result. However, none of it would be possible without the incredible TimeGhost team, their careful guidance, and their continuing passion for their craft. It's a great honor to work and learn from them, and I will cherish the experience I've gained for a very long time. Please show them a lot of support on this immersive project, and stay tuned for more! Iryna, Series Editor. Episode Guide: This is a 10 episode limited series within our weekly coverage of WW2 - to see the immediate events leading up to this day watch episode 119 from December 5, ruclips.net/video/DYUzmBuX-6Y/видео.html. Some of the events covered briefly as they start on this day, such as the invasions in the West Pacific will be covered in more detail in the coming weeks, especially in episode 120K (the 11th episode this week) coming out on December 12. The playlist to get all these episodes in one go is here: bit.ly/Pearl-min-by-min Before you comment, read our rules of conduct community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518
In your opinion if the Japanese hit the English colonies ,you have already said your ,about the colonies of Holland ,the was a reason to US delared war in Japan?? Even if Japan treated to US like USSR???
Absolute chads getting blown off one ship just to jump on another and continuing to fight back. This is fantastic and you guys have truly outdone yourselves. This sets a new standard for documentaries, not just on youtube, but in general. Also, I can't imagine the time and effort this took to do, and may be a bit soon to do Midway in the same way, but a Midway project like this would be amazing as well. Never stop doing what you're doing!
Hi, first and for most I love your videos!!! I remember when they first announced it, Indy mentioned he wanted to do something similar for many other battles. He listed off a few however the only one I can remember off the top of my head was the battle of Kursk.
So in 2011-2012 I worked at a McDonald’s at my hometown and an older gentleman retired from the navy was there every morning for a sandwich and coffee. One morning I got to talking with him about his time in the navy because my grandfather retired from it. After a few minutes talking I asked him what he remember most from being in the navy and he told me it was when he had to jump off the California. I took me a minute to realize why he would have had to jump off it. Once I quit that job I never saw him again but I doubt there isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t think about him.
Have in mind that Kermit Tyler story about mistaking the japanese planes coming, cought by Oahu radar, with B17-s is a total bull...t. One goes to Martial court if take such decision by himself. The superior commanders ordered him to say that. Check here his and the entire WW2 story : ruclips.net/video/toJQIuPRJrU/видео.html
I cannot even image being told "Don't open that door! If you do, the rest of the ship will flood....those men have to die" Like damn....its heartbreaking
Probably he had PTSD for the rest of his life. Sometimes it is probably better to be a psycho if you go to war - normal people would have too much of a load of psychiatric damage.
@@dauntless0711 Declined or couldn't. or read that after they eventually cut through into the lowest decks of the capsized Oklahoma they found a group of dead sailors that had kept a log, apparently they died over two weeks after the attack once the last of their oxygen ran out.
@@rags417 declined. As you said, they chose to not attempt to rescue those sailors for 2 weeks, knowing full well they were there. As I understand it, they didn’t want to risk igniting any oil or gas by cutting into the ships.
@@dauntless0711 It is a tragedy, but in the days immediatly after Pearl, how do you even control the fires already lit, especially with one of the ships landing on top of water lines? "War is hell" And incidents like this show extactly why, a man made hell where people suffer no matter what the choice is.
Takes more then some bombs and strafing runs to stress out a competent ATC operative, now if a Japanese plane tried to land and couldn't speak English to the tower that would get him a tad upset.
@@MrJeepmarine yes, and airmen and soldiers. I wasn't trying to be all inclusive but just because i was referencing mainly ships it just makes sense that most men on board are sailors, Mr.techcnical thank you, you got me. 🙄
@724warlord pawns in a game of chest... it’s not the pilot’s fault the higher ups had their way. Lets not forget American soldiers have been used as weapons against innocent civilians in many “wars” to date.
Thank you for your exceptionally accurate narration. My father’s first ship in the Navy in 1941 was the USS California. I followed his path in the Navy, graduating from Annapolis and retiring as a four striper captain, always haunted and fascinated my entire life by Pearl Harbor - the operational failures that nearly killed my father and the incredible valor of the entire U.S. military services in the very dark early days of that war when final victory seemed unlikely. You captured the intense emotions of people I knew who survived that attack and cleared away the fog of war as to what actually happened on both sides.
Your words are truly touching. Thank you for sharing this with us, we hope that through our work the memories of men like your father will remain alive for future generations. We're happy to hear that he was among the survivors of that terrible day. Thank you for the kind words!
I remember hearing of a story from 3 of the crew on West Virginia that had died. They were trapped in one of the compartments. Unlike many of their friends they were safe from drowning, but were unable to be rescued in their position. the West Virginia was eventually recovered, they had found markings showing they had survived for 24 days underwater in that compartment, they knew this because there were marks on the wall, trapped there slowly dying, totally aware of what was happening yet unable to do anything about it. There are fates worse than death. Note to self: Don’t join the Navy, getting a bunch of bullets to the chest or going down in a fiery plane crash seems a little bit nicer.
They had to have been out of ammo. Which just makes it hilarious--those Japanese fighter pilots were salivating at the golden opportunity to bring down a brand-new strategic bomber that couldn't even shoot back, but they had no ammo.
@@voltigeurs5069 as communist Japan, you can at least fight the Chinese or American. Who are the democratic Japanese gonna fight?? Germany?? ITALY?!?!?!?!
"Skies are calm with good visibility, you have a 5 knot westernly wind and 3 Japanese fighters on your tail, cleared to land on runway 2" This is what I imagine that ATC sounding like 😂
10:09 wait a second...did he say "with defect 50mm guns but functioning 36mm guns"? Do you maybe mean .50 cal. and .30-06 cal. guns since that was the armament on P-40D and P-40E variants. Just wanted to make that sure, since it is a small mistake and people that are not into military stuff that much might not actually notice that. Nevertheless great job! Keep up the amazing work.
Thanks for the explanation. I was bewildered by the millimeters and don't know enough about the P40's armaments :) except that it had .50 cals but not that it also carried .30-06. Much appreciated!
@@turtle2720 Depending on the year, model number and country using it, it would have .30 Browning, .303 Browning (British), .50 Browning, or whatever the Russians decided to put in theirs. At that time, USAAC P40's usually had 2 .30's over the engine and 2 .50's in each wing. By the end of the war, all that were still in use had gotten rid of the .30's and put another .50 in each wing.
@@Phatman2167 I believe the early P-40s had two .50 Brownings were over the engine and the four .30-06 guns in the wings. About this time the USAAF decided heavy machine guns in the wings were better and eliminated the unreliable synchronization. Obvious exceptions P-38, P-39 and P-400. Geoff Who built plastic models in his youth and spent too much time studying WW2..my Father's war.
15:21 This was a wonderful moment of levity in an otherwise tense documentary series. "Wind is 15 knots, we are under attack, runway 4 is on fire, please land on runway 6"
10:43 The pilot Ensign Manuel Gonzales who took off from Enterprise that morning was not even supposed to be flying that morning. When Enterprise was returning to Pearl Harbor, her scout planes went directly to land at an airfleld on Oahu, instead of returning to Enterprise. This meant the pilots of the scout planes got to be back on Oahu hours before other crew of Enterprise. Manuel Gonzales was recently married/engaged and he wanted to be back with his fiance/wife as soon as possible. So he asked for and got permission to fly one of the planes on scout duty that morning even though it was not his turn. And this is what got him killed that morning.
Some years ago I heard in a documentary that they found notes inside Arizona, from seamen that survived almost a week under water. (Before they eventually die).
If they did this for Pearl Harbor imagine what are they are going to do for Stalingrad or D-Day. This is the new standard for documentaries I dont care whats on TV anymore. You guys are the GOATS!
There will definitely be special coverage of those, I am sure, but it is not likely to be as detailed and "minute by minute" as Pearl Harbor. Really detailed information about the attack is readily available digitized online, to a far greater extent than almost any other event in World War II. Plus, Pearl Harbor was done in less than 2 hours...making it an even that can be covered in a pinpoint way like this. ✌
@@GCJT1949 Entire books have been written about the psychology of military incompetence. A little unfair, but stupidity rather than deep-laid sophisticated plots may explain better certain events in world history.
Yep, "The M1919 originally fired the .30 cal M1906 (30-06) ball cartridge, and later the .30 caliber M2 ball cartridge...." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun Want a few volunteers to check scripts about weapons stuff who can keep our mouths shut ? :-)
Note on USS Nevada: in the 1960s and well into the 1970s, the ROTC detachment at the University of Nevada, Reno (Hartman Hall) used the anchor chains from the USS Nevada to delineate the walkways and roadway in front of the building. These were obtained when the ship was scrapped after from Operation Crossroads in 1946. While I never put a Geiger counter on them, I always noticed that snow never accumulated on them.
You got to give credit to that runway operator. He kept his cool while his friends and colleagues are getting torn apart by enemy planes, bullets and bombs.
There is a difference between sounding calm and being calm. (not saying this guy wasn't both, i wasn't there... Its just that i know some ATCs and have seen them fuming with anger while speaking their usual phrases into the radio sounding as calm as the dalai lama during meditation ;-) )
@@nirfz I am certain that is heavy requirement of work. clarity of communication is extremely important and "OH MY GOD IT'S HEADING STRAIGHT AT US" screamed to radio does not help anybody.
The Neosho was probably the most important ship on battleship row that morning. It's loss at Coral Sea was offset by the loss of the Lexington. Imagine having to choose between the Doolittle raid and losing Port Moresby. Obviously Port Moresby was more important, but Midway probably wouldn't have happened without the former.
The actions of the young private who escapes Oklahoma to Maryland and resumes resisting the enemy with all tools to hand, and the Marine pilot firing on a strafing zero with his pistol next to his disabled aircraft are in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. Brilliant examples of why I love the Corps. If they're gonna kill you, make the bastards work for it. Cheers to Time Ghost for bringing one of the most gripping documentaries of the attack on Pearl Harbor since Tora Tora Tora! S/F
This is a great episode but comically my favorite part is Indy's "I have not mentioned the Hawaiian Air Force yet, BUT THEY ARE HERE TODAY" like he's introducing a surprise talk show guest.
I just feel really sad for all those men that we attacked while defenseless some of them. R.I.P to all those men, I hope you all found your peace in death sailors and other personnel.
It might sound weird but i also feel sorry for the Japanese pilots and submarine personnel who lost their life. They thought this was the only way to save their beloved home and they payed the price for this absurd view of the Navy and Army High Command.
@@Daniel-kq4bx in all honesty it's better to die believing it's the only thing standing between the annihilation of your nation then believing it's for nothing and dying for nothing and these men where hero's in each other's eyes that's all that matter's and the will live on in our memories as the men who fucked pearl harbor up
@@hohooooooooify Well from their perspective yes but thats exactly the point, they were lied to. In the End they started a war bringing down their Nation
Potential History This is fantastic and you guys have truly outdone yourselves. This sets a new standard for documentaries, not just on youtube, but in general. Indeed, the crew members are very good, but Indy outdoned himself today. He is great narrator and a showman...
"Americans refer to the period between the first and second attacks as the lull" Meanwhile, the Japanese refer to the period between the first and second attacks as the *"lol"*
15:40 Man had one job, and knew that he could save a handful of lives. Poor guys shuts down all emotions like a computer, and does what muscle memory and training tells him. What a trait.
This is fantastic work by the entire team! There is only one issue, the name tags for Maryland and Oklahoma seem to have switched places, with Maryland on the outside and Oklahoma on the inside. Minor detail but wanted to bring it to your attention. Great work!
Unbelievable. ... ... ... An amazing piece of work by your team. ... ... ... This series has been the best I have ever seen and should be included in all high school history classes.
There's a handful of flubs (saying the P40s had 30-mm and 50-mm guns, for example) and some of the Wargaming footage is kind of silly (earlier episodes were really bad, where the B-17 formation incoming to Hawaii has some planes flying in vertical maneuvers and stalling for some reason.) But Indy's narration, for the most part, saves it.
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My father's words on the military, in the Navy the priority is; the mission, the ship, the men, in the Air Force they set you down on exposed ground and mark it with a big concrete cross; in the Army the priority is; mission, men. Geoff Who was in the US Army 1982-92
The English and Americans decoded Axis codes that showed they were going to sink ships that held their own country's prisoners on them. They sunk them anyway because they didn't want to let on that had broken the code. It was illustrated in a scene from the movie Imitation Game. War causes difficult choices for the greater good.
@@stevekaczynski3793 correct. The 12.7 mm Ho-103 was only introduced into service in 1941 and that was in the Army Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter. I'm not seeing this gun in service with the Japanese navy at all, at any time in the war, with the "George" and "Jack" fighters, for example, being armed entirely with 20 mm cannon.
Impressed with your project, I can't imagine how much work have been put into this. Exciting and sad to follow the attack minute by minute. Congratulations with a job well done. You are a really good Storyteller Indy, but I already knew that from Sabaton History
One Spanish sailor captured by the British at Trafalgar in 1805 was wearing a clown costume. He had put it on to attend a festival, and was press-ganged into the Spanish navy instead. They didn't even bother issuing him proper sailor's clothing.
ìts 00:30 rn I have an exam tomorrow at 14:00 so i should go to bed.... but I cant because this documentary is so immersive I cannot go to sleep right now
Why you and your work here are important to me: In 1948 I was an Air Force daughter, and by Father's first duty station was Hawaii. Having lived there, the images of the devastation are scary real to me. What hit home was the airplane hanger blasting apart. I knew those windows and building supports. 😂
Presentation of this material was fantastic. I thought "Sigh, another Pearl Harbor documentary, yawn" I watched all in a row and was captivated. Well done man. Like and new sub here!
As a kid, I lived there in the late 80’s. I don’t remember much, but I do remember going to the Arizona Memorial. What I remember most is “looking for the dead sailors”. Drove my Mom nuts. Apparently in some fences, the bullet holes from attacking plane are still there, and a “safe” mortar is still logged in an administration building as a memorial to that day. I think the early 2000’s they found a still live live torpedo lodged in the mud harbor bed of Pearl. They actually found the first Minisub sunk partially still intact in the early 2000’s to.
10:05 Hold on there, Indy! I recall reading that Haleiwa Field didn't have any .50"/12.7mm Caliber ammunition on hand, so Welch and Taylor had only 4 .30"/7.62mm Calber machine guns per P-40B to attack enemy raiders. A "50mm gun" didn't show up until much later in World War II...on an Me-262. "36mm guns?" Ye Olde P-39 Airacobra did mount a 37mm cannon, which the Russians used to take apart German aircraft during Operation Barbarosa. I recall actor Barry Corbin, as "Maurice Minnifield," during an episode of "Northern Exposure," also described "50mm guns" in use on a U.S. Marine Korean War jet. Please temper your readings.
Ideas keep running in my head after watching this part 5! Impressive in so many ways... How terrible was the death of hundreds of sailors inside their boiling metal giant coffins! And the brave American (19:50). And the Japanese officer thrilled by the unique sight of his bombs dropping on their target (23:25). And Yamamoto not changing facial expression (25:27). And the men collecting ice cream and candies, so childish to me, (25:54)... All of it is unique! Big hurray to WWTwo team!
If I may add one point of criticism. George Marshall did not order Short to focus on sabotage. See Colonel Clausen's Report. The confusion stems from Marshall sending a war warning on the 27th of November and Short sending back that he's instituted Alert 1... the problem: Alert 1 per George Marshall was supposed to be the highest level of readiness and alert, basically ready for war (aircraft dispersed, AA batteries with ready ammo, daily patrols, manned radar stations around the clock, etc.) But Short had changed that to level 3. He didn't inform Washington of the changes he made to the alert levels. On his own authority Short had instituted Alert 1 since he thought Sabotage was the biggest threat in the event of hostilities breaking out.
When I was in graduate school, I was assigned to do Oral History interviews with local ( to me ) Pearl Harbor Survivors. [These interviews are archived at Maag Library, Youngstown State University.] One of the sailors was assigned to the fire control center, USS Tennessee. They could hear and feel explosions, but could see nothing as they were deep in the ship. When they were released from battle stations they could finally come on deck and see the attack results. This sailor picked up Japanese bomb shrapnel off the deck of the Tennessee, which I have had the honor of holding in my own bare hand during his interview.
It's something I've come to accept since he is not Gun Jesus, Flannel Daddy, Chieftain, or Drachinifel and stuff like that isn't second nature to him. I think the effort they've put in to this whole more than makes up for it.
@@GoldPicard Oh yeah I can't expect them to be experts at everything but they are are experts on what matters. As a whole this series has blown my expectations out of the water. Its probably just typos left in the script that they failed to catch, it happens.
Arizona has just gone up in flames... the defining moment of her career, unfortunately. And perhaps the defining moment of the entire attack. I have to wonder what would have happened if she hadn't gone up.
Many of the battleships that sunk in this attack were actually refloated and put into service again in just a couple years. Some of these ships "sunk" here in this battle would go on to win the last battleship engagement of the war. So maybe Arizona would have been refloated as well but who knows.
Just saw the part about everyone "not busy" helping the wounded. It reminds me of the 911 attack on the Pentagon. I wasn't there myself but I remember reports of service members doing the same thing there. I remember one firefighter saying they had a hard time keeping the service members from running back inside the burning building to get more of the wounded.
Jumping ashore to scrounge up ice cream and candy from a burning truck, meanwhile someone calls out their hits like it's a score at a football game; it's good to see that the Marines haven't changed a bit.
Possible correction at 10:00, the US didn’t mount 50mm on their aircraft to my knowledge. But the P40s did come equipped with .50 cal (0.50” or 12.7mm) guns.
This series was one of the most demanding and challenging that I ever had to edit. How do you make good use of limited archival footage available and spread it across an action-packed 5-hour series? How can you stick to historical and factual accuracy and still make the material exciting and movie-like? How do you make sure that the story you tell not only looks professional but also touches the viewer's hearts and makes them actually feel the tension, fear, and excitement that the people who experienced it went through?
These questions, though intimidating, were what pushed me to learn more, study my editing (and history!) harder, and expand my skills so that our viewers would fully enjoy the final result. However, none of it would be possible without the incredible TimeGhost team, their careful guidance, and their continuing passion for their craft. It's a great honor to work and learn from them, and I will cherish the experience I've gained for a very long time.
Please show them a lot of support on this immersive project, and stay tuned for more!
Iryna,
Series Editor.
Episode Guide:
This is a 10 episode limited series within our weekly coverage of WW2 - to see the immediate events leading up to this day watch episode 119 from December 5, ruclips.net/video/DYUzmBuX-6Y/видео.html. Some of the events covered briefly as they start on this day, such as the invasions in the West Pacific will be covered in more detail in the coming weeks, especially in episode 120K (the 11th episode this week) coming out on December 12.
The playlist to get all these episodes in one go is here: bit.ly/Pearl-min-by-min
Before you comment, read our rules of conduct community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518
That ending by Indy was a master piece of presenting and summary. Love it!
Y’all have done a magnificent job 👍👍. Take care and God bless ✌️
This is an amazing job. You've done a great job...just fantastic. Thank you
Great Job Everybody thank you .
In your opinion if the Japanese hit the English colonies ,you have already said your ,about the colonies of Holland ,the was a reason to US delared war in Japan??
Even if Japan treated to US like USSR???
Absolute chads getting blown off one ship just to jump on another and continuing to fight back.
This is fantastic and you guys have truly outdone yourselves. This sets a new standard for documentaries, not just on youtube, but in general.
Also, I can't imagine the time and effort this took to do, and may be a bit soon to do Midway in the same way, but a Midway project like this would be amazing as well. Never stop doing what you're doing!
Hi, first and for most I love your videos!!!
I remember when they first announced it, Indy mentioned he wanted to do something similar for many other battles. He listed off a few however the only one I can remember off the top of my head was the battle of Kursk.
Can't wait until you do something on Pearl. :)
Hey PH good to see you here
YES
Nice to see you here
So in 2011-2012 I worked at a McDonald’s at my hometown and an older gentleman retired from the navy was there every morning for a sandwich and coffee. One morning I got to talking with him about his time in the navy because my grandfather retired from it. After a few minutes talking I asked him what he remember most from being in the navy and he told me it was when he had to jump off the California. I took me a minute to realize why he would have had to jump off it. Once I quit that job I never saw him again but I doubt there isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t think about him.
It's incredible to talk to old gentlemen who have seen these things. It's why years ago I loved being a carer to older people
Have in mind that Kermit Tyler story about mistaking the japanese planes coming, cought by Oahu radar, with B17-s is a total bull...t. One goes to Martial court if take such decision by himself. The superior commanders ordered him to say that. Check here his and the entire WW2 story : ruclips.net/video/toJQIuPRJrU/видео.html
I cannot even image being told "Don't open that door! If you do, the rest of the ship will flood....those men have to die" Like damn....its heartbreaking
Imagine you need to make that decision. It will haunt you no matter what...
I want to hear more about that air traffic controller guiding in the B-17s
I would hate to see what he would deem a situation where it is sufficient to panic.
@@cobbler9113 no shit!
I've read elsewhere that air traffic controllers take pride in relaying information in as calm and official a voice as is possible.
According to a document: media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/17/2001329818/-1/-1/0/AFD-100917-040.pdf (page 83)
It was: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Blake
How are you commenting 20 hours before it was uploaded?
This is worth way more than 9 dollars a month ...Thank You
You're welcome!
@@WorldWarTwo how did he comment 17 hours before vid was posted ?
@@rusko123 probably patron or a channel member
sorry didnt know about Patreon..im silly
@@rusko123 are you a cop?
I'd never want to have to make that call to keep water tight doors closed when I could hear people on the other side calling for help.
Probably he had PTSD for the rest of his life. Sometimes it is probably better to be a psycho if you go to war - normal people would have too much of a load of psychiatric damage.
Think that’s screwed up, wait until you hear about the sailors trapped in capsized ships for days that the US declined to rescue.
@@dauntless0711 Declined or couldn't. or read that after they eventually cut through into the lowest decks of the capsized Oklahoma they found a group of dead sailors that had kept a log, apparently they died over two weeks after the attack once the last of their oxygen ran out.
@@rags417 declined. As you said, they chose to not attempt to rescue those sailors for 2 weeks, knowing full well they were there. As I understand it, they didn’t want to risk igniting any oil or gas by cutting into the ships.
@@dauntless0711 It is a tragedy, but in the days immediatly after Pearl, how do you even control the fires already lit, especially with one of the ships landing on top of water lines?
"War is hell" And incidents like this show extactly why, a man made hell where people suffer no matter what the choice is.
I really want to know who that monotone airfield operator was. Man has nerves of titanium.
Just doing his job trying not to add to the panic of the moment.
Standard training for air traffic controllers.
Takes more then some bombs and strafing runs to stress out a competent ATC operative, now if a Japanese plane tried to land and couldn't speak English to the tower that would get him a tad upset.
@@wetlettuce4768 underrated comment
That would be Gordon Blake!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Blake#World_War_II
The bravery of these sailors is absolutely heroic. To continue to do your duty to save the ship as a whole is astounding.
And Marines...
@@MrJeepmarine yes, and airmen and soldiers. I wasn't trying to be all inclusive but just because i was referencing mainly ships it just makes sense that most men on board are sailors, Mr.techcnical thank you, you got me. 🙄
@724warlord pawns in a game of chest... it’s not the pilot’s fault the higher ups had their way. Lets not forget American soldiers have been used as weapons against innocent civilians in many “wars” to date.
@@ryanrock4944 wasn't trying to be technical I'm a former Marine. You right about Army air corps/Airmen were killed as well.
This is the BEST series about Pearl Harbor that I’ve ever seen and I am 81.
Congratulations!!!
"The attack is just 45 minute old" It felt like it was raging a whole day... and it's just the first wave. The pacing is amazing.
Thank you for your exceptionally accurate narration. My father’s first ship in the Navy in 1941 was the USS California. I followed his path in the Navy, graduating from Annapolis and retiring as a four striper captain, always haunted and fascinated my entire life by Pearl Harbor - the operational failures that nearly killed my father and the incredible valor of the entire U.S. military services in the very dark early days of that war when final victory seemed unlikely. You captured the intense emotions of people I knew who survived that attack and cleared away the fog of war as to what actually happened on both sides.
Your words are truly touching. Thank you for sharing this with us, we hope that through our work the memories of men like your father will remain alive for future generations. We're happy to hear that he was among the survivors of that terrible day. Thank you for the kind words!
I remember hearing of a story from 3 of the crew on West Virginia that had died. They were trapped in one of the compartments. Unlike many of their friends they were safe from drowning, but were unable to be rescued in their position. the West Virginia was eventually recovered, they had found markings showing they had survived for 24 days underwater in that compartment, they knew this because there were marks on the wall, trapped there slowly dying, totally aware of what was happening yet unable to do anything about it. There are fates worse than death.
Note to self: Don’t join the Navy, getting a bunch of bullets to the chest or going down in a fiery plane crash seems a little bit nicer.
Oh boy, imagine the awkwardness of that moment. "Huh, these Japanese planes seem to be escorting me. Thanks, I guess? Oh..."
@RealMCB one of the most cursed route of hoi4.
Oh, ohhhhhhh.... oh.
@@persimmon93 Not as cursed as joining the Komintern...
They had to have been out of ammo. Which just makes it hilarious--those Japanese fighter pilots were salivating at the golden opportunity to bring down a brand-new strategic bomber that couldn't even shoot back, but they had no ammo.
@@voltigeurs5069 as communist Japan, you can at least fight the Chinese or American. Who are the democratic Japanese gonna fight?? Germany?? ITALY?!?!?!?!
"Skies are calm with good visibility, you have a 5 knot westernly wind and 3 Japanese fighters on your tail, cleared to land on runway 2" This is what I imagine that ATC sounding like 😂
“Roger that. Commencing with... wait what was that about 3 fighters on our tail?”
Probably a combination of the professionalism of ATC and shock at the situation. Only explanation I can think of off hand.
Then taking a huge sip of coffee.
I missed the episode of Star Trek where Spock went back to 1941.
just like the LA speed check story... TC sounds exactly the same everywhere and always make you feel like air force one.
10:09 wait a second...did he say "with defect 50mm guns but functioning 36mm guns"?
Do you maybe mean .50 cal. and .30-06 cal. guns since that was the armament on P-40D and P-40E variants. Just wanted to make that sure, since it is a small mistake and people that are not into military stuff that much might not actually notice that.
Nevertheless great job! Keep up the amazing work.
Thanks for the explanation. I was bewildered by the millimeters and don't know enough about the P40's armaments :) except that it had .50 cals but not that it also carried .30-06. Much appreciated!
@@turtle2720
Depending on the year, model number and country using it, it would have .30 Browning, .303 Browning (British), .50 Browning, or whatever the Russians decided to put in theirs.
At that time, USAAC P40's usually had 2 .30's over the engine and 2 .50's in each wing. By the end of the war, all that were still in use had gotten rid of the .30's and put another .50 in each wing.
That's what I was going to say.
@@turtle2720 10mm= 1cm for example there was a 50mm gun on the panzer 3, so you could say 5cm gun
@@Phatman2167 I believe the early P-40s had two .50 Brownings were over the engine and the four .30-06 guns in the wings. About this time the USAAF decided heavy machine guns in the wings were better and eliminated the unreliable synchronization. Obvious exceptions P-38, P-39 and P-400. Geoff Who built plastic models in his youth and spent too much time studying WW2..my Father's war.
15:21 This was a wonderful moment of levity in an otherwise tense documentary series.
"Wind is 15 knots, we are under attack, runway 4 is on fire, please land on runway 6"
10:43
The pilot Ensign Manuel Gonzales who took off from Enterprise that morning was not even supposed to be flying that morning.
When Enterprise was returning to Pearl Harbor, her scout planes went directly to land at an airfleld on Oahu, instead of returning to Enterprise. This meant the pilots of the scout planes got to be back on Oahu hours before other crew of Enterprise.
Manuel Gonzales was recently married/engaged and he wanted to be back with his fiance/wife as soon as possible. So he asked for and got permission to fly one of the planes on scout duty that morning even though it was not his turn. And this is what got him killed that morning.
RIP USS Arizona and her men, dead or currently in the process of dying
and Utah
Watching the little globs of oil rise from within the wreck and spread out on the water's surface is a constant reminder of whats below you.
Some years ago I heard in a documentary that they found notes inside Arizona, from seamen that survived almost a week under water. (Before they eventually die).
It's awful to think what it was like.
If they did this for Pearl Harbor imagine what are they are going to do for Stalingrad or D-Day. This is the new standard for documentaries I dont care whats on TV anymore. You guys are the GOATS!
There will definitely be special coverage of those, I am sure, but it is not likely to be as detailed and "minute by minute" as Pearl Harbor. Really detailed information about the attack is readily available digitized online, to a far greater extent than almost any other event in World War II. Plus, Pearl Harbor was done in less than 2 hours...making it an even that can be covered in a pinpoint way like this. ✌
"Let's park a battleship over the only water main to our island Naval Air Station. What's the worst that could happen?"
Well, Everything !
Peacetime mindset at work.
Godlike knowledge and omnipotence are sorely lacking in most militaries. Geoff Who notes post, camp maintenance doesn't talk to Fleet.
@@GCJT1949 Entire books have been written about the psychology of military incompetence. A little unfair, but stupidity rather than deep-laid sophisticated plots may explain better certain events in world history.
@@LuvBorderCollies It "was" peace time.
This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen on RUclips. Thank you guys so much :)
They didn't open the doors....
Dam that hit right in the feels
Yes and that kind of decision had to be made more than the one time. I’m glad it was bluntly included
Imagine calmly telling a plane “you have three bogeys on your tail”
There were jokes during the war about the P-400 - a P-40 with a Zero on its tail.
Bogey is unknown, Friend is a good guy, Bandit is to be shot down smartly. Geoff Who isn't sure this was in USAAF use in 1941....
At this point comes the Hula Shirt section
mistake at 10:09. the P-40s at Pearl were armed with two 50 cal and four 30 cal machine guns....not 50mm and 36mm as stated.
Yep, "The M1919 originally fired the .30 cal M1906 (30-06) ball cartridge, and later the .30 caliber M2 ball cartridge...."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun
Want a few volunteers to check scripts about weapons stuff who can keep our mouths shut ?
:-)
We stand corrected
@@WorldWarTwo On the scale of what you're trying to do this is kind of picking fly stuff out of pepper.
Keep up the good work please !
Congratulations Ladies and Gentlemen! Your series is a perfect hit!
I’m excited to watch this live. Y’all have done an incredible job. The Warships CGI helps the experience a lot. Way exceeded all expectations!
Note on USS Nevada: in the 1960s and well into the 1970s, the ROTC detachment at the University of Nevada, Reno (Hartman Hall) used the anchor chains from the USS Nevada to delineate the walkways and roadway in front of the building. These were obtained when the ship was scrapped after from Operation Crossroads in 1946. While I never put a Geiger counter on them, I always noticed that snow never accumulated on them.
Gordon Prange argued that one of the biggest problems was that the Army thought the Navy was there to protect them, when the opposite was true.
You got to give credit to that runway operator. He kept his cool while his friends and colleagues are getting torn apart by enemy planes, bullets and bombs.
There is a difference between sounding calm and being calm. (not saying this guy wasn't both, i wasn't there... Its just that i know some ATCs and have seen them fuming with anger while speaking their usual phrases into the radio sounding as calm as the dalai lama during meditation ;-) )
@@nirfz I am certain that is heavy requirement of work. clarity of communication is extremely important and "OH MY GOD IT'S HEADING STRAIGHT AT US" screamed to radio does not help anybody.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Exactely.
Best documentary series ever
Neosho: "Boy, we got lucky"
Inoue Shigeyoshi: "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?!"
Re-watching in the week of the PH anniversary, I am pleasantly surprised how many got my little joke. Good job!
The Neosho was probably the most important ship on battleship row that morning. It's loss at Coral Sea was offset by the loss of the Lexington. Imagine having to choose between the Doolittle raid and losing Port Moresby. Obviously Port Moresby was more important, but Midway probably wouldn't have happened without the former.
The actions of the young private who escapes Oklahoma to Maryland and resumes resisting the enemy with all tools to hand, and the Marine pilot firing on a strafing zero with his pistol next to his disabled aircraft are in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. Brilliant examples of why I love the Corps. If they're gonna kill you, make the bastards work for it.
Cheers to Time Ghost for bringing one of the most gripping documentaries of the attack on Pearl Harbor since Tora Tora Tora!
S/F
"We won a great tactical victory at Pearl Harbor and thereby lost the war. (Hara Tadaichi)
This is a great episode but comically my favorite part is Indy's "I have not mentioned the Hawaiian Air Force yet, BUT THEY ARE HERE TODAY" like he's introducing a surprise talk show guest.
Burning Ships: Terror, tragedy, and _heroism_
I just feel really sad for all those men that we attacked while defenseless some of them. R.I.P to all those men, I hope you all found your peace in death sailors and other personnel.
It might sound weird but i also feel sorry for the Japanese pilots and submarine personnel who lost their life. They thought this was the only way to save their beloved home and they payed the price for this absurd view of the Navy and Army High Command.
@@Daniel-kq4bx all wars are civil wars... because all humans are brothers and sisters
@@Ronald98 War is never civil.
@@Daniel-kq4bx in all honesty it's better to die believing it's the only thing standing between the annihilation of your nation then believing it's for nothing and dying for nothing and these men where hero's in each other's eyes that's all that matter's and the will live on in our memories as the men who fucked pearl harbor up
@@hohooooooooify Well from their perspective yes but thats exactly the point, they were lied to. In the End they started a war bringing down their Nation
Potential History
This is fantastic and you guys have truly outdone yourselves. This sets a new standard for documentaries, not just on youtube, but in general.
Indeed, the crew members are very good, but Indy outdoned himself today. He is great narrator and a showman...
Those poor sailors, when I heard the details of how they died...
I've been watching all of WW2 so far and have been glued to my screen. This mini-series is beyond the pale. Gripping and compelling content.
Always enjoyed the contents of this channel.
But this has just taken the whole scenario to a whole new level.
Thankyou for this awesome production.
This is world class military history documentary work. Very well done
I should be studying for my final exams and I’m watching this... worth it!
A masterpiece of documentary! Please continue your great work Indy!
"Americans refer to the period between the first and second attacks as the lull"
Meanwhile, the Japanese refer to the period between the first and second attacks as the *"lol"*
XD
They did it for the lullz.
Japan: "We've got them now!"
USA: "Ya done messed up A-a-ron!"
15:40 Man had one job, and knew that he could save a handful of lives. Poor guys shuts down all emotions like a computer, and does what muscle memory and training tells him. What a trait.
The Air Traffic Controller doing his job like there's nothing going on the the level of calm that everyone should desire to have.
This is fantastic work by the entire team! There is only one issue, the name tags for Maryland and Oklahoma seem to have switched places, with Maryland on the outside and Oklahoma on the inside. Minor detail but wanted to bring it to your attention. Great work!
You guys are killing it with this series. One of the best documentaries ever.
Unbelievable. ... ... ... An amazing piece of work by your team. ... ... ... This series has been the best I have ever seen and should be included in all high school history classes.
There's a handful of flubs (saying the P40s had 30-mm and 50-mm guns, for example) and some of the Wargaming footage is kind of silly (earlier episodes were really bad, where the B-17 formation incoming to Hawaii has some planes flying in vertical maneuvers and stalling for some reason.) But Indy's narration, for the most part, saves it.
You guys are real professionals! Thank you for the series!
You guys are the first RUclips channel to whom I will donate to their patreon. This is so good, I should have to pay for it!
I cannot believe these videos have only had 244,000 views. Should have millions of views in my opinion. Great job on the series.
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Best documentary on Pearl Harbour that I've ever watched.....Bravo!
One of the best Pearl Harbor documentaries I've ever seen.
5:21 I couldn't imagine myself in this situation making the decision to whether let my crew mates die or sink the ship entirely.
My father's words on the military, in the Navy the priority is; the mission, the ship, the men, in the Air Force they set you down on exposed ground and mark it with a big concrete cross; in the Army the priority is; mission, men. Geoff Who was in the US Army 1982-92
The English and Americans decoded Axis codes that showed they were going to sink ships that held their own country's prisoners on them. They sunk them anyway because they didn't want to let on that had broken the code. It was illustrated in a scene from the movie Imitation Game. War causes difficult choices for the greater good.
Didn't know Kimmell was it by a bullet. Being a 50 Cal it would have been an American round as well.
A huge amount of bullets were flying around, quite a few civilians killed or wounded, sometimes miles away in Honolulu.
Actually it could have been a Japanese 12x81mm from a Ho-103
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho-103_machine_gun
@@Barabel22 As far as I know, all Japanese aircraft in the December 7 attack carried 7.7 mm guns, with 20mm cannons in the Zeroes as well.
@@stevekaczynski3793 correct. The 12.7 mm Ho-103 was only introduced into service in 1941 and that was in the Army Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter. I'm not seeing this gun in service with the Japanese navy at all, at any time in the war, with the "George" and "Jack" fighters, for example, being armed entirely with 20 mm cannon.
Impressed with your project, I can't imagine how much work have been put into this. Exciting and sad to follow the attack minute by minute. Congratulations with a job well done. You are a really good Storyteller Indy, but I already knew that from Sabaton History
It's hard work listening to the fates of those poor guys in the maelstrom, but it is work that must be done. Great series.
Love that the clocks in the background are synched to the story
"By the way, there are three zeroes on your tail."
Damn, that dude had zero fucks to give.
"[...] in his pajamas" got to be my favorite detail in this serie. It's clearly one of the best I''ve seen on RUclips ! :D
One Spanish sailor captured by the British at Trafalgar in 1805 was wearing a clown costume. He had put it on to attend a festival, and was press-ganged into the Spanish navy instead. They didn't even bother issuing him proper sailor's clothing.
Man I feel for Kimmel an entire life preparing, learning, training to do the thing only to find out you are not ready.
this channel is so underrated. remember to like and share
ìts 00:30 rn I have an exam tomorrow at 14:00 so i should go to bed.... but I cant because this documentary is so immersive I cannot go to sleep right now
You have an exam in the morning, these videos will be waiting for you when you get back.
Why you and your work here are important to me:
In 1948 I was an Air Force daughter, and by Father's first duty station was Hawaii.
Having lived there, the images of the devastation are scary real to me. What hit home was the airplane hanger blasting apart. I knew those windows and building supports. 😂
10:08: These are .50caliber and .30caliber guns, which correspond to 12.7 and 7.62mm guns respectively.
I have never seen such an entertaining documentary before. Hope there are plans for more events covered in this 5h long documentary format.
Finally found time to watch these since studying for finals at the time. Stellar work as everyone else has said.
Thanks
10:06 50mm or .50 calibre?
50cal and 30cal...yea he misspoke
yeah there's a HUGE difference there. one is a machine gun, the other is a tank cannon.
This is a fascinating series. Thanks for your hard work.
3:40 labels are incorrect for Oklahoma and Maryland.
Yes, we know, we run into last minute production errors with the maps and a few errors slipped through our nets. We apologize
im just glad to be alive to witness this effort. thank you to everyone involved.
Just imagine being caught in a ship in the dark as water starts to flood in... nightmare!
Such detail! I love the battle damage rundown.
You guys have really outdone yourselves this time.
Presentation of this material was fantastic. I thought "Sigh, another Pearl Harbor documentary, yawn" I watched all in a row and was captivated. Well done man. Like and new sub here!
Thank you for the support Dean, we really appreciate it
As a kid, I lived there in the late 80’s.
I don’t remember much, but I do remember going to the Arizona Memorial.
What I remember most is “looking for the dead sailors”. Drove my Mom nuts.
Apparently in some fences, the bullet holes from attacking plane are still there, and a “safe” mortar is still logged in an administration building as a memorial to that day.
I think the early 2000’s they found a still live live torpedo lodged in the mud harbor bed of Pearl.
They actually found the first Minisub sunk partially still intact in the early 2000’s to.
This is almost beyond belief good. I should be working, but I can't stop watching. Well done!
15:20 I've known before but my god, Air Traffic Controllers are a different breed.
10:05 Hold on there, Indy! I recall reading that Haleiwa Field didn't have any .50"/12.7mm Caliber ammunition on hand, so Welch and Taylor had only 4 .30"/7.62mm Calber machine guns per P-40B to attack enemy raiders. A "50mm gun" didn't show up until much later in World War II...on an Me-262. "36mm guns?" Ye Olde P-39 Airacobra did mount a 37mm cannon, which the Russians used to take apart German aircraft during Operation Barbarosa. I recall actor Barry Corbin, as "Maurice Minnifield," during an episode of "Northern Exposure," also described "50mm guns" in use on a U.S. Marine Korean War jet. Please temper your readings.
Ideas keep running in my head after watching this part 5! Impressive in so many ways... How terrible was the death of hundreds of sailors inside their boiling metal giant coffins! And the brave American (19:50). And the Japanese officer thrilled by the unique sight of his bombs dropping on their target (23:25). And Yamamoto not changing facial expression (25:27). And the men collecting ice cream and candies, so childish to me, (25:54)... All of it is unique! Big hurray to WWTwo team!
If I may add one point of criticism. George Marshall did not order Short to focus on sabotage. See Colonel Clausen's Report. The confusion stems from Marshall sending a war warning on the 27th of November and Short sending back that he's instituted Alert 1... the problem: Alert 1 per George Marshall was supposed to be the highest level of readiness and alert, basically ready for war (aircraft dispersed, AA batteries with ready ammo, daily patrols, manned radar stations around the clock, etc.) But Short had changed that to level 3. He didn't inform Washington of the changes he made to the alert levels. On his own authority Short had instituted Alert 1 since he thought Sabotage was the biggest threat in the event of hostilities breaking out.
The Maryland took one for his teammate the Nevada.
I can't even imagine the horror the the drowning men inside the ships must had felt.
When I was in graduate school, I was assigned to do Oral History interviews with local ( to me ) Pearl Harbor Survivors. [These interviews are archived at Maag Library, Youngstown State University.] One of the sailors was assigned to the fire control center, USS Tennessee. They could hear and feel explosions, but could see nothing as they were deep in the ship. When they were released from battle stations they could finally come on deck and see the attack results. This sailor picked up Japanese bomb shrapnel off the deck of the Tennessee, which I have had the honor of holding in my own bare hand during his interview.
That was outstanding Sir. Thank you very much.
Not to going to lie, Indy quoting the P-40s having 50mm and 37mm guns had me cringing.
Other than that, spectacular video and work.
I'm sure he meant,".50cal"
there were .50 and 30-06. Nothing in millimetres.
It's something I've come to accept since he is not Gun Jesus, Flannel Daddy, Chieftain, or Drachinifel and stuff like that isn't second nature to him. I think the effort they've put in to this whole more than makes up for it.
@@GoldPicard Oh yeah I can't expect them to be experts at everything but they are are experts on what matters. As a whole this series has blown my expectations out of the water. Its probably just typos left in the script that they failed to catch, it happens.
@@GoldPicard LOL!All my favorites!
Arizona has just gone up in flames... the defining moment of her career, unfortunately. And perhaps the defining moment of the entire attack.
I have to wonder what would have happened if she hadn't gone up.
The same, minus the enormous explosion. She couldn't have made a different to the attack, whether she was strewn across the harbour or not.
Many of the battleships that sunk in this attack were actually refloated and put into service again in just a couple years. Some of these ships "sunk" here in this battle would go on to win the last battleship engagement of the war. So maybe Arizona would have been refloated as well but who knows.
15:21 I guess that finally answers the question about what it takes for air traffic controllers to lose their shit: They don't.
At 3:38 your graphic has Oklahoma inboard of Maryland, exactly opposite of how they were moored.
Just saw the part about everyone "not busy" helping the wounded. It reminds me of the 911 attack on the Pentagon. I wasn't there myself but I remember reports of service members doing the same thing there. I remember one firefighter saying they had a hard time keeping the service members from running back inside the burning building to get more of the wounded.
truly excellent..thank you so much for making this
great work Indy and crew
Great job, thanks very much for your hard work and excellent videos.
Jumping ashore to scrounge up ice cream and candy from a burning truck, meanwhile someone calls out their hits like it's a score at a football game; it's good to see that the Marines haven't changed a bit.
Yeah always in their own world.
When something out of the ordinary and monumental happens people often react with euphoria. It's the same as someone giggling at a funeral.
Maybe one of them was Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, or a real-life equivalent?
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I am about to head to work. Ah, bless my supervisor, she said it is slow today and delay coming in.
Haha! I can still watch this series live at home.
Possible correction at 10:00, the US didn’t mount 50mm on their aircraft to my knowledge. But the P40s did come equipped with .50 cal (0.50” or 12.7mm) guns.