The next video was supposed to be a different topic as I posted in the community tab. I've since gotten additional sourcing on the topic, so it's been postponed. I hope this is a good substitute.
Great video. I always try to imagine what it would feel like to be in these situations, and can't really get there because I have lived in peacetime my whole life. I'm grateful for that.
Nice video though I will note that shock damage may have contributed to her worsening condition. Just near misses do sometimes cause issues and I am one that believes she had a host of issues from the aft near miss like her worsening of her rudder to respond later in the ships ending spiral. Just my thoughts.
I got Kagero's Super Drawings In 3D book, about Akagi, for a friend, since he was planning to build a 1/350 scale model of her. Take care, and all the best.
I have recently started a wreck series with I-400 and Bismarck being the only 2 I've covered up to now. I do have more wrecks, including the Midway ones, planned for future videos. So yes to both questions.
To me it seems odd that they felt the need to scuttle. Leaving it for the US would not have given any aid to the enemy. It was a useless hulk by then. Why not let the US take the time and effort to sink it?
It's a good question, if the Americans had reached her before she sank I suppose it would have been a golden opportunity to take a lot of photos of the ruins of the ship that attacked Pearl Harbour which would be on the front of every newspaper in the western world and probably air dropped as flyers in indochina and throughout the Japanese held Pacific that the Japanese were far from invincible. If the Americans could go further and board her, or even tow the hull to Midway and beach her that would offer a lot of possibilities for military intelligence. Some torpedoes or bombs may have survived in a store room that could be reverse engineered, parts of planes radios, code books, etc could all be recovered. Worst case scenario for the Japanese would be the Americans tow the ship back to Hawaii, patch her enough to the reach the US mainland and by 1945 a refitted USS Akagi is launching bombers towards Japan. Definitely not worth the hassle to refit her for military efficiency but would be a massive morale hit for the Japanese.
The thought of a capital ship being captured and recovered as even a hulk terrified both the Japanese and Germans ….. a major surface vessel being towed to an anchorage at LA or Portsmouth would be an unbearable humiliation….. scuttling was a way of saving face from defeat….
The next video was supposed to be a different topic as I posted in the community tab. I've since gotten additional sourcing on the topic, so it's been postponed. I hope this is a good substitute.
Great video. I always try to imagine what it would feel like to be in these situations, and can't really get there because I have lived in peacetime my whole life. I'm grateful for that.
I really enjoy your work, it’s up there with the best of the best, unauthorized history and drach, keep it coming
Ditto
You never miss. Well done.
Nicely done. I appreciated the details between the bomb hit and the scuttling, I had not read or heard them before.
Great video. WELL DONE- as usual. Nuff said...
Great video, harrowing story.
Thanks for posting!
Yamamoto had served as captain of Akagi years before so he was reluctant to order the ship scuttled
Good video
Thank you
Nice video though I will note that shock damage may have contributed to her worsening condition. Just near misses do sometimes cause issues and I am one that believes she had a host of issues from the aft near miss like her worsening of her rudder to respond later in the ships ending spiral. Just my thoughts.
Nice, thanks 👍
I got Kagero's Super Drawings In 3D book, about Akagi, for a friend, since he was planning to build a 1/350 scale model of her.
Take care, and all the best.
Great job. Effective damage control would, likely, have made a difference.
Interesting video. Could you possibly cover individual wrecks that were found? With details of damage?
I have recently started a wreck series with I-400 and Bismarck being the only 2 I've covered up to now. I do have more wrecks, including the Midway ones, planned for future videos. So yes to both questions.
To me it seems odd that they felt the need to scuttle. Leaving it for the US would not have given any aid to the enemy. It was a useless hulk by then. Why not let the US take the time and effort to sink it?
It's a good question, if the Americans had reached her before she sank I suppose it would have been a golden opportunity to take a lot of photos of the ruins of the ship that attacked Pearl Harbour which would be on the front of every newspaper in the western world and probably air dropped as flyers in indochina and throughout the Japanese held Pacific that the Japanese were far from invincible. If the Americans could go further and board her, or even tow the hull to Midway and beach her that would offer a lot of possibilities for military intelligence. Some torpedoes or bombs may have survived in a store room that could be reverse engineered, parts of planes radios, code books, etc could all be recovered. Worst case scenario for the Japanese would be the Americans tow the ship back to Hawaii, patch her enough to the reach the US mainland and by 1945 a refitted USS Akagi is launching bombers towards Japan. Definitely not worth the hassle to refit her for military efficiency but would be a massive morale hit for the Japanese.
The thought of a capital ship being captured and recovered as even a hulk terrified both the Japanese and Germans ….. a major surface vessel being towed to an anchorage at LA or Portsmouth would be an unbearable humiliation….. scuttling was a way of saving face from defeat….
7:18 is that photoshopped image?
No, it's a drawing of Kaga's scuttling.
There's a phrase you repeat all too often, in all your videos, that really bugs me: "with that being said.." Please stop saying that.
Thanks for the feedback, but I'll say as I wish.