Thank you
80 Years ago today. I said a prayer for the fallen earlier this morning.
Thank God they are not here to see what has become of the country they gallantly gave their lives for.
Careful with this kind of thing.
Some of the DS shills around here may have to admit that there is a Russian perspective on events concerning The Ukraine.
R.I.P. Torpedo Squadron 8, as well as all the other servicemen who perished in the battle.
I always liked the way they thought of an ingenious way to confirm the target as Midway. Sent a clear text transmission that the water processing faculty was down and they need a replacement from Pearl. When the Japanese send a encoded transmission “Bring extra drinking water...”, that was the confirmation.
Thanks for posting this. I saw it a few months ago and it is very well done.
If the goal was to destroy the American carriers, then attack the American carriers.
Pearl Harbor wasn’t impregnable 6 months earlier.
Why not go at it again?
Saved for later!
Thanks for the link. Watched it several months ago. What a battle. True American Heros.
I like when twice they identified US planes coming from angles away from Midway and they realized “Oh bleep! Those planes could only have come from a carrier”.
The Japs could have won at Midway if they hadn’t chicked out. The Japanese had an overwhelmingly superior force when they tucked tail and ran. The Main Force and the Invasion Force were largely untouched. The Carrier Strike Force took heavy losses, but the Americans had little left at that point to deal with the two remaining Japanese fleets and the Escort Force. The Northern Force was not well positioned to support, but was roughly equal to what was left of the American forces.
Well done. Definitely worth the watch, and it also serves as a primer on naval and air strategy.
I listened to the first part years ago.
I was very happy when it was finished.
I learned so much from this YouTube videos, I ve watched everything he has produced.
19 year old Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” pilot Taisuke Maruyama torpedoed and sank the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor and hit the USS Yorktown with a torpedo at Midway.
“War Stories” with Oliver North S02:E03 “Battle of Midway” https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/525942/s02-e03-the-battle-of-midway?start=true
If the Japanese had attached a light carrier or transferred the air crew of the carrier Shōkaku to the Zuikaku and allowed it to sail with the Kido Butai the results of Midway would have been different. The balance of air power would have been in favor of the Japanese.
PING!
A VERY close run thing. Best book on this is “Shattered Sword.” These guys write like they served in the IJN. A perfect (for us) combination of bad decisions by Nagumo, timing (for different waves of our attackers), and luck (the scout plane not seeing the US carrier fleet).
The Japs got destroyed at Midway. It stopped their expansion across the Pacific.
They got their revenge six months later in The Battle of Iron Bottom Sound six months later off the waters of Guadalcanal.
Worst defeat for the USN in it’s history.
Like most Freepers, I don’t particularly care for youtube postings.
I like You Tube.
There seems to be an endless supply of music, movies, tv programs, and educational material on you tube...all for free.
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