Astonishingly, The Loss Of Four Victorious Aircraft Carriers Shocked The Japanese People (Ep.2) 

Nice narration [story].

I wonder how soon the theatre would have been cleared if the US torpoedoes were not us on arrival? Six months on the outside? Depending how eager the Japanese would be to surrender. There again it might have gone to the last man standing. Some people can be bloody stupid.

arguably more people would have did elsewhere if they didn't go to war with America in the first place. they killed a lot of Chinese and other South Pacific peoples

I agree. I couldn't believe they used the same boring image for the whole video. Not good.

It was foolish to let the Japaenes know who they were targetting. Luckily no English speakers understood the implications, apparently.

Good points! Not having researched when Japan found their intelligence programs were broken, I think it was the majority of the war before they had a definite answer. What is amazing to me is they spent very little time or money tightening up their intelligent agencies. Their arrogance during this war caused them to make fabulously incorrect decisions. They, liked the Nazis, thought the U S was emotionally and mentally weak & would never stand up against bullies such as themselves. Their attitudes began changing during the first U S bomb run from the planes off of Midway. A pilot flying a B-17 had been hit & knew he couldn't drop his bombs, so he attempted to fly into a carrier. He missed but his action let all the JAPANESE know the U S soldiers WERE NOT AFRAID TO DIE PROTECTING EACH OTHER & THERE COUNTRY. The second issue the JAPANESE didn't focus on was advancing the development of their radar capabilities. During the Battle Of The Phillipine Sea, which is considered to be the battle that took all hope of winning from the Japanese. (If you have Netflix there are 3 series covering WW2, each with 6-10 episodes a piece. The series dated 2021, episode 6, is about this battle, otherwise known as the Marianas Turkey Shoot) This battle was so one sided it became a massacre. It was a direct result from the lack of radar development this occurred to the Japanese navy. It's also the reason why they got slaughtered. Where the Japanese put very little thought & money into developing radar, the United States was pouring time & money into developing this science. Britain gave us everything they had discovered, developed & all new areas they were working on. Simply put, radar was a British invention. It was they who learned how to build, use & refine their systems.

Good points. Not having researched this, I think it was either most or all of the war. What is amazing the Japanese put very little money or time into their intelligent agency's on the war front. (As compared to the domestic front) Another major electronic front is they spent very little time or money developing & refining their radar systems. This doesn't make any sense with the exception they thought they were much smarter, stronger & wittyer than the U S. & this was all that was needed to fight the Americans.We spent the whole war developing & refining radar. The British gave us everything they had developed and all new ideas & research they were working on. (Radar was a British invention & they took this very seriously. It's was the main cause of them winning the Battle Of Britain.) The Japanese, just like the Nazis, thought we were weak, scared & wouldn't fight. They had stupid reasons for thinking this way. (In all honesty, they "felt" this way. People who make decisions based on "feelings" most always end with negative consequences they didn't have a clue that were possible.) During the bomb run a pilot flying a B-17 from Midway realized he couldn't bomb the carrier he was going for so he instead tried to fly into it. He didn't miss by much. But he did open the Japanese eyes. They suddenly realized these young American men weren't afraid to sacrifice their lives for their fellow buddies & country.

@@stevenvassalli2408 The only famous spy they had in gathering intelligence was Taken Yoshikawa who collected so much information on Pearl Harbor, keeping Tokyo informed on up-to-date movements around Hawaii. He even took a tourist ride that flew above the Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air field.

The reason you won't see that on this channel is because they're more interested in how much content they can put out and how quickly. Just like everything on this channel is read by AI.

Sir, thank you for your feedback and kind words! We appreciate your suggestion about incorporating photographs to enhance the historical storyline. We will certainly consider this for future presentations to add a visual reference. Please remain in contact as your suggestions help us to improve and deliver better content.

@@Wartalesuncharted Definitely an AI response.

@@koopaniqueAre YOU learning anything?

IJA codes were also captured in 1944 January by Australians in New Guinea.

@@warrenklein7817 If defective high command and poor choice of weapons were ironed out of both sides, this theatre of operations would make an excellent game of Thud for chessmasters.

I think the distinction would have been lost on Admiral Yamamoto at the moment of interception.

What also is amazing to me is the so very little time & money the Japanese put into developing & refining radar. I think radar was one of the most expensive implements of war we invested in. It's what finished off the Japanese Navy in the Battle Of The Philippine Sea.

Correct. Even the Japanese Army was left in the dark. It would be quite some time until the truth came out.

You are absolutely correct!

@@Outlier999 Yes! You’ve got all that pretty much right! You might want to change the circumstance of Yamamoto’s death from an “execution” to an “assassination”.

They were convinced that their codes were "unbreakable"!

Part of the problem is at some point you have to trust your communication system, or you will not communicate anything. Additionally, both the German and Japanese “experts” assured those who used the codes that the messages could not be deciphered.

Sir Philip, a long time.. so nice to see you again!

Nothing you just stated is correct! There was no bet by Yamamoto - and no calculated risk in flying on his inspection tour! Also, JN-25, (the Japanese Naval Code broken prior to the Battle of Midway) was not the code that was broken revealing Yamamoto’s inspection tour itinerary. And if you care to read actual history - you will learn the Japanese achieved victory after victory in early 1942 - capturing Singapore, Wake island, Guam, Malaysia and the Philippines, and they repeatedly humiliated the US navy in early naval battles like Coral Sea and the Battle of Savo Island and other naval battles during the battle for Guadalcanal. If you read history instead of getting your history education from poorly researched and falsely scripted historical lies on RU-vid - you might be surprised to learn that the Japanese matched the four fleet carriers they lost in 1942 at Midway, and sank four US aircraft carriers in 1942 (including the Lexington, Hornet, Wasp, and Yorktown). And that wasn’t luck!

Thank you sir for your feedback!

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Neither does the narration, so…

Would you have been exposed to it otherwise?

There are many cool animations about this. I went and watched one of those, then came back here for the 1st hand account.

It is a computer voice but it is simply reading a famous book. This voice is used to read countless excellent WWII books written by Japanese senior officers. They give an amazing and insightful account of the Japanese perspective on the War. If you want entertaining films, this is not for you. If you want in-depth analysis, this is as good as it gets.

@@angushogg3667 Still boring

Huh? Voice is great. Pronunciatiation gets better with each episode. Learning much faster than us mere humans