Fall of Rangoon - Pacific War #16 Animated DOCUMENTARY 

Pacific War #1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZzS1ZAulpoY.html Pacific War #2 - Japanese Invasion of Malaya: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mpBGUC8OjE4.html Pacific War #3 - Japanese attack on Guam, Wake and the Philippines: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MZ4d7Qeyivk.html Pacific War #4 - Japan Continues Attacking: Borneo, Philippines: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MhQrv82HHn8.html Pacific War #5 - Fall of Wake Island: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tgtagewcqKo.html Pacific War #6 - Battle of Kampar: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AGYaghICqkY.html Pacific War #7 - Battle of Slim River: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-meWALqmsXxs.html Pacific War #8 - Battle for the Dutch East Indies: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lBwjgesFsFU.html Pacific War #9 - Invasion of New Britain: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rUL538i8Oms.html Pacific War #10 - Fall of Malaya: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z7KaNtn2sFo.html Pacific War #11 - Battle of Makassar Strait: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XJMxr7ED8tI.html Pacific War #12 - Fall of Singapore: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d_xE4CVG3rY.html Pacific War #13 - Invasion of Sumatra: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DA2HKaeu8w4.html Pacific War #14 - Invasion of Timor: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PID0vt52-vY.html Pacific War #15 - Fall of Java: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QOOJcr2DQSQ.html

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That ominous feeling after watching the last segment about Brown's raid. Nothing more terrifying than watching the giant rousing from its slumber, however slowly. It's like regardless of how well the Japanese were doing, all their blitzkrieg victories, all their genius tactics and ferocious will, they were fated to be defeated. Great job Kings and Generals.

According to former 18th Army staff officer, Major Horie Masao, Japanese soldiers had a saying that said: "Java is heaven. Burma is hell. New Guinea is where no one comes back alive" The Japanese are now at the peak of their Pacific conquest, but what's about to begin, is way beyond what many of these soldiers, sailors and airmen could have imagined.

Couldn't be more glad to learn about these wars, especially this one, since I'm a citizen of Myanmar(Burma), and if I'm not wrong, the reason why the Japanese had so much information about the location and could make decisive plans were because of the Burmese general who led the independence movement, General Aung San. He actually sided with the Japanese in the hopes of gaining quick independence, but they only made the condition harder for the Burmese people which in terms had General Aung San siding with the British afterwards. Due to complications and such, we don't get to learn these in this much detail, nor do we even get to know these a lot, but a big thanks to you for making this series!

I love this series soooo much! Its one of my weekly highlights! The quality of your content NEVER disappoints and the detailed in-depth look you provide in this series is something rarely seen in video documentaries. I sincerely hope you do more of these in-depth analyses in the future! Keep up the great work!

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'When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today'. An Epitaph on the Kohima memorial War cemetery of WWII .

Recently learned that in WW2 my great grandfather fought with the British in the West Chin Levies against the Japanese in Chin state. He was a subedar and in 1943 he lead 2 platoons to attack a Japanese stockade. The fighting was so fierce that it became hand to hand combat and he received a blow from a rifle butt on the head but he kept on fighting until his unit’s position was being surrounded and they had to retreat. He stayed behind with 3 men to cover the retreat and he was the last to retreat. His hand was torn from all the grenade pins when he threw over 40 grenades at the Japanese. He later said that the injured Japanese screams sounded like crying cats and it distinctively stuck with him. He was awarded the Burma Gallantry Medal for this action and I was able to look him up online amongst the BGM recipients list. Cool thing was I found the original recommendation document online that confirms and describes this in detail! Unfortunately after the British were pushed out of Chin state, he was captured and tortured by the Japanese. They tied his hands and feet with metal wires and hung him up. His life was saved by a fellow Chin official who pleaded with the Japanese to save his life. The grandson of this guy later became bestfriends with my dad lol.

Thank you for this video! It is great to see pieces of the Burma Campaign in such detail. My grand-aunt described the scorched earth policy and quick withdrawal in Rangoon. The destruction of the facilities earned the scorn of the locals. The loyalists saw it as British abandonment and nationalists as a sign to begin their revolt. My grandfather joined the Japanese-sponsored Burma Independence Army while my granduncle, one of the few Bamas in British service left with General Alexander. Even before they passed away, my granduncle still argued with the decision to leave Rangoon with my other relatives, who felt the British abandoned them.

Didn't know the Dutch East Indies and Burma fell completely to the Japanese before the Philippines. The Philippines is sticking out like a sore thumb in Southeast Asia, remaining blue amidst the red.

You are doing a great work and I'm enjoying this series, the early allied disasters in the Pacific are too often overlooked in my opinion. However, to say that the Salamaua-Lae air raid was a great success is for me quite an overstatement. Yes, 3 large transports (Yokohama Maru, Kongou Maru and Tenyou Maru) were sunk and we know how important transport ships were for the japanese, but only one small minesweeper (the Tama Maru No. 2) was damaged and later sank. For an 104 aircrafts air raid, this is very bad. Moreover, the raid fails to catch the 4 heavy cruisers of admiral Gotou and of the warships they did catch, they failed to sink any of them, only damaging the light cruiser Yubari, the large minelayer Tsugaru, the cargo ship converted seaplane plane tender Kiyokawa Maru and two old destroyers (Asanagi and Yuunagi). This actually shows the lack of experience of the american aircraft carriers pilots at the start of the war, especially in their anti-shipping role.

It's really great that this channel is covering the Pacific war.

This has been an incredible series, more especially with the lead in sub series of the history of Japan from obscurity and isolation to the start of the war. I wait for midnight here in Australia for the next episode to arrive. Keep up this tremendous work.

Your content is superb, and the quality of your content is astonishing! I can say I have learned so much about history from your channel alone. The entire staff of Kings and Generals are incredible! Thank you for all that you do, and keep up the great work!

I love this!!! Been a fan of this channel for years now. Very happy to see my country history video!!! Thank you! With love from Myanmar.

Cant believe I'll be sitting here three years from now eagerly waiting for the next episode to drop. Incredible job guys! Keep it up.

This series has been awesome...looking forward to the next installment.

This the only weekly-drop style series I really look forward to. Thanks so much, K&G, for the detail and the high quality.

Wow,it is very wonderful to see some pages of history about the Burmese campaign, Kings and Generals ,you show a lot of stuffs we didn’t learn from history text book.And also ,I like the way how you pronounce Burmese names.Keeping going Kings and Generals. With many loves from Myanmar 🇲🇲 PS. Most history text book in my country emphasizes so much on its independence movement and make us believe the independence is taken by the Burmese Independence Army alone.They don’t show any scenarios and any attempts of allies trying to defend against Japan at that time.I felt like it is pure bias.

You guys make my Tuesday mornings, thanks.

How you pronounce names like this from all over the planet in every time period without even pausing is just an impressive show of skill. I get tongue tied ordering at a chinese resturant.

i already know so much about the pacific war, but in overview, with major battles, having the indepth look and minor battles explained, especially individual units involved is really interesting to be learning from the channel

Great video, and great series. Every week, it's a superb experience.

Best 17 min of the week! Thanks Kings and Generales.

Ah this is the video where I can finally say I am from Myanmar and my great-grandfather proudly fought against the Japanese occupation as a guerilla

thank you for this concise coverage of a crucial front that is usually glossed over.

Love this series guys, keep it up!!

Absolutely brilliant series! The detail is unsurpassed by anything I have ever seen and I love that you do it in a near real time. Keep up the great work! I eagerly await each episode every week.

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Of important note the American and Filipino defenses in the Philippines greatly reduced the amount of troops the Japanese could send to New Guinee. It was expected by both Japanese and American high commands that the Philippines would not hold out for a week against Japanese attacks and ended up holding out for 6 months. Those forces on the Philippines were supposed to be sent after the first 1-3 weeks of fighting on the Philippines to New Guinee to help capture that island. The Japanese were gravely suppressed by the stubborn Filipino defense of their home land thinking the island was like any other Western colony when it was not. The people of the Philippines largely ruled themselves by this point and the only impact the US had on the Philippines was on it's defense and the training of its troops to be able to defend themselves. Had the Philippines fallen in the time frame the US and Japanese high command expected New Guinee would have been overrun before Australian forces could get there to defend it resulting in the Japanese having a base to bomb Australia at will and if they REALLY wanted to they could have attempted and land invasion of Australia which would have all-most definitely failed with Australian and American forces flooding into Australia by the day by that point to secure the island. This is why the criticism of MacArthur in the Philippines always brothers me. First no commander regardless of who they were could have defend the Philippines fully. Second the bombing raid he didn't give the order to would have played no effect on the defense of the islands. The US had not even done scouting raids of Taiwan to see what to target if they sent out a bombing run. Let along the fact that bombing from B-17's in the early war was every shaky at best. They most likely would have hit nothing of importance to start with and nothing at all that would have stopped the Japanese invasion. And then lastly MacArthur executed a fighting withdraw from the beaches of the Philippines to Bataan that is still study in all Western military schools as the perfect way to execute a fighting withdraw against a superior enemy. People complain that he didn't execute the retreat to Bataan officially until 3 days after the Japanese attacks but when you look at his troops moments he is executing that policy right from day one. He had to hold the Japanese in the North to allow the forces in the South to get to Bataan without getting cut off. It is really simply military movement . that the hoist of this channels podcast talking about the war completely doesn't understand. There is much more I could go into on the podcast attached to this channel on MacArthur that is wrong, lies or just misguided reading dated history books but I'll leave it at that.

4:03 saying that Chiang "had agreed after a long series of negotiations" to send troops is a pretty big misrepresentation of what was going on at this point of the war. Chiang offered already in December 1941 to send two of his best armies to Burma, and even put them under British command. Wavell refused anything more than a single Chinese division, out of the belief that the Japanese would not attack Burma. Chiang and the Chinese were fully aware of how important the Burma road was to their supply situation, and it was a serious insult towards them to not let them properly defend this supply line. According to Owen Lattimore, Chiang was infuriated and lashed out at Wavell: “You and your people have no idea how to fight the Japanese. . . . Fighting against them for many years, we Chinese are the ones who know how to do it. For this kind of job, you British are incompetent, and you should learn from the Chinese how to fight against the Japanese” It wasn’t until February 1942 that Wavell finally relented, and let Chiang send in 3 Chinese armies to try and save Burma. To give an idea of how important Chiang considered Burma to be, 5th, 6th and 66th armies that China sent in were given almost all the trucks that Nationalist still had so that they could move as fast as possible. All of Chinas remaining motorised artillery were sent to Burma to try and salvage the situation. And yet, by this time, it is too late. One can only speculate how this part of the war would have gone, had the Chinese had those extra months to dig in and prepare defences in Burma.

Finally been waiting for this episode Soo long!!!

When it comes to the portrayal of Japanese civilian lives, I can highly recommend the anime "In this corner of the world".

Another fantastic documentary, so many new details about the war that most of use never knew about. Most of the documentaries of the Pacific War focus literally on the Pacific Islands alone where the Marines and Army engaged in savage battles with the Japanese.

Superb as always! Keep up the good work!

By far the best series so far! Y'all never disappoint! Great job!

i cant wait for this special episode video for this NEW series BEST YET SO FAR

It is a hard run campaign with very huge gains in the 1st few months of it, great job on this series.

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

Best series you wonderful people have ever done. Excited to see where this ends up in 3 years!

Thanks!

Thank you for fleshing out the Pacific War.

Wow, this is really exceptional series! I can't wait for the next installment.⚔⚔⚔

Here we are. The pacific war. Brilliant documentary series 💯💯💯💯. We always appreciate your hard work to make these videos.

Nicely done video. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

To give a small spoiler: New Guinea was referred by the Japanese as "Death Island".

Great stuff as always ... keep it up :)

Love all your content. Congrats for a job well done.

Everyone else have fallen but the Battling Bastards of Bataan are still fighting it out on March 1942.

Always looking forward to this series whenever a new video gets uploaded. Also after the fall of Java, the map showing everything near the end was just daunting. It must have sucked to be the American defenders stuck in the middle still fighting off the japanese. Cut off like a middle hole of a donut.

Merci pour cette serie! Une de mes préférées sur la 2nde guerre mondiale même parmi les documentaires télévisés ^^

Another amazing video, thank you!

I loved this a little bit more zoomed out view on what was happening during some parts of this episode. This adresses some of the criticisms i raised during an earlier episode of this series. Not sure if this was always intended but its welcome nonetheless.

listening to this documentary its like your actually there during the war with its day to day scenario alligned with the actual date irl too. such an amazing documentary.

Brilliant as usual! I look forword to the special movie on next week. At the same time, I worried about a thing. I wonder the movies could keep calmness for both sides in the following battles. This time we saw the first counterattack by the Allies, and US war machine had started working. Most of victories would be theirs in the future of this series. I hope describing as previously.

Excellent

Great video as always 👍🏻

Terrific series!

Another great video for the series.

Highlight of my day

Well Slim is coming in to command Burma Corp so things are looking up

One of the best series I have seen. Awesome work!

The massive early successes of the Japanese forces show that either the Japanese staff were the luckiest gamblers in all of history or had a very very good spy network and complete files on the Allies commanders !

The "early raids" by USN carriers are oft over looked but their importance in gaining operational experience and their significance in keeping the Japanese off balance and uncomfortable can not be over estimated.

You and knowledgia are my fav channels

I love the animated details that Kings and Generals provide in their videos. They really did their homework. Good job, folks.

I hope these series will be followed by more historical events in South East Asia after WWll ends

Ooo special episode next week. Can't wait to see it

Thank you for this fantastic series! I think I am going to re-watch certain episodes when I am ready to finally take on my brand new Pacific War Board Game from GMT, replaying key engagements and scenarios.

You kind of neglected the Chinese in Burma. The way it is phrased, it implies that the Chinese were reticent to come help and that the British had to beg and negotiate to bring them in. But that wasn't the case. The Chinese had offered troops to defend Burma in December and been turned down. It was only the fall of Hong Kong and Malaya that the British thought having Chinese troops might be a good idea. The negotiations were the Chinese asking to send more troops and the British telling them to send less.

This cutting off of Australia has always puzzled me. It is a continent, and blockading it in every direction would appear to have been impossible. If the Japanese had taken Port Morseby and the Solomons, perhaps New Caledonia, then it may have affected the shipping routes to Australian ports; however surely ships could detour?

I've always head Archie Wavell's name pronounced with a closed 'a' (as in wave).

8:30 For those trying to line up the map with modern Sumatra, it's mostly good, but (1) should be the Alas (river) valley, not "Alice Valley", and (2) looking at maps from the time, I can't find a mention of either Liang or Koeta Boeldebenteng, though both "Liang" and "Koeta" both seem to be relatively common village/town names in Sumatra so there are a number of places in the general area each could be referencing.

I can't wait for some good news from the Battle for Kokoda!

I was to supposed watch some series in netflix but this was more exciting and exhilarating

Meanwhile in the Philippines Gen. Homma seething badly.

I smell a Mid Way Special coming

Japan occupied so much territory. It has to be incredibly difficult to manage logistics when your forces are spread that thin and fighting on so many fronts. US entry into the Pacific theater at this point had to be a great advantage.

I love the ending music ...

Is the special episode about the Doolittle Raid?

I guess we will see the Doolittle Raid...... next month

The Japanese trynna get the legendary Crabs of Rangoon 😤

Up vote.

I'll wait for that special episode.

Know how the Coral Sea go's it amazing to see all the "pieces fall in place"

Still waiting for major cavalry battle in this pacific series. Eager to see Sherman and Chi-Ha on jungle/urban battle.

You forgot to mention how the Chinese defeated a contingent of Japanese in Burma.

We could only say in hindsight that Imperial Japan could not match the United States and other Allied forces. Seeing all these episodes so far really captured just how fast the Japanese expanded. It was blitzkrieg, Japanese style. Couldn't exactly blame some people for their fears of Japan reaching as far as they would say. Well done, Kings and Generals!

The Allied Navy and Army commanders actually seem fairly competent and effective in this one! To my absolute surprise.

I just watched the last couple of episodes while i was sleeping, after that huge experience i gained iq, thanks lads

A bit late to the series, but as a history buff, I wanted to thank you for putting this out there. Also, it's astonishing how absolutely inept it seems like many/most of the Allied leaders were in the first 4 months of the war, at all levels, in all theaters, & whether they were on the ground or at sea. Yes, there were certainly times where they didn't have enough troops, but they had as many as the Japanese in the later stages of the war, & outnumbered the Japanese for many of the defensive battles that they lost. Routinely letting the Japanese land in force & unopposed, zero defensive positioning, seemingly no useful scouting, and commanding from on-high without regards to the realities on the ground. Imagine if the Japanese hadn't wasted 2/3 of their military & 4 million troops in a war with China...

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Thank you, good man!

Excellent & well researched show. I think there is an error in this episode at 12:30. The Horie unit was not under Masao Horie - he only arrived at 51st Division in 1943 so the picture is wrong.

Great content. Hope you cover the Battle of Kohima and Imphal someday.

I don't recall an American Expeditionary Force operating in Burma from my history books.

Pls pls do a video on Garibaldis expedition of the thousand. Seeing your overview would add tremendous flair.

Your detail and accuracy really brings to light the potential for what Ifs. The japanese had Alexander almost completely surrounded and would've encircled him either way If they had not diverted forces It could've been a massive turning point in the campaign and potentially even the war with diversion of resources to protect Burma.