Fury And The Flames - The Battle Of Midway - Full Documentary 

its a shame the british didn't send any help or a way to evacuate him or any of his guys, in order to survive and having heard his story

Prove it.

@@Johnconno Yeah, you have an old Clint Eastwood photo as your profile picture I'm going to call BUUUULLLLLSHIT

what could they do?....they already had their hands full...@@oscarcruz9949

Luck was important, but the U.S. commanders made much of their luck.

....."there has never been a mutiny in the US navy"......not quite true.....

I was less enthused. This documentary shows its age. In recent years better accounts, especially ‘Shattered Sword’ gives a much deeper understanding of the events, motivations and strategic background. - I highly recommend the very recent 80-years aniversary stream on Drachinifel’s channel. Also, the footage isn’t stellar, with vary little of the clips shown actually from the battle. Most of it was from other actions (strafing freighters, exercises/demos) or simply of planes that were not operational in 1942 (for example the numerous clips of SB2Cs in 1945 g-code tail markings)

@@lezerp Anxiously awaiting the posting of your DEFINITIVE video on the subject.

John Waldron was one of the toughest and bravest at Midway.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Waldron

went off on his own...first to make contact with the Japanese fleet.....and paid the price.......@@James-bv4nu

mate this is an 50 years old documentary, back then there was planty american propaganda the number of dead unreall, same as it happend laiter on with D day they say they lost only 6k soldiers on the landing but the numbers is 10x highier. alweys the victor writes the history.

You are right. If you want to full story, read "Shattered Sword".

@@lexuiosub118 The Peloponnesian Wars history was written by an Athenian general. Not only that, but his first name was not Victor.

I 30

Thank the Australians for standing with us! The Battle of the Coral Sea was SO important; after Pearl Harbor, all the news reported for months was Japanese victory after victory. Stopping them from taking Port Moresby was the first time their expansion was actually checked.

CCP has invaded Australia ...without firing one round ....😤😤

+2😜😹😿

That's true, the American navy trained everyone to fight fires whereas the Japanese didn't.

young kids are cheaper....although these days the adults are no better....

Largely unavailable. John Huston's film of the Midway attack is mostly crap, as he got hit in the process of getting the footage--and spent plenty of time ducking, as any smart young man would. It took a while for the Navy to get useful numbers of film-camera-trained-and equipped crews to provide better footage.

@@charlesfaure1189 John Ford

So did that guy in Notre Dame

It was around his birthday.

the recent movie puts too much stress on the Nautilus..that subs role was peripheral...the previous film delves into the roles of the Catalinas which was much more significant....

watch both movies to get a better feel for what happened....

Plus the fact were also breaking Japanese codes

I totally agree a man with his understanding of America and Americas power to manufacture war material would know America wouldn't sue for peace after a surprise attack

JD : "myopically stubborn" ? Would this not apply with much more justice to the Japanese empire?

Right On The Button TRUE!.Verified From My Read Of His Quote From The Book "TORA TORA!" I Fear That INSPITE Of Our Present Success(HE MEANT PEARL HARBOR RAID) We May Only Have Succeeded in Awaking A Sleeping Tiger Which We Will Live To Regret!".He Was Literally Dead Right Too!.The USAAF in Sometime in Mid -April1943 in A Bold Aerial Assassination Mission Shot His Entire Staff Flight Down Just Off The Guadal Canal Island's During The Battle Of The Solomon's. An Operation Codenamed By The Japanese Imperial Navy And Army "Igo Sakusen".This Would Lead To What U.S. Military Aviation History Calls The Great Marianas Turkey 🦃 Shoot Just 3Months later.He Was One The Best Japanese Military Strategists,Who Warned Them Of The Danger's Of All Out War With America But Gen Tojo And His War Party Failed To Listen,And Japan Justly Paid The Price in Military Defeat And Nuclear Bomb Devestation Of August 6th To 9th 1945.A Pity That Today INSPITE Of A Great Leader In POTUS45 DONALD J TRUMP AMERICAN IS BEING BETRAYED BY COMMUNIST CONTROLLED DEMENTED TRAITORS FROM WITHIN SELL OUT'S TO THE CCP IT'S AS IF THE SACRIFICES OF THE GREATEST GENERATIONS OF WWII AND THE COLD WAR HAVE NO MEANING OR VALUE!.GOD Forbid America Falling To This Diabolical-Democratic-Socialist Election Coup!!.WAKE UP AND STAND WITH TRUMP FIGHT AND GET RID OF THIS TRAITOROUS PARTY AND IMPOSTOR BIDEN.

What I got from the movie Tora Tora Tora (if it is to be factually correct) is the cultural differences between Japan and the United States. In that movie, the Japanese seemed to be bent on getting the message to FDR that they have declared war and then an hour later attacked us. Where the heck did their culture imbue them with the idea that by declaring they would hit us then doing it would bring the USA to some "bargaining". So I do not believe the Hollywood version--keep in mind that they attacked China in 1937 and had been fighting for 4 years--pretty much by then a stalemate and war of attrition. Reminds me of Hitler who by Dec 1941, not getting anywhere in Giant Soviet Union, declared war on BIGGER Giant the USA. The USA in 1941 was already cranking out tons of war machines--they promised 120,000 6x6 US Army trucks to Stalin the day after Pearl Harbor--the USA had to have production on a gigantic scale already..

Even better there armed and fuelled the exchanged bombs and torpedos not stored safely

The decks had Armed aircraft waiting to go but the decision was made to arm them allowing them to go and get armed below and THEN put back up on deck for takeoff. So, at which point you are both correct.

@@seashepherds4959 They were not back on deck. Only a few of the CAP fighters were on deck the OP is correct.

Both Hiryu and Soryu had their strikes for the attack against the Americans on their flight decks. Kaga had approximately 20 aircraft on her flight deck, although only a very few were spotted. Only Akagi had all of her attack aircraft in her hangar decks.

photos..from the B-17's show the flight decks empty@@manilajohn0182

@jeffburnham6611 Perceived striking power. That is different than actual striking power. After they were repaired, they were almost entirely used exclusively used for shore bombardment.

war been going for a million years

@@onlythewise1 : So you remember the great ape wars, too, eh? Oh, those were the days!

if allowed, the far left will erase the truth, and replace it with their versions to indoctrinate nd brainwash children for decades.

@@johnmcc51 ya they was mostly white/brown, even the dead ones

Midway was a desperate struggle...especially for us...the recent movie conveys that pretty well....

I'd like to hear a couple of the things missed.

Other than a couple mentions of "intelligence" there was no mention of the codebreaking that played such an important part leading up to the battle.@@kennethbuck5745

They were in planes... Flying and looking for the enemy boats in the Ocean.

Possible if following the Japanese aircraft back to their carriers.

History is in the process of repeating in that socialism and Marxism has been tried but not by the right people. America has voted for itself the most godless of leaders since 1930 Germany and in some ways, even more so. 23 trillion in debt is unsustainable and unrecoverable, possibly one more generation before total collapse. I am grateful to be in the last years of my life, you younger folks have no idea what you have desired.

@@formerparatrooper good health to you sir and a happy new year

@@formerparatrooper "America has voted for itself the most godless of leaders since 1930 Germany and in some ways, even more so. " you don't know how true that is , although the elections are fixed anyway , its who the power elite wants there that gets there , only as puppets anyway , if they don't follow the script its a bullet to the brain , just like JFK

@@bobdimarzio3972 Bob, yes I do KNOW how true it is. I am not looking at this through the eyes of the politicians but through the reality of the war in the heavens, a spiritual war. It is far more than just the elite, there is a power behind this destruction.

Japanese society was all in at the beginning of the war...after Midway the Japanese sailors were kept in seclusion so as not to alarm the civilian population...

i that right the war was fought over money, greed from both sides

Got to agree..100%

If one understands four current cultural climate and truly sees behind the first few coats of privatized media distribution and conducts his own or finds different and most importantly varied sources on the collective prowess and population status of the world and a up to date comprehensive unbiased and peer reviewable sitrep I'm sure even those with limited access to the massive western amenities and those that haven't lived in an internet driven social contruct and just even those hidden little so called primitive enclaves of indigenous people with minimal intellectual prowess and we can easily gather those who would argue we are indeed living in the longest and most prosperous time in the history of history actually ...like right now. Sure. It COULD WOULD, and therefore SHOULD be better. Shit... by this logic and what we have accomplished and all potentially have access to It SHOULD be a GD utopia by now for everyone not on Sentinel Island . Like if aliens show up we should collectively be embarrassed and ashamed to the point of not being able to eyeball them. But to say the populace is in support of a imaginary boogyman or arguably the 3 worst dictators who together are responsible for the suffering and death of more people than any famine of pandemic this universe has thrown at us is way past just acknowledging things are a little tough and shitty right now. And I'm like a Shite Pessimistical High Priest but I also am a realist and this by FAR is the best it has ever been to be a human being. ...and please don't be mad I mean no disrespectful rhetoric towards YOU as much as the things I babble about im just debating with you and i welcome your response and or rebuttal good citizen!

And hirohito the emperor of Japan!

@@larshedstrom4223 Agreed.

most of our torpedoes were crap at this stage of the war....

That is good footage. It looks like could be several bombs falling from a level bomber or even a salvo from a ship. I suppose it isn't necessarily an American target. Suppose it's in the Far East or New Guinea, or even the European theater such as North Africa or Norway? This documentary is loaded with irrelevant footage from all over and different time periods of the era. Somebody filmed it from a hilltop, witnessed history.

@@jumpinjehoshaphat9075 John Ford was on Midway to film the defense of the island. He is the famous Hollywood director.

remember the noted filmaker John Ford was on Midway filming the attack...and got wounded in the process...@@jumpinjehoshaphat9075

if Nagumo had steamed away from the American carriers while recovering his aircraft instead of toward them things might have been different...remember their planes could outrange ours...

racism dominated both sides in the Pacific war....just the way it was...

Wow! So very well said and very true. The more we teach this truth the more peaceful the world will be.

But god does not want us to fight,

We’ve been betrayed by our educational culture which has turned anti-constitution, anti-individuality, anti-accountability.

Where does the scripture say that?

3:06, I had to restart the actual beginning because my attention drifted away then all of a sudden it actually started.

should have saved one of those 49 star flags...didn't last long...

Eh, Morrison got butthurt because Fletcher refused an interview, thus was left out of his opus. What's amazing is how Spruance, Fletcher, Nimitz, et al, got along and made a great team.

Fletcher issued the First attack order.He was in Command.After Yorktown was hit he passed the ball to Spruance.Spruance took it from there.Ive heard this first hand since the seventies from the Yorktowns crew.My dad was an EM2 at Coral Sea and Midway.

the Hornet did not come off well in this fight....actually had a little mutiny there among their flight crews....some opting to save themselves......

.....in the end she was actually captured by the Japanese!.....

@@frankpienkosky5688 No. The mutiny was Waldron ignoring orders from his CO, leaving the formation and flying off in the direction he believed the Japanese fleet to be. And he was right: there it was. The decision cost him his life and the lives of all his squadron save one--a torpedo squadron going in alone was in a hopeless situation. But he kept the Japanese busy maneuvering to avoid Torpedo Eight's torpedoes and used up their CAP fighters' ammunition. His CO followed the plan approved by Captain Mitscher and found only empty ocean. NOBODY just flew off to save themselves. Pilots turned back when their fuel became critical--and several ended up in the water.

As far as I know, the USS Yorktown left Hawaii after 72 hours. Many dock workers stayed aboard her and continued the repairs. She was even in her damaged state a capable fighting ship. What I missed in this documentary was that the IJN Hiryū launched a strike against the US carriers which found the USS Yorktown. The Yorktown was left in that attack burning and dead in the water from bomb hits. On return the Japanese pilots reported one US aircraft carrier sunk. As Admiral Yamaguchi knew based on the number of attacking US carrier aircraft there had to be three US carriers and reports of having sunk one of them would ease the odds to two against one, which with luck still could be won. So he send out another - already depleted - strike force to find the remaining carriers and sink them. They found a strikeforce consisting of several cruisers, destroyers and an aircraft carrier. The Japanese managed to hit that carrier with two torpedoes causing massive damage. What they didn't know was that this carrier was again the USS Yorktown; Its damage control teams did a magnificent job of putting out the fires, repairing the flight deck, and restoring steam pressure to the boilers so she could sail again after the first attack. When the Japanese found her the second time she was no longer trailing smoke and was making 19 knots, so to the Japanes pilots she seemed to be undamaged and therefor another US carrier. Only after this attack in the late afternoon of June 4th she was abandoned by Rear-Admiral Fletcher transferring command to Rear-Admiral Spruance. Admiral Yamaguchi upon hearing reports that his pilots had sunk another US carrier was staying in the fight he believed was now a one vs one fight. He was sure he still had enough planes in his by now severly depleted air arm to do the job, but he would not get the chance to prove it. Over 24 hours later the USS Yorktown was found to be still afloat. By then the IJN Hiryū had also been sunk and the rest of the Japanese fleet had withdrawn, so it was decided they would try to salvage her. The next morning - June 6th - USS Hammann came alongside her and transferred a salvage team and provided external power. A fleet tug took her into tow and they were making 3 knots back to Hawaii. Unfortunately the Japanese submarine I-186 managed to slip into the protective screen of destroyers. Later that Afternoon it launched four torpedoes, one hitting the USS Hammann breaking her in two, and two hit the already badly damaged USS Yorktown. A minute after the USS Hammann went down her depth charges exploded killing many men in the water and further damaging the USS Yorktown. After that the USS yorktown was again abandoned, but it still took her almost 12 hours to roll over and sink on June 7th. She might not have been in prime condition when she left Hawaii, she was still a very tough and capable fighting unit. Including the damage from the Corral Sea it took four attacks to finally sink her.

@@roykliffen9674 Great story, good information. Thanks!

@@roykliffen9674 The thing about the japanese attacking Yorktown twice, is highlighted by the whatif.. what if the japanese instead attacked Enterprise ? Yorktown was already in a bad way, Hornet had already a very badly depleted airgroup... the flight to nowhere had left some on Midway, and some in the water. Also they had done the search pattern to find Hiryu, so it was up to Enterprise to hit Hiryu ASAP. Also the Japanese sunk the Yorktown when they found it during their attempt to chase down the Enterprise, Hornet task force that night ( hoping they were just sitting still waiting for dawn ? )

some civilian repair workers were on the Yorktown...they would have saved her if not for that sub attack

Given the bombs and torpedo hits, a brand-new carrier in perfect condition would have a hard time surviving.

Japanese pilot quality was way down

not in this battle...they decimated the torpedo bombers@@jaik195701

the counter-strike from Midway...while unsuccessful...unnerved him a bit....so much for the element of surprise....

The airstrips were not the target. In fact, the pilots must have been told not to him them.

I have recently visited Vietnam. You are more like the USA in Capitalism for that time then the USA is now. Your future is bright... Ours, not so much.

would like to know more of the fate of all the downed flight crews...and there were many...

Also, even if Japan won the battle, i think they would've only delayed their defeat, once America's full industrial capacity was in full swing. Also they underestimated America's resolve in fighting the war if they think the US would agree to peace after a naval defeat.

@@stuka80 Agreed, Sir. Even if perhaps the Imperial Japanese Armed forces would have attained a position of absolute supremacy in the Pacific, after the Spring of 1945, all that would have been needed was bases and aircraft to reach Japan IOT drop the atomic bomb. That outcome would have been an interesting one, indeed. Be well. Velox Versutus Vigilans

Japan wanted to repeat their success in the 1905 war against russia...not this time!....@@stuka80

well, russia did....were they expecting a repeat of that?@@stuka80

@@frankpienkosky5688 Apparently they did. Without taking into account, amongst others, the vast differences between a monarchy that lacked the industrial means for war with a determined republic that possessed almost unlimited resources of all kinds for for waging war.

the battle of midway US and Japan..not germany

A sad tale.

About par for the course for many returning GI's, when the wartime economy wound down... The country was in recession for years after the war. My dad and my step-dad both enlisted the day after PH.. dad fought in Pacific and Southern Europe (yeah that's right, went into Yugoslavia and Greece because he spoke the local languages like a native) hellholes, step-dad in the Atlantic/N Afrikan theatre.. Proud of them both, whatever their personal failings may have been.

If your dad fought in WW2 in 1940 then he would be 100 yoa or thereabouts assuming he's still alive. So that means you can't be young either, so what age are you ?

@@dennisroyhall121 in California they didnt use coal

@@dennisroyhall121 you drunk or on drugs

Well documented fact: Navy people are stupid and stubborn about their stupidity. The higher ranks require the stupidest and stubbornest--always planning for the last war and not the next one.

It's an introduction to a series of documentaries about the entire war. Now don't you feel silly?

there was a fighter CAP over the Yorktown...in addition the planes returning which had been followed by the japs also joined in...the japs took significant losses and their flight leader was killed...

The early WW II 'USS Lexington' (CV-2) was sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May, 1942. The 'USS Lexington' you're referring to is her namesake, CV-16, which was commissioned in 1943.

The intro is annoyingly long

@Elmsy it would probably do me some good

I like my expert better.He was an EM2 on the Yorktown CV5....My dad.

@@model-man7802 I thank your for his service but Mr. Ken is correct.

"Shattered Sword" pretty much debunks Fuchida's account of the battle

In which direction were the ships moving, to, from and what speed? Makes a difference to the perception.

@@seashepherds4959 Not sure but Parshall, who has studied the routes in depth wrote in his book that this thing about the battle could have been turned if the plane had left on time is a myth because if it had left on time it would have missed the U.S. ships. So, leaving late at least provided some warning.

How diabolical MR Scaramanga .

Maybe a message about a faulty water system on Midway island.

The Japanese: "NOW he tells us!"

good intel is the reason Yammamoto was eventually killed

@@frankpienkosky5688 .... and the Germans assumed that Enigma was impenetrable. Why not frequently add complexity to the machine? If the Germans had, they would have won the War in the Atlantic (the only real battle that Churchill feared losing).

Away from midway witch was the main objective the fleet or some of it under command of dam Chester nlmitz never work ot would have t@ken the one carrier away

Seemed like forever, then I looked and it was only at 2:something...

I absolutely LOVE your sense of humour. I remember in the 1980's while building aircraft we had utterly HORRIBLE Health&Safety conditions. I cornered our then Area Manager and asked for a dust collection system that could collect the fibreglass dust so "that way our trim technicians can go home after work and live their lives almost as if they were REAL people"... The look on Fred's face: priceless! Thanks for sharing your irony though. Classic. Be well Velox Versutus Vigilans

A mascot. Good for crew morale, and morale matters.

@@charlesfaure1189thank you for reading my comment here in New York City Sunday November 12th 11:48 a.m. reading yours and I totally agree with you 100% yep it is good for morale.

and all the japs got for their trouble was some frozen asses....

We're all waiting impatiently for your to post your more accurate video! Can't wait!

probably young folks who don't know any better...they tend to use stock footage....

it seems that in his opinion Russia didnt defend but atacked first

@@Darknightfantom It was the Japanese that started it over who owned a silver of land next to the river.The Russians were caught by surprise and spanked.That changed when Zhukov arrived.

@@model-man7802 Zhukov arrived on a silver rocket 😁 im Russian i know history

@@Darknightfantom Yes,the Japanese attacked first.Tokyo didnt even know about it at first.They caught the Russians by surprise but that didnt last long.After Zhukov arrived the Japanese got pounded pretty badly.Tokyo was furious and sent a new General to make peace.They did not want a war with the Soviet they could never win.

there was an argument among the Japanese military about who they should fight....us or the russians...the oil embargo settled that....

the Brits were in love with battleships...the fate of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales may finally have opened their eyes....

Better to undersell and over deliver

didn't amount to much....

Fletcher was Spruance's boss...

Spruance took over after Fletcher's ship (Yorktown) was sunk.

@@hotcoffee7933 Fletcher was over all commander of TF 58

Yes, there is such a thing as making your own "luck."

most of these documentaries give little info on what happened after this battle...how many pilots were lost?....how many were recovered?