Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker by Elliot Carlson

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As part of The General Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II, hear author Elliot Carlson discuss the story of Joe Rochefort, a Navy cryptanalyst. Captain Rochefort's code-breaking operations were instrumental in the war against the Japanese, particularly in the Battle of Midway. Elliot Carlson is the author of "Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway."

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@canuck_gamer3359 5 дней назад

It's always nice and appropriate to bring to light the heroes of a different kind. The kind of heroes who work behind the scenes and who don't have the spectacular stories of dodging bombs and bullets to save the day. Joe Rochefort was a good man and a great officer who had as big an impact on the war as any pilot or ship commander. Very interesting lecture and well worth listening to! People like King NEVER succeed unless they are moderated by people like Nimitz. He was worse than a "hard" man, he was a dangerous man who very well could have extended the war by months or years had he been running things without opposition.

@frankconnors9497 3 года назад

Great lecture. In fact, it's an outstanding lecture. Naval History and history in general should NEVER EVER forgive the Redmond brothers for act they did to Joe Rochefort. Rochefort is the pivotal player in the success of US Naval forces prevailing in the most critical and consequential naval battle in U.S. History. As much as I admire and revere Admiral Nimitz, his protestations to Admiral King were not enough and Nimitz should have gone to the wall for Rochefort and gone directly to FDR for Rochefort. The Redmond brothers don't deserve on ounce of accolade, they should forever be held in contempt.

@henryj.8528 2 года назад

Concur 100%. Disgraceful and really takes a lot of the shine off Nimitz IMO. I once asked Stephan Budiensky who has written extensively about codebreaking why Nimitz didn't back Rochefort more forcefully. He had no good answer either but suspected that Nimitz could either fight the Japanese or the Redmond brothers and chose the former. May be true, but I think Nimitz certainly had the clout at that point in the war. It seems he didn't have the balls...Ditto for what happened to the tactical architect of Midway, Capt. Miles Browning. He was shunted off to Ft. Leavenworth, KS. Not exactly a key naval berth and that for the man who has been called the "greatest carrier tactician in history." It's a wonder we won the war...

@Scott-ph2yk 11 месяцев назад

The Redmon's fancied themselves as efficiency experts, and were career USNA grads with self promotional agendas. They despised Rochefort, who was a mustang, and an unconventional officer. It is unfortunate that Rochefort did not get recognized for his contributions until 1976.

@michaeljhogantoronto 3 года назад

I'm reading Joe Rochefort's War now and it's a fascinating book filled with lots of details I previously didn't know and I like that the author is not afraid to state what isn't known because of incomplete records. It's often said that "Tactics win battles, Logistics wins wars", but I would add "Intelligence shortens wars."

@dresden67 4 года назад

I'm here because of the movie midway and to learn more about Joseph rochefort.. Wonderful and brilliant.. Thanks for sharing

@wayne487msc 9 лет назад

This was an excellent presentation. One of Agnes Driscoll's favorite phrase was: "There never was a code written by a man that a woman couldn't decipher." Read Edward's Layton's book, "And I Was There." It presents much more information and really goes into how Washington short changed and blind sided the commander's at Pearl by limiting their information unraveled by the Purple code. A British 2 or 3 hour documentary on this subject was presented on American TV. I have never found it on RU-vid. We all have our heroes, but Leighton and Rochefort should both be on that list.

@dennisbergendorfii5440 5 лет назад

And he is. I celebrate his birthday every year. No joke.

@LeonardCooperman Год назад

This is fascinating love this!

@DaGodFadder69 3 года назад

Rochefort didn't get much credit in the latest Midway movie. There is no accounting for the Navy brass in Washington still having their knickers in a twist over Rochefort's showing them up.

@ZATennisFan 6 месяцев назад

Whilst it's impossible to exactly calculate how many you cannot deny that Rochefort's work saved hundred of thousands of lives on both sides and certainly shortened the war.....

@genie854 12 лет назад

Carlson's book is very well-researched.

@foodandtravelmom2241 4 года назад

Awesome

@bebeysmael1. 9 лет назад

Nice

@anchorbait6662 6 лет назад

Presentation starts at 4:20

@tonypegler9080 3 года назад

I read this book about 6 years ago.

@wayne487msc 9 лет назад

But Adm Layton, in his book: "And I Was There" , added that "AF" was also the code we used for Midway. Hmmm?

@setnaffa 7 лет назад

After recognizing the Japanese did, probably opsec...

@livingadreamlife1428 11 месяцев назад

Outstanding presentation. Reagan should have demoted the Redmond’s or at a minimum put a letter in their file for their actions in stabbing Rochefort in the back and doing a disservice to a key member of Nimitz’s team. the Navy. Fumble by Admiral King, as well. Lies and jealousy should not be tolerated, especially when lives are at stake.

@martinschneider7130 6 месяцев назад

Is it possible, that Joseph Rochefort is from french ancestors? Somehow his name sounds so. And somehow he looks clever and a little bit antiautoritarian/creative. Maybe a strong cultural difference to the Redmonds, who tried to bring him "in order".

@PaulHigginbothamSr 4 года назад

I have seen nothing to the contrary today that washington is wrong about just about everything.

@dennisweidner288 3 года назад

@ Paublus Americanus AMERICANUS Oh yeah! Just why do you think those carriers were in the Pacific or that FDR instituted the first war time draft in history.

@mollyskinner4613 Год назад

Syria

@donerbe4596 2 года назад

he has diabetes?

@lectocom 10 лет назад

The guy introducing the lecture seems to be under the illusion that World War 2 started with the attack on Pearl Harbor.

@RonJohn63 9 лет назад

lectocom For the US it officially did.

@Idahoguy10157 6 лет назад

For the Japanese attacking the Americans, it was. Your aggressively forgetting that before December 7th the USA was supporting China and had already had an ongoing undeclared naval war with the Germans

@dennisweidner288 3 года назад

@@Idahoguy10157 What you say is true, but the big ticket affair was supporting Britain and then the Soviets, especially Lend Lease

@mollyskinner4613 Год назад

Syria