Stuart Tanks at Sanananda - Australian Armour in New Guinea 1943

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Stuart Tanks at Sanananda - Australian Armour in New Guinea 1943
With Daniel J. Leahy
Part of Armoured Actions Week on WW2TV
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Today we look at the tank battle that took place on 12 Jan 1943 at Sanananda.
Our guest is Daniel J Leahy. Daniel is a PhD candidate at the University of New England investigating the archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia. He has had an interest in wartime aviation particularly of that used in the South West Pacific for over 20 years and has visited numerous aircraft wrecks and air power infrastructure sites in Australia and Papua New Guinea during that time. In 2017 Daniel completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in both Archaeology and History at the University of New England, and in 2018 he was awarded First Class Honours for his project investigating the archaeology of airfields utilised by schools of the Empire Air Training Scheme during the Second World War.
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@WW2TV 2 года назад

Hi, Paul Woodadge, WW2TV host here - that was a great show about a small but fascinating tank battle. If you have enjoyed this show, please don't forget to click like, leave a comment for other viewers and if you have not done so already please SUSBSCRIBE so you don't miss our next streams. You can also become a member of this channel and support me financially here ru-vid.com/show-UCUC1nmJGHmiKtlkpA6SJMeA. Links to any books discussed, WW2TV merchandise, our social media pages and other WW2TV shows to watch can all be found in the full RU-vid description. Lastly, my own book Angels of Mercy is always available online - more info here www.ddayhistorian.com/angels-of-mercy.html

@keithad6485 10 месяцев назад

I remember when serving as an Aussie Armoured corps soldier in the 80s -2000s and attending a talk on these battles, we were told Aussie Army Stuart tanks were used in this campaign due to it being the only tank available that was light enough for the barges used to carry them to that area of operations. The barges used to get the Stuarts to the AO could not carry the Matilda tanks (which were designed for low speed and the first choice for this campaign) so it was Stuarts or nothing. The US made Stuarts are cavalry tanks and are not infantry tanks (low speed), Stuarts were not designed for walking pace warfare, but, better than no armour. It must have been very hard for the Aussie Stuart drivers to drive at such low speed with their foot constantly on the clutch pedal to make sure the engine didn't stall. In the regiments I served with, we had the US made M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carriers (Vietnam War era armour). These were very easy to drive, having an Allison automatic transmission. I have a lot of respect for the crewmen of the WW2 armoured fighting vehicles. They had it tough with the tanks of those day.

@ellist4000 2 года назад

Thank you for making this. My great Uncle was in the battle on the 12th of January and sadly that was also the date of his death. His unit was 2/6 Armoured Regiment. His tank was hit by the Japanese and burst into flames. Thank you Warren Parle for your service and sacrifice.

@ellist4000 2 года назад

I made this comment before watching the video. The details and seeing Uncle Parle’s face in the video are incredibly moving. Thank you to both of you for the incredible detail

@keithad6485 10 месяцев назад

It must have been gratifying to see your uncle in this video! In the late 1980s, I was serving with the Aussie Armoured Corps. I knew the regimental museum curator, Frank Pearson who was a captain with the 2/6th in this campaign. I knew him when he was well retired. After the War, he rose to the rank of Lt Col and commanded the 4/19 Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment.

@robertheuston8378 7 месяцев назад

A Bastard of a Place, is a great book. Definitely worth a read.

@yakidin63 2 года назад

They show a book called "A Bastard of a Place". If you can get your hands on that. Its the best book I have ever read about the battles on the Kokoda track. Possibly the best written WW2 book of any battle Ive read. Its attention to detail on the politics between General Douglas Macarthur and Australian General Blamey and the intense battles is simply amazing.

@brucenorman8904 28 дней назад

My deepest sympathies for the Australians who had to deal with Prima Dona dugout Doug.

@dave3156 2 года назад

Very interesting presentation since it was coupled with period photos. Despite only 3 tanks involved, having names and faces of those lost was a sobering reminder of the lives lost. I also found the new photos of the remaining hulls as well as the New Guinea people re-enacting the battle interesting. Daniel has certainly done quite a bit of research on this otherwise forgotten piece of WW2 history. Thx Paul and Daniel for bringing this to light. Looking forward to this afternoons program!

@davidlavigne207 2 года назад

Those images of the Papuan people reenacting the battle were moving. What better way to memorialize the Australians who fought and died to rid there country of a brutal enemy? If I were a veteran of that fight I would be very touched by such a display. Great presentation Daniel. Now I have a new subject about WW2 to delve into.

@CFarnwide 2 года назад

I normally just listen. This time I had to sit down, relax, and inspect the photos. Wonderfully visual presentation!

@michael_nelson 2 года назад

Thanks Woody and Daniel for some great insight into the often overlooked New Guinea campaign.

@WW2TV 2 года назад

Our pleasure!

@rikhellum5652 10 месяцев назад

Hi. I grew up on stories of the 2/6 armoured regiment from their inception to when they were demobed by 2 old fellas. My grandfather major Harry Ferguson and his best mate Bill Goulding, both of the 2/6.

@TheVigilant109 2 года назад

Fascinating presentation. Daniel brings to life the people involved. The then and now photos are fantastic. Thank you

@WW2TV 2 года назад

The photos were exceptional today

@cameronevans4635 2 года назад

They did have and used tanks in 1943 after Sanananda, Later they did Matildas at Sattleberg aswell, they had Matildas brought up to points along the coast by landing craft

@danieljleahy 2 года назад

Ahh, yes, I'd forgotten about Sattelberg. My bad. Thanks for that.

@cameronevans4635 2 года назад

@@danieljleahy that's all good! I did enjoy the video and learnt a bit more about 2/6th! Cheers for sharing!

@scottgrimwood8868 2 года назад

An outstanding presentation! The incredible photos and the stories from the participants adds so much to our understanding of this engagement.

@davidk7324 2 года назад

Sorry I missed the live stream--3AM MST was too much this time! Wonderful presentation, Daniel. Best of luck on your defense. Your content organization was excellent and helped to set the stage so the following photos and tactical graphics made sense. I also appreciate that you brought in more recent images of terrain, battle detritus, and the civilian incorporation of this history into their own cultural memory. Using battle tools blind and in the wrong setting usually results in a hard and costly lesson. Great job, Paul.

@WW2TV 2 года назад

Thanks David

@davidk6269 2 года назад

Thank you very much for this video. My son's favorite tank is the Stuart, and I can't wait to show him this video when he gets back from school. Great job, guys!

@WW2TV 2 года назад

That is awesome!

@thomasmadden8412 2 года назад

Great show, love the specific detail of the individual tank crews. The way the story has become part of local history and pictures of the reenactment was incredible. Always learning new things.

@WW2TV 2 года назад

Well said!

@xacoupeguy Год назад

believe it or not, i personally own a stuart m3 that was at buna, hull number 1554. love the video

@WW2TV Год назад

How cool

@alexlanning712 2 месяца назад

As usual, a great presentation, very informative

@jonrettich-ff4gj Год назад

I just realized as fatalistically aggressive as the Japanese were they also were capable of dangerous discretions as here and at Leyte Gulf at least, and I think there are more examples. This is thanks to watching so many of your informative presentations. I hate to sound so sycophantic but you and your choice of experts do more than history, they share to me invaluable methodologies that are profoundly useful in addressing everything in a seemingly casual and conversational way. Thank you as ever. The WW2 Japanese were an extremely perplexing entity

@WW2TV Год назад

Thanks for the nice words Jon

@jeffreymancini409 10 месяцев назад

Well done. Thank you.

@WW2TV 10 месяцев назад

Our pleasure!

@crasher303 9 месяцев назад

Thanks. This is a absolute mine of information about the terrain, & of historic situation.

@MegaBloggs1 Год назад

Allied supplies for this operation were moved up by small ship-part of the "rag tag fleet" based at Milne bay-a very interesting read

@colinellis5243 4 месяца назад

Interesting presentation and commendable research/imagery,, only minor comment I'd make is the statement that the Australian Army never used tanks again in New Guinea in 1943 is wrong. Matilda 2's were used very successfully at Finschhafen in October 1943. Just a minor point that does not detract from a great presentation. Cheers!

@philbosworth3789 Год назад

Great research and fantastic photos.

@chuxxsss Год назад

There is a way to improve vehicles and post operations reports. These went to AEME or RAEME now. They needed light tanks due to the tracks.

@crunchytheclown9694 2 года назад

Hey paul most of your channel content works well as a podcast but i had to watch this one again

@lau03143 2 года назад

I had a vague idea of armour like this in the Pacific theatre, but incredible seeing pictures of the tanks used in such terrain

@logangilliam 2 года назад

Daniel did a great job on this presentation

@pencilpauli9442 2 года назад

As always, a fascinating insight of WW2 history. The photos of the re-enactment of the tank battle is one of the most amazing things I've seen. Hope you don't mind me plugging another channel, but there is a super series from the Australian POV of the New Guinea campaign, starting with Milne Bay: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pToxEa30KdU.html Highly recommended.

@MegaBloggs1 9 месяцев назад

2/6th was moved by the "rag tag" fleet of small adapted trawlers and pleasure cruisers based in milne bay

@WW2TV 9 месяцев назад

Thanks

@user-dh9nc7uq7c Год назад

Disappointed that the tank no# were whited out recognize one as my grandfathers the day before it was destroyed he often told us stories of the war in New guinea and the bodies exploding in the tropical heat during the night keeping him up all night..

@tamsinp7711 2 года назад

The two Japanese tanks landed for the Milne Bay campaign were the type 95 Ha-Go.

@militarymarch3006 2 года назад

The Southwest Pacific campaign is an excellent example of joint operations.

@MegaBloggs1 Год назад

have you any photographic evidence of the much more powerful 75mm anti tank gun at bona or gona-I think they only had the low velocity 70mm mountain guns

@guyh9992 2 года назад

My understanding is that the Stuarts had to be physically manhandled off small coastal ships onto the beaches nearby due to the lack of suitable landing craft. A presentation on MacArthur's ragtag fleet or Mission X immortalised in the 1960s film and TV show "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" would be interesting if a suitable expert was available.

@WW2TV 2 года назад

Thanks for the ideas

@brucealbert4686 2 года назад

What a very interesting obscure topic...nice little tank.

@WW2TV 2 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@yewenyi 2 года назад

You can say good day.

@user-xh8ii2hj6r 4 месяца назад

If you would like to view a photo of my Father on the Sanananda beach head punch up " The 32nd at the battle of Buna" its only a 2:30 video and my Father is at the 1:11 seconds mark...if you look at the base of the palm tree 🌴 he is resting against you can see all the battle scars on the tree! Its an excellent photo. After being wounded at Sanananda The US Army made a Combat Engineer out of my Father he made 14 Amphibious Landings on remote beach heads thay included hand to hand combat and Banzai charges. I have a letter of commendation from Commanding Brigadier General William F Heavey that mentions the hand to hand / Bonzai charges...im very proud of my Father.... PFC Eugene H DOG Underwood

@jmflournoy386 2 года назад

same as Market Garden

@WW2TV 2 года назад

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@davidkreutzer4778 2 года назад

Just looking at the first map , it looks like the majority of the landing positions look like swampy land . The Stuart vs the Japanese tank would be a moot as far whichever is better , tank wise . But yeah why not bring in a closed top Probably the question is the weather at the time of year

@MegaBloggs1 Год назад

Japanese scouts got to Imita ridge-Bona and Gona bunkers were defeated by slow wrinkling tactics-delay fuses on the 25 pounder shells-slow discovery at night-0nce the Australians knew what they were up against-no frontal assualts-37mm gun on the stuart totally unsuited to bunker warfare as was its motor and gearbox-the Stuart was designed for high speed desert\ European country reconnaissance not jungle warfare.THEY BROKE DOWN ALL THE TIME.-the lee\grant was much better suited-bigger gun high profile(see over the kunai grass) and a good hill climber-which is why Merserrvy took all the remaining grants into the cbi theatre.

@MegaBloggs1 Год назад

This action showed the stuart was totally unsuited to jungle fighting-too fast too highly geared and although probably proof against a Japanese 70mm mountain gun-able to be knocked out by Japanese 75mm-the tank was designed for high speed maneuvers not slow and steady reduction of jungle pillboxes constructed out of palm trees. The infantry couldn't keep up with them and they broke down. The matilda 2 was far better suited for this type of warfare -slow and great frontal armour-Australia was still using them in 1945 at Balikpapan IN teams of 4 -2 of which were the flame thrower versions