The LARGEST Banzai Charge of WWII & the Death Site of a General | History Traveler Episode 233

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The Battle of Saipan, which was one of the more savage battles of the Pacific Theater in WWII, pushed the limits of the men who fought there. The brutal fight that had taken the soldiers and Marines through places like Death Valley & Purple Heart Ridge was going to end with the largest banzai charge of the entire Second World War.
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@corybradshaw8179 Год назад

My grandfather fought in the European theater. His brother in the pacific. After the war my grandfather still despised those in the SS but could converse with his Wehrmacht counterparts as he said they fought admirably and were soldiers first. His brother until his death would never forgive and never forgave the Japanese stating their savagery is something that god should never forgive and history should never forget. Says something in my eyes.

@leemichael2154 Год назад

My grandad was black watch and after he surrendered he was callously bayoneted in the stomach, he survived prison under the Japanese brutal conditions and came home to Newcastle upon Tyne England to his family's great joy ! Just sharing

@darrellhampton5057 Год назад

Everytime you guys put this stuff out, I push all my friends to introduce their kids and schools to your content. Best history teachers in the country, hands down. Well done Gents, well done.

@bobmatthews3186 Год назад

Two of the three men of the 105th US Infantry Regiment posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor - Lt. Col. William O'Brien and Pvt. Thomas A. Baker - were from my hometown area. To this day, their names are honored.

@rickybell2190 Год назад

It never ceases to amaze me how men like Benjamin ....a dentist, used his young life to save his fellow men. Honour is an understatement.

@alexadair5871 Год назад

Tinian, Saipan and Guam were the 3 Mariana Islands that the Japanese and Americans fought over back in 1944. The Pacific Island Campaign was some of the most brutal and savage fighting of the war. My Uncle Pete Thomas was killed on Peulaleau which many WWII historians consider was some of the most savage fighting of the war. Many Americans lost their lives on this island.

@Alfred.E.Newman Год назад

COME ON MAN you do realize that most of the jungle was blasted into the stone age during the saipan invasion right

@MrMenefrego1 Год назад

One must wonder how many of the soldiers still remain in spirit form. May God bring peace to their conflicted souls.

@ryanflynn3861 Год назад

My grandfather fought in the Ardennes, and he told me that what they had to deal with was nothing in comparison to the Marines in the Pacific. This just goes to show it.

@cpohrer Год назад

My Uncle, Larry, was there. Until he turned about 92, he wouldn't talk about his experience. He was also at Okinawa.

@timwaycaster7538 Год назад

“It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it.” -Robert E. Lee

@karen-leelamb1097 Год назад

This just brought tears to my eyes. My dad fought there during the war. He never talked about it. We lost him in 1995, but sure wish he could have been alive to watch this. Thank you so much for this wonderful presentation. I now know just a little bit of what he went through.

@elsatanyakaneshi3321 Год назад

I was born, raised, and currently live on Saipan. My dad’s parents were on island during WW2 and understandingly, they wouldn’t want to talk about their experiences during that time. Your channel and the videos you have posted about Saipan have been a big help in that area for me and I truly find it amazing to learn more about my island. Thank you so much & I look forward to more content from you.

@johnschofield9496 Год назад

If I remember correctly virtually all brush was destroyed during the battle so the biggest problem moving through would be the enemy shooting at you ! The battles in Europe were horrible, but what happened in the PTO was devastating. There simply was no mercy shown from either side, It was kill or be killed at it's most brutal. Thank you for sharing so many historic battlefields that so many have forgotten !

@denniscoleman8802 Год назад

Thank you so much! For taking us to sights most of us will never see!

@joeritchie4554 Год назад

I remember my family friend that fought on Guadalcanal said that the banzai attacks were so terrifying that he still had nightmares about them. He told me that in 1988 so the memories and fear never leave. He said that the Japanese soldiers were either drunk or on some type of opiate because they could be shot several times and still kept coming because they did not fill the pain. I will never forget him telling me about that. It was actually good for him to speak about it because it helped him to deal with the memories.

@peepresc8002 Год назад

Two of my uncles fought in Burma, they was Chindits. The stories they passed onto us have been passed onto our children and grandchildren. Thank you for sharing this with us.

@johnsanchez6003 Год назад

There was an article published in the local newspaper on the unearthing of remains on this side of the island last weekend. The article mentioned a count of about 400 American and about 4,300 Japanese casualties as a result of the attack on Tanapag beach and that bodies were buried in area known as the "27th Division Cemetery."

@christophertipton2318 Год назад

My father fought in the general area of this video, near the railroad tracks. He was a Marine with the 6th Marines Scout-Sniper Platoon. Two squads, including his, had been patrolling further north and were called back. After they got to the Army's lines. the patrol leader felt it was getting too dark to safely move all the way back to the 6th Marines Regimental HQ (their normal position), so they set up a short distance behind the Army lines for the night. Of course, they got caught up in the banzai and had a serious knock-down-drag-out with the Japanese. Rifles, knives, and bayonets. Strangely, none of the Marines were killed or seriously wounded, but not from lack of trying by the Japanese. They reported their situation back by radio to the 6th Marines HQ and the regimental commander brought most of the 6th Marines up to reinforce the Army and got in on the end of the banzai. A battalion from the 10th Marines (an artillery regiment) was emplaced to support the Army earlier in the day and they got seriously involved in the banzai too, firing their cannons over open sights and cutting the shell fuzes down to 2 or 3 seconds. They killed a lot of the Japanese buried in that mass grave. My dad, who was not a fan of the 27th ID, did admit that the Army troops fought well during the banzai. One of the Army battalion commanders received the Medal of Honor also for firing a jeep mounted .50cal machine gun at the attackers until they finally killed him.