The Last Successful Kamikaze Attack in History 

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Considering an old, outdated biplne set the Bismark up for it's sinking, I'm not overly surprised one managed to sink a destroyer, powerful or otherwise.

Fancy having to fly a slow-moving wooden plane towards enemy ships bristling with AA guns, knowing that the chances are you will never get there, and also knowing if you do get there that you are going to die anyway. Crazy.

Historical notes - First, this attack actually happened just past midnight. But I had to make it in the late evening in the recreation, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see anything! Also, the USS Callaghan also had a camo paint scheme I believe, but I was unable to get that specific livery for this video. But other than that, it should be accurate :) Please consider supporting me by grabbing something from the TJ3 History store! TJ3History.shop

The last USN ship sunk during WW2 was the submarine USS Bulhead, sunk on 6 August 1945.

Do you know about the Fairy Swordfish that wiped out the Italian fleet at Taranto? All biplane that served throughout WW2

Nobody has covered "F for Freddie", the bomber (mosquito) that survived the most bombing missions of WW2, and ending tragically.

The Fairey Swordfish “Stringbag” was an amazing plane. Biplane. It was the front line torpedo bomber for the UK for the entire war. They attacked the Bismarck in numbers. And they raided Taranto, Italy’s main naval base, sinking Battleships there, setting the example the Japanese copied for their attack on Pearl Harbor. And they did it with hardly any losses. In both cases they made it back to their carriers and the carriers made their way out of harm’s way. The book, “To War In A Stringbag” is an excellent resource.

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These pilots went on their final mission knowing the impossible odds before them. Resolved that honor is heavier than the mountains and death lighter than the feather.

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Various interesting WW2 aircrafts are worthy to be covered. 1) F-4F Wildcat using Jimmy Thatch’s formation to fight against the Zero 2) Eagle Squadron - Americans wearing RAF’s uniform and flying Spitfire to fight against the Luftwaffe 3) Night fighters among RAF, US Navy, USAAF and Luftwaffe. 4) RAF Mosquito 5) RAF Hawker Typhoon 6)Imperial Japanese Army Ki-84 Frank

This plane was also used by Indonesian freedom fighter to bomb Dutch base. The pilot throws incendiary bombs by hands.

I love your channel! Thanks again for the war history!

I was just going to mention the proximity fuse when you brought it up. Good job!

Hi TJ. I was not aware of this fact of WW2. A seemingly inferior machine, but with some advantages when used as a Kamikaze. The skills of these pilots made the difference in reaching the target. As always another excellent video, narration and adding more knowledge about the story. Thank you and congratulations.

Great video as always! When is the can you survive series coming back? I really love it.

Awesome story. First time hearing it TJ. Thanks.

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I Never heard about this incident thanks TJ3 history

Destroyers are ligthtly armored if at all. So a good hint from even a light bomb can sink it

I recall reading that the time period an attacking Kamikaze was within range of the target ship’s guns was 20 seconds. That explains how some got through.

During that time period on April 16th 1945, an old friend of mine was aboard the Fletcher class USS Pringle. They shot down 2 Kamikazes but a 3rd hit them amid ship. The Pringle broke in two and sank in 6 minutes. 69 were killed and 268 survived. My friend Gene Benjamin was one of the survivors and was rescued.

The only thing that could have made those planes a better target would be a towable banner reading, "Shoot me!"

Awesome as always 👏

Thanks!

Who would win. A Hightech Destroyer. Vs An outdated flying boi.

Just an suggestion but if you want to improve the graphics you can use NVIDIA freestyle (ALT + F3). If you increase the sharpness or color saturation as i did the game looks soooo much better,

I love that you can hear the happy kids seeing airplanes in the background haha

Well researched Sir. My Father worked in a Navy Lab and helped design the Proximity Fuze with the Gorgeous Movie 🎥 Star and Weapons Designer Heddy LaMarr.

when one remembers that a Fairy Swordfish was instrumental in the sinking of the Bismarck...........

Being made of wood and fabric it was almost invisible to radar so it was not obsolete. The British had their Mosquito and also the Germans had something similar. Also Germany's allies had aircraft of wooden construction. The Russians had modern fighter squadrons equipped with front line airplanes made out of plastic.

TJ please don’t take this constructive criticism the wrong way. I enjoy your videos, especially the WWII Aviation. Your voice is not terrible, neither is your audio, but there are gains to be made. Your delivery, however seems a little forced, Shattner like if you will. Though I appreciate not hearing monotone. I appreciate seeing the face of the voice. You could optimize that more. The CGI video footage is outstanding. The story structure and timelines amazing. I don’t know squat, just my two cents, which inflation adjusted, even in that last two years equals about .01 cents.

All old weapons systems are obsolete until one kills you.

So sad for the crew of the Callahan.

Dad was in that Taffy and fought at Sea and on the Shore at Okinawa. He spoke of this sinking. After the Atomic Bombs were dropped and the Surrender Occurred, Pop was tasked to make sure all Japanese Aircraft had their Propellers removed after an attack by Japanese Planes on a Yonton Airfield , Okinawa Based B-32 Dominator over Tokyo . ( with the last Air Casualty for a U.S. Air Crewman.) Dad was part of the Joint Forces Technical Air Intelligence Bureau. To make sure the Japanese had removed the Props from all Aircraft he and a Pilot found a VERY War Weary Japanese Willow Bi-Plane( the only open Cockpit Aircraft available… and used it to film 🎥 Aircraft from at Atsugi Airfield , and Japanese Ships at Kobe, Yokohama and Yokosuka. The Engine was almost totally burned up and gummed up from using a Crude Pine 🌲 Root Derived Turpentine for Fuel. The Fuselage had been packed with oily rags, paint cans and anything flammable for a Kamikaze Flight that didn’t come to be. He and the Pilot removed the material, but almost passed out in flight from the fumes. The Engine was HEAVILY scored inside from the Turpentine” Fuel”. The Film 🎥 he shot can be found on You Tube if you know what and where to look for.

Well... One of the surviving example/plane(not use in kamikaze) is actually in air force museum nearby my town. Dang.. If i know you will make this video with those plane, im happy to provide u a videos or photos of those plane

It's not an outdated biplane Causing The sinking of the destroyer. It's the load of the biplane that exploded.

Iam a History buff and enjoy your videos I do are redly have warthunder and paly it every week end

need 5 unknown facts of the spitfire

The Japanese knew from the begining that they would lose the war. Like Admiral Yamamoto said; "all we have done, is awaken a sleeping giant".

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You're mistaken on saying the Japanese were running out of planes. They had over 12,000 planes left when they surrendered. Before the surrender they were still producing planes. What they were running out of were experienced pilots. So pilots were given enough training to fly to a target and crash into it. They used old biplanes knowing if they mixed them with monoplanes. The ships would be more occupied with the faster monoplanes in a Kamikaze attack.

The Japanese, at the war's end, turned over their aircraft to the Allies. There were about 5,600 fighters and bombers...which would not have included aircraft like the biplane trainer aircraft in the video.

Some came back. Engine failyer, navigation failyer or nerve failyer.

Proximity fuse wouldnt have got a good return for detonation from wood fabric

the po-2 in question

Wow I’m so surprised 😂

War is hell

A "Mighty" destroyer? Then what adjective would you apply to say, the 72.000 ton battleship Yamato?

>tfw playing this while grinding for SL with a F-5C at 10.3 War Thunder is extremely addictive, particularly for military sim enthusiasts. Just be prepared for an endless grind.

I read sum cleva guy state that the bullets wud go thru the fabric without doing much damage to the plane as in the case of the Bismarck and the attack on the Italian fleet by bi planes

Kamikaze - Man controlled V2

Swordfish had great success against bismark

The destroyers were called "Tin Cans", by their crews not thought of being that mighty or powerful at all.

Imagine losing to a old bipplane sorry my english bad

Could you please make a video about the missions when Americans dropped atomic bombs? Thx

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Interesting…but, hardly original. The Royal Navy Swordfish anyone?

Now I know why Bu plane are better than the ww2 air craft, unbelievable (in war thunder)

Strange that we rarely see any programs about the RAF or RCAF on here. Yes, there is the odd episode and the occasional mention, but that’s about it. Perhaps I’m being a little unfair? Possibly, contrary to popular belief, there was more than a couple of countries fighting in WWII.

The pilots expect a honorable death.......and they get it!!!!!!

I never knew

I can’t find it in the Japanese tech tree,does anyone know how I can find it?

Don’t forget that the British aircraft carrier during World War Two also sunk a German battleship Bismarck while using British swordfish biplanes We need more live documentary videos of the sinking of the Bismarck during the Atlantic Ocean 🌊 Shalom dove 🕊️ of peace ☮️

Rest in pieces.

Um, made of MOSTLY fabric and wood. I guarantee there is some metal. The engine, the axle, the wheels, the guns.

This is what happened to Bismarck.

Bol kazanclar dayi

I haven't watched the whole video yet. How did this happen? Probably with the help of high explosives and gasoline.

Banzai!

The kamakze was the last Japanese victory of WW2. For the loss of about 3000 planes they sank 34 ships damaged hundreds of others and caused 34000 American causulites.

It's sank not sunk. The plane SANK a ship. The ship was SUNK by a plane. Jeezus.

The Japanese were crazy back then. Today they are too, but ... in a slightly different style :D

Hey can you make a video about charles carpenter aka "bazooka Charlie" and about Aleksey Maresyev if you can’t please reply to this comment

Any idea who the pilot was?

Hey we should do a giant sim on war thunder! Anyone down?

KAMIZAZE

Sank, not sunk.

The British sank Italian battle ships in port.

Image if Japanese plane were made of wood in 1942, they would hit more on their target.

Your killing it with the content!

Hi TJ I saw that you used the footage of when I used my bomber to blow up Mek. Lol. I was also wondering if you could unban my main account in your server. It's getting kind of annoying having to go switch to my alternate accounts to see whats new.

練習機　赤トンボ「AKATONBO」ほかに作業練習機　白菊「SIRAGIKU」も特攻機でした。戦争も末期で飛行機が無かったのです、パイロットが可哀そうです

Wasn't this an American Bi Plane that sunk a German Destroyer, that did occur, this is the first I heard of a Japanese Bi Plane sinking anything and were they flying Bi Planes in Battle in WWII, something seems off here, my personal views.

Kamikaze had an AWESOME EFFECT ON US FLEET! That's the reason why US LIES about their losses in Pacific EVEN TODAY! But I still liked the story, I don't like propaganda pushers. If USS Callahan was to be relieved, it was 'cause they were low on ammo. But good effort on the video.

3000 kamikazes not 1000.

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Yes War Thunder, a place to remake the German's history

Very cool I like to find out about things I don't known about ww2 th it I didn't know about

Story about mig 21

Whats interesting Russia has used some old biplanes as bombs in the Ukraine war currently again no fuel in wings etc

Stop calling the Kamakazie pilots courageous, it was a cowardly act,also they had to get drunk to carry the cowardly acts out,so no,not courageous, but very, very cowardly, the courageous ones were the American sailors on those poor ships that got hit.

Τhe most stupid idea that could ever be put forward was this of Kamikaze! Why to kill a pilot that You cannot easily replace and an aeroplane that You could load with bombs or torpedoes again and again!

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