Yarnhub’s videos about not-so-popular events that happened during WW2 is what got me actually fascinated into the war itself. Thanks Yarnhub! Keep it up.
Yarnhub, i'm going to say it: once again you really outdid yourself with this compilation. You are one of the best history channels i've ever found and it's because of you, Simple History, Armchair Historian, The Front and so many others that cemented my passion for history and as a history buff you have my most sincere gratitude.
Yeah god bless em. They do the best thing ever. True history with a cinema like experience. U just cant ask for anything better xd I watched almost all of their vids by now. Even the old ones.
Ah... Amazing video! I saw a whole lot of videos covering strategic and tactical aspects of different battles, but you are the only one to actually cover the battles from the prospective of the men. Its amazing! thank you :)
Midway is just full of that stuff as a battle. While Japanese overconfidence and American codebreaking were huge factors in the set up, it's an almost impossible battle to wargame well because so many of the factors that were decisive in the actual battle itself were born from chance. Search planes getting delayed or randomly choosing to keep flying a few minutes beyond safe fuel reserve, a sub attack causing a returning Japanese destroyer to lead bombers back to the fleet, the dive bombers arriving at just the right time to hit the Japanese carriers when their fighters were at low altitude... all essentially by chance. The world is so much more random than we like to think. Skill doesn't give you opportunities, it just lets you use them.
@@BirdieRumia That cap /combat air patrol) being at low level was, according to this video at least, because of the slaughter of the torpedo bombers, which by themselves were ineffective. However, while individual battles are decided (in games quite literally) by the roll of a dice, wars are generally decided by information and logistics. However, a lucky break (either cryptographically or logistically) could turn the war so not even that is true. The fate of the world right now hangs in the balance based on a few thousand disenfranchised voters in a few swing states in USA. Anything can push that vote either way, and that scares me even more than a clear victory for the wrong side.
Merci beaucoup pour avoir mis l'audio en francais. Tyvm for put finally audio in french, its vers appreciate because i love your chanel and i love the history of WW2. Tanks again
My late father in law was a young Navy medical corpsman on Midway Island during the battle. He had joined the Navy before finishing high school when America was still at peace and just wanted to get out of Corona, Calif., and see the world. Little did he know that several months after joining up he would find himself in a major battle. He told me the bombing on the island was the most terrifying experience of his entire life. He served throughout the war and completed his service as a chief petty officer.
It would certainly be interesting if this style of animation would be put into a video about the Napoleonic Wars. Perhaps a video on Guts & Blackpowder lore. Would also like to see, like the 200mm TKS tankette, a Maus with a 45mm Poopenfartenkanone from Cursed Tank Simulator for April Fools or something similar.
It shocked me to find out the Japanese didn't have radar on there ships, but radar was a new idea, many nations including Germany had developed it and put it into night fighters as did the UK but apparently not the Japanese.
Not entirely true. The Japanese actually had "advanced" radar (on a par with the British) at the start of the war but were slow to adopt it into service, even slower to develop it further (new fangled tech etc) as well as a shortage of trained electronics experts and manufacturing capability. There were actually 2 Japanese ships that had radar at the battle of Midway, but neither were with the Kido Butai.
The battle with Hiei and San Francisco should have been made into a 3hr feature film. Not told from any political perspective. The utter confusion with the weather and jet black skies as both fleets literally sailed into each other is so unique. Hiei's gunnery may have set battleship standards unmatched taking on multiple fast moving targets at various ranges landing lots of hits while being hit from all sides herself. San Francisco valiant fight and Atlanta's unfortunate demise to friendly fire. The skipper of Atikizuki ordered to turn on search knowing he'd be targeted. Heroes on both sides. This chaotic naval battle should be remembered for what it was.
"A funny fact, U.S. Navy dive bomber pilots used the large red circle on Japanese aircraft carrier decks as an easy target. Fatally, beneath that large red circle were the ammunition and fuel storage rooms."
Hooray! Finally, English references along with the English narration. Now its a good history view even if it has air "croft" instead of "craft" like its spelled...wait, what is 500 killer groms?
This does a disservice to the P-47. The plane was in constant improvement throughout the war. In many respects, it was a better aircraft than the P-51. It would be well served for Yarnhub to do a deep dive into the P-47.
