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@johnnotrealname8168

7 ай бұрын

This is awesome. Thank You!

@rayw3294

7 ай бұрын

I remember watching a documentary 30 years ago. They briefly mentioned the USAAF bombed a US division for 3 straight days in Italy. I have never been able to find it again. The gunhos killed far more than we are told?

@hermatred572

7 ай бұрын

Oh wow nice

@rayw3294

7 ай бұрын

It wasn't nice for US army. Against the Wermacht and their own medal hunters who thought they were the Wermacht.

@johnnotrealname8168

7 ай бұрын

@@rayw3294 It was their first war and they did not exist yet so cut them some slack.

My piano teacher growing up was on Iwo Jima with the 24th Marine regiment as a flamethrower operator. He never mentioned anything about the Battle besides anecdotes about trading his cigarettes for chocolate bars, because he didn't smoke, or playing a pedal-powered pipe organ for church services, but I later found out that his entire platoon, barring him and his platoon Commander, was wiped out, and he temporarily lost use of his hand due to shrapnel from a mortar. Passed away peacefully from old age few years back. Frank Matthews. Fair Winds and following Seas.

@kevinvilmont6061

7 ай бұрын

Wow. Cool.

@chinqlinq89

7 ай бұрын

My entire life I've been enamored with WW2 history. I'm a first generation American but have many friends who had grandfathers who fought during WW2 on the ground or in the air. The stories I've read, watched, and have been told in 1st or 2nd hand accounts still never cease to amaze me. The men and women who sacrificed and rallied together in unity will never fail to remind me how humans with conviction could make sure Good would triumph over Evil when the time called. There is without doubt that they should be remembered as the Greatest Generation.

@lg6707

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, now I shall never forget too

@bossdog1480

7 ай бұрын

And now, unfortunately the Communists are winning at home.@@chinqlinq89

@joeschmidt6597

7 ай бұрын

You should watch Shaun Ryan's interview with an Iwo Jima flamethrower, Don Graves, 36 days on the island and was the only one out of the 300 flamethrowers in his unit that survived. Its hard to listen to to 3 hour interviews all in one shot, but I can't remember the last time, if ever at all, I was glued to a 3 hour KZread interview like that. 98 years old as sharp as ever, and part of the greatest generation that will ever live

My best friends grandfather kept the sword he was stabbed with while in his bunker on Iwo Jima. The Japanese soldier stabbed him through the sandbags and then made the mistake of jumping over the bunker to finish him off only to find himself facing a 6' 2" Iowa farm boy who was only slightly wounded. He never told us the rest of the story but he brought the sword home.

@Kylemathews1

6 ай бұрын

He probably beat the shit out him

@Beau-wp9yi

6 ай бұрын

You don’t wanna know. It’s one thing to see a dead body, and see someone killed, like me… It’s a whole nother animal to take a life, something I have not done, and pray I never have to.

@HagsRideOrDie

6 ай бұрын

Ironically @@Beau-wp9yi that same friend and I joined the Army in the mid 80's. He even went airborne. We both earned national defense medals and lost friends in desert storm but it was nothing like Iwo Jima.

@ronnielittle6573

6 ай бұрын

​@brianhagmeier8065 thank you, Sir for your service.

@kamakaziozzie3038

6 ай бұрын

If someone is foolish enough to try to take out a US Marine they will not escape the whirlwind

I'm fairly certain if I took part in this battle I would have died without doing anything productive. The bravery of these men gives me chills

@alexfloate2420

7 ай бұрын

I am a Marine, and i wonder the same thing.

@lg6707

7 ай бұрын

@@alexfloate2420 You will know once you feet hit the sand, even if you take a volley maybe it will help one of your brothers get to cover.

@BubblegumCrash332

7 ай бұрын

Crazy to think most of them were kids. 18 and 19 year olds

@rickyism1576

7 ай бұрын

@@alexfloate2420Everyone in WW2 had balls of steel. I'm a Marine as well 2008-2012 and just felt like an imposter. Couldn't imagine being put on an AAV after just completing boot camp some never going at all. And knowing death was basically iminent.. greatest generation was just built different.

@MrMr-ws3tv

7 ай бұрын

I have a feeling amphetamines and alcohol helped and made this war particularly brutal.

I've been on Iwo Jima and the beach sand was like walking up marbles, Sarabachi was steep as hell, we attempted to climb the north east side from the supply beach until we linked up with the paved access road. The tunnel entrances are mostly still wide open and the sunken supply ships still sticking out of the surf. It's essentially locked in time. It was eye opening to see it largely untouched. Absolutely balsy fighting by my fellow marines! Semper fi

@bettinaripperger4159

4 ай бұрын

How were you able to get there ? Who offers tours ?

@ryanhampson673

4 ай бұрын

@@bettinaripperger4159 If I remember right a few years ago the Marines went back to do a honorary hike up the mountain side.

@user-je7ot6ju9r

2 ай бұрын

That wasn't a cheap trip........... It must have been special.

@socalsilver6397

Ай бұрын

Did you see a bunch of shell casings and other remnants of the battles? I’d like to visit that island one day. Rest in Peace to all who fought there. 🙏🏻

@Gemeneye0ne

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, and thank God for men like them and yourself.

Few things make me as happy as an Ops Room upload, even if I have seen these multiple times before. Super congratulations on nearly reaching 1M subs, y'all deserve every one!

@ebisu8824

7 ай бұрын

#sycophant

@74KU

7 ай бұрын

Still seeing 971,000 subs.. must be a glitch?

@jonslg240

7 ай бұрын

"12 days of shelling might waste too many shells.. let's cut it back to 3 days, with a further cutback to 1.5 days. Better to waste Marine's lives than waste shells." -The Navy, back then.

@jonslg240

7 ай бұрын

@@74KU 972k subs is what I see.. why? What's the real number? I even see 972k when I go to their main KZread account page

@GiantPopIts89

7 ай бұрын

I second that!!!

John Basilone is the most badass soldier I’ve ever seen, his men must’ve felt like he was a superhero when they followed him into battle. When he got killed I can’t even imagine how that must’ve affected the morale of the troops behind him.. for them to keep fighting shows why these guys were the greatest generation

@DonVigaDeFierro

7 ай бұрын

They truly don't make them like they used to. I mean, I'm 27, and I can't imagine going through half of the things they went through, at an even younger age.

@MikeD56034

7 ай бұрын

@@DonVigaDeFierro in Marine Corps boot, during the Crucible, we have a challenge called the Basilone Challenge. it an ammo and water plus casualty run up a 50yeard hill at 40-45% incline. it fucking sucks but you find yourself wanting to do it again after the first time. i believe my squad did it 3 times.

@NeoSovrnson

7 ай бұрын

Every generation of Americans is the greatest generation.

@OwnedEpicStyle

7 ай бұрын

looks like someone forgot to take their meds@@JOECURR1488

@soulbreakerthelastmanalive

7 ай бұрын

To say that WW2 vets are the greatest generation is a slap in the face of every combat vet. Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, the gulf War. Iraq Afghanistan each generation has it's hero's.

My Grandad was wounded on Iwo jima. As a kid he told me about the battle. It is fascinating seeing it told again with visuals. Thank you.

@LittleMacscorner

7 ай бұрын

All i recall (I am 44 now and he has been dead of old age for awhile) is that he was in the second wave of the landings and wounded by a grenade. I remember him mentioning it was his job to secure the airfield. He had pieces of shrapnel from the grenade that would work it's way out of his leg till the day he died at 60+

@AlucardDracula1000

7 ай бұрын

Mine great grandfather was on one of the crashing b-29s he had to kick out a fire bomb over the open bomb bay while plummeting towards the island

@ME-ke7qc

5 ай бұрын

1.2.3..my grandad lol

@LittleMacscorner

5 ай бұрын

@@ME-ke7qc ?

@LittleMacscorner

5 ай бұрын

@@ME-ke7qc Yes.....I am...44.....My Mom is now.....I think around 70....my grandad...you know...her dad....died at 60+. Not sure why the math is that hard....

The effort in these videos and animations is incredible!

@QueenSLAYciroc

7 ай бұрын

These videos are both incredible graphically but the content is 10/10 as well. Hands down my favorite military history videos

@rayw3294

7 ай бұрын

Yes. I love these guys. And they tell the truth. Our stupid channels try to be nice. But, being telling the truth is real. And we get it from Deutchers and Ruskies. Tell the truth and let everyone know. It was fucking evil.

@GaryNumeroUno

7 ай бұрын

Yes, they did a much better job than the dumbass navy barrages! They had one job from point blank range and still could not manage it! Useless.

@Coastfog

5 ай бұрын

Right? So much attention to detail, very easy to follow and understand, just great storytelling.

So many deaths caused by miscommunication... First there was the corsair and naval barrage killing friendlies, then there was the breakout order by the Japanese that didn't reach the troops, and then there was a suicide charge despite explicitly being ordered not to charge.

@outofturn331

7 ай бұрын

Lessons etched in blood for the future

@tappytibbons735

7 ай бұрын

Welcome to the 1940s. They can't exactly send a text zoomer.

@r.r.r.r.r.r.r.

Ай бұрын

@@tappytibbons735 except not having today's technology has nothing to do with it, boomer. did you watch the video? none of these miscommunications were due to a lack of reliable tech, they were all human error.

@ekothesilent9456

27 күн бұрын

@@tappytibbons735I’m surprised you even know what a text is. You’ve spent so much time replying random angry comments to people on this video that I thought it was your first time ever being on the internet. Do better bro, we can all see the drivel you type.

My grandfather was a stretcher-bearer (corpsman) on Iwo Jima. While carrying one of the many wounded, a shell exploded next to him. He received minor shrapnel wounds and shortly after that, a purple heart. He lived to tell the tale of Iwo Jima, yet never uttered a word about it. He was one of the kindest men I've ever known. His soft spoken nature belied his 6'3"frame. Both those features landed him the corpsman designation. The shell shock (PTSD) he came away with, according to Mom, his daughter, affected him deeply, but I never saw evidence of that. He was a damn tough Marine, and damn proud of it, just quietly. He was a man of God who loved his family and his country, and I never knew what took place on Iwo Jima, the odds he faced, until today as I viewed this video. Now I know why he was so reluctant to share his experience and I have even greater respect and admiration for him and how he lived the rest of his life. Publishing this video, you did him and all the troops there a great honor and educated me in the process. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. God bless you and God bless America. ❤

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

4 ай бұрын

That stuff affects everybody differently. Most kids don't ask and the fathers don't think they're really interested. Iwo Jima was the 4th landing my father made with the 4th Marine Div, first wave. He was lightly wounded on the beach on Saipan by a Japanese 70mm knee mortar. If I asked him about the war he would tell me. Looking back I'm sure the war affected him with some form of PTSD though.

@beachcomber1able

2 ай бұрын

Why do many American commentators on these types of WW2 videos always bang on about God blessing each other, were you all heavily indoctrinated in your formative years by religious nonsense. 🤔

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

2 ай бұрын

@@beachcomber1able It used to be a much religious country back then. It fact is was a Christian country for all intents and purposes. Just how far back does your memory go?

@beachcomber1able

2 ай бұрын

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Back to the days when Christian mobs would regularly lynch black people from the nearest tree and the USA operated an evil apartheid system.

@beachcomber1able

2 ай бұрын

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Back to the days when Christian mobs would lynch black people and the USA operated a brutal segregation policy.

Jesus, seeing it animated like this really sets in how horrendous the battle was, along with the commentary. Kuribayashi really did a number in this battle, coming at it from a realist perspective the entire time.

What a fantastic, well-made video. I enjoyed it thoroughly. My grandfather was at Iwo Jima, a sailor - he's still living today in fact! 98 years old!

@LD-Orbs

7 ай бұрын

That's awesome! 🪖

@kamotetopz6776

6 ай бұрын

I thank him for his service!

@EmbeddedWithin

5 ай бұрын

Neat living piece of history!

My grandfather was an Amtrack driver with the 11th AmTrack BN, 5th MarDiv in this battle. He went ashore at the foot of Suribachi (landing zone Red 2) in the first wave. He went back and forth exiting the vehicle to retrieve wounded to return to the hospital ships, then over to the transports to pick up fresh troops for the entire campaign. Said he didn't take his boots off for 36 days. Also had some much more tragic and grisly stories. :(

@killerz3000

3 ай бұрын

All of these stories need to be told anywhere they can. I feel a lot of insight to these battles is being lost because no one shares them enough.

My dad was in WW2 because he joined the Marines from 38-46. He never talked about what he did during the war but he passed before I hit 17. I joined the Marines from 68-70 and served at Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW. I’ll always wonder what he did and where.

@ShadowMoon878

3 ай бұрын

I BET HE WENT TO TOKYO AND DROWNED HIMSELF IN TOKYO LOLI PUSSIES

@tomdowling4810

2 ай бұрын

You can obtain his record of service. Contact the Veteran’s Agent for your city or town. If they do not exist in your state contact the DAV or a military recruiting office. The process starts with a standard form; SF 180.

My wife's best friend's dad was a Marine scout on Iwo, he refused to ever talk about it. He would only say that assaulting hell itself would have been preferable.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

6 ай бұрын

Some will talk about it and some won't. My father made 4 landings in the Central Pacific with the 4th Marine Division , including Iwo Jima (Yellow Beach 2 first wave) and if I asked him he would answer me. I could be wrong but I think it has a lot to do with those combat vets realizing that most young people don't care about that stuff nor do they have any understanding of history or war. It's totally foreign to them. They're just wrapped up in their own worlds. It's only years or decades later that their children (sometimes) realize that they have no idea what their father's did in the war and wish that they had asked so they could tell their children.

@dylanmorgan2752

3 ай бұрын

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217While that could be a reason in some cases. I think watching dozens of men get mown down by mg fire and killed by random mortar blasts not knowing if every crevice was looking back at you. Plus seeing the enemy get melted alive would maybe make you unforthcoming in all the gruesome detail. Some people can look back on trauma objectively in detail without digging up all the emotions with it some can’t.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

3 ай бұрын

People react differently, that's all I'm saying. The first Jap(anese) my father killed was with his combat knife (I never heard him say "Kabar" though it may well have been one. @@dylanmorgan2752

This is simply fantastic. I'm showing it to my history class.

@MonsterHDE

7 ай бұрын

would have LOVED these back in 2015 when I was in highschool

@outofturn331

7 ай бұрын

Take teacher's permission first 😉

@BrandonSmith-qx8jx

7 ай бұрын

Educate your history class on Jewish expulsions

@Sparks00psn

7 ай бұрын

@@outofturn331I’m guessing he is the teacher

@muhtasimfahmid7844

7 ай бұрын

You do that my brother. Show them all of the relevant ones. Ops Room is absolutely high-quality stuff. I learnt more history from these Brits than I did at uni.

Excellent presentation! My Dad tried to enlist into the SeaBees during WW2 but was denied because he wore glasses. Instead enlisted with the Army Engineers and served in Europe. Who knows what would have been his fate (and mine too!) had he been able to join the SeaBees.

@jimmyhaley727

7 ай бұрын

My dad was a Seabee and went from North Africa to France,then on to the Pacific, to build more airstrips, never wounded by bullets but would never go to a movie or talk about the war, until I enlisted in the USN 1961-65,, and then, said WE all bleed the same color blood, alcohol wouldbring him down after only 61 years on thisFzzzz89ked world

@ioance3526

5 ай бұрын

What is seebee

@sneville44

5 ай бұрын

@@ioance3526 It is the construction arm of the Navy. The SeaBee is a nickname for the letters “CB” which is short for “construction battalion”.

Old guy here. I loved this series. Very in depth and detailed. John Basilone was one heck of a marine! It makes me want to rewatch the pacific series. I just can’t imagine the kind of courage it took to land on that beach and face that carnage. They were the Greatest Generation!

@michaelroos13

7 ай бұрын

Especially since no one was expecting that level of carnage.

John Basilone's death shows you how quickly you can go from living to instantly dying in war.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

7 ай бұрын

65 million other people showed us the same thing...

@47streetcop96

7 ай бұрын

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 If 65 million people "instantly" died it would have been a fairly short war. Please read posts before typing for likes please.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

7 ай бұрын

What are you on about? I don't care if nobody likes what I post, I really couldn't care less.@@47streetcop96

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

7 ай бұрын

BTW, it's totally true or do you dispute that? People die in war, lots of them. How is pointing that out fishing for likes? Make a real point to someone who cares what you think!

@47streetcop96

7 ай бұрын

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 /sigh

Our former VFW commander was on one of the transports at Iwo Jima. He said that when the fleet saw the flag raised on Mt. Suribachi, all the ships whistles and horns sound all around the island.

My wife's grandfather was a Marine combat demolition man laying satchel charges as part of a flamethrower squad on Tarawa. After that he became a Underwater Demolitionman as the Navy UDTs were getting ready for Normandy. The wife said he could never go into caves.

@mikechevreaux7607

7 ай бұрын

Doubtful Story

@sotunijek7418

6 ай бұрын

Explain more... fascinating yet true life story...pls continue whenever possible...PLUS, hope all is GOOD on UR side of the World🤕🤟🤟

I would love a medal of honor series. Telling those stories with your detail would be wonderful.

@garicrewsen1128

7 ай бұрын

And heart wrenching 😢 but I second the request.

@ApolloCDR

4 күн бұрын

I don't know if or if it is still being broadcast, but Netflix had a Medal of Honor series. Might want to check that out if still on the network.

My wife's uncle was with the 4th Marines and was killed in this battle and my uncle was Admiral George McFadden O'Rear and was the commander of USS Arkansas and commanded the fleet during the battle.

@KorbinX

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@-ZM_Gaming-

6 ай бұрын

Wow... a truly small world isnt it

The Light Cruiser mentioned as part of the bombardment is (CL-97) USS Flint. Being from Flint, Michigan it's a point of pride, albeit a forgotten one. It was "purchased" with a single war bond drive, and was oringally supposed to be (CL-64) a Cleveland-class cruiser. The sinking of (CA-44) USS Vincennes resulted in the reallocation of the hull, and was commissioned as (CL-64) USS Vincennes. USS Flint was instead commissioned as an Oakland-class, which is a sub-class of the Atlanta-class Light Cruisers.

@jamespike5161

7 ай бұрын

Well, Michiganders couldn’t very well purchase something in a class named after a city in Ohio, could you? Lol.

@MiishaKorvian

7 ай бұрын

@@jamespike5161It's the principal of the matter, Indiana stole the ship Flint paid for. It's also not the first time something that belongs to Michigan is inside Ohioan state borders. ***looks at Toledo***

@branmcg9844

7 ай бұрын

I'm a sub class of flint called Battle Creek😁

@timothydonlan9112

7 ай бұрын

@@MiishaKorvian We got the UP for Toledo. We got the better end of the deal. For those interested, there's actually is a 3rd peninsula to Michigan. It's located in Lake Erie just Northeast of Toledo.

@MiishaKorvian

7 ай бұрын

@@timothydonlan9112 we might have gotten a concession, but it's still Michigan's rightful clay :P

Dan Daly was awarded 2 medals of honor, the Army Distinguished Service Cross and the Navy Cross, while serving as a United States Marine. John Basilone was an epic Marine and outstanding badass, but he was not the only U.S. Marine to receive the United States 2 highest awards for gallantry.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

6 ай бұрын

They are very high gallantry medals.

I don’t know whether the Japanese had anything equivalent to the Medal of Honor. But if they did then General Kuribayashi should have been posthumously awarded one. What a magnificently planned defense.

@jason200912

7 ай бұрын

They did late in the war. The stories were not as heroic as medal of honor stories.

@agentmueller

7 ай бұрын

I read a book a long time ago that touched quite a bit on him, if I remember correctly he was an ambassador to America before the war, or he went to a military academy maybe, I’m not sure. I wanna say it was similar to Yamamoto in that regards, but I digress. All I know is he didn’t do the retarded shit the Japanese usually did, like wasting men by using human waves that maybe cause 8% casualty’s while taking 100% causality’s yourself. He mounted a serious defense, and he would have kept it up for a lot longer if his subordinates didn’t disregard direct orders. He would have made a fine military commander for America or for any other country where the military was more United and not two competing factions like the IJN and IJA.

@jason200912

7 ай бұрын

@@agentmueller the most hilarious was alligator creek where 900 freshly deployed, fully supplied troops were ordered to banzai charge and only inflicted 40 wounded and like 3 dead. Only two got stabbed while all the rest were hit by grenades. They all got mowed down by mgs and blasted by the 3 field guns

@Thunderlord_Tozn

7 ай бұрын

@@jason200912idk if men that were lied to, and died as a result, in order for the insubordinate leadership to fail anyways is necessarily funny but ok.

@AlexDMC

7 ай бұрын

​@@jason200912you are so right , 100's of dead? That's so funny! Let's all laugh at their suffering! That's not disgusting or anything

This is hands down the most in depth overview of the battle of Iwo Jima I have seen thank you for this video. I am friends with a WWII Marine who fought at Iwo Jima and it is amazing to see what exactly him and his fellow Marines faced during that battle.

@fingolfin9086

7 ай бұрын

You say "I am friends", does that mean he's still alive? There are so few left, that would be amazing.

I’ve seen other channels go to long-form, but they don’t have the production capability and knowledge required to make it work. But this is excellent! Never once did I think “This is too long.” The content is there and it’s so well presented! Keep it up!

I've visited Harry Martin's grave in his hometown of Bucyrus, Ohio. A large granite marker with his picture and MOH etched on one side, and a ship that was named after him on the other. A small glass window in the marker has sand from Iwo in it

I like that Medal of Honor recipient, Basilone's perspective/actions is included in this video.

This channel’s ability to portray the info in such an easy to understand way is amazing. Not many channels can show battles like this🔥👍🏾

This is one of the best history series I’ve ever seen on any media platform. Ops Room is king.

I always find it funny how the Secretary of the Navy wanted the first flag, and the Marines are just in disgust over him being a politician and wanting a "souvenir" of a deadly battle. Then the second flag raising being the photo most people know of. Just ironic, and the Flags of our Fathers movie and book just represent this so well.

A strong yet cocky Eagle, vs a strong yet desperate Dragon. Truly one of the battles of all time.

@outofturn331

7 ай бұрын

Dragon or Godzilla..

@jaed2630

5 ай бұрын

​@outofturn331 no Godzilla till they had atomic weapons.

@MrSneaksful

3 ай бұрын

and how is it "cocky"? They never thought it would be a "piece of cake". They threw everything they had at the island. Of course they knew they'd win because you can only hold out so long in a siege type battle. "cocky" though? Japan, at this point in the war was loosing badly. They were still using 1930's tech. There was no advancements militarily. It was a matter of time for them. Resources were dwindling, completely unable to continue a global war campaign.

@audiosurfarchive

18 күн бұрын

@@MrSneaksful It's just a characteristic of the mythology about Iwo Jima; the US' global superpower status in geopolitics was only being defined at the time, it doesn't actually say much about the actual men and women involved in the campaign. It's metaphor.

These videos are so compelling, the fear these boys must have felt, but there superb training, and shear bravery got them through. As American citizens we owe these soldiers, more than can be given!

These animations are crazy! I went to Iwo Jima for 2 days with 3rd MarDiv, 4th Marines back in the early 2000s. It was remarkable. Walking on the black sand at night was like a dream. Must have been a hellscape during the battle! Imagine the fear and the courage from both sides of men. Good lord.

@bettinaripperger4159

4 ай бұрын

What was the sand like ? 🏝️

Battle of Iwo Jima gives strong "never let them know your next move" vibes

@salamantics

6 ай бұрын

You suck

@seanm241

13 күн бұрын

Retarded comment from the worst bot on youtube

Every soldier fighting on that island should get the Navy cross

My uncle was a pilot during the campaign and my grandfather was on the USS New Jersey providing support fire. I couldn’t be prouder.

Imagine being told your son is dead because the navy didn't feel like using more shells?

@outofturn331

7 ай бұрын

Or worse we hit him from behind

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid

7 ай бұрын

But of course they wouldn't. They would lie and say that he died heroically, because they don't have the guts to face parents with the truth. They don't even have the guts to WRITE the truth - let alone speak it in person. They hide behind propaganda...just like every other group of spineless cowards we call "politicians".

@audiosurfarchive

18 күн бұрын

..and it happened multiple times for the Marines; Navy screwing them over strategically that is.

I'm so glad you turned this into a movie. This is why I love this channel

my friend and neighbor Mel Lemon fought on Iwo. he is 97 and still farming. he told me he recently found out his neck had been broken years prior and somehow he never knew! He said the only thing he could think of that would've caused it was that an American bomb was dropped short as he was cresting a hill blowing him 20 feet into the air. he came down on his head and was knocked out. he said he had a horrible headache when he woke up, but apparently he had a broken neck too and never knew it!

I'm proud to say my grandfather Harry was one of those Seabees on Iwo. This was an excellent overview of the operation. Keep the great content coming!

Exceptional video. The courage and fortitude displayed on both sides was amazing. I was incredulous at the numbers killed in the friendly fire incidents. I suppose this led to the resistance to use supporting fire from the troops without accurate co-ordinates being supplied. The raw courage displayed was outstanding, truly the Greatest Generation. The machinations by politicians and the photo op over the flag. Although an iconic image, I can't help but feel a little disgusted at politicians wanting a souvenir when they weren't involved in the sacrifice to obtain those results. We owe those that fought for freedom, a debt that we can never repay. God bless them and their families, who had to pick up the pieces and carry on with life, when their loved ones didn't return. Words seem so paltry and inadequate for that Generations sacrifice but for what it is worth, every day, from the bottom of my heart, I thank God for you.

My father was on Iwo Jima as a Marine. His duty was as a radio repairman for airplanes that were forced landed. He told me that when he was on sentry duty one night, a jeep drove by and failed to give the required password. As he cocked his gun and was about to fire, the jeep slammed on its brakes. Happily just US Marines. In addition, 3 years ago I met a old man who was wearing a B-29 hat. I asked him if he ever landed at Iwo Jima. He told me that his plan was the very first B-29 to land there. They lost 2 engines from flak while flying a mission over Japan and were forced to land on Iwo Jima. Upon landing he and his crew ran to a trench while Japanese machine guns were shooting at the plane. Told him of my father. Just an interesting meeting.

@rc5924

6 ай бұрын

Well according to this video that guy was a liar

@skipperwarp9

6 ай бұрын

@@rc5924not necessarily just because the airfield was safe when that first plane landed doesn’t mean it was always, especially since Japanese infiltrators would break through american lines in small groups constantly. Even after the battle was “ officially over”, the US kept an infantry regiment on the island to clear out holdouts from caves, tunnels, and bunkers which still took 3 months after the end of the battle. Also it could’ve been that these airmen were not used to machine gun bullets at such a range and were more scared than a marine who would be more used to the distance.

@OGPatriot03

2 ай бұрын

@@rc5924 The video's depth and representation of the battle is extensive, however it's FAR from depicting every soldier's location and where they would have been. Let's not forget that fact, it's detailed but it's also a best guess to fill in the gaps of documented information which is scarce. Furthermore Planes are extremely easy to see and all you would need to fire on it from a great distance would be a slight hill, something they had plenty of.. I don't doubt for a second that guns would've been firing at the first plane, which according to the video did land during the battle...

Basilone was a true bad ass. Man knew what to do at all times.

John Basilone WHAT A BADASS AND A LEGEND

what a nice surprise when u realize its a cooperation with drachinifel. very nice! quality is off the charts!

@clopec

7 ай бұрын

Expected some of the top comments to mention this!

The larger flag raised on suribachi was provided by Lt Theodore Tuttle, a humble man that I came to know in 1980

It’s fascinating to watch this video because in 1995 I had asked my stepdad to write a bio of his time in the Marines during WWII and turns out he was in the 4th Marines and fought (received a Purple Heart) on Iwo Jima at hill 382! I know this because after watching this video I pulled the letter out and reread it and he recounted exactly every step he took and it matches exactly day by day of what is in this video even his description of the “bloodiest battles” in Marine Corps history during WWII up until that point! It literally brought chills down my spine! He spent seven days in battle and saw several of his comrades get shot or blown up right next to him! He recounted how he felt he had a 50-50 chance of making it out alive. This is a very accurate video of what happened because I read it from someone who was there!

I thank ur channel 4 showing these brave men the respect they deserve. Many channels say so and so won this medal or that medal. As if it is a game show. Your channel, and ur sister channel, the Intel Report, always say either "Awarded" or "Received" a medal. That is showing the respect these men deserve. As the son of a vet, grandson, great grandson, and great great grandson of vets, I thank both channels.❤😊

This documentary is probably the best visual of a battle I've ever seen. Nice work!

Awesome having Drach on. This long format videos are super good. Thank you so much. I'm reading "So sad to fall in battle" so its great having this along

These are so well done! This channel will be a treasured resource for people to learn from for years.

An amazingly detailed account of the battle.I think with this one you hit a home run.Imagine this island right at this moment...when its really quiet you can still hear"You Die Marine"on the wind..

The friendly fire incident on D+1 at the quarry was madness. I was shaking my head at the F4U attack, and then when the ship's artillery hit just after? Unbelievable luck; Mr. Murphy was busy that day. I don't remember learning about this incident; good on you for teaching me something new.

@user-gl5yk5ys5b

3 ай бұрын

some battles in wwii had up to 10% of US casualties due to friendly fire. that happens when you combine mobile warfare with lots of artillery and lots of ground attack aircraft bombing.

@ex-navyspook

3 ай бұрын

@@user-gl5yk5ys5b Proof that the only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

@deeznoots6241

27 күн бұрын

@@user-gl5yk5ys5band then there is Kiska island where the USA suffered a load of casualties against zero Japanese soldiers due mostly to friendly fire but also to booby traps left behind by the Japanese.

You are a literal LEGEND of documentary creation my friend.

Thank you for combining videos, it's genuinely appreciated

This was very fascinating. 😢 Thank you for the extraordinary breakdown of this battle.

Just found this channel. Hell of a job on this. Your "team" (however many that may be) did their homework. Subscribing right now. Thank you for the time and effort you put in to this.

I love all of your content. I showed my wife one of your videos and she really liked it a lot as well. That is huge coming from her. She loves history but has never had an interest in war but how you showed and explain it is something that she really enjoyed. Allow me to suggest that for what you did for Iwo Jima that you consider doing the same for the Battle of Okinawa. I know that is an even bigger project I am sure but you people have what your doing perfect if my wife enjoyed it! I love you guys!

I like that you discuss each side's perspectives ahead of the fight.

This is incredible! Thank you! It is so hard to find such detailed animations of WW2 battles, and yours is the best I have yet to find!

This is extremely well done. Thank you and good job.

This is brilliant work. Thank you very much!

This is one of my favorite channels on KZread. So well researched and informative.

i love. detailed, with beautiful and objective distance but sprinkled with heartfelt empathy when needed. gives happiness to both the nerd and the story enjoyer

Love a crossover from Drach, thank you so much for releasing this as one video - onto 3rd watchthrough now!

This is what happens if you try to have family Thanksgiving dinner in your 550 square foot apartment

Truly incredible work!!! Thank you!

My great-uncle was aboard the USS Pensacola which had 114 killed two days before the invasion. My understanding is he was manning one of the large machine guns with his best friend on the ship. When the explosion arrived his friend was killed instantly by a metal shrapnel about the size of a door, and he was just a few feet away and wasn't touched. There was no time to do anything but go fight the fire after that to save the ship. My understanding about what the USS Pensacola was doing was they needed to give cover to the frogmen who were trying to de-mine the beaches before the invasion, so came in close so the attention would be put on them instead of the men in the water.

My dad was in the 5th Marine Division. He is now 97 years old and in good health. You can also find him in the Library of Congress by searching Iwo Jima Alfread Jennings

Absolutely fantastic, thank you so very much, thoroughly enjoyed the whole vid. Not sure why I missed these when they were originally released as shorter episodes. Drach's presence was a really nice surprise as well!

These videos should be shown in high schools.

Thank you so much for putting these together. A truly impressive document in it's clarity about such a humbling moment in human history.

@outofturn331

7 ай бұрын

Recorded history

Fantastic documentary work! Best I’ve seen

I thought I knew pretty much everything about the battle but I learned so much!!! This is why I love this channel.

Absolutely love the effort of these videos and the time it takes to verify all the actions of each individual battle. Please do an in-depth series of the KOKODA campaign. The stories and individual heroes… Australian,others and especially the local FUZZY is a story that deserves your dedication to the awareness you’re channel gives the audience.

I remember learning in combat engineer training that, especially in the later half of the battle, US forces didn't bother rushing Japanese positions and would just bring up dozers and collapse or fill in cave entrances. The story was they knew when all the entrances had been filled when they started hearing and feeling the 'thumps' of grenades underground, from the trapped Japanese on themselves. Also, the unit doing most of this work was the exact same as the one targeted in that final mission, coincidence?

@vinny142

7 ай бұрын

"Also, the unit doing most of this work was the exact same as the one targeted in that final mission, coincidence?" First; Bulldozing is a common tactic against trenches and tunnels. There is nothing special about that; when people are dug in the easiest way of killing them is to bury them alive. It's not nice, but neither are flametanks, napalm, nuclesar bombs and stealth bombers. There is no civilized way if killing a person. Second: You need to be much much less gullible: "The story was they knew when all the entrances had been filled when they started hearing and feeling the 'thumps' of grenades underground" The japanese were dug in so deeply that even the mighty 19" shells from battleships could not reach them and still you believbe that the pathetic pop of a handgrenade would be detectable on the surface? And why would the japanese not simoply try to dig their way out? The US army didn't even find most of the entrances at all, that's how the japanese kept popping up. Be... less... gullible. Next you'll be telling me that the japanese surrendered when they saw a flametank coming. This is another myth. The japanese carried out suicide missions flygin their airplanes into a wall of flak, they did not care about your flametank at all, they welcomed a warrior's death.

@fortusvictus8297

7 ай бұрын

@@vinny142 You should watch the video. The whole last segment is how most of the remaining force not only left their bunkers but conducted a night land navigation without being detected by nearby Marine units, and focused on this engineer camp. They bypassed thousands of marines to target this camp. You should really learn to read and listen critically.

@shotnothing3419

7 ай бұрын

​@@fortusvictus8297you sound like you drank the kool aid lmao

@RobinTheBot

7 ай бұрын

The more angry and confident a comment is, especially a correction, the more likely it is to be nonsense. Especially when you realize the angry poster above thinks sounds can't travel well through rock because shells couldn't penetrate it ... Yeah, I know. Just wait till he learns about tank kills without penetration. Like, just think of water ... shells can't go fast in it at all, but the sound of a hand grenade going off travels for miles. That's bc sound has little to nothing to do with penetration. He's not a historian, or an expert, you can see from his other comments. He just thought "shells can't get in, grenade can't get out" and in doing so spat on the honest testimony of dozens of heroes. There's lots of evidence to the contrary in the very video he's ignoring! He outright states in another comment his Anti-America Bias. He's a idealogue here to publically grind an axe. Just truly sad behavior. And I'm sure he was proud of that embarrassing shit.

@RobinTheBot

7 ай бұрын

​@@fortusvictus8297Well said. The crazies will be crazy, but I see you.

I have been on that beach in 2008. I walked up that slope of black beach. There is nowhere to hide and the defense can see them all.

Amazing content as usual. Thank you

As always fabulous work old stick! 👍

This was fantastic! My grandfather was a corpsman with the 2nd Marine Division on Saipan and Tinian...it would be so awesome if you could do the same video for those battles

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

6 ай бұрын

My Father was on both islands in the 4th Marine Division. He always told me that for him Saipan was the worst of the four landings that he made, including Iwo Jima. I guess it depends when and where you are in any given battle.

@mikewhite965

6 ай бұрын

Do you know what regiment and company he was in? The only record for corpsman was the battalion they were assigned to and he was in the 1st battalion 2nd Marine Regiment. From the limited stories he told I'm pretty sure he was assigned to a rifle company but don't know which one.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

6 ай бұрын

We'll, there are four Companies in a USMC Battalion so 1st Battalion, 2nd Regt should be enough information to get you a fairly small list of names... from the US Government at least if you order his service record. It's not rocket science and since you're his son it shouldn't cost you much if anything at all to get them sent to you.@@mikewhite965

Fantastic vid. I’ve studied the 2nd World War for a huge portion of my life. Regarding the battle of Iwo? This is absolutely one of the best, if not The Best that I have ever seen. Details matter…that’s a given. You simply put the details in perspective and show the “fog” that is tactical warfare. Great, Great job sir. Thank You!

Excited for this all-in-one video. keep up the excellent work

Not just a beautiful animation, but a complete historical documentary... congratulations... greetings from Brazil

Believe it or not this could have been much much worse. The Japanese had plans to link both sides of the island through tunnels. They were unable to do so due to conflicts between the army & navy over strategy. If they had casualties for the Americans could have been doubled.

If you could do an in depth video like this on the Battle of Okinawa that would be amazing.

This was my favorite series on your channel and I watched it so many times

The attention to detail in this is stunning. Thank you.

This series is so good. Since I watched the original release months ago l, when I read or hear Iwo Jima, my mind automatically pictures the black volcano on the bottom left corner animated in this series!

Find someone in life who is as good to you as Operations Room is to us.

That was awesome! Thank you.

Brilliant offering. Absolutely brutal battle.

It is always a very good time when this channel releases a video, but this video... wow. I knew of this battle, of course... but this recap leaves a sour taste. Good work! All those flags...

The american loss are horrific, the marines really fought a battle like few armed forces did in history. Those man should never be forgotten 😊

My favorite series from this channel!

Ahh this made me go watch Letters from Iwo Jima again. Was awesome to watch it again while knowing more about the assault. Great upload, again. Thank you.

The fact that men on Iowa Jima were still fighting a good four years after the war ended is kind of nuts to think about. I know that Hiroo Onoda, Teruo Nakamura, and Shoichi Yokoi made history by not surrendering or being captured until the 1970s, but to me there's something extra grim about the Iowa Jima men holding out for years after the surrender of Japan since the conditions for them were particularly hellish

@spearfisherman308

5 ай бұрын

That was at the Philippines