Ahh... Another relaxing documentary about the unimaginable horrors of war to blissfully drift asleep too.

@Theodorivs

11 ай бұрын

Same

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

hahaha - I seem to be some people's cure for insomnia

@ShadeEmberi

11 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx don't knock a talent. Just means I have to keep rewinding

@gibsonsg83

11 ай бұрын

Haha. I never thought of it that way, but it’s so true.

@MrNiceGuyHistory

11 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx History is my Ambien.

If I am listening to history, its Flash Point or its Dan Carlin. Love the work you do.

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Appreciate that Mike - Being in the same category as Dan Carlin is awesome!

The next Art of War video is up!! Check out The Pacific War Channel!! kzread.info/dron/bp8JMZizR4zak9wpM3Fvrw.html Folks - I'm headed to Normandy in Sept!! 2 weeks to hike from Cherbourg to Caen and Vlog the experience of all five WW2 landing beaches - I call it 'Hiking D-Day'. If you'd like to help the cause please consider my GoFundMe account: t.co/iJPWniPMP4

@danielsantiagourtado3430

11 ай бұрын

You guys are the best

Excellent work FPH as always!

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Appreciated K!

@theodoresmith5272

8 ай бұрын

I'm one of the biggest fans but this was kind of a flop. The part about pearl was full of post war what ifs that are full of real war holes. Why didn't the Japanese make a 3rd attack? Well let's look at it. First, fuel plays into it. The fleet didn't have time ro dilly dally much. 2nd. The loss of planes in the morning attack had greatly increased from the 1st to the 2nd attack and now the Americans would be even more ready. I think its about 30 planes shoot down out of 330. About 10% losses. What about the damaged planes? These are Japanese planes and not know for being tough. I'm saying probably double that can't be sent out again but let's make it another 30. Down to 270. These pilots took off at dawn and flew a combat mission for what 4 or 5 hours and have been in the cockpit for probably an hour before that. Vet they are tired and hungry.. And for what fuel tanks that are easily repaired as we see by the Germans in the war? Easy fix too. Pull over fuel barges and use them as floating storage tanks til the land ones are fixed. Oh and the dry docks? Ask the British how hard they are to knockout. How many air raids it had vs the drydocks on the French Atlantic coast and the raid to knock them out. Now the biggest reason. Where are the America carriers? Cause Japan doesn't know, they now need combat air patrol, scout planes, and a major force in reserve to attack if the American carriers show up.. Basically any attack formation would have been probably half the size of the morning attack, and it would have gone into an enemy waiting on them. The loss of the fleet oiler would have been more damaging then all the battleships they did hit combined. They had their chance. Japanese doctrine always went after combat ships not ships and things to wage war.

The most amazing detail that I heard for the first time here is the silver chalices because I'd heard most of the others, pretty much all. It's always nice to have details refreshed and a little extra added though. I love your work and I'm so grateful for what you do. The one detail I would like to add down here is that there were families that lost every son some as many as 4 or more because back then brothers were allowed to serve together on the same ships in the American Military. As a mother I can't even imagine surviving that kind of grief.

@FlashPointHx

10 ай бұрын

You're right - the armed forces then made it a point to divide up brothers so that if a ship when down not everyone in that family would be taken out. As a father I also wouldn't imagine losing all my children

Was a ton of fun =)!

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Opps got this out last night - let me add your links all over this - good time doing this with you!

thankyou for the excellent commentary.

One of the most educational and fascinating channel but one of the underrated ones Actually a big fan of you

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Tuhin - appreciate the comment !

@tuhins90

11 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Thank you Your brother from India

Second, nicccceee Also this might by my favorite part of WW2, at least in the pactific theatre. This was just an epic mission in the true sense of the word

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Agree Sam - think about what it would have been like if you were asked at that time to fly this. You'd have no idea it would succeed - those guys had guts !

@MrNiceGuyHistory

11 ай бұрын

I would say that Midway was the most epic operation of the Pacific War. The Doolittle raid is up there too though and was the event that set in motion the circumstances for Midway to turn the way it did.

@samwisegamgee8318

11 ай бұрын

@@MrNiceGuyHistory I can definitnely respect that. The moment when all those dauntless(?) dive bombers came in at the best possible moment and just destroyed everything would've been insane to be a part of. I just really like the concept of catching an entire empire completely off guard, and strafing through their major city completely by surprise. Must've been absolutely surreal to be flying over Tokyo to deliver that first small dose of revenge.

@MrNiceGuyHistory

11 ай бұрын

@@samwisegamgee8318 Pure adrenaline at it's finest.

I have to come to.5 star General of the Army Douglas McArthur troops under his leadership. fought on a heck of alot longer than another allied troops except our great friend and ally Australia 🇦🇺 and over seeing and helping Japan rebuild is nothing less than remarkable and I enjoy your channel very much

Nothing quite makes my day than when i see an upload from here :)

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Happy that you liked this!

This channel deserves more subscribers and will no doubt eventually get there. Let me know if you’re looking for historians with more stories and scripts. BTW, Meji is pronounced _may-jee._

The Far Eastern Air Force in the Philippines was actually scrambled by Brereton at the orders of Hap Arnold shortly after the Pearl harbor raid but eventually most of them had to land to refuel because the Japanese Army Air force planes tasked with attacking the FEAF were delayed for 6 hours by bad weather.

Great documentary

Another great amazing video thank you!😊

Really enjoyed this format! Wasn't long enough 😂

@jorge8915

10 ай бұрын

Yeah wish it was 5 hours long😅

Literally to voice is so calm and deep like my own that whatever is topić of the discusion i feel much better Just listening to it

Great episode Nitin!!!

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Doyle!!

I love this video too, im surprised you dont get wayyyy more views. I gotta spread the love and get you more views.

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Seems that YT has been shifting its way to shorts

@coryfritz9198

11 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx awww man I love your content longer like this

remember, the japanese tied p.o.w.s to mines and barrels and threw them overboard

I require one 1-hour video per chapter of Art of War

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Don't we all ? =)

@MrNiceGuyHistory

11 ай бұрын

I require three voluptuous mistresses, two attack helicopters and snipers to protect them... Alas I never get what I require. I am so oppressed...

Well done!

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Raven !

Gib this man a cookie

Great video has always

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thought I clicked on an episode of Hardcore History with that opening

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

hahaha! I took me a while to get FDR's speech for this video. I was happy which how that intro came out.

Question, in tora tora tora, it shows that the Japanese knew there were no aircraft carriers at Pearl. Is that true? It’s so weird to hear commentary that the US battleships were the main targets. I never hear that anywhere, so indeed an incredible piece of information that ties in a lot pieces. Only part of that ok movie Pearl Harbor is the Doolittle part imo. But great commentary by you both.

great

Surprised that this has so few views, your videos are great

@FlashPointHx

10 ай бұрын

Yeah YT is in an all out war against long content - it wants to be the next tik toc and is promoting the 15 -60 sec shorts

Awesome video

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Daniel!

@danielsantiagourtado3430

11 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Np

Great new format FPH. Really nice also that you include the conspiracy theories.

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Yeah - I'm kind of happy we got into that and Craig was spot on in his responses

A "What-If" question: Could the Japanese opt to not expand into the Pacific nor attack America, instead aiming for Russia? Hypothetically, that would have caught Russia in an pincer, with Germany acting as the anvil to Japan's hammer? Was the eastern area of Russia so bereft of oil that it wasn't worthwhile? Which brings up a another what-if: In the event of the British home islands surrendering to Germany, would Japan been able to receive their eastern holdings without intervention from America?

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

There is a book called 'What If" - it contains a bunch of scenarios through out history - what if the Spanish Armada won? what if Cortez was killed by the Aztec? - One of them is - what if Halifax became PM and made peace with Hitler? America would have had its own private war with Japan. But the Cold War would see the Soviets. . . you know I'm not gonna ruin it for ya

My grandfather was stationed at Pearl Harbor and survived the attack. Then he was shipped to Guadalcanal as part of the 25th infantry division. He use to go back to Pearl Harbor every year on the anniversary.

@FlashPointHx

10 ай бұрын

Its sad that there are so few survivors of WW2 left.

@pablowentscobar

10 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx It really is. He passed in 2012. I moved in with him in his last year to help out. I would spend as much time with him talking as I could. They really were a different breed of men. The ammount of absolute sh*t they went through was astonishing. They just grinned and push forward. In every aspect of life.

@FlashPointHx

10 ай бұрын

@@pablowentscobar I met a lot of WW2 vets - they never complained about anything. Guess they had seen the worst humanity had to offer and everything else was just low key to them.

@pablowentscobar

10 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Yeah, absolutely. My grandfather was real close to all the men that served in our area so I was blessed to grow up around them. One thing I really remember that sticks with me is they were always smiling and having a good time. After what they went through, just sitting around with a glass of iced tea was heaven to them. It really gave me a great lens to see life through.

Man what happened to the fall of constantinople series? I was greatly enjoying that

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Will eventually get back to that - need to brush up on Ottoman history

@sillypuppy5940

11 ай бұрын

(Spoiler) it fell. That's after the 14th century, during which they had a civil war every 10 minutes.

I can't tell if you edit videos in that certain way if you know what I mean. If his is your real voice, you have a perfect radio voice! Did you do this interview and recording live or was there a bunch of cuts?

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

We did this via Zoom chat - so very little for voice augmentation. We edited it as there were times that my little one was playing in the background and making noise.

@coryfritz9198

11 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx awwww well that makes sense

Opening with the hardcore history quote. I like it.

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Yeah - that guy is an inspiration

Done.

More than hour of content? We love to see it.

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Ha!

The Doolittle raid actually pissed MacArthur off since the planes that were lost could have been used with few to zero loss in support of the American and Filipino troops at Bataan and Corregidor.

@patrickols

11 ай бұрын

Everything that wasn’t MacNarcissiist idea was always a bad idea and would piss him off. I strongly believe he was born pissed off because his mother gave birth to him and he could not do it himself

@markgarrett3647

11 ай бұрын

@@patrickols Are you by any chance a Buttstralian?

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Corregidor was a lost cause - I think MacArthur was upset cause he probably didn't know about the raid and thus couldn't take credit for it

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

@@patrickols hahahahah

@markgarrett3647

11 ай бұрын

@@FlashPointHx That still wouldn't lose the Army Air force all of its bombers but that might not pump up the egos of those New Deal D.C. bureaucrats.

Fascinating , the Japanese were a force to be reckoned with.

hmmm... the amount of times he said Unprovoked makes it obvious it was provoked

@marniusvanderlubbe

11 ай бұрын

Japan got exactly what it asked for

Is that a white bot flying that aircraft?

This guy @flash point history deserves a whole jar of cookies

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

hahaha appreciate the cookies

The Japanese army at the time believe a brave soldier with a rifle could overwhelm a tank and American troops would flee 😂, talk about not doing your homework

Tbh honest this is very good for you that people listen to you when we go to sleep so the whole video plays and then the next video plays from your playlist so you get 7/8h of listening time per sleeping person… quick math … good tactic

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

thats why I've got millions of view hours every month! =)

@mmaml123

11 ай бұрын

Also you are the best. And im gonna listen to the whole playlist again thx legend

First, niccceee

@54032Zepol

11 ай бұрын

That's what she said! Boom roasted

More. Eh Jude!

These guys seem pretty ignorant of the event tbh.

@patrickols

11 ай бұрын

Since all the decision makers and participants are now gone unfortunately we must rely on the reports and archives left available from those days, we are all pretty ignorant of even that took place before we were ever born we can only go with what those who witness it decided to tell us for the future

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Whoa! I didn't know this emoji even existed

Thank you! I have been waiting for this video since you announced it, and especially since that teaser of the aircraft dipping below the flight deck! This video exceeded my hopes and expectations. For your first naval video, it was a homerun. I really enjoyed the new format with Craig. Truth be told, I thought was going to be Craig Symonds lol. The Doolittle Raid was a truly significant event in the Pacific War, primarily from a psychological standpoint. One could argue that no event was as impactful from tactical standpoint as Yamamoto’s argument - about the importance of the American carriers - was fortified, leading to a strategic and tactical paradigm shift. I agree with Craig in that it was a primary impetus that enabled Midway. Speaking of Midway, you could do a video on that (hint ). Though I disagree (respectfully) with him on the importance of Midway: to me, Midway was the pivotal turning point of the naval war - and perhaps the overall Pacific war. While Nimitz was vehemently opposed to using his precious remaining carriers on a PR mission, it certainly was essential for raising morale at home, especially in raising money to sustain the war effort. Once again, you educated me on some interesting facts, such as the fact that the drowned pilots were recovered and taken to SF, and the silver goblets and associated annual cognac tradition. This was truly a gem my friend! PS: thank you for mentioning the U-731 atrocities; it is (sadly) overlooked by many documentarians, content creators, and historians.

@FlashPointHx

11 ай бұрын

Chris, I love your comments - this was a learning experience for me as well. I had no idea there was a Unit 731. I stated reading into it. This was atrocity on a whole new level. They would dissect men alive. As always appreciate that you like this so much!

@ScipioAfricanus_Chris

11 ай бұрын

@Flash Point History yes, vivisections were commonplace and unspeakable human/pathogen exposures were encouraged. I learned the true extent of their horrific practices only recently I'm grad school. The Soviets had a bio weapons program of their own (Biopreparat) that became the most advanced in the world. Though their practices were far more humane. I'd recommend a book called Biohazard by Ken Alibek.