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@MrArtbv

19 күн бұрын

Jesus Christ.. It's NOT Rab-a-ul, it's Rah-BALL, It, NOT Tru-ek, it's TRUCK. AND it just goes on and on... You should watch old documentaries like "Victory at Sea" for correct pronunciations. It's obvious theses are names you've only read.. not heard spoken.

The Australians defeated the Japanese on the Kokoda Track (not trail - that is the American description). There were no Americans there. And the Battle of Milne Bay was mainly fought by Australian troops and was the first land defeat of the Japanese. The Kokoda Track involved a tactical withdrawal along a treacherous track which cause the Japanese, who vastly outnumbered the Australians, to overstretch their supply lines and almost starve. Then the Australians went on the offensive. Macarthur was a micro manager who blamed the Australians for being cowardly but he failed to understand the terrain, the Australian tenacity and the strength of the Japanese from the comforts of his HQ in Brisbane. He repeated these same mistakes in the battle of the northern coastal villages of PNG where Australian troops were triumphant but just due to the meddling and lack of understanding of the battle by Macarthur. American played a huge role in the Pacific but I am over the Americans claiming all the credit and not realising the role Australia played and the huge defeats inflicted on the Japanese by the Australians in PNG.

@UncleDansVintageVinyl

19 күн бұрын

As an American, let me salute you for this excellent, accurate comment.

@bwilliams463

17 күн бұрын

Fair enough. Just remember to blame MacArthur, not all of us. You've got me sufficiently intrigued to go do some research.

@Cummo1963

17 күн бұрын

@@bwilliams463 Not trying to detract from the bravery and work of the US throughout the Pacific. An Australian militia battalion - the 39th from Victoria, meant for homeland defence and undertrained, found themselves facing up to 5000 battle hardened Japanese along the Kokoda Track. They did a tactical withdrawal to pull the Japanese into the jungle and to stretch its supply lines. It worked but there was not much left of the 39th. Our main battle hardened troops were caught up in North Africa (my uncle was one of them). Macarthur could not understand the retreat nor the low casualties as it was thick jungle on a track a few feet wide. Fighting along the way was often hand to hand and there was never any wide scale front. When reinforcements arrived the Aussies pushed the Japanese all the way back. Around this time a largely Australian force repelled with Japanese landing at Milne Bay. It took another two years to push the Japanese out of Japan. Dad used to fly DC3s over the Owen Stanley Ranges with troops and supplies on board. There are lot of PNG battles fought mainly by the Australians that never get a mention.

@bwilliams463

17 күн бұрын

@@Cummo1963 Thanks for the extra info. As I said, I'm going to seek out information on Australia's contributions to the War. Were Anzacs separate from the actual Australian military?

@konstruct11

16 күн бұрын

Many people died because of certain generals incompetence just like in Korea, taking the North Koreans as not effective and not reacting to the Chinese presents caused a lot of unnecessary deaths

One thing people overlook is how much the PBY flying boats contribute to the destruction of the Japanese shipping in the South Pacific.

@redstarlegion7009

21 күн бұрын

US Navy Black Cats: PBY's that went after Japanese convoys.

@dennynoname815

21 күн бұрын

@@redstarlegion7009 We desperately need a modern version of the legendary Black Cats. #flynavy

@redstarlegion7009

21 күн бұрын

@@dennynoname815 Yes we do.

@voxfan7403

21 күн бұрын

More overlooked is that the most effective submarine campaign ever waged against shipping was the US Navy's Pacific sub fleet's devastation of Japanese shipping. This despite the prolonged delay attributable to an initial dysfunctional torpedo and a Navy weapons bureau with its head up its butt. Germany never came close to isolating the UK by submarine, while the US strangled Japan by submarine despite the late start.

@the1magageneral323

21 күн бұрын

@@dennynoname815 I thought we had an aircraft similar to the PBY.

The Beaufighter, "Whispering Death" : The most American British Fighter, with 4- 20mm cannon in the nose it was a commercial ship's Nightmare.

@dougcastleman9518

17 күн бұрын

And in addition 6 .303 machine guns in the wings…very heavily armed.

@timsytanker

12 күн бұрын

Nothing American about it. It would be more accurate to say the yank medium bombers were the most ‘British’

@Titus-as-the-Roman

12 күн бұрын

@@timsytanker average "Americans" (not everybody is a *amn Yankee), Enough Guns wasn't enough, and they never saw one too big. The Brits were still using that 303 at least could strafe the ground, Go a Local Gun range here in the states (not all states) any weekend, boy are you going to be glad we're allies.

Really enjoyed the video. One point - as an Australian whose father served in the RAAF during WWII, no Aussie would ever refer to our Air Force as the R, A, A, F. It is universally known as the R double AF. Also concur with the earlier comment made about MacArthur & his bungling use of Australian Army forces, & his disinclination to recognise their vital contributions in PNG.

DO WE REALLY HAVE TO WATCH "CRITICAL PAST" IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN FOR OVER 12 MINUTES??

@chrisdavis3642

5 күн бұрын

I agree Someone's retarded idea to totally ruin archival material!

One of your best videos yet in my opinion.Thanks HIDDEN HISTORY.

It must have really sucked, to be on a packed transport ship being attacked by waves of allied bombers and heavy fighters. If the troops were "lucky", and made it New Guinea, they faced combat in an awful tropical shithole.

@davidforbes7772

20 күн бұрын

It was even worse to be a POW packed into a transport and then sunk by an Allied submarine, as sadly many Jap transports were. I guess my Dad was lucky in that he was transported from Singapore to Formosa (now Taiwan) early in the war, before the Allied subs started their successful campaign.

Keeping the grade A content rolling love it!

@DaveSCameron

21 күн бұрын

Hear hear.

By March 1943 the crews of Beaufighter, A20, B25, B17 and PBY were veterans and had trained in skip bombing. B17 efficacy against ships improved further later. Nose cannon armamament of the Beaufighter was so good a heavier version was fitted to both B25G and A20G which though popular, arrived too late for most of the Bismark Sea engagements.

Stock photos should have maps instead. Those are available in several books, many of which include stock photos lifted from these camera-videos.

All that time naming all the ships was a waste of time.

I suggest the book INDESTRUCTIBLE, ONE MAN'S RESCUE MISSION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF WWII by J0hn Bruning. It is the story of the man, his mission, and what he did to realize success. He owned a small airline. He always had a plane. Low altitude strikes are his invention. He put a machine-gun wherever he could on the available planes.

Do you have to have the critical past logo in the middle of the picture?

That plane on the thumbnail doesn't exist!

@paulbrogger655

20 күн бұрын

AI at work -- it's only beginning . . .

@kellywright540

20 күн бұрын

@@paulbrogger655🤦‍♀️

@kellywright540

20 күн бұрын

I was flipping through videos that KZread recommended and caught this thumbnail and had to look a little closer. I was like, a twin engined B17? Wait, what?!?! 🤦‍♀️

@mybadluckcharm

16 күн бұрын

@@kellywright540 B-17 meets Ju 88 that crashed and melded with a B-26 Marauder. It's insane. In-sanity.

You talk on and on about troop movements to this place and that place while showing a submarine, planes or ship on fire, etc. Maps. I had to look up a map to follow what movements you were talking about. In retrospect, I could just watch another channel that shows the maps instead of BW footage of subs, ships, fires, etc. Best of luck.

@user-qs4ti1bh6e

6 күн бұрын

Don't you find that you learn more and get more satisfaction from doing research on your own? I think it's great that you were inspired/motivated to do a little of your own due diligence. Definitely a lot to keep one busy in WW2 Pacific.

Please show more mapping ✅

A note: the thumbnail shows an AI rendered “plane”. No such airplane existed. AI fail.

those ships are so small compared to a 240,000 ton container ship. a C3 was almost 8,000 tons.

Excellent discussion and detailed tactical review.

Giving History Channel a run for there money!

@scroungasworkshop4663

20 күн бұрын

“They’re” not there.👍

China AI bot factory appreciate you continued patronage.

Goddamn, one long sentence.

What is the difference between a Transport Ship and a Merchant ship ?

Once Japan's ability to supply its many bases the war was already over. No food, fuel, ammo or other supplies. The US sub fleet really did a big job.

@user-qs4ti1bh6e

6 күн бұрын

By the autumn of 1944 the Imperial Navy was substituting unrefined crude oil for Bunker-C fuel oil in their ships. Took it straight from the ground into their ships.

Can no one teach an AI reader that the Japanese name Abe has two syllables, A - be, Ah - bay. Honestly not Abe.

I must be very careful with my choice of grammar especially when the subject is our erstwhile sworn enemy Japan from #WW2, I am only now able to comment again due to YT deeming my comments on a similar topic last Friday was “Hate Speech “. So let’s just say I am grateful once again for your work and effort uploading this and keep it up please 🙏 🇬🇧🎚️📚☘️

@marccrotty8447

21 күн бұрын

Dave. I am on permanent "shadow" banning from big brother. Half my posts disappear.

@LongJohnLiver

18 күн бұрын

​@marccrotty8447 Lol you're not. It's long been known that KZread eats comments. You can fix it by adjusting your settings. There's videos right here on KZread about how to fix it.

@marccrotty8447

18 күн бұрын

@@LongJohnLiver Thank you for this direction. I will find video and make setting changes.

R.A.A.F. pronounced R double A. F.

@stischer47

21 күн бұрын

Interestingly I looked up the pronunciation at it was R.A.A.F. not R double A F...British perhaps?

@Nitedawg1

21 күн бұрын

@@stischer47yeh I don’t know where he got that

@johnmorgan4313

21 күн бұрын

I just happen to be an Australian who has always lived in Australia with relation having served in the R.A.A.F. which terminology we use here R. Double A. F. In Australia. Your lack of knowledge of Australia is acknowledged.

@Nitedawg1

21 күн бұрын

@@johnmorgan4313 I just said I didn’t know where you got it since I’d never heard that before but I didn’t say you were wrong. In the states we say r a a f but it sounds more cool the way you say it. I guess that would also help distinguish it more from the R. A. F.. Also have a lot of respect for Australia and don’t think they get enough credit for what they did in ww2. Did you ever hear the story of that team who kiak’d all the way to Singapore to blow up some ships there?

@joelspringman523

20 күн бұрын

Thank you for the info. Our Oz cousins kicked @$$!!!

wow

Who writes this stuff? 17.47 "By the third of March, as the convoy neared Milne Bay, at Papua's south-eastern extremity". What next - did they pass by Brisbane and Sydney? In reality, Milne Bay was 500km away from the convoy and nowhere near it's intended path. Your lack of decent maps and other annotation in your videos creates a problem, as neither your audience, nor apparently you, have a clear picture as to what's going on. It's all just words.

The Japanese codes were broken 😂😂😂.

I know that the PBY was not meant for air combat, but did it have any defensive armament?

@paulreilly3904

20 күн бұрын

Yes. Machine guns could be deployed from the blisters. It could certainly be armed. Have a look, there's plenty of information out there.

@joelspringman523

20 күн бұрын

@@paulreilly3904 Thanks.

@Gwaithmir

20 күн бұрын

My father flew a PBY during WWII. He patrolled the coast near Corpus Cristi, TX and hunted German U-boats.

I have a 6.3 inch Flaccid

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This was an entirely ANZAC operation USA barely tolerated. Where did B25s come from by th way?

This is a great channel especially for the people that like statistics but do you really need that big ugly watermark in the middle of the screen?

Do you mean Leyte? If you do, it is pronounced "lay-tee".

That Critical Past watermark is annoying.

Monotone AF

The watermark in the MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN is quite ANNOYING..... GREAT VIDEO otherwise

Get rid of the Critical History junk from the middle of the screen and I may watch more of your videos. I got tired this one and disengaged at about four minutes.

R Double A F

@STScott-qo4pw

6 күн бұрын

And damned capable.

Ok but what plane was that in the thumbnail? Looks like an ai generated b17 abortion

@clintstephens7287

21 күн бұрын

The B-17 with ejection seats lol.

@brookeshenfield7156

21 күн бұрын

B-17s have four engines.

@kellywright540

20 күн бұрын

@@brookeshenfield7156Amen Brookie!

@brookeshenfield7156

17 күн бұрын

@@kellywright540 Bless you Kellie!

'Engrossingly' *_boring,_* and [even] with a 'captivatingly engaging' monotone delivery - the likes of which only defy description, despite with 'what[?]' communiqué transpires between MacArthur's strategic concern between Admiral 'Shoguyakimatsumishi's self-sacrificing counter-offensive deception endlessly dragging-on betwixt the 469th Naval Attachment overseeing Port Jargon-Balangoktikki-finicky ('lying somewhere' [now] beneath the depths of the vast Pacific), to the point of undermining the last of the 382nd Royal Armoured Australian Special Task-Force King's 'Jolly-Ho' Musketeers Battalion survivor's (who've thus far managed to get this far! ... ), now struggling to 'just make ends' with whatever island they may be lost within this dialogue ... And with little to go on (but _hardtack_ and expired _bully-beef_ flotsam), caring less without barely a [recognizable] map nor justifying face to recognize their own 'wits'-end' countenances with whatever _that_ may mean to contribute towards their (including, _our)_ sanity's 'sake', or 'meaning' behind their [twisted] storied 'last _hurrah'_-tales, all confusingly 'tall-taled' to the viewers' waning (but forgiving) 'interest' - 'conveniently' jumbled-in within the innumerable lost jungles of Java and sunken archipelagos of 'Jing-a-lingoo-land' lingo - *_I_* (likely along with others here, who've [only painstakingly] managed to plough-through this 'lecture') ain't got a *_goddamn clue_* (nor care anymore) of 'what in hell's going on here! ... Perhaps _'that'_ (amongst other 'illusionary apologal' accounts) then, is the 'true-story' nature of war. And _that's_ the way *_I_* goddamn-well 'see' it, _'mister!'_

It's pronounced "truck", not "trook". Half your footage has nothing to do with the combat action you're reporting.

Please get a real person who knows how to pronounce the word s that are especially important. Also showing random clips of cruisers and battleships does not give one great deal of confidence.

That critical past ghost ruins the video thumbs down

Your logo, smack in the center, makes this unwatchable.

@HiddenHistoryYT

15 күн бұрын

Isn’t my logo

I hate AI

Cringe AI narration

This video is horribly ruined by your "CRITICAL PAST" sign plastered across the screen. I will have to give this video a THUMBS DOWN and warn people not to waste their time time trying to see through the stupid screen stamp that conveys the message..."Not willing to share freely without childish property distractions ".

First

I can’t stand AI art used as thumbnails…total crap images with weird looking made up aircraft.

An AI voice ain't a real voice. It ain't a person. An AI thumbnail ain't art. Your video ain't worth nothin