Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 14 of battle of midway from Japanese Perspective , Image used in this video depicts Imperial Japanese Naval Carrier Soryu at Battle of Midway Link of the playlist kzread.info/head/PLGjbe3ikd0XHzcsNpM8r8Z5NRMk_BaaCe Link of Part 1 kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4ujt7mlfdWrlNY.html Link of Part 2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYl7tqarhJTXgMo.html Link of Part 3 kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6hmx8OMYMiwo5M.html Link of Part 4 kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3qJp8ujlKqzccY.html Link of Part 5 kzread.info/dash/bejne/paOT29Ftd6yXhJs.html Link of Part 6 kzread.info/dash/bejne/i66c2qt8aa2foZc.html Link of Part 7 kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zol70LawmarWf6Q.html Link of Part 8 kzread.info/dash/bejne/c2ut24-LmLrckdI.html Link of Part 9 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qYNhvJJpiJPfaLg.html Link of Part 10 kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJyLkqSrpqrTY5M.html Link of Part 11 kzread.info/dash/bejne/fHmkvKWwpK7fgLA.html Link of Part 12 kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKB2w9SHiK-tfLw.html Link of Part 13 kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4qk1bOnh627XcY.html

@stischer47

3 ай бұрын

This explains so much of the IJN's actions immediately after the bombing of the Soryu, Kaga, and Akagi. Although many sources condemned Nagumo for turning towards the Americans, this explains his actions. As flawed as they were, they make sense in light of IJN doctrine and Japanese social culture.

@sgt.grinch3299

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Sir. I appreciate your hard work.

@sgt.grinch3299

3 ай бұрын

I’m here to help Al Gore’s Rhythm.

@WW2Tales

3 ай бұрын

@sgt.grinch3299 Very kind of you Sir as " always "

Speaking from personal experience, I strongly believe that your series is highly addictive, and thus should be illegal

@hydroplaneing

3 ай бұрын

Withdrawal symptoms will be a bitch!

@WW2Tales

3 ай бұрын

@yannistsili6585 Sir thank you so much for your kind words and appreciation :)

This series is amazing. I have been fascinated by Midway for 20 years. This is simply the best, most thoughtful information I have ever heard from the Japanese perspective. 👏🏼👍🏼

@WW2Tales

3 ай бұрын

@rickj.9202 thank you so much Sir for your positive feedback

Yamagushi’s decision to send the second strike is what got Hiryu destroyed, Enterprise got her location from that, and sent her strike based on that. And Hiryu wasn’t going to out run the two Yorktown class carriers.

Nice discussion about why the Admirals insisted on taking Hiryu to the hoped for gun and torpedo fight.

This is wild, so eye opening

Thank you. I am enjoying this series immensely.

Nagumo's last act was, in essence, a final banzai charge.

An interesting take on explaining the behavior of the Hiryu after its three sister ships were destroyed.

Another mistake that the Japanese made at Midway was to move Hiryu too close to the American carriers, 90 miles. Carriers should not be that close to an enemy fleet. Japanese planes had longer range than American planes. Hiryu could have opened the range and still attack. Closing the range with your only remaining carrier was reckless. It showed that confusion reined and no one was in charge.

One must recall that the Japanese Pilots fought in the Samurai mode... all they took into the cockpit was a sword, a headband, and that was it- no parachute, no life vest, no life boats.... you fought until you died. That's why they lost almost all their aircraft and pilots... if they crash landed in the ocean, they had to tread water or become shark bait.

@edwardadams9358

3 ай бұрын

It didn't add much to a training regime for replacement pilots.

Doing my small part for the algorithm

@WW2Tales

3 ай бұрын

@davidsmith7372 thank you so much Sir David, regards

Thanks.

@WW2Tales

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome

POV, you don't need steering when you are about to be sunk😀

With three aircraft carriers lost in the first US strike against Kido Butai, the writer felt it necessary to count the air group losses of the American force, I suppose in an effort to save face on the pages. BTW, some historians claim it was Admiral Mitscher's command that sent Hornet's attack force on the flight to nowhere and he lied about it in his after action reports.

Inordinate amount of time spent on small details, easily laid out in one paragraph. Almost 10 minutes on the location of a bomb hit. Abe is pronounced Ahba (long a) why do these videos use AI narration? It was aerial bombing that inflicted heavy damage on battleship Yamamoto, torpedo damage was later. Especially as U.S. torpedo bombers were not very affective at this stage of the war.

Linoleum covered deck? Made from linseed oil-very flammable. Whose idea was that?

Extremely well documented account. But please it’s simple Japanese names are simply pronounced as they are written: Abe (“A” as in Aa, “be”as is Belgium) or Genda (“Ge” as in Game).

@WW2Tales

3 ай бұрын

Copied Sir, regards

Another very interesting video and the commenatary continues to improve although I've never heard of 'shining' down a rope - 'shinning'? I think the criticisme of Adm Yamaguchi is fair but shouldn't it have been levelled at Adm Yaamoto as the overall commander. Surely he was the one whose job was to look at the overall picture? Perhaps a communication problem but from what was said maybe he was too shattered to think clearly.

@dannyski6912

3 ай бұрын

Admiral Yamamoto was not in command of the carrier strike force. In fact, he was far removed from the events as they unfolded, at least a day of hard sailing behind.

@ramblerdave1339

2 ай бұрын

Shinnying! Yamamoto. Your welcome. You may have had the correct spelling for the first one, Android spell check tried to change my correct spelling, too.

"shining"=shinnying

The Japanese had the will to fight, the Americans had the will to win. I transcribed and repeat here the following from this video (with minor changes to improve the sense of it): “[Japanese societal norms] value the integrity of an act more than it’s likely results. There is a ready acceptance of the nobility of failure while giving it one’s best effort. One of the most popular Japanese expressions is ganbatte: _Please continue trying to do your best._ This principle applies equally when the task is difficult, odious or even doomed; winning is optional. [Likewise, trying] in a fashion that is not honorable _today_ is more important [condemned?] than the long-term implications for tomorrow. This attitude is part of the enduring fascination of [with?] the Japanese navy because it is so alien to western modes of thinking. […] Later in the war, when Japan’s defeat was both assured and readily apparent to all parties concerned, acts of folly and despair on the part of the Japanese would be more understandable.” Yes, it is alien to western minds and no, it is not more understandable to western minds as the war concluded. The principle of calculated risk and ganbatte are total opposites. The two-dimensional thinking of the tactical, personal and visual is at odds with the strategic, objective and abstract. While I accept this was a major component of Japanese thought I do not understand it. It is a divorce of cause from effect.

@riverlady982

3 ай бұрын

What I've learned from listening to so many of these is that their leaders would rather die and take everyone including the entire civilian population with them than admit to defeat and there's nothing honorable about that, never will be and never was. It's honestly just sad and makes me angry that they sent so many people to their deaths, particularly towards the end, knowing it would make no difference but leading them to believe it would make all the difference in the world.

@riverlady982

3 ай бұрын

What I've learned from listening to so many of these is that the high up leadership at a certain point knew they couldn't win but kept sending people to their deaths because they'd rather die and take everyone including the civilian population with them then admit defeat, they were ridiculously 'proud' men. The fact they sent men on kamikaze missions makes them even worse men because they knew they couldn't win and kept telling those men that they'd make all the difference in the world by giving their lives up when they knew they wouldn't. They treated the people beneath them like they were their gods and they acted like they believed they were gods. If they really believed they were doing the right thing they would have told them the truth of where the war was at and at their chances.

@edwardadams9358

3 ай бұрын

The Japanese had no tradition of honorable surrender. Defeat in the long warring states period in Japan was the same as death. The defeated were slaughtered.

@terrulian

3 ай бұрын

To be fair, the phrase "death before dishonor" is at least as old as the Roman Seneca. We in America often honor this sort of bravery as well. But our high command was not wedded to this tradition and was much more pragmatic and strategic.

Oh, please. The Japanese lost that war the second they bombed Pearl Harbor.

What a disaster!

@104thDIVTimberwolf

3 ай бұрын

Not for us Americans!

Listening to this narrative, you would almost get the idea that the Japanese won the Battle of Midway.

Comment.

@AndrewBlucher

3 ай бұрын

Agree

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@WW2Tales

3 ай бұрын

@George-vf7ss Sir thank you so much for your kind support, regards

@sgt.grinch3299

3 ай бұрын

Of what?

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@WW2Tales

3 ай бұрын

Very kind of you sir 🙏💐

@sgt.grinch3299

3 ай бұрын

Of what? Should I not step in it?

Entertaining, but much of it speculation or outright fiction.

Nugumo was. Willing bottom.