Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 3 of memoirs of a Japanese Destroyer Captain, He was an Imperial Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War and the author of the IJN manual on torpedo attack techniques, notable for his skill in torpedo warfare and night fighting. He was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the Unsinkable Captain. A hero to his countrymen, Captain exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders: highly skilled, hard driving, and aggressive. Moreover, he maintained a code of honor worthy of his samurai grandfather. He was as free with praise for American courage and resourcefulness as he was critical of himself and his senior commanders. He was the only IJN destroyer captain at the start of World War 2 to survive the entire war Here is the link of the playlist kzread.info/head/PLGjbe3ikd0XEgpZaJTo25BGLPJDrer821 Link of Part 1 kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZYmXr9B8m6bHp7A.html Link of Part 2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXiqw7B6p5DWn5s.html

@philipwhite198

7 ай бұрын

😅

@sgt.grinch3299

6 ай бұрын

This is a very interesting story. I’m enjoying the Captains perspective.

This account and the one about the Zero pilot are absolutely captivating. Cannot wait for additional material….Well done!!!.

@WW2Tales

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Sir 🙏 your support is much appreciated

@sirboomsalot4902

7 ай бұрын

Do you mean “Samurai!”? If so, unfortunately a lot of that was just Martian Caiden making shit up like usual and occasionally using the words of Saburo Sakai.

we need more Japanese tales. They have a way of storytelling that is amazing. and also it`s good to know how and what they did during those times

As a junior officer in Japan, I had the opportunity to tour an active JMSDF destroyer. I was amazed at how clean the engineering spaces were. We had to slip on covers for our shoes so as not to track dirt into those spaces.

@thomasmurray3920

7 ай бұрын

If I recall correctly, it being over 40 years ago, it was the JDS Asagumo.

@WW2Tales

7 ай бұрын

@thomasmurray3920 Sir thank you so much for sharing these wonderful memories from past

He did not understand that US subs had useless torpedoes at that time. A quality human being, but not psychic. Thanks for this wonderful account. 😎

@chesterwortham5525

7 ай бұрын

Useless captains too at the start

@drivebyquipper

7 ай бұрын

They weren't useless. Give it a rest.

@tannertempleton3404

7 ай бұрын

​The Torps or the commanders? Because early WW2 US torpedoes were so unbelievably flawed as to be essentially useless. ​@@drivebyquipper

@gslogar1

7 ай бұрын

They were very underwhelming to say the least. What is a shameful is the brass refused to accept the flaws of the torpedos and blamed the sub skipper. It took two years for the brass to accept the idea the US Navy design was really bad. The electric torpedos made all the difference and the sub became the terror they were intended to be.

@drivebyquipper

7 ай бұрын

@@Captain_Planets It wouldn't help much. The torpedoes were far from useless. People will say anything on the internet. They are all-knowing know-nothings.

I wonder if the author of the memoir was aware of the murder of the Australian and Dutch soldiers who surrendered at Ambon

@steveelsholz5297

6 ай бұрын

It's pretty obvious there's a helluva lot he didn't know.

Big part of why Japan lost the war is how they treated their own soldiers, sailors and ordinary citizens. They were repressed and brutalized. The author of this account rarely saw his family. The news reaching the population was mostly lies. Catastrophic though it was, It seems like losing the war was the best thing that could have happened to Japanese society.

I wish someone would do something like this about the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point of view.

@RicArmstrong

7 ай бұрын

That would be great!

@Dularr

7 ай бұрын

That would be interesting. A series where the North Vietnamese lost evey single battle.

@RicArmstrong

7 ай бұрын

@@Dularr The NVA were very tough fighters and won many battles.

@sirboomsalot4902

7 ай бұрын

I’m sure there are memoirs written in Vietnamese, they just need translated

@daleburrell6273

7 ай бұрын

​@@RicArmstrong...AW, GO BACK TO KISSING HO CHI MINH'S PICTURE- AND STOP BOTHERING THE REST OF US!!!

Ty for the content!

Loving the content and presentation. Way too many ads though!

I had an old friend years ago that was on a sub during the war I remember him saying he had 3505 shipmates still on patrol

Now, his excellent type will be on our side. (Photo: Ship seems running fast and war flag is straight out. Also, might we imagine bobbing heads in the water?)

Battle of the Java Sea…⚓️

I am learning so much about Japanese culture that I think im turning Japanese.

@mainiacjoe

7 ай бұрын

Obligatory kzread.info/dash/bejne/oHutm9eoncTNf5c.htmlsi=iCbhkQyFJIddXaTVv

@sirboomsalot4902

7 ай бұрын

That’s not how that works, but I’m glad you’re learning at least

@kirbyculp3449

7 ай бұрын

Do you really think so? Think so? Think so?

@erichughes284

7 ай бұрын

@@kirbyculp3449 Lmfao maybe not but you get it .

@treystephens6166

7 ай бұрын

If you’re not born Japanese you’ll never be Japanese.

In the end what was left of his navy...didn't amount to anything 😅

It is impossible to navigate your way through these episodes by subject or in chronological order.

@WW2Tales

7 ай бұрын

@glenwoodriverresidentsgrou136 Sir , when ever you watch some video ,you will find a link of playlist of that series in video description ,go to that link and you will find all the parts in sequence ,secondly the easiest way is to go to comments section of the video you are watching ,see the first comment (it will be a pinned comment by channel WW2 Tales) ,In this comment you will find the links of all the previous parts of that series ,how ever in order to watch next parts ,you have to go to playlist ,Kind Regards

I always thought Java Sea and not Savo Island was worst Naval battle defeat in the Pacific because of how vulnerable it left Allies at a time when the Kido Butai was at strength and vulnerable for Allied survivors captured as well. The KIA count was comparable. . Hell the Allies couldn't imagine what range the type 93 torpedo was capable of for a couple of years. They kept blaming undetected subs for sinking their vessels

@steveelsholz5297

6 ай бұрын

Uh, the Java Sea battle, while technically a draw, was in actuality an Allied Victory. We damaged and prevented an aircraft carrier from joining the battle of Midway, but more important, they lost a large # of planes and veteran pilots their system couldn't replace. We lost far fewer planes and could easily replace the pilots. The Savo Island battle was the worst naval defeat in American history.

@icewaterslim7260

6 ай бұрын

@@steveelsholz5297 I believe you are confusing the Battle of the Coral Sea with the earlier Java Sea Battle which was a Gunboat Surface battle opposing Japan's invasion of the Dutch East Indies that saw the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) Naval Force virtually annihilated nearly to a vessel. According to the illuminating narrative of this IJN Destroyer Captain only the Dutch Flagship was sunk on the first night. But the rest were hunted down and subsequently sunk with their surviving crews captured along Java's coastline or at Sundra Strait with only four US Destroyers escaping via Bali Strait to Australia. I understated the KIA count in my previous reply. It was approximately 2,173 Allied sailors lost. I believe that along with the Allied Sailors imprisoned to labor on the infamous Thai-Burma Railway underscores my assessment of this engagement being our bigger loss than at the Battle of Savo Island.

The narration is improved. Even "Hiroshima" was pronounced correctly.

You keep what you sow

@jamwri671

7 ай бұрын

Japan won the War😂

@gordonhaire9206

7 ай бұрын

Reap, not keep.

@treystephens6166

7 ай бұрын

I guess the Japanese Navy & Army started the War without the Emperor’s consent???

Hiroshima girl? Sorry about your luck.

why subtitles are so late

Releasing torpedoes at 16,000 meters? A ridiculous waste of ammunition. Why, earlier in the conflict, the Allied force did not strive to cross the T when they had the chance is truly baffling. Bombing of naval vessels by B-17s was notoriously ineffective throughout the war. As others have commented, American torpedoes were quite ineffective early in the war. They were prone to hitting a target without exploding.

maps, maps, maps. to many thing happening no clear over all picture.

@matthewsullivan5531

7 ай бұрын

Open Google maps on another tab.

@MrSimplyfantabulous

7 ай бұрын

Especially in a battle with more course changes than a Frenchman's dinner

@sirboomsalot4902

7 ай бұрын

There are maps for most of the battles in the version of this book I read (which is the one currently available on Amazon)

I am coming to really dislike this narrator-bot for pronunciation, at least it doesn’t sing song the script which seems to be fashionable with so many humans these days🙄

@ranhat2

7 ай бұрын

Very British and talented, if a bot. Human B is more likely, and probably well paid.

@dougmoore4326

7 ай бұрын

@@ranhat2 yes, a good bot indeed, but the pronunciation errors and grammatical nightmares that result would not have been there with a human reader unless they are very sloppy and ignorant. Having done a lots of long form narration voice professional work myself, I always know when I misread a word or flub a pronunciation and I would never allow such errors out of the studio. It is so easy to just ‘stop tape’ for a moment and redo the word or phrase there is no excuse for not doing it. Plus, a professional would always have a third party listen to the raw recording to catch such errors. It strikes me as a real possibility that this as produced by non English speakers as to any Brit or american the errors would be so glaring as to be fingernails on a blackboard!

@josepheckenrode3909

7 ай бұрын

The voice is Simon Winchester, or a bot trained on his work. I wonder if he knows this channel is using his likeness or work. The mispronunciations may be an attempt by the channel to circumvent copyright.