The Naval Battles That Turned The Tide Of WW2's Pacific Theater | WWII In Colour | War Stories

Japan's Military thinking in as far as the United States goes that it could win the war in a Battle of Tsushima situation in which they would wipe out the U.S. Pacific fleet and they never could quite get away from that until after the IJN was all but destroyed. As for the British and Dutch the Japanese believed they were so heavily involved inthe war in Europe they would be unable to send reinforcements to hold their far east colonies and likely regarded them as easy pickings.

FDR asked Congress to declare war, which they did. the U.S. President cannot declare war on his ( or perhaps one day her) own.

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1. t was the Australians who stopped the Japaese trying to cross the Owen Stanlry Mountains, Amweican troops arrived later, although there were American supply air drops.
2. I thought this was about naval battle. Why is there no mention of the major naval battles fought arond Guadakcanal? Unlike thesubsequebt naval battkles, they were fought while the Japanese still possessed superior naval forces.

In retrospect, I feel that the emperor should have been executed along with all his generals, advisors, all politicians, and every member of the Japanese military down to the lowest buck private, followed extremely severe civilian reprisals, and Japan made a US territory.

The US navy was pretty useless in the second world war hand it not been for the allies doing all the heavy lifting for them they wouldn't of last much longer.

The Japanese were told that the Americans had decoded their messages. The Japanese refused to believe it. They did not think the Americans were smart enough to do that.
If the Japanese were smart, they would’ve given up after midway. They had no chance America would produce all the war materials many times faster. Every death after Midway was the result of Japanese pride and stupidity.

what i cant seem to understand is how the japanese turned on the one nation that was their trading partner that had no conflict with. even shipping japan oil at rock bottom prices

The Malays were caught between two colonial powers. What a nightmare.

My pop on my dads side fought on the pacific front for the Australian Army. He saw things he never forgot. This was before PTSD was a major thing and he was messed up when he got home. He used to beat my dad and some nights would wake up and attack my dad, aunties and nana calling them “Japs” I can’t imagine how much he saw and what he went through

We cut off their oil, they started in a corner. One which they never got out of really.

This documentary is factually incorrect re the fighting in new Guinea

The Japanese made a critical error at Pearl Harbor by not making a second strike to destroy our fuel dumps and put the dry docks out of commission. Big mistake…for it would have crippled the fleet for over a year and caused it to relocate back to the west coast for repairs and fuel supplies.

The Americans and British were overconfident and looked down on the Japanese as lesser beings and paid the price for it.

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Brother , those Australian troops fighting in defense of Port Moresby in that jungle had to be a different breed of human..... Imagine fighting a suicidal enemy, milaria, yellow fever , constant tropical rain and temperatures in the high 90,s.....
Unbelievable that the stood long enough for the American calvery to come and stop the occupational force sent by Japan ......

I would cut off my left arm to see Admiral Yamamoto's face when he found out he had lost those first 3 Flattops. He was a few hundred miles away on a flagship directing a radio silence approach to the battle.....🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸

Thank God for Admiral Ngoumo and his decision making skills in the heat of battle. Scratch 4 Flattops 🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸

The biggest mistake that the leadership of Japan was that they picked a fight with an enemy that they had no way of destroying or greatly hindering their ability to wage war. They at no point had any way of bombing Detroit, the Kaiser ship yards, or any other factory anywhere in the continental United States. Never , ever , pick a fight with someone you have absolutely no way of hurting their ability to wage war. That will get you beat every single time. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

8:55 the nap's so calm before the storm

They literally were poking a sleeping bear, no?

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Yeah I love how we call it an unprovoked attack when we stole all their money made it to where they couldn't get any oil I mean what are they going to do they got to attack somebody and get some oil course after World War 1 we didn't want to get into a war so they had to make a disaster so they got the Japanese to attack us

The attack on the Aleutians was not a diversionary tactic.

Best war documentary ever!!!!❤

Can anyone please tell me why countries paint targets on their fighter planes? It's something that I've always wondered.

Freaking amazing footages. Cameramen are truly invincible!

The US knew it was coming and let it happen. That's how superpowers are born. Japan took the bait.......and got smashed.

War stories. No just call them what they are genaside story's of there own people because there government's that are there to prevent wars stick people right into them

How could Pearl Harbor not have been on high alert?

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!

the story of Papua New Guinea wasn't quite accurate...

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In 1945 we were just getting warmed up when Japan gave up, we were churning out ships and airplanes faster than ever, if they hadn't quit and the war went on into 1946,47 they would've seen an even more overwhelming military. God bless America. 🇺🇸🙏

You'd think that the British might have put some effort in to turning their guns in Singapore the other direction?

This was a time when we could be proud of the USA as it fought totalitarianism around the world. Today, I am ashamed of the USA after it elected a criminal and crazed authoritarian as President.

I think the US knew what the Japanese where up to just by doing business with them from 1930. 1941 and no carriers at pearl? Information and communication is the most important ingredient of all human activity.

To me, the turning point was that Coral sea, as at that point Japan went from offense to mostly defense, even the attack on Midway was about a defensive position.

General Percibal looks just like you would conceive the image of a coward and nerd!

98% of the time. When Dec 7th 1941 is mentioned PEARL HARBOR is the only target credited. It must suckto have served on Wake Island. Guam, and The Phillipines. Men died there AND ARE ALMOST NEVER mentioned. They were attacked at the same time.

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I can't be the only one who was waiting for mention of Arthur Wermuth in the philippines right?😅

The music in these videos is perfect. A sombre and serious music score. RIP to all those who died in war.

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I wish I could post what is posted about my grandfather whom faught in these battles but if you Google Albert Werdehoff WWII you can read the newspaper articles written about his 39 flying missions and how he was part of the most celebrated flying teams during the war.