Midway From The Japanese Perspective

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Midway is the ultimate example of how luck and the fog of war have such a huge impact on the battlefield. This battle plays out as it does because of a series of errors and mistakes on both sides culminates into the eventual outcome. The fact that the one scout plane that WOULD have detected the American carriers was late in launching, that the American planes arrive in the pattern they did, that an American sub draws off a destroyer that would inadvertantly lead the American dive bombers to the carriers, and a dozen other small details all perfectly line up the battle to occur the way it does. Remove a single element and it completely changed the entire outcome.

God damn the production quality is absolutely top notch and it's still as charming as the older style. 👍

from Japan with deep respect. I appreciate to Yarnhub for really beautiful movies & always giving me the opportunity to think about human nature, which remains same regardless of nationality or era. Such stories in WW are rarely treated in Japanese education because of past mistakes. Young people in Japan will never know about Yamaguchi from textbooks of japanese social studies alone. However, I think, if these kind of stories are treated as a essence of human beings, without political, historical good and evil etc.., they can become extremely useful moral textbooks. Ironically, today foreigners have a better understanding of this country's forgotten virtue 'Bushido' than Japanese..

That was actually a very good and very well made video of the history behind Midway. Thank you for your expert work

I have been a barber for around 30 years, I only say this because my first job was at a Barbershop that had 3 WW II vets working. My boss had been a machine gunner in the 4th Marine Division, the other was on a destroyer in the South Pacific, and the 3rd was with those Rangers that went up that cliff on D-Day. Bearing in mind that most WW II Veterans were from 63 years old, to 67, and the shop was very popular, we had Vets in there all the time. One of my favorites was a guy named James Olsen, who was a carrier pilot duringvthe war. He was flying Wildcats at first, and was coming back to his carrier during the Coral Sea fight. He told me the carrier (cant recall which, sorry) was on fire. Procedure was to fly around so the gunners could see the stars on your wings, and wouldnt shoot you down. Then "ditch" the plane and hope for rescue! He did, and an hour later someone sent a launch out to get him. He was recovered, then got transferred to the Yorktown and had the same thing happen to him at Midway! He used to say his name was easy to remember because it was thevsame as "Supermans friend," Jimmy Olsen. He liked to kid around, and told me he was "the worst pilot the Navy ever put in the air." I asked him why, and he said "Because every time id get back to my ship, my plane was on fire, full of holes, etc." He told me he crash 11 planes, either on take off or landing under fire, on rough seas, etc. I said "dont you get in trouble for that?" He said "Hell yes, they put you in another plane and send you right back up!" He flew Wildcats, then Hellcats, then Corsairs, which he loved. He also told me that when the U.S. flyers first got out there, theyd go on patrols, and if they saw some Japanese fighters, theyd start climbing, and go to engage them. He said sometimes, if the Zero pilots saw them coming, they would spread out their flight pattern, and start doing tricks, rolls, etc, just to taunt the Americans before engaging. Crazy stories ive heard from hundreds of war veterans over the years.. Just thought id share his. R.I.P. Jimmy Olsen!

Can you do a video on the USS Enterprise? It was the only carrier to survive the entire war in the Pacific theater, saw more action than perhaps any ship today, and the government rewarded the ship with its astounding record by selling it for scrap.

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Fun little fact, i am related to James Doolittle, who led the initial raid on tokyo and other parts of honshu in april 1942, this sparked the battle of midway.

Adding actual photos of the people and ships involved is a great touch and adds a very sombering touch of realism to the video. Excellent job, Yarnhub!

HOLY SHIT CAN’T WAIT! ! ! The Japanese voice actor is GOAT! ! !

Excellent video! Amid the turmoil that was midway, you fairly reported on both sides, both equally heroic. Nice work

During WWII, my dad flew the PBY Catalina, the US navy's patrol and rescue flying boat. Thanks to this video, I can now understand why he told us kids why he didn't want to be assigned to the torpedo bombers-- they were slow and an easy target. Dad was lucky to survive, so many did not. Respect to all of the fallen on both sides.

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Having watched Midway as made by a studio in Japan, there is no comparison in graphics. But here the writing really told a story. No American point of view lets us think a little differently and in this, your team was superb.

Spicy fish written on the torpedo is chefs kiss 🤌

めちゃくちゃ頑張って日本語で喋ろうとするの好き。

That WORLD OF WARSHIPS transition was absolutely insane.... LOL

Yamaguchi addressing his sailors was golden just like the movie. I like how they dedicated a whole minute to it. In the Midway movie and Storm over the Pacific I believe he said this too: "The loss of this battle falls upon your superiors, not you and for this reason I will remain on board" I think they are joined by a third sailor, but he refuses

So the first time I've ever seen any of your videos - I am absolutely amazed! I've never hit the subscribe button faster! I am blown away by this,! Great work everyone and thank you