Battle of Midway - Attack on the Akagi Animation

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2 жыл бұрын

June 4th, 1942 was a major shift in the tide of World War II. The Imperial Japanese Navy Mobile Striking Force (Kido Butai), which had led the world in the use of naval aircraft and aircraft carriers, suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of the American Navy in the Battle of Midway. The carriers Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu were fatally damaged within a five minute period of time with the forth carrier Hiryu sunk later in that evening.
This animation covers the events between 10:27-10:30AM, during Lt. Commander Richard Best's attack run on the flagship of Kido Butai, Akagi.
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@banditb17 2 жыл бұрын

This is how it looked in my head when playing 1942: Pacific Air War Gold as a kid on PC.

@abielgabriel7095 2 жыл бұрын

Without the escorts

@JohnMGibby 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work. Really loved the POV views from the planes especially looking down a the carrier and seeing plane take off.

@CalebFuel 2 жыл бұрын

Top notch! Excellent work and artistry. My only complaint was I wanted more!!! Bravo encore!

@VersusARCH 2 жыл бұрын

There was more cover that day. It helped conceal the dive bombers long enough to prevent their early detection and identification by the escort ships which could have resulted in the Japanese fighter combat air patrol being alerted earlier and breaking up the attacks.

@williamhaynes4800 2 жыл бұрын

Ensign George Gay after his torpedo missed its mark, did not turn away from course. He found himself flying stern to bow just above the flight deck of of his target. He later wrote that he could see the rearming Japanese aircraft right below him. He was almost tempted to crash his torpedo plane on the deck to take the carrier out of action. He did not do so and later got a sea level view of the destruction of 4 of the 6 IJN flattops used at Pearl Harbor.

@DarthAverage 8 ай бұрын

He must have been embellishing his story a little bit - unlike US procedures, Japanese strike aircraft were loaded below decks in the hangar. The flight deck was kept clear until they were actually ready to launch a strike so that the CAP could land and refuel/reload and then take off again. TL;DR - if he says he saw them loading bombs/torpedoes on the flight deck, he's lying.

@tristanread4933 6 ай бұрын

@@DarthAveragei forgot about this little fact about the Japanese procedures at the time, thank you for reminding!

@Riccardo_Silva 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done! The relatively mild AA fire provided by those weak 25mm batteries, the almost empty deck, the liveries of Best's planes, no loud fireworks to gratify the audience...i think this is how it must have looked in reality. The only wrong thing that jumps to the eye is that blue transverse stripe on the Zeroes... Never mind, i think this is the first truly realistic reconstruction of those fateful three minutes i've ever seen! 👍

@MrHichammohsen1 2 жыл бұрын

That was sick! Amazing work as usual

@regolith1350 2 жыл бұрын

Have you read "The Battle of Midway" by Craig L. Symonds? It's an amazing account of this extraordinary battle, tracing all the intersecting lines of action that converged on the most mindblowing 5 minutes in military history (IMHO). The amazing "Shattered Sword" (by Jonathan Parshall & Anthony P. Tully) is even more meticulously researched and detailed but I personally prefer the narrative flow that Symonds presents. Awesome animation btw. I came for Starship renders and here I am watching Midway LOL!

@CbassProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’ve read (or more accurately listened to) both of those books!

@brianfoley4328 2 жыл бұрын

Sure and I agree it was an important, critical victory...but the Battle of the Coral Sea prevented the attack against and set up for the invasion of Australia. If I were asked which battle was more pivotal I'd have to say Midway, but the Battle of the Coral Sea saved Australia and set up the Battle of Midway.

@MW-eb1qh 2 жыл бұрын

@@brianfoley4328 Agreed. Coral Sea was a strategic US victory and that was the beginning of the end of Japanese naval dominance.

@manilajohn0182 10 ай бұрын

Read "Shattered Sword" with extreme caution. The authors left much pertinent information out of their work which directly contradicts the central revelation of their book- namely, that all of the Japanese attack aircraft were in the hangars of the carriers when the dive bomber attack began. Only Akagi had all of her attack aircraft in her hangars. Additionally, their primary source- Senshi Sosho- is 'not' the official history which they claim it to be, as it was neither commissioned nor endorsed by the Japanese government. In fact, Senshi Sosho predominantly represents the view of Japanese veterans.

@Cbabilon675 2 жыл бұрын

This is got to be some of the best animation I have seen in a long time. It is unbelievably so real.

@bill_ruppert 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. I was holding my breath the while time.

@tommybrown9534 Жыл бұрын

Great video dude!!

@GoSlash27 2 жыл бұрын

The important part of this sequence is Lt. Best's realization that Cdr. McClusky has accidentally sent the entire wing after a single carrier, and redirects his own flight of 3 dive bombers against Akagi. Without orders, and totally on his own initiative. This isn't portrayed in the video.

@DarthAverage 2 жыл бұрын

Also didn't include the fact that Best's bomb set off a chain reaction in the hangar; this video just shows him punching one clean hole in the flight deck, with no suggestion of how effective that one bomb was. I'm pretty sure Lt. Best is the only pilot in history to single-handedly sink an aircraft carrier ...

@johnmcginnis5201 2 жыл бұрын

@@DarthAverage Best is the only US naval aviator to sink not one but two Japanese carriers. The Akagi and Hiryu.

@DarthAverage 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmcginnis5201 That too. :)

@jx2313 Жыл бұрын

@@johnmcginnis5201 in the same single day

@deepcosmiclove 10 ай бұрын

But it is. He and his wingmen are flying over burning Kaga and they then fly towards Akagi.

@marklutz8499 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant piece of work. Artistic!

@MrSketchyCharacter 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work!

@TaurusSpace 2 жыл бұрын

Great work!

@ritobrotomukherjee2742 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome render!!

@georgekouremenos596 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing Videos Guys, keep it up!

@RoyD2 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@harshavardhanshankar1827 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome one guys!

@briankorbelik2873 Жыл бұрын

PS-Shattered Sword is the best Midway account that I've read.

@timdd9880 4 ай бұрын

Loved this pls make more.

@brianivey73 2 жыл бұрын

Great work

@Jagnole101 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese were very arrogant. In fact, so arrogant that they put a giant red target(flag with red dot) on their deck to hit.

@user-rx9pj1fn9q 4 ай бұрын

ちがいます。珊瑚海海戦で日本海軍の索敵機が夜間に空母に着陸しようとしたところ、それは探していたアメリカの空母であり、対空砲火を受けたという経緯から甲板に国旗を描き、味方が識別できるようにしていました。

@Jagnole101 4 ай бұрын

@@user-rx9pj1fn9q sure

@Ralphieboy 2 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@andyspurlock5957 11 ай бұрын

Lt. Best was a friend of mine. Still miss him.

@merlemorrison482 2 жыл бұрын

Damn good animation!

@mynamesmatthew1551 2 жыл бұрын

This is an insane and epic video! Its also one of the only on youtube featuring Richard Best during Midway, his heroic actions were incredible at the battle of midway

@mrlutrox 2 жыл бұрын

He Is backkk

@catlady8324 Жыл бұрын

They asked for it, and THEY GOT IT!

@sonicspeedster2684 2 жыл бұрын

Bro that was so cool

@riopixel4385 10 ай бұрын

I wish someone could recreate all these naval battles with this animations 😢 looks so realistic!

@michaelfranklin4276 2 жыл бұрын

As far as I remember, the SBDs carried the blue and white star roundels on both wings, not just the left, in June 1942.

@scottke2273 Жыл бұрын

You are correct, that stood out to me also. The only American planes at Midway marked like this were some of the B-17s that flew from Midway. Watch John Fords Battle of Midway. Some of the early B17s (green over grey) have the February 26 1941 insignia (meatball painted out) in 4 positions, while others have the updated 6 position markings. The "Hawaiian Camouflaged" planes all have the 6 position markings and one clearly as the tail stripes painted out. Video has great closeups of markings as well as the Marine Vindicators with various markings. Note Vindicator #2 which was flown by Captain Richard Fleming during his attack on IJN Mikuma. He and gunner KIA, received MoH.

@DP-fg3dv 2 жыл бұрын

Except the Dauntless didn't sound like a Piper Cub.

@user-kb3hp2qu8k 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@PakinTH 2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@ejon 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive smoke and fire 🔥

@jorgemartinpaez4376 2 жыл бұрын

Great animation, need IJN bugles sounding, the alarms were solid!

@seanbryan4833 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! I appreciate the accurate portrayal of how widely spaced the ships of the Japanese fleet were. Some depictions show them all tightly bunched.

@orange-sailor Жыл бұрын

i don't belive it, i just don't belive it

@blockmasterscott 2 жыл бұрын

Young Japanese and American men in June 1942=Fighting each other in a fight to the death over an ocean full of sharks. Seriously, my hat is off to the guys on both sides.

@BradleyG01 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing! Makes me want to play civ 5. Also, thanks for uploading in 21:9. Can't tell you how frustrating it is when people create/film stuff in 21:9, then reduce it to 16:9 and throw in black bars. The struggles of an ultrawide monitor user...

@gmnotyet 8 ай бұрын

2:37 'That was a beauty, sir!"

@johnmcginnis5201 2 жыл бұрын

A very good CGI sequence.

@horsestewart9864 2 жыл бұрын

There were no aircraft on Akagi's flight deck when Lt. Best dropped his 1000 lb bomb.

@CbassProductions 2 жыл бұрын

There were a few aircraft on the deck preparing to rotate into Akagi's Combat Air Patrol. What there wasn't was a "deck full of planes" as described by Fuchida.

@jameswentzkershawn001 2 жыл бұрын

Dick Best- One bomb; One ship. Dead center! He was the man! Oxygen or not!

@maurozirbes1960 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! However, unlike the US Navy, the Japanese still did not have radar installed on their aircraft carriers, which proved fatal in the Battle of Midway!

@ricardoandre7049 2 жыл бұрын

As predicted by the USN and RN in interwar war games(when ship borne radar wasn't yet a thing), visual lookouts and CAP didnt provide enough warning time to reinforce the CAP enough against a carrier strike

@deepcosmiclove 2 жыл бұрын

Their only two radar machines were on two battleships in the Aleutian operation.

@earljanjodj 2 жыл бұрын

You're so underrated

@Aelxi 2 жыл бұрын

I see you used Filmstro music. Great work.

@kenji0079 2 жыл бұрын

わずか数分の映像ですが、凄いですね…。

@Mister8224 2 жыл бұрын

Where was the continued explosions & fires subsequent to the bomb hit on the deck? I couldn't even tell they had been hit.

@hoppish088 2 жыл бұрын

Read the Shattered Sword by Jon Parshall. Great account

@cantrell0817 6 ай бұрын

Left out the part where he initially started to dive on a different carrier but pulled up because too many planes were already diving on it

@nikolt2598 6 ай бұрын

Wow magnífica animación

@alanstevens1296 Жыл бұрын

"Don't let this carrier escape!"

@glennpruess6936 Жыл бұрын

I like that you also put weber's tendency to drift out of formation. And also could you do an animation for the kaga too?

@SGusky 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Incredible Better than the latest Hollywood flick At this time- the US Navy had the insignia on 6 places ( both wings top and bottom) and fuselage But all that aside More please !

@RoverIAC Жыл бұрын

That checker artifact on the water is interesting... what software is this? At a guess I would say Blender. Love the vids BTW.

@briankorbelik2873 Жыл бұрын

Sorry to pick nits. But a ship as large and heavy as a aircraft carrier leaves a much larger wake. Hell a "tin can" at speed kicksup one heck of a wake.

@supervidya2486 Жыл бұрын

This is how midway movie should have been

@walterF205 2 жыл бұрын

Well done! Can I ask how long it takes for a video of this length?

@CbassProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Depends, this one took a few months because it was a very complex scene.

@reyz360 2 жыл бұрын

@@CbassProductions o_o man thats impressive . Gudluck

@user-hw1sv8gg7b Ай бұрын

Друг, я тебя не знаю, но спасибо за эту историю, на небе во время войны тоже были рыцари у которых есть честь!!! Ещё раз спасибо!)

@willrobinson5350 2 жыл бұрын

Coral Sea was at best a draw for the IJN.

@Adiscretefirm 10 ай бұрын

Tactical win, strategic loss for the IJN.

@rishiparitala88 2 жыл бұрын

epik

@sargeast1629 2 жыл бұрын

The dive bombers allowed an average of 7 seconds between each plane's run. Why can't anyone ever get this correct?

@sexyfeetvsbrakelesscars811 2 жыл бұрын

hi. do you give tutorial on animation?

@onlythewise1 2 жыл бұрын

my dad was there he also missed pearl fight by three hours

@bobbyb.6644 2 жыл бұрын

Worlds luckiest Battle - Maybe only surpassed by Gettysburg ( just my opinion) ?

@death_walker21 Жыл бұрын

do a video on castle itter next a very interesting story

@bobbyb.6644 2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly like the latest movie ? 🤔

@ghostdiaries369 Жыл бұрын

Hi can u make on Hiryu, Kaga and Soryu? pls

@moistmike4150 2 жыл бұрын

Win win! Now you can sell us TVs and cars.

@Inabouris Жыл бұрын

how long will this take?/how much does it cost to make?

@tracnunya7165 Жыл бұрын

how do you fatally damage a non living piece of floating metal

@matthewzeimys6925 2 жыл бұрын

This is some of the best best shit I've seen absolutely amazing I fought in Iraq and Afghanistan numerous times and could attest I lived a life that 100s of millions of so called Americans haven't a clue to be and see some real shit best years of my life SEMPER FIDELIS USMC SGT Matthew z

@raygamino6687 2 жыл бұрын

Great animation. Dive bombers are beautiful planes. USA kicked their ass at Midway. Remember Pearl Harbor! 🇺🇸

@lajinmark2084 10 ай бұрын

His wingman dropped his bomb just off the rear off the carrier which caused enough battle damage to the rudder to keep it circling and this was left out! Why?

@CbassProductions 10 ай бұрын

That bomb is in the video. It’s the one that bends the rear portion of the flight deck up. The shockwave from that bomb jammed the rudder into the right hand evasive turn the Akagi was in during the attack.

@alby3197 2 жыл бұрын

Attack on the Yamato pls

@cristhianemilianohernandez91 9 ай бұрын

Kaga? Pls pls?

@sputnikplanitia2531 2 жыл бұрын

Hello

@MegaBIGDUKE6 2 жыл бұрын

They lost at coral sea

@MosinTheBest 2 жыл бұрын

bro the plane was wrong cause if the scope is in top that is tbd they use torpedo the dive one has scope in the middle of cokpick

@tracnunya7165 Жыл бұрын

The AKAGI was 855 feet long, in this animation, the full length passes the camera in 6 seconds, that 855/6 = 142.5 feet per second, in one hour she would have gone 513,000 feet or 97.16 miles, in an hour, her listed top speed unladen was 36.2 mph so this animation has her going 3 times faster than possible, when unladen, and she was laden. your welcome, signed, reality checking in (also the planes dove with the sun behind them)

@CbassProductions Жыл бұрын

The camera was also moving very quickly in the opposite direction of the ship in that shot, that's where the additional speed comes from.

@deepcosmiclove 10 ай бұрын

Actually they cared less about the sun than diving into the wind.

@powerofone1645 2 жыл бұрын

Decks of aircraft carriers should be painted like the sea. not have large red targets on them.

@michaelwarren2391 2 жыл бұрын

Because planes have to land on them.

@deepcosmiclove 10 ай бұрын

You need to tell that to Admiral Nagumo.

@brianfoley4328 2 жыл бұрын

A small but important inaccuracy...while most historians assign the "turning of the tide" to Midway, the Battle of the Coral Sea, while a tactical Japanese victory, was actually a strategic victory for the Allies.

@jeffgalus8454 2 жыл бұрын

So basically Coral Sea was a split decision

@bobjeffrey8863 2 жыл бұрын

LOL Japan LOST WW2 at Midway,,,, Never recovered from LOSING 4 carriers + one in the South Pacific,, Soo sad, It took Japan 1 year to build a carrier

@shipton51 2 жыл бұрын

IMHO the Japanese lost WW2 at Pearl Harbor. There was no way that they could win against the industrial might of the US and they underestimated the US resolve to avenge what they considered a treacherous attack.

@wombatwilly1002 Жыл бұрын

Dusty Kleiss

@user-yr7rq3hp5d 2 жыл бұрын

私は、空母赤城が大好きです！

@user-yr7rq3hp5d 2 жыл бұрын

急降下爆撃機の爆弾と魚雷で撃沈されました。

@StephenLuke 2 жыл бұрын

Dick Best made the most successful torpedo hit on Nagumo’s carrier.

@perfectionbox 2 жыл бұрын

nice. Pity about the repeating water texture though.

@AdmiralKodai 8 ай бұрын

@vernonsaayman9741 Жыл бұрын

But why the stupid little tune!?

@johnedreslin 2 жыл бұрын

Only the Hiryu had an island on the port side. Akagi's should be on the starboard.

@Hunpecked 2 жыл бұрын

Akagi's island was also on the port side. It was thought that moving the island away from the starboard smokestacks might improve flight operations.

@gajiraanorimaki 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha SBDs were good, but sure not Stukas : attack with 90 degree angle is only in your baby dream simulation 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 very poor realism and not truth

@MechaWolf0 2 жыл бұрын

What's that? I can't hear you over the Zeros I'm killing!

@Hunpecked 2 жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that the SBD pointed 90 degrees straight down, but the lift from the wings made the actual trajectory about 70 degrees. Can't recall the reference.

@gajiraanorimaki 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hunpecked yes sure like (note that) Hollywood PRODUCTS . if you understand ..........

@deepcosmiclove 10 ай бұрын

Those fellows did dive at 90 degrees. The SBD was one of the most rugged airframes ever.