Is the carrier the Enterprise or Yorktown?

wow... once the divebomber takes off, all historical accuracy just goes right out the window

In real life if you shoot like that, your ammo would be depleted in the first minute .

Love the fact that the gunner is telling the Pilot how to fly

People in the comments rightfully celebrate the historic accuracy of this, I feel like this teaches us how it really felt like for those Luftwaffe pilots attacking Pearl Harbor.

“This is insane. Where are they all coming from?” I dunno maybe the two carriers you flew over?

I like how the US cruisers are missing all their turrets

"Battle of Midway" expectation : _Dick Best_ reality : _not so accurate_

Midway was such an amazing battle in WW2. Dont forget our Navy was almost destroyed after 12/7 and in 1 battle just 6 months after Pearl Harbor we decimated Japan's Pacific fleet,the Kido Butai was the biggest naval power in the world. After Midway Japans navy never carried out an offensive operation again. We ripped the soul out of Japans Navy.

"Move forward to pull up" Every Aviation fan: *cringe*

me as a war thunder player : wow... DIveBomber plane dogfighting a zero wow

For all of the inaccuracies, it is actually really cool that the altimeter works at the start of the mission, but after taking damage, it doesn't. The needle is hanging free and swings left/right as the plane maneuvers.

"As if this operation wasn't hard enough. Now the entire war is on the line?" Yes, ensign. That is what battles are for. To affect the outcome of a war.

Among those stationed there are the crews of US Navy Black Cat. Men who would risk everything before they would leave any of us in enemy waters...

When a Dauntless "WITH BOMB ATTACHED" can outmaneuver zero fighters..... only in Call of Duty

Honestly, the mission concept and the graphics is great, but they should make the plot based on the real Battle of Midway. The intro cutscene is pretty much right though, but they should have added the squadron of TBD Devastators attacking the fleet (this isn't necessary), but it starts wrong from 7:58 onwards. Here's my suggestion for a better concept of this mission: First, the first Japanese carrier to be hit by a bomb in the battle was the Kaga (the second carrier in the mission), and then the Soryu (the aircraft carrier was the first to be bombed in the mission was the Soryu), no air battle was shown between the sinking of the Soryu and the attacks on the remaining carriers. The Dauntless Squadron began diving bombs on the Akagi (offscreen in game) after that. After the Akagi was sunk, they should at least make a cutscene of the Japanese attack on the USS Yorktown. Before the attack on the Hiryu (offscreen in game) begins, the player will deal with the Zero squadron. After finishing the wave of aerial attacks, the player will dive bomb the Hiryu and the mission is over (Honestly, this will make the mission longer and more challenging like the Black Cats in World at War). Second, like everyone said, Dauntless can't outrun Zero. Edit: The cutscene starts at 14:49 is one of the best cutscenes in the CoD series, but was made for such a historical inaccurate WW2 game (i know this is just a game).

As I watch this game play, I think of my uncle Keith, Lt. j.g. in the U.S. Navy during world war 2. He flew a Corsair fighter off the U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12). He lived until he was 90 years old. A happy-go-lucky fellow, always with the smile and the laughter when our family gathered together. I miss him.

It looks like a cool mission but they basically just gave the Battle of the Bulge mission from COD WW2 a new paint job with extra features

Feels like the 2019 "Midway" movie.

Out of every youtuber that played this mission has failed by killing and smashing into their allies, but this guy can aim and actually play the mission without issue.

Whether historically accurate or not this mission rocks. End of story

Those divebombing Dauntlesses gave me chills...

Alright, I'm gonna play the Campaign myself, and play the Battotai Drip song while playing this mission and flying in the skies.

So happy and proud to see a lot of people here more focused on the historical and technical inaccuracies of this battle.

This is what you call a Gamer, a person who knows how to aim and get the job done right without slacken, Great gameplay man, you earned a sub! That is some amazing gameplay I've never seen from any other. 😅

As a World War II KZfaqr who likes focusing on the Pacific Theater, I have to say it’s cool to see this being shown in big budget games. I hope it interests more people in the topic! Although watching this gave me a headache from the historically accurate side of things, I will say the models looked pretty good and never thought I’d see a high-def version of a Yorktown-class carrier hangar and flight deck in a game.

COD Logic: A SBD Dauntless (a Dive bomber) can get into pure pursuit and outrun FUCKING ZEROS

The best mission in the entire game. I can't get enough of it. Thanks for posting it

Love love love Bear McCreary's score right there at the last bombing run. Had me on the edge of my seat my first playthrough. Good video! 👍

Gameplay=10/10 Historical accuracy = 0/10

There were four Japanese carriers sunk during the battle, Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū. The carrier which Wade successfully hit at the end could be Kaga.

If anyone wonders. The two carriers sunk in this video are the IJN Akagi and IJN Kaga. There were two others but not sunk in this video: IJN Souryuu and IJN Hiryuu

There was nothing more beautiful than 5:32

The starting prep of the aircraft reminds me of the battlefield 3 F18 mission

Gotta love that New Orleans class CA missing all its turrets…

They can do graphics, but gameplay-wise? In Ramsay's words: "it's fucking bland".

Historical inaccuracies aside, this was my favorite mission. I tried to enlist in the navy, and this made be fan boy like I had a snake in my boot

This campaign really had a potential to either do again old good 2-3 separate small campaings like in bulk of WW2 themed old CoD games, or do something simillar to BF1/V singleplayer format. The execution of this multinational special force is just too ludicrous and underdeveloped. They really wanted too hard to combine it with this new CoD universe where everything is interconnected.

Say what you want about the historical inaccuracies or short campaign, but you can’t deny that this mission was pretty damn cool

I love how he finally closes the canopy AFTER all the flak lmao

Thanks for this video ❤❤❤ i rlly love it

It's been a long time since "Doyle, get back on the Dorsal turret"

Yea, cod throws accuracy and realism out of the window, i don't think they even tried this time

Jeez man! The graphics are just epic!...couldn't have asked more of it

I'm just here to appreciate the ace job Bear McCreary did on the soundtrack. The music going into the dive is amazing

I like that Japanese carriers had a huge red dot like it was meant to be aimed and shot at by dive bombers.

Game - yea the Americans all launched at the same time in a coordinated wave of aircraft that wiped out the Japanese fleet. Reality - the Americans all launch at different times and in some cases different directions. Catching the Japanese of guard by accident and sheer luck. I mean it’s still a good game but I wish they would input some of these details 👍

Really amazing thank you for video 🙌🏼👀

thanks for sharing, was a great video!!

This pales in comparison to Battlestations Pacific. That was a class, historically accurate Pacific theatre based war game.

"This is for Pearl"

Thoroughly enjoyed watching that.

Midway was my most favorite WW2 battle! I was so hyped to see how it'll go in Vanguard, and boy did it not disappoint! Wait...when did Midway have rain, thunder and lightning?! That wasn't suppose to happen!😳

It seems this took inspiration from the style of the 2019 Midway film. But, it has none of the historical accuracy of that film (as far vents and people involved) but it shares many of the technical inaccuracies of that film and adds some of its own (ships being too close to each other, inaccurate models and unrealistic dive bombinng etc). But its just a COD game at the end of the day. If they made it 100% realistic, it probably wouldn't be very exciting as in this video game format. The good news is that the real battle is actually several times more interesting. There are several amazing books and audio books and lectures on youtube. I recommed Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshal and Anthony Tully as probably the most detailed account of the battle.

Honestly wish 2019s "Midway" showed the Wildcat's like they did here. I was very disappointed to not see them AT ALL in the movie.

Somebody explain to me why the scene when planes go through the clouds and end up joining an entire formation of planes look so badass

Just love how the radio's sound like something out of ace combat with barely any backround grain or distortion in the voices

The carrier is Enterprise (3:41, number"6" on the bridge), and the plane's number starts with a S, therefore it's VS-6. He hit Soryu first (bridge on the right, two stacks), dogfighted for five minutes, climbed into the clouds, and miraculously reloaded (Warthunder arcade mode? lol) and dropped another 1000lb on Kaga (bridge on the right, single stack, and "ka" written on the deck). The 100lbs on the wings somehow stayed there despite the planes weren't equipped with them IRL due to range and performance issues. It's funny because in real life the guy who sunk two carriers in one day was from the other squadron, VB-6 not VS-6. And the two carriers he hit were Akagi and Hiryu, not the two in game. And even then the game hit Soryu and Kaga in reverse order of what happened in real life. This somehow managed to be worse than the shitshow of a CGI movie Midway. Also I like how the rear seat gunner is calling out the altitude...

Gotta admits one of the most beautifull looking games.. i mean look at those warplanes come to life!

This is look so real and Awesome.. Legendary fighter and aircraft carriers ✨🤩

Demi: What's the target!? Bruni: The Pacific Fleet at Midway. Once the phantom is engaged and our payload delivered, the Americans will have no choice but to retaliate. We will step aside as our enemies destroy each other and we will emerge on the right side of history. Demi: Then you leave me no recourse. Bruni: Recourse for what? Demi: To take back my ship Phantom 2013 Ed Harris as Demi David Duchovny as Bruni

Meanwhile despite inhaling defective oxygen from his dive bomber, Richard Best continues his the attack on the Japanese fleet

He’s Ariel battle scenes are very awesome because I’ve never played this video game before but I can see from a cockatoo someone has fighting experience on air battles and I can see aircraft carriers being destroyed in the process of the battle because you know why, why because this game is totally awesome.

Damn, never heard of Call Of Duty Vanguard before. I'm not expecting COD franchise would make battle of Midway mission, this is awesome. I hope they make axis side campaign like "Battle of France" where the mission as Guderian's tank crew breakthrough Ardennes or "Battle of Singapore" where the mission as Japanese Soldier attacking from Malaya (Malaysia)

Flying a SBD , Killed dozens of Zero (with bomb attached) and blew up a carrier on first run , keep on killing dozens of Zero and blew up a carrier on second run ... This guy gonna get the Medal of Honour after return to the carrier deck...

Would have made more sense in an action sense to stick the player in a Wildcat, but I guess they wanted the player to single handedly win the Battle of Midway.

To depict whole Battle of Midway the mission should last equally 10 hours.

Amazing that in 2021, CoD failed to replicate the feeling that Battlefield 3 nailed 10 years prior.

Why are ships literally on top of each other and not in battle formation? And, the Dauntlesses and Devastators launched completely sperate attacks. The SBDs got delayed and lost, but eventually found the carriers. The torpedo bombers where shot to shreds, almost all were lost.

“You just put the meat in between those buns, and that burger is well done”

This is one of my favorite mission

The cutscenes in this horrifying game are astounding. A welcome to be sure but a surprising one.

Portrayal of Kaga's 2 story hangar decks at the end shows activision made some research about ships design. But in real Kaga had more wider and slightly higher hangar decks.

In terms of cinematic presentation: very cool and awesome Historical accuracy and logic: the fuck?

I love this mission ngl its the most epic mission

More fun to watch than play, that had to be the most OP plot armour I have ever seen xD You could do this mission with your eyes closed

This feels like war thunder but more unrealistic

I'm am thoroughly and pleasantly surprised at the ship and plane accuracy...fully expected Iowas, Yamatos, Essexs, hellcats, etc. The gameplay, well, it's call of duty so no surprises there.

The music in this game makes it legendary.

アメリカの飛行機も綺麗だなぁ。 American planes are also beautiful.

Glad to know that the Call of Duty franchise didn't leave out the Pacific campaign of WW2. In fact the Americans were more engaged towards the Pacific rather than in Europe.

Thank you for this! I dont have any gaming consoles so watching these is all I have. Epic, thank you!

Oh my god this is SO epic!!!

It’s like releasing the brakes on that plane released historical accuracy along with it

As someone who is a fan of naval history and knows a lot about this battle, the inaccuracies just pisses me off. Rant along with historical info: The amount of planes that you shot down during this battle literally makes you a double or triple or idk Ace (a Flying ace is a credit given to a pilot who shoots down 5 or more enemy aircraft). The dive bombers and torpedo bombers didn't attack the IJN fleet at the same time, the torpedo bombers arrive first and their attempt was a complete failure due to how terrible their planes and torpedoes are and the Zeroes shooting them down during their runs. When the dive bombers attacked the IJN fleet, there were no Zeroes over the fleet since they were chasing down the retreating torpedo bombers. During the battle, the dive bombers only had one bomb (even though the SBD can carry two bombs, they only used one so they can carry more fuel). The fleet formation is soo incorrect, the ships are too close to each other, in real life they're more farther apart from each other so they can maneuver to avoid bombs and torpedoes. During the dive bombing sequence, the Japanese carrier is soo slow to the point that they just want to die. The developers reused many models (Kongo, Kaga, Akagi) on the IJN fleet to the point where their carriers look alike, and the overabundance of Kongo everywhere. After dropping their bombs, SBDs would try and get out of the hailstorm of gunfire, not to try and become fighters (sure you can add the argument of "Swede" Vejtesa taking out 3 Zeroes in an SBD, but this is way more different as seen from this level). I'm tired of ranting here but after seeing this, i kinda now appreciate the movie Midway (2019) even though its kinda boring and mediocre, at least its more accurate than this level. On a side note, AFGuides I have no hate towards you, you do have some good content (especially the memes) i'm just complaining on how inaccurate this is. Also sorry for some bad grammar and i may also have some things wrong, so if there are some things incorrect be sure to let me know.

1:24 Why is there a US Army Air Corps sergeant on a US Navy carrier? At least they gave him the correct piping for his garrison cap if he is in the air corps, but everything else about that uniform. The research team DOES NOT deserve a raise.

Glad to see Call of Duty hasn't changed in the past 5 years

This mission have the best track i ever heard

Someone was heavily inspired by ''Going Hunting'' from Battlefield 3 and it wasn't bad, I would like to see BF doing it in current engines as well as COD

The lightings are really amazing in Vanguard

Your a lifesaver, doing this shit on legendary while drinking was a cow. Thank you mate!

this is my fav historic battle ever

I remember the great battle between MY TEAM vs ENEMY TEAM. It was in my history book in high school

Thank God this is meant for entertainment purposes only, as this mission is a massively inaccurate presentation of the Battle of Midway. Here's my list I noticed: 1. The Japanese and American fleets must have been only a few miles from each other, as it takes no time to get to the enemy fleet. It took over 2 hours in real life. 2. Apparently, the Dauntless dive bomber is just as agile as the Japanese A6M Zero and has unlimited ammunition. Jackson would be the actual reason the Japanese fleet was destroyed, not the blazes caused by the bombs. 3. Dive bombers apparently are responsible for protecting torpedo planes, not fighters. 4. Japanese ships apparently don't shoot at any American aircraft below 2000 feet. 5. Jackson's Dauntless apparently has 2 500 lb bombs instead of the possible lone one carried below the fuselage. Did he drop his 500 lb bomb on one carrier and his wing bombs on the other? 6. Only 2 pilots at Midway, Norman "Dusty" Kleiss and Richard "Dick" Best, hit 2 aircraft carriers during the battle. Kleiss hit Kaga and Hiryu while Best hit Akagi and Hiryu.

Gotta love the detail that on the first aircraft carrier there are only 2 AAs shooting at you from the entire ship

I have to admit the soundtracks in vanguard are pretty dope

Fun fact: Mexico send a airforce to the Philippine in 1945 since they join the war in 1942. Also they are the only country to protest Auschluss

CoD always takes references from movies, like Midway

The game may not be great, but that intro in the carrier was really beautiful, I have to get back to reading about the pacific theatre of operations.

All I could think from that first engagement was WATCH THE FRIENDLY FIRE!