The Forgotten Revenge for Pearl Harbor

The Forgotten Revenge for Pearl Harbor - Lae-Salamaua 1942

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On the 10 March 1942, the United States Navy struck the Japanese landing site in New Guinea at Lae-Salamaua. Little did they know what an impact they would have!
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@NiSiochainGanSaoirse 4 жыл бұрын

The eloquence of this GERMAN man in a secondary language is at astonishing.

@edwardjohnson4237 4 жыл бұрын

@jackpinesavage1628 5 жыл бұрын

My uncle, who passed away a few years ago, at the age of 90, was a U.S. Navy Lt. j.g., who flew a Corsair fighter off the U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12). When the war was over, he flew a plane to the Navy base in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, climbed out of the plane and was greeted by his parents, his sister and my father, waiting for him. Fair winds and following seas, uncle Keith.

@laurencetilley9194 3 жыл бұрын

The Australian 6th, 7th, and 9th infantry divisions made up the bulk of ground forces during the battle of Lae-Salamaua . Milne Bay and along the Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, the Markham and Ramu Valleys and through the Owen Stanley ranges in the Finisterre mountains. The US 5th air force did a brilliant job during the New Guinea Campaign and had air superiority. well before Lae-Salamaua begun. Well done, great research :)

@justinpyke1756 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! As Bismarck notes, the strategic focus of the Japanese at this point in the war was on the Southern Resources Area. The blow at Lae-Salamaua may appear "small" at first glance, but it had massive strategic implications. Inoue Shigeyoshi had been effectively recycling the same tiny handful of ships, supporting elements, and troops to expand the Japanese defensive perimeter eastward. It may be bizarre to hear, but the areas closest to the Americans were strategic backwaters for the Japanese at this point in the war. With the loss of ships in this strike, the "shoestring" that Inoue had been operating on broke. He was forced to call for carrier support, which brought the period of easy eastward expansion to a close and set the table for Operation MO, resulting in the Battle of the Coral Sea.

@eshuut9049 5 жыл бұрын

“They noticed the presence of some very strange looking aircraft which they didn’t recognise.”

@jebsails2837 5 жыл бұрын

Somehow this action eluded me, very glad for the info. My late father served on the Lexington in the early 1930's, and a family friend flew "Buffalo's" with landing gear prone to collapse on hard landings from her. Thank you.

@richardpcrowe 5 жыл бұрын

I have met and interviewed both Thatch and Sherman for the U.S. Navy film on the history of the aircraft carrier. Very interesting men and heroes of the Second World War...

@johntripp5159 5 жыл бұрын

While serving in HMAS Moresby in 1967 on a surveying and bottom plotting mission we lost one Kiowa helicopter which flew into a cloud containing a mountain, it took the crew three days to hike back to Wewak. Day four the captain went flying and sight-seeing over the local airfield. He never made it, while gaining altitude the pilot banked right and the captain felt himself in danger of falling so he jammed his foot to brace himself resulting in a gyro landing right alongside, scratch two Kiowas. No life like it, LEM Tripp R48618 because some folk weren't there.

@rockyblacksmith 5 жыл бұрын

It's worth noting that switching the torpedos for bombs might not have been that much of a loss of damage potential,

@boatrat 5 жыл бұрын

Commendations both to Mensch1066 for choosing such an intriguing historical episode for the topic, and to you Bismarck for your overall excellent summary of this regrettably obscure event. Some of us marginally-educated warbird enthusiasts, now have a bit better perspective on a neglected but pivotal sector of the War. And that "First Team" book also sounds like a valuable recommendation in its own right.

@jasmorris1286 3 жыл бұрын

An old neighbour of mine was part of recon team on the ground he part of special z force group. He explained the shock on the Japanese knocked them about pretty bad. He also was part raiding party he said. To Frank, you were amazing!

@Me2Lancer 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. My Dad was a Pearl Harbor attack survivor having served aboard USS Raleigh CL7, she was one of the first ships hit that day. An uncle of mine few in Navy aircraft in the Solomon Islands around the time of this battle. He passed away in 1982 and had suffered from shrapnel wounds the rest of his life after air combat.

@seth1422 5 жыл бұрын

The Hudson was American-built, but it was never used by the US armed forces. It was an early war (‘39-‘40) stopgap adaptation of a commercial airliner exclusively for the British / Commonwealth market. A random US naval pilot in 1942 could very easily never have seen one before.

@SEEININFRARED 3 жыл бұрын

I thought you did a fantastic job on telling the story of that attack on the Japanese in Lae-Salamaua. I remember studying that back in the day, and I had no idea that anyone else would have done so either. That was an attack that was pretty much buried in the pages of the history of battle of WWII. Thanks for bringing such an important story to light for others to take in.

@Inquisitor6321 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks!

@victoriacyunczyk 2 жыл бұрын

The New Guinea campaign is unfortunately largely ignored, despite its massive strategic implications. From diverting resources from Guadalcanal, setting the stage for the Battle of the Coral Sea, to later providing air bases to support operations in the islands of the south west Pacific and even the Philippines.

@nmk8475 5 жыл бұрын

Love the IL-2 footage! Really gives a new visual dimension to the battle! Gotta give props to those Japanese pilots who dared to fight the American planes with recon biplanes hahaha - that must have took balls

@richardhyser666 5 жыл бұрын

I believe Jimmy Thatch invented the thatch weave tactic which was how the wildcats flew together as two to take on the zeros. Until hellcats came on the scene. He really had an impact early on.