GOD was with the US navy that day

Excellent work sticking to the facts. Well done!

My uncle was shot down and was hidden by locals he was MIA for over 3 years during that time he lived with nuns who hide him in a cave .once he rejoined he was able to give valuable intelligence on locations, troop numbers and routines .salute to my uncle Jack Duffy a great American .

Monte maintains his usual high standard. X'l TYs

Very good work, well detailed and explaned👍👍👍

Its amazing how many of those ships were back in action a few weeks later.

I hope you do these videos for the entire pacific theatre

Who was the pilot and crew of that bomber that tried to ram Akagi? After Googling, it seems there is a controversy of did this happen, or is the witness confusing another B-25 that buzzed the desk with another that crashed.. or something like that. But I could not find anyone listed as the pilot, crew, or plane that "tried to hit the tower". If this happened the person would be known and talked about as some kind of hero or something..

Use AI to make the decision for the Japanese.

I would love to go back in time and show them our battle tactics

BONZAI!

Yorktown was like I didn’t hear no bell 😂

10 minutes in this bull s what has this with the wasp

The Americans won the Pacific war so it’s always told from their perspective.

Fletcher was given a job before the navy knew how to deal with it and learn from it. Throwing a civilesed leader into a frontier mindset position. Carrier warfare was knew for both sides. Fletcher did well. His forces won. Period.

Here is a thought for you? Why did around 60% of the torpedoes dropped by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor miss their target being that only one Battleship even moved? How many of the torpedoes may have buried themselves into the mud of the Harbor?

My favorite uncle flew PBY rescue planes off Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and I grew up listening to him tell me stories about this battle and how it was the worst defeat after Pearl Harbor! He had the campaign stars on his uniform! He went looking for JFK after he got his missions in he thought he would be given stateside instructor duty but was put second in command of a troopship for operation Torch and was in every amphibious assault in the Mediterranean and D Day! After VE Day he was in a huge convoy going around South Africa to invade Japan and remembering Guadalcanal and those two planned assaults were already planned for a million Allied casualties each! Fred my uncle said he was never so happy to hear those two atomic bombs ended the war and SAVED MILLIONS of lives on both sides!

If they had all the best things and were so great, why did they lose the war? lol I will say Japanese navy was one of the worlds best fore decades, years before they had defeated Russia, using the said navy.

I'm glad more people know of this now. When I first read of this salvo, I instantly recognised it as the most devastating and insane episodes of WW2 in its entirety. To hit a CV and a battleship in one salvo, the two most significant naval targets, with one salvo of torps from a sub, is beyond ludicrous to those who know the nature of submarine warfare and how rare it was for them to threaten capital ship. This submarine didn't just hit a CV, it also SUNK it, and it crippled a battleship and fatally wounded a destroyer. That spread of torpedoes had affected the balance of the entire pacific theater of the war for months to come.

It always amazes me that the Japanese had this tendency to be reckless when caution was advised and cautious when courage would have been better.

31:15 I'm not crying! I just got something in my eye 😥

One third of the content and not a single word about submarine, any submarine. Wtf is wrong with you, Monte? 0:41 "most devastating torpedo salvo during WW2"? Not by tonnage, not by killed enemy personnel, not by damage, not by possible repercussions. By what measure was it the most devastating salvo, Monte?!

Most likely you wouldn't have to tell the women to change their clothes they wouldn't buy the clothes that you wouldn't like anyway😊😊

Stun-locking has always been OP.

The Mogami tried something similar and had just as much, if not even more, success...

They made their bed Dec 7.

Yeah it's "luck" when the Japs sink a carrier but it's "skill" when the yanks do it right? Not that you can expect much from a guy who can't even pronounce submariner 🙄

Do you want to hear something funny?Before the internet, I thought that the Guadalcanal battles were over a canal in Guatemala😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😢😢

Who’s the GOAT? This attack or that American sub that sunk nothing except Musashi?

Great content!

FWIW, Kinashi was award the German medal Iron Cross, 2nd class, for his role in sinking USS Wasp. Hitler awarded it to him in person, in Berlin.

Strictly speaking from the Japanese perspective Pearl Harbor was a strategic failure. They did not catch the carriers in port PLUS Nagumo did not destroy the dry docks and fuel reserves there. Add this to the hardening American resolve afterward a clear picture can be seen. A while back I was sitting in a bar watching the new movie "Midway". I was with several friends one such friend is a history teacher and WW2 expert. We were discussing Japan's failure at Pearl when he mentioned something he wished he could do. I am paraphrasing here " I wish I could go back in time and have a one-on-one conversation with Yamamoto while on the way back to Japan after they left Hawaii." This is my personal opinion, but in all honesty, I don't think Yamamoto wanted anything to do with attacking the US. Yamamoto spent time in the US and I am 100% positive he could see our ability to make and more importantly sustain a war. The US also has steel and Oil supplies, something Japan lacked. Only a fool would poke that bear. I know that there is no evidence Yamamoto ever said "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." However, I can see him while debating hothead war hawks in their government saying something similar, especially after returning from Hawaii.

I want to own one of these just to name it “The S.S Minnow Johnson”

Thanks for sharing. Watched both parts twice.

Keep up the great work sir. Your posts are an inspiration for those wanting to learn more about history. I anxiously await your next post.

As a kid I was fascinated with the American aircraft carriers, Lexington and Yorktown especially, and the Battle of Coral Sea. I felt a personal loss by the destruction of these two mighty ships. Later I found out my uncle served on the Lexington before the war. Thank you for the excellent explanation of this important battle.

Absolutely amazing footage

Great detail-but you're wrong on the significance of Midway & to the outcome.Imperial japan's best carrier strike force, and it's "pearl harbor"veteran" pilots were decimated , and she would never recover the material ' ,or more importantly,seasoned pilot leadership to instruct the younger pilots on tactics . From here on out Imperial Japan was being bled to death. but the fact must be known , Japan was racing toward building their own atomic weapon. So this decisive battle served as well to delay that

The Japanese had the best torpedo . the long lance.

Instead of calling him a “cautious commander”…it’s better to say he wasn’t a “reckless” commander….I would rather serve under a pragmatic Fletcher than an emotional ego driven Patton.

Azur Lane sent me here.

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Nothing to see here

Awesome, well done!

Superb video, as always, Montemayor! One of my great-grandmother’s friends survived the sinking of the Wasp. How do you feel about doing a similar video on the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands? That was an interesting 1942 carrier showdown as well.

Just L after L by allied communications

I-19 rolled a natural 20. Captain Kinashi gained a few levels. Ding! Ding!

Great video--interesting and informative. Thanks!

10:09 ish…. The explosion of the Arizona was not “caught on tape”…

USA after reviewing the battle of midway - task failed successfully