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Post by End Zone on Feb 8, 2022 6:36:14 GMT -7
Recommended viewing for Form members that are intrigued by naval combat operations and strategies that have massive strategic consequences for all WWII-era participating nation states in the early 1940s.
This 45-minute video and audio is from contemporary Japanese military school of thought. The in-depth analysis is excellent for the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy officer's behaviors and decisions at critical Battle of Midway events.
Every year, the US Navy observes June 4, 1942, the date of the Battle of Midway. The value of Navy intelligence and carrier-based aviation was learned by a grateful Nation on this date.
PutMeIn CAPT, USN (Ret.)
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Post by FLCardinalFan on Feb 9, 2022 16:26:56 GMT -7
Recommended viewing for Form members that are intrigued by naval combat operations and strategies that have massive strategic consequences for all WWII-era participating nation states in the early 1940s. This 45-minute video and audio is from contemporary Japanese military school of thought. The in-depth analysis is excellent for the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy officer's behaviors and decisions at critical Battle of Midway events. Every year, the US Navy observes June 4, 1942, the date of the Battle of Midway. The value of Navy intelligence and carrier-based aviation was learned by a grateful Nation on this date. PutMeIn CAPT, USN (Ret.) I have studied this battle over and over Simply amazing
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Post by End Zone on Feb 10, 2022 4:13:07 GMT -7
Recommended viewing for Form members that are intrigued by naval combat operations and strategies that have massive strategic consequences for all WWII-era participating nation states in the early 1940s. This 45-minute video and audio is from contemporary Japanese military school of thought. The in-depth analysis is excellent for the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy officer's behaviors and decisions at critical Battle of Midway events. Every year, the US Navy observes June 4, 1942, the date of the Battle of Midway. The value of Navy intelligence and carrier-based aviation was learned by a grateful Nation on this date. PutMeIn CAPT, USN (Ret.) I have studied this battle over and over Simply amazing The vastness of the oceans and airspaces and the fact that the two big combat forces found each other in that part of the world is what most amazes me. I have sailed and flown those waters and skies countless times. There is nothing out there -- just endless water and sky and a few micro dots of sand and palms. If you are lucky to survive the combat, the ocean takes its shot at you. I had many weeks of survival training in a raft, on an isolated island, and in jungle. It was very hard on me to learn how to survive. I am damned glad that I went through it all though. Everything about the Japanese strategic campaign in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean regions was going per Tokyo's plan until the shocking naval battle at the Midway Island area. The high and mighty Japanese Imperial Army depended on the stepsister naval forces to project power and defend critical supply lines. After the naval defeat at Midway Island, the Army became exposed to Allied counterstrikes and began taking massive losses. The Midway Island battle was never in doubt, but the US win was a fluke. Japanese forces were definitely superior and most were battle tested. However, several Japanese decisionmaker errors in judgment, high-risk guesses that proved wrong, and some bad timing handed the strategic win to the United States that day. That outcome is amazing too considering Japan's seapower at the time. At military colleges and universities, all major military campaigns by all forces are analyzed no matter if they were wins or losses. In early 2021, at my final Navy civilian job, the Vice Admiral directed the staff to study the Fourth Battle of the Atlantic. That battle has not yet been fought but the US Navy is preparing for it. The aggressors will be the Russian and Chinese strategic forces: navy's and air forces for certain and perhaps ballistic missile forces. The battle space will be cyber as well as the sea and air spaces. The Third Battle of the Atlantic was during the Cold War, 1960-1989. The Second Battle of the Atlantic was WWII. The First Battle of the Atlantic was WWI.
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Post by thomas cat on Feb 10, 2022 19:20:10 GMT -7
Recommended viewing for Form members that are intrigued by naval combat operations and strategies that have massive strategic consequences for all WWII-era participating nation states in the early 1940s. This 45-minute video and audio is from contemporary Japanese military school of thought. The in-depth analysis is excellent for the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy officer's behaviors and decisions at critical Battle of Midway events. Every year, the US Navy observes June 4, 1942, the date of the Battle of Midway. The value of Navy intelligence and carrier-based aviation was learned by a grateful Nation on this date. PutMeIn CAPT, USN (Ret.) There are so many things I want to say about this, I'll probably muck it up....but here goes.... I'm always interested in this kind of stuff, but when you mentioned that it was 45 mins....I thought oh well I'll just skim through it. I almost never watch anything more than 4 or 5 mins on YouTube....lol. To my surprise, I watched the whole thing.....and not only that, I watched the second part. I wanted to know exactly what happened to the Yorktown and the Hiryo. I already knew quite a bit about this classic naval battle that pretty much ended the era of the battleship and started the era of the aircraft carrier. It was already going that way beforehand, but this sealed the deal.The Japanese had the two biggest battleships of all time, the Yamamoto and Musashi. Yet they never made much of a difference one way or the other.....and frankly our battleships where not all that important either....with a few exceptions, it was the carriers that did the heavy lifting.Anyhow, did you see this movie..Sure, it had Hollywood stuff to appeal to the masses and the acting was not at its best, but it did a really good job showing how the battle played out. It's been a while since I've seen it, but its version seems to mirror your video for the most part. It showed all the decision making especially by the Japanese and why they made it and why it was ultimately wrong.This battle could have easily gone either way. The stuff about the scout planes played a huge part and was the key for both sides.One last thing. I'm glad I watched the second part. I did not realize how close the Yorktown came to surviving the whole ordeal. A lone Japanese submarine got a lucky shot and finally did her in after it was looking like it just might survive.
I doubt many people alive today realize just how important this battle was. If it was us that lost carriers, our entire west coast would be in jeopardy. It may not have cost us the war, but it would have probably extended the war by a year or more.
Thanks for posting...
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