Week 293 – The Battle of Okinawa Begins – WW2 – April 6, 1945
Week 293 – The Battle of Okinawa Begins – WW2 – April 6, 1945
It’s the next step toward invading Japan’s Home Islands- invading Okinawa, and it begins April 1st. Advances are easy by land, but at sea the kamikaze menace is in full swing. In Burma, plans are made to liberate Rangoon; in the west hundreds of thousands of Germans are surrounded in the Ruhr; and in the east, the Soviets begin assaults on…
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This week's episode is dedicated by TimeGhost Brigadier Member, Charles Mitchell, not only to his father, Tom, but also to all the South African men who shared a similar experience during the war. We thank Charles for sharing this with us and for being such a dedicated member of the TimeGhost Army.
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The only thing more concerning than encountering Japanese banzai troops, is encountering a sudden and mysterious lack of Japanese banzai troops
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The Yamato was the largest battleship in the world. A testament to WWI thinking. It was sent on what everyone in Japan knew was a suicide mission. There were several other ways it could have been used if far more effectiveness.
I see at 5:13 that your pet cat is now invading Australia and not meeting much resistance.
Japan prepares to attack in China and meanwhile the campaign for Rangoon, begins w Operation Dracula lead by Gen Slim w 13-14 corps Army to dash zigzag south For Rangoon, while the other force under Mountbatten heads south? Mountbatten bears a resemblance to a young Sean Connery?
Thank you Tom, johnie, John, Neil, Oscar, Tippie and charles 🙏 we are in your debt forever, a debt we can never repay 🙌😥
As always, please use imperial units first, not metric. Or use imperial first, then in parenthesis metric. Thanks
Did I notice a snipers rifle about 2 meters long in the photo of the Russians?
One thing that surprises me by now is the sheer size of the Japanese Empire this late into the war. In "usual" discussions of WW2, you get the impression that once Leyte arrives, the Japanese are thrown out of everywhere else but the home isles and they're besieged on almost all sides when, in fact, they still held on to large portions of Southeast Asia and China. Moreover, they were STILL on the offensive in some places. Goes to show how you can be on the brink in one area and still dangerous in others.
It gives a whole different appreciation of the Pacific theater and how underreported that portion of WW2 is in Western media.
Thanks for doing such an awesome job of covering all of it.
i started watching this series when they were already covering 1943 and here i am all caught up. watched the year 1, 2, etc playlists and didn’t think i’d make it to the modern day before the end of the series lol
I hope a special about the battle of Berlin
The Allies have reached the banks of the river Weser. They are roughly 40 km away from my hometown and its air base (Wunstorf). It will be occupied on April 7th.
My father fought there with the 6th Marine Division.
"We do not." My new favorite sentence here lol
very detailed analysis, thank you
Hey Indy, how about reading a poem or two from any of the soldiers? Like you did during the Great War series. Just an idea, and keep up the incredible work.
100.000 Italian Policemen ,under the control of the Axis ,no one was more loyal to the Duce 's regime .The Berseghleiri ,some great troops when formed into brigades . Was a great arm of the Esercito almost their ''crack units''during the 1922-45 Era while the main army was more on the side of the General Staff .Always served with impeccable and commendable bravery and service. I guess those Police were used to stop the dozen or so Revolutionary and Communist echelons who were the resistance in Northern Italy ,which is the Industrial and Production area of Italy.
Absolutely mental that 6 years later this series is boutta end, still remember watchin the ww1 stuff for high school😂
War used to be wheels within wheel, plans within plans… now we are stuck with static lines in Donbass
RIP boys.
Marc Mitscher looks like William H. Marcy's granddad and Smiling Albert looks like the granddad of Clint Howard ^^
One question: Are you going to do a 24 hour video regarding what happened when the Japanese and German surrendered?
This episode is one I've been waiting for, my Grandmother lived in Okinawa during the war. When I was young, she told me of the sky lighting up and the earth around her shaking violently. When I was 9, I went with her to Okinawa and one of the places we visited is one of the small caves she and her family stayed in during the battle. Not far away was the location where her father was shot and killed as he tried to bring food back to the cave. She passed away 2 years ago and I am sad to say that she never told me stories of the war ever again after that visit, the rest had to be pieced together by talking with the rest of the family. Thank you to the entire team for bringing so much knowledge about this time to all of us.
This is my New channel about history.please give me suggestions that how am I going.
https://youtube.com/@Historyforeveryone-ky4gk?si=Wa5VbwHi8ZBKD4tx
The way you ended this broadcast was truly moving….as the conflict moves towards it's end… time to reflect on those who would never return home…
Vienna was the second largest city in the reich
Anyone know what's up with that white dot (not occupied by the Japanese) in Manchuria? Seems very isolated. Thought it was a spec of dust on my screen at first
I’m curious, What was the name of that German admiral that was trapped in the Ruhr Pocket?
My grandfather in law served on the destroyer USS Putnam and was at both Iwo Jima and Okinawa. the destroyer herself has a storied history and he brought back some very interesting history-currency and weapons.
Do you guys plan to do a week by week series on the Vietnam War like The world wars and Korea?
And so comes our family's closest connection to the war. My grandfather, a member of the Seabees, arrived on Okinawa after the invasion. We have his chest within which we have dozens of photos he took while on the island. An amazing piece of history.
Thanks
Great tribute at the end.
@ the Gost Army: what happened to the Japanese troops on islands that were bypassed by the US Army?
PS: the resistance movements name O5 means OE/Ö for Österreich
The sailor's at pearl harbor were set up and the guys in the Philippines were left hung out to dry to manufacture consent to test nuclear weapons on live human targets They were all fighting for the same people all along War is a racket and nobody wins except money Ford and GM had factories in Berlin and after the war they demanded reparations for damage done by allied bombing raids They were all fighting for the same people all along
Endless war with no health care
Hey, this is the week of the Battle of Heilbronn.
It's my neighbouring city! 😀
Yamato died.
Again.
The Yamato will have it's day in the sun defending Earth in 2199.
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According to the historical documentary – 'Life Of Brian'.
Suicide squads actually pose no threat to anyone but themselves.
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I never read about the 'Giant Cat of the South Pacific'.
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Cannot understand why the Japanese would continue to advance in China, when Okinawa is under threat, the Navy has few ships and even less fuel, and the air-force is reduced to kamikazes.
6 April is my bday😮
I also have a question if anyone knows if there are any websites i can use to look up the division and what rank my grandpa was.