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The Sinking of the USS Wasp: The Most Devastating Torpedo Attack of WW2
(Animated Battle Map)
In this video I explain the sinking of the USS Wasp by an incredibly lucky and destructive torpedo salvo from submarine I-19. I also include the Battle of Edson’s Ridge and show how the two events are connected.
Corrections:
07:08 I say "only an hour left of daylight" I meant to say "only an hour left till daylight".
22:40 I should have said overhead instead of ceiling.
I don’t have a Patreon but if you want to show appreciation for my work feel free to donate.
» paypal -www.paypal.me/montemayorytchannel
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Kawaguchi prepares to take Henderson
06:40 Battle of Edson’s Ridge
11:22 Torpedo junction
16:58 The “Almost” Carrier Battle of Sept. 14
18:25 The Sinking of the Wasp
21:16 Damage Control
25:25 The Spectacular Shot
28:04 Analysis
30:23 Aftermath
Map terrain data obtained by Maptiler. "© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap contributors"
Special thanks to :
Daniel N. - for help on the script
Michal A Piegzik - for help on research
And KANIM GROUP for the 3d Model.
Sources:
Blee, B. W. (2005). Battleship North Carolina. USS North Carolina Battleship Commission.
Boyd, C., & Yoshida, A. Y. (2012). The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II. Naval Institute Press.
Cox, Jeffrey (2019). Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal -Solomons Campaign of World War II ... August-October 1942. Osprey.
Dull, P.S. (1978) A battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
Frank, R.B. (1990) Guadalcanal. Penguin Books.
Hammel, Eric. (2016)The Death of the U.S.S. Wasp: September 15, 1942 . Pacifica Military History.
Hornfischer, J. D. (2011). Neptune's inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. Bantam Books.
Lundstrom, J.B. (2013) Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jeck Fletcher at Coral Sea, midway, and Guadalcanal. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
Lundstrom, J. B. (2005). The first team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942. Naval Institute Press.
Prados, J. (2013) Islands of destiny: The solomons campaign and the eclipse of the rising sun. New York: NAL Caliber.
Rottman, G. L., & Anderson, D. (2004). US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations. Osprey.
Smith, M. S. (2003). Bloody Ridge: The battle that saved Guadalcanal. Pocket Books.
Stille, M. (2015) Guadalcanal: 1942-43 ; America's first victory on the road to Tokyo. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
Stille, M. (2012) Santa Cruz 1942: Carrier Duel in the South Pacific. Botley, Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
Stille, M., & Wright, P. (2018). USN Fleet Destroyer vs IJN Fleet Submarine: The pacific 1941-42. Osprey Publishing.
Blee, B. W. (1982, July). Whodunnit? Whodunnit? By Captain Ben W. Blee, USN (Ret.) Vol. 108/7/953. Retrieved December 2023, from www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1982/july/whodunnit.
For the Tabular Record of Movement of ships- www.combinedfleet.com/
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Combat Footage of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons: Analysis
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Originally uploaded on April 7, 2023 as unlisted. Made Public on the anniversary of the Battle. Footage of the USS Enterprise receiving 3 Hits during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Sources: Hammel, E. M. (2009). Carrier clash: The invasion of guadalcanal and the battle of the eastern solomons, August 1942. Pacifica Military History. Lundstrom, J. B. (2005). The first team and the Guadalcan...
Battle of the Eastern Solomons: Japanese POV & Analysis of the Battle (2/2)
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(Animated Battle Map) Part 2 of a two part series. Bonus clip link: ua-cam.com/video/a6PvVP3AsqQ/v-deo.html 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Operation KA Preparation 4:51 Why did American Intelligence Fail? 11:26 August 23 13:12 August 24 Sightings 17:01 IJN’s Biggest Mistake 22:22 IJN’s Second Blunder 25:40 Lessons from the Battle Corrections: I don’t have a Patreon but if you want to show appreciatio...
Battle of the Eastern Solomons: Told from the American Perspective (1/2)
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(Animated Battle Map) If you came just for the carrier battle, it starts at the 21-minute mark. Link to a bonus clip that's at the end of Part 2. ua-cam.com/video/a6PvVP3AsqQ/v-deo.html 00:00 Introduction 1:06 Covering Cactus 6:11 American Intelligence 9:41 August 20 to the 22 14:28 August 23 21:33 August 24 Morning 27:12 The Dilemma 34:28 Air Raid on Cactus 37:16 Ryujo’s Demise 40:27 TF-61 Att...
Battle of Savo Island 1942: America's Worst Naval Defeat
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(Animated Battle Map) This is a remake of one of my oldest videos. It needed much improvement on the animations and audio, and as you can see a lot more information was added as well. If you came just for the battle, it starts at the 36 minute mark. Corrections: at 29:15 mark, it should have read "2353" not "2153". It was a mistake on my part. at 39:27, I should have said "5.5 inch shell" not "...
The Battle of Midway: The American Perspective and The Strategic Consequences of the Battle (3/3)
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(Animated Battle Map) I don’t have a Patreon but if you want to show appreciation for my work feel free to donate. » paypal -www.paypal.me/montemayorytchannel Notes: Also, The Track map has changed and has been updated from the previous video. It’s more accurate this time. Music : filmstro.com/ Sources: Isom, D. W. (2007). Midway inquest: Why the Japanese lost the Battle of Midway. Bloomington,...
The Battle of Midway: Hiryu's Counterstrike (2/3)
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(Animated Battle Map) I don’t have a Patreon but if you want to show appreciation for my work feel free to donate. » paypal -www.paypal.me/montemayorytchannel Artwork done by Mateusz Dąbrowski. Check out his fantastic artwork on his Artstation profile : www.artstation.com/kwad_rat Corrections: Kurita and Kondo were Rear Admirals to be exact. I referred to them simply as “admirals” in the video....
The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective (1/3)
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(Animated Battle Map) This is part one of a three part video series covering Operation MI. As you can see I spent a considerable amount of time covering Nagumo’s Dilemma. To me it's one of most striking examples of how tough it can be for a commander to make a decision based on the information at hand. I found that to be the most interesting aspect of the battle. I don’t have a Patreon but if y...
The Battle of the Coral Sea 1942: The First Aircraft Carrier Battle in History
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To cut to the chase and skip all the preliminary actions of may 4-7, go to 18:43 to see the main carrier battle. Corrections: I remember finishing this video and about to upload it when i thought to myself that it needed a little intro. so I quickly recorded the introduction , and by not being careful about it I made a mistake. I should have said "OVERSTATED" not understated. Sources: Lundstrom...
Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941
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(Animated Battle Map) Corrections: at 8:44 I can explain the mathematical error of 48%. I remember writing in the script something along the lines of "of the 40 torpedo bombers, 4 were destroyed before being able to launch and one had to jettison its torpedo. So Of the 40 torpedo Bombers, only 19 achieved hits. that's a 48% hit rate." but somewhere in the editing process I accidentally cut out ...
Jackson's Valley Campaign 1862
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(Animated battle map) A strategic overview of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. A classic campaign of maneuverability and a text book example of how to defeat your superior enemy in detail. It was said that Jackson would always carry 3 books with him, a dictionary, a bible and Napoleon’s Military Maxims. I found an awesome quote that appears to prove the napoleon bit. A writer by the name...
Defeat in Detail: A Strategy to Defeating Larger Armies
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(animated) A quick overview of the military principles of Concentration of Force and Defeat in Principle. Discover how Famous generals such as Napoleon, Rommel, and "Stonewall" Jackson were able to defeat Larger armies when they themselves were outnumbered. Music: Ross Bugden- Black Heat ua-cam.com/channels/QKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ.html Images: all images from Wikipedia Commons commons.wikimedia....
The Battle of Monterrey 1846 (animated battle map)
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The Mexican-American War. - WARNING: lower the volume if you are using headphones. sorry for the audio. Credit- No copyright intended, all MUSIC rights go to: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 -Tybercore - Prepare For War [Epic Suspenseful Hybrid Trailer Music] ua-cam.com/channels/2MZR27LJfzsQzKmPKPeKPw.html -Ross Bugden- Shoot on Sight ua-cam.com/channels/QKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferlt...
The Battle of Buena Vista 1847 (animated battle map)
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If you are watching this, then you're probably a history buff like myself. It was hard not to put too many details in it but regardless it stretched a bit. Battle starts at 4:56 mark. This video is solely for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. It's a hobby of mine to visualize historical battles, I hope you enjoy watching it! P.S. try to wait it at your highest setting possible so you can see the names of t...
La Batalla de Monterrey 1846 (mapa de batalla animado)
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Guerra de Estados Unidos-México Credit- No copyright intended, all MUSIC rights go to: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 -Tybercore - Prepare For War [Epic Suspenseful Hybrid Trailer Music] ua-cam.com/channels/2MZR27LJfzsQzKmPKPeKPw.html -Ross Bugden- Shoot on Sight ua-cam.com/channels/QKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ.html -Ross budgen-Fall ua-cam.com/channels/QKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ.htm...
La Batalla de la Angostura / Buena Vista 1847 (mapa de batalla animado)
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La Batalla de la Angostura / Buena Vista 1847 (mapa de batalla animado)

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  • @TheRealForgetfulElephant
    @TheRealForgetfulElephant 17 годин тому

    One of Napoleon’s hero in military school was Eugene of Savoy that dude had some legendary battles

  • @highgatehandyman6479
    @highgatehandyman6479 День тому

    Top notch gear. Get more product out and earn some bread pls

  • @jeffjanoda8177
    @jeffjanoda8177 День тому

    It's very hard to fault Fletcher for the failure at Wake. Nimitz, in overall command, canceled the mission (for good reasons}. It is a good what-if scenario to think about what might have happened if the two carriers had kept on to Wake. There were Japanese carriers on route, but not there yet. Might have been pretty messy for the Japanese.

  • @lucasnormanschneider5190
    @lucasnormanschneider5190 День тому

    Wouuu, unbelievable

  • @Blueboy0316
    @Blueboy0316 День тому

    I recently learned of a story regarding West Virginia. 3 sailors were trapped in two compartments underwater for approximately 16 days. They eventually died from oxygen deprivation.

  • @bradenhagen7977
    @bradenhagen7977 День тому

    Says most devastating while Ark Royal and Taiho sit quietly.

  • @34wallstreet73
    @34wallstreet73 2 дні тому

    FLETCHER!!!!!!

  • @buloyoutdoors9562
    @buloyoutdoors9562 2 дні тому

    Decisive battle but ijn did not go all in

  • @ddd777a5
    @ddd777a5 2 дні тому

    Fantastic Chanel thank you 🙏

  • @gruntforever7437
    @gruntforever7437 2 дні тому

    Most devastating torpedo spread in history, Sank a fleet carrier, put one of the few fast battleships out of action for months and sank a destroyer. All in the most critical time of the most critical year of the Pacific War.

  • @PeterNygard69
    @PeterNygard69 3 дні тому

    Common Japanese L

  • @philmiller6923
    @philmiller6923 3 дні тому

    Your simply awesome at this Sir!

  • @SarahWRah
    @SarahWRah 3 дні тому

    In contrast to our capacities during WW2, the sad fact the USA has given up the backbone of our industrial might. We allowed our steel plants and heavy manufacturing to die off. The globalization has shifted much of the world's manufacturing capacity away from America. If we were ever needing to wage a full blown war again, we can't rely on our own supplies and capabilities.

  • @OmarSneed901
    @OmarSneed901 3 дні тому

    How is only having a victory with a sucker punch then running like a bitch in the night because you’ve lost too many ships to fight in the day sea dominance?

  • @OmarSneed901
    @OmarSneed901 3 дні тому

    Japan lost the war.

  • @jccusell
    @jccusell 4 дні тому

    Imagine thinkint the US would surrender if you destroyed all their boats. Ok buddy. Calm doen there buddy. Lol

  • @heidimatthiesen8120
    @heidimatthiesen8120 4 дні тому

    When you said the two ship also got hit i was screaming noooooo wtf on the road

  • @MikeCasey311
    @MikeCasey311 4 дні тому

    He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.

  • @user-ne1vx7mj1b
    @user-ne1vx7mj1b 4 дні тому

    No he is bias toward the japanese..and his conclusions are wrong

  • @parrot849
    @parrot849 5 днів тому

    There is no doubt Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Ernest King was looking for any excuse to sack Admiral Frank Fletcher even before the commencement of the naval engagements north of the Solomon Islands. I read somewhere that King was not happy with Fletcher’s turning over tactical command to Admiral Ray Spruance in the closing hours of the Battle of Midway. Once you were on King’s shit list, you weren’t coming off. Frank Jack Fletcher got a raw deal from the Naval HQ in Washington. On the other hand, Admiral William Halsey, while in commmand after Admiral Gormley was relieved, performed outstandingly in 1942 and into 43, he was very mediocre and went on to commit a number of avoidable mistakes in 1944-45. But unlike Fletcher, they promoted Halsey with a very rare fifth Fleet Admiral star. That’s after getting approximately 800 sailors killed in the avoidable surface action off the Philippines and later driving his fleet into two typhoons in which three ships went down and approximately 1100 sailors drowned. So why the double standard with the two admirals? ( Public Relations!)

  • @zmss8537
    @zmss8537 5 днів тому

    japs mog yanks any day

  • @paulbush7095
    @paulbush7095 5 днів тому

    Wunderbar! Danke mein herr.

  • @DPT1070
    @DPT1070 6 днів тому

    Now I know the origin of “we just gonna wing it” come from

  • @TheSimslash
    @TheSimslash 6 днів тому

    watched all your videox on ww2 they're really good man hope you keep it up

  • @matthewnewton8812
    @matthewnewton8812 6 днів тому

    “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.”….. Ummmmm……no. Opportunity is when PREPARATION meets LUCK. Meaning, you can prepare so much to take advantage of an opportunity, but a measure of luck is required for a successful outcome.

  • @robfreeman5783
    @robfreeman5783 6 днів тому

    Nice as the video is, it is more AI generated junk. Notice how the computer narrator pronounces a ship's bow as "bow" like "bow" and arrow. I am sick of computers making content on yt.

    • @vexpy5039
      @vexpy5039 4 дні тому

      An AI Narrator this advanced would not have existed in 2020

  • @MarkGeraghty
    @MarkGeraghty 7 днів тому

    Excellent tha`nkyou

  • @charleshsu7160
    @charleshsu7160 7 днів тому

    After coordinated confrontations At 9:41, at 12:00, at 13:28, Nagumo had to know the ambush plan had failed as planned and that Americans were prepared to fight. Problem is he kept pressing on at great cost of human lives and ultimately resulted in a suicidal attack and his own death in later ambush by American. This is a great video that shows how Japanese imperialist value human lives like dirt..

  • @euphoria7046
    @euphoria7046 7 днів тому

    ez against

  • @isaragi
    @isaragi 8 днів тому

    As a Japanese person, these series were painful to watch 🥲 In today's Japan, Yamamoto is known as a tragic great general who was assassinated, and Nagumo is known as incompetent. However, looking back at Operation MI itself, there were operational flaws such as insufficient reconnaissance and too few aircraft carriers despite the complex mission of attacking Midway base and enemy aircraft carriers at the same time. They should have included the escort aircraft carriers of Operation AL from the beginning! Despite this fatal failure, the results were hidden from the public, and Yamamoto and Nagumo were retained in their posts. The phrase "history is written by the winners" is often used, but I believe that the losers sometimes twist history to suit their own convenience. Sadly, the Japanese people have yet to face this fact.👹

    • @isaragi
      @isaragi 8 днів тому

      Kido butai(機動部隊) was the only spear that could end the long-standing hegemony of the Western countries. What's sad is that the sunken flagship, Akagi, was named after a mountain in my hometown. I grew up seeing it every day.

  • @jlyn8228
    @jlyn8228 8 днів тому

    Watching over a thousand men die in a second is petrifying

  • @onepingonly1941
    @onepingonly1941 8 днів тому

    What a well made video. Your command of graphics, callouts and text boxes is fantastic. Must be a laborious process to edit. Good work!

  • @LTDANMAN44
    @LTDANMAN44 8 днів тому

    this is like the board game axis and allies!!!! :)

  • @Theearthtraveler
    @Theearthtraveler 9 днів тому

    Great video!

  • @Ronn_V
    @Ronn_V 9 днів тому

    A history channel worth subbing, this was well presented! Bravo!

  • @fin3125
    @fin3125 9 днів тому

    How many died on the island during the attack?

  • @sirql8
    @sirql8 9 днів тому

    Yorktown fliers denied revenge run on Hiryu but then found their excuse to diverge when all Enterprise bombers missed....'Divine Wind' indeed.

  • @mono-no-aware.Lem.
    @mono-no-aware.Lem. 9 днів тому

    “Damn Japs interrupted Sunday afternoon football. Final day of the regular season too” Prolly what 90 percent of people listening first thought”

  • @danielbissette9629
    @danielbissette9629 9 днів тому

    These are so good. Bravo sir

  • @michaelogden5958
    @michaelogden5958 9 днів тому

    Yikes. My dad was over there around that time on a destroyer, Thatcher DD-514. Thatcher was reportedly hit and severly damaged by a kamikaze. She did not sink. My dad was among the survivors. It's hard for us (present viewers of these videos) to even imagine.

  • @Kokozaftran
    @Kokozaftran 9 днів тому

    Unbelievable. I was at the edge of my seat the whole time.

  • @stefanovittori3016
    @stefanovittori3016 9 днів тому

    What did you use for the animation?

  • @PlymouthVT
    @PlymouthVT 10 днів тому

    I know the voice is robotic but its easy to listen too. Great video production glad I subbed. Fletcher should have been a Hero. Hindsight is a nice thing to have. The take away's was how poor navigation was then just a compass and a watch and the ability of a spotter plane to report true position and there ability identifying ships. And the fact all planes were on the same radio freq and no radio discipline is crazy. How do all the pilots not know to STFU and let just the Commander talk? Great video though incredibly brave guys.

  • @jimmiefitzgerald4961
    @jimmiefitzgerald4961 10 днів тому

    The USA repair team was the best in the world in ww2 because everyone was trained to have a section to fix if broken while the Japanese repair team was only one group and that was it.

  • @ed6271
    @ed6271 10 днів тому

    you're the man

  • @howardking3601
    @howardking3601 10 днів тому

    Great job! Learned a lot.

  • @captainobvious9233
    @captainobvious9233 10 днів тому

    Today is the 82nd Anniversary of the Battle of Midway.

  • @Iguessthislldo
    @Iguessthislldo 10 днів тому

    *Takeshi-san, monitoring hydrophone a month after the salvo* '+1 Flooding kill, +300exp, Double Kill' Takeshi-san: 👁 ? 👁

  • @cmshottie62
    @cmshottie62 11 днів тому

    Ofc I would wait Japan had better pilots

  • @christopherslaughter2263
    @christopherslaughter2263 11 днів тому

    Why didn't allied and jap fleets make better use of light carriers. The shoho had a flight group of around 15 zeroes and ten vals or Kate's. Two light carriers could deploy a formidable cap of over 20 Zeke's and a respectable strike package at that. Had the IJN made better use of their light carriers they could have pulled off a win at midway.