The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a turning point in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as the Imperial Japanese Navy was never able to recover from the losses inflicted upon them. The aerial battle was so one sided it became known as the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.
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AAAAAhhhhhhhhh! Excellent. Thank you.
Ahhhh, those were the days! Men were men, women were women, and sheep were nervous.
And now we have supposed men want to be women,women want to men ugh what a effed up world it is anymore lol
The name is "Zeke" (ZEEK), not "Zeekee"
This video had quite a lot of data, much more detailed then most videos about the BPS. I hope we see more of this series.
Whew good thing General Hyuandi Subaru failed
I'm a sucker for great film! Thank you!
It's Chester *W* Nimitz
Those were some warriors, on both sides. Thank goodness we had their code and could read their messages.
You failed to mention that Japan's complete operational plans for the battle had been recovered after a courier plane had crashed and the plans washed ashore in the Philippines.
Attack, attack, attack!
"Zekees"…🤣
Thank goodness this battle took place! Japan was too wild and greedy
NOT SO NICE BIT OF HISTORY BUT A BRAVE BUNCH OF MEN DOING WHAT THERE COUNTRY ASKED OF THEM 😮.
Zeke-ies?
Phenomenal documentary. Thank you.
Excellent documentary but is it not possible, out of courtesy to the brave but hopelessly out classed Japanese pilots, to call the Japanese aircraft by their proper names and not the American 'nicknames'?
Hall cat aircraft's acted superiority in minnuvoraity and higher level striking over Japanese aircraft's attacker's ..two foe sides arranged their's fleet vassals through trapping the fae side …in this Tom and Jerry racing ,Japanese naval forces lost more than 200 aircraft's which was a third decisive defeat of Japanese empire fleets thanks for successful reconnaissance of the US fleets 13:36
In the summery you say Japs lost 100 planes and the U.S. lost 130 planes, I think the Japs lost many more than 100, more like 300 plus I believe.
Wonderful video, except the narrator saying "zekee" over and over. Editing?
Tell the story….I hate your video special effect😢.
"Zeek-es" Just plain wrong.
God bless those guys! Read a book about the return flight from the night attack – absolutely hair raising!
Was it necessary for mitscher to send that strike with not enough fuel/daylight to come back. Any thoughts? It feels like such undue risk.
Wow your beautifulness much delightful to my heart ❤❤❤❤😊❤❤❤
“Zekies” 😂.
Otherwise, okay. Liked the details on the defensive Hellcat screens. ✌️
"It takes three years to build a ship, it takes three hundred years to build a tradition."
– Admiral Andrew Cunningham
Japan lost it's air superiority at the Battle of Midway. They lost most of their experienced pilots. Pilot training by the Battle of the Phillipine Sea was very poor. Most pilots knew nothing about dogfighting. Just take off and landing.
What's a "zekee" 🤣🤣🤣
Had to chuckle every time the narrator called the Zero/Zeke a “Zekee”
Good video coverage!!!!
Too many adds sorry
26:13 Never seen those 8 barrel AA guns on a US ship. God save the King!
i have spoken with men that flew here, their stories were both spellbinding and horrific
38:30 the awful decision by mitcher to send aircraft into the darkness at the enemy out of range , many men died from fuel exhausted
God bless all of the veterans who risked everything and sacrificed so much to protect our countries and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today! God bless all the souls – military and civilian – that we have lost in times of war! God bless America! God bless us all and grant us peace!
Nothing the Japanese did could have overcome the fact that their aircraft were now obsolete and their pilots hopelessly undertrained. Ludendorff once remarked that strategic brilliance without tactical superiority is useless. The Pacific after 1943 is a prime example. Nothing the Japanese could do would defeat the Hellcat. With the Hellcat the war was over.
In case anyone is interested, notice the island of US and British carriers is always on the right (starboard) side. This is because the Piston driven engines of the WW2 planes tended to make them pull to the left (port) side. They would have to circle in from the left and land. The Japanese built 2 carriers with the island on the port side so that planes could circle in from the right on these particular carriers to prevent back ups. The down side to this was, several times the planes circled in to land going the wrong direction because they were accustomed to landing on a different carrier. I did 6 years in the US Navy as a cryptologist and I didn't know this until I asked a pilot about it and he explained why US and British carriers do this. The Japanese carriers having islands on the port side, I had to look that one up. Anyway, a little trivia there.
Edit Also, pilots would have preferred that there be no islands (everything to be located below decks because the islands create turbulence during takeoff and landing.
How do you have 6.5 machine guns….. either you have 6….or you have 7.
Only time in my life I've heard it pronounced 'zee-kee'. Ha